he throws his weight and his influence to thomas jefferson rather than aaron burr. it's one of the great political reversals in american history. hamilton's explanation was as follows. he said that he supported jefferson rather than burr because he would rather have somebody with the wrong principles rather than no principles. he thought burr was unprincipled and unscrupulous. of course, burr is, during that tie, kind of tacitly flirting with the federalists. a lot of federalists who like hamilton disliked thomas jefferson said burr may be a loose cannon or whatever but we can cut a deal with burr whereas jefferson they realized he had the wrong principles but was a man of very fixed, unalterable principles. at the time, hamilton, who had engaged in a lot of legitimate criticism but also a lot of hyperbole toward thomas jefferson wrote what i think was the most candid and accurate appraisal of jefferson that he ever did. jefferson you have to remember had been to put it mildly equivocal about the constitution, kind of gradually came to support it but he was very ambi

thomas jefferson is the american minister in paris. spring 1786 adams right to jefferson and asks him to join him in london to assist him with the difficult trade negotiations with the british. they had no luck. the british hated the americans and had no interest whatsoever to assist their former colonies. in fact, they were so rude that jefferson speculated if it might be the amount of meat consumed by the british -- this is what jefferson says -- that renders their character and incapable of civilization. what do you do in a moment like this? a garden tour. what else? jefferson, despite his aversion, had to admit that they created the best gardens. that must have looked rather odd pair walking together through these gardens because you have thomas jefferson, all tall, thin, gangly, dressed up in a fringed silk and powdered here, towering almost 7 inches over john adams, a bit more round and stopped. but despite their differences, and there have once been compared to a candlestick and a cannon ball. but despite their differences bay b

one president who would have loved this school is the person that it's named after, thomas jefferson.a pretty good inventor himself. he also happened to be the first american to oversee our country's patent process. that's why we're here today. when thomas edison filed his patent, it was approved in seven weeks. >> we're listening to the president's remarks about the america invents law joining the smart students at the thomas jefferson high school for science and technology. speaking of that, education nation kids saddled with hours of homework after a full day of school. is all of that extra work making our kids any smarter? >>> look at that. a school bus brawl caught on tape. five sisters in florida in hot legal water now after getting involved in their 11-year-old sister's fight. wait until you hear and see the rest of this story which is coming up. [ male announcer ] this...is the network. a living, breathing intelligence that is helping business rethink how to do business. in here, inventory can be taught to learn. ♪ in here, machines have a voice... ♪ [ male announcer ] in here

thomas jefferson. >> (laughs) that's you bringing it. man cut up his bible, loved the french and had a well-documented case of jungle fever. (laughter) try again. >> jon: okay, fictional, right? superman. (laughter) >> illegal immigrant. (laughter) >> jon: come on! that's ridiculous! here's someone who could lead the tea party. optimus prime! >> he accepted the auto industry bailout! >> jon: all right. the terminator. a machine that took away good-paying american assassin jobs! (laughter) >> jon: wow. you might be right. i mean, even jesus fed the poor byby redistributing loaveses and officials. >> wait, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. did you just disjesus? (laughter) >> >> jon: no, i was saying from an ideological pe perspective tt they might... >> jon, if there's one thing that i've learned from this debate-- and i quote-- "boo! boo! let him die! let him die!" >> jon: we'll be rigig (cheers and applause). >> jon: welcome back. my guest tonight, the executive editor and anchor of pbs newshour, his new book is called "tension city: inside the p

my opinion is the most underrated is john adams and the most overrated as thomas jefferson. and benjamin franklin somewhere in between. >> i wouldn't agree with you on jefferson. adams may no longer be so underrated because of the hbo movie and david mccullough's biography and many other things that have popularized adams. i don't think we can ignore george washington as being a crucial founding father. >> when you first mentioned john adams in 1773, he felt it wasn't the right time to irritates england. >> in the late 1760s in 1773 when he is converted to independence. >> i know the declaration of independence has a whole list of things that showed tyranny of the crown over the colonists but besides taxes, were there really any plans in england to make the colonists more disenfranchised with them by doing more to squeeze them for money or other things? >> that is a good point. the feeling was, when i taught, i used to always tell my classes taxes are what people talk about but at bottom to a considerable degree, maybe the taxes get the ball rolling, but in time it becomes a

thomas jefferson once said that all men are created equal, a phrase which the yankees and the side of the executive branch in washington are fond at hurling at us. there is a tendency in this year of grace, 1935, to use this phrase out of context to satisfy all conditions, the most ridiculous example i can think of is when the people who run our public education promote that stupid and idle along with the industryous. because all men are created equal, educators gravely tell us the children left behind suffer terrible feelings of inadequacy. we all know that all men are not created equal. in the sense some people would have us believe. some people are smarter than others. some have more opportunity because they're born with it. some men make more money than others. some ladies bake better cakes than others. some people are born gifted beyond the normal scope of most men. but there is one way in our society that all men are created equal. there is one human institution that makes the pauper the equal of the rockefeller. the stupid man equal of an einstein. the ignoreant man the equal o

