thomas jefferson. the real work fell to adams and jefferson.ore experienced city jefferson, you should draft is a document. jefferson declined modestly. i will give you three reasons, said adams. and a you are a virginian virginian should appear at the head of this business, reason second, i am controversial and unpopular. you are very much otherwise. you can write times better than i can. that settled it, young thomas jefferson was elected. shortly his powerful 10 settled to the task. sensitivegine this young man, angry and resentful of the king but wise enough to hold himself in check. he writes, he scratches out, he talks with adams and franklin and talk some more. word by word, thought by thought, there is all the noble, majestic music of the declaration of independence. when in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands that have collected dust connected them with another and it takes off .ike an eagle >> business tremendous statement. we hold this truth to be self-evident, that all men a

young thomas jefferson was elected.talent and 10 -- talent and pen settled to the task. we can imagine this sensitive young man, angry, resentful of the king. yet, wise enough to hold himself in check. he writes, he scratches out, he talks with franklin, he talks with adams, and he writes some more. slowly, words by word, odds by, -- thoughts by thoughts, noble words, and it soon becomes a musical words of the declaration of independence. it becomes the political bands that have connect it it with another. it gathers momentum my and eagle taking off a mountain into the vastness of the sky. then, the tremendous statement, "we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. liberty,se are life, and the pursuit of happiness." on july 1, the congress resumed its debate on the resolution of independence. farmer john dickinson of an sylvania protested. what he said made much good sense. the columnist or unprepared to to battle the mi

name is edged for all time wherever freedom and liberty and the dignity of land is recognized, thomas jefferson. while the committee met, many of them had other things to do. the real work fell to adams and jefferson. admams much more xperienced set to jefferson, you should draft this document. jefferson declined. i will give you three reasons that adams said. you are a virginian and a virginian is at the head of this business. reason second, i am controversial and unpopular. you are very much otherwise. reason third, you can write 10 times better than i can. that settled it. young thomas jefferson was elected. his talent settled to the task. we can imagine this sensitive young man, angry, resentful of the case, yet wise enough to hold himself in check. he writes, he scratches out, he talks with franklin, he talks with adams and he writes some more. slowly, words by word, odds by, the noble -- thoughts y thoughts, noble words and it becomes the political bands that have connect it it with another. it gathers momentum my and eagle taking off a mountain into the vastness of the sky. this tremendo

it is not anywhere close to what thomas jefferson and alexander hamilton said about each other. we haven't had a single incident where a congressman came over to the senate and almost beat to

monticello was thomas jefferson's home for his entire life. he's born on this plantation in 1743, just three miles away from where he builds this home. he inherits this plantation from his father. his father dies when jefferson is 14. as a young man he's going to inherit this land as well as the slaves that his father owns and jefferson is going to decide to build up here on this mountaintop at a very young age. you know, this is jefferson's home his entire life. jefferson is trying to use that plantation to make money, like most virginia plantation owners. he has cash crops, primarily tobacco and then later on in his life wheat. and he has mixed success in turning a profit off of this plantation. but here on this mountaintop, this is also the center of his home life as well. throughout his retirement years, once the house is complete, this home is filled with his family members, his daughter martha jefferson harandolph and her husband move into diplomatic gift that's they exchanged on the way to the pacific ocean and more with an american indi

. -- >> he was the vice president under thomas jefferson. >> and not even interesting. >> yes. and once he became vice president he became the sort of defender of the little guy. goes a -- hardly a little guy. but, aaron burr with regard new only that these people facing a trial.new trial in the senate. they can either between fairly with due regard for their due process. or they could be rushed in a kangaroo court fashion. it would have been very tempting for him to allow the letter. to lean to the kangaroo court approach. he did not produce to look after the due process rights. in part because of that, and in part because thomas jefferson continued to cm as an ongoing political threat. in ongoing marbled presidential candidate. during the second term in office, when aaron burr was no longer vice president, thomas jefferson had him prosecuted for treason. and this is a capital offense. it could have ended not only his political career but his life. >> to us about that story. because it involves him conspiring with a colonel in bring troops to mexico. >> it involved a conspirac

