jefferson slaves after jefferson's death. his father was joseph fawcett, the chief by smith here at monticello. his mother, edith, was mr. jefferson's cut. so this was a very high status family. and i had been spending a lot of time reading his memoirs and trying to glean as much information as i could from the. it was one hot afternoon, i decided to get out of this place and go over to the mountain and just sort of wander around, as i often did, looking at the house and mingling with the taurus, just trying to get a sense of the place all over again because place is very important to my riding. and as it turned out, the tour guide was just beginning to talk in mulberry row about peter faucet. and she began telling the story about how he was sold at auction at age 11 and was sold to someone who promised peter's father that he would release him in a few years if joseph raise enough money because joseph was one of the few slaves freed in jefferson's will. and just have worked very hard to raise the money to buy his son back fro

jefferson's slaves after jefferson's death. his father was joseph, the chief blacks smith here at montiecllo and his mother edith was mr. jefferson's cook. it was a high status family. and i had been spending all of our time reading his memoirs and trying to glean as much information as i could from them, and it was one hot afternoon, i decided to get out of the place and go to the mountain and wander around as i often did looking at the house and mingling with the tourists just trying to get a sense of the place all over again. place is very important to my writing, and as it turned out, the tour guide was just beginning a talk in library roe about peter. and she began telling the story about how he was sold at auction at age 11 and sold to someone who promised peter's father that he would release him in a few years if joseph raised enough money. joseph was one of the few slaves freed in jefferson's will pane joseph worked very hard to raise the money to buy his son back from the masters. then the master broke the deal, he bro

jefferson slaves after mr. jefferson's death. his father was joseph faucette, the chief blacksmith your monticello and his mother, edith was mr. jefferson's cook. so this is a very high status family. i have been spending a lot of time reading his memoirs in trying to glean as much information as they could from them. it was one hot afternoon i decided to get out of this place to go to the mountain and wander around as i often did, looking at the house and mingling with the tourists, trying to get a sense of the place all over again because the place is very important to my writing. as it turned out, the tour guide was just beginning a talk in mulberry row about peter fossae at. she began telling the story about how he was sold at auctions at age 11 and someone who promised peter's father he would release him in a few years it chose to raise enough money because joseph was one of the few slaves free in jefferson's well. josette worked very hard to raise the money. but then the master broke the deal. he broke his promise and peter

except for me and jefferson. chris: one of the merp history, coincidence, john adams and thomas jefferson died on the same day. not just any day. they died within a few hours of each other on july 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the declaration of independence. that same hbo series ends this way -- >> it's the fort. >> yes, sir. -- it's the fourth. >> yes, sir. >> what's the others? >> it's july the 4th. it was 50 years ago today our >> it's july the 4th. it was 50 years ago today our nation was born. >> thomas jefferson. chris: history record the fact that jefferson had died before john adams. pretty close there. when we come back, what advice could president obama felony from other presidents that he -- glean from other presidents that he might not know to ask? what will be the biggest problem he might not know to ask? what will be the biggest problem in chris: welcome back. in his first inaugural address president obama invoked the founding fathers. >> our founding fathers were failsed with perils that we are

do although jefferson inherited land and slaves as a teenager when his father died and more including his wife's half sister sally hemings one of the wife's father died jefferson knew slavery up front and personal and worked much of his life to end it in april of seven hundred seventy jefferson was practicing law and defended a slave who was requesting his freedom place with the case was how the netherlands in his arguments on behalf of all jefferson said that under the law of nature all men are born free and every one comes into the world with the right of his own person which includes the liberty of moving and using it at his own will that year the year before seven hundred sixty nine as a legislator in virginia he'd written a bill to abolish the importation of slaves in that state it was unsuccessful and even brought down the wrath of many of his peers on him and his relative richard bland who jefferson had asked to introduce the proposed legislation in his seven hundred seventy four booklet a summary view of the rights of british america jefferson attack king george the third for

