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well, thomas jefferson. and he as he's of coming up with the idea for west point and the idea for this train corps of engineers. also is talking to a little guy, no offense named napoleon about this. louisa can a territory that exists to the west of the limits of american expansion right to the west of the mississippi river. remember we'd had that proclamation line of 1763 and the americans very quickly been like, yeah, we're going past by this point. they reached the mississippi saint louis is becoming a prominent river town. remember that at end of the revolution, the british and, the americans agreed to unimpeded of the mississippi. they would share that river. well, france is on the other side and france is in possession. this territory of louisiana, which basically hugs the mississippi from its headwaters in minnesota to where it discharges in the gulf of mexico, at the city of, new orleans and france wants to get rid of it. it is bogged down in a series of wars. the european continent. france doesn't h
well, thomas jefferson. and he as he's of coming up with the idea for west point and the idea for this train corps of engineers. also is talking to a little guy, no offense named napoleon about this. louisa can a territory that exists to the west of the limits of american expansion right to the west of the mississippi river. remember we'd had that proclamation line of 1763 and the americans very quickly been like, yeah, we're going past by this point. they reached the mississippi saint louis is...
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speaking of thomas jefferson, yes, here he is. this was a copy of the original, which was in 1832, following well, after jefferson's death. and to create the likeness, french artist borrowed a likeness from mark lafayette and created a statue and certainly that is provided us with this copy that we have here and the original the us capitol and he's holding it looks like the declaration of independence. absolutely. there we go. a couple of portraits of jefferson. i want to ask you again, this one seems almost a primitive style. oh, well, this is the work of charles peale and it dates to 1791 when thomas jefferson was serving as secretary of state. now, charles wilson peale, an artist, but prior to that, he served in our revolution and brought his paints onto the battlefield and afterwards went on to establish america's first museum. one other jefferson portrait want to ask you about this is a copy done by gilbert stuart. he was the original artist. the artist of this one is william thorton, who is better known as the architect of t
speaking of thomas jefferson, yes, here he is. this was a copy of the original, which was in 1832, following well, after jefferson's death. and to create the likeness, french artist borrowed a likeness from mark lafayette and created a statue and certainly that is provided us with this copy that we have here and the original the us capitol and he's holding it looks like the declaration of independence. absolutely. there we go. a couple of portraits of jefferson. i want to ask you again, this...
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memorials to thomas jefferson, franklin d roosevelt and martin luther jr stand on its banks. the tidal basin started as an engineering project, but has also served as a swimming hole, a protest ground and scene of a political scandal. national mall and memorial communications chief met us on site to talk about the area's history and famous japanese cherry trees. we are at the edge of. the tidal basin in washington, d.c. home to the world famous cherry trees which blossom every spring. well-known to washingtonians, people across, the country, and in fact, people across the world. but had you been here before 1890 or so? we would be in the middle of the potomac river. this area has evolved over the years. there's always been an element of recreation out around the tidal basin. but with passing of time recurring, fashion has become much more important than initially was. now, as early as 1890, there was an established swimming area around what we know today as the tidal basin. with the planting of the cherry trees originally in 1912, that really created interest and tourism and
memorials to thomas jefferson, franklin d roosevelt and martin luther jr stand on its banks. the tidal basin started as an engineering project, but has also served as a swimming hole, a protest ground and scene of a political scandal. national mall and memorial communications chief met us on site to talk about the area's history and famous japanese cherry trees. we are at the edge of. the tidal basin in washington, d.c. home to the world famous cherry trees which blossom every spring....
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thomas jefferson was president, as says, for eight years. during those eight years, he gave two speeches. his two inaugural addresses, because he knew he wasn't a good speaker. his first inaugural address, though, was very important in that his predecessor obviously was john john adams during his presidency when the federalists controlled congress enacted the sedition act, which made it a crime punishable by incarceration for anyone criticize john adams or federalist policy. fortunately, that act expired by its own terms at the end of adams, but jefferson became president in a world where people had been thrown in jail for having conflicting opinions, he knew that this country wasn't going to last long. if we were operating on that basis. and so in his first inaugural address, among his opening words were, look, folks, we are all we are all republicans we are all americans, and we better start acting that way or this isn't going to last. but to your knowing, he wasn't a great, but he was a dazzling in small groups and he knew it. and so his
thomas jefferson was president, as says, for eight years. during those eight years, he gave two speeches. his two inaugural addresses, because he knew he wasn't a good speaker. his first inaugural address, though, was very important in that his predecessor obviously was john john adams during his presidency when the federalists controlled congress enacted the sedition act, which made it a crime punishable by incarceration for anyone criticize john adams or federalist policy. fortunately, that...
