she was a personal friend of thomas jefferson's. she was also a friend of thomas jefferson. this year, in 1780, the women of the french salons, amelia observed the most remarkable period and close with the death of madame du defand. when jefferson arrived, noticeable solos were led by madam helvetius here. she was the widow of claude. and she was rousseau's former flame. and she was the mother of a very close friend who jefferson in his last years in france. each hostess, i do not know if you can read this. each hostess had followed her own thing. she promoted progress through advancement of scientific knowledge. she followed on rousseau's path by -- and she followed the lofty station by -- these look a little confusing but i do not expect you to remember everybody's name. at the center is a picture of the duchess. it hangs in her home. her chÂteau and 40 miles downstream from paris. her economic salon was a form of for economies -- forum for economists and the enlightened gentry. i am going to bill my comment around, louisa 15th -- louis the 15th's advisor. up here, up on

in thomas jefferson's life. james thompson studied philosophy as an undergraduate and graduate student at the risd virginia. grad student, hugh lived on a farm of thomas jefferson's oldest daughter. four years there, he began what has been an ongoing investigation into the philosophy of thomas jefferson. mr. thompson developed an of erest in the history ideas -- teaching courses on philosophy, religion, and ethics. of several books, veil of g, "beyond the wrote that while virginian - "birth of aristocracy" -- and most thomas jefferson's enlightenment. me in welcoming james thompson. >> good afternoon. my name is james thompson. i am honored to be here today. i'd consider the virginia historical society to be one of the greatest cultural institutions in our country. i would like to thank you for this program possible, and for the kind introduction. i like to think the audience for joining me today. i'm going to talk about thomas jefferson in france. i would like to point out that quality has 160 museum images --

thomas jefferson and the rights of man in 1951. howard rice and thomas jefferson , the terrific picture book appeared in 1975. george shackelford and in the travels of your, another lovely book -- of europe, another lovely book. howard adams, the jefferson -- the. here in 1977. in 1970 seven. accounts of jefferson and friends but not surprisingly they present jefferson as a star for performing on a european stage. what did you start did not what was happening on the stage behind him. star did in novel happening on the stage behind him. ranks today. break i am going to place france on the foreground of the picture and look at jefferson through the changing social object of his enlightened host. bear in mind that franklin has franklin arrived in 70's of the six and had international -- arrived in 1770's and had international admirers. familiar with the agents of the french enlightenment and the reform movement that were restraining. jefferson was not. -- they were or are straight. they share their -- orc hestrating. a change.d during

why did thomas jefferson have the koran? thomas jefferson wanted to understand what he was saying we are commanded to do this? how did thomas jefferson respond to the barbary pirates, he sent the united states marines and he killed them. and if it does not make you very comfortable, the nation will be at the point fed is right now. canadian soldier who is standing on guard who gets shot in the back of his head, the two nypd officers who are standing there in queens and some guy runs up and puts an ax in their head, a 54-year-old woman who goes to work in a chicken processing factory in oklahoma and gets be headed. the autism, terrorism, what just happened in jerusalem in the last 24 hours? two palestinian guys go into a synagogue shooting, hacking, three american rabbis lost their life, how was it phrase from the white house? extremism. that is the same thing they call tea party people. they don't want to admit the ideology. >> in your opinion i would like to know what is the most pressing issue facing our country today? the

>> guest: ah, must be our boy thomas jefferson. c-span: but you said as people looked up there they were talking about george washington--some of the tourists. >> guest: they were. they were. george washington, of course, is a prominent revolutionary for most americans. they assumed he had to be there they were looking for george washington. but george washington wasn't at congress in july 1776. he was in new york heading the continental army. c-span: do... >> guest: the people were sure they saw him there. c-span: what else did you hear people say that surprised you about what they thought they were seeing in that room? >> guest: well, i'm--was interested in their responses. they thought the--i was struck by the mother saying--i took it to be the mother saying to her children, 'doesn't this make all of your history come alive?' and i wondered if it did make it come alive or if it somehow locked it in some sacrosanct quasi-religious past that was not reachable for most people. c-span: you write in your introduction the following: '

so i went out there to play thomas jefferson in "1776." and then i couldn't get arrested for the next six months. and my girlfriend got hired at the dinner theater. so i went out there to wait tables. i paid off my college loans. i made more money than everybody else. i was cutting the grass, and doing everything else. >> seth: although there were depressing night where you would be serving people their food and they'd say -- [ whispers ] [ laughter ] >> you was in that "patriot" once. you were in that "1776" movie. >> seth: commercials, you did commercials. >> i did a ton of commercials. yeah, which caused me a lot of angst. because i was hanging out with guys that were actually doing movies and plays and stuff. well, got me another commercial again. >> seth: did you just find this one online? this youtube one? so you did one with megan mullally? >> yeah, who knew? i don't think i even worked with her. but we're in the same mcdonald's commercial. the only thing i remember about it was going upstate and i just got a new walkman, so i was b

