people come to washington. they ran against washington as this swamp. they say i'm going to drain the swamp. then they settle into the place like a warm bath. it's a very moneyed and very easy and very comfortable place. frankly i mean i tried to illustrate this carnival it has always become >> reporter: the idea that there was a pay-off to public service is cancerous in terms of government. >> you would think. i mean this is supposedly a city built on public service. i mean, yes, it's hollywood for ugly people it is said. that's the cliche. but in fact hollywood is fantasy, right? i mean there's big money there and egos there. washington is for keeps. i mean washington is paid for by the american people. washington is supposedly, you know, a land of a higher or a city of a higher calling. that's just been totally tipped on its head >> john: this idea that you mentioned in here of it's fine for politicians to leave washington and fine for people to run for president and say washington needs changing. washington will not hold that against you because the

did washington change us or did we change washington? the question was raised rhetorically. >> charlie: do you believe what some people have said, whether it's the carter administration, the clinton administration, the obama administration or the bush administration either that in the end the town always wins. >> i mean, this is the story about the permanent feudal class which is a term from the republican senator from oklahoma. he uses this to describe this collosus. >> he speaks with a certain candor. it's interesting that he and obama are such close friends. my cynical bone does ache a little bit. i do wonder is this expedient? it does seem rather genuine. >> reporter: that's the interesting question. how can you be as a reporter, you know, what if in fact your intelligent bone is overruled by your cynical bone? >> i think it happens every day. reporter: cynicism always wins. >> no it doesn't always win. look, i'm susceptible to authenticity. i think people can be very authentic. there's a line in here from henry allen who is my forme

did washington change us or did we change washington? the question was raised rhetorically. >> charlie: do you believe what some people have said, whether it's the carter administration, the clinton administration, the obama administration or the bush administration either that in the end the town always wins. >> i mean, this is the story about the permanent feudal class which is a term from the republican senator from oklahoma. he uses this to describe this collosus. >> he speaks with a certain candor. it's interesting that he and obama are such close friends. my cynical bone does ache a little bit. i do wonder is this expedient? it does seem rather genuine. >> reporter: that's the interesting question. how can you be as a reporter, you know, what if in fact your intelligent happens every day. reporter: cynicism always wins. >> no it doesn't always win. look, i'm susceptible to authenticity. i think people can be very authentic. there's a line in here from henry allen who is my former colleague at the "washington post" who is one of my

similarly, washington had no money. congress passed a budget, but had not appropriated any money, and no funds were due to come in until springtime. meanwhile, the president had to run the office, show sent hamilton, the secretary of treasury, to the local banks to borrow money, and he spent it without the authorization of congress. as a result of that, they created the bank of the united states which was the predecessor of the federal reserve, which now has a money from which the president can draw when congress is not there. congress still has to appropriate the funds and deposit them to see that they are deposited in the federal reserve. the president now has the right because of the precedent set by washington to spend money when he feels like it, and he does. >> so was there political discussion among the public about these actions, and what was the reaction? >> well, yes and no. remember at that time there was a dozen or two newspapers so there was no radio or tv. by the time news reached the public, it was often

washington. >> thank you to the chamber of commerce, the team at "the atlantic, grover norquist, mayor rahm emanuel, thank you very much. good to see you. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> next our first lady series the role of the first lady. and they'd are look at the conservative movement with the ns foundation president. >> next, a discussion on the changes in the role of first lady from martha washington to michelle obama. with an introduction by sally mcdonough. this is under two hours. x hi, everyone. it is so good to be back at mount vernon. i have such fond memories of being here and most importantly learning here and it is so great to see the teachers. i cannot imagine coming from a position that i had of being mrs. bush's press secretary. thank you for all you do from someone who went across this country visiting also to schools and all kinds of conditions. when i was preparing for today's lect

washington d.c. is an interesting place with a large black community with african-american culture and to board in 1855 and with the largest black middle class and the douglas want to be a part of that. by 1868 charles was working for the freedom year-old. this is the 80 and 68 city directory you can see charles douglas back then invade decoded the ethnicity. you don't see that anymore but that used to show the of the city. you can see charles douglas said the clerk for the bureau of refugee and to abandon the land he lives in potomac city can frederick douglass, jr. does anybody know where potomac city is now? it this is actually a mapping 8094 i will move here and hopefully you can still pick up the audio? this is a elisabeth starting in 1852 the first patient 1855. anime 80 in $6,732,000 to acquire this property james was the other land holder in the city and if you are familiar today this was where the public housing authority but this is still whole swath of the form. bridge read franklin come a

