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slaves constructed every inch of mount vernon, formed the basis of washington's fortune. they deserved to have a central place in his saga. this is not the story of a perfect man. there are plenty of defects as a slave holder and a businessman but this was a man who was capable of constant growth and constant self criticism. he was born in the 1730s into a world where slavery is both commonplace and unquestioned. his last and most visionary act in his will, he freeze the slaves. i want to pause with one fascinating story. there were 300 slaves at mount vernon. 125 were under the direct legal control of george washington. the other approximately 175 slaves were so-called dowry slaves brought to the marriage by martha and illegally pledged to her children and grandchildren. what happens in his will, washington says the slaves should be freed. 125 slaves to be controlled should be freed after martha dies. washington had thought this through in immense detail. he provided a fund to train and educate his young slaves who would suddenly be free. he created a fund to take care o
slaves constructed every inch of mount vernon, formed the basis of washington's fortune. they deserved to have a central place in his saga. this is not the story of a perfect man. there are plenty of defects as a slave holder and a businessman but this was a man who was capable of constant growth and constant self criticism. he was born in the 1730s into a world where slavery is both commonplace and unquestioned. his last and most visionary act in his will, he freeze the slaves. i want to pause...
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there is so much wonderful architecture in so many great buildings especially in mount vernon.ary it be he wrote a greatest say about the mount vernon buildings and everything is from the 1830s to 1870s. and for the longest times they were in disrepair and they are being renovated beautifully. >> thanks for your time. to if you -- if you want to find someplace to live or just check out the issue. >>> now to your two cents. the controversy surrounding the kegasus character being used to bring more people to the preakness. you can see a picture of the kegasus on official facebook fan page for wmar and this basically is how would you get more fans to the preakness. that's our question this morning. and tim writes in, the last couple years have gotten this event back on track. this is not a family oriened event. this is adult fun. can't wait to see kegasus in person. that came from tim. so if you want to share your two cents, we would love to know what you think. just find us on the wmar facebook fan page. leave a comment and we will share more of those comments throughout the morn
there is so much wonderful architecture in so many great buildings especially in mount vernon.ary it be he wrote a greatest say about the mount vernon buildings and everything is from the 1830s to 1870s. and for the longest times they were in disrepair and they are being renovated beautifully. >> thanks for your time. to if you -- if you want to find someplace to live or just check out the issue. >>> now to your two cents. the controversy surrounding the kegasus character being...
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vernon and throwing himself on the bed and then a letter from sally fairfax. and he leaps out and energized. so flexner would in an unscrupulous way, i think it is. i'm trying not to be hostile to him. i say refreshingly unscrupulous, because he saw that in order in some ways to make washington more salable and more accessible, that he could tell stories that may well have had basis in fact. who would say what washington was thinking about or how he felt about? >> host: if you are trying not to be hostile, i'd hate to see you be hostile. you described ones things. he talked about martha earlier. his image of martha is not super positive. he conveyed her as a ugly grouch. i'd like to see the evidence. i see him describe her as someone everyone hikes to have around. we can't go into it, but that was a tough characterization that martha is a grouch. >> guest: he was obsessed with the fairfax myth. he went into the theme that he found solis from martha's loveless marriage. i think the depiction of martha is on the whole negative. he doesn't view her as evil, certa
vernon and throwing himself on the bed and then a letter from sally fairfax. and he leaps out and energized. so flexner would in an unscrupulous way, i think it is. i'm trying not to be hostile to him. i say refreshingly unscrupulous, because he saw that in order in some ways to make washington more salable and more accessible, that he could tell stories that may well have had basis in fact. who would say what washington was thinking about or how he felt about? >> host: if you are trying...
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and i know at mount vernon they have an exhibit where you can actually watch washington morph into aing and go back and forth as if he were tempted almost like jesus were tempted by satan and, you know, take the crown, be a king, and he refuses to do it. can you, what did you find on this, on this issue of whether washington would be a, could be a king and wanted to be a king or at least had the opportunity to be a king? >> this is probably one of the most pervasive modern myths about washington, although its origins go back an awfully long way. in fact, even in 2008 during the presidential campaign ancestry.com, i think it was, launched a search to find out if george washington had had become king, who would be the current king of the united states. [laughter] and they found some fellow down in texas, and they called him joe six-pack who would also be king paul i. [laughter] it's interesting, and when i speak about it, this is something that the audience often gets shocked at. it's something that's very close to us. there is no evidence, first of all, that washington ever even remot
and i know at mount vernon they have an exhibit where you can actually watch washington morph into aing and go back and forth as if he were tempted almost like jesus were tempted by satan and, you know, take the crown, be a king, and he refuses to do it. can you, what did you find on this, on this issue of whether washington would be a, could be a king and wanted to be a king or at least had the opportunity to be a king? >> this is probably one of the most pervasive modern myths about...
