so jefferson, being a jefferson, you know, the ultimate overachiever, he didn't just give, you know, if you names here and there, you should go here and you know, check this out. instead he wrote a 5000 word letter to these two twentysomething guys. and he even gave it a title, he called it, hints to americans traveling in europe. so, he sketched out this itinerary, and for them to follow and give them a lot of ideas to oh off, of things to do. he also had a lot of insight from his english trip that he could share about things to do over there. and he thought that it was important though that these young men not just go over europe and have a good time, although hopefully would enjoy the trip, it was really about learning. he gave them homework. and jefferson set out what he called it objects of attention that he thought were particularly important for americans to learn about. things like agriculture and landscape gardens and architecture and royal courts. so i have a question for you. here in the crowd, which of these different subject if, you can see them there, do you think that

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

now those of you who are jefferson scholars know that jefferson had a slope in his nose. i learned years later. that's the jeffersonian knows so i thought that might be something to destroy me. look at my dad. eventually i learned from my dad that his mother was from charlottesville, virginia. and when i my dad didn't like to talk about this stuff. so when i asked my dad about these stories the first thing he said to me was that's what they say. he wouldn't talk about it. it was months and months and months before daddy finally said to me. well, you know, my mother was from charlotte spell. jefferson was in charlottesville. and he says yes, i know. so he was kind of toying with me just a little bit. i'm going to go back. let me go back to my grandmother. there we are. what i learned from my dad about my grandmother, is that her name? was eva robinson taylor? it could have been robinson. he said it could have been tailored. he wasn't sure. which name was hers her maiden name and it's because his mother died when he was five years old. so we didn't know much about her. he d

jefferson's most was the attack upon him? and the accusations of being a radical of being an atheist claims that he would make everyone sing the car came president the entrancement french revolution. um, he bitterly resented these attacks and some of the worst attacks actually came from presidents of northern universities who were all so at the same time clerics absolutely still spoken was timothy the president of yale. and he went far in 1802 as telling his students that they should take it over never vote for jefferson. ah he thought it was a real problem for the republic to be dominated by physical opponents because he believed only his party was gonna save america and save the true tradition of 1776. he thought that the federalists were gonna turn the place into a monarchy that they reintroduced real aristocracy. they make britain. they make america just satellite of britain. so we're all hereditary aristocracy. yes or whatever. and so the house of words, of course at that time and in fact until 1999 astonishingly was a h

for those of you who are jefferson scholars, know that jefferson had a slope on his nose. i learned years later that is the jeffersonian nose. i said, there might be something to the story, i mean, look at my dad? eventually, i learned from my dad that his mother was from charlottesville, virginia. my dad didn't like to talk about this stuff. so when i asked my dad about the stories, the first thing he said to me was, that's what they say. we wouldn't talk about it. it was months before he said his mother was from charlottesville. and i said dad, jefferson was from charlottesville. and he said yes, i know. so he was kind of toying with me just a little bit. let me go back to my grandmother. there we are. but i learned from my dad about my grandmother is that her name was eva robinson taylor. it could have been robinson, it could have been taylor. he wasn't sure. he wasn't sure which name was hers, her maiden name. it is because his mother died when he was five years old. he didn't know much about her. he didn't know what her name was. to me, that was remarkable. as a 13 ye

jefferson, i'm gonna show you a phrase that jefferson put in his draft constitution. up through the u.s. constitution. yes, they do talk about it. they want government to stop it, but, they don't stop, that they don't free their own enslaved property, people. yothis is the paradox. this is the compatible moment. it also shows why people are trying to adhere to these beliefs and these ideas and how they are coming against the slave holding system. the individual choices and collective choices that americans are going to make in this moment. jefferson's drafts on this constitution are fascinating. he called it a new model in government. this is a phrase out of the english revolution. this was a new model army. he says, we are starting over. jefferson is strangely, interestingly, a radical and elite person. he thought that all positive laws should have a 20-year expiration. every 20 years, all laws should be null and void. one generation does not bind to the next generation. in his constitution for virginia, there was not a governor. it was an executive committee. he str