today we wonder why did thomas jefferson have the koran? he wanted to understand what he was saying, that we are commanded a to do this and how did thomas jefferson respond to the barbary pirates? he sent the united states marines and he killed them. if you don't admit and understand the ideology, if you try to redefine the enemy in a way it makes you very comfortable send this nation is going to be in the point that it is right now. the canadian soldier who is standing there on guard who gets shot in the back of his head, the two nypd officers standing there in queens when some guy puts an ax in their head, a 54-year-old woman who goes to work in a chicken processing factory in oklahoma and gets be headed. islamic fascism, jihadists and, terrorism. what happened in jerusalem in the last 24 hours, two palestinian guys go into a synagogue, shootings, hacking, three american rabbis lost their life. how was it phrase from the white house? as extremism. that is the same thing they call tea party people. they don't want to admit the ideology. >>

you know, what thomas jefferson did? he went and got one of those books so today we wonder why thomas jefferson had a career in? you wanted to understand of why they are commanded to do this and how did he respond to the barbary pirates? he sent to the united states marines and he killed them. but if you understand the ideology and you try to redefine the enemy in a way that makes you comfortable been this nation is in the point that it is right now the canadian soldier standing there shot in the back of his head. that n.y.p.d. officers who stand there in queens and a guy puts an accident their head for the 54 year-old deco's to a chicken processing factory and gets be headed. islam of fascism comedy heightism terrorism what happened in jerusalem in the last 24 hours? to palestinian guys go into a synagogue shooting and three rabbis lost their life how was it raised from the white house? extremism. that is the same thing they call the two-party people. they don't want to admit the ideology. >> did your opinion of a right

and it was thomas jefferson who drafted that document. and then, after mr. dunlop distributed it, it was decided the members would come back and sign it. they came back in august. they signed the declaration of independence. that document is in the archives, but it has faded. as it was fading, john quincy adams said they had to make a perfect copy, because it had been treated poorly and was almost burned in the war of 1812 when the british were invading. so it was safely stored, but it was fading. and so they did make 200 perfect copies in 1832, called stone copies, after the printer mr. stone. now there are 35 of them left. whenever you see in "the new york times" a copy of the declaration of independence, you are seeing a stone copy, which is now here. a perfect replica, made by a process where they took a wet cloth to the original declaration of independence and took off half the ink, ruining further the original declaration of independence, but they made a perfect copy, and now we have these perfect copies so people can see it. the declaration of indepen

it was thomas jefferson who drafted that document. after it was just repeated, it was -- distributed, it was decided the members would come back and sign it. they signed the declaration of independence in august. that document is in the archives, but it was fading. as it was fading, john quincy adams said they had to make a perfect copy, because it had been treated poorly and was almost burned in the war of 1812 when the british were invading. it was safely stored, but it was fading. so they made 200 perfect copies in 1832, called stone copies, after the printer mr. stone. there are 35 of them left. whenever you see a copy of the declaration of independence, you are seeing a stone copy, which is now here. a perfect replica, made by a process where they took a wet cloth to the original declaration of independence and took off half the ink, ruining further the original declaration of independence, but they made a perfect copy, and now we have perfect copy so people can see it. the declaration of independence was designed to overthrow th

jefferson building, in paintings, mosaics in the ceiling, statues in the main reading room. there is a wonderful quote by the englishman richard hooker. of law, there can be no less acknowledged than that her voice is the harmony of the world. today's program embodies the spirit, i think, of that quotation. we will hear from not only our law librarian of congress but from voices from the field of law, from our guests, from the united kingdom, and from voices that will sing appropriately enough about the law. beautiful voices such as we have just heard. it is my great honor now to recognize our special guests here on the stage. i would like to recognize her royal highness, the princess. i would like to acknowledge also and recognize vice admiral sir tim lawrence, my wife, marjorie, the most honorable demarcus, the right honorable sir anthony hooper. together they represent legislative and judicial branches of the united kingdom. also, the very reverend buckler, mr. david mao, the law librarian of congress, and the british ambassador to the united states. also with us here tod

