brian lamb: how did thomas jefferson relate to madison? vid stewart: they were remarkable friends. they were soul mates in a way that none of these others really were. brian lamb: age difference? david stewart: jefferson's seven years older. he is a little bit of the same figure, because he was used to being in a position of command. he inherited his father's estate at 14. madison does not inherit until 50. jefferson married young, madison married when he was 43. but they are intellectually and emotionally sympatico. they felt each other was the smartest person they had ever met, except for hamilton may be. they were interested in everything. curious about everything -- science, philosophy, language. they knew so much and read so much. they just had so much in common. they come from the same culture. they grew up 30 miles apart in the hills of western virginia. they proved were sounds of large -- they both were scions of large landowners. it was a natural match and the most important nonmarital relationship they either had. brian lamb: they

you make it a diamond you can get alexandria in there. >> if washington was the champion and thomas jefferson was not a fan, what was his reaction to the plan? >> the book discusses this. i spent a lot of time thinking about and researching this, trying to understand. jefferson is a complex character. the thing that is most complex about jefferson is that he was probably america's first, and maybe best political actor at avoiding statements when he could see the tide was already moving in his direction. he did not argue for things he felt were going to come to pass. there is no evidence in this there is a theory that thomas jefferson was actively sabotaging l'enfant. thomas jefferson, he was way too busy for a concentrated campaign against l'enfant. go to the jefferson papers and read one day of correspondence. you will understand. when he understood that this was going to be the plan he approved the plan. he approved it with washington in the room. we do not know what he really felt. all we know is that when he became president he was elected president in 1800, he stops all work on the city

he ran into thomas jefferson on broad street outside of president washington's home. jefferson was just passing by. i suppose hamilton had been there hours waiting for it to happen. [laughter] he was disheveled, which is unlike someone who was such a strong ladies' man. the rumor, the myth, it is not true, but has to be told anyway, is that at valley forge, martha washington named her tomcat hamilton. [laughter] jefferson was shocked at the way hamilton looked. hamilton said i will resign if i cannot get the assumption of state debt. you are part of the administration. i need your support, the president supports it. i don't know very much about money -- which is true. he died in great debt. my friend james madison does. i propose you come to dinner tomorrow and we will try to work something out. the next day, jefferson's enslaved half brother, john hemings, cooked a wonderful french meal for the three men, madison, hamilton, and jefferson. the compromise was worked out. all spring, we are now in late june, 1790, behind-the-scenes negotiations trying to restore as they

ronald collins 11 is an old friend of the thomas jefferson center but old-time the age. and of this festival. he has come to participate in a panel we sponsored. he served on the law review from the university of california and santa barbara. after working with the legal aid foundation of los angeles and legal aid society of orange county ron went on to be a teaching fellow at stanford law school and taught at a number of leading law schools across the country. what i would like to emphasize, both of these gentlemen, too many accomplishments but i would like to focus with ron said he is an incredible scholar and prolific author. a partial listing of some of the books he authored, co-authored and edited. the fundamental holmes, a free seat chronicle of reader, we must not be afraid to be free, stories about free speech in america the death of discourse, the trials of many bruce the fundamental hugo black, and 2013 he published three books absolutism the first amendment followed by a mania:the story of the outrage and outrageous lies but wants the generation and on decent,

if you make it a diamond, you can get alexandria and their -- in there. >> seems like thomas jefferson would not have been a good champion. scott: the book discusses this. i spent a lot of time taking about this but also reach urging -- also researching this. jefferson is a context character . the thing that is most complex about jefferson is that he was probably america's first and maybe best political actor at avoiding statements when he could see that the tide was already moving in his direction. he did not argue for things he felt were going to pass. there is no evidence in this -- there is a theory that thomas jefferson was actively sabotaging l'enfant. jefferson was way too busy for his concentrated campaign against l'enfant. go to the jefferson papers and read one day's for the correspondence. once he understood that this was going to be the plan, he approved this plan but he approved it with washington in the room. we don't know what he really felt about this. all we know is that when he becomes president, he stops i'll work on the city except for the work on the capital of the