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another story i know in my speaking at mount vernon occasionally i speak to the cia and the fbi. and one of their favorite stories involves a spy, john honeyman at the battle of trenton, it's an extraordinary story a man who is a tory and washington is going to grill this person independently and then lo and behold lets him go and honeyman is a spy, it's an exciting story. it's kind of an uplifting story in terms of espionage and drama. do you feel this is a case of kind of -- another case of wishful thinking that it would be great if true but it's a little hard to accept it as true. >> guest: it's a popular story and it turns up on television documentaries all the time and i believe even the cia talks about it on their website, or at least they did, if i'm not mistaken. and it's one of many spy stories, legendary spy stories that it could have some basis in truth. we know that a lot of espionage went on during the revolutionary war. we know washington was fascinated with it. he got very deeply involved. he was very knowledgeable. and he worked hard to develop espionage networks,
another story i know in my speaking at mount vernon occasionally i speak to the cia and the fbi. and one of their favorite stories involves a spy, john honeyman at the battle of trenton, it's an extraordinary story a man who is a tory and washington is going to grill this person independently and then lo and behold lets him go and honeyman is a spy, it's an exciting story. it's kind of an uplifting story in terms of espionage and drama. do you feel this is a case of kind of -- another case of...
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she had to for him an steak dinner in the springtime and early summer of 1961 at mount vernon. and, in fact, she had everyone meet and catch about to go down the potomac river, taking evening cruise, arrive at mount vernon. then she had beautiful tents and marquees set up at mount vernon and then had a beautiful outdoor, lovely dinner with music for the president of pakistan and all those invited to the state dinner. it still sets the upper bar for an amazing steak dinners that jacqueline kennedy had. this concept i just want to say one thing about, why is that note how it caps into emotional and moral and psychological feeling. if jacqueline kennedy still in our consciousness, that's why. as she tapped into those elements of our emotion. but when people say, but all the glitter is not gold. camelot, to grab some things that were not so good about camelot. note that's very definition of a political symbol. it may not all be true but it has ideas that people want to believe it is true. and certainly many americans want to believe the legend and the mythology of camelot. what wer
she had to for him an steak dinner in the springtime and early summer of 1961 at mount vernon. and, in fact, she had everyone meet and catch about to go down the potomac river, taking evening cruise, arrive at mount vernon. then she had beautiful tents and marquees set up at mount vernon and then had a beautiful outdoor, lovely dinner with music for the president of pakistan and all those invited to the state dinner. it still sets the upper bar for an amazing steak dinners that jacqueline...
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---el fiscal de san francisco, "george gascon" anuncio que "vernon anderson", de 25 aÑos, fue convictohary roche- balsam."---a "anderson" lo declararon culpable de homicidio, de robo, y de cometer este crimen con bros de una pandilla.---en septiembre de 2006, el sujeto y un grupo de presuntos pandilleros abordaron a un grupo de jovenes con la intencion de asaltarlos... durante el atraco hubo varios disparos que hirieron mortalmente a la victima. ---"anderson" fue convicto despues de que varios testigos declararan que vieron la pistola en sus manos, pese a que no pudieron identificarlo como el pistolero que abrio fuego en contra de "roche- balsam." ---¿se imagina tener una persona muerta en su casa?... eso es lo que hizo un seÑor de santa cruz, que paso por lo menos una semana con el cadaver de una mujer en su hogar.---el cuerpo de la mujer de 30 aÑos estaba descompuesto y tapado con varias sabanas arriba de una cama.---el seÑor, de 63 aÑos, fue arrestado... por el momento no ha sido instruido de cargos porque no se sabe Ómo murio la mujer.---la policia lleÓ a la casa sobre "east cliff
---el fiscal de san francisco, "george gascon" anuncio que "vernon anderson", de 25 aÑos, fue convictohary roche- balsam."---a "anderson" lo declararon culpable de homicidio, de robo, y de cometer este crimen con bros de una pandilla.---en septiembre de 2006, el sujeto y un grupo de presuntos pandilleros abordaron a un grupo de jovenes con la intencion de asaltarlos... durante el atraco hubo varios disparos que hirieron mortalmente a la victima....