thomas jefferson still has this human, jealous political heart. that always has to be kept in mind because the powers of government are dangerous. >> isn't that the most central one? they understood men are not angels and particularly in power that is when you have problems and when you need the checks and balances you are celebrating in this book, horizontal and vertical constraints on power. jefferson wouldn't have surprised them, his actions wouldn't have surprised them, they are just fulfilling the prophecy of human nature that they predicted in 1785-1787. >> that is right. if there is one common trait or common sin among the founder fathers it would be idol. they loved george washington almost uniformally to the point of revering him. they knew he was likely to be the first president of the united states. it was all but a foregone conclusion. n notwithstanding they wrote article with washington as president in mind and left the power of the presidency relatively weak. in part because they understood this concept madison understands and that i

thomas jefferson did implement it in 1802. but it was for engineers. lly followed jefferson's engineering and scientific interests, so they were engineers. what did that lead us to? the war of 1812. pathetic. did anyone study and read about the generals we had around and how terrible it was? so again hamilton was right and now the military academy is for officers. i have to tell you this is the last. we're at the end. hang in there. washington usually is a person of few words, but that's why this is so profound because when adams said, no, what are you doing? this violates everything that hamilton's second in command. i mean, this is against all military procedures. it should be general nox. anyone who had those general rules, you just don't change it. they have the right. they earned it. they're the ones that should be second in command and thereavenuthere df. this is what he wrote. i did a few underlines. those are mine to get a little pace and focus through this. i apologize for its length, but it's important. it is something he didn't want to do at

thomas jefferson still have thid very human, very jealous political heart. that always has to be kept in p mind because the powers of government are dangerous. >> host: of all the geniuses t of our founders, is not the most central, which is they understand as madison said, men and particularly in power, that is when and why you need theat checks and balances you are celebrating in this book,al andv horizontal and vertical constraints on power. jefferson's actions went to surprise them, right? is the processing of human nature that they themselves had predict that in 1785-1787. >> guest: that is exactly right. if there is one trait, one common sin among the founding fathers who attended the constitutional convention, it tv would be idolatry, worshiping us over george washington. they love george washington almost uniformly, to the point of reviewing and. they all knew he was to be the first president of the united states. it was all but a foregonethstan conclusion. yet notwithstanding that they wrote article ii with washington and the first president in mind

construction on the road began in 1811, although it had been authorized in 1806 by thomas jefferson. it originally ran from cumberland, maryland through virginia, now west virginia, ohio, indiana and illinois. its western terminus was in illinois. the state capital at the time. why was this type of project necessary? >> it was necessary because in the years following the american revolution, there was a major disconnect between the people living along the western frontier and those in the more established cities on the east coast. a lot of politicians and other important people noticed that there was a disconnect, and it worried them greatly. george washington was one of the people really concerned about western settlers who were across the mountains, it was hard to indicate with the people in the east but it was hard to trade with them. they were worried the western settlers were trading with other countries, other people to the west, not bringing the commerce to eastern cities. ais also became potentially political disaster, as well, and it was proved with the whiskey rebellion in

who will except for thomas jefferson, but that is my goal. host: the majesty of the words in these documents and brilliance behind the words, not only jefferson but james madison, james monroe, george mason, and others. guest: right. these documents are so powerful and they have held up all these years. in this philosophy, this product we export -- and this democracy, this product we export around the world, everybody looks at america as a model of working democracy. working not think it is , but let's channel our better angels this morning and say this democracy which is a model, i think some that have seen the film already say it gives them goosebumps because it is a reminder of everything good about this country that we all love and celebrate on the fourth of july. instead of going into the for 24 hours least i'm hoping everyone can try to get along and celebrate the thising fathers, remarkable gift they gave us, the constitution we can celebrate. that is the goal here. host: in addition to public figures, one of the participants, actress

