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

philadelphia, into the race come boston, morristown, new jersey, saratoga, new york, charlottesville and williamsburg, virginia, to name a few on that basis. here we see philadelphia yangs on the steps of independence hall looking forward to their future. they are holding a map of the city, and if we could see the other side of the street, we would see an aging commercial district that had yesterday to become independence national historical park. they are imagining that future will build from the past that they have, um, already in place. and i love this kind of gaze up and forward as if they're seeing the future. and this was true of other cities as well. in detroit that was another competitor where, um, the boosters really saw the potential of the world capital as being a step forward from the city into future. so this was intriguing. and i read a little bit in histories of the united nations and got a little bit into the records of the early organization and saw some references that there were maybe 30-50 of these self-proclaimed world capital competitors. and that seemed enough to look a little

but george says know i have to get to williamsburg. he says it is a shame because joining me is none other than the wealthiest widow and all of virginia i know is if it is stitching or love of first sight but he changes his mind to stay for dinner and meets martha. the letters between george and martha don't exist but according to her grandson george dies 1799 but martha lives o 80 note to but these letters disappeared but martha never goes back to their bedroom and stays in a small part -- private room and would tell stories to her grandson. george and martha met in goes back to a mansion one of the four mansions. and miso colonial governor but shortly thereafter there is a letter written from george to a robert kerrey requesting inning keyed to ring. he moved with lightning speed. martha was a big catch that would put george on the social, financial and political stage and gave him the connections he would need and would learn from sally to be the georgia of history. she lost her husband into you children died in infancy, she manages

philadelphia, there were many others including new jersey, saratoga, new york, charlottesville, and williamsburg, virginia, just to name a few on that basis. here we see philadelphians on the steps of independence hall looking forward to their future. they are holding a map of the city. if we could see the other side of this, we can see an aging commercial district that had yet to become independence national historical park and they are imagining that the future will build from on the past that they already have in place. i love this as if they are seeing the future or this was true of other cities as well. in detroit that was another competitor for the boosters really saw the potential of the world capital is being a step forward into the future. this is intriguing. then i read about the history of the united nations and gone into the records of the early organization and saw some references that there may be 30 to 50 of the self acclaimed world capital competitors. that seemed enough to look a little harder. i came to understand there were many more. a great variety in every region of the cou

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

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

he began as a man in williamsburg, listened to patrick henry, he spoke as homer wrote and loved that partly because he couldn't do it. always a good sign of a politician and a leader when they recognize qualities in others they don't possess. that kind of humility, however relative that term is in talking about the species called politicians is a virtue. he learned how to master the ways and means of politics, because of that disaster of governorship he was faster to react in louisiana when the purchase became open and possibility that you will remember basically napoleon is going to sell this to us, one of the great real estate deals ever and jefferson immediately begins to think we are going to have to amend the constitution to do it because he was a strict constructionist. he had presidential powers, at the third week of august of 1803, the fourth of july, by the third week of august gets a letter from france saying napoleon is having second thoughts so jefferson said we have the power, no problem there and it is done. franklin roosevelt, when he was taking the critical steps prep

in addition to philadelphia into the race comes boston, morristown, new jersey, charlottesville and williamsburg virginia just to name a few on that basis. he received philadelphians looking forward to their future. holding the map of the city and if we could see the other side of the street, we would stand aging commercial district had yet to become independence national historical park. they are imagining the future will build from the past that word in place. i love to up at florida state they are seeing the future. this was true of other cities as well. in detroit, that was another come editor for the boosters really saw the potential of the world capital is being a step forward from the city into the future. so this was intriguing and i read a little bit and histories of the united nations got a little and to the records of the organization and saw some references that there may be dirty to 50 of the self-proclaimed world capital competitors amassing enough to look a little farther. i came to understand there were many, many more appeared a greater variety of places in every region of the c

it was williamsburg. it got too expensive. and we are seeing now that bush wick is getting too expensive and bed sty is getting too expensive. they will be out in cone any eye lan and brighton beach soon and then pushed to the sea. [laughing] is that it? we're done? oh, wait. >> thank you. i think your book clearly shows culture flourishes in a place of nonconformity, rather than than conformity. that the village is a beacon, an example to the rest of the country and i hope that your book will teach the rest of the country the value of nonconformity as a way to get some culture going, you know? not really a question but. >> paul foster, who was a playwrite at the cafe chino and la mama. i think said pretty interesting and wise thing. the zeitgeist is only one place at one time. the zeitgeist was in classical athens obviously and then london obviously and paris in the 20's and in greenwich village for unusually long time for a zeitgeist to reside. once the zeitgeist leaves i never seen it move back to the old neighborhood. who