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full highlights coming up later in the broadcast and vernon is on the scene. >> very personal insight. >> yes. >> kron 4's jonathan bloom watched the opening game with giants fans. he joins us live from at&t park. >> reporter: the giants were not here but their fans showed up and lot of them were over there drinking beer and watching the game on tv even though the giants didn't win the mood was optimistic as they go into the season as defending champions here in san francisco. >> i have been waiting for the last five months. >> excited. >> season ticket holder. >> i expect them to make the playoffs again. >> we have to go lincecum. second baumgartner, cain, sanchez. >> let's go giants. >> reporter: you are a bandwagon fan. >> most definitely. are you kidding me? how many more are there like me? >> who is tim lincecum? >> i don't think. >> tim who? >> it's not like cricket. i love it. >> dodger fan. >> sucks. especially living up here. >> yeah. we are stuck. >> i am a dodger fan. my whole life. dodger fan. >> is the beer going to take on a new meaning now? >> i think it will. desire to
full highlights coming up later in the broadcast and vernon is on the scene. >> very personal insight. >> yes. >> kron 4's jonathan bloom watched the opening game with giants fans. he joins us live from at&t park. >> reporter: the giants were not here but their fans showed up and lot of them were over there drinking beer and watching the game on tv even though the giants didn't win the mood was optimistic as they go into the season as defending champions here in san...
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vernon. i think we're not mid-50s. that will be an improvement. it will be chilly overnight.ou see widespread showers. some are on the wintry side. as we go through the overnight hour, temperatures drop in the 30s, some wet snowflakes could fly overnight with another disturbance diving down through maryland, kind of a murky overnight peempletd saturday could be a mix of sun and clouds through the day. our futurecaster showing the next disturbance weakens some. we did pick up on the chance for snow showers early in the morning mainly frederick westward. sunday looks dryer. the question is, as we go into the weekend here, a lot of sports fans checking out la crosse. offstra and towson and the big game on monday. let's talk about that with lynette charles. >> we have a lot going on. i like this time of the year because it's getting warmer. let me start you off with our la crosse game because things are going to be looking good. you have offstra at towson at noon on saturday. that temperature around 54 degrees, below average but not too bad. this will be on the breezy side with t
vernon. i think we're not mid-50s. that will be an improvement. it will be chilly overnight.ou see widespread showers. some are on the wintry side. as we go through the overnight hour, temperatures drop in the 30s, some wet snowflakes could fly overnight with another disturbance diving down through maryland, kind of a murky overnight peempletd saturday could be a mix of sun and clouds through the day. our futurecaster showing the next disturbance weakens some. we did pick up on the chance for...
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vernon. this will be an improvement. a couple of possible showers at times. i don't think you'll see widespread sunshine but we'll see sunny peages. we'll take you over to the shore. the dominant breeze will stay out of the north and west. that will pull the bay breezes in which cools you down with that bay water temp still in the 40s. most spots upper if the f snow showers over western pennsylvania. these are not heavy showers, but they are widespread and numerous. i mean, from new england all the way back down through illinois and chicago. it is an active weather pattern big storm bombing out, swirling over maine and the gulf of maine, actually off shr of maine but dragging in a lot of precipitation off the great lakes. we'll stay breezy. mostly cloudy, still the threat for a hit or miss shower or storm but i don't think most of us will see a lot of rain, just a hit or miss shower. this is 9:00 in the morning. anytime before i'd say around 7:00 to 8:00 a.m. we could sew a few wet flakes, mainly north and with the of baltimore. the chance for light accumulat
vernon. this will be an improvement. a couple of possible showers at times. i don't think you'll see widespread sunshine but we'll see sunny peages. we'll take you over to the shore. the dominant breeze will stay out of the north and west. that will pull the bay breezes in which cools you down with that bay water temp still in the 40s. most spots upper if the f snow showers over western pennsylvania. these are not heavy showers, but they are widespread and numerous. i mean, from new england all...
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she was a graduate of columbia and the school of nursing in mount vernon, new york, and worked as a registered nurse for over 40 years, including the sutter visiting nurses association and the irwin memorial blood bank. i know she'll be sorely missed by her friends and family and those she served in the st. vincent depaul community. she is survived by her husband, her son and her daughter. on a personal note, i have known ann almost my entire life. my family has known her and her family. i grew up with her children, chris and diedre, who were, you know, unabashed supporters during my campaign last year. simply a great family and a true stalwart of our community in district two and st. vincent depaul parish. on a very personal level we will miss her, my family will miss her and i ask that we adjourn today's meeting in honor of her. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. >> thank you. colleagues, today i am making a request for a hearing today on how the city managed the placement and relocation of our homeless individuals that were living in and around transbay terminal. m
she was a graduate of columbia and the school of nursing in mount vernon, new york, and worked as a registered nurse for over 40 years, including the sutter visiting nurses association and the irwin memorial blood bank. i know she'll be sorely missed by her friends and family and those she served in the st. vincent depaul community. she is survived by her husband, her son and her daughter. on a personal note, i have known ann almost my entire life. my family has known her and her family. i grew...