and if you look at jefferson's career, jefferson had been governor of virginia, ambassador to france, secretary of state, vice president of the united states, member of the continental congress. it's possible that few people in anyone's history had ever been evaluate it or inspected as closely as thomas jefferson was before he came president. people were looking at him and saying this is the guy we want. this is the person a should be president. >> host: his opponent said this is the guy we don't want in a close election. >> guest: it was a close election although it was a strange election. >> host: it was a very strange election but it was very hard fought. but i guess what you are really saying is both the supporters and the opponents knew who they were talking about. >> guest: partly that. especially the parties become ideologically homogenous as they are now into a certain extent they were then. any democrat will be different from any federalist so if you are managing individual leader impact you shouldn't measure the democratic against the -- you should measure the democrat agai

jefferson used nautical imagery all the time. for a land-locked guy from virginia, he's a frustrated sailor, i think. he was taking about how the sides of our argosy would come through and show the skill of their builder. he built something that would endure chaos, because chaos is inherent. it's inherent to the way we govern ourselves and live. the miracle, the damn miracle of the thing is it's as orderly as it is. >> jon, one of the things that amazes me is how even history is so politicized. texas tried to ban jefferson from the public school cripple lum because of religious beliefs. how accurate of you in general do you think that the american public has of our own history and specifically of jefferson? >> well, you know, jefferson -- one of the issues with him is that he was soo eloquent for so long on so many different topics, you can quote him on almost any side of any issue. he's like winston churchill and the bible. you can have nilgdz point pillows on either side of the couch. that's a sign of the long and rich and vari

jefferson becomes president. jefferson is -- the question is how much did it matter? if you look at the jefferson administration, historians are overwhelming on this is the most important event of the jefferson administration was the louisiana purchase. that's not surprising. if you double the size of the country peacefully, at almost no cost, this is an enormous achievement for a president. any president would want that on the resumÉ. is he a high impact president? if jefferson was not there, does the louisiana purchase happen anyway? jefferson sent an em baa stair to france to buy the tear -- territory from france. he sent him to buy the city of new orleans from france. the louisiana territory as a whole was not mentioned by anyone in the united states as even a possibility. that embasary arrives in paris, the master who was already there, robert livingston who was approached, and he says essentially, how would you guys like to buy the entire territory of louisiana. livingston, it's not surprising, he said, yes, let's do this. they negotiate. the embassy arrives, c

jefferson." there was remarkable intellectual curiosity inculcated and cultivated at william & mary in williamsburg which he loved. it was a transformative experience for him. >> jon: he and i are just so similar in nature. (laughter) >> i know, i know. (laughter). >> jon: i'm curious how much time he spent there high. because i know for me -- can you stick around? >> sure. >> jon: i want to talk a little bit more. jefferson is truly such a seminal figure in the founding of our country. >> and his views do speak to what we are talking about now. >> jon: no question about it. "thomas jefferson: the art of power." it's on the bookshelves now. fascinating. jon meacham. we'll be right back with more. (cheers and applala -Ïx=uhr(ú'2lt:eá @ h"h"/2l1e[,xn!

jefferson." there was remarkable intellectual curiosity inculcated and cultivated at william & mary in williamsburg which he loved. it was a transformative experience for him. >> jon: he and i are just so similar in nature. (laughter) >> i know, i know. (laughter). >> jon: i'm curious how much time he spent there high. because i know for me -- can you stick around? >> sure. >> jon: i want to talk a little bit more. jefferson is truly such a seminal figure in the founding of our country. >> and his views do speak to what we are talking about now. >> jon: no question about it. "thomas jefferson: the art of power." it's on the bookshelves now. fascinating. jon meacham. we'll be right back with more. (cheers and apppp >> jon: that's our show. here silt your moment of zen. >> your colleagues privately say that your decision to stay on prohibits the party from having a younger leerership and hurts the party in the long term. what's your response? >> discrimination!