getting rid of slavery and jefferson. i'm going to show you a phrase that jefferson put in his draft constitution and up through the us constitution. yes, they do talk about it and they want they want government to stop it, but that they don't stop, you know, but that they don't free their own enslaved. property people so this is the this is the paradox. this is the incompatible moment. but this also shows what? you know people trying to adhere to these beliefs these ideas and how it's coming up against. this whole sleep holding system and what what individual choices and what collective choices the americans are going to make in this moment. so, you know jefferson's drafts on this constitution are fascinating. he called it new modeling government and this is a phrase right out of the english revolution the puritan army in the english revolution was the new model army, right? so he's like we're starting over jefferson, you know is is a strangely, you know, very interestingly kind of radical person for an elite person. he

jefferson andwashington , i would get him all of them that. some will get into toddlers but i would say washington, you know why austin mark it's invisible ink, it's got dropdead dropped and everyday people. farmers and shopkeepers. and longshoremen. i would gowith washington and hopefully you got their interest for the next one . >> you have another question here from a young man. >> i'm a freshman at the university of kentucky. majoring in political science. and i'm there some classes that have clear left-wing biases in them and i was wondering howto get a good grade in the class but also my mind . [applause] >> my son graduated two years ago and i got two daughters in college right now but one is undecided, the other one is in the ones education and she took a couple of those courses and what i found and i'm going to keep my fingers crossed. professors just because they might not agree with youthey would be open to you . do anything to get an a. but be willing to back up your arguments so deep go deep in your arguments. go with your family

they always go back to jefferson. so i went to the jefferson library. and i looked there and there's one guy in charge. he goes. nobody ever asked me in depth until recently about how we took on islamic extremism. so i thought you know jefferson that might get you to look at the book. and if i told you islamic extremism we live with it every day. but can i tell you what we did and how we prevailed and jefferson did so much on his resume. no one really talks about it. so i go uncloud ground like the spies go do it. and people love the story they can relate to jefferson because he's fantastic. he belongs at every statute not to be taken down. right but what if i told you william eaton probably don't know him. what if i talk about presley o'bannon probably don't know him. so the rest of the world turned away and said we don't want to deal with these islamic nations. we're just gonna pay him money not to invade us us not to attack us. america stood up for itself and they sent a group of people 500 miles through the desert and took triple it. we're about to

well bill, washington and jefferson and lincoln are dead. they began our democracy, but they knew the job would have to be finished by those who lived after them. and they knew that this democracy would last only as long as its citizens were willing to keep working on it. it's our government bill. from here on it's up to us. i'll kind of do a slight introduction i think as i know to before this topic is always intrigued me partly because i have a son who's adopted and he was in an open relationship. and so there was a lot of dialogue with the birth mother about why she chose to have an adoption as opposed to an abortion and so it's been kind of close to my heart. it's also been something that's always been in the forefront as long as i can remember as a child. about abortion and i think it's interesting that you know, just a few

well bill, washington and jefferson and lincoln are dead. they began our democracy, but they knew the job would have to be finished by those who lived after them. and they knew that this democracy would last only as long as its citizens were willing to keep working on it. it's our government bill. from here on it's up to us. okay, let's go. all right. so again try to listen up and we'll talk a little bit about it. see what you remember from the we are on the

i mean in terms of american consciousness, we we know jefferson. we know madison we know, you know, washington, obviously we might even know john adams, right? but beside that i don't i think that number unless you're you know, benjamin franklin, right? and yes, i'm sorry and benjamin franklin, so why not hamilton? why why do you think given all that he did? why he is not at the four like that with others. why do you think that it? well, i think with the exception of franklin in part is because they're all presidents, right and we understand what presidents are and what they do and we, you know on the president's generally speaking so it's easy to kind of know what they do, even if we don't fully understand it franklin is kind of so notorious in so many ways kind of makes sense hamilton is you know the coordinator like the you know, he's the person. figuring things out. that's not the person you normally celebrate. so i think in some ways there wasn't really space that there were people didn't they really just didn't and it's very interesting to me