thank you, josh and thanks to the thomas jefferson center. thank you for all the wonderful first amendment work you do, sometimes at the risk of being criticized but for those of us we value the contributions. the reason i have to concur in part and dissenting in part is because it is a very complicated issue. when money speaks, the book i co-authored with michael leather and friend we made a concerted effort to let others decide to be absolutely balanced, not balance in the fox news sense but balance in the definition, dictionary definitions cents. we try to present both sides as best we could so if you look through and try to discern exactly what our position is, good luck. the reason we did that is because this is a very complicated issue. it is one -- the world is not divided liberal/conservative. i take great pride in being affiliated with the legal aid foundation in los angeles, so well continued to defending his role as a member of the state legislature. i daresay there are few things we disagree on and on want to talk about more about

the top people obviously would be thomas jefferson, john adams, washington, hamilton. those would probably be the top four. c-span: what were their relationships with women? >> guest: well, jefferson is probably the one whose relationships with women are--his are most thoroughly documented. he had a--his wife died when he was young, and he had very close relationships with his daughters, with whom he exchanged a voluminous correspondence, which is now all published. and he had a great interest in their well-being and that their education, that they married well and so on. so yeah, he's certainly someone who deserves a--you know, whose writing on this is--has--is one of the most important sources. c-span: one of the things i noted is you mentioned abigail adams, john adams' wife. and i wanted to ask you what's in the famous `remember the ladies' to her husband--letter or what was that? >> guest: letter, yes. c-span: and why did you use that here? >> guest: well, this is a letter where she writes to john adams right at the moment of the declaration of independence. and sh

. >> university was found by thomas jefferson is fog students like huff, an insult. >> we have a racethis university and we need to datas that. top talking about thomas jefferson like he is a god and he is a racist. >> some protesters acknowledged they had in evidence that the scuff goal with johnson was racially motivated but they are highly suspicious. >> something that got to me off the mar tease video if you watch it, he is on the ground and he is screaming, i am a uva student i am uv amount student and that is just should be very clear to everyone, yes, that is important, being a black male supersedes that in the eyes of law enforcement they are quick to be heavy handed when it is a black miami because of the perceived threat. >> if it was a white student with a fake i.d. i don't think he would be arrested. there would not be an issue there are plenty of students with fake i.d.s is they have not been brutalized. >> the coverage ratcheted up when the democratic governor ordered a state investigation. when uv at president met with martese johnson and expressed her sympathy. >> sull

many people as we move through the 19th century would use thomas jefferson in the sectional debates to but res arguments for state rights, in a system, within a union that has become unbalanced as the government is threatening rights of the constituent parts. what would jefferson say about that? >> well, he wasn't in his grave yet during the missouri controversy, but he did some turning over nonetheless because when it looked like the union would fall apart, i don't know if you all know about the missouri controversy, it was weather or not missouri would be admitted as a slave state to the union it ultimately was in tandem with the free state of maine, one of the great states of our union. but this argument about the future of slavery was one that looked like it was creating a line of separation between those states with slaves and the so-called free states. and that fear of the capture of the federal government was intense for jefferson. jefferson's position was in effect oh, give us time and we'll deal with our domestic institution. it's none of your business. and eventually we'll de

he carried a letter, dated the first of march, from secretary of state thomas jefferson. jefferson's instructions approved by the president, gave him the task of surveying the area along the potomac river near rock creek, bordering georgetown, and along the eastern branch, three miles to the southeast, in order that some section of that ground might be transformed into a new and permanent seat of government for the united states. the project was not just ambitious, it was unprecedented. the capital of a new world empire to be set down in a quiet and sparsely inhabited territory of hills, farms, and wetlands. the city would not take shape through the slow accretion of time. it would not happen, it would be made. if it were to succeed, it had to be created by one man. he had every expectation that his would be the hand holding the pencil, his the mind shaping the streets, squares, and monumental spaces. his the name most closely associated with the realization. it was indeed in need of a total imagination with two individuals who possess the reservoirs of commitment for its

the first president to ever mention radical islam was thomas jefferson and the barbery pirates.e know this is transregional. we know isil is in the levant, we have had attacks in paris and brussels. so it's a growing threat. if we have had problems dating back to thomas jefferson and if in fact this is a growing regional threat having a time limit on the aumf doesn't make a lot of sense on me. because i think we have a united commitment as a nation to fight and defeat isil. but that's a combination of a lot of things happening together. one of which is an enduring commitment. i think enduring in terms of the aumf means it doesn't mean special forces but probably 672,000 trooping being deployed. and i understand that is something the president would probably want to get authorization for. but if we took off the three-year limitation, wouldn't we be better off to send the clear signal that there is no end to this conflict as far as we're concerned until we end the victory. that was probably more of a statement, but i would appreciate your response. >> thank you, sen -- senator. >>

