and the plan was pushed very hard by thomas jefferson's grandson. thomas jefferson randolph. and it's a plan that went back to his father, that you try to advance in the state legislature in the previous decade, and it goes back to thomas jefferson's own plan. so this plan had been out there for a while, then an associate with the jefferson family. it's a plan that was completely unfeasible, but it is the only thing that virginians could possibly consider as a mode of emancipation. and it turns out that by a vote more than a single vote, i commemorate a clue what it is, they decide to cut off for the debate and just will not consider the question. and that is the last time, as far as i know, that the virginia legislature considers any proposal for any form of emancipation, even very gradual and under thomas jefferson randolph's plan, it would've taken several generations to free virginia of its slaves, and it would have come if you didn't follow through which it could not have been followed through because no one was about to levy the tax is and, in fact, enslaved people over

thomas jefferson tried. he said, i'm going to motivate my people as much as possible with rewards and incentives. these rewards or poultry. he had a magnificent cabinetmaker, one of the members of the headings family. this man made some of the finest woodwork to be seen in the united states. jefferson gave him an incentive. $20 a year. jefferson and his own records and said that he paid johnny having studied dollars per year which he admitted was one month's salary for years work which i give him as an encouragement. and he paid tips or gratuities to a few other of the special house of slaves, but some of his slaves could earn a small amount of money by doing extra work, extra charcoal burning in making extra barrels, that sort of thing. it was never enough to get them out of slavery, never enough to win the masters confidence to an extent that he would let you go. there was one slave he did use the opportunities, a man named james hubbard to buy clothing and free papers in managed to escape. he did it twice

live here at the thomas jefferson memorial, news 4. >>> metro is expected to run on a regular schedule tomorrow but officials say if the shutdown continues and there's a decrease in ridership the agency may adjust its service. 40% of rush hour riders are federal employees. the shutdown also impacted commuters driving through rock creek park today. they had to turn around because beach drive is closed due to the shutdown. >>> parents say they're going to break into padlock parks that are closed because of the shutdown. many kids were greeted by signs like this one at lincoln park. it's run by the national park service. it was closed after the shutdown. angry parents are telling politicians to stop messing with their kids. >> your message to congress today would be -- >> for the love of god, figure it out. >> but for now, that playground and federal programs that affect millions of americans are shut down. that includes nutrition benefits called wic where roughly 9 million pregnant women and new mothers. head start stop. all the smithsonian museums and the zoo are closed and popular tour

i want to think andrew for that and my good friend for many acts of friendship does the thomas jefferson memorial foundation chair at the university of virginia. i want to think mary scott fleming for keeping the trains running on time for this presentation and to christopher oliver assistance to a range of this. and managing the fellowship that i so have profitably and so spent here. also might sister and her brother traveling here for connecticut also alan taylor one of the leaders of the of escape from the virginia plantation during the war of 1812. since it is monticello let's begin with thomas jefferson and this is a'' that comes from a letter that he wrote in response to his former secretary. he wrote this letter august august 251814 which is a low point in the united states will recall the war of 1,812th. if you know, of the occupation and the partial burning of washington recognized august 25 what is right after the british occupied washington while they you were building one dash burning buildings. jefferson did not know yet but he knew it was going badly for the united states.

i will not forget thomas jefferson standing here in washington d.c., but i will tell you, woodrow wilson attended will was then the college of new jersey in princeton. he graduated in 1879. his aspirations then -- he had political dreams already. it great aspirations to become, as i discovered going through his papers because he had once made of the business card, homemade business card that said thomas woodrow wilson, senator from virginia. and that was the dream. the way to achieve it was to become a lawyer because most presidents began their professional lives as lawyers. also, as you notice, senator from virginia is virginia had sent more men to the white house than anyone in history. wilson went to the university of virginia law school. he studied law, did not like it so much, but after a year to the move down to the atlantic, opened a law office and was really a terrible lawyer. in his year or two down there he attained no clients. he loved spending the afternoons reading. he read a lot of history. he created new discipline in this country, political science. he read a lot about po