sharon chin introduces us to this week's jefferson award winner who is at the heart of it all. sharon? >> when dr. jason wong hands patients a prescription, they often go to a unique pharmacy where food is medicine. filiberto rojas faced high blood pressure and risk for diabetes. but the weekly free food she has been getting through her doctor has chained her life. >> translator: the clinic has been able to manage and help me to control everything where now i don't have to use any more blood pressure medicine. >> reporter: for milk and eggs to fresh produce and poultry, phi philberta has transformed her diet through the food pantry. medical doctor jason wong was the first to help launch the motivative program in california in 2016 following a model in boston. >> i'm really proud that we were able to start this program. >> reporter: the food pharmacy serves about 650 people a year in redwood city in san mateo. it partners with second harvest food bank and the sequoia health care district. low income patients come into the samaritan house clinics with chronic health issues like h

it is a common answer that there is a series of letters that he wrote to jefferson about this, and also his response to denials. this has framed how we think about the revolution. and written about the revolution, for a very long time. since 1815 and 1818. but definitely in the last generation. so this is what john adams said. and remember, he looks like this. we have these we -- are gonna show you a younger version, which is a little bit different. then him in 1818. he said, the colonies grew up under a constitution of government so different, they were so good at a variety of religions, we were composed of so many different nations, the customs, manners and habits have no little resemblance that their intercourse would've been so rare. the knowledge of each other, to unite them in the same principles and theory in the same system of action with certainly a difficult enterprise. he said that of the enterprise being bringing 13 clock to strike as one. the complete accomplishment of it, and so short of time, and by such simple means was perhaps the singular example in the history of mank

this week's jefferson award goes to joan. >> by the way, you can nominate someone for a jefferson awardll out the form at kpix5/hero. >>> now at 6, get ready for more power blackouts. pg&e is going into auto shutoff mode. what that means for fire prone areas. >> it's a major worry if there's any fire anywhere near here that it's going to spread. >> tell the truth. tell the truth. tell the truth. >> a fight over emissions at a bay area school. both sides cool off after a crucial vote. >>> later, a swimmer attacked by a shark. heroic efforts to save him. good evening, i'm elizabeth cook. >> i'm brian yamamoto. brace yourselves for more blackouts this summer. >> not what we wanted to hear. pg&e is stepping up the power shutoffs across the bay area. kenny choi reports on the new effort to prevent wildfires. >> reporter: homeowners in high fire zones like marianne pierce are doing what they can to reduce the risk of a rapidly growing fire. >> it's a major worry if there's any fire it's going to spread. >> reporter: she and her neighbors hired bob's fire team to cut down tree limbs. >> any ti

he had no way of knowing that jefferson had died on the very same day. as americans then gathered across the country to honor the 50th anniversary of the declaration of independence, news of adam's and jefferson's passing spread. what had begone as a month of celebration was now one of mourning and commemoration as citizens began to listen to eulogies, speeches, and tributes in churches, government buildings, and in public spaces. and while jefferson and adams had their own opinions on how they should be remembered, it should be up to those living in 1826 and successive generations, even up until now, to define and shape their memory. while presidential sites just like yours are frequently called upon to discuss the legacies of people who have held the highest office in our country, and one way, one very important way, one iconic way, is we all know these men will eventually die. and it's how that death is marked and remembered that becomes very important. our next panel will provide wonderful and different perspectives on this process. one of our paneli

so i guess for thinking about jefferson biography. i would have to go with meacham's book, you know, john meacham's thomas jefferson art of power. it's a very good book at talking about how jefferson used as john says the medium of his age effectively to communicate ideas and ideals to affect change and i think that's that's true. i'd say not, you know, cal newport's deep work. because i feel overwhelmed by emails and i refuse to let the it people put the chat like for a long time. i would let them put microsoft teams on my computer because i don't want that blanket blank chat function working. so like how to create space to think. yeah, i think is a real challenge for all of us and i found this book to be i don't know that i really practice it enough to preach it, but i found it inspiration right the lineup for questions, but mine i'm gonna say if you haven't done wine in the white house with fritz fred ryan you got to do it not even do fireside chat with a group of people if we could get you together, so, all right, let's take some