there were more than 65 ceremonies across the country. 76 people took the oath at thomas jefferson's monticello home near charlottesville, virginia. a proud moment for them. by contrast, some young citizens face an uncertain future because their parents are undocumented. a florida woman has made it her job to protect them. here's manuel bojorquez. >> reporter: for norah sandiga, friday night means play time with the kids. >> i love her as one of my children. >> reporter: her children are from so-called mixed-status families. the kids are citizens born in the u.s., but the parents are undocumented immigrants, many facing the threat of deportation. there are hundreds of thousands of them in immigrant communities like homestead, florida, where sandigo has done something remarkable. look at that smile. she's become the legal guardian, not just for this group, but all of these. each of these files represents one child? >> one child. >> reporter: and how much do you have here? >> 1,029. >> reporter: 1,029? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: wow. sandigo spades every day fielding calls for worried par

john trumbull's oy -- iconic painting "the declaration of independence" shows thomas jefferson signingclaration of independence. the document was signed by 56 men. >> we hold these truths to be self-evident. >> that all men are created equal. >> quijano: 241 years later... >> we mutually pledge to each other. >> our lives, our fortunes. >> and our sacred honor. >> quijano: the portrait was brought the life by descendants of the signers, an evolution of america's colorful palette, brought together by the company ancestry. we met three of them. >> my name is shannon lanier, and i am the sixth great grandson of thomas jefferson. >> my name is andrea livingston. i am the eighth great granddaughter of philip livingston. >> and i'm laura murphy, the philip livingston. >> the new image is a picture of diverse people, black, white, hispanic, native american, a little bit of everything, asian. that's more of a representation of this country. >> quijano: andrea livingston is half filipino. she learned she's a descendant of one of the signers. >> it is a point of pride, but i think we have a long

there were more than 65 ceremonies across the country. 76 people took the oath at thomas jefferson's monticello home, near charlottesville, virginia. >>> proud moment for them, by contrast, some young citizens face an uncertain future because their parents are unok to protect them. >> reporter: for norah sandigo, friday night means play time with the kids. >> one of my children. >> reporter: her children are from so-called mixed status families. the kids are citizens, born in the u.s., but the parents are undocumented immigrants. many facing the threat of deportation. there are hundred of thousand of them in immigrant communities, like homestead, florida. where sandigo has done something remarkable. she has become the legal guardian, not just for this group, but all of these. each of these files represents one child? >> one child. >> how many do you have here? >> 1,029. >> 1,029. wow. >> uh-huh. >> sandigo spend every day fielding calls from worried parents looking to sign over legal guardianship in case they're deported. >> nobody knows where they go. nobody think they have a roof,

and then over 30 years but never having gone back to thomas jefferson. and i retired from editing the journal of southern history and i thought if i ever steady jefferson by better get with it because almost 50 years has passed. that does not mean i have not been interested all those years i was on the jefferson scholarship and i read the biographies but i didn't force myself to just steady him so i found out a lot of things had changed since 651st ribby a much narrower scope of the book that that time was widely acclaimed to see the father of democracy and jefferson was practically were shipped in to be an american history but things change and in the late '60s and '70s there was the incredible renaissance or revolution and maybe the most important work of the '70s and '80s was the discovery of the work on slavery that completely changed how we thought and also the civil rights movement that took race relations at the beginning of the forefront of everybody's mind in everybody began to explore sutherland in thence other religions. that by the 1980's mili

he had become friendly with thomas jefferson and he left thomas jefferson as the executor of his estate. jefferson ignored what he had put in his will, and would not use the money to free slaves. i don't know how to characterize jefferson, other than that. i don't intend to scandalized anyone who loves jefferson. he was contradictory. he was totally contradictory. he seems to have been very committed to his own pleasures and desires and books and ideas. he was insatiable in his desire for knowledge. he was constantly building. you are reminding me of another story i heard recently in a social gathering. there was someone who went to monticello and visited the house. he climbed up to the top of the dome of the house, and in that dome was sally's bedroom. it was only accessible to jefferson. for me, that is an architectural symbol of some of the contradictions he seems to have harbored at the same time. he took pleasure from the flesh of african-americans, both carnal flesh and -- both carnal pleasure and economic pleasure, but he would not allow that african-americans could have intellig

