on the presidency, will here of five years in which thomas jefferson served in paris as the minister of the united dates. author james thompson describes it as a transformative experience with his friendships with french revolutionaries and progressives turns him from a political loner to an activist. mr. thompson is the author. he spoke at the virginia historical society. this is about an hour. the summer of 1784, thomas jefferson traveled to paris as minister of the united dates to friends and lived there for 5 states to france for five years. he made a series of excursions , an influential member of french society. he appointed johnson not only to the city and its people but when the enlightened ideas of french thought. today speaker will talk to us about this transform is period and thomas jefferson s life. james thompson studies philosophy as an undergraduate and graduate student at the university of virginia and as an grad student, he lived on a farm of thomas jef
as it was, into a national political campaign and a nickname for himself. he was called old tip. you probably would not have been able to spin the victory here into as big of a thing as it was had he not been subsequently a successful general in the war of 1812. he ran for president in 1836, was unsuccessful. he ran again in 1840 with john tyler as his running mate. there was a large campaign rally here that attracted some 30,000 people. a rally in 1840 was probably the first modern style campaign rally of the type we see today. probably the number one question i get here at the museum is, what does tippecanoe and tyler to meano? harrison ran for president with tyler as his running mate. the meaning was, if you vote for tippecanoe, you get tyler too. they won the campaign that year, and harrison died three days after the inauguration, and tyler became president. the battlefield today is surrounded by a wrought iron fence. the fence pretty much and closes the perimeter of the
when a driver loses control. trapped him and engulfed in flames. how he walked away, racing in the same car just 30 minutes later. and good morning, america. the crisis in syria continues to grow. so many developments right now, as that deadline looms for the u.n. inspectors to leave syria. there they are. they re heading from their hotel this morning, to a site near damascus, where one of the chemical attacks took place. they are expected to finish their work tomorrow in syria and leave the country on saturday. the u.n. secretary-general is saying the team needs time to finish its investigation. and this, of course, as the white house says it will brief members of congress later today on plans for a possible strike. we have full coverage from the middle east, to washington, starting with abc s jim avila at the white house. jim, good morning to you. reporter: good morning, elizabeth. it is a huge day here. as the obama administration makes its case to congress, the nati
at 9:52 this morning with reports of shots fired. the gunman reportedly ran toward parliament hill which is now underlockdown. jon: joining us, carl adams, former royal canadian mounted police. our understanding that several members about parliament have tweeted out, that the gunman was shot and killed. do you have any further confirmation of that? no, i don t. the information is still sketchy coming from all different sources but nothing that i have seen right now has indicated that the shooter has been shot. jon: this comes just two days after a couple of canadian military members were run down and one of them killed by, by somebody who had apparently a terrorist sympathies. is there any indication that those, these two events are related? there is no indication of that right now. i m sure the rcmp system and other police services will look into all the information that comes out regarding the incident. jon: typically how well-guarded is the parliament building? well
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