jefferson." there was remarkable intellectual curiosity inculcated and cultivated at william & mary in williamsburg which he loved. it was a transformative experience for him. >> jon: he and i are just so similar in nature. (laughter) >> i know, i know. (laughter). >> jon: i'm curious how much time he spent there high. because i know for me -- can you stick around? >> sure. >> jon: i want to talk a little bit more. jefferson is truly such a seminal figure in the founding of our country. >> and his views do speak to what we are talking about now. >> jon: no question about it. "thomas jefferson: the art of power." it's on the bookshelves now. fascinating. jon meacham. we'll be right back with more. (cheers and applala >> jon: that's our show. here silt your moment of zen. >> your colleagues privately say that your decision to stay on prohibits the party from having a younger leerership and hurts the party in the long term. what's your response? >> discrimination! ♪ uno ♪ dos ♪ tres ♪ quatro

jefferson." there was remarkable intellectual curiosity inculcated and cultivated at william & mary in williamsburg which he loved. it was a transformative experience for him. >> jon: he and i are just so similar in nature. (laughter) >> i know, i know. (laughter). >> jon: i'm curious how much time he spent there high. because i know for me -- can you stick around? >> sure. >> jon: i want to talk a little bit more. jefferson is truly such a seminal figure in the founding of our country. >> and his views do speak to what we are talking about now. >> jon: no question about it. "thomas jefferson: the art of power." it's on the bookshelves now. fascinating. jon meacham. we'll be right back with more. (cheers and a

his wife's half sister sally hemings one of the wife's father died jefferson to slavery up front and personal and work much of his life to end it in april of seven hundred seventy jefferson was practicing law and defended a slave who was requesting his freedom place where the case was hold the netherland in his arguments on behalf of al jefferson said that under the law of nature all men are born free and every one comes into the world with the right of his own person which includes the liberty of moving and using it at his own will that year the year before seven hundred sixty nine as a legislator in virginia it written a bill to abolish the importation of slaves in that state it was unsuccessful and even brought down the wrath of many of his peers on him and his relative richard bland who jefferson had asked to introduce the proposed legislation in his seven hundred seventy four booklet a summary view of the rights of british america jefferson attack king george the third for forcing slavery upon the colonies a charge that he repeated is first draft of the declaration of independen

and jon meacham's new book is "thomas jefferson: the art of power." for fun, we'll explore the darker side of fiction with gillian flynn, author of the big bestseller, "gone girl." mystery writer david baldacci, whose new one is forgotten. david baldacci, author of "the expats," and then there is alex stone, whose "fooling houdini" tells how he chose magic over physics, and, yes, he fooled us and he'll fool you, too. how did you do that? we were all about books this morning, just like another washington shopper this weekend. >> we're going to get those. >> okay. >> schieffer: because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning again. well, just hours after helping negotiate the cease-fire between the israelis and hamas, egyptian president mohamed morsi declared more power for himself and said he was immune to judicial oversight. that has set off violent protests between morsi's muslim brotherhood, and the opposition parties. police used terd ga

so is jefferson high impact president? if jefferson hadn't been there with the louisiana purchase have in any way? so if you look there what you see is jefferson sent an emissary to france to buy the louisiana territory from france except he didn't. he sent an emissary to by the city of new orleans from france. the louisiana territory as a whole wasn't mentioned by anyone in the united states as even a possibility so he lands in france and starts traveling towards paris and before he even arrives in paris, the american ambassador who is already there is napoleon's foreign minister and he says essentially how would you like to buy the entire territory? it's not surprising he said yes let's do this. they negotiate, complete the negotiation, they are -- i'm sorry, james monroe so who would become madison secretary of state and would then become madison's successor as president so we have in the room a bunch of people who would almost be president, or almost president so monroe and nixon complete these evaluations and they are