and i mean republican in the sense of the republic, of thomas jefferson, those kinds of people. the last lawyer who really believes that to enunciate the important principles of america is going to work. this is in a town where their first reaction -- i mean, tom ewell is an incredibly evil, disgusting person. everybody in town knows that. but they believe him. you know, they're willing to take his word even though they know he's lying completely, they're willing to take his word. they're willing to go out and try to lynch tom robinson, right? they have taken one of their upstanding citizens, bo radley, and locked him in the attic. he's been there for god knows how many years. has anybody in town done anything about it? no. lock your kids in the attic. that's the kind of town you're dealing with. as we're seeing this through the idse of scout, a child, we have -- through the eyes of scout, a child, we have to dig into it ourselves to see what's going on and once you do you realize that atticus doesn't have a chance. there's nobody to appeal to. he's going to lose. and the moral

but in 1775 john adams, sam adams, george washington, thomas jefferson, all the rest did not dare say it they favored independence. they did not even dare utter the word. they didn't because american unity was absolutely essential for waging this war. if they spoke of independence they were so frightened the conservatives, that many of them would leave congress, and american unity would be shattered. so what is the strategy then of the radicals? if the strategy of the conservatives was to fight the war and appealed to the king, the strategy of the radicals was simply to let time work its magic. time was on their side, they believed. it turned out that they were exactly right in that regard. because in august of 1775 became was handed the olive branch petition. this petition asking him to negotiate. the king's response was not to receive the olive branch petition. that pull the rug from under the conservatives, at least temporarily. they did not give up hope, but it certainly indicated that their faith in the king was, perhaps, misplaced. as far as the radicals were concerned, time was

my opinion is the most underrated as john adams, and the most overrated as thomas jefferson. and benjamin franklin somewhere in between. [laughter] welcome i wouldn't agree with you on jefferson, and i think adams may no longer be so underrated because of the hbo movie and david mccaul of's biography and many other things that have popular -- popularized adams and i don't think we can ignore george washington as being a crucial problem. >> when you first mentioned john adams in 1773 he felt that it wasn't the right time to it take england -- >> in the late 70's 60's, 1773 when he is converted to independence. >> right. i know the declaration of independence as a whole thing that shows tierney of the crown over the colonists, but beside the taxes, were there any other plants in england to make the colonists more disenfranchised with them by doing more to squeeze them, money or other -- >> that's a good point. i think the feeling was -- when i taught i used to always tell my class's taxes are what people talk about but it brought them to a considerable degree may be the taxes g

often i have been hearing people you know say as you've said you know talk about these ideals thomas jefferson and george washington about the united states sort of existing much more independently the fact is times are a lot different back then things have changed it's easy to say we don't like how far we've come and the direction in which we've come but the fact is we have so i mean how do you still you know argue that with the fact that we are this is a globalized world and countries do need to do more than just get together and talk . switzerland is the wealthiest country per capita in the world they their currency is rising in value not falling and they're completely neutral neutral is the way to go but alice get her and she is riding the credit ratings that someone is rising mostly because in the wealthiest people in europe in the united states are spending all their money there and the hell you have it is i think you fast let us push and i mean i mean look i'm going to currency debates but it's mainly rising because the dollar snarling america is the bully engine the powerslave of mega

well i believe in what george washington and thomas jefferson stood for not being untangled with other countries not being involved in other people's wars but wanting to trade with people and friends and i'm all for if nations want to contribute a small amount to a meeting place or several meeting places and call it. something like the. free republics council or free sovereign nations council and then have true true discussions where where countries can altogether vote away the rights of other day sions as the un is basically attempts to do through the security council dictatorship but instead have non-binding resolutions and agreements and then have separate nations want to form alliances or agreements that are more binding they can do that we do need a place to have the world talk but it doesn't need to be paid for by the robber barons david rockefeller the british royalty and others as a way to put a bill that glove on the iron fist of colonialism of the didn't look too good after world war two and so that's really what the u.n. is and it's it's it's up hopelessly corrupt i want it

i heard on the radio that thomas jefferson owned slaves. he bowed to cultural pressure. some things are just wrong. week 32, i make the mistake of telling my mom i'm struggling with circumcision. i don't think so. i think of the stuff that can get caught in the vagina. that's not nice. andrea. if this child is jewish. he needs to be sircumicized. you don't want your boy to feel strange. that's true. i think my anxiety is fear of having a boy. i am terrified of boys. they are wild and smelly. i said, there is no way to know that. well i know for a fact you don't need it. like i wanted to talk to my dad about his penis. week 34, i don't have the double wide vagina i was hoping for. with just six weeks to go. instructions for peroneal massage. lock hands. apply lubricant. extra virgin olive oil. hold the thumb in place for two minutes or until it becomes numb. slowly massage over the vagina. it's best done with a partner. instead, i take a back door approach and use my finger. i have a lot of stretching to do. week 41, 3:45