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she was a graduate of columbia and the school of nursing in mount vernon, new york, and worked as a registered nurse for over 40 years, including the sutter visiting nurses association and the irwin memorial blood bank. i know she'll be sorely missed by her friends and family and those she served in the st. vincent depaul community. she is survived by her husband, her son and her daughter. on a personal note, i have known ann almost my entire life. my family has known her and her family. i grew up with her children, chris and diedre, who were, you know, unabashed
she was a graduate of columbia and the school of nursing in mount vernon, new york, and worked as a registered nurse for over 40 years, including the sutter visiting nurses association and the irwin memorial blood bank. i know she'll be sorely missed by her friends and family and those she served in the st. vincent depaul community. she is survived by her husband, her son and her daughter. on a personal note, i have known ann almost my entire life. my family has known her and her family. i grew...
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one of the state's first public charging stations was available today in mount vernon. it is the parking garage here by that this year-old apartment and the university of baltimore. -- b. fitzgerald apartment and the university of baltimore. >> although we did not see anyone charging near lark -- electric cars, everyone thought they were a step in a positive direction. >> this may be our first glimpse into the future, well, at least as far as kansas -- cars are concerned. >> you will see two and then 20 and then hopefully, 200. >> the first of charging station was unveiled at a number in party grudge. the driving public can now challenge -- a parking garage. the driving public cannot charge the their cars. this universal connector can plug into any an electric car like the chevy electric or pre yes. -- pruius. >> it can communicate with the car, and that means that it can communicate with the car and how much charge it means and so on. >> these charging stations are a little ahead of their time, but ego-conscious marylanders are little ahead of their time. >> if we do n
one of the state's first public charging stations was available today in mount vernon. it is the parking garage here by that this year-old apartment and the university of baltimore. -- b. fitzgerald apartment and the university of baltimore. >> although we did not see anyone charging near lark -- electric cars, everyone thought they were a step in a positive direction. >> this may be our first glimpse into the future, well, at least as far as kansas -- cars are concerned. >>...
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in the bottom of the 12th inning, jeff mathis of the anxious hit a sacrifice fly, vernon wells tagged third and beat the throw. l.a. beat the indians 4-3. in atlanta, josh johnson of the marlins had a no-hitter until the eighth inning and in the ninth chipper jones hit a home run. that gives him 1500 career runs batted in. but florida won it 5-1. >>> in the nba the lakers clinched the second seed for the playoffs in the western conference. kobe bryant scored 36 points, and tied the game to force overtime in what is probably the last game for the kings in sacramento. los angeles beat the kings 116-108. >>> meanwhile, kobe bryant was fined $100,000 by the nba. bryant was punished for using a derogatory term for gays after being frustrated over a referee's call in tuesday night's game. last night, he apologized. sort of. >> well, i mean, you know, you have to own up and take responsibility for it. i said the comment. we use so many kinds of words throughout the course of the game it doesn't even mean that you actually mean what you're saying. >> gay rights groups have denounced bryant's
in the bottom of the 12th inning, jeff mathis of the anxious hit a sacrifice fly, vernon wells tagged third and beat the throw. l.a. beat the indians 4-3. in atlanta, josh johnson of the marlins had a no-hitter until the eighth inning and in the ninth chipper jones hit a home run. that gives him 1500 career runs batted in. but florida won it 5-1. >>> in the nba the lakers clinched the second seed for the playoffs in the western conference. kobe bryant scored 36 points, and tied the...
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although fitzgerald is a mount vernon apartment community, the chargers are open to the public. >> and in loss al tose, california. check it out. 30,000 square feet. an estate that fetches a jaw-dropping $1 00 million. that makes it the most expensive home in the entire nation. in addition to the five bedrooms, it also features a ballroom. of course you need that. home theater. indoor and outdoor pools. wine cellar and manicured gardens. it was purchased by a tech narn has no plans to move into it. i guess it's just an investment property for him. >> yes. i'm surprised with just five bedrooms. >> me too. >> the ballroom took up all the room. >> coming up if you have a sweet tooth, your wallet might be the next thing to develop a cavity. >> and heavy rains and strong winds rock the sunshine state. >> and folks in the bronx zoo are breathing easier now that they don't have to worry about where one of their deadly cobras is hiding. >> to our north, it's snowing. near the pennsylvania line, that snow is sticking to the trode some degree. so take it easy out there. >> that causing treachero
although fitzgerald is a mount vernon apartment community, the chargers are open to the public. >> and in loss al tose, california. check it out. 30,000 square feet. an estate that fetches a jaw-dropping $1 00 million. that makes it the most expensive home in the entire nation. in addition to the five bedrooms, it also features a ballroom. of course you need that. home theater. indoor and outdoor pools. wine cellar and manicured gardens. it was purchased by a tech narn has no plans to...
