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U.S. history fact vs. fiction

To celebrate July 4, the New York Public Library displayed its rare copy of the Declaration of Independence, featuring Thomas Jefferson's condemnation of the slave trade. But that passage was dropped in the final version of the document to appease southern delegates. Bestselling author of "Don't Know Much About History" and historian Kenneth C. Davis joined "CBS This Morning" to dispel some commonly-held myths from U.S. history and shed light on some of its most famous names.

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The full episode of the CBS Evening News from the July 3, 2015 edition

Law enforcement across the country are on alert as the threat of a terror attack looms over the Fourth of July weekend. CBS News correspondent Elaine Quijano shows us how police in New York are preparing; Andy Carroll seeks out places of historical significance that have been forgotten. One of his latest hunts led him to an overlooked place in Baltimore that turned out to have direct ties to America's birth. Steve Hartman has the story.

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CBS News senior security contributor and former deputy director of the CIA Michael Morell talks with “CBS This Morning” co-hosts Norah O’Donnell and Gayle King about the terror threat for the July Fourth holiday weekend

In this week’s edition of “Sounds of the Toyota Green Room,” CBS News senior security contributor and former deputy director of the CIA Michael Morell talks with “CBS This Morning” co-hosts Norah O’Donnell and Gayle King about the terror threat for the July Fourth holiday weekend.

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