james madison, thomas jefferson, and joseph camel.egulating a cigarette package's ability to entice me to buy it is a violation of its free speech. i may not agree with what a carton of smokes says, but i will fight to the death for its right to say it. and we all know, we all know corporations are people, protected by the first amendment. finally their products are protected too. it's a major milestone in corporate civil rights. and remember, the first amendment protects not only speech you like but speech you don't like. therefore, government regulators must not persecute products just because they don't fit some bureaucrat's narrow definition of fireproof or potable. i say -- i say that speech is always speech. and it's time we finally let these product-americans be heard. starting with my personal physician, dr. marvin pepper. thank you juror going me, doctor. as always, i will give you the last word. fssst sound. >> oh, what a refreshing point of view. >> and that's the word. we will be right back. woman: saving for our child's c

laughter] one president who would have loved this school is the person that it's named after, thomas jefferson he was a pretty good inventor himself and he also happened to be the first american to oversee our country's patent process. and that is why we are here today. when thomas edison filed his patent for a phonograph, his application was approved in just seven weeks. and these days, that process is taking an average of three years. over the last decade, patent applications have nearly tripled and because the patent office doesn't have the resources to deal with all of them, right now they're about 700,000 applications that have been even been opened yet. that these are jobs and businesses of the future just waiting to be created. the ceos who are represented here today, all of them are running companies that were based on creativity and invention from the ability to commercialize good ideas. some lawyer and not stack of applications could be the next technological breakthrough, the next miracle drug, the next a tip that will launch the next fortune 500 company. and somewhere in this count

thomas jefferson. he was a pretty good mentor himself, and he also happened to be the first american to oversee our country's patent process and that's why we are here today. when thomas edison filed his patent for the photograph, his application was approved in just seven weeks, and these days that process is taking an average of three years. over the last decade the patent applications have nearly tripled, and because the patent office doesn't have the resources to deal with all of them, right now there are about 700,000 applications that haven't even been opened yet. these are jobs and businesses of the future just waiting to be treated. the ceos represented here today, all of them are running companies based on creativity and invention and the ability to commercialize good ideas. and somewhere in that stack of applications could be the next technological breakthrough, the next miracle drug, the next idea that would launch the next fortune 500 company. and somewhere in this country, maybe in this ro

i was going to say thomas jefferson. >> i know how other people feel now when they've been, you know,criminated against. >> do you ever wish you weren't born this way? >> i wasn't born this way. i have been working out for years. that's how i got this way. >> there had to be a way he could be part of society. >> any pilates? >> no way. >> any yoga? >> look at this body. do you think i could do yoga. >> maybe not, but there was still something i could do to help mark. see, there's other forms of exercise out here. that's all well and good, but this one is definitely not for me. i'm out of here. walking. >> so for now he works out alone in a yard, moving [bleeped] back and forth, hoping for a day when he can lift weights freely again. it's so sad. >> jon: jason jones. [cheering and applause] >> jon: welcome back. my guest tonight, he is a grammy-winning artist as well as an actor whose tv series "hell on wheels" pierce on september 26th. his new memoir is called "one day it will all make sense." please welcome to the program common. sir. [applause] common, i don't know why i'm associati

i heard on the radio that thomas jefferson owned slaves. he bowed to cultural pressure. some things are just wrong. week 32, i make the mistake of telling my mom i'm struggling with circumcision. i don't think so. i think of the stuff that can get caught in the vagina. that's not nice. andrea. if this child is jewish. he needs to be sircumicized. you don't want your boy to feel strange. that's true. i think my anxiety is fear of having a boy. i am terrified of boys. they are wild and smelly. i said, there is no way to know that. well i know for a fact you don't need it. like i wanted to

>> let me tell you something, i knew thomas jefferson. >> caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone. factor factor begins right now -- "the factor" begins right now. >> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. fascinating poll. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. surveys terrible news for president obama. 62% of americans now disapprove of how he's handling the economy, just 32% approve. it's armageddon for the white house. however, mr. obama is not completely out of it because the economy could rally and in the same poll, 69% of americans say they like the president as a person. just 16% do not like him. remember, most americans liked george w. bush as well. but in the end, they voted, the voters did, with their pocket books. bush the elder lost. w. left office with low approval ratings. poll also says 49% believe the economy is getting worse right now. 76% say we're in a recession. 53% blame bush for the recession. just 32% blame obama. as far as the tea party is concerned, 29% of americans have a favorab

he as a good democrat, of course, always paid o bee sense to thomas jefferson, and i always thought fdr slightly overdid it a bit because all of his forebearers -- isaac roosevelt, old james roosevelt -- were all hamiltonians to the core. the roosevelts, in the time of jefferson, none of the roosevelts thought very much of jefferson. so fdr kind of overdid this. and, once again, i think there should be a monument to thomas jefferson in washington, but that nice neoclass call structure that you see along the tidallal basin, and i've always thought was fdr's taste, the memorial, i think, is very much a 1990s view of franklin roosevelt. and, um, i say this partly out of, from design conviction. and i don't think the structure is what he would have particularly liked. but, also, it's franklin roosevelt that we now think about historically, and that is the franklin roosevelt of the new deal. the fdr memorial in washington heavily concentrates on the depression, it concentrates on his domestic policies, on his conservation, his stewardship of, of national parks and so on, all of which is true