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and now burn in and had everyone me too and ketchup but down the potomac river to arrive at mount vernon and had a beautiful outdoor a lovely dinner so that still sets the upper bar for the amazing steak dinners the the concept of political symbolism, know how it taps into emotional and moral and psychological feelings? and jacqueline kennedy is still in our consciousness that is why because she taps into those elements of our emotion. all that glitters is not a cold. there are some things that perhaps were not. that is the very definition of a political symbol. it may not be true but has ideas that people want to believe band. many americans wanted to believe the legend and mythology of camelot. what were the other symbols jacqueline kennedy is now famous for coming and having an impact on her husband's presidency, coming from 1962 she is with her husband in mexico on a state visit. who is in different? here is kennedy's standing to the back he was known not to have a gift for foreign languages. his boston accent made his english day foreign accent. [laughter] it took us awhile to get u
and now burn in and had everyone me too and ketchup but down the potomac river to arrive at mount vernon and had a beautiful outdoor a lovely dinner so that still sets the upper bar for the amazing steak dinners the the concept of political symbolism, know how it taps into emotional and moral and psychological feelings? and jacqueline kennedy is still in our consciousness that is why because she taps into those elements of our emotion. all that glitters is not a cold. there are some things that...
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host: love vernon, richard, -- mount vernon, richard, new york. what do you think?aller: i would like to see alan west be the ticket. host: why is that? caller: he was drummed out of the service because he did not care one way or the other what was good for him. what he did was he shot a gun at terrorists to save lives. he got the information by shooting a gun at the man. it was not politically correct but he did not care about that. not like the person we have in the white house, who is worried about the polls, being president, allowing illegal immigrants to come to this country with drugs. host: you have heard from the front page this morning, "gop vows to stand brown." host: in new jersey, deborah, independent, your thoughts? caller: i would not be interested in any of the current republican slate. they are all pro-establishment. i would like to see congressman ron paul. i think that he speaks truth to power. he hears his proposals to the founding fathers concept of government i would like to see -- government. i would like to see chuck cale from nebraska. i thin
host: love vernon, richard, -- mount vernon, richard, new york. what do you think?aller: i would like to see alan west be the ticket. host: why is that? caller: he was drummed out of the service because he did not care one way or the other what was good for him. what he did was he shot a gun at terrorists to save lives. he got the information by shooting a gun at the man. it was not politically correct but he did not care about that. not like the person we have in the white house, who is...
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the two outfielders for the most part vernon wells off his glove is the problem and to the wall. the as take it anyway they can get it. jackson didn't exactly sting the ball but his high chopper will score what was to be the game winning run. 2-1 oakland. >>> now, this is kind of a rough time of year for warrior fans. best in the league they are. but they always have to watch from afar. the kick fans from all over the rest of the league get from watching their playoffs teams. another fairly cosmetic move made towards eventually getting them there some day. for an organization that needs to drastically change its culture in the front office. instead they fire the coach keith smart after one year, despite the fact that they won ten more games than last year. and stabilizing the locker-room around. well, the new ownership wants their own guy in there so smart what is what you might say up against it from the get-go. >> i wouldn't say it was impossible. but it was difficult. we all know that. but we did -- i think the evaluation we did, i have no problems with it all. we are solid in
the two outfielders for the most part vernon wells off his glove is the problem and to the wall. the as take it anyway they can get it. jackson didn't exactly sting the ball but his high chopper will score what was to be the game winning run. 2-1 oakland. >>> now, this is kind of a rough time of year for warrior fans. best in the league they are. but they always have to watch from afar. the kick fans from all over the rest of the league get from watching their playoffs teams. another...
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the two outfielders for the most part vernon wells off his glove is the problem and to the wall. the as take it anyway they can get it. jackson didn't exactly sting the ball but his high chopper will score what was to be the game winning run. 2-1 oakland. >>> now, this is kind of a rough time of year for warrior fans. best in the league they are. but they always have to watch from afar. the kick fans from all over the rest of the league get from watching their playoffs teams. another fairly cosmetic move made towards eventually getting them there some day. for an organization that needs to drastically change its culture in the front office. instead they fire the coach keith smart after one year, despite the fact that they won ten more games than last year. and stabilizing the locker-room around. well, the new ownership wants their own guy in there so smart what is what you might say up against it from the get-go. >> i wouldn't say it was impossible. but it was difficult. we all know that. but we did -- i think the evaluation we did, i have no problems with it all. we are solid in
the two outfielders for the most part vernon wells off his glove is the problem and to the wall. the as take it anyway they can get it. jackson didn't exactly sting the ball but his high chopper will score what was to be the game winning run. 2-1 oakland. >>> now, this is kind of a rough time of year for warrior fans. best in the league they are. but they always have to watch from afar. the kick fans from all over the rest of the league get from watching their playoffs teams. another...