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it's with thomas jefferson's reading list. just read the books on jefferson's reading and found that they all contain the phrase the pursuit of happiness and found that they all cited the same ancient sources. so i thought it was revelatory. i've also come to understand that. i mean, i wouldn't have thought that a channeling core moral philosophy of the founding would be controversial, but there is a division just as there is on between the left and the right, among conservative it is between. common, good and virtue. crowd conservatives really take an augustinian approach and think that there's a single revealed truth that people should embrace. and it's the revealed truths of the christian church and and those and classical liberals. and i think i hit a nerve. i want to ask you this large question of shifting topics, a bit as i'm reading this, i'm listening to you and we're in this place. we're looking at what, we're looking at. we know that our our politicians 250 years ago and it's almost 250 years ago, actually were grapp
it's with thomas jefferson's reading list. just read the books on jefferson's reading and found that they all contain the phrase the pursuit of happiness and found that they all cited the same ancient sources. so i thought it was revelatory. i've also come to understand that. i mean, i wouldn't have thought that a channeling core moral philosophy of the founding would be controversial, but there is a division just as there is on between the left and the right, among conservative it is between....
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adams, abraham lincoln gore vidal, and now thomas jefferson in his masterly pen. kaplan offers us a biography of thomas jefferson by giving an english professor's kind attention to jefferson's written words. jefferson only published one book in his lifetime notes on the state of virginia. but, of course, jefferson wrote consul treatises like a summary view of the rights of british north america legal briefs, memoranda the declaration of independence, and above all letters, thousands of them, which kaplan calls among his most powerful and revealing writings throughout his masterly pen, kaplan brings a skilled biographers attention to how jefferson reveals himself through his writing, often without without intending to, as kaplan says of notes on the state of virginia. it's a book about jefferson partly because jefferson did not want it to, a book about himself. the jefferson we meet here is not surprisingly learned and forceful. but kaplan also shows this jefferson as a writer who's often evasive with holding anxious self-pity and inconsistent, eager to shield hims
adams, abraham lincoln gore vidal, and now thomas jefferson in his masterly pen. kaplan offers us a biography of thomas jefferson by giving an english professor's kind attention to jefferson's written words. jefferson only published one book in his lifetime notes on the state of virginia. but, of course, jefferson wrote consul treatises like a summary view of the rights of british north america legal briefs, memoranda the declaration of independence, and above all letters, thousands of them,...
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black women were considered property and had even fewer rights. 156 years later thomas jefferson wrote in the declaration of independence that all men were created equal and endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. thomas jefferson most certainly did not include me in that declaration. 72 years later, elizabeth cady stanton wrote women -- in the declaration of sentiment she wrote all men and women were created equal. in 1787 the constitution created a government by, of, and for we the people but we did not include everybody. it took 81 years to begin ex-tanding that promise beyond white men. in 1868, the 14th amendment promised equal protections under the law but women still did not experience that reality. in fact, the 14th amendment added the first mention of gender into the constitution. declaring all male citizens over 21 should be able to vote. it took another 52 greers the 19th amendment to grant women that right. and three years later, the equal rights amendment was introduced. and we are still fighting to pub
black women were considered property and had even fewer rights. 156 years later thomas jefferson wrote in the declaration of independence that all men were created equal and endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. thomas jefferson most certainly did not include me in that declaration. 72 years later, elizabeth cady stanton wrote women -- in the declaration of sentiment she wrote all men and women were created equal. in 1787...