. >> that the university was up forred by thomas jefferson is for students like deniah almost an insult you address that we have a right -- stop talking about thomas jefferson like he's a deity. >> some protesters acknowledged to me they had no evidence that the scuffle with johnson was racially motivated, but they're highly suspicious. sfwr one thing that got to me about the martese video, he's screaming i'm a uva student and i think that should be clear to everyone that while yes, that is important, being a black male kind of supersedes that in the eyes of law enforcement. they're so quick to be heavy handleded when it is a black male because there is this perceived threat. >> i don't feel like if it was a white student who had a fake i.d., i don't think there would have been an issue. there are plenty of students on this grounds with fake i.d.s, but none have been put in the hospital. >> the coverage ratcheted up when governor mcauliffe ordered a state investigation. and when the president teresa sullivan excessed her sympathy. sullivan was criticized for overreacting by banning frat

[applause] senator cruz: and that the purpose of the constitution, as thomas jefferson put it, is to serve as chain to bind the mischief of government. [applause] senator cruz: the incredible opportunity of the american dream, what has enabled millions of people from all over the world to come to america with nothing and to achieve anything. and then, the american exceptionalism that has made this nation a clarion voice for freedom in the world, a shining city on a hill. that is the promise of america. that is what makes this nation an indispensable nation, a unique nation in the history of the world. and yet, so many fear that that promise is unattainable today. so many fear it is slipping away from our hands. i want to talk to you this morning about reigniting the promise of america. 240 years ago, on this very day, a 38-year-old lawyer named patrick henry -- [applause] senator cruz: stood up 100 miles from here in richmond, virginia and said, "give me liberty or give me death." [applause] senator cruz: i want to ask each of you to imagine, imagine millions of courageous conservati

today is match day, this is video of last year's informal ceremony held at thomas jefferson university. students receive letters telling them where in the country they head tore their residency. it is their next step on their way to becoming doctors. >> congratulations. >> reporter: it's weird to get the letter like so many of us have at times it changes your life. >> reporter: mr. murphy you are -- [laughter]. >> reporter: traffic is moving fine, no problems, we're clear and dry in anticipation of the messy weather coming, nothing we're dealing with currently. mass transit is on time, dave. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan is showing us we're starting to moisten up, the first line of precip is not hitting ground if it is it's light and an indication of what's to come. coats for the kids this afternoon they may want extra gear because the wet snow will be falling and it will be chillier. 38 degrees around 11:00 a.m. we're close to the freezing mark in the afternoon. roads today will be wet but slushy later in the day as the temperatures fall. matt and erin. >> thanks, davi

i mean it's easy being tom jefferson, bringing thomas jefferson to life. he had, he was a very human person. it's easy to bring a clarence darrow or a william jennings bryan. but george washington, we have this view of washington, for many people he's like a wax figure in madam trudeau's museum. or a carved figure up on mount rushmore, he is distant to a lot of us. i think a lot of it is that terrible picture painted on the $1 bill, that was paint near death with a bulging, he looks like a squirrel with his oversized false teeth. actually, that's not what washington was like, and i got to see that in this period of his life when he was much younger before the presidency and after he was a general when he was not in political power when he didn't have -- or military power. he didn't have an office. he was a farmer. he was a plantation owner. he was a private citizen. and i could find out that he was a very, very affable person. he was a wonderful conversationalist. he was a great retail politician. he could tell stories at parties. he loved to go to parties

thomas jefferson. father of the declaration of independence, george washington, father of our country, now to james madison, father of the constitution of the united states this constitution was written for a religious and moral people. it is holy -- it is wholly inadequate for any other. you know what's happened, g.o.p.? we got too many any others in the white house. it wasn't written for them. some people study the constitution to uphold it. but there are some who study it so that they can circumvent it. right? stand on the bible. stand on the constitution. don't budge. hold on to your weapons. that's what brought us here. we had to have all three to run the brits back where they came from. we had to have all three when the nazis reared their head. you say the nazis. world domination is what hitler had on his mind. territorial conquest. there was no jesus. none. and they were famous for murder. right? they went up to chinese, they started running over china, man churea started conquering the islands