and people may not recognize him right away but thomas jefferson. and thomas jefferson, is one of the mascots for the washington nationals baseball team. question to you. how expensive is it to have this guy come to your party? >> to be honest i don't know. because very kind people paid for the party and so i'm grateful to them. but i do know that thomas jefferson is cheaper than teddy roosevelt who is the guy who always loses the races. the other reason is because he is obviously in the title what jefferson read. >> you talk about culture though. the washington nationals had this race at every game. here home games here with teddy roosevelt, abraham lincoln, george washington, thomas jefferson. and they hadded taft to it. what imtact do you think that has on people's interest if any on history? >> i think it is a huge amount. i like the way the nationals have kind of embraced the history of washington and made it part of their story. i think eck you can do to get young people interested in studying the presidency is a fascinating field. that's one

teddy roosevelt, abraham lincoln, george washington, thomas jefferson. and they added william howard taft to it. what impact do you think that has on people's interest if any in history? i like the way that nationals have made history part of their story. anything that you can get young people to study a presidency, that's a good thing. that's why we use pop cull dhur in the book. it's the attitude to the minds of the young people. >> how long did it take you to do this book? >> the issues for years. the actualing was a full year and about eight months in terms of editing and footnotes and adjustment ms. >> anybody interest in the presidency and pop culture. so a little vim diagram, it's an overlap. it's a pretty broad audience. >> another example of a modern president talking about books and the famous book and the favorite author, bill clinton. >> the finest model in my adulted life is "100 years of solitude." i read it when i was in law school. i keep going back to it. it was a rhapsodic mystical work. i enjoyed that very, very much. a lot of the fict

apparently frank and jesse wanted to kill thomas jefferson dunning. him. the younger brothers prevailed and they made thomas jefferson dunning promised not to say anything. they said if you don't say anything give us your address and we will send you a nice gift once we get back to missouri. but if you do give us up it doesn't matter if it's six months from now or 10 years or 20 years we will come after you. thomas jefferson dunning is let go and he goes right to his house and he doesn't report it immediately. he's really stressed about what should i do. eventually decides to tell his boss and hopes the outlaws are captured. the lost ries straight into mankato on by this time a lot of the man hunters had given up. the police forces were heading back home and people thought the outlaws had skipped. this really put new life into the manhunt and all of a sudden the minneapolis and st. paul detectives turned around and head towards mankato and get on the trail of the outlaws. they almost capture them just outside of mankato at a place called pigeon hill b

angie's list -- reviews you can trust. >>> john meachem's "new york times" best seller "thomas jeffersonthe art of power" recounts the founding father as he himself may have. in pursuit of his ends, jefferson sought, acquired, and wielded power. our greatest leaders are neither dreamers nor dictators. they are, like jefferson, those who articulate national aspirations yet master the mechanics of influence and know when to depart from dogma. as we go through this, as we live through this highly rank rous, partisan time, do you think our leaders still understand that? i would ask you in specific the republican party, which seems to be incredibly dogmatic right now. >> that's where -- that's the most unjeffersonian crew. there is the sense among some republicans that the perfect is, in fact, the enemy of the good. >> yeah. >> and that's -- we've never really prospered, broadly, politically in our history when we've been absolutely committed to one single thing. because the country is so diverse, because the republic is so big, it was always a protection against extremism and it was also alw

if these words, written by thomas jefferson sound radical today, it is because the u.s.t has buried far from from the spirit of july 4, 1776, a spirit not just of revolution, but evolution, of the awareness that the legitimacy of the state depended on the support of the natural rights of its citizens. we are here to reawaken that spirit and rekindle that awareness. we are here to demand the repeal of the patriot act and the shutting down of the nsa. [applause] we choose liberty, the tyranny of the state, the rights of the free people. we demand that our government focus on real security issues at home. the security of the job, the security of an education, the security of health care for all, the security of retirement, the security of housing, the security of our neighborhoods, of investments, of small businesses. this is real security. we are prepared to take back our government. aren't we? we will take it back from unresponsive political parties, from an administration that mocks the constitution. we will take it back from a congress that gave away our rights in a pan