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and would add and would quote thomas jefferson, who said to compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieve and applause is. says teachers can still teach about evolution of other species, but when it comes to man god's miracles is trump science. god makes the laws of science and he can change them when he wants to. all right. critics say he's children access to the tree of knowledge. and. the scopes trial is going to be land in the middle of all this. may 25th, 1925, grand jury. remember from our previous discussions, you have to have a grand jury to indict someone. they hold a grand jury seven of scopes students who had been in the biology class. he briefly taught previous spring are going to testify that he taught and scopes is actually going to coach them how to testify i want to be indicted here and he is. and they set the evolution in dayton for july 10th and they wanted to get publicity here. so the organizers actually invited to serve on the defense team, the british evolutionist and science fiction writer h.g. wells war of the worlds. but he declines. but the
and would add and would quote thomas jefferson, who said to compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieve and applause is. says teachers can still teach about evolution of other species, but when it comes to man god's miracles is trump science. god makes the laws of science and he can change them when he wants to. all right. critics say he's children access to the tree of knowledge. and. the scopes trial is going to be land in the middle of all this. may 25th, 1925,...
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the united states suffered during the time of president thomas jefferson; no analogies are made with the current president, although then jefferson managed to be re-elected to a second term. what the insect invasion means for biden is unknown, given his falling rating, the only thing he now lacks is cikat. dmitry melnikov and pavel kostrikov, news from washington. we move from the federal part of the news to the regional one. my colleagues in our branches are preparing in these seconds go on air with the main news of your regions. we have the opportunity to find out what news viewers outside the moscow metropolis will see. state television and radio broadcasting company voinakh is in touch with us, where leila murtazova is broadcasting today. today we met the pearl-caucasus tourist train in grozny. good evening, leila, what route is he taking? hello, tatyana, travel for 7 days goes through the caucasian republics. today in grozny its passengers were greeted with national flavor. the cruise train is equipped with everything necessary. grozny, in in the chechen capital, the pearl of th
the united states suffered during the time of president thomas jefferson; no analogies are made with the current president, although then jefferson managed to be re-elected to a second term. what the insect invasion means for biden is unknown, given his falling rating, the only thing he now lacks is cikat. dmitry melnikov and pavel kostrikov, news from washington. we move from the federal part of the news to the regional one. my colleagues in our branches are preparing in these seconds go on...
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told howard stern one of his favorite presidents is not other than thomas jefferson. watch this. >> i think jefferson was one of my favorite presidents of all time. the fact that roosevelt came when he did and the way he did and stood up. >> it is interesting. i don't run for the president complaining too much for the thomas jefferson statues came down, school names were changed. but he was a great president everyone could agree with that. before we go, don't forget to follow the big wins on facebook an instagram have big weekend show. that's going to do it for us for great to be with you guys. we will see you next weekend. right now you want to stay tuned because "life, liberty & levin" starts right now. he's got a good one for you. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
told howard stern one of his favorite presidents is not other than thomas jefferson. watch this. >> i think jefferson was one of my favorite presidents of all time. the fact that roosevelt came when he did and the way he did and stood up. >> it is interesting. i don't run for the president complaining too much for the thomas jefferson statues came down, school names were changed. but he was a great president everyone could agree with that. before we go, don't forget to follow the...
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jefferson. so, does america have a constant desire to destroy the russian state? why? the interests of the united states and russia are directly opposed on many issues. apparently , this is why the americans decided that they must stop all attempts by the russians to increase their influence on the world stage. i tried to reduce the reasons for the rivalry between russia and the united states to certain points. point one. ya. russia for several decades now, it has been the only country that can destroy the united states with nuclear weapons, or at least cause them irreparable damage. us military interests require solving this problem in one of three ways: destroying nuclear weapons in russia, subjugating russia , or creating some kind of defense against our missiles. so far it’s not working out very well, but this is a question... if the west succeeds in, so to speak, tolerantizing our country, it will receive an additional prize, the peaceful absorption of russia, russia is trying to put this
jefferson. so, does america have a constant desire to destroy the russian state? why? the interests of the united states and russia are directly opposed on many issues. apparently , this is why the americans decided that they must stop all attempts by the russians to increase their influence on the world stage. i tried to reduce the reasons for the rivalry between russia and the united states to certain points. point one. ya. russia for several decades now, it has been the only country that can...