we have been here a few other times and it is kind of a sin because of thomas jefferson's impact or >> after years of this, there is a laser treatment that would be most effective to remove the slime and the removal will start later this summer and should not access visitors to the memorial. >>> in 1934, it was commissioned and the location of the title basin was chosen in 1937 and construction began in 1938 was dedicated by president franklin roosevelt on april 13, 1943, the 200th anniversary of thomas jefferson's birthday. >>> did you know the pipes that carry your water and sewage could be over 100 years old? the wusa9 special assignment unit investigated the reasons why we suffer dangerous flood from water main breaks and why billions of dollars is not enough to fix the problem. go on a rare tour with us as we look at water pipes and hidden dangers tonight at 11:00 only on wusa9. >>> today is a yellow weather alert day and now, here's wusa9's first alert weather. >>> its own version of flooding. >> it is a lot of rain. we actually needed the rain. it is more than we bargained for

. >> shame on us for thomas jefferson. >> ben lane and his grandkids noticed it right away. what looks like soot is actually black bacteria. growing and growing slime that can't be scrubbed off. >> it's gotten progressively worse because we've been here a few other times and yes, yeah, and to me it's kind of a sin. because of thomas jefferson's impact on our country. >> reporter: ramona asked one thing as soon as she got out of the uber. >> is that really the jefferson memorial? it didn't look like it because most of the treasures here are very clean and spotless. >> reporter: we've learned the answer will be to use lasers. katherine dewey from the national park service shows us how small the laser will be for the on the crueltial -- monumental task. >> really only about that big and they just move it up down and all around. >> reporter: some are more forgiving like angela willing to give the jefferson a pass. >> it looks really nice on the outside. blue the top of -- but top i rave noticed the -- never really noticed the dirt and grime until you pointed it out. it looks rea

people who were probably, i don't know about thomas jefferson, we know that thomas jefferson had some issues beneficiaries ris. >> but the others were probably some of the most problack people we know yet they had racist ideals? >> in the case of debois in particular, had five major characters and each of the characters sort of served as tour guides or windows to this larger three-way debate that i was referencing earlier and jefferson was one of those and angela davis was n. the case of debois, there's a specific reason why i wanted to write a history of racist ideas as oppose to racist with an s, i wanted to sort of show the complexity of the human mind, right, that in certain vantage point you can see the racial groups as -- you could see a hierarchy, but in other advantage points you could see the racial groups as equal, in certain ways you could hold antiracist ideas and in other ways you can hard assimilationist ideas as deboise did and i actually show from the beginning that his double consciousness was in fact, a double consciousness of assimilation and antiracist ideas but i

, i don't know about thomas jefferson, i mean come we know that thomas jefferson has an issue, but the others were probably some of the most pro-black people we know, yet you think at some racist ideals? >> i think in the case of w.e.b. du bois in particular, i wanted to first of all, you mentioned, "stamped from the beginning" at five major characters, and each of these characters serve like as tour guides for windows to the larger three-way debate that i was referencing earlier. and jefferson was one of those characters, du bois and angela davis was. in the case of du bois and even other people in the book, there is a specific reason why wanted to write history of racist ideas as opposed to racist with an aspect i want to sort of show the complexity of the human mind. that and certain vantage point you can see the racial groups as come you could see a hierarchy but in other vantage point you can see the racial groups as equal. in certain ways you good old antiracist ideas, in other ways you could hold assimilationist ideas as du bois did. i actually show in "stamped from the beginnin