lewis and clark, thomas jefferson sitting on the terrace and monticello. here is a man obsessed by trees. monticello, you look at those gardens, they are dominated by trees he planted because he regarded them as his he love the simple majesty of them. so, i'm sure you know the story, he was sitting in his terrace with his secretary reading a 1802, which had just been sent to him from london, written by a man called alexander mckenzie, about how he had succeeded in crossing the entirety of canada and described his success in so doing on a rock in british columbia. he wrote of his achievement, which was a stellar achievement, jefferson was perplexed a scotsman had crossed canada. he turned to meriwether lewis and said this cannot be allowed to stand. you must across our country and forget the achievements of this mere canadian. no one remembers alexander mckenzie, but everyone remembers lewis and clark. to the starting point, the real starting point of the expedition, they had to hack their way or somehow drive the way through the better part of 1000 miles o

half-dozen others, maybe 5, including one of the favorites down here, thomas jefferson, andrew jackson, teddy roosevelt, woodrow wilson, arguably, i worked at the woodrow wilson international center, the living memorial to our 28th president and our only ph.d. president and the only one buried in washington d.c. might be on the list, harry truman clearly consequential, three undeniables, five close but no cigar presidents and three at this. i choose to identify jack kennedy, lyndon johnson and ronald reagan as exhibiting traits of greatness, real or perceived but that is 11 presidents out of 44, 43 different presidents because grover cleveland was president twice in 9 consecutive terms. we have 23 different presidents, 11 of whom in my judgment have been truly consequential. the point of the book is provocative. we don't want another great president because the founders created a political system to disaggregate cover. they created a system of an energetic executive but an accountable one. and and 9/11 might have been a moment to encourage the nation and it turned the other way, it is

and one of america's most prestigious universities, founded by thomas jefferson. but today, her story seemed to start to unravel. >> everybody is feeling exhausted and confused. >> reporter: and this reporter chronicled what his reporting says happened. >> facts weren't lining up right. where was the party, when did it happen? she said it was on september 28th. it looked like there wasn't a party that night. i met her last night, and for the first time, she said, maybe the party wasn't there, and maybe the person that attacked her wasn't a member of the fraternity at all. >> reporter: and the fraternity launched their own investigation. it did not have a social event that week. and that pledges and initiations take place only in the spring semester. and none of its members were lifeguards at the time. >> it's a big problem. the bigger problem is for "rolling stone." because they are a news organization and presented this as a news piece. this wasn't a fictional narrative. it was presented as fact. >> reporter: today, "rolling stone" apologized, saying in the face

they go to the thomas jefferson school, therefore they must know something about thomas jefferson. i could talk to them about that subject. well, i did. i pointed out that i was thinking of ending the book before the feast treaty because the book was getting too long, and i ended with yorktown, the battle the british lost war.itively that ended the they wanted to know more about what happened after that. washington still had to take new york city back from the british, and he took it back at christmas 1783. they wanted to know about christmas. did washington go home for christmas? did he have a christmas treat? how did he travel? did he have a horse? what was the horses name? i did my research and found out the horses name was nelson. is something you may remember from this talk. i realized there was a book just in that aspect of the war. i wrote a book called "general washington's christmas farewell" about his taking of new york and traveling home as a great hero. wasywhere he went, he treated as a hero. people were very sad to learn he was going to turn in his commission angle th

international study of thomas jefferson and his world. use the professor of history at the university of virginia. he is a dual citizen of britain and the united states and after completing his undergraduate and doctorate degrees at oxford university he taught at eton college before becoming a visiting professor at southern mestas university -- methodist university. he is the author of an empire divided, the american revolution and the british caribbean, which is what our topic is tonight and his most recent book is the man who lost america. the british leadership and the american revolution and the fate of the empire. it has received five national book awards, including the new york historical society's american history book prize, and the george washington book rise. he is an editor of the jeffersonian-american series of the university of virginia press and a fellow of the royal historical society. we are pleased to have him with us tonight. [applause] >> i'd like to thank alicia tucker for her introduction, and also an invitation to sp

they then took up the document that thomas jefferson had drafted. and in his view, they mutilated it. he sat mute because he didn't like the public talk. as president of the united states, he only made one public speech. he had a high, squeaky voice, not a very good speaker, so he never spoke in public very much, and he didn't speak that day. he later sent the document to his friend and said don't knowing my document is better than what they came up with. but ultimately they agreed on july 4. then they went next door to a presenter, and they said would you present up 200 copies of this document so one can go to the king of england, one can go to george washington to read to the troops, and one can throughout the states and people know why we're independent n. that document, the most famous sentence in the english language occurred. people the most famous sentence -- it became the guiding spirit for our country -- we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. they are endowed certain among these rights, life, liberty, and t