of the values that washington had. he could learn from his experience. >> exactly. so when he's defeated he doesn't say "oh, woe is me." but "what can i learn from this?" experience had been his teacher all through life. his father died when he was quite young. he was on his own from about the age of 16. as always. but the jabez fitch story is different because he's keeping a diary and he kept a diary no matter what was happening, including after he was captured and taken prisoner. they put one of those vile british prison ships in the harbor here in new york. i think he must have hid -- the you shouldn't picture a beautiful leather diary. they're writing on scraps of paper. i think he was hiding in the his shoe because it was against the rules. you weren't supposed to do that. but the fact that they wrote the letters, the fact that they kept the diarys is part of their great contribution to their country. because now we know what it was like. we can be in their shoes, in their skins, and feel what they went through. t

it relates to george washington. in may of 1775, george washington puts on his military uniform and decides to go to the second continental congress. he's the only one that is going to be wearing a military uniform making a statement. he thinks the war has already begun. and it has we know in retrospect lexington and concord have happened in april. bunker is keen to happen in june which is one of the bloodiest battles on the war. but notice this. i know that chronology is the last refuge of the people minded. but it is the only refuge for historic. notice this, it is under reported, it is under discussed in history texts. the war starts 15 months before independence is declared. it's going to cause -- it's going to shape things in this explanation i'm going to offer you. anyway, washington is getting ready to leave mount vernon, and he says to his -- what is that? [inaudible] flood warning. okay, great. [laughter] biblical here. [laughter] somebody gave me that line. yes, thank you, sir. washington said to his manage

good afternoon welcome to prime interest i'm bob english here in washington d.c. here's the stories we're telling today to taper or not to taper that is a question being asked at the federal reserve so do we stay. printing eighty five billion dollars per month or not and guess what today we learned that half the voting members want to end not even taper by year end we'll talk with jim rickards about this and the big trouble in china in a bit. and the first non-blank institutions to be named too big to fail was announced today actually the term is syfy guess who they are a i g. and b. who both required massive bailouts during the financial crisis will do about this with our t.v. producer rachel later in the show finally seems a new living wage law here in d.c. has wal-mart threatening to tear down their wal mart plans hereon boring will break down minimum wage later in the show so without further ado here's what's in your prime interest. there are twelve members on the federal open market committee and they vote on monetary policy eight times per year the last meet

is in washington until american policy toward russia changes things will not get better they will not and american policy toward russia has not changed on one fundamental issue washington believes in what it calls selective cooperation and that means russia should make concessions and that washington does not have to make concessions in return into that policy changes nothing else will change about that i am absolutely sure but does it mean that they don't want better relationship with russia they don't simply care and enough to a million rate their relationship with russia things are good as they are we i don't mean way because it's not me but the american political policy media establishment. wants a good relationship with russia of course but it once that on america's own terms and it's very clear what that means because it's meant the same thing since the in the soviet union russia should be a junior and subservient partner to american interests what ever is in american interest russia should help promote it so if america decides to expand nato to russia's borders russia should ac

are indeed washington media players with washington media weaknesses. in the piece msnbc is thrown in with everyone else who got the story wrong. in order to do that, salon had to ignore all three of msnbc's primetime shows, the shows which happen to have the biggest audiences on msnbc, with rachel of course having the largest audience of all. to accuse msnbc of getting it wrong, salon had to ignore the very existence of this program, which has the second largest msnbc audience. in fact, more people heard this program, getting the irs fake scandal right, every night than heard anyone else on the network getting it not so right. but salon, just like the rest of the washington media, didn't hear a word of what was said on this program. absolutely no one in washington took their guidance. no one in the washington media anyway took their guidance on the irs story from this program. and i never, ever expected them to. >> once the political media has latched on to the paradigm of a scandal, once they've collectively fixed its frame around what they think are

once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. americans from coast to coast are still engaged in a rolling conversation about race, justice and the definition of self-defense in the wake of last week's not guilty verdict for george zimmerman in the travon martin case. we discovered that the president is as well. >> he surprised reporters in the briefing room today sharing his own experiences as a black man in america. >> i think it's important to recognize that the african-american community is looking that issue through a set of experiences and a history hat -- that doesn't go away. there are very few african-american men in this country who haven't had the experience of being followed when they were shopping in a department store, that includes me. >> the president remark's continued for 18 minutes. they followed two speeches this week from attorney general eric holder who talked about similar experiences and of speaking to his son about what to expect. >> i am determined to do everything in my power to insure that the kind of

