it was written in the magna carta. so as late as the onset of world war ii, fdr is still referring back to the legacy of magna carta. so we think this new interactive device is going to give a lot more strength to the display of magna carta, allow our visitors to have a deeper understanding not of just why the document is important, but how it connects to our charters of freedom. >>> you can watch american artifacts and other american history tv programs any time by visits our website. cspan.org/history. watch american artifacts, sundays at 8:00 a.m. eastern and again at 7:00 and 10:00 here on cspan 3. american history tv examines the presidents, policies and legacies, through their historic speeches and discussions with leading historians. that's every sunday morning at 8:30 a.m. eastern and again at 7. 30. and 10:30 p.m. find more information about our programs and other series including schedules and online video archives at cspan.org/history. >> march 30, 1981, a would be assassin fired six shots at president ronal

but many of these documents are all really based on the magna carta and the principles in the magna carta. very pleased i was fortunate enough to do this for the american public and i hope many people come to watch it, look at it, learn about it. >> for people who are unfamiliar with the magna carta, could somebody please give us a magna carta 101? >> on june 15, 1215, in runningmeade, noblemen came together and insisted on certain principles so they wouldn't feel like they were being taxed without representation in effect. king john agreed with a seal the principles which the noblemen asked him to agree to including the rights of habeas corpus, punishment should be proportionate to the crime involved. no taxation without representation. it was written in medieval latin. unfortunately, one of the principles would result in him being excommunicated. the king of england was subordinate to the pope. and the pope said this wasn't a good principle. it said 25 noblemen could come together and overrule what the king wanted, and if that were the case, maybe somebody could overrule what pope wante

and then an examination of the 1297 magna carta, the first document issued to an english king by subjects seeking liberties. later, a look back at the assassination attempt on president ronald reagan. >>> each week american history tv's american artifacts takes viewers behind the scenes at archives, museums, and historic sites. the 2600 acre estate of montpelier was once home to the nation's fourth president, james madison and his wife dolley. it lies about 90 miles south of the nation's capital in orange county, virginia. the national trust for historic preservation owns the property that is managed by the nonprofit montpelier foundation. american history tv visited the site for a tour with the foundation's president, michael quinn. >> welcome to the home of james and dolley madison. this house really tells madison's entire life story, and the house as it appears now reflects his vision for his life-long home. the core of the house was actually built by his father, and madison moved in when he was only about 14 years old. in fact, later in life, he talks about walking from the old farmho

know historically and if you can take it all the way back to british law if you want to go back to magna carta you can historically you didn't you civilian does not use deadly force unless there's no other option and the same is true by the way of the police officers and of soldiers in iraq and afghanistan what these laws do is they say you can use deadly force when you have a variety of other options you could run you can scream you can hit somebody over the head with it with a two by four or you can kill about when you've got a variety of options like that you should by law be required to use the less lethal options before you kill somebody trayvon martin was was armed with a bag of skittles and a can of iced tea he did not represent a threat and george zimmerman should have at the very least in terms of whether there was a real threat and or not not have been in his face and done what the police officer said. but tom i think that you're confusing into condemning this law for the trayvon martin case and even that the state of florida has said this is not stand your ground why would they file

. -- magna carta. you had the right to have a trial. you had a right to have your voice heard., not just a judge or a king would decide. possibly, a jury. in other words, a group of your peers would decide if you are guilty or not. >> the notion of how the jury -- 12 for a jury is recent. you might have had as many as 24. originally, and very often, the people who served on the jury were witnesses to the crime . the notion -- [inaudible] it is relatively recent. >> de st toudentcam.org to watch all of the -- go to studentcam.org to what all of the videos. >> next a conversation between mike and chris wallace. mike wallace died saturday night. and then a look at strategies in the 2012 presidential campaign. after that, the irs commissioner talks about the need to renew expiring tax breaks. >> mike wallace died last night in connecticut at the age of 93. born in massachusetts, he served in the u.s. navy during world war ii. he strutted his broadcasting career in chicago. in 1968, he became one of the regional correspondent for 60 minutes. he stepped down in 2008. in 2007 he was u