he's also the author of the forthcoming biography of thomas jefferson. can't wait for that. francine prose is the author of a dozen novels. among them, and take the dreams and household saints. her most recent work was the lives of those nine women and the artists they inspired in addition to a new novel to be published in march titled a changed man, a forthcoming biography on cara baggio. can't wait for that either. michael korda is the writer of both fiction and nonfiction, including another life, a memoir of other people, charmed lives in the immortals is also editor in chief, corporatized president of simon & schuster. his book for the five series is ulysses s. grant, which is available for sale and signing this evening. i can't wait to get out. the series edited by james atlas. mr. atlas was a staff writer for time and assistant editor for "the new york times" book review in "the new york times" magazine as well as contributing editor to the atlantic, "the new yorker" and "vanity fair." mr. atlas is the founder of atlas books and the author of several biographies, inclu

denise, how was it that thomas jefferson came to own a copy of the koran?in 1765, 11 years before he wrote the declaration of independence. at the time he was a law student. and so his interest in the koran like many other christians was from a perspective of the book as a source for law. but he was clearly also interested in the religion. >> you write that when the constitution was drafted, there was more latitude given to religious differences than those of race, than those of gender as well. why was that? >> well, debates about the constitution also include debates about the issue of the ablution of a religious test. and the question was raised whether a muslim or a catholic or a jew might be president. and, of course, that's all possible based on the fact that we don't have a religious test in the constitution. >> there were of course not many muslims living in the country at that time. but u.s. involvement with the islamic world dates back to the days before the nation's founding. what was america's experience with the islamic world in the 18th century

number two, they mistake thomas jefferson for their evangelical preacher around the corner.just ain't so. when thomas jefferson finished cutting up the bible, the first thing to go were the miracles themselves. that's not the same kind of bible evangelicals would cherish. and finally, benjamin franklin said rebemidji-walker is great if it makes us a better nation. they were not about propagating a narrow conception of religion. so therefore, they don't understand the wall of separation of church and state, because they want to christianize everybody who believes what they believe, and demonized those who don't. it's a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of democracy. go back and read your history texts. >>> our next question is from mary. if ted cruz gave up politics, do you think he would have a viable career as a stand-up comedian? let me quote the late great whitney houston. hell to the yes. stick around, the rapid response panel is next. >>> i'm mandy drury with your cnbc market wrap. the dow losing 54 points today, the s&p down by 8 and the nasdaq falling 22. the

you know, it was thomas jefferson who said, martin. >> i understand that, mr. klayman.ng if i could take your very words and ask you, which of those two, mr. cruz or mr. mcconnell, is, in your opinion, a whore? >> in terms of how i would characterize it, mitch mcconnell has sold out the american people. i does not represent the interests of the conservative movement, the libertarian movement or any other movement. and whether it's mcconnell or whether it's president obama or whoever, they're representing their own proper interests in washington. and it's not the interests of the people. and that's why i said, i was referring to thomas jefferson as when the people fear the government, there is tyranny. when the government fears the people, there is liberty. right now our grievances are not being heard by either political party. and frankly, they're all whores. >> so you've confirmed to us that your view is mr. mcconnell is a whore. professor peterson, do you think the republican party may be in danger of a major secession with severe conservatives like ted cruz leading a

patrick henry, thomas jefferson, james monroe, ken cuccinelli, terry mcauliffe. those are the governors of virginia. darwin lives. there was one good line in the debate when cuccinelli said of terry mcauliffe he is all puppy and no plan. it will not turn the race around. the significance of it nationally is this. the last nine elections, the virginian voters have chosen a governor who belonged to a party not of the president and the white house. if terry mcauliffe wins, this will upset that tradition. and i think he will. virginia voting counter and established virginia as a purple state. >> the lesson with republicans which they may not learn from this is that you cannot come up with candidates who are so far to the right or need to be so extreme that they're going to win in some statewide election. we saw this happen in delaware and in arizona. and missouri. they have to learn that people like cuccinelli are not going to make it. unless you are in a place like mississippi. >> i talked to charlie cook the other day. if they nominated a centrist republican they w