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thomas jefferson was once asked to explain his religious beliefs. he said something like this. i am a sect onto myself, as far as i know. he had unusual religious views. you have come to the point where we can embrace all of that. we just have to find a way to live together. these are deeply held beliefs. sunday morning, saturday morning, whenever you want to go worship, let them have at a. what concerns me is when people come in and say, i believe very strongly that my belief -- my religious beliefs are true and you are not following them. that is completely at odds of the separation of church and they and we will fight back. what is the most recent battle that you fought and won on that front? there have been cases that came out with the overturning of roe v. wade. on the grounds of the missouri constitution, it has very separation of church and state which is much more detailed than in the first amendment. we had preliminary rulings that allowed the arguments he made and that lawsuit was filed on behalf of the just leaders. rob is with us for the next 20 minutes on the washi
thomas jefferson was once asked to explain his religious beliefs. he said something like this. i am a sect onto myself, as far as i know. he had unusual religious views. you have come to the point where we can embrace all of that. we just have to find a way to live together. these are deeply held beliefs. sunday morning, saturday morning, whenever you want to go worship, let them have at a. what concerns me is when people come in and say, i believe very strongly that my belief -- my religious...
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thomas jefferson was once asked to explain his religious beliefs. he said something like this. i am a sect onto myself, as far as i know. he had unusual religious views. you have come to the point where we can embrace all of that. we just have to find a way to live together. these are deeply held beliefs. sunday morning, saturday morning, whenever you want to go worship, let them have at a. what concerns me is when people come in and say, i believe very strongly that my belief -- my religious beliefs are true and you are not following them. that is completely at odds of the separation of church and they and we will fight back. what is the most recent battle that you fought and won on that front? there have been cases that came out with the overturning of roe v. wade. on the grounds of the missouri constitution, it has very separation of church and state which is much more detailed than in the first amendment. we had preliminary rulings that allowed the arguments he made and that lawsuit was filed on behalf of the just leaders. rob is with us for the next 20 minutes on the washi
thomas jefferson was once asked to explain his religious beliefs. he said something like this. i am a sect onto myself, as far as i know. he had unusual religious views. you have come to the point where we can embrace all of that. we just have to find a way to live together. these are deeply held beliefs. sunday morning, saturday morning, whenever you want to go worship, let them have at a. what concerns me is when people come in and say, i believe very strongly that my belief -- my religious...
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thomas jefferson replaced him in paris and jefferson very clear on the fact that he has succeeded rather than replaced ben franklin. because, as jefferson puts it, no one could possibly replace him. and it's really jefferson who begins to craft a foreign policy for a new nation. so in way that is the launching part, i would say, for for the department of state. your book, the great improvization, is being turned into a miniseries. tell us about it. it's an eight part apple series. it will air, i believe, beginning around april in the role of ben franklin. is douglas looking more like franklin than ben franklin? and it was filmed in precise sally, those hallways down, which ben franklin himself walked complaining the cold marble floors for all of those years that he was weekly paying visits to versailles to see louis the 16th to finesse the aid for the war. so it was really filmed exactly where it where it all happened. everyone in the series who was french in real life, all the the entire french cast is played by french actors and the americans, americans. so it's an extraordinary bond b
thomas jefferson replaced him in paris and jefferson very clear on the fact that he has succeeded rather than replaced ben franklin. because, as jefferson puts it, no one could possibly replace him. and it's really jefferson who begins to craft a foreign policy for a new nation. so in way that is the launching part, i would say, for for the department of state. your book, the great improvization, is being turned into a miniseries. tell us about it. it's an eight part apple series. it will air,...
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well, thomas jefferson park has been, it's on the east side highway. i'm looking at it now. my sons definitely had gapes there. -- games there. it's one of the places where where illegal immigrants have sort of taken over. camps and hangouts, it just metastasizes. so the manhattan kickers, travel soccer team, also familiar with them, had a game scheduled, and and they couldn't play because the -- pete: the illegals said, no, we're not leaving the field. will: that's right. pete: here's the coach of the manhattan kickers. they're a 17-year-old boys' travel team, as will mentioned. this is what they told "the new york post." i directly asked them to leave, and some of them kind of took it into consideration, but then four or five of them said, you know what? we don't have to leave. we can do whatever we want. when you show up with two teams in uniform, a ref and two coaches, usually nobody is asking to see your permit. even when the game is over, you don't know if they're waiting for you. so even if the cops kicked them out, it may not be over. so we just all agreed this is to
well, thomas jefferson park has been, it's on the east side highway. i'm looking at it now. my sons definitely had gapes there. -- games there. it's one of the places where where illegal immigrants have sort of taken over. camps and hangouts, it just metastasizes. so the manhattan kickers, travel soccer team, also familiar with them, had a game scheduled, and and they couldn't play because the -- pete: the illegals said, no, we're not leaving the field. will: that's right. pete: here's the...