of jefferson. in fact, he conceded in that meeting, jefferson did not, at all, support his possession position. and the election of 1800, there had been some small technical defect with a certificate in georgia. it was absolutely undisputed that jefferson had won georgia. jefferson did not assert but he had any authority to reject electors, he did not assert that he had any authority to resolve any issue during the course of that. and so, he acknowledged by the end that there was no historical practice whatsoever that supported his position. he had initially tried to push examples of jefferson and adams, he ultimately acknowledge that they did not work, as we've covered. he acknowledged it would lose nine toe in the supreme court. he again tried to say that he didn't think the courts will get involved in this. tell and vote the political question doctrine and so, if the courts stay out of it, that will mean that we all have the ten days for the states to step in and resolve it. and they will send b

jefferson, thanks for joining us.ee is describing president trump and his false claims about a stolen election as the catalyst for these events. but you see a lot more going on than just unhappiness over the election. is that right? hakeem: certainly. i recall very vividly sitting in the same exact spot, having watched the images coming out of d.c. on january 6, 2021. and what was immediately clear to me was that this was about much more than a perception that some election had been stolen. this was a kind of racial backlash, a kind of uprising in the face of perceptions that white people were losing status, that power was being taken away from them, and that donald trump's loss of the 2020 election was but the biggest sign of that loss of status. john: because you talked about sitting and watching those pictures. the pictures were also a sea of white faces. is that right? hakeem: it wasn't some kind of magic that the faces that we saw on the screens before us, the fas of those who were climbing barricades and attacki

jefferson has this beautiful he calls he calls the slave trade a radical a radical form of warfare. he talks about it slavery is an assemblage of horrors. he has these very powerful words and something and it's in his rough draft. they are capitalized right they are they are he means for them to be there and they all get struck out by the congress except for the bed at the end of that paragraph when he says and now they are using enslaved people against us that bit stays so the great object to desire gets struck out completely the merciles in the the domestic insurrection. part, and then they are using them against us that stays and that becomes so so slavery becomes something that's not controversial because they're only talking about one part of the equation and that that to me that part of it very much holds water of the 69% project are argument. that slavery is really important to this that part holds water as a cause. it's more difficult as a consequence you bet. thank you. so i get to exercise the co-chair prerogative to get my own my own question in and at the very end of the

it was i'm not honestly sure if it still is that was jefferson davis's birthday. so jefferson davis is one of these characters too that he's celebrated in some ways, but also made the villain. there was also a lot of soul-searching in these first five years after the war. why did the confederacy fail? what do you think people at the time started? saying to answer this question right after the war. yeah. that the north just had a superior numbers and resources right and that comes from lee's final order right that the south had devotion and sacrifice and bravery, but it could not compete with numbers of the of the north any other thoughts on that? yeah. there's probably a lot of scapegoating so like even even you just said a lot of that to go around you're that's a really good point and what's interesting about this first phase. there's actually a lot of inner. yeah, blaming just feeling that. they did something wrong these former confederates that there is it's there's always a tension in the lost cause and even some contradictions. so right this is a it becomes a

jon meacham's thomas jefferson, the art of power. a very good book to use the medium of his age to effectively communicate ideas. ideals to effect change. i think that is true. calum newport's deep work, i feel overwhelmed by emails and -- i refuse to let the i. t. people. for a long time i wouldn't put microsoft on my computer. i didn't want that blank chat function working. how to create space to think. i think it's a real challenge for all of us. i found this book, i don't know if i were the practice it enough to preach it but i found it inspirational. >> so you lined up for questions but mine i'm gonna say if you haven't done wine in the white house with fred ryan, you've got to do it! it's fun. he might even do a fireside chat with a group of people if you can get together. all right, let's take some q&a! who can have questions for us? >> hi my name is chrissy weininger, i am from the russell b, hayes presidential library museum from fremont, ohio. thank you very much for all of your commentary. i just wanted to quickly mention.

