that's one story about thomas jefferson. it is not the story about thomas jefferson. and the problem that i have is that hollywood is so eager -- and i'm using using hollywood as sort of the catch phrase for maybe pop culture, but in this country, we're so excited by the scandalous, at least they would have us believe that, if it titillating if it's salacious, it gets the story. thomas jefferyson is the man who wrote the declaration of independence. this is a man who feels very much out of his league in the continental congress. he feels very inadequate to the task, not only that but he writes this document with john adams and benjamin franklin looking over his shoulder. he is not the sole author of the declaration of independence as you may have learned in school. it was edited heavily and there was quite a bit of input. the fact that this man, that he writes the final draft of this, one of the reasons they pick him, number one he's not as exalted as these old guys, and two number, he's got beautiful handwriting. that to me is an interesting story. it's not the only

now, family tradition in the madison family is that that portrait was a gift to madison from thomas jefferson. i long thought that madison hung it next to jefferson's portrait to poke a little fun at his chose friend. but you also see some other features of this room that impressed visitors. the bust. these are the notable people of american history from george washington to the marquis de lafayette. it was a functional room here. they tea here. they welcome their guests. as i said, they had many visitors. and while every visitor had access to this room and would be welcomed by madison or dolley or another member of the family, madison also used this room to control all of that public interest and to give himself some privacy. because unless you knew him or had a letter of introduction, you really wouldn't see any more of the house than this room. you'd be welcomed here very graciously. you might be served some punch, and then you'd be on your way. so, you only went beyond this room into the other rooms of the house if you were a member of the family or a friend. now let's go into the south s

, and you may say that thomas jefferson really has no association whatsoever with texas. well, that's not exactly correct. i mean, he does have an association with texas. in fact, what we see is he has a vision. and this vision he had was what he called an empire of liberty. and certainly texas embodies that empire of liberty. it was a vision that will provide the framework for manifest destiny. it will provide the framework for the texas revolution, and it's really going to lay the foundation for what becomes a continental empire. it stretches from the atlantic to the pacific. now, because of that, jefferson believed that tejas, that that was a cornerstone in what he saw as american expansion. now, for someone who studies thomas jefferson, one thing i can tell you is that -- this is in a day and age before twitter and before facebook, and he wrote more than 20,000 letters. and the thing that kills me is how politicians from the right and from the left are quick to cherry-pick his quotes and try to say that jefferson supported this or jefferson supported that. well, yeah,

of the united states instead it reads here was buried thomas jefferson author of the declaration of american independence of the state of virginia for religious freedom and father of the university of virginia end of quote nothing about being the two term third president of the united states and that's the way he wanted it jefferson was far more proud of starting the university of virginia which he envisioned as a free public university that he was of being the president of the united states and he wanted his tombstone which he designed himself before he died to reflect that in a very real way thomas jefferson was the father of free public education in our country since then public education has soon served two main purposes in america it's been the great equalizer in our economy and american no matter how rich or poor they were born could have access to the same quality public education be given the same opportunities to learn about the world and be given the same preparation for a good job that at its core is what the american dream is all about and a quality public education is e

that supremely democratic act did not occur until thomas jefferson showed up. of course, jefferson was not above answering the door of the white house himself in his carpet slippers when the british ambassador appeared. every thursday afternoon there was a state dinner, washington had a dining room and table for 16. and unfortunately the best account we have left by the senator mcclay, who detected lobbying for the presidential program when washington urged him to have a second helping of pudding, he never quite understood virginia hospitality. could you imagine? washington waited five minutes for tardy guests and then everyone went in and sat down. if you arrived afterward, if you had the nerve to walk in, washington had an unvarying line. sir, we are too punctual for you. i have a cook, said, washington, who never asked whether the company has come but whether the hour has come. presuming at that point you would slink down the table to your position. he is generally sedate and serious recalled one of washington's guests. only after have two or three glasses of

am glad you clarified that. >> another thing you noticed is this desk here which belonged to thomas jeffersoning at the portable desk that jefferson actually drafted the declaration of independence on, sort of 18th century lap desk if you will, but it is something that allows us to see the very real documents and how those documents manifested themselves during the period here is also i wanted to talk about george marlin a british painter during the period of abolition which took place after the american revolution into the end of the 18th century there were a great number of people in america as well as great britain who were very passionate about helping to involve themselves in the anti slavery movement and he was one of those, this is a picture that depicts slaves family that has been in some way separated and what is happening there. and so it was these kinds of paintings that allowed people from not only great britain, but from british north america, to realize the evils of slavery there were many many who lended their aid in terms of monetary aid as well as their political clout to end