in washington i'm going to check and. i'll be back with more news in about half an hour's time in the meantime his abby martin and brightness of. the judges assess all. killed in the streets. there women kidnapped and converted to islam by force. will there be another hero moses from the coakley christians of egypt to the existence of its future victims. the way of the cross. see. her little girl with her sleeves technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future of coverage. you live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous i had luck i got so many i mean. i know that i'm still the same thing really messed up. in the old story so i personally apologized and said. the worst sugarless a little flat out stupid. radio guy for minestrone click a. quote for a politician because you've never seen anything like this i'm told. and i mean martin and breaking the set well the house has voted on an amendment passed by congress and would ha

and we told him we were going to march on washington. you know, president kennedy didn't like the idea of hundreds and thousands of people coming to washington. and he said to mr. randolph, who was our spokesperson, "if you bring these -- all these people to washington, won't there be violence and chaos and disorder? and we will never get a civil rights bill through the congress." mr. randolph responded and said, in his baritone voice, "mr. president, this will be an orderly, peaceful, nonviolent protest." we left that meeting, came out on the lawn of the white house, and said we had a meaningful and productive meeting with the president of the united states. and we told him we were going to march on washington. >> can you sum up what was going on in america at that time that led to the march that had people like john kennedy worried and people like you adamant about what had to be done? >> well, the years leading up to the march on washington had been an unbelievable amount of action on the part of the movement. people had been sitting

in washington i'm going to check out. a quick look now at other stories making headlines this hour egypt's military has given the muslim brotherhood until saturday to join the interim government three conciliation plan and stop inciting violence the proposed this is for fresh elections in the new year and a written constitution meanwhile egypt's bracing for mass rallies of the supporters of the ousted president morsi and those backing the temporary leadership military chiefs have to immediately suppress any violence. one of the drivers of the spanish train which hurtle off the tracks at high speed has been taken into. the horrifying footage shows the train entering the coup that was thought to be one hundred ninety kilometers an hour more than twice as fast as it should have been traveling at least eighty people died in what is spain's worst road disaster more than forty years. and in the closing arguments in the bradley manning trial prosecutors accuse the army privates of acting with evil intent and self-interest mannin

of washington don't understand. you mentioned obviously it's a hot book in washington. people love to talk and read about themselves. there is a level of outrage and a level of surprise that i have gotten from outside of town that's been very, very gratifying. >> what is it they don't understand? >> i think they don't understand the fullness of the carnival. the self-service/public service distinction is important. there is so much money in and around government it is easy to do well instead of doing good. this city was supposedly built on public service. >> the book begins at the memorial service for our beloved colleague tim russert in 2008. you describe how hat a moment they are supposed to be mourning the poll oh techniciiticianpoli reporters are jockeying for position in a gold rush of finance by us, by taxpayers. >> that was a striking team for us. tim russert, a giant. i was a guest. i was struck by how everyone was throwing business cards around, working it. it was about them. that made the larger point plac

i see them in washington. i say, "it's time for you to come home." >> you have written several books. the latest is across that bridge: life lessons and a vision for change. your book begins with a chapter on faith. many of the great civil rights leaders, including yourself, were men and women of faith, but today religion is very politicized. can you talk about that? >> faith is this belief, this sense that somehow and someway we will overcome. it's belief that, in spite of all the odds, setbacks, delays, interruption, that we will make it, that we will arrive at a place where we recognize and respect the dignity and the worth of every human being. it's in keeping with the philosophy and the discipline of nonviolence to believe that we will and we shall overcome, that we will not get lost in a sea of despair, that we will not become bitter or hostile, but with our faith, we know that victory is there. it may take longer. it may be difficult. but you come to that point where there's no turning back. without tha

in washington i'm going to check out. let's take a quick look at some other international news this hour egypt's military has given the muslim brotherhood until saturday to join the interim government's reconciliation plan and to stop inciting violence the proposal is for fresh elections in the new year and a written constitution meanwhile egypt's pricing for mass rallies of the supporters of be amnestied president morsi and those backing the temporary army leadership military chiefs have to immediately suppress any violence. one of the drivers of the spanish train which hurtled off the tracks at high speed has been taken into custody. horrifying footage shows the train entering what's thought to be at one hundred ninety kilometers an hour more than twice as fast as it should have been traveling at least eighty people died in what is spain's worst rail disaster for more than forty years. closing arguments in the bradley manning trial prosecutors accuse the army privates of vaccine with evil intent and self interest mannin

