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ever heard of a guy named patrick henry when he made the famous speech give me liberty or give me death which is a precursor to the revolutionary war. >> so when you go through richmond, you're kind of walking among history and these modern shops. how do you make sure that you keep that nod to history alive while still advancing the city? >> this is about tourism. what attracts people to your city and i think one of the most attractive things. not only do we have great historic features. we have a great river that runs through the city, more rapids. but it's what keeps people coming back and coming back. and if history brings people here initially, then they can also partake in our restaurants, in the great museums we have. >> now, what are we coming up on. >> this is libby hill right here. this is the view. williamberg came to -- one of the settler's of richmond came up here and saw the bend around the river right here. and he tds reminded him of richmond hill, the river times near london and that's how we got the name richmond. so to the right you have a view of downtown, beautiful vi

ever hear of a guy named patrick henry when he gave the famous speech give me liberty or give me death, which was a prerun tort revolutionary war. >> it happened right here. you still preserved the church. when you go through richmond you're walk among history next to these modern restaurants and shops. how do you make sure that you keep that mod nod to history al while advancing the city. >> this is about tourism, what attracts people to your city. i think one of the most attractive things, not only do we have great historic features, but we also have a great river that runs through the city as well, rapids, but the history is what keeps people coming back and coming back and coming back. if history brings people here initially, then they can also partake in our restaurants, they kls partake in the great museums we have. they can see so many things. >> what are we coming up on? i see there's like a statue. >> this is libby hill right here. this is the view williamburg came to one of the settlers of richmond came up here and he saw this bend around the river right here and he said it r

he became a counselor to the governor, the governor patrick henry as a very young man. he was in his mid-20s. so he achieved a position in the official post revolutionary government of virginia when he was in his mid-20s. that is when he started his career. his conviction on issues ran the gamut of basically to every public policy issue that the country was dealing with, especially at this very young age. when he was a young aide to governor patrick henry, he was -- he became absolutely obsessed with the problem of military supplies. so this was a very difficult question at this time because the state was figuring out how to supply a federal sort of part federal, part state armed forces that was fighting great britain in the revolutionary war which dragged on forever and ever. and one of the problems was how do you equipment supply the troops when the dollars that they're using are -- there were five different kinds of money at this time. and they're all incredibly inflated. so it was difficult to find the food and the drink and the supplies that the troops needed. and

america heard back into the miles of her history to lincoln, jefferson, tom payne, patrick henry.h in washington of august 28th. ♪ in this city that has a massive traffic problem even at normal times, traffic had been re-routed and acres of space had been reserved for the thousands of visiting demonstrators. ♪ ♪ ♪ i have the hammer in the morning and the hammer in the evening all over this land ♪ ♪ i hammer out danger i hammer out warning ♪ ♪ i hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters all over this land ♪ ♪ >> momentum for the march began slowly. by 11:30 a.m., a mounting tide of children, students, parents, grandparents, placards and banners held aloft while walking down the wide avenue named in honor of the constitution of the country. no attempt was made or thought given to strict lines of marching. the mood of the day was serious but relaxed. 200,000 strong they marched in the largest demonstration for civil rights in the history of the united states. ♪ catholics, protestants and jews. the humble and the famous, westerners, northerners and southerners, a cross sectio

as you make your way out washington boulevard and patrick henry drive in arlington road closed due tot downed wires. we'll have to detour around that. 66 wide opened. not seeing any slowdowns on the key bridge. use caution. watch for slick spots bridges overpasses on and off-ramps. ongoing water main break issue. melanie alnwick is out there. causing a bit of a mess. watch for slick closures 27th street and k street blocked. northbound rock creek parkway at virginia avenue. traffic diverted onto eastbound virginia avenue northwest. 66 westbound from i street blocked and rock creek parkway from white horse freeway blocked. detour around that. metro is on time. back to you. >> erin thanks very much. up and down the east coast it's not just us, the cars have having trouble. drivers struggling with the snow and ice. cars sometimes don't want to get going just like some of us. >> understand that. thousands of them have turned to aaa for help during this wintry blast and our annie yu is with aaa's midatlantic at the fleet headquarters this morning. she's getting all the details on how to ma