like this beam from the erie canal and wood from trees on the estates of george washington and thomas jefferson. >> i really enjoy being able to take a piece of history and kind of give ate new life. >> anna got the idea at eight years old when her dad michael showed her a web video of a teen making pens. >> for inspiration. >> for me it was one of those things as a father to say look at what kids can do at really any age. >> anna took it literally. >> eventually anna's dad invested a few hundred dollars for her first pen lathe it takes an hour to make each pen anna says business the first year was slow. >> you are the best. >> but took off after she joined a local chamber of commerce. >> it, people would come up to me and yell across the room is that the pen girl? i need to talk to you. yeah. >> anna hasn't designed decided what she wants to be when she grows up but for now she has a business to run. lauren lyster, cbs news, new york. >> nair: and that is the cbs evening news for tonight, coming up on cbs "60 minutes", i am vinita nair in new york, thanks for joining us and have a good night.

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thomas jefferson was the first one to call for what we are trying to accomplish today.e came one vote from passing in the senate back in the 1990's. 72 democrats went for it and gave us the two thirds vote we needed. and last congress may only got 25 democrats. we need to continue to press this case. one of the things that helps and that is the direct input from the part of states that the fiscal mess in washington dc affects them in very his ways -- various ways. one of the accounts says that 25 states, including south dakota which just last repast a call for a constitutional -- last week passed a call for a constitutional convention. it is a good process because it reflects the statehouse concert -- state's concerned that i share with them to put pressure on the congress to take it up and deal with every other amendment as we have before, two thirds of the congress and then sending it up for ratification. we are also working with colleagues on both sides of the aisle who said work a balance legend amendment to the constitution to bring that up and have a vote on at le

thomas jefferson aimlessly said that capturing canada would be a mere matter of marching. he also thought very little of our navy. we could not stand up against the might of the royal navy. this was a popular opinion of the time. the royal navy defeated the spanish, french, dutch, and even portions of the russian navy. to imagine that such a small country that could not possibly build anything bigger than a forget -- frigate, to think that a nation like that could stand up to the royal navy, was beyond the capacity of most americans. we did have an advantage. that advantage was in the super frigate. that is the modern term. they were built with incredibly thick calls -- hulls and strong wood, white oak, i believe. it was known to repel cannonballs. that is where the uss constitution got its nickname, old ironsides. it was the constitution that john taylor iv served to the board. the state of virginia gave him a sword for his intrepidity and valor. you can see the sword outside as soon as we are done. a medal was given to him for his service against a british frigate. what

minutes homicide detectives have taken the 19-year-old who was wounded in triple stabbing from thomas jefferson hospital here to the homicide unit where he is now being questioned by detectives as they try to figure out exactly what happened here. >> he was screaming you know, the usual every night all day. >> reporter: as crime scene investigators in protective suits collected evidence at the bloody crime seen in this home on east went folds street neighbors were outside describing what went on inside the house every date. >> very disturbed family. >> honestly, i'm not surprised that it happened. >> investigators say 53-year-old melissa wiley was found stabbed to death her 73-year-old mother joan was suffering from serious stab wounds. and a 19-year-old son was bleed bleeding from wounds to his hands. >> blood everywhere. >> they found a large 95 in an alleyway across the street but the murder weapon was found in the home. police say the house was a mess. >> he yelled please stop, don't do it. they locked him in a bedroom. so he's been locked away for multiple years. >> reporter: neighbors say

to give papers asking about master bagz to children and i believe in honor of the first state thomas jefferson first coined which is rude in our constitution. catholic or organization, i don't believe it's the place of government to speak out against any belief system unless, of course, it is contrary to our core values and laws as a society. after all, membership is voluntary and men and women are free to join or leave at their own free will. however, when any organization religious or otherwise places requirements on us as religious or laws i do believe we are allowed to speak out to give voice of those affected. first and for most on the face, this is true both of the content and the manner in which they were communicated. in so many ways, adherence and defense, inclusion over exclusion. tolerance over zrimdz. commitment to respect the individual person. and promotion of the common goods who make us what we are. our catholic church most certainly has the right to make sure our faith is taught in catholic schools and students are taught. however, for a pastor to deny girls to serve as alter

