mr. jefferson who had introduced the bill to relocate to richmond, by the time we made the move, a year later, he was serving as governor and he got to oversee the process. if you think of the capitol as an essay in architecture, the primary author was thomas jefferson. and at the time we were getting ready to break ground for a new public building in richmond in 1785, jefferson had left state service and was american ambassador to france. he was living in paris. and nonetheless, richmond authorities reached out to jefferson in 1785 asking for his help as an absentee advocate for a properly designed capitol building. and he turned to the architecture of antiquity. he was fascinated by the temples of greece and rome. and in paris he was able to meet and collaborate with a professional french architect, charles lewis cled so and those two men got together and i like to think of jefferson as the author of our original capitol building and claruso as a professional editor of the ideas and they eventually looked to a well preserved roman temple in southern france in the town of neem and it is know

mr. jefferson, who had introduced the bill to relocate to richmond, when we moved here he was he serving as governor and oversaw the process. the primary author of the capitol was thomas jefferson. when we were getting ready to break ground for a new public building in richmond in 1785 jefferson had left state service and was our american ambassador to france. he was living in paris. nonetheless, richmond authorities reached out to jefferson in 1785 asking for his help as an absentee advocate for a properly designed capitol building. he turned to the architecture of antiquity. he was fascinated by the temples of greece and rome. in paris he was able to meet and collaborate with a professional french architect who was a published authority on roman antiquities. they got]a+z together, and i lio think of jefferson as the author of our original capitol building and the architect as the editor. they looked to a building in the south of france. when jefferson was planning the virginia state capitol to look like a classical monumental roman temple, he followed the advice of people who studied t

mr. jefferson i set the ball of i am tuesday of the ball rolling down the hill back in 1765 and since thatlayed a very large role in separating present great britain . jenny, real quick how do you get kids interested in history. >> you have to make it exciting for them. you have to make it fun and personal. one thing that i did than showing the founders as men i showed them as kids so we begin with mr. henry as a child so kids can relate to another child. the book is out today. thank you very much. announcer: today on "tmz" -- harvey: you know usain bolt was injured in his last race, right? that did not stop him from taking a shot to the face. >> his girlfriend is insanely attractive. she takes a shot and puts in between her boobs and he grabs a shot and takes the full shot. >> how does she hold it there hands free? >> but katie, some girls can. [laughter] >> justin bieber, you know he's friends with floyd mayweather. we said floyd says he's going to knock out conor. >> i don't think so. harvey: justin is saying everybody buy the pay-per-view because it's going to be interesting. >> and fl

have you know while the folks at home of the trump with tweet hot tempered when a body between mr jefferson sessions remove prince and the cruise from cid is monitoring police behavior of a blacksmith in the back he's shifted money is from pursuing race why supremacy were able to militarize and affirmative action so the from back in white people is not just a river can the president of the absence of responses to the policy administrations is in fact full plates the fantasy is of these right wing and it is. you know reverend i don't hear the term nonviolent being used by either side in the aftermath of this we all have our differences that's what makes up america but these these differences have now morphed into extremes back in the day of the leadership of martin luther king and you were right there during those civil rights days the term nonviolent was used a lot we have to get back to the basics of that to remind people that we don't all think alike. will get ahead of the negative that there were in fact none violent and they were hit with a terrorist attack but this is not the first tim

mr. jefferson sessions removed consider the crews from citizens mongering police behavior of a blacksmith in the back shifted money is from pursuing race why supremacy with a militarized and affirmative action so the from better than white people is not just a river can the president of the absence of responses to the problems have been through his. plates the francis's of these right wing and has for now and twitter users are taking things into their own hands and have been revealing the identities of the charlottesville white supremacists who were involved in saturday's rally most notably the yes your race account has been publishing photos of protesters asking followers to help them identify who they are two of the first people identified were a coke at a restaurant and berkeley and a twenty year old student at the university of nevada reno the cook has since been fired from his job and the university put out a statement saying they were monitoring the situation recently citizens and public officials have been vocal lising the desire to remove confederate statues monday afternoon in du

mr. jefferson. i wouldn't have a job if it weren't for mr. jefferson. >> but he owned slave holders? >> but he himself is a controversial guy. >> yes. >> who even this year there's been talk about, hey, let's basically take jefferson out of the bibly og gra fee, if i can put it that way. >> well, we're not going to do it the president was clear about that. >> yes, the president was clear about that. >> the question is, how far do you go thomas jefferson, founder of uva and also an owner of slaves. it's a really hard question. >> look, the way i look at it, thomas jefferson was a slave owner, i deeply regret it. he should have known better. he did know better but he wanted a political career and wasn't about to challenge it. but tyler, the author of "the declaration of independence," president two terms, earlier than that, secretary of state, vice president, the louisiana purchase, i think that counts big time you put all of that together and i think it greatly outweighs his sins, as serious as they were. robert e. lee, you talk to people who studied robert e. lee, they almost unanimo