they go to the thomas jefferson school, therefore they must know something about thomas jefferson. i could talk to them about that subject. so i did. and i pointed out that i was thinking of ending the book before the peace treaty, because the book was getting too long, and i would end it with yorktown, the battle the british lost definitively that ended the war. they wanted to know more about what happened after that. i had said washington still had to take new york city back from the british, and he took it back at christmas 1783. they wanted to know about christmas. did washington go home for christmas? did he have a christmas tree? how did he travel? did he have a horse? what was the horse's name? i did my research and found out the horse's name was nelson. so here you have learned something that you may remember from this talk. in any case, what happened was that i realized there was a book just on that aspect of the war. the war after the war. and i wrote a book called "general washington's christmas farewell" about his taking of new york and traveling home as a great hero. e

they go to the thomas jefferson school. therefore, they must know something about thomas jefferson. i could talk to them about that subject. so i did. and i pointed out that i was thinking of ending the book before the peace treaty because the book was getting too long. and i ended it with yorktown, the battle that the british lost definitively that ended the war. and they wanted to know more about what happened after that. i had said that washington had to still take new york city back from the british, and he took it back at christmas 1783. they wanted to know about christmas. did washington go home for christmas? did he have a christmas tree? how did he travel? did he have a horse? what was the horse's name? i did my research. i found out his name. the horse's name was nelson. so here you've learned something that you may remember from this talk. in any case, what happened is that i realized that there was a book just in that aspect of the war, the war after the war, and i wrote a book called jt general washington's christmas farewell" about his taking in new york and traveling h

they go to the thomas jefferson school. therefore, they must know something about thomas jefferson. i could talk to them about that subject. so i did. and i pointed out that i was thinking of ending the book before the peace treaty because the book was getting too long and i ended with yorktown the battle that the british lost definitively that ended the war. and they wanted to know more about what happened after that. i had said that washington had to still take new york city back from the british. and he took it back at christmas 1783. they wanted to know about christmas. did washington go home for christmas? did he have a christmas tree? how did he travel? did he have a horse? what was the horse's name? i did my research. i found out the horse's name was nelson. so here you've learned something that you may remember from this talk. in any case what happened is i realized that there was a book just in that aspect of the war, the war after the war. and i wrote a book called "general washington's christmas farewell" about his taking of new york and his traveling hoax as a great hero

jefferson patcher cannery and james madison at all. i'm sure you know that after the formation of the united states of america a disproportionate percentage of the presidents were slave owners. the short pieces of this vote is june 1772, you had a case in london, england, which involved the effort inflated african man back to north america after he had escaped to freedom and the judge ruled, which is representative in the movie. [applause] lord mansfield the judge ruled the way the law works even though it did not speak specifically to the colony it didn't take an oracle to suspect that that case would then be applied to the north american colonies, thereby jeopardizing as i will suggest momentarily and explain at length in this book, there is good reason for the so-called rebels to believe the case would be used as the president of north america thereby jeopardizing the african way of trade. rather than wait for the other shoe to fall, they revolted against british rule pursuant to the declaration of independence july 4, 1776. that is

who's the thomas jefferson of cuba? did he go to harvard with the thomas jefferson of iraq and afghanistan? >> again, you're not going to get it underneath. i think you're underestimating what i call the trojan horse idea. more likely to make cuba more open. >> are you with richard here? >> with the exception of the last line, the editorial you just read, which refers to yesterday, wednesday, and the reaction that occurred yesterday, the rest of that editorial could have been written 10, 20, 30 years ago. there's a tremendous yearning for democracy in cuba. today, as we speak about this, as both sides get into a debate about this, we are actively engaged on a narrow basis with iran in the middle east. we are actively engaged with china. what is wrong with this? this is more than 50 years that w,isut been looking at this the ridiculous proposition -- >> how's that working for you? >> that's the point. we deal with the iranians. >> it's only 90 miles away when you think about where cuba is. 90 miles off the shore of flori

mentioning jefferson, i am excited i am going to have a chance to re-interview thomas jefferson, aka bill barker, in april of next year. put april 15 on your calendar and come back. i will come through the wormhole and try to talk to him about his relationships with washington. if he had died, of course he does not die, he was severely injured. the same left leg that was almost destroyed at the battle of quebec earlier in the war. he survives for the story to unfold. washington wrote him letters of condolences, urged him to get better. said i will find a good spot for you when you do. in may of 1778, i think a significant date because it is right after france recognizes us as an independent country, washington gives to benedict arnold -- washington had received a valuable set of epaulets from an important frenchman. he gave a pair to benedict arnold as a testimony of my sincere regard of your conduct. i think in a way he is recognizing to arnold arnold's great importance in that victory. george washington as a man of wise judgment. but george washington is a man. like every man, he s