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committee and paul was the general series editor of the series, was my editor on the book i did with vernon jordan. you know how it is when friends ask you to do things. who asked me to do this. i put aside my misgivings. i knew it was a fascinating topic. so much material and very rich but i wondered if i would be able to curb my natural feelings of antipathy about living at this particular period in american history and i agreed to do it. that was many years ago. this book is long overdue. in between saying i would do that i wrote monticello which took a lot of time and energy and i came back to this and finished it and i am very glad that i did. the first thing i had to do was think about how do i approach this? andrew johnson is not known by lots of people. one thing people probably do know is in almost every of rankings of american presidents he is at the bottom. he is in the bottom 5. since 1997 apart dissipated in the surveys and sometimes i look get the results. he is usually in the bottom five. buchanan is usually worse but he is in the bottom five. in this past year when i didn't
committee and paul was the general series editor of the series, was my editor on the book i did with vernon jordan. you know how it is when friends ask you to do things. who asked me to do this. i put aside my misgivings. i knew it was a fascinating topic. so much material and very rich but i wondered if i would be able to curb my natural feelings of antipathy about living at this particular period in american history and i agreed to do it. that was many years ago. this book is long overdue. in...
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kyra vernon of wnep reports. >> reporter: parent wendy apple has a son in tenth grade at midwest highleburg. his english's teacher's name is judith buranich. apple says she recently found out after school buranich has a second job. she writes erotic romance novels. >> now my son knows, so how he is thinking when he's sitting in her class knowing what she does on the side? >> reporter: apple found out all of the information on the internet. apple says she writes under the pen name judy mays. if you go to judy mays' website she says she's disguised as a mild-mannered tenth grade teacher in a small public high school and if you want to get in contact with her you're supposed to write a p.o. box. parent dina says the evidence is clear. >> she is teaching children that are under the age of 18 and definitely the books that she's writing are adult books. so i don't think -- i think she needs to make a decision as to what she wants to do, either be a schoolteacher or an author. >> i was sort of shocked because sitting in her class i had no idea. she's a good teacher but i had no idea. like wh
kyra vernon of wnep reports. >> reporter: parent wendy apple has a son in tenth grade at midwest highleburg. his english's teacher's name is judith buranich. apple says she recently found out after school buranich has a second job. she writes erotic romance novels. >> now my son knows, so how he is thinking when he's sitting in her class knowing what she does on the side? >> reporter: apple found out all of the information on the internet. apple says she writes under the pen...
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host: love vernon, richard, -- mount vernon, richard, new york. what do you think?aller: i would like to see alan west be the ticket. host: why is that? caller: he was drummed out of the service because he did not care one way or the other what was good for him. what he did was he shot a gun at terrorists to save lives. he got the information by shooting a gun at the man. it was not politically correct but he did not care about that. not like the person we have in the white house, who is worried about the polls, being president, allowing illegal immigrants to come to this country with drugs. host: you have heard from the front page this morning, "gop vows to stand brown." host: in new jersey, deborah, independent, your thoughts? caller: i would not be interested in any of the current republican slate. they are all pro-establishment. i would like to see congressman ron paul. i think that he speaks truth to power. he hears his proposals to the founding fathers concept of government i would like to see -- government. i would like to see chuck cale from nebraska. i thin
host: love vernon, richard, -- mount vernon, richard, new york. what do you think?aller: i would like to see alan west be the ticket. host: why is that? caller: he was drummed out of the service because he did not care one way or the other what was good for him. what he did was he shot a gun at terrorists to save lives. he got the information by shooting a gun at the man. it was not politically correct but he did not care about that. not like the person we have in the white house, who is...
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he shuttled his slaves from the temporary capital in philadelphia back to his plantation in mount vernon as a subterfuge so they wouldn't fall within the six-month window. when slaves escaped, there was one slavery was close to washington and his wife, she did it escape, value their freedom much more than a relationship with the president and the first lady. he sent people to catch her as a fugitive slave. they never could find or. she ended up living in new hampshire, but he went to those great links and a lot of our early presidents didn't understand the desire for freedom was so strong among the african-americans around them. they felt there was an act of disloyalty for a slave to escape. we can't understand that today. >> host: these presidents who had been signs of the declaration of independence valued their freedom over the british more than any loyalty to their homeland. could not understand what caused african-american people to escape "family of freedom" it's a fundamental contradiction, and you know a lot of people say, well, these people, these presidents were creatures of th
he shuttled his slaves from the temporary capital in philadelphia back to his plantation in mount vernon as a subterfuge so they wouldn't fall within the six-month window. when slaves escaped, there was one slavery was close to washington and his wife, she did it escape, value their freedom much more than a relationship with the president and the first lady. he sent people to catch her as a fugitive slave. they never could find or. she ended up living in new hampshire, but he went to those...