. >> shame on us for thomas jefferson. >> ben lane and his grandkids noticed it right away.hat looks like soot is actually black bacteria. growing and growing slime that can't be scrubbed off. >> it's gotten progressively worse because we've been here a few other times and yes, yeah, and to me it's kind of a sin. because of thomas jefferson's impact on our country. >> reporter: ramona asked one thing as soon as she got out of the uber. >> is that really the jefferson memorial? it didn't look like it because most of the treasures here are very clean and spotless. >> reporter: we've learned the answer will be to use lasers. katherine dewey from the national park service shows us how small the laser will be for the on the crueltial -- monumental task. >> really only about that big and they just move it up

take monticello, thomas jefferson's home. when i went to visit the first time it needed repair.e president of the thomas jefferson foundation and we agreed how much money was necessary and she helped transform it to a better place than before, i think. take the magna carta. the only copy in private hands? the united states. they lorn moearn more because i important in our own history, not just the british system. you can graduate from almost any american college as a history major and not have to take history. most colleges today you're not required to take any coarseness american history to graduate. no civics courses taught largely in high schools anymore. the truth, people who are naturalized citizens, you are. the test you took to pass and become a citizen, i doubt if most native-born americans could pass that test without an enormous amount of studying. we don't teach people these things anymore. it's unfortunate. famously it was said, those who don't remember history are condemned to relive it. they don't remember the past, as much, as they should. i'd like to preserve the

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we met three of them. >> my name is shannon lanier, sixth great grandson of thomas jefferson. >> andreaingston, eight great granddaughter of phillip livingston. >> when you see the new picture, new image. picture of diverse people. black, white, hispanic. native american. little built of everything. asian. that's more representation of what this country. >> andrea livingston is half filipino and learned she is a descendant of one of the signers. >> it is a point of pride. but i think we have a long way to go. the idea that they were creating the ideas that they were putting into words, we still need to -- strive to make those ideas real. >> laura murphy is livingston's new found cousin. >> anything is possible in this country. if we can -- build some connection to our history, it may give us a greater degree of compassion and empathy and humanity which is what i think the country need right now. >> but that phrase, all men are created equal, what does that mean to you? how does that resonate with you today? >> it is a powerful statement. that, i still don't think rings true to a lot of

i am the director of the thomas jefferson center the protection of free expression. the source of great pride for us at the thomas jefferson center that we have been involved in every one of the 23 virginia festival of the books. often you only think of free speech when you think of speech we don't like. then we hate actually. but we forget sometimes that free speech also allows us the great kind of expression that we can find in the art. science and everywhere. besides that can only be achieved were free to explore any idea or subject. that's why were proud to be a proud of this. where else is there a better example of the height that can be reached by having free speech today's program but i have a bout of housekeeping notes. this is brought to you by the virginia foundation of the community. if you would silence your cell phone, if you want to tweet about the event you can do so at # at virginia books 2017. they had me read that every year and every year i have no idea what that means. we would like to thank the city of charlottesville i like to walk my viewers on

your member the chief opponent -- thomas jefferson hates the bank. the bank, jefferson believes, is an institution that imperiled american liberty by elevating to power a wealthy financial elite. a nonproductive elite. jefferson opposes it. jefferson comes to power in 1800. the charter expires in 1811. one year later, a war it rocks with britain. the national government finds itself in tremendous fiscal straits. after the war was finished, five years later, the democratic republicans, the party of jefferson, charter a second bank of the united states. this second bank, much like the first, also would have a 20 year charter. this charter would run out in a 1836. presumably congress and the president a good faith will renew the charter. there were bumps along the road. you will recall from the last lecture the panic of 1819. this massive bubble in western land speculation -- largely caused by the bank at all this new bank currency -- and then the burst. the country recovers from the panic fairly quickly. the second bank of the united states survives tha

and thomas jefferson in creating the presidency was almost a contradiction. he turned it into a powerful thing originally. for the congress, there isn't a major, at least to my knowledge. there's no major figure that did this. there are two problems, when you think about the branches. one is the internal design of the institution, how it's going to organize itself for work. that's a major focus of their paper. there's also the role within the ensemble of ranches, whether relations are going to be with each other. the judiciary and the presidency -- this is a rough and ready generalization -- much of that development of literature focuses on the relationship between the judiciary and the rest of the political system, same thing with the presidency. for congress in this paper and i think rightly so, most of that developmental focus is internal design. that's where toby and his co-authors come in. they propose that petitions during the early institutional development of congress provided crucial information about constituent demands. by policy areas, then relate