my allies are george washington, thomas jefferson and john adams. let's abolish political parties, make them political action committees. you could still get endorsed. why did they put the party's name on an election ballot? why not just the name of a candidate. it's far too easy. s if you're liberal, you look for democrats. this way it's inherent upon the voter to educate themselves what does john smith stand for? let's remove party off the ballot labels. that's a great start. it could be done locally, and it could spread like wildfire. governor dean, in 2011, you spoke about the -- i wouldn't like a shutdown from a stateman's point of view, but if i were head of the dnc, i would be quietly rooting for it. i think a lot of democrats are quietly rooting for it, thinking it's good business. where are you on this? >> i think the president is right. here's what the problem is. they compromises can be made, they're not supposed to be made by stamps your foot and refusing to fund the government. these bills were incurred by the people now refusing to do

. >> in delaware, they chose to use the image of the diamond because when thomas jefferson visited delawares a diamond of a state. he called it "the little diamond". >> with "flag facts", i'm brandon. >> it first became a film, then a hit musical on broadway. we'll go backstage at "newsies".  >> what do you get when you combine kids, history, dancing, singing, and a whole lot of energy? a hit show on broadway. harry's got the scoop. >> i love it! i've seen it six times. >> ♪ look at me ♪ i'm the king of new york ♪ suddenly... >> the musical "newsies" has been making headlines ever since it opened. >> ♪ glory be ♪ i'm the king of new york >> it's a really great show! >> ♪ victory ♪ front-page story ♪ guts and glory >> and if you think these actors are working hard, imagine how hard the real "newsies" had to work back in the 1800's. >> ♪ of new york >> in order to, like, gain a profit and make a living, the "newsies" actually had to buy their newspapers that they would sell, and then they would sell it for a little more, just so they could make a living. >> ♪ tomorrow they'll see what we are

obama care was passed on a purely partisan agenda on the narrowest of margins, and i often said thomas jefferson said large initiatives should not be advanced on slender majorities. it was not just a slender majority but a purely partisan majority. the american people rejected obama care and elected us to the house of representatives to put an end to it, and this is the leverage point, this is where we need to make the stand, anderson. >> you're a big believer in the constitution, obviously, as everybody in this country is or should be. i mean, that's what our constitution calls for, a majority vote, the majority passed obama care was a slender majority, as you say. you say it's very possible a majority in the house would pass a so-called clean cr. isn't that constitutional the way the system works? >> remember, though, the constitution also says the speaker will be elected to be the speaker of the whole house and that the majority controls the house of representatives, that's also the structure for government and they determine the things that will be debated and voted upon and that always hasn

ladies and gentlemen, they can have thomas jefferson because even as i speak i have the genealogist -- [laughter] right now trying to find the common and genealogical link between the william gates foundation and the henry louis gates foundation and when they find that i'm going to be the man. [laughter] [applause] they will say to you have an appointment and i will say i'm a family member. $10 million, no scandal. i will be all of your life. [laughter] so we had to do a prototype of the cd-rom. i left random house with $125,000 went across the street. and i swear this is true. i called him on one of those open phone booths and wanted to make sure that nobody at random house was around because of was on the street. we said we have to match the investment. he said that's great. there is only one problem. what? what is a cd rom and can we do one? i never heard of one. i was afraid that alberto was going to ask me a follow-up question and i wouldn't know what to do. so we hired the two computer geeks as they like to call themselves from the rhode island school of design and we have a pro

