Vernon hosted this program, and monticello provided the video. We are pleased to partner with mount vernon today to bring you a special q a session with Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by bill barker, and george washington, as portrayed by dean melissa. I will be moderating doing your questions for these Founding Fathers. Gentlemen, thank you so much for being with us today. I look forward to a fascinating conversation. Bill my pleasure. Thank you for being with us. I could not be the more delighted to welcome my old friend, general washington, to be in company once again. It has been a time, general. Dean it has been, sir. It is actually my pleasure and my honor to be with you, although i confess i do not rightly understand how this is happening. Bill i believe, general, it is because of one of the duties written explicitly in our constitution, one of the duties of the legislative bodies, the pursuit of science. Dean which im a strong supporter of. Our first question for the two of you
For being with us today. I look forward to a fascinating conversation. My pleasure. Thank you for being with us. I could not be the more delighted to welcome my old friend general washington to be in company once again. It has been a time, general. It has been, search. Its actually my pleasure and my honor to be with you, although i confess i do not understand how this is happening. Well i believe, general, it is because of one of the duties written explicitly in our constitution. One of the duties of the legislative body. The pursuit of science. Which i am a strong supporter of. Our first question then. It is for the two of you. What do you remember as your first meeting . First meeting. You know. If you will allow me, mr. Jefferson, i reckon that those who are viewing may or may not be aware that i am older than yourself by 11 or 12 years. 11 years, your excellency. We were both born under the old style calendar. Thats correct. Very confusing at different times. I actually believe i
I first took my seat in the ancient bodin the spring of 1769. I must tell you, your excellency, you were already a legend in my family when i was a young boy. My father, peter jefferson, spoke very highly of you. He as you well know was a surveyor commissioned by the western authority surveying lintz of virginia and beyond. Lands of virginia and beyond. He was a young major. I believe you both sat together in the Virginia House of burgesss, just before he passed away. He passed away in 1757. When i came to the house 12 years later, i had already known of you as a boy that attended the old World College in williamsburg, william and mary and george whiff and practicing law in williamsburg. In fact, general, i do not know whether you remember, but when i was a young man, a good 25 years of age, i had already become a de devote of theater and never missed an opportunity when virginia burg performed in the theater and i believe mrs. Campbell was quite the destiny for you. You enjoyed her oc
Process is dominance of government the parliamentary process is dominant of government, completely opposite of what we see in the United States, but it is really all the same thing, governments coming to the rescue of economies that are simply shattered. Francine yeah, and we dont know if there is a second wave or a specific lockdown coming our way as well. Lets get to first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika good morning, francine, tom. The u. S. Is pending planning a one a Virus Testing resurgence. Testings are being sites are being set up in louisiana and florida. They could provide a clearer picture of how the coronavirus is moving through the population. Officials are weighing how far to go in reopening the economy or rolling back steps already taken. In brazil, president bolsonaro is defending his approach to the coronavirus despite the fact it has killed tens of thousands of brazilians and left him with the disease as well. Bolsonaro has called the virus a litt
Shining brightly under clear skies. Temperatures are in the 40s and the 50s. Local to start off the day. Upper 40s in concord. San jose, right now. As we head through our afternoon, we are going to warm up. Many locations back up into the 70s this afternoon. Low 70s in San Francisco. Mid70s oakland, fremont. Upper 70s in san jose. We will talk about our next weather system and if we could see a few showers coming up. Lets check in with michelle for a look at your morning commute. All right, mary, we are still tracking this incident in San Francisco. A wrongway driver going northbound on southbound 280. So all lanes are blocked in that area to get that wrongway driver off the road. This is near mariposas. All lanes were blocked. And alternative for you is 101. So we are going to keep on top of that and incident, looking at the Altamont Pass right now. Supercommuters coming out of tracy, a slowdown of course. It is speed dipping down to about 15 miles per hour. Bay bridge toll plaza, tho