on a day i1760, young thomas jefferson rides into williamsburg, virginia. back home, at the foot of the blue ridge mountains, he had already begun his study of greek and latin. [bell tolling] now he will enter the college of william and mary to gain what he called a more universal acquaintance. though he is critical of the government and the architecture in williamsburg, he will return here many times over the next 20 years to study and practice law... and eventually to take up residence with his family as the second governor of virginia. "i was bred to the law," he once reflected, "and that gave me a view of the dark side of humanity." "then i read poetry to qualify it with a gaze upon its bright side." the books he was purchasing in these years embraced the whole spectrum of 18th-century knowledge. none were more treasured than his books on architecture, and one man made a profound impression. andrea palladio had measured the ruins of ancient rome and re-created her buildings with his pen. from the books of robert morris and james gibbs, jefferson learns

i do a regular dj night in williamsburg and right before we got on the williamsburg bridge, we got pulled over. they walked up and asked to see license and registration. there were four of them with flashlights everywhere. i played a risky card. i was like, i pulled us out of my backseat and was like, this -- nine times out of 10 when i play that card, never works. >> showing your book, you mean. >> yeah. where ised to know, your new york taxi license? i have my own car and my own driver. by the questions they were asking, i knew they did not know who i was. to them it was like, why are you sitting in the backseat like a don and you had your driver up there? so i showed them the book and they looked and kind of had a meeting for five minutes. then like, ok, you can go. but this happens all the time. >> how many times would you say you have been stopped? >> in my lifetime? the memorable ones, probably six times. but it is definitely in the 20s and 30s. since 1994, probably 20s and 30s. the worst one was after super tuesday in orange county. campaigning for super tuesday -- >> for obama? af

on a day i1760, young thomas jefferson rides into williamsburg, virginia. back home, at the foot of the blue ridge mounins, he had already begun his study of greek and latin. [bell tolling] now he will enter the college of william and mary to gain what he called a more universal acquaintance. though he is critical of the government and the architecture in williamsburg, he will return here many times over the next 20 years to study and practice law... and eventually to take up residence with his family as the second governor of virginia. "i was bred to the law," he once reflected, "and that gave me a view of the dark side of humanity." "then i read poetry to qualify it with a gaze upon its bright side." the books he was purchasing in these years embraced the whole spectrum of 18th-century knowledge. none were more treasured than his books on architecture, and one man made a profound impression. andrea palladio had measured the ruins of ancient rome and re-created her buildings with his pen. from the books of robert morris and james gibbs, jefferson learns co

maybe you live in larchmont, new york or manhattan or williamsburg and brooklyn and the peoples republic of brooklyn or rockland heights or park slope or maybe you live out in that and i went in new york city or long island, hempstead or great neck or little neck. i'm asking you to stick your neck out for link tv. , the dakotas.ka we are asking you to make the call. illinois is in the house. .hank you, archie, for calling susan from new york. thank you, susan. anywhere in rockland county? richard calls from inverness, california. nice to know houston is in the house. can we hear from dallas-fort worth? carson city. nancy from long beach, california. can we hear from long beach, new york? which is in queens. telephoneled from you. also, the great state of california -- i think new mexico should feel a little competitive here. represent uris eight. i took folks out last night from santa fe, new mexico. we had a fantastic dinner and we offer you that when you come to the show. did on the set, and then i get to personally host you for dinner. you have to make the pledge. we get these calls e

we are human rights organization located in williamsburg, brooklyn. fromof our people are puerto rico and the dominican republic. need the powers that be to come together with our people and really make decisions that are about preserving our earth. >> my name is carlos garcia. represent 54,000 new york state employees for professional scientific and technical workers and we're here to say to the u.s. government and new york state government, let's take care of our climate and take care of our environment. >> i'm with the gymnastic national workers alliance with the new york domestic workers here today. for here, we are here because as domestic workers, it is time to clean up the climate mess. domestic workers have been part of the struggle for a long time. for those of us who are migrant women workers, we often come what climateof crisis has done to our home country. >> we have come upon a huge contingent of young people, many carrying signs reading "youth choose climate justice." >> obama, we don't want no climate trauma. >> i'm here from the univer

blockedork, protesters traffic across the city including at the lincoln tunnel, the manhattan bridge, williamsburg bridge, and the queens midtown tunnel. more than 1000 protesters marched on the fdr drive, one point shutting down traffic in both directions. protester henoc montes was among those who rallied in times square. voicing our opinions little harder today and making sure we are a little louder. which is why we decided to push us and get out their shields and throw pepper spray and all this nonsense and arrest people. i'm happy to see everybody at least attempting to be part of this. it is good. something new is happening in the city. i just hope we can all keep it up. i hope this is a lifetime thing and not just this week. next i protested new york came on the heels of monday's protest when demonstrator shut down three bridges and through fake blood onto the new york city police commissioner. president obama responded to the unrest in ferguson tuesday by calling for calm and remarks that restrict contrast to his more impassioned remarks last year on the killing of trayvon martin. obama co

starbucks, in the trendy new york neighborhood of williamsburg, is getting an overhaul that not everybody is happy about. stephen: the starbucks has brooklyn andure in it will be serving wine and beer. 75 starbucks outlets are doing this as an effort to expand their offering and attract customers in the evening. but the plan for this particular branch launched last year, but local businesses complained it was going to take away business local bars. they did not get the license from the first application. one of the incentives is that they are going to serve brooklyn brewery beer. aurore: with those pictures, you're trying to make me even more hungry. stephen carroll, with the business news. and our very own florence villeminot has joined me in the studio for the press review. looking at headlines across the world, there is a lot of focus on the deadly bombing in bangkok. of: it is on the front page "the post" today. you can see the aftermath of the explosion, which took place at 6:55 p.m. you can see the photo at the shrine. you can see the bangkok post talking about the city bomb and ins