in williamsburg. and actually several signers of the declaration of independence were on the board of the eastern state hospital. by the 1950s every state that don't have a hospital but there were 550,000 people in state hospitals every day. today, we are down to fewer than 40,000 people, and 96% of the 7 million consumers served by state systems each year are served in the community. as i said there are 7 million people, 2.2% of vibration are served by state systems. 96% in the committee. state hospitals are certain between two and 3%. more people get surgeon general hospital psychiatric unit and in private hospitals and state hospitals today. people served by state systems, 62% are white, minority are served at higher rates. african-americans, native americans, native hawaiians, multi-race. also teenage are served at a much higher utilization rate than other groups. one area that we'r we are not reaching out and serving our elderly. as i said before, largely the system, adults are not employed, only

we will visit some of the placem influenced her life from including colonial williamsburg, mount vernon, valley forge and philadelphia, and be part of the conversation about martha washington, phone calls, tweets and facebook posts live monday night at nine eastern on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> up next on india's foreign secretary ranjan mathai, yesterday he called the relationship between u.s. and india a 21st century partnership for peace, prosperity and progress. the secretary is here in washington through today for a series of meetings, including with secretary of state john kerry. it was the featured guest at the carnegie endowment for international peace. jessica mathews moderated the discussion. >> ladies and gentlemen, good morning. i'm jessica mathews, president of the carnegie endowment for international peace, and it's my pleasure to welcome you this morning to this conversation on the future of one of the most important relationships to the united states, u.s.-india relationship. we are honored to have with us our special guest, the secretary of india, ambassado

influenced her life, including colonial williamsburg, mount vernon, valley forge and philadelphia and the part of the conversation about martha washington with your phone calls, tweets and face the pose live tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> secretary of state john kerry was in the u.k. today. he met with prime minister david cameron and foreign secretary, william hague. the visit to london was the first stop on a nine country 10 day trip. the secretary spoke with reporters and responded to questions about the upcoming meeting with syrian opposition leaders. >> ladies and gentlemen, it's a great honor to welcome the 16th secretary of state of the united states of america, john kerry, to london today. secretary kerry, we are delighted you chose the united kingdom as your first destination overseas. i am first visit as foreign secretary was to the united states and each day and also each hour since then, i witnessed the importance of our indefensible alliance. when the united states and united kingdom act together, we make a powerful difference in world

there used to be a williamsburg conference were members of congress and staff would be invited to discuss all kinds of interest. and people had all sorts of ideas with that. lee campbell, who is judging the first circuit, was on a commission headed the commission called the judiciary is something that was written probably 20 something years ago in the 80s. they were considering different ways of restructuring or other reforms as the judiciary continued to grow in a caseload. i think and that you will find a variety of interesting ideas. what you want to do is the input increases, you don't want to diminish the output. but you won't have a more efficient way of getting to the same output. >> the judiciary has found that if a judge in a civil case gets into the litigation early, at times mediation and so forth, that you can reduce the caseload and maybe come to a settlement that the party thinks is efficient. that is costly for the judge. it takes a lot of time for the judge. if the case is not settled, some effort has been wasted. it is a matter of this consideration, that it is not seen a

idealogical issue too much and unfortunately, and we were at the camp david like thing, that was in, williamsburg, where we had a group of all the parties including muslim brotherhood and all the rest, that they, we were all in tahrir square, everyone, right? different ideologies. we didn't have the issues. what i'm worried about the older are feeding within the younger generation their idealogically, what you call it, like, you know, roughness on and stubbornness and trying to disperse us. so i think, you know, these are the extreme issues and i sorry taking so much time. >> no. i think that is very interesting. you're fighting, you're fighting tradition and the ideology and i assume that ideology goes beyond political islam? >> yes. >> to being sort of a deference to authority and hierarchy because i've heard a lot of people in different countries that are going through uprisings and revolutions say, that the youth are very worried about people coming in and attempting to recreate centralized authorities, no matter where they come from, no matter if they're coming from the islamist wing or libe

yeah, they're going down to williamsburg, virginia, for at the end of the week into the weekend, and what's on the agenda is devising some sort of house bill that would raise the debt ceiling and pair it with entitlement or other spending cuts. you know, there's differing theories about how long, you know, one or two years which is what the president talked about. we've heard a couple of months, we've heard four years. you know, but there's sort of a principle that they're using which is equal amount of deficit reduction for the amount the debt ceiling is raised. so if you're going to raise it by, you know, $3 or $4 trillion, we're talking about sort of massive reforms probably along the lines of the paul ryan budget which cut $5 trillion in spending. you'd see things like block granting of medicaid and food stamps and, you know, i don't think that they would put in what's called a voucher system or premium support system for medicare. that was, you know, pretty much trounced during the election. but we'll see. you need something with big numbers in order to -- [inaudible] more or le