in 1837, john quincy adams breathed new and threatening life into patrick henry's warnings. then a congressman from massachusetts, adams reversed his earlier opposition to military emancipation and repeatedly declared that, under the war powers clause of the constitution, the federal government could do exactly what patrick henry warned against. emancipate every southern slave and an effort to repel a foreign invasion or suppress a domestic insurrection. war and rebellion nullified the south's claim to confiscation of -- the south's claim to the protection of slave property, or what amounts to the same thing, absolving north of any requirement to protect slavery. war would render the fugitive slave craw's in operative. emancipation became a minor but recurring theme in the wide writings of abolitionists and the speeches of anti-slavery politicians. alongside the political controversy of slaves escaped in wartime, there developed a second source of political conflict over this one caused by the abolition of slavery in the northern states. there had been no fugitive slave clau

we have one angry letter from madison to his brother in a response by patrick henry to make an approacho his brother willie. madison was not close to his actual brothers and sisters. but he was very close with a succession of men his own age. edmund randolph. james monroe. those were crucial relationships in his life. they were like sibling relationships. they apparently substituted in some way. host: how mean would it have been back then when james monroe challenged james madison for the seat in the house of representatives? noah: i think it is incredibly shocking. right after the constitution had been ratified at the convention, where madison had gone head-to-head with patrick henry, madison won and henry lost. although madison controlled the constitutional convention, henry control the virginia state legislature. henry gerrymandered the distr icts in madison's home area to produce a district full of antifederalists. then he convinced james monroe, one of madison's best friends in monroe,d, henry seduced probably by telling him you will defeat madison, this was right after madison had

there's people who come to museum who's never heard of patrick henry or thomas jefferson but they know edger allan poe. and we can't say he belongs to baltimore or richmond or new york as he belongs to the world. he's everybody's writer and that's the great thing about this museum. it's a place that brings together everybody. >>> we are inside a working public building that has hosted the oldest elective law making legislature active in the western hemisphere today. i think in terms of architecture since we have the first american state capitol to open after the revolutionary war and the first monumental roman temple style

fromis could be anyone abraham lincoln to patrick henry. and so, that changed. >> this is the 1996 version of the application and foreign service officer sample test folks would use. obviously very different from , the 1940 version. it gives sample questions as well as lists of colleges in different states where you can sit to take the exam. >> much like the sat at that time. >> but also opening it up to more locations around the country. >> in 1940, you had to come to washington. >> it was not as widely offered. this is an interesting booklet. it doesn't have a sample exam. but it is an application. this was used by a woman named mary pendleton. 1969 to applyin to take the foreign service officer test. you can see that she ripped off and mailed it in. and she did join the foreign service and she later became the first u.s. ambassador to moldova in 1992. it is a nice piece of history there. while the personnel force is professionalizing, there also changes afoot for women. >> very much so. just as there was an evolution of wanting foreign s

there's people who come to the museum of who never heard of patrick henry or thomas jefferson, but they know edgar allen poe. he truly is an international literary figure. and we can't really say he belongs so much to baltimore or richmond or new york as he belongs to the world. he's everybody's writer. and that's a great thing about this museum, it's a place that brings together everybody. >>> our cities tour continues with a visit to the virginia's capital, home to the oldest legislative bead in the hem fis sphere. it moved to richmond in 1780 phi and jefferson credited with its design. next, horn mike greenough talks about the significance and it's place in american history. >> we are inside a working public building that has hosted the oldest elected law-making legislature active in the western hemisphere today. i think in terms of architecture, since we are the first american state capitol to open after the revolutionary war and since we are the first monumental r

make a joke about how unlikely it is that i would serve as the successor to patrick henry and thomas jefferson. the joke is funny because it is true. not many middle-class kids from syracuse, new york whatever find themselves speaking behind his desk. at the heart of that joke is a statement about the singular privilege it is to be the chief executive of a commonwealth with the people, the resources, the history, and the potential that ours has. i have loved every second. it is one of the greatest jobs on earth. it would not be possible without the men and women who serve in the virginia general assembly. we run separate branches of government, but we serve the same cause -- the good of the people of the commonwealth of virginia. we have had our disagreements but even a difficult moments, i have never lost sight of the tremendous honor it is to work the incredible dedication and the professionalism that you bring to the task of representing your constituents. i want to say thank you to all of you as well for your leadership, your dedication, and the many ways you make this administra

i often make a joke about how unlikely it is that i would serve as a successor to patrick henry and thomas jefferson. the joke is funny because it's true. not many middle-class kids from syracuse, new york find themselves speaking from this particular desk. but at the heart of that joke is a statement about the singular privilege it is to be the chief executive of a commonwealth with the people, the resources, the history, and the potential that ours has. as you all know, i have loved every second that i have spent in this job because it's one of the few on earth where you get to get up every morning and make an immediate positive impact on the people you serve. that wouldn't be possible without the men and women who serve in the virginia general assembly. we run separate branches of government, but we serve the same cause the good of the , people of this commonwealth. -- the good of the people of the commonwealth of virginia. we have had our disagreements, but even at difficult moments, i have never lost sight of the tremendous honor it is to work with you and the incredible dedication an