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vernon so that they wouldn't fall within the six month window and when they eased the was the famous case of one goes to washington and his wife, she did escapes, valued her freedom more than the relationship with president and first lady and he sent people to capture as a fugitive slave. they never found her and she ended up living in new hampshire, but he went to those great lengths and all of our earlier presidents didn't understand the desire for freedom was so strong among the african-americans are count them. they thought it was an act of disloyalty to escape. we can't understand that today but that's the way the early presidents felt. >> host: the president who had been the signers of the declaration of independence who value their freedom over the british more than any loyalty in their homeland couldn't understand what caused african-american people to use deacons leave mant. >> guest: it's a fundamental contradiction and, you know, a lot of people said these were people of their times, but we do expect the leaders to transcend the times an hour early presidents did not. >> h
vernon so that they wouldn't fall within the six month window and when they eased the was the famous case of one goes to washington and his wife, she did escapes, valued her freedom more than the relationship with president and first lady and he sent people to capture as a fugitive slave. they never found her and she ended up living in new hampshire, but he went to those great lengths and all of our earlier presidents didn't understand the desire for freedom was so strong among the...
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he shall hold his sleeves from the temporary capital of philadelphia back to his plantation mount vernon as the subterfuge so that they wouldn't fall within the six month window and when the slaves seized it was the famous case of the slave named judge who was close to washington and his wife. she did east cape, valued her freedom much more than the relationship with the president and first lady and sent people to catch her as a slave they never could find her. she ended up living in new hampshire and they went to those great lengths and their earlier presidents didn't understand the desire for freedom so strong among the africans around them. they thought it was an act of disloyalty to the escape. we can't understand that today the that is the way the president's fault. >> host: these presidents who have been signers of the declaration of independence value their freedom over the british more than any in their homeland could not understand what caused african-american people to do enslavement. >> guest: it is a fundamental contradiction and most people say these are people of their time
he shall hold his sleeves from the temporary capital of philadelphia back to his plantation mount vernon as the subterfuge so that they wouldn't fall within the six month window and when the slaves seized it was the famous case of the slave named judge who was close to washington and his wife. she did east cape, valued her freedom much more than the relationship with the president and first lady and sent people to catch her as a slave they never could find her. she ended up living in new...
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for vernon terry, the war's history and family history is one in the same. >> he surrendered at appomattoxrough the whole war, my grandfather did. >> reporter: over 600,000 americans died in the civil war. that's more than both world wars combined, but ask americans why the war was fought and the answer is less than clear. >> i actually don't know. >> the states' rights. >> slavery. >> various reasons. i'm embarrassed not to know. >> states' rights. >> reporter: kathleen hulser is the public historian at the new york historical society. >> if you say the civil war is about states' rights, you're really just using a worr that's code for saying, it's the state's right to own a slave. >> reporter: the issue of states' rights still resonates. just last year a handful of governors fought to have their states exempt from president obama's health care reform. and then there's the issue of race. >> people don't understand the impact that waging a war has on the government. how we were torn apart and how long it took to build up the nation and knit it back together. >> reporter: witness a pittsburg
for vernon terry, the war's history and family history is one in the same. >> he surrendered at appomattoxrough the whole war, my grandfather did. >> reporter: over 600,000 americans died in the civil war. that's more than both world wars combined, but ask americans why the war was fought and the answer is less than clear. >> i actually don't know. >> the states' rights. >> slavery. >> various reasons. i'm embarrassed not to know. >> states' rights....
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jefferson and we were both on the advisory committee and paul gottieb was the editor on the book, "vernon can read" which is two friends when friends ask you to do things. who asked me to do this and i said, sure, i put aside my misgivings. i knew it's a fascinating topic. there's so much material, very, very rich, but i wondered if i would be able to sort of curb my natural feelings of antipathy of this particularly period of american history. it was many, many years ago and this book i have to confess long clover due in between saying it i wrote the hemmings of monticello which took a lot of time and energy and i went back to this and finished it and i'm very, very glad that i did. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv oregon. >>> up next on booktv an event we originally aired on our website booktv.org,
jefferson and we were both on the advisory committee and paul gottieb was the editor on the book, "vernon can read" which is two friends when friends ask you to do things. who asked me to do this and i said, sure, i put aside my misgivings. i knew it's a fascinating topic. there's so much material, very, very rich, but i wondered if i would be able to sort of curb my natural feelings of antipathy of this particularly period of american history. it was many, many years ago and this...