washington meantime. providing a platform for the whistleblower. lawyers for the guantanamo bay detainees say there's no indication a mass hunger strike is ending despite u.s. officials claiming most of the protesting prisoners have one meal for the first time since february. and violence in belfast as clashes break out of the annual orange order parade despite a very heavy police presence. within hears from a syrian rebel spokesman he says the front is tearing itself apart. militant. opposition. this is r t with. the week's top headlines here thanks for joining us lawyers have pledged support for edward snowden's application for refuge in russia following his meeting with russian and international human rights activists at moscow's sheremetyevo airport of course that's where he's been holed up for now well the past three weeks let's get the latest details he has. expressed his gratitude to the countries that have suggested they would take him in these include the likes of venezuela bolivia. but it's becoming apparent that it's increasingly difficu

s mission in washington d.c. and also popped into its computer system to be able to access e-mails and other internal documents the e.u. delegation at the united nations was reportedly subject to similar surveillance citing classified documents leaked by n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden the weekly says that france italy and greece are among the thirty eight u.s. surveillance targets now while the news has blindsided and shocked many european leaders u.s. president barack obama has downplayed the surveillance story saying that it's basically political protocol between friends they're going to be trying to understand the world better and what's going on in world capitals around the world . from sources that aren't available through the new york times or n.b.c. news. that they are seeking additional insight beyond what's available through open sources. and. if that weren't the case then there'd be no use for an intelligence service. and i guarantee you that in european capitals there are people who are interested

and will washington make it worgs with another partisan showdown? the president on the road again to sell a second-term economic blueprint and to blame republicans for standing in the way. >> you can't just be against something. you've got to be for something. >> but what is the president's record on the economy? and what is his agenda? plus, will washington go to the brink of a government shutdown this fall? this morning i put these questions to the administration's point man on the economy, treasury secretary jack lew. plus, a showdown this week in the house over the nsa's controversial post-9/11 surveillance program. >> passing this amendment takes us back to september 10th. >> a measure to shut down the program was narrowly defeated. but where does the debate go from here? will there be more privacy safeguards put in place? and the snowden saga. i get the latest from the chairman of the house intelligence committee, michigan republican congressman mike rogers. and our political roundtable, sex and politics, a bicoastal summer of scandal from new

in washington. charlene lamb is on duty at the state department. >> he also alerted the quick reaction security team stationed nearby. the libyan's 17th brigade, the embassy in tripoli and the diplomatic security command center in washington. >> the armed attackers enter the main gate. without warning or resistance from the february 17th martyrs brigade. in tripoli, a diplomatic security officer runs into hicks' villa yelling. >> greg, greg, the consulate is under attack. >> he calls stevens who is hiding with shawn smith in the safe haven. >> we said greg, we're under attack and the line cut. >> the attackers set the main residence ablaze and the safe haven fills with thick, dark smoke. more than a mile away, at the cia annex, the former navy s.e.a.l. tyrone woods get their weapon ready. >> they were mobilizing a response team there to go to our facility and provide reinforcements to repel the attacks. >> 9:59 p.m. as an unarmed surveillance drone heads toward the compound, hicks places a call to w

in washington i'm going to. have plenty more stories online for you including slick moves come back so you hold the burthen the concert for us can go on merit admits destroying evidence related to one of the world's worst oil spills the gulf of mexico disaster in twenty ten online we tell you what's now at stake for the company and the biggest high is the start of the internet log on to r.t. dot com to find out high for russians and the ukrainians managed to trick giant corporations and supply more than one hundred sixty million credit card numbers from the. right to see. first strike. and i think that you're. on our reporters i i. i'm now for a quick look at other stories happening around the world this hour gyptian prosecutors have ordered the detention of the ousted president morsi implicating him in the deaths of prisoners and offices and alleged contact with a mass meanwhile the army has given the muslim brotherhood until saturday to join the interim government reconciliation plan and stop inciting violence

you heard that she was getting her orders from management in washington. her management in washington was carter hull and he was looking at the cases. he said specifically when on he had a couple of test cases he was required to run them up the chain to ms. lerner and to the chief counsel and we unable to sign off those cases without their permission. >> paul: and the general counsel's office role, william wilkins because there is only two political appointees, wilkins and whoever is running the irs. so this isjc-'ñ significant. what is the irs saying about wilkins' role? >> the irs is some pains that he wasn't at a key meeting where his office was reviewing some of these applications, but i think it's very interesting because one of the reasons that mr. wilkins was hired presumably when the white house hired him, they said specifically they admired his expertise in dealing with nonprofit organizations. so the idea he wasn't in the loop and all this was happening in the office is a little bit of stretch. >> paul: he was involved, was he not, in the campai