that's what thomas jefferson was all about. that's what benjamin franklin was all about and that's what we're supposed to be all about. i thank you and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2015, the gentlewoman from california mrs. capps, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mrs. capps: mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the memory of local santa barbara, california firefighter daniel corigan. dan was born and raised in hayward, california where he played football and attended a catholic high school. dan earned his degree in mechanical engineeringing from college. and -- engineering from california and he began his fire fighting career with the fresno fire department in 2007. in 2013, dan joined the santa barbara city fire department, where he made a tremendous impact not only on his colleagues but the entire community. throughout his career, dan was recognized by his col

she was quite offended that george washington, thomas jefferson were here is another sneaky not hoaxingspeaking out gave me a sense of confidence because i had a lot of the black students who had just come into the class. .. >> caller: thank you for your wonderful freshman program and you are a very able moderator. my question to your guest is i am an irish jew living here into the united states very happily and very fond of this country for what it has done. and i know we have had problems over the years and the history of this countryt and andy your reverie table moderator. find these days and it has been going on for some time and that is a trumendtrulot of anti sumetic behavior in the black community. other members of the black community from time to time come out with statements that are -- can be nothing else but anti semitic and considering the contribution the jewish community has made in this country in supporting the black community and the obtaining their rights. people died in the south where two jewish young men were killed. i would like to see what your guest has to say ab

she was quite offended that i would, you know, that george washington, thomas jefferson were heroes. faults and i was making stuff up or focusing inappropriately. so, i didn't convince her of anything but, speaking up gave me a sense of confidence because i had, a lot of the black students who had just come into the class. they now saw me as their speaker. and so i then could talk to mrs. buxton and not feel that i was crazy, right? that i was out there all by myself. so you know, it is nice to be part of a group and feel like, there are other people who are going to support you, not, not just because they're arbitrary or because they like you but because they feel connected to the points that you're making. that you're that you're concern is their concern too. >> host: never in a million years would i have predicted that the question about copious notes would have led to that answer but that was a very interesting story. brian is in pike'sville maryland. brian you're on with lani guinier. >> caller: thank you. thanks c-span for these wonderful programs. you yourself are very, very a

and the founding fathers were people, like george washington, thomas jefferson owned slaves. see the founding fathers determining for the rest of the countries life how to allocate power and how to determine who represents him. >> host: "lift every voice," we did that term come from by the way transferred it comes from lift every voice and sing. it's a song that is important in the black community. >> host: why? >> guest: because i think the black community, its great strength is its sense of community, and it has a sense of community, unfortunately, in terms of what makes it a community is the feeling of accidents, the feeling that blacks have not been respected. -- feeling of accidents. slavery dominated the united states and really punish black people in ways that are still being felt you know, 200 years later. 150 years later. so i think at least in terms of my experience, especially as a litigator when i was working for the naacp, the legal defense fund, there's a tremendous sense of community in the black domains of a particular state or a particular city. but there's a

founding of our nation and the relationship he had with george washington, alexander hamilton, thomas jefferson, his wife, and james monroe. brian lamb: david stewart, your book, what was madison's gift? david stewart: it is a double meaning. his gift is the ability to form remarkable partnerships with the great people of his era. but it also alludes to his gift to the country of his talents and what he was able to do to help create the first self-sustaining constitutional republic. brian lamb: you were a clerk in the supreme court. on the circuit court of appeals. you are a clerk to davis babylon. what did you see when you were a clerk of madison's impact on the way that the courts operate? david stewart: and the courts of appeals, i didn't feel that i saw much. in the supreme court, and i was there a year of course, you are dealing with basic constitutional issues. you are always going back to the federalism. that is the most immediate impact that madison -- the constitution is not self-executing or self explaining. the federalist has had an enduring impact in terms of what did they really th

as thomas jefferson wisely observed, the true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management. the fruit of your intellectual labor is individual property that should be as strongly protected from theft or trespass as your home. and that is true whether the trance gres trans gresor is the government or private party. but in addition to these reasons, as if we really needed more, as an ftc commissioner and as a republican, i also see this as a debate about competition policy and how to keep america prosperous in the years ahead. a modern economy needs both innovation and commercialization to promote widespread gains for its citizens. now some tension exists between these two ingredients for a strong economy because coming up with valuable ideas requires investment and risk taking focused on future possibilities. some ideas or inventions will fail. while turning ideas into successful products requires capitalizing on already existing ideas. the trick is to balance one with the other. so that we can produce the p