. >> in delaware, they chose to use the image of the diamond because when thomas jefferson visited delawares a diamond of a state. he called it "the little diamond". >> with "flag facts", i'm brandon. >> it first became a film, then a hit musical on broadway. we'll go backstage at "newsies". music i want some more. what's he doing? please sir, i want some more. more? he has asked for... thank you. well he did say please... yes he did. and thank you. please and thank you. pass it on. (crowd of children) thank you. (crowd of children) thank you. um]um] ♪[tum] ♪[tum] ♪[tum] ♪[tum] ♪[tum] ♪[tum] [phone ring,] car brakes hard [phone ring] [car crash] glass shatters [sirens] this video was submitted by a student through the safety scholars program. for more information on teen safety visit driversedge.org. >> what do you get when you combine kids, history, dancing, singing, and a whole lot of energy? a hit show on broadway. harry's got the scoop. >> i love it! i've seen it six times. >> ♪ look at me ♪ i'm the king of new york ♪ suddenly... >> the musical "newsies" has been making headlines ever s

i'm proud to say many of those heroes were virginians, including george washington, thomas jeffersonand patrick henry. because i believed obamacare was an affront to our liberty, i stood up. i was the first attorney general in america to challenge the law in federal court. and today, i continue to search for avenues to minimize obamacare's hurtful impact on virginians. during the debate over this law, citizens in the commonwealth were told they could easily access information about their health care choices and join the system, well that proved to be untrue. they were told their premiums wouldn't increase, that proved to be false. and they were told they could keep access to their insurance and their doctors, and that proved to be downright dishonest. today, our citizens are deeply concerned about what the future holds. what kind of country will we hand to our children? as a husband and proud father of seven, my wife and i share these concerns. it's why i stood up and said obamacare is not right for virginia. it's why i fought alongside 27 other state attorneys general and said obama

one of them correspond with thomas jefferson about a common weed past. they wound the great english grandfather clock that still stands in the whole. it has chimed and kept time for them through the years. the embroidered bed hangings. they churned butter which is sold as for newport, rhode island, and even down to barbados. imagine eating butter that had made a six week trip. they spun flax and wove cloth and they wrote down their own thrifty achy recipe for shoe polish, all the details of colonial life that we've come to appreciate as an american. and as the centuries passed they invested wisely a new american dangers. the erie canal, in railroads, and minds off the coast of south america. they toasted each other from the sober tankard, now the metropolitan museum of art, which was purchased with the money made from their successful economic adventures. now, what's invisible is equally a part of our national history. sylvester manor is the cradle of the system of slavery, as richard said, that became a national system throughout new england as througho

leaders of revolutions like thomas jefferson, martin luther king junior, even joan of arc, all younger children, bragging rights for all those younger siblings out there, like me. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> this younger sibling is right there with you, linsey. >>> "real money" is back tonight. with just a few phone calls and one special phrase you could put hundreds of dollars back in your pocket. this family did. >>> teaching dogs to fly, how to have your best friend by your side on a plane, a first of a kind class when we're back in just two minutes. as your life and career change, fidelity is there for your personal economy, helping you readjust your retirement plan along the way, rethink how you're invested, and refocus as your career moves forward. wherever you are today, a fidelity i.r.a. has a wide range of investment choices to help you fine-tune your personal economy. call today, and we'll make it easy to move that old 401(k) to a fidelity i.r.a. ♪ [ male announcer ] laura's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today her doctor has her on a bayer aspirin regimen

prioritizing whether it goes all the way back a couple hundred years to rich's point you know thomas jefferson ordered naval troops into tripoli so there's a there's a long history of invasion and the intervention that was naval base the republican war. or in you know the northern part of africa so a couple hundred i'm going to get my only i assume when trying would but i don't but there i said but there is an addition there michael michael there's an edition that did not want american national interest at stake i want to generate something i like and i don't know but when when when jefferson did that there was an american national issue at stake here ok i still don't understand what they were the national lobel issue for the united states and nato was when bombing libya go ahead rich well one of the things that i think we have to remember that in the sequence of events the whole libyan nato intervention came sort of at the crest of the arab spring and that's where this i mean that's where the unrest began it didn't begin with us dropping a tomahawk missile you know down the lavatory and khada