>> a group of friends in washington, when hay came to washington, he was assistant secretary of state under president rutherford b. hayes. henry adams had just moved here to begin researching his great, great biography of the madison and jefferson administrations. cain had come to start the bothgical survey and then of them and their wives would have tea afternoon, and the five of them call themselves the five of hearts. >> anyone that comes down to lafayette square in washington and seize the white house will be in the middle of hay country. explain what you see and how it relates to john hay and henry adams? >> as you know, lafayette square next toix-acre square the white house, lined with town houses. everybody and anybody seemed to live on lafayette square, or in the blocks around that. what we forget today, washington was a very small place socially, and everyone knew their neighbors, the history of who lived there. people came and went, as they do in washington, because people change jobs, people are in office, out of office. 1884, and john hay and henry adams began construction

then run by washington as a nephew. -- washington's nephew. and then it is run by his niece. i think that tells you about the closeness of the family relationship. it is clear that what they are at mount vernon with martha washington, she does take charge. her interaction with the slaves, she is interacting with the cooks in the kitchen, the maids serving in the house. there are also slave women who are spinning on a continual basis to produce yarn. she supervises what the gardners are doing. martha was a great lover of gardens and having flowers. she liked having a kitchen where she could go out and bring in vegetables for what they were going to serve at mount vernon. she was the one planning the menus. there were a lot of levels that she is working with. her wholeg operation life. we refer to and show off in the mansion as the theington's bedchamber is room in the south wing of the mansion that was started in 1775 right before george washington left to participate in the continental congress and the revolutionary war. george washington always referred to it as open quote m

once again, from washington, modiator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening and welcome to a special "washington week." we're six months into the president's second term and already the priorities and challenges are clear -- health care, jobs, immigration, gun violence, the economy, syria, afghanistan, egypt, and of course pure politics. how is the president doing and what about congress? a few weeks ago, charlie rose asked the president about some of this. and he volunteered that if he doesn't get the economy right, he won't get anything right. >> i think that the biggest challenge we face right now in addition to the ongoing challenge of national security is having recovered from the worst recession since the great depression. having dug our way out, with the economy now growing, how do we now go back to the issue that led me to run for president in the first place? which is the fact that the economy's not working for everybody. gwen: that's as good of place as any to begin. david, is he getting anything right? is he getting the economy r

washington lady washington. james madison was mr. madison, a properly uncharismatic sober republican virtuous man, but his wife was queen dolly. so it's in looking at the everyday, looking and you can only see it through these women that you can uncover the other stories that are part of the american story. >> well, and the first ladies to a great extent put a human face on the presidency. the idea of the presidency is a wonderful idea. but we like to look at pictures. we like to think about people. it's why i think there's such obsession with what they wear. how many -- what can you say about yet another navy blue suit and b red tie? you know, that's just -- there's a limit. but with the women, there's a personalization of almost a feeling of knowing them. >> but see, that's another place where martha was so smart, though. there she shows up in new york to become the first first lady, and we know she loved her sat ins and silks but she wore homespun. i mean, that is just such a pr stunt, it's wonderful. >> just for that time. she di

kind of gray day in washington. ronald reagan's motorcade has just arrived for his speech at the washington hotel which is behind us. this is the special entrance back here, the v.i.p. entrance, that reagan walked in at 2:00 p.m. when he aefshed. >> the government's first deed doout is to protect the people, not run their lives. >> the event is covered by all the major networks. for abc news photographer hank brown it's a routine job. >> it's a privilege to travel with the president wherever he goes. we wanted to get the picture of the president walking out of the holtz and getting in the limo. >> 15 feet from that door was a rope line. all that the cameramen, everybody is laughing. it was unsecured. no id checks. people thought it was a press line. it wasn't. anyone could be behind that line. you see hinckley's face about three rows back. totally passive. no reaction at all. >> i got my camera up, aimed it at the door. the president was coming out. i could see it through the viewfinder, even now. >> reagan is walki