patrick henry wrote that the constitution is meant to restrain the government, not the people. it's about trying to restrain government from abusing the power to take our right. you have a fundamental right to be left alone. the right most cherished among civilized men and women is the right to be left alone. we know also the history of those who take up the mantle of power is a history of abuse. president wilson and world war i arrested 10000 americans for their objection to the war. fdr had an enemies list he was vocal and published in newspapers 77 people will see them enemies. lbj illegally spied on martin luther king. which is time at the king day yesterday. they spread of vietnam war veterans, nixon had an enemies list. president after president has abuse this power. president obama had a fight with the tea party groups, it turns out they were given a scrutiny and people are denied being allowed to form as a charitable group or activist group under obama because they disagreed with president obama. we now have a current administration and people in the fbi have interperso

but the chief deputy patrick henry of north carolina said anything shorter and there is no support. on top of that, we have house minority leader nancy pelosi saying at a press conference earlier this morning that she is not going to go along with the considering ats february 8, because she wants a broader deal on immigration. and to top all of that off, the white house legislative affairs director showed up at the gop conference meeting this morning to say that the immigration compromise that was also being hashed out last night in the senate is not good enough. so we are really at an impasse right now that appears to be a little bit longer than lawmakers expected. a lot of us expected they might wrap things up today, to get the shutdown over with in time for monday, but now it looks like tempers are flaring on all sides here. host: you talked about negotiations. specifically, who are the members negotiating any sort of short-term deal? talked about february 8, so who are they and where are they? >> this is happening on the top levels of leadership right now. that is the senate min

with that backdrop, i was maybe about 10 blocks from the church where patrick henry made his famous speech, give them liberty or teeth. -- or death. i would ask my mother, what does it mean as to inalienable rights. no one can take them from you, she said. does it apply to me? she said, absolutely. when you tell a kid that, in this case i believed so much of what my mother would say, that i really believed that there was something that was wrong and that i still nevertheless could overcome that. her thing was you've got to be the best of what you can be. and i tried. >> what was going on in richmond during that time? >> everything. segregation. the only way to get on the street cars, when the street car was a block from my house, it wasn't full and my mother would always tug me a little bit to move into the center of the street car. i would say, why don't you sit here? she would say, let's move back a little bit. she never would explain to me that colored, et cetera, et cetera. and then she did tell me what it meant. she said, that will change. that will change. you just do what you have t

advocates, national committee for human life amendment, national right to life, operation rescue, patrick henry college, susan b anthony list, silent no more, southern baptist, stand true ministries, students for life, tradition family property, women who speak for themselves, the center for ethics and culture. can i get a round of applause for all the wonderful organizations? [applause] >> before we start to march i have a few administrative announcements. if you have any trash please dump it in the dumpsters out there, don't throw your trash on the ground, we are pro-life and always and wants to throw our trash away. second, collecting for donations for the march for life along constitution avenue. these donations help fund this event every year and we ask you to consider being generous and finally at the conclusion of the rally please follow the direction of our marshall who will point you in the direction of the march. there are a lot of you out there today so please follow their lead so we can march safely to the supreme court. please join me in welcoming back to the stage another lovely s

audience know how engrained gerrymandering is in our society, if you go all the way back to 1788 when patrick henrynti-federalist allies were in control of the virginia house of delegates, even at that point in time, they were drawing a line through virginia's fifth congressional district to keep james madison out from winning the seat. so, this isn't a new problem. but what i would like to see is an independent commission, similar to what the congressman mentioned, similar to what you see in the united kingdom, in australia, that it's independent, it's objective, and it makes sure that you don't see partisanship or hyperha hyperpartisanship impacting certain things over olthz others. >> we've heard about electoral integrity, often a code word for new restrictions or requirements placed on those for going to the polls. do you see that as an answer here? is a commission necessarily the best path forward? >> i mean, the devil's in the details with a commission. and who puts the commission in place? who's on the commission? i think that sometimes we talk about commissions and washington, d.c., likes t