hink of jefferson, thomas jefferson sitting on the terrace in month cello. here's a man obsessed by trees. month cello, many of you have, you look at the gardens, they're dominated by he planted because he regarded them as his pets. he loved sitting under them, he loved the look of them. loved the simple majesty of them. his terrace with a secretary. reading a book, 1802, maybe late 1803 which had just been sent to him from london written by a man mckenzie.xander deans man about the ever and how he had succeeded in canada the entirety of and described his success in so doing on a rock off of the town as belaculaow known in british, columbia. e wrote the achievement which was a stellar achievement. was ap mrektic. he said a scotsman crossed canada? this cannot be allowed to stand. you must cross our country. forget the achievements of the canadian and no one remembers alexander mckenzie, everyone remembers lewis, lewis & clark. now, to get to the starting real of the -- the starting point of the expedition, st. charles on the louis, north of st. they had to h

thomas jefferson. >> it's really interesting. the reactions from both sides are trying to figure out what this means. coming up next, looking at the stories we'll be talking about in the day ahead. stick around. ia cause to support the pover 65 million people who may need the trusted protection of depend underwear. show them they're not alone. and show off a pair of depend. get a free sample at underwareness.com to help spread some holiday cheer. before earning 1% cash back everywhere, every time; and 2% back at the grocery store. thank you! even before they got 3% back on gas, all with no hoops to jump through, a couple was inspired to use their bankamericard cash rewards credit card to throw the ultimate ugly sweater party of the season. that's the spirit of rewarding connections. apply online or at a bank of america near you. . >>> let's get a check on the day ahead. secretary of state john kerry will testify before a senate committee on a bill to formally authorize the use of force in iraq. it's unlikely he'll get grilled sin

it's thomas jefferson's bed. >> stephen: that's tom jefferson's bed. >> oh, you call him tom. >> stephen: i do. we're friends. yeah. tom jefferson's bed. it's in the middle of a wall. >> he designed this place called monticello which everybody should go to tonight. >> stephen: after the rally. >> he designed this bed in an alcove one side was his room and one side was the bedroom. >> stephen: he decided literally which side of bed to get up on in the morning. this is the cherry pie on the red tray in the base cafeteria is a momentary bright spot. where were you when you painted this? >> i went to fort campbell kentucky. an artist from new york is not usually going to hang out in an army base in kentucky. i asked the the "new york times" to send me to places i would not normally go. i met straeurd people and incredible pie. >> stephen: it hr-plz looks like you painted this to write it off as a book deduction. it's the loosest form of history. it's almost like america not by facts but by feelings. >> i think that's why the "new york times" asked me to do this. >> stephen: you are not inter

years later, with the legislation signed by thomas jefferson in 1802, the college was established devoted to training professional leaders in warfare. now, more than 200 years later, they're aware of the legacy placed on their shoulders. >> tradition is everywhere here, the uniforms were the same as it was in 1802 when the school opened. it gives us a background and experience to draw from. >> since day one, everyone has their heart set on serving the country. it is something you never regret, so you always get hyped and re-inspired. >> i think if the average america wants to see what is right with america, they would find it here at west point with the cadets, with america's sons and daughters. they are just incredibly talented and on top of that they have an intense desire to serve their country. west point's motto is serve, they are the epitome of duty when they first get here even. >> and as long as there have been soldiers at west point, there has been a band. >> there were field musicians, and drummers, they go all the way back to the 1700s in the colonial army. >> the military drum

jefferson, the university of virginia. accusations that set off a torrent of outrage. tonight, doubts are being raised about the accuser's story which was first published in "rolling stone," then reported on widely including on this broadcast. we get the very latest tonight from nbc's kristen welker. >> reporter: students at uva are reeling tonight after learning there are now serious doubts about an alleged gang rape on campus that led to a police investigation, widespread protests, and suspension of all greek life. >> i think the general consensus was that even if it's not real, it's a problem even if that particular story wasn't real, it's probably still a problem. >> reporter: the bombshell claims made last month when "rolling stone" magazine reported a student named jackie said she was brutally gang-raped by seven men at a phi kappa psi fraternity party in 2012. but late today "rolling stone" back-pedalled writing in face of new information there now appear to be discrepancy si -- in jackie's account. and we have come