of jefferson. in fact, he conceded in that meeting, jefferson did not, at all, support his possession position. and the election of 1800, there had been some small technical defect with a certificate in georgia. it was absolutely undisputed that jefferson had won georgia. jefferson did not assert but he had any authority to reject electors, he did not assert that he had any authority to resolve any issue during the course of that. and so, he acknowledged by the end that there was no historical practice whatsoever that supported his position. he had initially tried to push examples of jefferson and adams, he ultimately acknowledge that they did not work, as we've covered. he acknowledged it would lose nine toe in the supreme court. he again tried to say that he didn't think the courts will get involved in this. tell and vote the political question doctrine and so, if the courts stay out of it, that will mean that we all have the ten days for the states to step in and resolve it. and they will send b

. >> sharon chin introduces us to this week's bay area jefferson award winner. this is impressive. >> you're going to see this, ryan and sara. in his 44 years, the reverend inspires his congregation every week. but many more get inspired by what he calls his great cloud of witnesses. >> everybody is great. god doesn't make junk. >> reporter: at ingleside presbyterian church, the reverend first posted muhammed ali's photo in the gym in 1980. >> it's all about love, honor, respect. >> reporter: he kept adding pictures. >> and i saw the guys when i started putting up more pictures, they would go up and read. >> reporter: and today the collage and church. >> i'm proud to say, you know? >> reporter: are san francisco landmarks for the largest black history mural of its kind in the nation. >> the great city of san francisco. >> reporter: the images cover the whole church, except the sanctuary. they're role models for children. >> many of the kids have been told you're black, you can't do this. you can do whatever anybody else can do if you're willing to discipline you

jefferson said no i don't think that is right. jefferson was an architect he designed monticello felt something near and dear he said the world oldest profession is the architect. after all, who do you think created the order out of all the chaos? franklin said no you are wrong. the oldest profession is the politician. who do you think created the chaos in the first place. [laughter] and unfortunately policy has mattered probably more than ever over the last few years. i am pleased to say on issue after issue florida has led the way. and i will talk about some of the statistics and some of the outcomes. but honestly you don't even need to read that. you can open your eyes and look and see how people behave. not only have we seen an unprecedented migration into the state of florida for relocating, we have seen huge increase in tourism. 2021 with covid still going on we set a domestic tourism record in the state of florida. if you look to the first quarter of this year, we represent in the state of florida at 45% of all of the forei

jefferson lost a supreme court ruling and forciy remove the native amerin people. we need to be a whole people in the united states. we need delegates to the congss which is in the constitution. th shall have delegates. we need to be seen as a whole people. we were forcibly removed from r lands. waingtonc, the virgin islands, puerto rico has delegates,e need delegates as well. host: thank you for bringing it up, is that something you have thought about? guest: he is talking about the mcgirt case that talks about jurisdiction over indian lands and oklahoma. neil gorsuch has proven to be the strongest asset of native american rights. he was with the liberal justices on that case. it is a controversial case, i can't really confidently discuss it at this point. host: frank out of new york, and independent. caller: i am about to officiate a relatives wedding soon, i am not a member of the clergy. i am not religious really. i do believe that jesus was the prince of peace and i practice in my life his teachings of being loving and compassionate. when i do this officiating

in jefferson's language, it survived nearly intact. the northwest ordinance was, again, reenacted in 1789 by the first congress operating under the new constitution. therefore, it became a touchstone for all opponents of slavery. in 1846, the northern congressman, david will maduro, -- who recently acquired from mexico. his favors proviso, declared that quote, neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of the said territory, except for crime wear of the party shall have been duly convicted. from there the language made its way into the 13th amendment of the constitution. it reads, as you all know, neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime whereas the party shall have been duly convicted shell exist within the united states. so there you have, it a perfectly straight line from jefferson, to the confederation of congress, to the u.s. congress, to the -- to the 13th amendment. it makes it look all so an example. there were other ways of making abolition seem inevitable, overly en