and jefferson said, this is jefferson, not me. the ground of liberty is gained by inches. he said that it is important to give as well as to take in a sells testimony such as ourssystem such as ours and he was cutting deals with alexander hamilton who he could not stand he said they were pitted like two cocks at war always, yet when it at came time to site the capital on the potomac he gave up on a key financial issue to get it done. >> jennifer: so that art of give and take is obviously in the horse trading but he also had a way of shamussing i will say. >> right. >> jennifer: there today's par las that i think could be illustrative. >> well, it is. i think by pretty common ascent, president obama wouldn't agree with this, but i think almost everybody else would, that he has not been the most sociable guy with members of congress. and what jefferson did when congress was in session every night more or less, he had lawmakers down to dinner. he would write his daughter saying i am about to be an unpunk tal correspondent because i am about to enter enter into the business of

the young jefferson was a fiery radical emancipation, and there was the older jefferson who really embraced slavery. the year in jefferson on the enough has not been studied all that much. as a newly minted member of the house of burgesses he made a proposal to immense apace slaves in virginia. he made on the sly, shielding his intensity using relative to submit the bill, which is a good thing because is relative was denounced as an enemy of this country, and the bill was summarily dismissed. and later under his own name as the revolution approached he floated a more explosive plan that actually might have changed the course of our history. if only the country would stop the slave trade, jefferson wrote to me to proceed to the enfranchisement of the slaves that we have, meaning that they would become citizens. and he wrote this in a document called the summary of -- the summary view of the rights of british america which she also submitted to the house of burgesses or to a committee thereof and it was, again, summarily rejected which led to his being chosen to write the declaration of indep

c-span: what about alexander hamilton and thomas jefferson? if they were sitting here today and we're having these discussions, would they differ on anything? >> guest: obviously, they differed. but i--one of the--i think one of the most misleading characterizations of the founders is to focus on their differences. there were tremendous battles that took place during the founding area, jefferson vs. hamilton and so on. but those battles were over questions of how to implement a government that will protect the rights of man. everybody agreed on what the purpose of government was: securing human rights, securing property rights. the disagreement was: what should the role of government be in these relatively tangential areas or less-fundamental areas like, you know, 'should there be a national bank? to what extent should government try to--actively to promote commerce? or should it just leave the economy free to develop on its own?' these arguments, which were huge battles back then, from the point of view of today, look like minor squabbles bec

how do you view jefferson now? >> well, with some disillusionment because i always thought of him as a crusader for universal rights who was, unfortunately, stuck in slavery, but he wasn't stuck in it. he modernized it, he made it fit into a developing nation because he saw that slavery provided the fuel for the burgeoning american economy. slave labor provided $30 million in exports every year in the 1780s, and the country needed that money. when jefferson built monticello, he took out, unfortunately, a slave equity loan. he borrowed $2,000 against 150 slaves from a dutch bank. he was a pioneer in finding ways to turn slavery into cash. it's not a very happy story, but it's right there. >> all right. >> in the documents. >> henry, thank you very much. >>> up next, senator mccain, did you have a nice thanksgiving dinner? because it's time to eat some humble pie served by me. [ british accent ] i host a book club. so sexy... vaga had no tolerance for such dastardly deeds. finally... [ male announcer ] when you combi

but they leased upstairs to a bar called the silhouettes, so the premises next to joining us at 155 jefferson has had a liquor license on the first floor and a restaurant and then they had a stand alone restaurant upstairs, the trade upstairs was people that used to work in the area and of course with respect to the situation now, the premises are to be leased hopefully to the gdl, gold dust lounge to put a bar just next door so the area is not stranger to a bar in that place and i would consider it that the resolution should pass and that the bar be allowed to continue or to be placed there at 165 jefferson street. >> okay, thank you very much. any other members of the public? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> supervisor olague. >> i wanted to tlang the bovis's for hanging in there and finding a new location and relocating, i think it's to the issue that came up around the gold dust lounge that i think we still need to discuss here as a city, the issue of the c-3 being exempt from any kind of conditional use when it comes to formula retail, i know it has to do with cost of rent and t