and it was thomas jefferson who drafted that document. and then, after mr. dunlop distributed it, it was decided the members would come back and sign it. they came back in august. they signed the declaration of independence. that document is in the archives, but it has faded. as it was fading, john quincy adams said they had to make a perfect copy, because it had been treated poorly and was almost burned in the war of 1812 when the british were invading. so it was safely stored, but it was fading. and so they did make 200 perfect copies in 1832, called stone copies, after the printer mr. stone. now, there are 35 of them left. whenever you see in "the new york times" a copy of the declaration of independence, you are seeing a stone copy, which is now here. a perfect replica, made by a process where they took a wet cloth to the original declaration of independence and took off half the ink, ruining further the original declaration of independence, but they made a perfect copy, and now we have these perfect copies so people can see it. the declaration of indepe

twenty-four years later with legislation signed by thomas jefferson, the college was established devoted to training professional leaders in warfare. now more than 200 years later today's cadets are well aware of the impressive legacy placed on their shoulders. >> tradition is everything here. it permeates through everything that we do. i mean, our uniforms are the same as they were in 1802 when the school opened. it gives us a background and something to draw from in our lives and experiences as cadets. >> since day one everyone has their heart set on serving their country. it's not something you ever regret. it's something you always get hyped about and re-inspired and re-motivated. >> i think if the average american wants to see what's right with america, they would find it right here at west point and its cadets and sons and daughters. these men and women are just incredibly talented. on top of that they have an intense desire to serve their country. west point's motto is duty, honor and country. they ethicalize duty even when they first get here. >> as long as there have been soldie

jefferson, the university of virginia. accusations that set off a torrent of outrage. tonight, doubts are being raised about the accuser's story which was first published in "rolling stone" then reported on widely including on this broadcast. we get the very latest tonight from nbc's kristen welker. >> reporter: students at uva are reeling tonight after learning there are now serious doubts about an alleged gang rape on campus that led to a police investigation, widespread protests and suspension of all greek life. >> i think the general consensus was that even if it's not real, it's a problem even if that particular story wasn't real, it's probably still a problem. >> reporter: the bombshell claims made last month when "rolling stone" magazine reported a student named jackie said she was brutally gang raped by five men at a fraternity party in 2012. but late today "rolling stone" back pedalled writing in face of new information there now appear tor discrepancies in jackie's account. the magazine also acknowledged its repo

when he was a young man to spend time with thomas jefferson and benjamin franklin. he shares the stage with henry clay from andrew jackson and calhoun and is in the same congress has the same abraham lincoln. including this our alexander of the first of russia. when they traveled to america all sought out adams company to help inform their views of the emerging public and with good reasons. with the monroe doctrine. he greatly influenced washington in the "emancipation proclamation" in. his career is so broad reading -- ranging in fact, adams has something of forced to dump type of defect and history. with every major figure there is john quincy in the background i will give you examples the battle of bunker hill there is a young john quincy adams he is seven years old he watches the battle take place. the first major treaty -- treaty has a young pup diplomat he carries the draft to those who are negotiating. here he is he has lost his hair at this point he hopes to negotiate and end the war. >> this is a quiz of your american history. there was a gag imposed on con

james billing ton the librarian i want to welcome you to the beautiful members room in the thomas jefferson building of the library of congress. we are fortunate and honored today to have with us chief justice john roberts from the united states supreme court and the right honorable lord judge former lord chief justice of england and wales. they have agreed to sit down with us today to have a conversation about magna carta and its legal legacy. tomorrow is a very big day for us here at the library of congress. in particular the staff of the law library. for three years we have been planning and working. tomorrow we can open officially our exhibit. magna carta, muse and mentor. right here in the south gallery of this building. it's been a joy working on this. the exhibition is the beginning for the library to celebrate the 800th anniversary of magna carta which will take place next year. as i know many of you know, the center piece for the library of congress exhibition will be the magnificent lincoln, king john magna carta which is graciously loaned to the library from lincoln cathedral in

jefferson, alexander hamilton, aaron burr, all of them comrades at one point either comrades at the continental congress and declaration of independence or comrades in battle in the case of aaron burr and alexander hamilton -- they were all i clawing at washington's fallen mantle. they all wanted to be president. and jeffson, of course, won in 1800 and immediately dissolved the supreme court, rammed a new judiciary act through congress which sent all the justices riding circuit for two years. so the supreme court didn't meet for two years. adams, in his last four years of office, had rammed through laws, the famous alien and sedition act which basically suspended the first amendment of the bill of rights and made it illegal to criticize the government either with speech or in print. and he sent a dozen journalists and one congressman to jail for criticizing the government. so there was growing tyranny in the federal government, and it's quite understandable because at the time congress really couldn't meet very often. congress, the congressmen lived far away, there were no highways,