can we hear from the williamsburg in brooklyn? or port jefferson out in long the endor anywhere on of long island. maybe you hear it -- you live in southampton or east hampton. anywhere along the atlantic ocean. we ask your support. the riverlive along in the new york area, the hudson river, the great south bay, the connecticut river. we urge you to call in and let us know you're there. if you live and as -- minnesota or missouri or montana, go to the phone. maryland is in the house. arizona? wyoming, the dakotas, we ask you to call. carolinas, we ask for your support. can we get a few from georgia? portland oregon is in the house. a call from richmond, mississippi. and jonah's called in from st. louis, missouri. and how about moab, which i just visited. the amazing read city. we urge you to call. william kolding from forde city. dennis from philadelphia. can we hear from pittsburgh, which we also just visited? wayne called in from bremerton, washington. pedro,alling from san california. california is so at of everyone else, but y

i knew about the williamsburg bridge, eight lanes of traffic and the subway stampeding in the open windows of the barrio all summer. you spread your arms in that abandoned church and saw the spinning of a carousel better than any wooden horses pumping up and down at coney island: here the esl classes for the neighbors cursed with swollen tongues in english; there the clinics on contraception, the pestilence in the veins of the unsuspecting; here the karate lessons, feet spearing the air to keep schoolyard demons away; there the dancers in white, swirling their skirts to the drumming of bomba; here the workshops on puerto rican history, la masacre de ponce where your mother's beloved painted his last w words on the street with a fingertip of blood. i was a law student, first year, memorizing law school latin, listening to classical guitar on my boom box as i studieded the rules of property: it's mine. it's not yours. i saw only what could be proven by a preponderanance of the evidence: the church abandoned by the church, the cross atop the church abandoned by the son of god. my belly empty

maybe you live in manhattan or harlem, or you live in williamsburg, brooklyn, prospect heights, brooklyn heights, park slope, may be out in staten hampstead,g island, great neck, little neck. i am asking you to stick your neck out for live tv. oregon, montana, if you live in the nebraskas, make the call. illinois is in the house. susan call from syracuse, new york. how about white plains, anyone in rocklin county? houston is in the house. can we hear from austin? please call in and let us know that you are there. michael called in from chicago. i was there on sunday. beach,rom long california. how about long branch, new jersey? marjorie calls in from los angeles. caring from -- karen from california. the folks from new mexico should start to go competitive. represent your state. i hosted a couple from new mexico and we had a fantastic dinner. you can watch the broadcast and meet the guests on set, and then i host you for dinner. we get these calls and every day from all over the country. last night we had a great time. it is a $2,000 charitable contribution that goes directly to the tv.

officials are demanding the cancellation of trump's planned friday eveningng rally at the newport news/williamsburg international airport, warning of a severe public health threat if the rally is allowed to proceed. an executive order by virginia governor ralph northam banans gathererings of f more than 250 people. inin iowa, the trumpmp administration has finined the operators of a beef $957hterhouse plant just after they failed to protect workers from contracting coronavirus on the job. 338 workers got sick during a major outbreak at the iowa premium beef plant. this week the occupational health and safety administration $1400 fine for record-keeping violations, and agreed to cut it in have after negotiations with executives. the associated press reports four other meat plants in iowa with major outbreaks received no fines at all despite hundreds of covidd cases and nine deaths at the plants. at the uniteted nations generarl assembly, secretary-general and chinook iterisis warned the antonio gutteres said thursday t the coronavirus pandemic has killed nearly a million people, infected 30 million,

the epicenter of the outbreak is in williamsburg, brooklyn, where vaccination rates among orthodox jews are particularly low. 285 cases have been confirmed in new york city since the fall. this is new york city mayor bill de blasio announcing the new measures tuesday. >> the only way to stop this outbreak is too ensure that thoe two have not been vaccinated get the vaccine. it is crucial for people to understand the measles vaccine rks. it is safe. it is effective. it is time tested. amy: the centers for disease control reported 465 cases of measles so far this year -- the second-highest number since it wawas declarared eliminated in . buzzfeed news is reporting house republicans are warning drug companies against complying with a house investigation into drug prices. in a letter sent to ceo's of major drug companies, republicans on the house oversight committee warned that information n they provide to te committee cocould be leaked to e public by dedemocratic chair elijah cummimings in an effort o tatank their stock priceces. cummings requested infnformation from 12 drug giants, i inc

i go tome is rachel -- school in williamsburg, virginia. part of a contingent of 35 students at the college of william and mary. we are here with our environmental group and the sierra club. called the clinic coast -- atlantic coast pipeline is a huge issue. they are bad for local communities. the ecb has a compressor station slated to be at buckingham we have committees of color that are intentionally does proportionally impacted. -- disproportionately impacted. we think we have to talk about those intersections between in my mental problems and social justice issues. i'm here with a fantastic group of fellow students. my friend can talk more about issues of environmental justice. carla: talk about that. the issues facing committees of color. -- communities of color. >> i'm from the tidewater area of virginia. as the planet warms up -- those communities are vulnerable. you will have another katrina right here in virginia. is relatedaid, this to some of people come including people of color. i'm happy to be here. >> we don't have any infras