we will visit some o of the plas that influenced her life, including colonial williamsburg, mount vernon, valley forge, and philadelphia, and be part of the conversation about martha washington with your phone calls, tweets and facebook posts, live tonight at nine eastern on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> c-span has been covering the national governors association meeting this weekend. one of the things they talked about was executed. what state governments can do about cyber threats. they heard from former national security advisor richard clarke who was adviser under the clinton george w. bush administrations and also speaking michigan's chief security officer and information security officer for the shoe and apparel website, zappos. leading the session with the chair and vice chair of the governors health and homeland security committee, martin o'malley and brian sandoval. >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm governor brian sandoval on the state of nevada. a meeting of the national governors association committee on health and homeland security is called to order. thank you very

fresh back from the republican republican retreat in as you know the congressional republicans held in williamsburg recently and when i was asked to go to the republican retreat i said, we did that on november 6, didn't we? we have already done that haven't we? i'm trying to fill the shoes of speaker boehner who sat here previously and was talking to major garrett before this event. he told me that when a speaker was asked to participate he just lit up. i said, how could you tell? [laughter] i am actually here to share the platform and i'm pleased to be here. i am from utah. i'm not even going to tell this joke. this is awful. i am going right to the next one. i was supposed to say god's frozen people. she is from north dakota, god's frozen people. [laughter] thank you. i'm skipping that one to match. i don't have any good jokes. to those of you actually cover congress, have to say it's tougher for the reporters on the obama white house team than it is for you. you don't have to show up at a press conference an hour early for the president to give you a list of the questions you are going to ask. i

we'll visit some of the places that influenced her life including colonial williamsburg, mount vernon, valley forge and philadelphia. and be part of the conversation about martha washington with your phone calls, tweets and facebook posts. live tonight at 9 eastern on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> japanese prime minister shinzo abe met with president obama friday at the white house. after they met, the prime minister talked about their agreement to improve trade relations between the two countries as well as his economic plan for japan dubbed abenomics. the event took place at the center for international studies in washington d.c. he's introduced by the ceo, john hamre. [applause] >> thank you, everybody, for coming. i'm delighted to have you here. my name is john hamre. i'm the president of css. you know, i just have to share with you just this little story. you know, the more important you are in washington, the worse you're treated when you come to a building. you know, any one of you was invited to come in, there was six elevators, you could take any one you wanted. but

and during tonight's program, join in the conversation with colonial williamsburg historian taylor stoermer at facebook.com/c-span. >> former u.s. coast guard commandant admiral thad allen says in crisis situations the federal government has no choice but to act immediately and sidestep barriers that exist day-to-day in nonemergency situations. mr. allen's comments came during a discussion on managing the federal government at the partnership for public service last week. mr. allen directed the federal response to hurricanes katrina and rita and served as the national incident commander for the deepwater horizon oil spill. he joined other officials with the government accountability office and defense and homeland security departments. >> for those who aren't familiar with the partnership, we are a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that's dedicated to trying to make our government more effectively through people. we are a talent organization, and we believe that good government begins with good people. and i am really very, very excited about the release of today's report because i think

one, chief justice burger used to have williamsburg conferences where he would invite members of congress, their staff as well as their judges to discuss all kinds of issues of interest in the judiciary of less interest in congress but some more interested and one year this was the subject, exactly this subject of how could you make the judiciary more efficient and people have a range of papers. testing, all sorts of ideas and i think that it would be perhaps interesting for you or your staff to read. the affair was lee campbell judging the first circuit was on a commission or head of the commission called the judiciary of the future or something and that was written probably 20 years ago in the east sometime and they were considering different ways of restructuring other reforms if the judiciary continued to grow in its caseload so i think in that you will find a variety of interesting ideas how to -- what you want to do as the input increases, you don't want to diminish the output by you want a more efficient way of getting to the scene output of getting it, you know, letting it drop a

in january, demoralized house republicans retreated to williamsburg, virginia, to plot out their legislative strategy for president obama's second term. conservatives were angry that they had not been able to stop a whole series of things, including the bush tax cuts on high incomes, and they wanted to make sure their leaders would no longer have any further compromises. and they went on to decide that not only would they not have any further compromises, but in fact that they developed a legislative strategy. and before i go into that, i'm happy to-year-old to the majority leader who i understand has an announcement. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: through you to my dear friend from new jersey, who does such a wonderful job in everything he does especially running the foreign relations committee, thank you for yielding to me. madam president, this is a very sad day for our country. the president has told the head of the office of management and budget, sylvia mathers burwell, to issue a shutdown statement, and she's done that. here it is. memorandum for the heads of ex