in 1784 thomas jefferson proposed a land ordinance. that would have banned slavery in all the western territories before they became states quote there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said states jefferson's bill declared. otherwise then in person punishment of crimes where of the party shall have been duly convicted. congress passed a northwest an ordinance of 1787 banning three years later congress passed the an ordinance of 1787 banning slavery in the northwest territories and jefferson's language survived nearly intact. the northwest ordinance was again reenacted in 1789 by the first congress app operating under the new constitution and therefore it be there after it became a touchstone for all opponents of slavery. in 1846 the northern northern congressman david wilmot proposed a ban on slavery in all the territories recently acquired from mexico his famous proviso declared that quote neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of the said territory except for crime where

jefferson said no i don't think that is right.efferson was an architect he designed monticello felt something near and dear he said the world oldest profession is the architect. after all, who do you think created the order out of all the chaos? franklin said no you are wrong. the oldest profession is the politician. who do you think created the chaos in the first place. [laughter] and unfortunately policy has mattered probably more than ever over the last few years. i am pleased to say on issue after issue florida has led the way. and i will talk about some of the statistics and some of the outcomes. but honestly you don't even need to read that. you can open your eyes and look and see how people behave. not only have we seen an unprecedented migration into the state of florida for relocating, we have seen huge increase in tourism. 2021 with covid still going on we set a domestic tourism record in the state of florida. if you look to the first quarter of this year, we represent in the state of florida at 45% of all of the foreign

doctor hayden, what do you think presidents madison, jefferson and adams would think about the library of congress today? >> i think that they would be so delighted to see so many people from all over the country that are using the collections that are visiting with dc. knowing that the library of congress is still that research and 247 they are supplyingel information. so they would be delighted. >> host: is the library of congress available to everybody in the world? >> yes, in fact it is the nationalar library. and anyone can partake of the riches of the library of congress by going through what we call the digital front door, the website that has over 61 million items and connects you directly and you can get a readers card of 16 and use one of the 20 that are in the jefferson building in washington, d.c. and the madison building, three buildings right in washington, d.c. >> host: what's the relationship between the library and the congress itself? it provides information to the members of congress need further deliberation and the values included that objective source but also con

plants that were grown in monticello during thomas jefferson some. and this was one of her famous quote by thomas jefferson that always great the garden. failure one thing replaced by the success of one another and instead of one harvest, and continued one throughout the year. so this is a side that was kept in the jefferson beds through the whole time. and how did we decide what to grow? well, it was easy. but the first family eight. and so, the national park service staff would work with the white house chefs and what they would use in the kitchen. but the first family would eat and what they would use for state events. and so, and then, you know, we helped out the first lady's office to make all this happen, and the chef would come down and harvest throughout the year. so spring, summer, figs, leaks, all kinds of things, all through the fall. we helped provide. and yes, they used them for the first family's private meals but these are tomatoes and relishes that are vegetable kebab that was one of the state, the congressional picnics. i think this

hayden, what do you think the patrons presidents madison jefferson and adams would think about the library of congress today? i think that they would be so delighted to see so many people from all over the country that are using the collections that are visiting in dc and three buildings seeing exhibits. getting films on the lawn in the summer and doing all of these things and knowing that the library of congress is still that research arm for members of congress and 24/7. they are supplying information so they would be delighted. is the library of congress available to all us citizens or to anybody in the world? yes, in fact it is the national library, and anyone can. really partake of the riches of the library congress by going through what we call our digital front door our website that has over 61 million items and connects you directly even to some of our librarians and so you have access and you can get a reader's card at 16 and use one of the 20 reading rooms that are in our chronic building the jefferson building in washington dc and the madison building and the adams building thre