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debbie on the republican line, mount vernon. caller: dodd-frank did not write the bill. the people they wrote it was on wall street. there were laws on the bill -- on the books never enforced. otherwise would not have the ponzi scheme with bernie it madoff. it does not make sense to a pile rules and regulations on top of rules and regulations. they never enforced them. that is the stupidity of it all. host: as far as this effort to repeal, what would you say? caller: i would say repeal it. you're not going to enforce it anyway so what is the point? host: 1 twitter. if you like boot, a couple of stores in the paper that may depress you are not. this is the "wall street journal," this morning. there are a couple of pictures that accompany this story. it gives you an example of what to expect under the new rule. if you like the double chocolate brownie, you will also have to take in the 410 calories should you read that all by yourself. assign for mcdonald's as well, showing the products that they have. the big mac on the sign, somewhere in the range of 920-0 1,160 calories
debbie on the republican line, mount vernon. caller: dodd-frank did not write the bill. the people they wrote it was on wall street. there were laws on the bill -- on the books never enforced. otherwise would not have the ponzi scheme with bernie it madoff. it does not make sense to a pile rules and regulations on top of rules and regulations. they never enforced them. that is the stupidity of it all. host: as far as this effort to repeal, what would you say? caller: i would say repeal it....
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ino, the nuclear path yplant vernon. they said it is all right for keeping a running for another 20 years. the plant is 40 years old. they have had a lot of problems. can you be more specific about the health care and the plant. guest: i can. i have sponsored legislation to allow the states do have a waiver so they can implement their own program in 2014 rather than 2017. that makes a lot of sense generally to conservatives. basically what that would do is say to a state is if you have your own way of getting from here to there, maintaining affordability to meet the federal objectives of access to health care and affordability, do it. if your approach in vermont is single payer, it do it. if you're in another state and think you can go through an insurance-based program and present that, you can have at its. it makes sense to do in 2014, because that is when the federal law goes into full effect. why have a waiver that goes to affect in 2017 so that a state has had to implement a federal program and then if it wants to d
ino, the nuclear path yplant vernon. they said it is all right for keeping a running for another 20 years. the plant is 40 years old. they have had a lot of problems. can you be more specific about the health care and the plant. guest: i can. i have sponsored legislation to allow the states do have a waiver so they can implement their own program in 2014 rather than 2017. that makes a lot of sense generally to conservatives. basically what that would do is say to a state is if you have your own...
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vernon is joining us from dayton, ohio. caller: host: -- caller: good morning. i have been listening to this rhetoric. the waste, fraud, and abuse is in the congress in washington, d.c. i am a retired government employee myself. i'm also a veteran. i worked for years as a civilian for the air force and for the corps of engineers and for the state department at wright- patterson and 15 years overseas in mostly hot areas. what i'm saying about the waste, fraud, and abuse is is in congress right now. with the lobbyists and the old payola, this can be sold by one thing. this is not rocket science. they should do what they need to do and that is to go back and tax the rich, the extra-rich, the over-rich people as they should be doing. the rich do not pay the taxes to the government. they will reinvest it within their own industry. that will create the jobs and bring it back up. this has been done almost under every republican administration all the way back to roosevelt. guest: first of all, thank you for your service for my father was a u.s. marine himself. i apprec
vernon is joining us from dayton, ohio. caller: host: -- caller: good morning. i have been listening to this rhetoric. the waste, fraud, and abuse is in the congress in washington, d.c. i am a retired government employee myself. i'm also a veteran. i worked for years as a civilian for the air force and for the corps of engineers and for the state department at wright- patterson and 15 years overseas in mostly hot areas. what i'm saying about the waste, fraud, and abuse is is in congress right...
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next is frank joining us from mount vernon, new york. the question is donald trump for president, his name has been out there a few months. he will announce officially next month on his "celebrity apprentice" program. cathol caller: i think he is a terrible idea and the last caller paragraphs why. he has too much baggage. he is a modern day p.t. barnum. he would be terrible for the party. whoever is stupid enough to nominate him we guarantee the re-election of barack obama. everything the last culler said is -- caller said is true but it is not true that the tea party people like thieves and people like mr. trump. he is just an egomaniac who loves to see his face and name in the media. the sooner republicans understand that the sooner we will have a better chance of unseating barack obama. thank you for c-span. host: thank you for the call. this morning in the new york damely news donald dished -- dissed dems for dollars. a look at the money he contributed to democrats including charlie rangel $24,000, lautenberg $12,000. harry reid just
next is frank joining us from mount vernon, new york. the question is donald trump for president, his name has been out there a few months. he will announce officially next month on his "celebrity apprentice" program. cathol caller: i think he is a terrible idea and the last caller paragraphs why. he has too much baggage. he is a modern day p.t. barnum. he would be terrible for the party. whoever is stupid enough to nominate him we guarantee the re-election of barack obama. everything...