translator: in the 1776 declaration of independence of the united states of america, president thomas jefferson wrote that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unablianable rights that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. [speaking in a foreign language] [speaking in a foreign language] >> translator: halfway around the world and more than a century and a half later, that letter and spirit was echoed in the declaration of independence that gave birth to the republic of vietnam in 1945 in which president ho chi minh reaffirmed that all peoples on earth are born equal, they all have the right to live, to be happy and free. this is to show that at the dawn of the independence of the united states and vietnam, our founding fathers, though hundreds of years apart, did, indeed, share core value and principles. [speaking in a foreign language] >> translator: and a very interesting coincidence is that our two national founders, president jefferson and president ho chi minh both passed away on our independence days. [speaking in a foreign

without fear put into action one of most important teachings of our greatest founding fathers, thomas jefferson, who spoke of the right to dissent, the right to criticize the leaders of this government. and he said, "the spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that i wish it to always be kept alive. it will often be exercised when wrong, but better so, then not ." be exercised at all unlike communism, in a democracy such as ours, we are not afraid to wash our dirty linen in public. we are not afraid to let the world know that we do have the -- failures and we do have shortcomings. i think all of his should recall the open invitation that we send to the press of the world to view the spaceflights, to record our successes, and to record our failures. we permit all to film and record our spaceflights. we don't, after the fact, let the world know only of our successes. and i think we should recall that we did not prohibit any member of the world press to film and record one of the bloodiest chapters of our domestic history, the demonstration and riots in the civil rig

. >> when i went to visit thomas jefferson's home, when i went there the first time it needed some repairry and she has helped transform it to a much better place than it was before. take the magna carta, enormous numberings of people go see it at the national archives, because it was similvery import not only in our history but in european history. >> when i go around the country, people say we don't teach enough civicings. >> you can graduate as a history major and never take any courses of american history to graduate. there are no civics courses taught largely in senior high anymore. people who are naturalized citizens, which you are, a naturalized citizen, the test you took to become a naturalized citizen i doubt most people could pass. those people who don't remember history are condemned to relive it. my view is that people who don't keep historic documents are unlikely to remember as much of the past as they should. so i would like to preserve these documents and preserve places that people should visit like homes, monuments and memorials. >> you pledged to give away most of your

you remember, that chief opponent, thomas jefferson, hates the bank. the bank jefferson believes is an institution that imperils american liberty by elevating to power a wealthy financial elite, nonproductive elite. jefferson opposes it and jefferson comes to power in 1800, so does his party the bank of the united states the first bank the charter expires in 1811, but one year later a war erupts with britain. that war is a very expensive war. the national government finds itself in tremendous fiscal straights. after the war is finished five years later the democratic republicans, the party of jefferson, charter a second bank of the united states and this second bank much like the first, also will have a 20-year charter. this charter will run out in 1836 and presumably congress and the president in good faith will renew the charter. so there you have it. and there are bumps along the road, right, after the bank is chartered, you will recall from the last lecture the panic of 1819 explodes. this massive bubble in western land speculation, a bubble caused

susan stein, vice president of thomas jefferson's monticello.t historical society, catherine robinson, president and ceo of historic charleston foundation. david row sell, the executive director of wintter museum garden and library. beth hill of for tying of new york, and bonnie cho of the delaware tribe of indians. [ applause ] >> and now i'd like to introduce the members of the board of directors of the museum of the american revolution. will you raise your hands so everyone knows where you are and that you are here today. [ applause ] >> these are the volunteers who have guided and sustained the multiyear initiative to create the museum. and now it is a very great pleasure to welcome the mayor of the great city of philadelphia, mayor jim kenney. [ applause ] >> good morning, everyone. i can't tell you how proud i am as a native life-long philadelphian to be standing here in front of this building and in front of all the great dig that dignitaries that have come here today. i just personally very much honored. it's fantastic to see so many of