thomas jefferson was a malatto. >> i'm so glad you asked me that question. i'm a scholar of the war of 1812 and i just finished a manuscript on african-americans in the war. i can tell through is quite a few of them. >> i know it is. i know it is. >> quite a few of them participated in the war. >> i know it is. they fought in the alamo and everything. we don't get credit for it. >> you're right. >> only thing you think ever is slaves. >> well, and to me the wonderful story about the war of 1812 is how african-americans used that as a way to secure their freedom. now one of the great stories -- >> lot of them didn't come here slaves. a lot of them help america. >> you're right, some of them did, exactly. and yet what we see is we tend to create in the narrative american history, we tend to put people in certain groups or categories and we generalize those categories. we can say that within any group of people there are exceptions to those rules. >> yeah. >> and in the process of trying to make it a narrative flow that goes from point a to the end we talk abou

john adams, thomas jefferson and madison hangs the picture of the fifth president. james monroe. madison hung his own portrait as one said in the corner behind the door showing his modesty, but also hung his 54 trade next to his beloved dolly. he is telling you a lot about himself. the important thing in his life. over this portrait of himself, he hung a picture of his best friend, thomas jefferson and next to it, a 54 trade of mary mag dollen. i often thaw he poked fun at his close friend. this room really made a powerful impression. it was a functional room and served tea and welcomed their guest. they had many visitors. madison also used this room to control all of that public interest and to give himself some privacy. unless you knew him or had a letter of introduction, you wouldn't see any more of the house than this room. you would be welcomed here and served punch you would be on your way. you only went into the other rooms of the house and the family or a friend. now let's go into the south of the house which was the private apartments of madison's mother. we pass through

emery went from thomas jefferson to the university of virginia, where he was a two-sports star. one as the center on the football team, and two is the captain of the party team at the deke house. emery has written widely and perceptively on many aspects of confederate history and biography including the volume about the confederacy in the new american nation series, an acclaimed biographies of jeb stewart and robert e. lee. he's an old friend of the museum of the confederacy and has written and lectured about the museum itself and its role in civil war memory. his latest work "the dogs of war 1861" is a collection of essays that are apropos of the civil war sesquicentennial, he'll be in virginia in april lecturing about jeb stewart at the university of mary washington. great live series on april 3rd. today he'll be nominating -- i can't say it, i'll let him tell you. but, emery, if you get up here and talk about jon bankhead mcgruder, i'll cut you short and we'll get on with robert e. lee. >> thank you very much. you didn't mention some embarrassing things. fortunately. i did so

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

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

mason had plenty of company in his objections, from paris, thomas jefferson scorned the provision for unlimited re-election as quote a bad addition of a polish king. james monroe took exception to the electoral college. after washington and his fellow delegates affix signatures to the final parchment. the battle brings us back to the dichotomy between the controlling washington and the reluctant executive. it may seem inconsistent but it explains as much as anything can, why americans distrustful of centralized rule were willing to take a chance on nationhood under the constitution. and it hopefully explains why i have spent so much time this evening grounding washington's performance as president in events leading up to april 1789. for the character of the office is a direct reflection of washington's values and the unique credibility he enjoyed even among those who feared the loss of state and local sovereignty in the new federal structure. character counts. washington said as much in his first inaugural address with the elegant tribute to the sacred fire of liberty, first on the re

american children another pike is what would happen if thomas jefferson was elected. you would, think of the fun you could have had in a campaign with andrew jackson's whose mom was accused of being a britiefr whore, you could -- so the point is, all of this talk about the most negative ever, negative advertising, it's absolutely, is absolutely not new. so we can say from those quick examples, from the examples that you gave, from the examples that launched our time here, that campaigns are not negatively -- not necessarily worse, it's not going into the whole discussion of yellow journalism around the turn of the century and the sorts of messages that were put out in american politics. when you look at the evidence, there's strong theoretical reasons and actually pretty strong evidence to show negative advertising doesn't always mobilize, doesn't always inform. but not only the work that i have done, the work that i have done with my colleague, paul freedman at the university of virginia, and with mike franz at boden and others have done like darrol west who used to