jefferson. how do we deal with this complicated legacy? we honor, as mr. an suggested, thomas jefferson's tremendous accomplishments, author of the declaration of independence, founder of the university, author of the declaration of religious freedom, louisiana purchase. we could go on and on. i think that balances in some way the unfortunate part of his legacy about slavery. we certainly do not support that. but john, we are building a monument to enslaved laborers right here. we have a dormitory named after enslaved laborers. we are doing things that matter. but this is more false equivalency from president trump. just as he falsely equated the neo-nazis with those showing up to protest their fascism, so too is he trying to make equivalent robert e. lee with thomas jefferson or george washington and mr. grossman just explained it is outrageous and wrong. >> in fact, the statues, even beyond the role of these men in history, the role of these statues in history historically speaking, most of the statues built to confederate icons came up during jim crow or

point was pretty much the same now it's certainly true that george washington and thomas jefferson owned slaves mr president look i think the issue was that you and robert e. lee both owned slaves. that was about. that was wrong but if you want talk about owning slaves you should talk about thomas jefferson whoa. abraham lincoln certainly did not own slaves he was always an outspoken opponent of slavery which he ended up abolishing in the context of a civil war now you would think he wouldn't be a target for anger but the people who did this certainly think he is going to launch a full scale war against history you should probably expect that there's going to be collateral damage. from. this type of actions should have been taken then perhaps fifty years ago with the civil rights movement this is whole situation has been created by certain media outlets like for example c.n.n. that they have you know pushed down on the narrative on the fact that you know that trump is a racist or that everybody that supported trump is a racist or or even going further that every single white person is racism i'm c

mr. president, aside from the great lakes, the biggest lake in america is lake pontchartrain. it's now drained dry. that hurricane betsy picked up the lake up and put it inside jeffersonarish. mr. president, we've had it down there and we need your help. >> at the time presidents were not expected to turn up at the site of natural disasters, wu lbj couldn't say no when senator long called him. lbj broke precedent with how all other presidents dealt with disasters like hurricanes. he left for new orleans within a couple of hours after he hung up with senator long. when he got to new orleans, he visited an elementary school that was used as a shelter. it was sweltering hot, the place had no electricity. people were so traumatized they didn't realize who was there in the shelter with them. and what all of this commotion was about. so in that visit lbj grabbed a flashlight and lit his own face up with the flashlight so he could show people that it was him. this is your president. i'm here to help you. the day lbj returned to the white house he sent a telegram to the mayor of new orleans, a 16-page long telegram outlining new federal plans to help the city. ever since lbj'

he's received two awards of the jefferson davis historical gold medal. mr. buckland is a graduate of the university of kansas and had a 22-year career in the u.s. army in which he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel, slightly higher than i got to when i was in the army, and he has many awards. he served much of his career in special forces. you see some of the awards he received during that time period. we thank him for his service. he currently works for the united states government. lives with his wife maureen in centervil centerville, virginia. they have three sons. the title of his presentation today is john s.mosby, the perfect man in the perfect place. please help me welcome mr. eric buckland. [ applause ] >> good morning. in keeping with the theme on leadership, patrick had asked me to talk about john mosby so we could address a leader at the unit level, down at the tactical and operational level. there is no doubt that john mosby was a singularly outstanding combat commander. i think he is one of the few, if not the only commander during the civil

mr. washington, jefferson, malfed disson, monroe, jackson, when you put your hand on the bible and sworee hobbit who you were talking about. on the first independence day fireworks sed the sky aflame, don't forget where we were watching from. when you remember jefferson's genius, don't forget the slaves who built the shelfs in his library. when you sing that this country was founded on freedom don't forth the shackles drags against the ground my entire life. i've been taught how perfect the country was but nobody told me about the pages town another of my text books. oppression doesn't disappears because you decide not to teach that chapter. you only hear one side of the story you have to question who the writer is. [applause] >> so kind of what i alluded to before, when i was a teacher, i was deeply consumed with the sort of larger social context shaping the lives of my students. i recognize that often times as i'm shoe you are more aware than anyone, the way we talk about education is in a silo in isolation and devoid of the larger social, political and historical context that shape ou

monuments, soon he argues thomas jefferson, george washington, both slave owners will have their memorials toppled pretty if you listen to al sharpton, he has something to say. mrp may be right. >> do they take down the jefferson memorial? >> i think that people need to understand when people that were enslaved and robbed of even the right to marry and had forced sex with their slave masters, this is a personal justice. when you look at the fact that public monuments are supported by public funds, you are asking me to subsidize -- >> thomas jefferson? >> the public should not be pained to oppose somebody who has that background. >> juan: this is where i jump off the ship, because to me thomas jefferson, sally hennings, and all of the people that you want to talk about, founding father, thomas jefferson, he has written into the document some things that i find heartwarming, in fact, inspiring to this day. so i don't see that. but now i listen to him, jesse, and he has a black person in america feels personally offended that he has to pay to support this man's monument. what do you think? >> jesse: i think we found the one thing that al sharpton does not want the