it's a source of great pride for us at the thomas jefferson center that we have beenther. involved in every one of the 23 virginia festival the books in one way or the other. often, you only think about free speech were thinking about speech we don't like, that we hate, actually, but we forget sometimes that free speech also allows us the great kind of expression that we can find in the arts, science and everywhere. it's the height that only can we achieve them are free to explore any idea, theme or subject. that is why we're so proud to be a part of the virginia festival of books. where else is there a better example for examples of the height they can be reached by virtue of free speech, where authors can work without any fear of retribution. today's program, i think, will be a lot of fun but i have a fe housekeeping details. first, this is the virginia festival about, as you all know, brought to you by the virginia foundation for the humanities. please, if you what, silence your cell phones and if you like to treat about the event, you can do so at # va book 2017, they

. >>> three presidents have died on july 4th, that will be john adams, thomas jefferson and james monroe. adams and jefferson died the same year and same year, 1826. only one president has shared a birthday with our country. and the liberty bell has not been rung in over 71 years in fears the crack will worsen. instead of being run, it's tapped 13 times every july fourth by descendants of the signers of the declaration of independence. >>> and message of inclusion. >> that all men are created equal. >> the.com spot features 29 direct desen dents of the founding fathers, they come together to recreate the historic declaration of independence painting. one of the women in the add is laura murphy. she's the seventh generation desen dent of philip who signed the declaration. she was the keynote speaker in today's fourth of july ceremony at the national archives. photo journalist evan car was there. >> fourth of july starts here, here at the national archives building. >> in congress, july 4th, 1776. >> we're the keeper of the original declaration of independence, this seminole document signe

it is not anywhere close to what thomas jefferson and alexander hamilton said about each other. we haven't had a single incident where a congressman came over to the senate and almost beat to death a senator. haven't had a single incident didn't like that. >> jon: that was mitch mcconnell with some historic perspective added town hall meeting in kentucky. he also said in those same remarks, if his own party comes up short on the necessary votes to repeal and replace obamacare, he will have no choice to come up with a bill that democrats will support. is that a threat of sorts from a mitch mcconnell to his own caucus? that if republicans don't get together and unite on something, he's going to have to craft something democrats will support? >> it absolutely sounds like a threat, you have to keep in mind that the obamacare exchanges are at a crisis moment right now. if you look at some of the rates proposed for 2018, including right here in new hampshire, we are looking at double-digit percentage increases. in new hampshire we are looking at potentially a 40% increase in cost. som

citizenship in public libraries, national parks and museums and one at montcello founding home of thomas jefferson. >> arts exhibit quite a buzz it's looks like a beehive and is call it opens to the public this thursday. >> coming up, iron man said retirement. >> and scary moments out west a car slams into a group of pedestrians. >> as you head to break a live look across the region. time is now 4:50. back in a moment. >> minute before 5:00. now. let's turn to stories developing small bapz of protesters heckle various point through caracas. protests of president nicholas madura have swept across venziale aleaving hundreds dead and thousands injured. >> a florida man is dead after smashing his car into an apartment building in florida. he was targeting a womaned in the building. woman's 3-year-old child. man and woman got into an argumentelier thad day and the two have a history of domestic trouble. 18 people were displaced. >>> meanwhile tragedy in salt lake city. one is dead and another critically injured. a woman drove a car into the crowd. according to witnesses she j jumped out of the car and

but for the declaration of independence, thomas jefferson gets all the credit. so i feel like he has gotten enough credit. names of a lot of people who participated in the continental congress who don't get the credit they deserve. document andp a look at all the names you don't recognize, those other people. don'tody whose name you know, go look at the list of people who you could pick up that you don't know. is that fair? thursday at 7:00 eastern, join american history tv for a life to her of the museum of the american revolution in philadelphia. they will introduce artifacts and exhibits throughout the museum, including george washington's war tent. hear stories about the american revolution. watch american history tv, live from the museum of the american revolution, thursday starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern, on c-span3. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable -- cable television companies, and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite writer. up next, the national archives in washington dc