over this portrait of himself, he hung a picture of his best friend, thomas jefferson and next to it, a 54 trade of mary magdelinp family tradition is that that was a gift to madison from jefferson. i thought they hung it next at jefferson's portrait to poke fun at his close friend. you see other features of the room that impressed visitors. the bust, these are notable people of american history from george washington to the lafayette. this room really made a powerful impression. it was a functional room and served tea and welcomed their guests. i said they had many visitors. while every visitor had access to this room and would be welcomed by madison or dolly or another member of the family, madison also used this room to control all of that public interest and to give himself some privacy. because unless you knew him or had a letter of introduction, you wouldn't see any more of the house than this room. you would be welcomed here grar grar graciously, served punch and then on your way. you only went into the other rooms of the house and the family or a friend. now let's go ith apart

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paul cameron's students at thomas jefferson high school came up with the idea in 2005. >> the name we've mind controlled wheel chimp. reporter: ever since it started seven years ago seniors in his neuroscience class have picked up the project trying to advance the research each year and it's taken a giant leap forward this year. it was even recognized by president obama. >> they can do much more than they think they can do. the hardest part of this is actually concentrating. reporter: students get help from neurological experts at george washington university, cortex solutions makes the cap. national instruments provided the microprocessor which talks to the wheelchair. partnerships like these are essential according to dr. cameron and not just for financial support. >> if you have just the teacher and the students, what is doable is constrained by the knowledge and the skills of the teacher. that is the boundary. you're not going to step outside that ballpark. reporter: that's also why cameron took his students to the society of neuroscience conference in d.c. this year. >> we're able t

the big yellow bus is stopping in alexandria, virginia at thomas jefferson high school.k high school students are doing there in neuroscience is amazing. they are moving things with their mind. >> try to move forward. there you go. >> reporter: the power of positive thinking can be a moving experience. >> i've been training for months to learn how to meditate to control the chair. >> reporter: after months of studying the brain and with help from research partners, he is moving his wheelchair with his mind. >> we can see the data for the left and right side of the brain. >> reporter: the red cap is picking up brain waves, the part we access to move our extremities. the wires on the cab send the signals to a computer which relays those commands to a motorized wheelchair. think it and the chair moves. the students at the high school came up with the idea in 2005. >> the name we've used is mind controlled wheelchair. >> reporter: ever since it started seven years ago, seniors in his neuroscience class have picked up the project trying to advance the research each year and i

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. >> everybody knows thomas jefferson had a relationship with sally hemings and had kids.on who draftlet the constitution had over 100 slaves, had them all his life. didn't even free them in his will. >> stephen: of course he didn't free them in his will. imagine the shock to his children-- first they lose their farther, then they lose their slaves. plus who is going to dig the grave and pass the biscuits at the funeral. and why, why, folks needlessly tarnishing his reputation for banging french who ares. i prefer to think of him banging american whors. o. ( cheering ) bravo. worst of all, folks, there's the new exhibition, slavery at jefferson's mont shell oh, paradox of liberty, which turns jefferson's historic home into a reminder that over the course of his life, jefferson owned 600 people. but that is conveniently ignoring the fact that thanks to jefferson, those slaves were living in a free country. fortunately, some modern paris are defending our founders, and they bring us to tonight's word. ( cheers and applause ). american history x.'d. for a year, one group has

yu has been learning more about a new exhibit at the merican history museum. >> slavery at thomas jefferson's monticello include many artifacts and descendents of enslaved families at the plantation, annie joins us from the museum. good morning. >> good morning tony and allison this is an exhibit you will want to bring the entire family to your kids will have interactive things they can really get useful information out of they have interactive program where the historians interviewed descendents and they have things where they can pick up the 10-pound nail bucket to see what the enslaved had to do back then, joining me now is dr. rex ellis here one of the cocurators at the museum good morning sir. so here we have mulberry row talk about this and some of the artifacts this is really going to help us understand the lives of enslaved families. >> et was one of the only industrial complexes, they had a way of determining where he would place certain of the enslaved in the community if they showed a propensity toward wood working or blacksmithing or worked in the nailery and did well he put them

is consequential, and it's a way out to slavery which perceived slavery in somewhat the way thomas jefferson did. it was a great burden, but he didn't know what to do about it. at the end of 1862 and with onboard with his father in law's will that he can't control anyway and they were behind enemy lines and he doesn't have to worry about being a slave holder anymore. >> let's get one more quick. >> going to get one more quick call. >> he's overdoing it. >> here is robert and gaffney, south carolina. you get the last word. go ahead and answer the question. >> home of the big peach. >> i live within five of that peach.