and as that's the purpose of the constitution as thomas jefferson put it it is to serve as the chain to buy it at the mistress of government -- the mischief of government. [applause] the opportunity of the american dream. what has enabled millions of people from all over the world to come to america with nothing but to achieve anything. and then the american exceptionalism that has made this nation a clarion voice for freedom in the world a shining city on a hill. that is the promise of america. that is what makes this nation and indispensable and unique nation in the history of the world. and yet so many fear that today that promise is unattainable and that it is slipping away from our hands. i want to talk with you this morning about reigniting the promise of america. 240 years ago on this day a 38-year-old lawyer named patrick henry -- [cheering] -- stood up just a hundred miles from here in richmond virginia -- [cheering] -- and said give me liberty or give me death. [applause] i want to ask each of you to imagine imagine millions of courageous confirm it is all across america ri

everybody said thomas jefferson was an atheist. he wasn't, but it is not a new thing.ehow recently in the 20th century everybody thinks everybody -- it never was before. all of the founding fathers worshiped it with a giant eye on top. >> they built the pyramid because they were masons and the giant eye was eleven -- levitating and it is watching you. why do you think people don't want an atheist president? >> they are going pretty far. they are jumping from very serious christians to atheist presidents as if there is no in between. i thought maybe we can take a baby step or a president that believes in god or is not a christian. i will write in a jewish candidate. >> that will be fantastic. an atheist is a long way to go from evangelical christian. why don't we see a jewish candidate? a buddhist candidate? sister christian you know, andy levey. >> the question is will we ever have an atheist president? >> i actually don't think that is a slap at obama. i think he is an atheist. >> by atheist you mean muslim? >> i think he is openly muslim and secretly atheist. does th

the first president to ever mention radical islam was thomas jefferson. general dempsey has talked about this as an enduring conflict. he talked about it evolving regionally and being trans-regional. we know isil is in the maghrib. we have had attacks in paris and brussels. it is a growing threat. here is my question. if we had problems dating all the way back to thomas jefferson and it is a growing regional threat, having a time limit does not make much sense to me. we have the united commitment to fight isil and defeat isil but as general dempsey has said, that is not the easiest definition to write into words. it is a combination of a number of things. on the term of enduring, i think it means not special forces but troops deployed. i understand that that would be something the president would like to come back to congress and get authorization for. wouldn't we be better off sending a clear signal that there is no end to this conflict we win the victory? >> thank you. i appreciate it. you don't have to commit yourself on behalf of the administration. >

andrew jackson is on several notes, thomas jefferson lincoln, madison is also on a large sized $5,000 note. mckinley is on the $10 bill. in today's smaller notes, he was on the $500 bill. here is a new president popping up, james monroe on this $100 silver certificate of 1878 through 1891. george washington appears the most on currency. he appears on 10 different types of large sized banknotes, five different denominations. then he appears on all of these fractional banknotes. washington was a very popular figure in this day and of course today on the one dollar bill. do we need to keep going here? loops -- oops. the portraits very quite a bit on the notes of this period. these are all portraits of alexander hamilton that appeared on different banknotes. this is probably the most familiar portrait. here are a couple of notes that are only a few years apart. he looks a lot more fleshy here than he did in this portrait. here is an entirely different view of him in the first issued banknote the 1861 demand note. here is a couple yet different engravings of alexander hamilton on other ban

and purpose of the constitution as thomas jefferson put it is to serve as chains to bind the mischiefe ] the incredible opportunity of the american dream. what has enabled millions of people from all over the world to come to america with nothing and to achieve anything. and then the american exceptionalism that made this nation a voice for freedom in the world. a shiny city on the hill. that's the promise of america. that is what makes this nation in indispensable and unique nation in the history of the world and yet so many fear that that promise is today unattainable. so many fear it is slipping away from our hands. i want to talk to you this morning about reigniting the promise of america. 240 years ago on this very day, a 38-year-old lawyer named patrick henry stood up just a hundred miles from here in richmond virginia and said "give me liberty or give me death." i want to ask each of you to imagine, imagine millions of courageous conservatives across america rising up together to say in unison we demand our liberty. [ applause ] today roughly half of born again christians aren'