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. - [margaret] coleman hughes, who is himself descendant of a slave from thomas jefferson's monticello, advocates for a colorblind america. a view he says reflects the values of martin luther king and the civil rights movement. - it's not a matter of debat really, what he thought. he laid it out in his books. - [margaret] his advocacy of colorblindness puts him at odds with prominent anti-racist proponents on the left today. - in my view, their philosophy is straightforwardly racist according to the definition of racism used by the civil rights movement. actually - but does it follow that he aligns himself with the politics of the right? - we embrace the vision of martin luther king. the left is attempting to destroy that beautiful vision and dide americans by race. - [margaret] what does coleman hughes say now? [upbeat music] - [announcer] "firing line" with margaret hoover is made possible in part by robert granieri, vanessa and henry cornell, the fairweather foundation, the tepper foundation, peter and mary kalikow, the asness family foundation, the beth and ravenel curry foundation
. - [margaret] coleman hughes, who is himself descendant of a slave from thomas jefferson's monticello, advocates for a colorblind america. a view he says reflects the values of martin luther king and the civil rights movement. - it's not a matter of debat really, what he thought. he laid it out in his books. - [margaret] his advocacy of colorblindness puts him at odds with prominent anti-racist proponents on the left today. - in my view, their philosophy is straightforwardly racist according...
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fifty-six years later thomas jefferson wrote in the declaration of independence that all men were created equal and endowed with certain inalienable rights including rights, liberty and the pursuit of happyness. years later elizabeth cady stanton wrote in the convention and the declaration of sentiments she wrote men and women were created equal. in 1787 the constitution created a government by, and for we the people but we did not include everybody. it took 81 years to extend that. in 1868 the amendment promised equal protection under the law but they still didn't didn't exe that reality. declaring all male citizens of r 21 should be able to vote. three years later the equal rights amendment was introduced and we are still fighting to defend the constitution. the states have done their part and now i'm still fighting under the law into the constitution for the first-ever caucus is the first woman to represent virginia and a mother to two young children i will do my part for the next generation not left fighting the same battle and our mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. the system
fifty-six years later thomas jefferson wrote in the declaration of independence that all men were created equal and endowed with certain inalienable rights including rights, liberty and the pursuit of happyness. years later elizabeth cady stanton wrote in the convention and the declaration of sentiments she wrote men and women were created equal. in 1787 the constitution created a government by, and for we the people but we did not include everybody. it took 81 years to extend that. in 1868 the...
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so thomas jefferson becomes president 1801 an 1802. he writes the letter to the danbury baptists in connecticut where you are who are worried because the state of connecticut does not have an explicit religious liberty guarantee its own constitution. right. he writes them and that's where we get the phrase separation of church and state. he uses it in that letter to the danbury baptists in connecticut. right. and he's saying that's how you should understand this that the u.s. constitution effectively built a wall of separation between church and state. so it kind of settles their consciousness. so that's 1802 1803 is the louisiana. right now i taught that their louisiana purchase was the greatest real estate deal in history. right. so we doubled the size of. the country paid less than a nickel an acre for that land is essentially $0.04, but and i've thought of it it's thought of as a real estate deal where we literally get titles right to this thing. but they weren't he wasn't for $15 million. the to those lands. he was buying the righ
so thomas jefferson becomes president 1801 an 1802. he writes the letter to the danbury baptists in connecticut where you are who are worried because the state of connecticut does not have an explicit religious liberty guarantee its own constitution. right. he writes them and that's where we get the phrase separation of church and state. he uses it in that letter to the danbury baptists in connecticut. right. and he's saying that's how you should understand this that the u.s. constitution...