patrick henry famously declared, "give me liberty or give me the talking stick.need the stick. thank you. --death!" you have to sell it! you have to sell it with sizzle! and collins was so proud of her talking stick, she went on cnn for a little stick talk. >> what is a talking stick? >> well, i can show it to you. >> whoa! >> and as you can see, it's beautifully beaded, and it was given to me by my friend, democratic senator heidi heitkamp of north dakota, and it is originally from africa. >> stephen: yes, yes! as lawmakers discussed immigration and the future of our government, the only minority in the room was a stick. ( cheers and applause ) ♪ ♪ and, obviously, you'd think a bunch of powerful adults could play a kid's game without things getting ugly, but not so fast. because at one point, senator lamar alexander of tennessee forcefully tossed the stick toward senator mark warner of virginia, nearly shattering a glass elephant belonging to collins. wow! >> jon: whoa! >> stephen: a heated discussion almost destroyed the symbol of the republican party. i think

this hurts the job prospect for nativeborn american workers may be descendants of patrick henry can't get a job if they don't speak spanish. host: chester, line for republicans, hold on a second, want to get him in. caller: yes, mr. stein and mr. johnson, good morning. i want to comment on some observations i had over the summer. my neighbor just retired, he had a lot of work done to his house. when i was growing up, mixed white and black guys, this summer i watched guys in the neighborhood and every crew was hispanic and run by either black guy or white guy, but all the crews were immigrants. so, i spoke with the guys and asked were they legal or illegal, not my business, just curious, they said, they didn't know, they didn't care. these guys did work from dawn to dusk. when you say there are jobs americans won't do, those are jobs we always did. guest: i'm not saying there are jobs americans won't do, i'm saying there are jobs out there where americans in certain areas of the country, certain sectors of the economy, less americans competing because they are competing to be the head

patrick henry wrote that the constitution is meant to restrain the government, not the people. it is about trying to restrain government from abusing the power to take our rights. you have a fundamental right to be left alone. justice brandeis put it this way. he said the right most cherished among civilized men and women is the right to be left alone. but we know also that the history of those who grab the reins of power, the history of those who take up the mantle of power is a history of abuse. president wilson in world war 1 arrested 10,000 americans for their objection to the war. f.d.r. had an enemies' list that he actually was very vocal and published in newspapers, 77 people that were his enemies, and he used the i.r.s. to go after them. l.b.j. illegally spied on martin luther king. we just had martin luther king day yesterday. l.b.j. spied on him illegally in all manners, in all forms. he spied on vietnam war veterans. nixon had an enemies' list. you name it, president after president has abused this power. president obama had a fight with the tea party groups. it turn

the names of both in them put in that bowl that you see on the table there in virginia in the patrick henry building right below where his office is and the chairman of the virginia board of elections, james alcorn, will pull one of the canisters out of the bowl and then one of the vice chairs will also pull out a canister. james alcorn will read the name out of the bowl and that will be the winner of the race in house district 94 in newport news, virginia, and the second name just to make sure both of the canisters have the names of the candidate. and then that person will be officially certified and declared as the winner of that race. and, of course, this comes with enormous consequences because right now there's only a one seat margin after the 2017 elections in virginia and the house of delegates and it has the potential to either have the republicans retain power for going on two decades in virginia or make it a 50/50 tie which will require them to share power. enormous consequences here as to whose name is drawn from that bowl. >> no doubt about it. we are going to take the name draw

nd when i think of that i think of patrick henry when someone yelled from the back of the room, if this be treason, make the most of it. a 16-year-old, barbara johns who had to move after discussing the declaration ever independence to question while there was a school that only white kids could attend. we are not there yet. ut to be a more perfect union. and stand te my body up for human beings across the demroshe and china. we still hold these truths to be self-evident, we will not turn a blind eye to forced abortions at lead to child labor policies of a umh number of kids that mirrors the population of the state of ohio. we will not turn a pliped eye and all data indicates that you have and we will not turp a blind eye to the oppression of real depouse minorities whether there are muslims in the west of china. i know this age in the worldwide web, that the people of china flow, you are to my brothers and sisters and you are human beings and you will not be given these rights but by creator and if you have the courage to stand up, understand this, we will support you. thank you, mr. s

james madison made a campaign promise because patrick henry tried to succeed him with james monroe so there they are going through all of this and among other things they don't even know what to call the chief executive. katia has written a wonderful book about that debate, the fear of an elected king, george washington and the presidential title controversy of 1789. one of the things i like best is that it gets into the first big fight between the house and the senate and of course, we see constantly going on forever more and i remember at one point when tom followed the speaker of the house with some bushytailed freshman came to talk to him about the enemy and he said who are you talking about and he said some republican and so i said they are not the enemy, the senate is the enemy. [laughter] you capture that in that very first congress and the important thing. talk to us about this debate. >> think so much. welcome everyone, i'm pleased to see so many here. here to celebrate the great valuable work of the first federal congress project. i wandered into the congress project over 16