anymore i support the abolishment of all political parties and i have good allies john adams thomas jefferson and george washington in fact i made the statement that if i ran for president i would give the people the opportunity to vote for their first president who belongs to no political party since george washington isn't that remarkable we could at we could elect a president that doesn't belong to either of these gangs because i refer to them as games washington famously remarked that these party should be outlawed as you're talking about do you think you that here we are two hundred plus years since that warning and we're seeing this dysfunction that that is an offshoot of. at this sort of two party system that's taken all it completely as our forefathers warned us of theirs but we're not listening that's the problem with this country the apathy we need to have a gauge citizens we need vigilant citizens that's what they wanted for this country to keep our republic the gun mach receive that they created we've all been sitting on our hands we all haven't been active maybe this will get peo

supreme court has the right to strike down a law passed by congress and signed by the president thomas jefferson explicitly said that the people themselves should make that. decision that each branch should decide for itself what's caused it to shuttle and if the people disagree they will vote that branch out mark you are the lawyer here you want to start this thing well you're exactly right about the fact that is not in the constitution if you ask people for the checks and balances in a civics class and i prayed that's what most people will say no most people will say yes check one of the checks and balances this and that the same way that you know the senate confirms you know nominees in appointments the thing here is your to actually write the i think that they were looking at this for reading tea leaves i think that they will find personhood and i think that they may find that they have the first amendment right there really i think they may have an issue. of judicial review is one of those things that depends on when you're talking about when you're talking about federal laws a lot of time

but younger children tend to be rebellious leaders of revolution like thomas jefferson, martin luthering king junior and bragging rights for the younger siblings out there like me. abc news, new york. >> we imagine you have a couple of thoughts and feelings. let us know. >> it is our facebook question of the day. in our family were your parents harder on the oldest sibling? >> i'm the youngest. >> are you a rebel? >> there's some saving graces for me apparently in the story but you are the middle kid. there's nothing for you. >> i am the middle we have seven kids. my dad -- i got fussed over plenty. too much. you are not doing it right. do it again. >> economists say that they have found parents discipline the oldest child more harshly and easier on the younger kids and that's why the younger kids don't do as well in school. on the flip side, you get some advantage when you are yelling at the older kid. the younger kid, you are instilling respect and fear in him because he is seeing what is happening to the older one. >> all the good thing you have to look forward to with number two c

on kenya is right in the mainstream of what we are entitled to do and what we have done since thomas jefferson authorized the raid on pirates in tripoli in the 19th century. the take out of a senior al shabab leader if that is what happened is a plus, and the fact that the united states acted without a lot of hemming and haing and pawing at the ground and asking for author wragz is a plus. and we had the intelligence to do it is a plus and underlines keeping the intelligence intact. he didn't fall off of the pickle truck. we have to find him and we needed intelligence. >> you it said to our audience. our eyes were wide eped but you said it is important. if we don't have the back bone to use it. >> you can get all of the intel, in the world, but you don't have the capability and fortitude to use it, you might as well not have it. >> you and i talked in the greenroom, and said we don't want to make too many connection of dots, but you have movement against the terrorist in the mall massacre and our forces taking on the targets in somalia with al shabab based there. and in tripoli, libya movement

norman schwarzkoph, presidents george washington, thomas jefferson and dwight eisenhower are waiting to be sponsored. george s patton gets the bar. for the current west p oi nt cadets it is a reminder of who has come before. >> what we did was not for us, but it was to be part of something bigger and more important. we end up being patriots. >> west point and the hotel, a lasting tribute to those who serve. >> they stay in the dawkins room, even though they checked others out. he owes so much to west point as we all do. the cadets whether you there h are so impressive. >> when you stay there which i have been lucky enough to do and people should visit west point and it is astonishing, you never know which hero you will meet in the hall. >> or which hero's room you will stay in. >> i hope you didn't take one of the coins. leave them for the rest. if you need them, come by. great report. >>> we are on day 13 of the government shutdown. you know that. there is no clear end in sight. lawmakers are taking to the air waves to give the latest take on negotiations to end the crisis. who is t