it is the opposite of the vision of our constitution.ho and that vision was articulated by thomas jefferson that the will of the people will only be enacted to each and every citizen has an equal voice. the citizens united takes a dramatic stadium sized megaphonc to the individuals who are the richest and most powerful in the country, that lincoln so well summarized by the government of, by and for the people.. and we've certainly seen the case of government by and for the powerful in the context of the recent trump kerry senate version crafted in secret by 13 of my colleagues from across the aisle hiding from the press, hiding from the health care isg tape holders, hiding from their own citizens. in fact, during this last break, 52 members of the republican caucus apparently reportedly only a couple were terrified ting about the bill they've been crafting in secret, the secret 13. this bill also known as 000 bill.zero c zero committee meetings, zero amendments considered in o committee. zero months of opportunity for senators to go back and consult with their citizens back in their homes d

of the famous half of the team of lewis and clark, the explorers who traveled for president thomas jefferson early in the 19th century to serve the territory that we now know as most of the third of the united states, the territory that america gained through the louisiana purchase. william clark was a soldier by training and he was brought to the expedition as the sort of military backbone of the lewis and clark expedition and when he and mary weather lewis get back after the expedition is over in 1806, charles wilson peal exhibits many of the specimens that the lewis and clark expeditions brought back. there were also native american artifacts and a very important opportunity for people who went to the philadelphia museum, charles wilson peal's museum to see indian artifacts for the very first time. so the portrait here of william clark, he looks very much the gentleman with his high collar and his lacy jabot, this portion of his shirt and you can see how weathered his face is from the nose and cheeks and chin and his forehead is almost white because he's always wearing a hat to protect it

i think it's not accidental that thomas jefferson kissed the ground when he visited stratford.thomas jefferson and those who wrote the constitution and then develop the system of legal thought in this country also thought a lot about shakespeare. they thought about the situations where power is an object. something someone can hold. at one point hamlet accuses his father of having grabbed the crown and thrust it in his pocket. that's the image of tyranny, the power of the position and the someone can just take it. i think shakespeare was thinking almost theologically about the divine right of kings and that's something we in republic don't believe in. but very, very careful when he came to moments when people tried to give away power and he realized that it's complicated. i want to turn the power over to you. i am so pleased that you came tonight to celebrate with us. we are now going to go out into a reception into the great hall and keep talking. and i just want to thank you for coming tonight. [applause[applause][inaudible conversations] >> the hudson as a 350-mile 50-mile r

. >> it was a favor guy someday made of her drove, george washington, ben franklin, thomas jefferson,ou know, our forefathers. each of those bottles could net up to $25000 according to experts. i asked bill, was going to happen with all this one, they go through a big party? apparently it's up to the kane family because it sits on the kane university campus. >> one of the best thing about liberty hall is at the kane family for some reason or another saved every single thing for 240 years worth of american history. >> uniforms and newspapers as old as the 1700s and the best part, the wine. by my still drinking this? if you want to check out this awesome piece of new jersey history visit kane.edu backslash liberty health. for tour information you i'll be because you're not getting any of that stuff, trust me, i tried. >> i have to get out of here. it was not the greatest tunnel, it have problems. would've been our tunnel sorry. >> there's going to be a mmmm. so areers are the veggies.hs) that one is mine. nice job guys. hope it tastes as good as it looks. (giggles) hey gus, i brought so

it has not survived, bullet he described it in a series of letters to thomas jefferson in 1818. and he noted for him this was the lowest moment of the revolution. he wanted to do a painting that captured the suffering of the soldiers as they come up out-of-the river and included the presence of women and children and wanted to acknowledge their presence as camp followers and the fact they were along and in the army and sharing the suffering and sacrifice of those who helped the women independents. and as you pass the peele brothers, of course, that scene is taking place as the author of common sense is with the army, and he's penning an essay which he publishes just a peek or two later called the american crisis. and that is when he writes those immortal words these are the times that try men's souls. but he that stands now will deserve the love and thanksgivings of man and woman. and so that's the scene he's really seeing in front of him as he's writing reportedly on the head of a drum. so as we move from that gallery, then, we come to a low moment, and things are looking bad.