now, jefferson had one problem. the most important and inflew enissue -- influ inissue friends were ab ligsists. they asked, when is the america going to free the slaves? he began making promises that emancipation was just around the corner, imminent, just waiting for opinions to ripen. none of this was really true, it was in our interest for him to say that, but oddly enough, jefferson really did absorb some of the radical feeling in france. before he left, set down a plan and told people about it, told thomas payne, william short, a number of abolitionists there, that when he was back in america, he'd train slaves, settle them on land as sharecroppers in the certainty they would become free citizens and free people in the united states. when he got back to the united states, things changed. >> watch this and others online at booktv.org. >>> from the texas book festival in austin, they discuss "american tappest -- "american tapestry," this is 45 minutes. >> good morning, or as they say in texas, hi, y'all.as today,

thomas jefferson the philosopher, you were writing about thomas jefferson the politician. he may have been the most successful in our public's history. >> for 40 years from 1769 until he left the presidency in 1809 he was constantly in public office, more importantly, i think even, from 1800 to 1840 for 36 of those years, either thomas ovjefferson himself or a self-described jeffersonian was president of the united states which is unparalleled. >> everybody in that run except tore his biggest enemy. >> john quincy adams. >> martin van buren is running as a jeffersonian. >> what you find out early here, though, this guy that ruled american politics for 36 years, actual actually didn't get elected until it went to the house. and speaking of 36, it really took 36 ballots to figure out whether thomas jefferson was going to be the president of the united states? >> that vote in the house was so close that joseph nicholson was a congressman from maryland who was brought in on a stretcher to keep voting and his wife would guide his hand. he was a hanging chad early. it was 36 bal

street and of course planning department parklets and i should not say this, but cycle tracks in jefferson. go, state park. so it's an impressive body of work. and we really appreciate you putting that public time

now, jefferson had one problem. the most important and influential friends he had scored among the french aristocrats or all abolitionists, and they could not understand how we had fought a war for universal liberty without freeing the slaves. they put him under tremendous pressure, and they kept asking him, when is america going to free the

>> jefferson is the key player behind operation room service. he's a long-time drug addict but with his connections, he's introduced walls and other undercover officers to 16 of their 24 targets. >> when i was in patrol, i actually arrested him one time for trespassing. from that point on, when i came to gang narcotics, i happened to run into him. he told me he'll work for me and that's been it ever since. he's borderline homeless so we try to take care of him as far as doing what we can. >> 10 or 15 minutes. she's on her way there right now. >> they would assume anybody that's hanging out with him is not going to be the police. you know what i mean? so you know, we can't even put a value on what he's done so far. what we pay him is nowhere near what he deserves to get paid for what he's doing. there's just no doubt about it. >> jefferson claims his motive is more personal than monetary. a close friend of his od'ed on heroin. he says he wants to drive the heroin dealers off the mannheim strip. >> all right, guys. i just placed a call to tiffany.

jefferson starts having him to dinner. over the years, he begins to soften, begins to see him as a dazzling conversationist, as a man at least his heart's in the right place even if they disagree. by the end of the two terms, they're exchanging gifts of pecans and giving speeches to each other about how they will plant trees and think of the other and the legacy. again, it's not going to produce paradise on earth, but politics is about the one or two hard votes you give your opponent when you need to give him the benefit of the doubt. in the past four or five years we haven't had a climate that gave us those one or two hard votes. and if we can get back to that, we'll be making progress. that's what jefferson did. >> and that's what we could learn among many other things. jo jon meacham, "thomas jefferson the art of power." i'm so excited to be reading this. >> he was secretary of state. >> one of the great portraits in the state department among the many. thank you again, my friend. now to our amr moment. washington's lat

the name of the book is "thomas jefferson: the art of power." and he once said the whole art of politics is telling the truth. thank you, jon meacham. a great book for christmastime. >>> when we return, let me >> it's worth reading about. jon, it's worth reading about. the name of the book is "thomas jefferson: the art of power." he once said the whole art of politics was the art of telling the truth. i'll never forget that one. thank you, jon meacham. a great book for the winter, for christmastime. when we return, let me finish with the best first step that president obama should take for a successful second term. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. >>> let me finish with this tonight. i've long believed that the best decision of barack obama's presidency came before he even took office. it was naming hillary clinton his secretary of state. it did something magical, healing any bad feeling between the two presidential rivals, uniting the democratic party, setting a hopeful course for political maturity, giving not just the presi