this regime has adopted the thomas jefferson. that we either hang together or separately. whether or not they see to the delegation that is going to be led by coffee and not -- kofi annon, the real test is the russians. >> any signs they are embarrassed by the violence? >> not enough. we have not called the russian'' love. we should stop the shipments until the kofi annon achievement has succeeded or failed. it hasn't forced them to -- has forced them to be embarrassed once again. >> thank you for joining us. yet another day there have been violent protests in afghanistan over the burning of korans. there have been fierce anti-u.s. rallies in some key pakistani cities. jones had been called on to resist the urge to avenge the -- they had been caught on to resist the urge to avenge the deaths of troops. >> this was the western city where some religious leaders are accused of fanning the flames and directing the violence. police fired above or at demonstrators who attacked a local reconstruction office and tried to reach the u.s. consulate. there were protests around the cou

george washington, thomas jefferson, abraham lincoln all well represented here. but being president isn't easy. it's the 45 pound head without falling down oar maybe you don't want to fall down. >> it's more entertaining that way. sfwl we need a first look now, scott. >> we'll work on that. >> well, after a weekend of relatively quiet weather through much of the country, we didn't get that snow at the tale end of the weekend yesterday. and this arirea didn't get a lo of snow this weekend. this was on i-75 near the ken tuck day border on the tennessee side. 50 people were treated, five were hospitalized. no fatalities, but 18 cars were in involved on that wreck alone. this was the storm. this had to be ten shl to be a big nor'easter. unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on if you like snow or not, it's heading safely off the coast. this was just a southern stream that just kept going to the south. that storm is leaving us. a little windy and could in its wake today. high pressure rkts beautiful day in the ohio valley. so with this storm gone, the light snow ha

a new smithsonian exhibit offer as a rare look at the lives of six families living at thomas jefferson's monticello in virginia. we'll check in with annie coming up on the other side. i trained in medical school. at the time, there was very little business training. ♪ so hurry up, let's go, don't want to miss... ♪ i had my own practice, so i went looking for the knowledge to be successful running my own business. the courses were challenging. we had excellent instructors, and it was fun at the same time. i'm dr. william reha. i earned my mba from strayer university. >>> good morning i am annie yu on this wednesday we are live at the american history museum. it is a very busy time here they just rolled out a brand new exhibit called slavery at thomas jefferson's mount cello. you can experience it now until october it features hundreds of artifacts from the smithsonians collection. you will learn more about the six enslaved families from the plantation this morning we are lucky we have an extraordinary curator with us all morning long and he will share his knowledge about the neat artifact

george washington, thomas jefferson and abraham lincoln are all well represented but being president isn't easy. you have to be able to wear 200 yards which amounts to a high costume include tag 45-pound head, so it is definitely no easy feat but bill karins is throwing his had into the ring. >> you have to do it without running into each other and falling over. >> have you ever done anything like that? >> no. but i always enjoy being at the games and watching that. >>> let's talk about this forecast. yesterday we saw snow move from areas of temp and kentucky and even areas of north carolina and virginia saw snow. of course, these are areaary yas of the country that don't get a lot of snow and when that happen use can get a lot of bad extensions. this is coming from western portions of nashville, tennessee. this was a nasty accident. up to 50 people were treated after a bus and a semi. it was a huge pie-up on 75 in tennessee. only a couple inches is what caused that crash. there were many reports of black ice too over the 24 hours throughout this region. this storm is now exiting. it

is consequential, and it's a way out to slavery which perceived slavery in somewhat the way thomas jefferson did. it was a great burden, but he didn't know what to do about it. at the end of 1862 and with onboard with his father in law's will that he can't control anyway and they were behind enemy lines and he doesn't have to worry about being a slave holder anymore. >> let's get one more quick. >> going to get one more quick call. >> he's overdoing it. >> here is robert and gaffney, south carolina. you get the last word. go ahead and answer the question. >> home of the big peach. >> i live within five of that peach. i love your comments and history, and i had four grandfathers that served and one of them was killed in that war. i'm glad lee won, and i'm very glad, but i read a book 30 years ago by a school teacher from north carolina that had pictures up and said that abraham lincoln was a son of john abrahams and cherokee, north carolina, after he got his mother pregnant because he objected and sent him away in a wagon with another man. is there any truth to that? >> i don't think so. ther