here in washington, d.c. we have cnn contributor ron brownstein, a columnist and editorial director for national journal. ron, the president surprised reporters when he came into the briefing room on friday. why did he address the trial and why did he do it at that time? >> you know, it was an extraordinary moment and an extraordinarily personal moment. i think the media coverage is fully reflected the unique and historical nature of this statement. my colleague at the atlantic in a piece last fall noted the university of pennsylvania study that showed during president obama's first two years, he talked less about race than any president since john f. kennedy. so for him to come out and address this in these intensely personal terms i think was very much an historic moment and reflected, i think, his kind of personal investment, you know, the predicate for this was his remarks earlier that if i had a son, it would look like trayvon martin. he took it one step further when he came out on friday and basically s

that moscow has received for more from washington since the end of the soviet union just one and when i asked this question at all gust meeting places of the american establishment i get one answer where we gave them financial loans in the one nine hundred ninety s. yeah they were onerous loans which only putin because of high oil prices could finally pay back unlike with poland where washington for gave its communist era debt washington never forgave any of moscow's debt we have never given russia anything and by the way putin says that over and over and over again and washington says why is he so any american he's not any american he's just making a simple point that any major leader would make that a relationship is a two way relationship we give something to you you give something to us and we go forward and solve problems we don't have that relationship and we haven't had it since the soviet union ended by the way oddly we had it with the soviet union but that's another story really quickly because we're running out of time so the reset idea is it all forgotten and dad now. well

washington lady washington. ames madison was mr. madison, properly uncharismatic sober man, but hisrtuous wife was queen dolly. the 's in looking at everyday, looking and you can only see it through these women that you can uncover the other part of the are american story. >> well, and the first ladies to great extent put a human face presidency. the idea of the presidency is a wonderful idea. pictures.e to look at we like to think about people. t's why i think there's such obsession with what they wear. how many -- what can you say navy blue suiter and b red tie? you know, that's just -- there's a limit. women, there's a personalization of almost a feeling of knowing them. >> but see, that's another place where martha was so smart, though. shows up in new york to become the first first lady, loved her sat ins and silks but she wore homespun. i mean, that is just such a pr stunt, it's wonderful. time.st for that she didn't do it all the time. >> once is enough. arrive in new york on that barge in homespun is brilliant. we talk about

but washington is most worth will provide a propaganda platform to the whistleblower. yours for the gun time when you take a nice say there's no indication of the mass hunger strike is ending despite u.s. officials claiming most of the protesting prisoners have eaten and meal for the first time since february. the violence in belfast last clashes break out at the annual orange order parade despite a heavy police presser. on the war within a syrian rebel spokesman tells on t.v. what should be cautious about supplying arms to the anti exxon front which she claims has been hijacked by al qaeda linked militants. this is our c coming to you live from moscow and news just in a bass crash on the outskirts of moscow has left at least twelve people killed and let's get the details from these polls called had a poll so what are we hearing from the crash site details are very sketchy at the moment and i can tell you that up to twelve people have been killed and nineteen injured as a bus collided with a truck in the outskirts of moscow now it was thought that the bus was carrying

"washington journal" is next. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] this tuesday,ning july 23rd. congress is back in session and here is what we are covering in washington. the house judiciary immigration panel will hold a hearing on the status of illegal immigrants brought to the u.s. as children. look for cut -- and live coverage on c-span 3. before that, the senate health, education, labor and pension committee considers the president's new batch of nominees for the national labor relations board, part of a deal to stop senate democrats from changing the filibuster rules. live coverage on c-span 3 at 10:00 a.m.. we will begin this morning with the city of detroit and your thoughts on the federal bailout for them. what is your take? michigan residents, we want to hear from you -- let me begin with detroit's mayor who was on the sunday talk shows and was talking about the prospects of a federal bailout. [video clip] i know the president ha