[applause] what i discovered it is jefferson appears to be a man of contradiction. when you do some gain rather simple to put him on a timeline to examine him and chronological order, and we're dealing with the young to epperson who was a radical who the jefferson character has not been studied that much. as a newly minted member he made a proposal to emancipate slaves and virginia using a relative to submit the bill which it is good because he was denounced as an enemy of the country and it was this mess. but later under his own name jefferson add one that might have changed the course of history if only the country would stop the slave trade it could receiving to the enfranchisement of the slaves that we have purposely would become citizens. the summary view of the lights of america and summarily rejected. that led to him being chosen readouts to the slave trade another between south carolina and georgia would not abide by eight 1/8 structures -- structures but oddly enough france it is the key to understanding the transformation with jefferson. when we think of f

jefferson, truman, johnson and bush were the four. also failed because of economic crisis or the failure to act to detour such a crisis and these were jefferson, cleveland, coolidge, franklin roosevelt with a 37 downturn and george bush to eight failed due to their inability to leave with jefferson, wilson, truman, johnson, nixon and bush. they failed to to franklin roosevelt and richard nixon. four of them did not effectively communicate this agenda or initiative were jefferson, monroe, grant and cleveland. obviously the dominant source of failure for the second term prudent has been their inability to successfully work with congress, the second term presidents have faced troubled or second terms do directly to the fight between the congress and the white house. having a congressional majority of their own party is no assurance of release. those presidents that serve in the congress having the majority of the opposing party during the second term included willson, eisenhower, nixon, ronald reagan and clinton. the competitive battle t

a slight and at the seedent, jefferson always wanted to project an image of calm. that was part of the equanimity of the time. but one of the things he learned from a failure, johnson learned from teaching those kids, what jefferson learned from being a very unsuccessful wartime governor of virginia was to always seize the opportunity. and that time ran quickly. so when louisiana, when the opportunity came, he did not hesitate. he at first thought he would have to get a constitutional amendment. he didn't think he had the authority to do it. then he got a letter saying napoleon was rethinking it, and suddenly the constitutional scruples went out the window. one of the things that marks great leaders is the ability to know how the clock is moving and how the game is moving. >> the clock is ticking even outside of vietnam and i want to get to foreign policy challenges later. even as he's trying this great expansion of the great society, there's beginning to be an opposition to it. >> you know what he tells his staff? we have 100 days. johnson has studied power. he's

jefferson was described as a jack-a-bins, who favored the french revolution and what was going on. they said if jefferson was elected there would be blood in the streets and rape would be taught in all the schools. this was the tenor of the time. obviously back then, they did not have 24/7 news station, they did not have twitter and facebook to feed this friend sis, but it was still the frenzy of the day. 1824, another tremendous example of a vicious, vicious election. john quincy adams versus andrew jackson. andrew jackson was accused of being an adulterer and big mist because of a quirk in his divorce proceedings of his wife, rachel, from her first marriage. but something that was circulated around the whole country, called the coffin hand bill. it was a pamphlet, that was posted throughout the country, showing coffins. these were the men that andrew jackson had supposedly kill, either as a general or ordering the execution or through duels. so being called a big amist and an adult tress and a murder, is what was going on. we like to think about gentlemen and powdered wigs but po

the name of the book is "thomas jefferson: the art of power." and he once said the whole art of politics is the art of telling the truthle. i'll never forget that one. thank you, jon meacham. a great book for christmastime. >>> when we return, let me finish with the best first step that president obama should take for successful second term. you're watching "hardball," a place for politics. i love the holidays. and with my bankamericard cash rewards credit card, i love 'em even more. i earn 1% cash back everywhere, every time. 2% on groceries. 3% on gas. automatically. no hoops to jump through. that's 1% back on... [ toy robot sounds ] 2% on pumpkin pie. and apple. 3% back on 4 trips to the airport. it's as easy as... -[ man ] 1... -[ woman ] 2... [ woman ] 3. [ male announcer ] the bankamericard cash rewards card. apply online or at a bank of america near you. tonight. i've long believed that the best decision of barack obama's presidency came before he even took office. it was naming hillary clinton, his secretary of state. it did something ma