the purpose of the constitution as thomas jefferson put it is to serve as change to bind the mischief of government. >> cruz not referring to the mischief of orchestrateing a government shutdown. in his speech today, cruz imagined much much more. >> imagine a simple flat tax. imagine abolishing the irs. imagine repealing every word of common core. imagine a president who stands unapologetically with the nation of israel. >> a big applause line there, but announcing at a mandatory student assembly ran some risks, including students who would rather stand with rand paul. rand paul is expecting to announce his presidential bid april 7th in kentucky. joining me now is political editor and white house correspondent, sam stein, and managing editor of "the washington post" politics section. good afternoon, gentlemen. >> hey, there. >> good afternoon. >> sam, why jump in first if you're ted cruz? is this all about the money? chris, let me come to you first, actually. cruz heads up to new york tonight for a so-called megafundraiser dubbed jews for cruz. does this threaten his appeal with the b

400,000 people signed up to take part in today's statewide tornado drill including students at thomas jefferson elementary in falls church. the plan is to teach them how to survive one of these vicious storms. in 201412 tornadoes impacted virginia in one -- in 2014 12 tornadoes impacted virginia in one way or another. >> i remember those in school. you had to put a book over your head underneath your desk. >> they don't have a severe weather awareness week in virginia. there is a severe weather awareness week this whole week in maryland. >> everybody benefits from this. >> absolutely. no state is immune from tornadoes, none. what should you do? if we say there's a tornado warning, that means tack. it's either been -- take action. it's either been sighted or on doppler radar. stay away from windows to protect yourself from flying debris. little everyday objects like pencils, for example, once they're driven at a high ride of speed can be deadly. do not get in your car and try and outdrive the tornado or go in a different direction. that never ends well. no problems now, just a gorgeous evening.

. >> we're going to one of our ales office revolution which is thomas jefferson.s is a very strong beer. >> okay it is also little light inner color, so,. >> yes. >> i'm tricking you. it has a real big kick to it. >> so bottom line you guys don't have a beer garden where you are with you you like this idea. >> absolutely. >> yes. >> he will. >> denise is here. >> we will work on the beer garden. >> yes. >> this is good but it does taste hardy. >> it is very complex. they have additional ingredients like rye, honey and fancy pants. >> and mike, tell everyone in there this is why i asked from my friend tomorrow, you know i went to pass to i asked them to do a mozerella pulp beer. he is coming. i am told this is coming. work on something. >> possibility of a papal pills nor or something that the pope would drink using some hopps from argentina. >> sounds great. >> pale ale or something. >> exactly. >> so what was this event you went to last night. >> john dibella invite meade out to help judge his comfort food fest. so i went out at the airport. great area they had t

liberal tensions as we consider ourselves liberals in the sense of john locke and adam smith and thomas jefferson and john stuart mill and somewhere around the end of the 19th century a split occurred among liberals not so much on the principles of free speech religious freedom extending the the promises of the declaration of independence to more and more people but on the issue of economics and the economy so we are still liberals but now we have to call ourselves classical liberals otherwise people wouldn't understand. still, modern liberals and libertarians agree on a lot of things even though we may talk a lot more about the things we disagree about. thursday the "washington post" had an article on civil libertarians and tea party conservatives coming together in the virginia legislature to fight things like drones license plate readers. i thought that was interesting to see there could be this alliance. there's a lot of that going on about police misconduct and the way that they treat the communities and police militarization and the cato institute was way ahead of the game on police militar

it begins with thomas jefferson. from thomas jefferson to the mark remarkable cluster of candidates, presidential hopefuls have done a disproportional amount to reinforce secularism. they have fought against any form of religious coercion, have encouraged the faithful to use only reason in public debate, have announced a quality of opportunity of people of all faiths and maintained that good religion belongs in individual conscience. he actually shared more in common with his fellow evangelical citizens. jefferson is already again the towering figure in nearly every account of church state relations in the united states since he did pen some of the most important documents. it's not simply semantics to say that jefferson was also a principle architect of secularism. the sage of monticello mocked specific christian dogmas in his public and private writings and was hostile leading many scholars to characterize jefferson as more secular or modern than his peers. jefferson was an early adherent to the philosophy. this is