washington are set to deliver for fighter jets to the egyptian military as president obama refuses to call the overthrow of the muslim brotherhood it could prompt to criticize u.s. involvement in the country's affairs. pretty short make his woman toppling the assad regime in syria could have disastrous consequences in a report highlighting the threat of radical militants getting a hold of chemical weapons. the high profile corruption case draws to a close here in moscow a court handed down a guilty verdict against late russian lawyers have gave it used of helping a company to evade seventeen billion dollars in tax. thursday night is kevin irwin here at r.t. thanks for your company top story the government efforts to convince the public that intelligence leaker edward snowden is a spy and a criminal of fear appear to be failing a recent poll found that most americans approve of the whistleblowers actions while only about a third viewed negatively snowed in transit limbo in moscow airport faces espionage charges in the united states for exposing the extent of his government's secret sur

the big respect to washington, d.c. judy is whether or not walmart will even move into washington as a result of this. they have six stores that are planned and they have basically said we may not, three of those stores which are under construction yet, may not happen. if they don't move in we're talking about the loss of hundreds of jobs maybe thousands. >>woodruff: david madland what do you say? >> it's hard to know exactly what walmart will do. but when cities and states raise their own wages, the best studies compare one adjacent county to another or adjacent state to another. they show that raising minimum wage have no effect on unemployment. studies also, when walmart comes to down, no effect on employment. they destroy some jobs of smaller competitors so there's no net impact on jobs here. the question really is whether walmart is going to pay a living wage so thattists employees and -- make a living wage not only walmart but other large retailers can pay a living wage. >>woodruff: stephen moore he is saying the

as george washington. this the is photo of the crowd going to the president lincoln inaugural address. with two interviews with abraham lincoln. summer 1863 he read president lincoln riot act to fully enlist the black troops if we win this war. and lewis douglas who s frederick's eldest son was on the beaches of fort wagner with the massachusetts volunteer infantry. and lewis douglas is with the folks that charged fort wagner. so douglas said hey. get with the program. if we win the war we will need to unleash this force. then he comes back and meets with him. and they were buddies. and had a mutual respect for eachother. recent books that have come out there. was a play it forward theatre and i try i'd to move pack beyond that. but douglases in the crowd. the second inaugural. it is very, very well-known story. that i will tell that again. and it crash the executive manning that everybody some people know this story. that douglas is trying to get. and the police say. who you are. we cannot admit. and you

including for example sources in washington hinting at what could have been israel's fourth air raid over syrian territory in six months we investigate online and reveal how russian weaponry may have been the actual key targets. also an order of old fashioned typewriters by the russian federal guard service causes a huge stir in the media assumptions security chiefs have turned to old school low tech equipment because of the recent leaks online surrounding the n.s.a. survey. twenty pm here in moscow and egypt is seeing more rallies with tens of thousands joining marches demanding the ousted president mohamed morsy be reinstated and the protests come amid a crackdown on the country's islamist movement which led to bloodshed and more arrests of the muslim brotherhood says morsy supporters will stay in the streets until their demands are met on his opponents more demonstrations of their own the country's military which removed the president from power is hardly preparing for fresh parliamentary and presidential elections the u.s. meantime has joined the german foreign ministry and calli

for more on this is go live to washington correspondent and you can bring us up to speed if you would know a little bit more about what's come out here what was found. kevin as you remember the u.n. investigation into the use of chemical weapons and near aleppo never materialized the syrian government requested such investigation but so. do you want officials demanded access into all syrian facilities which syria denied insisting on the investigation of that particular incident anyway that u.n. investigation never happened but nonetheless the u.s. came forward and said it had evidence that the syrian government used chemical weapons but there were a lot of questions as to the sources to which they got the evidence washington brushed up all reports that rebels could have been behind the attack the syrian government wanted the incident clarified and requested russian experts to look into what happened in khan near aleppo which they did and based on that analysis russia says there is every reason to believe that it was the armed opposition fighters who used chemical weapons in khan take

as to the irony of a book sourced from washington power players about washington power players, the "l.a. times" notes several eagerly cooperated flaunting their connections in hopes of winning prominent mention in a book about how people in washington flaunt their connections. washington may be experiencing historically low approval ratings, but city densons are living in a gilded age. if you're one of the lucky members of the club, it is all good. as leibovich writes -- while so much of the nation has despised washington, a gold rush has enthralled the place. it has in recent years become a crucible of easy wealth, fame, forgiveness and next acts. i feel like i should reintroduce you as best selling author, "mark leibovich, "this town," right here. mark, talk about the book. first of all, my question was as i read the book -- i did read almost all of the book. >> god bless you. thank you for your service. >> you're so welcome. at what point did you decide you were going to be writing this book? were you going to the parties and all this stuff was happening -- >> no. this was not a b