but james madison made a campaign promise because patrick henry tried to defeat him with james monroe. so there they are going through all this, and among other things, they don't even know what to call the chief executive. and kat has written a wonderful book about that debate, for fear of an leelective king. one of the things i like best about it, it gets into the first big fight between the house and the senate. and of course which we see constantly going on forever more. i remember at one point when tom foley was speaker of the house and some bushy-tailed freshman came and talked to him about the enemy. and he said, who are you talking about? and he said some republican. and foley said, they're not the enemy, the senate is the enemy. and so you really capture that in that very first congress, in that very important debate. talk to us about this debate. >> thanks so much, cokie. a appreciate it. and welcome to everyone. i'm pleased to see so many here, stlng attentively and hear to celebrate the first valuable work of the first federal congress project. you know, i wandered into th

also a problem westbound north washington at patrick henry drive. back in a minute.st prices of the season' on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort, your sleep number setting. does your bed do that? save $400. ends soon. visit sleepnumber.com for a store near you. windy and cold day to be outside. temperatures hovering around 10-12, 13 degrees. factor in that northwest wind and windchills are near 10 below zero in many locations. highs today plenty cold. only the mid to upper teens today. 19 for a high today here in washington. that will make it coldest high temperature in nearly 5 years. maybe even a degree colder tomorrow. i know how you love the cold. >> too cold more me. >>> this just in. francis c hammen middle school will be closed because of heating issues. speaking of the cold weather having an impact. for now, back to the today show after the short break. >>> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, winter wallop. this morning, nearly 150 million americans waking up to record-breaking freezing temperatures, as the east coast digs out from th

patrick henry wrote that the constitution is meant to restrain the government, not the people. it is about trying to restrain government from abusing the power to take our rights. you have a fundamental right to be left alone. justice brandeis put it this way. he said the right most cherished among civilized men and women is the right to be left alone. but we know also that the history of those who grab the reins of power, the history of those who take up the mantle of power is a history of abuse. president wilson in world war 1 arrested 10,000 americans for their objection to the war. f.d.r. had an enemies' list that he actually was very vocal and published in newspapers, 77 people that were his enemies, and he used the i.r.s. to go after them. l.b.j. illegally spied on martin luther king. we just had martin luther king day yesterday. l.b.j. spied on him illegally in all manners, in all forms. he spied on vietnam war veterans. nixon had an enemies' list. you name it, president after president has abused this power. president obama had a fight with the tea party groups. it turn

henry bolton. maybe the game is up for ukip as a party. patrickon. if you look back over the past five years they have built the support between 2010 and 2015, the election result in 2015 when you get came third in terms of vote share across the country, or have will be looked back on as their heyday, but after the brexit referendum, their reason for being in the eyes of many disappear, they achieved the ultimate aim, success in the brexit referendum. some people are saying the party is facing extinction. there are of course many other loyal ukip supporters who say the party can rebuild and broaden its appeal, there is still a place for it in british politics, others will see any sort of resurgent for ukip now looks more and more unlikely —— others will say any sort of resurgence for ukip. emma will keep us resurgence for ukip. emma will keep us up to date on that story throughout the day. people with hidden disabilities in england could soon be entitled to blue badge permits forfree parking. the department for transport said the change would make

henry stimson and frank knox's cabinet, former republicans, you see? he was, he was always thinking about the political. for example, in 1944 he sent a man named patrick hurley to china as american ambassador. patrick hurley had been herbert hoover's secretary of war. he was o war. he was a conservative oklahoma oil businessman, you see, and he did not know diddle about china. when he wrote to chiang kai-shek, he wrote him a note saying, temporary mr. shek. [laughter] -- dear mr. shek. and he was -- but roosevelt had him there for political reasons, because with he wanted him to work on a coalition government. china was in danger, he felt, of going into a civil war. so he wanted a coalition government. and if that failed, he was going to blame it on hurley, you see? it was a kind of political shield. so, you know, he was always thinking about the domestic politics, and this was part of it. but eleanor was the voice on the left with system others who press -- with some others who pressed him to be more liberal. and, of course, that famous speech he gave in 1944 where he spoke about the economic bill of rights was, put up the flag of restoring new deal.