. >> thor was a redhead, thomas jefferson, van gogh, bow zoe, and two napoleons, bonaparte and dynamiteravaganza attracted all manner of redheads. >> i feel pretty unique. >> most said they were happy about having red hair. >> i think i just embraced it, it is fabulous so -- >> i think we are going to break this record, i really believe we have got it. [ cheers and applause ] >> eventually, it was time to count redheads for the guinness record. >> rusty asked that i stand with them and be counted. >> the ocean of orange swelled. >> cameras clicked. >> but alas even with 1,207 redheads, he fell short of being the world record 1255. >> but records aren't everything, in the end, it was nice just to be amongst my own kind. >> >> osgood: next, lee cowan at home with mary steenburgen and ted danson. >> my first thought on that is, this is the most ridiculous the creature i have ever met my entire life. >> and she was mine from that moment on. >> osgood: and later, medal of honor recipient captain william swenson. >> >> osgood:. >> you know i will have to take you to a hypnotist. >> why? >> so

, to help protect the rhode island --ve trade and all kind of in cahoots even with president thomas jeffersonund some of that. in any case, the economy of rhode island was steeped in the slave trade. it usually shocks people to hear that rhode island was the leading slave trading state in the country, not south carolina were virginia. --or virginia. that leads to the founding of the university and some of the early funds for brown university. >> it is interesting that ruth simmons, the farrar president of brown, -- the former president of brown, wrist african-american president of any ivy league university, and i want to bring greg wilder back into this conversation, commissioned the first ivy league study of brown university's connection to slavery, professor wilder. >> i think this is a critical moment in american history. throughout the process of talking about the book, one thing that i constantly return to is her decision in 2003 to commission a study of brown's the slave trade. this happened for a number of reasons. there was a blowup at yale about their relationship to the slave trade,

quote, reported to be the grandson of thomas jefferson, unquote. they both are listed in my book along with nearly 2000 other forgotten black civil war soldiers. including my great-grandfather, crowder patience, and company c. of the 103rd pennsylvania regiment. i was quite surprised to see how my great grandfather birth certificate can his surname -- being illiterate runaway slave who had not been allowed to learn how to read or write, he would not have been able to spell his name when he enlisted in the union army. therefore, the recruiter wrote what he presumed he was hitting. of the military records his name is spelled various ways. the final spelling is the surname pennsylvania teachers gave his first child when he entered the first grade in 1881. one of grandpa's favorite pastimes was to congregate with his local jiyai our comrades come just like sammy j. patterson would 12 miles away. i have no idea those two old veteran who knew each other 12 miles was quite a distance by wagon. interestingly, though, two of his granddaughters of samuel j.

. >> one thing in north and south besides thomas jefferson. they did in the south.ere were conservatives on fiscal policy and a war. they believed the same thing. they believed the meals on wheels and social security and medicare. >> there is so much about this book that says more about you than anything else. my favorite chapter was chapter 7 when you spent so much time about reagan's movies. you are such a movie buff from that era. it was pouring out. ronald reagan, what kind of actor do you think he was? >> i saw success in theater more than an actor. the big thing about the moves is the notre dame subway alumni. my uncle charles and aunt kathleen got married and neither went to college through notre dame, but that's the underground. they were called reagan democrats. >> my other favorite thing was not reagan, but the man who recommended chuck coleson was who? >> tip onei, well l. . >> you have to read the book. tip oneill. so much fun to read. the book is tip and the beginner. he is killing it right now. still to come, how this can cost them the governor's race.

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one in wisconsin avenue, one on o street and one at m and thomas jefferson street. that robert was last seen wearing the blue jeans, riding the pegs on the back. >>> and they will not miss the scaffolding, but they lit that up, which has been great to look at it. for the national park service, they said this sunday will be the final night for the iconic monument that will be lit and then the week of november 11, the three-month process of removing that scaffolding will be taking place. still making the repairs for the washington monument, which you know was damaged in august of 2011 when we had that earthquake. >>> and it is halloween in case you didn't know that. if you have a jack-o'-lantern sitting out on your porch, then your pumpkins have nothing on this guy. >> he is elevating the pumpkin carvings through an art form. kristin fisher is live from centreville. hey there. >> reporter: i'll tell you what, you know, this job has taken me to a lot of elaborate halloween displays over the years. this one takes the case. by far my favorite, just in term of the sheer a