the writing of it was largely jefferson's work. this is an early draft, in his handwriting. >> mccullough: in this room, thomas jefferson never stood up to say much of anything, ever. he left that to others to do. >> safer: not a speaker. >> mccullough: not a speaker. and when he spoke, his voice was weak. he would be terrible on television today. franklin often looked as though he were asleep. and his admirers and friends said he thought, "if i look like i'm asleep, people might say things they wouldn't say in front of me if i were awake." adams was short and stout, and cranky and abrasive. but honest and courageous, and he had great humor. >> safer: to those still wavering, john adams' speech turned the tide. it was delivered during a thunderstorm-- an hour long, but carrying a short message. >> mccullough: adams insisted now was the time. now was the time. >> safer: whether you celebrate it on the second or the fourth of july, john adams also spelled out how it should be observed. ♪ ♪ >> mccullough: "it ought to solemnized w

jefferson always learned to projektd an image of calm. that was part of the ek question namety of the time. but one of the things he learned from a failure, johnson learned from teaching those kids, what jefferson learned from being a very unsuccessful wartime general from virginia is to always seize the opportunity. louisiana, when the opportunity came, he did not hesitate. he at first thought he would have to get a constitutional amendment. he didn't think he had the authority to do it. then he got a letter and suddenly the constitutional scruples went out the window. one of the things that marks great leaders is the ability to know how the clock is moving and the game is playing. >> the clock is ticking even outside of vietnam and i want to get to foreign policy challenges later. even though there's that, there's beginning to be an opposition to it. >> you know what he tells us there? he says, we've got 100 days. johnson has studied power. he's studied in an intuitive way. he understands congress, and he tells his aides as this legisla

jefferson reassured however -- become effective. and jefferson survey of the situation the right to love, marriage and to reproduce were fundamental liberties enjoyed in america and in his survey of the situation it was overlooked altogether. like his predecessor in office, president james madison preferred to celebrate american population restraint. pergola to present share the perspective of their mutual wartime correspondence. peer samuel dupont. he stressed that freedom of circulation required not only untraveled tray but also unrestrained reproduction. >> jefferson wrote at the wars and in 1815, his quote hope for his country would be that when the british vanquished americans would at." be permitted to proceed peaceably in making children. now despite the fiction that laid the base that quote making children could be a wholly peaceable process the official republican view that population was essential to american national strength became one of the most enduring legacies. by the time the u.s. kurdish tensions reached the break

jefferson, truman, johnson and. were the four. also four failed because of economic crisis or failure to act to deter such a crisis. jefferson, cleveland, coolidge, franklin roosevelt, the 37 downturn and george bush. eight who failed due to their inability to lead congress were jefferson, monroe, grant, wilson, truman, johnson, nixon and george bush. two failed due to who boris. franklin roosevelt and richard nixon. four who did not effectively communicate their agendas or initiatives were jefferson, monroe, grand and cleveland. the dominant force of failure for a second term presidents has been there in the ability to successfully to work with congress. lee eight second term presidents have face trouble their second term due directly to the fight between congress and the white house. having a congressional majority of their own party is no assurance of relief. those presidents who served with the congress having majority of the opposing party during a second term included wilson, eisenhower, nixon, reagan and clinton. the compet

this involves jefferson street from hyde to jones. the street is currently 37 feet wide and is one way with two traffic lanes westbound and parking on both sides of the street. the project will narrow the street to 24 feet wide with one traffic lane in each direction and no street parking. there will be no dedicated bike lanes, bicycles will use the street. this project was originally conceived as a shared public way where motor vehicles, pedestrians and bikes would all share the same surface, but has been revised based partly on the input from the blind focus group that mod had, revised so it will be a traditional raised sidewalk so the pedestrians are separated from cars. there will be a pedestrian accessible signal at jones and jefferson. the signals at jefferson and hyde are not signalized anyway and that will remain the same. there are ramps to some of the restaurants, mostly restaurants and stores, because of the change in level. in front of some of those buildings they will also install stairs to improve general access and in s