george washington did not do that, thomas jefferson did not do that so i think you will hear critics say that mrr removing the statues. he did mention that it was a local decision and should be a local decision. he didn't weigh in on whether the statue should remain or not although i know there was a local decision in charlottesville to remove the robert e lee statue, that is what the people were protesting against. in this case the city of cha rlottesville against. in this case the city of charlottesville was taking action that mr trump has said after the fa ct that mr trump has said after the fact that he supports. as you say, revealing a news conference. one of the points to trump made when asked how will race relations improve, he said, jobs, i will bring backjobs, jobs are the answer. that is this focus, isn't it. it is and this is what the event today was supposed to be about before he turned it over to media questions, he was talking about infrastructure investments, how he would streamline the ability to finance massive government projects and how much easier it will be under his adminis

mr. adams were debating about who should write the declaration of independence and they give it to thomas jefferson. he said i don't know a partis inel from a predicate, i'm just a simpler cobbler from connecticut. that's one of the great rhymes. sherman was no longer singing and dancing and he was coming up with compromises and the connecticut compromise. my goodness, he looks so stern, but impressive. how can you resist a gaze like that? roger sherman's connecticut compromise was to blend the new jersey and and virginia plans where we have the legislation of two houses and the interest of small states is represented in the senate where every state has two voes regardless of how big it is and the interest of the large state is represented in the house of representative which is is created or portioned by population. so that beautiful compromise that allowed the constitution to be passed is an incredible example of the delegates. i mentioned the spirit of moderation and compromised being so central to madison's achievement. these men were not ideologues. they certainly had strong views which they w

mr. adams were debating and talking about who should write the declaration of independence and they give it to thomas jeffersonhe says, i don't know a participle from a predicate, i'm a simple cobbler from connecticut, one of the great lines of all time. sherman by the time of the constitutional convention was no longer singing and dances but coming up with compromise also. the connecticut compromise, my goodness, look, he looks so stern but impressive. how could you resist a gaze like that? roger sherman's connecticut compromise was to blend the virginia and new jersey plans and proposed the system we have today where we have a bicameral legislature of two houses. the interest of every state is represented in the senate where every state has two votes no matter how big, and then the house of representatives is apportioned by population. so that beautiful compromise which allowed the constitution in fact to be passed is just one example of the incred pragmatism of these del gaegates. i mentioned the men were not i had i don had -- ideologues. they are strong views they were not willing to compromise in some ca

mr. adams are all debating in song about who should write the declaration of independence and they give it to thomas jefferson. he says, i don't know a part sipple from a predicate, i'm just a simple cobbler from connecticut. one of the great lines. shermman by the time of the national constitution was no longer singing and dancing. and the connecticut compromise. my goodness, look, he looks so stern but impressive. how could you resist a gaze like that? sherman's connecticut compromise was to blend the virginia and new jersey plans and propose the system we have today, where we have a bicameral legislature of two houses. the interest of small states is reap represented in the senate where every state has two votes regardless of how big it is. and it is of the large states is in the house of representatives which is by population. so that beautiful compromise which allowed the constitution, in fact, to be passed, is just one example of the incredible pragmatism of these delegates. i mentioned the spirit of moderation and compromise being so central to madison's achievement. these men were not ideologues. they

jefferson columbus, the can rhetoric president. they got into a quarrel with general nelson in 1862, shot and killed him on mr.'s of the gulf house in louisville. who was indicted but never tried. three union divisions were driven off the battlefield by approximately noon. divisions.union he, you can see here -- he is moving south. they probably should get the most immediate credit for -- or through bridge. thatnitial counterattacks forces the confederates to react . they had a choice to make. general braxton -- original plan was to attack in the north. each command half of the confederate army. as they were being pushed out -- on treatment attacks and complete defenses. work.he text and troops worked better than expected. all they can do at that point is -- well, he has choice. can push west and follow those troops as they retreat, or if he's going to deal with the bulk of the union army still on the battlefield, he will have to turn north and go up this way. that's ultimately the decision he makes, to return and head north. that will create the conditions to bring us to the battle horseshoe ridge. i mentioned

about in the two schools 5 miles way, one of the county, one in the city, thomas jefferson is the school in the city. this is mr. stevens, master math teacher. this is mr. fox, student and a teacher residency program will need to be a great teacher. this is raymond, fluffy robot. they tell me it was named by the girls. they are not in the picture, but there were enough of them to get naming rights, which is great. if you don't hear more about mrn read my love letter to the richmond city school. you find it on youtube. the ted talk. i think there is a link to it on the site. but what i want to talk my visit for us just how much the schools and all those tj, freeman and those two schools that they compared to further see a comparison all across virginia. this school struggles for money for the robotics team. they struggle to get great teachers that mr. stevens is is an extraordinary teacher. the pressures on a teacher like him to get out, this is a school, even though they're doing great work academically with these kids, there tech scores are not what they would be in the suburban school. because the kids don't