even george washington and thomas jefferson had their favorite fiddle toons. picking up new fans of the fiddle. we met greg and jerry cano, fid fiddlers in washington. >> we discovered at an early thaij we are agethat we are easily amused. in things we like to do. ♪ bumblebee buzzing around the tree ♪ ♪ you find it wrong because it will get you in the end ♪ >> if you are going to fit it into a category, we'd call it old-time music. ♪ net that bumblebee be ♪ ♪ a bumblebee will buzz buzz buzz ♪ ♪ but that isn't all he does does does ♪ ♪ going to let that bumblebee be ♪ a lot of the music we love was recorded in the late '20s '30s. >> not a lot of people sing that. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> so old time music and fun songs and you know, nothing heavy, just have fun. and that's what we're all about really. >> i hate that part! >> we're looking up brothers we're actually twins and i'm greg and i'm jerry and i was born first. and greg came out 26 minutes later. >> and he'll never let me forget it . >> well i've been to the north ♪ ♪ and i've been to

on behalf of james billington, f want to welcome you to the thomas jefferson building of the library of congress. we're honored to have -- toe have a conversation about the magna carta and it's legal legacy. term is a very big day for us here at the library of congress and in particular the staff of the law library, for three years we have been planning -- magna carta the exhibition is the beginning for the library to celebrate the 800th anyone of magna carta which will take place next year. as i know many of you know, the centerpiece for the library of congress exhibition will be the magnificent lincoln, king john magna carta which is graciously loaned to us from the library from lincoln cathedral in lincoln, england. it's one of the four exemplify indications of magna carta that -- tomorrow the exhibition opens and it also allows us to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the first time that the king john, lincoln king john magna carta was on display here at the library of congress. some of you may know that in november of 1939, the lincoln magna carta was entrusted to the library of

even george washington and thomas jefferson had their favorite fiddle toons. picking up new fans of the fiddle. we met greg and jerry cano, fid fiddlers in washington. >> we discovered at an early thaij we areagethat we are easily amused. in things we like to do. ♪ bumblebee buzzing around the tree ♪ ♪ you find it wrong because it will get you in the end ♪ >> if you are going to fit it into a category, we'd call it old-time music. ♪ net that bumblebee be ♪ ♪ a bumblebee will buzz buzz buzz ♪ ♪ but that isn't all he does does does ♪ ♪ going to let that bumblebee be ♪ a lot of the music we love was recorded in the late '20s, '30s. >> not a lot of people sing that. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> so old time music and fun songs and you know, nothing heavy, just have fun. and that's what we're all about really. >> i hate that part! >> we're looking up brothers, we're actually twins and i'm greg and i'm jerry and i was born first. and greg came out 26 minutes later. >> and he'll never let me forget it. >> well i've been to the north ♪ ♪ and i've been to

for him, along with thomas jefferson before him, all of america's virtues were connected with rural america. he very much was opposed to the cities where so many of his automobiles would be sold. so what's interesting to look at is the anti-semitism is going to bring together a lot of the themes that ford champions. that is to say jews are symbols of modernity, are symbols of urbanization. jews, to his mind, were opponents of prohibition, and that was largely correct. a lot of immigrants disliked prohibition. in fact there is a book on jews and the liquor trade called "jews and booze." very good title. by marnie davis. ford had some dim awareness of this. but he certainly knew that jews were opposed to prohibition. and one can really see how jews begin to reflect to him the antithesis of many things he believed in. not necessarily many of the things he did but many of the things he most believed in. i said earlier that writing and reading are not things that henry ford excelled in. what does that suggest about "the dearborn independent?" what does it suggest? >> [indiscernible] >> exactly.

they then took up the document that thomas jefferson had drafted. and in his view, they mutilated it. he sat mute because he didn't like the public talk. as president of the united states, he only made one public speech. he had a high, squeaky voice, not a very good speaker, so he never spoke in public very much, and he didn't speak that day. he later sent the document to his friend and said don't you think my document is better than what they came up with. but ultimately they agreed on july 4. then they went next door to a presenter, and they said would you print up up 200 copies of this document so one can go to the king of england, one can go to george washington to read to the troops, and one can throughout the states and people know why we're independent. that document, the most famous sentence in the english language occurred. people -- the most famous sentence -- it became the guiding spirit for our country -- we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. they are endowed certain unalienable rights, among these life