davis and thomas jefferson. so there is always a swing in the shift. we should mention and we are talking about school books specifically that these are often determined in different states and states have their rules about what the textbooks should and could say. and i am not a textbook writer. i am not a text book critic specifically. but i think that there is a problem. i grew up with books that did not include any of the non white european model. and so certainly when i was writing don't know much about history, i was trying to address that and their representation in recent years. there has been certainly a sense that american history has not included the stories of the asians and the hispanic americans who have come into this country. it's one of the things i started to do when i wrote one of my more recent books outside of america's history. i was trying to get at a little bit more of the history of the spanish america. talking about columbus coming in 1492. certainly we know about cortez and mexico, what

the name of the book is "thomas jefferson: the art of power." he once said the whole art of politics was the art of telling the truth. i'll never forget that one. thank you, jon meacham. a great book for the winter, for christmastime. when we return, let me finish with the best first step that president obama should take for a successful second term. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. [ male announcer ] this is bob, a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem, a condition that puts him at greater risk for a stroke. [ gps ] turn left. i don't think so. [ male announcer ] for years, bob took warfarin, and made a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but not anymore. bob's doctor recommended a different option: once-a-day xarelto®. xarelto® is the first and only once-a-day prescription blood thinner for patients with afib not caused by a heart valve problem, that doesn't require routine blood monitoring

davis and thomas jefferson. there's always a swing and a shift and we should mention when we're talking about school books specifically that these are often determined in different states and states have rules about what textbooks should and could say and i am not a textbook writer and not a textbook critics specifically. but there is a problem, i grew up with books that didn't include any of the non-white european models so certainly when i was writing "don't know much about history: everything you need to know about american history but never learned" that was looking at the underrepresentation. in recent years there has been a sense that american history hasn't included the stories of the asians and the hispanic americans who have come to the country. one of the things i started to do when i wrote one of my more recent books untold tales of the first pilgrims, fighting women, and forgotten founders who shaped a nation". i was trying to get more of a history of the spanish america, talking about columbus in 14

in jefferson county, west virginia, one local leader there said the maryland vote to expand gambling is a potential kick in the teeth to their local economy, that county about 65 miles northwest of washington, is home to the giant hollywood casino which is now making some stiff competition for maryland. scott broom is in town with reaction tonight. >> reporter: penn national gaming which owns charlestown here spent more than $40 million trying to stop question 7 in maryland because there is no doubt its passage and the construction of a big new casino on national harbor is going to hurt here badly. >> everybody place your bets. >> reporter: it's not just the casino that's a loser. today jefferson county's emergency service department was busy saving the life of a man who fell from a rooftop. the department's entire $2.1 million budget comes from -- you guessed it -- gambling revenue. the director is doug pittenger. it was gambling revenue that built the new emergency services building, gambling money that supports schools to the tune of $5 million a year, gambling money that makes up

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attempted robbery that happened at 18th -- jefferson sorry. police are investigating near h and madison near the white house. brianne carter headed to the scene. we will update you later on with the latest details. back to you. >> thank you. seven on your side with a potentially new use for home pregnancy tests. the american cancer society says those tests could detect some types of testicular cancer in men. experts said the tests can detect a hormone produced by the cells of a woman's placenta during pregnancy. the hormone is also excluded by some but not all testicular cancers. >> 6:41. let us check in with the jacqui jeras. >> a little cool, but so pretty. a great start. finally, getting to see some sunshine. >> making a comeback. >> it looks like it will stick around. a great looking weekend forecast. more on that with doug hill. good morning how the friday. >> happy friday. temperature-wise come a chilly start with clear skies. lots of 30's on the mark. but we will climb into the upper 50's. a live look at one of our live cameras in fairf