over my right shoulder just above the rostrum is the image of thomas jefferson. thomas jefferson wrote about another set of laws and rights that are given to us. he also wrote 27 grievance 27 violations of either the natural law that moses wrote about or the natural rights of man that he wrote about in the declaration of independence, these were greenchances -- grievances against the king of england for violations against the natural laws or natural rights of men. the 10th grievance, ironically, that he wrote about, can also be seen as a warning to where we are today in this nation. . the 10th gree advance says he, the king, has erected a multiple -- a multitude of new officers -- offices and sent a swarm of officers to harass the people. what jefferson was talking about is the multitufede regulations and the regulatory agencies the king instituted on the continent of america. over the past decades we have seen a rampant growth not only in the number of federal agencies that have regulatory authority over americans, but the scope of the regulations that they have

founding of our nation and the relationship he had with george washington, alexander hamilton, thomas jeffersonhis wife, and james monroe. brian lamb: david stewart, your book, what was madison's gift? david st

john adams and thomas jefferson both tied on july 4 1826, the 50th anniversary of the declaration of independence. that was true, by the way. we are fascinated to know that one of our most revered leaders envision his own assassination just days before it happened. the tragedy is gripping. it confirms our place in history. it seems believable because it's in keeping with what we know about lincoln. stories like these confirm the myths about lincoln that americans long to believe, that he was almost supernatural. the fascination with biographers and their readers with lincoln's dreams may say more about lincoln's admirers. during the war, he became a symbol of god's hand in the conflict. a woman wrote to mary todd lincoln about a dream she had that she believed had significant meaning. she saw a great storm with terrible thunder and lightning and she said it was as if the heavens and earth were coming together. she saw lincoln standing above the clouds. he was towering over the city of washington with a book in his hand. he was crowned with honors. he looked very smiling. i thought i

thomas jefferson was the first one to call for what we are trying to accomplish today. we pass into to the house, and came within one vote from passing in the senate back in the 1990's. unfortunately, support from democrats has left. on that occasion, 72 democrats voted for it and gave us the two thirds vote we needed. the last congress only got 25 democrats. we need to continue to press this case. one of the things that helps and -- in that is the direct recognition on the part of states that the fiscal mess in washington d.c. affects them in various ways. one of the accounts says that 25 -- one of the counts, and there can be disputes, one of the accounts says that 25 states including south dakota which just last week passed a call for a constitutional convention. i know there are four or five other states that are actively looking at doing that right now. i think that is a good process because it reflects the states concerned that i share with them. it puts pressure on the congress to take it up and deal with every other amendment as we have before, two thirds of the

and it does it with thomas jefferson in our context. from jefferson to other presidential hopefuls they have done a little to enforce protestant secularism, with laws memorial rhetoric and road island they have fought against any form of religious fortune and have announced a quality of opportunity for people of all faiths under a deceptive protestant shell and remains a witness that the good is in the individual conscious as an incubator of values. jefferson said outside of protestant citizens, jefferson is already the tolerant figure in every count of church-state since he did pen most of the first amendment, and the statuete of the first amendment and he was also a principal architect of protestant secularism. well the stage of monticello mocked dog mas in priest craft, leaving many scholars to characterize jeffer as more secular and modern than his peers. he was certainly no orthodox christian he was an adherence to scottish [ inaudible ] and this is meaningful right against moderns who has this work happening in the 18th century in

john adams and thomas jefferson both died on july 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the declaration ofndependence. that was true, by the way. [laughter] we are fascinated to know that one of our nation's most revered leaders envision his own assassination just days before it happened. the tragedy is gripping. he confirms america's providential place in history. as with any apocryphal story, it seems believable because it's in keeping with what we know about lincoln's life and character. even more importantly, stories like these confirm the myths about lincoln that americans long to believe, that he was almost supernatural. in a sense, i think the fascination with biographers and their readers with lincoln's prophetic dreams may reveal more about lincoln's admirers than lincoln himself. during the war, he became a symbol of god's hand in the conflict. in may 1861, a rochester woman wrote to mary todd lincoln about a dream she had that she believed had significant meaning. she saw a great storm with terrible thunder and lightning and she said it was as if the heavens and earth were comin