thomas jefferson said something like this, too. there is an exchange of letters between jefferson and madison where jefferson makes something very much like paine's claim. that every law should expire after a generation. madison right back this wonderful letter where he gently says -- if you think about what things will look like on the days that the laws expire, i'm not sure that you want to do this. [laughter] the radicalism of jefferson's kind of liberalism goes that far and there are times when he was willing to take it to its logical occlusion and times where he wasn't. paine always took it to its logical conclusion and it results in arguments like those. >> this is great. i have a follow-up. i want to put in one more plug during our remaining 15 audience for our c-span audience to treat us your questions. tweet us your questions. by the end of his days, jefferson was questioning aboutls, as we will learn in our final talk of the evening. in that sense, what was pain and and jefferson's alternative? did they believe there shou

meanwhile similar protests at tam spell university and thomas jefferson and as well as med schools all across the country. randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. >>> developing news concerning bill cosby now. a com who being woman has filed a defamation lawsuit against him today. she appeareded in a video about an hour ago go as her lawyers announced the details. green says cosby drug and raped her when she was an aspiring model. she first came board with her story in 2005. the suit she filed today alleges cosby publicly branded her a liar when his lawyer called her claim absolutely false. green says she looks forward to hearing from cosby. >> bill cosby will also have his day in court. he will come to court. he will 5/speak. he will be heard. and he will have his day in court to defend himself. and i look forward to that event. >> cosby has never been charged in connection with any sexual assault allegations. >>> new video in where crews are back on the water searching for missing college student shane montgomery. the fbi tells us they received a new clue that led to today's activity near the

words describe to thomas jefferson and patrick henry -- all men are created equal. from henry, give me liberty or give me death. out of as you turn jefferson's property, you will travel 180 miles north along hallowed ey through ground national scenic byways. you pass the , largest concentration of civil war battlefields in the country, including the of the war -- harpers middle manassas -- the of the war, and the end of the war. it was upon these battlefields 620,000 men the who fought died. the centennial is coming with the legacy project of national significance. it is a simple yet eloquent plant to plant one tree for each of the 620,000 soldiers living memorial for their individual and combined sacrifices. that is right. you heard it correctly. trees. this is such a good idea i wish i thought of it myself. a 180 trees will create from monticello tto gettysburg, along the journey ground hallowed national scenic byway, tthat reminds visitors that they are, indeed, on hollowed ground. to date, trees have been planted to honor 1463 fallen men. the next twenty days, w

you can go back to the days of thomas jefferson and george washington and you can't find a similar estrangement. questiony interesting and the one i start out within this book is what are we trying to accomplish? at one level, the explanation is very easy. we have been trying to protect our interests. that's what we always do in foreign relations. if any of you have taken poly , the introduction to poly sigh, we say all nations try to protect their interests. in the case of cuba, washington has been trying to protect economic interests. but second and much more working for more than three decades, the united states was trying to protect its security, it's interests in having a secure homeland. we have been, trying to address the electoral concerns of u.s. politicians who are seeking the support of cuban americans. it's not an accident barack obama flew down and gave a talk to cuban-americans and only cuban-americans in may of 2008. several hundred thousand of these cubans vote in the crucial state of florida. we don't know how many vote because the registration in -- categorizes people as hispa

gastrointestinal oncology at jefferson medical college of thomas jefferson university and associate director for diversity programs and director of the center to eliminate cancer disparities for the sidney kimmel cancer center at jefferson. dr. mitchell has spent her medical career helping individuals in medically underserved areas. she has published more than 100 articles in this united states. she is known throughout this country as a retired brigadier general. the first brigadier general female african-american in the united states. her leadership in this country is well documented in the numerous awards she has received, from the military, from the association of cancer centers, so it is a privilege to have her also as a member of the scientific committee of the national patient advocate foundation to address you. john harrington is recently retired. he spent his entire 36-year career with the legacy companies of sanofi. he distinguished himself by the late great teams and producing outstanding results. he retired as a senior vice president and chief commercial officer for global oncolog

and i think one of the reasons we're dawn to this story is -- drawn to this story is when thomas jefferson articulates universal truths as he thinks, as we all think in the declaration of independence, that all men are created equal, that among these rights are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, the work of the united states is always trying to make sure that applies to everybody. now, when jefferson wrote it, he meant only white men of property free of debt can. well, we don't mean that anymore, and one of the reasons why we don't mean that anymore is theodore, franklin and eleanor roosevelt. >> host: what was it about their upbringing that made them want to do this when so many people in their socioeconomic status may not have taken the same route? >> guest: both theodore roosevelt's father and franklin roosevelt's father really believed that their comfort -- [laughter] demanded of them helping the less fortunate. and in their time it was a little more patronizing than it was in the time of their sons. i think their sons just, they basically saw it as their duty. public service