nobody tells washington. washington goes to the senate and says, "excuse me, fellas, , "mr. fishborn is my appointee." it turns out that one of george's senators has a pretty trivial grudge against mr. fishborn and decides to basically nail him to the wall. sorry, mr. fishborn. and washington is furious at this, but the precedent it set courtesy up to the present day. a senator has the right to bar the appointment of a federal appointee in his own state. washington was very unhappy, and apparently, he smoldered in a way that was quite terrifying when he was angry. but he bowed to congress, because he believed in republican government. and in another instance, having to do with the first treaty signed by the united states, -- there had been treaties under federation government -- these were southern indians, the creek indians was significantly who , then lived mainly in the state of georgia -- and by the way, one of the most colorful, wonderful episodes of the first congress was the delegation of creek indians, who eventually come to new york in full regalia to sign the treat

martha washington. so in that regard, george washington part custess as a representative of the first first family of the country, who spent 55 years of his life promoting and celebrating that, was, in essence, also representative of another aspect of the history of this country, and the simple truth of it is, the first family of this country was biracial. so we recently re-enacted that wedding with family representing both charles and mariah. also enslaved, selena norris in the house and gray who worked in the mansion, as well. that was averarranged and the wedding took place in this parlor and serena gray would live in one of the two historic slave quarters that we maintain, that still exist and are going to be restored as part of this big project, as well. now, you can see this room is somewhat empty of furnishings and that's representative of the fact that right now we are in the process of removing furnishings and artifacts from display so by the end of the year we will begin this restoration proje

>> right here in washington, d.c. i was at the bicentennial information center and that winter i worked at the jefferson. >> last question for you. do you have a favorite national park service site? >> with 412, i love all my children. >> dr. jarvis, thank you very much. >> thank you very much. ♪ ♪ 100 years ago president wood row wilson signed the bill creating the national park service. today we look back on the past century of the caretakers of america's natural and historic treasures. we're live from the park's services most visited historic home, arlington house, the robert e. lee memorial at arlingt arlington cemetery. join us with our phone calls as we talk with the former arlington site house manager who will oversea the year-long restoration of the mansion, slave quarters and grounds. today the 100 anniversary of the national park service live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> coming up this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. the abraham lincoln presi

but washington pardons them. it was important for him to use his powers as president to pardon, to show mercy, to get people to believe in the legitimacy and credibility and faith in the presidency and the federal government. again, the genius of washington. >> with patience and foresight, president washington guides the united states through a tumultuous time. he maintains peace at home and abroad and sets the standard for every president since. but at the end of his second term, washington is ready to gracefully step aside and let others continue the grand experiment in democracy. >> every day, the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome. so let me warn you against the spirit of party, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people. and now, i anticipate the sweet enjoyment of good laws under a free government and the happy reward of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers

so i think we see the human washington. we see washington with nerves. we don't think of washington being nervous about anything. right. he's there. he's in command of himself. and that's all there is to it. he's steely eyed and he's ready to take on whatever comes at him. but he was a real person with real anxieties, just as we all are when we take on new positions, whether it is, you know, in whatever it is we choose to do in our public or private lives. he was just like us. he was real. he had flaws. he had vulnerabilities. but he had strengths and he knew how to play to them. and this reading program that he had helped play to those strengths. it shored up, gave him the security, gave him the knowledge he needed to be able to do what he did, which was improbable. everything about what he accomplished in his life, nothing said father of the country. nothing. but somehow he did it. i think that's that we learned from it. had here is a look at the real person. this thing that had been overlooked for all these years, the library right here under everybod

owned by washington's grandson, george washington park custis. in many ways this has to be looked at as our nation's first washington monument, the first memorial built to honor any president. the first structure of any kind built to honor a man like that. this house had a fame to itself apart from robert e. lee. but then lee married into the family, became part of the washington family. and so when the coming of the civil war happened and lee was put in a very painful and difficult place in which he had to choose sides, president lincoln wanted him to command federal troops. it was offered to him. but he could not fight a war against virginia, his native state. his home and family, as he characterized it. he was caught in this terrible dilemma. ultimately his choice would have a massive impact on the course of the civil war in american history that would follow. it would also lead to the u.s. government taking this home, this plantation away from his family to punish him and creating arlington national cemetery as both a place to honor the dead,

even washington's leadership may not be enough. >> washington was a master of cycle. the fact that washington presided over the constitutional convention but did not engage in the debate, really helped. he was above it all. >> philadelphia is suffering through the hottest summer in 40 years, yet the keep the proceedings secrete, they are locked inside with the windows shut. outside angry protestors are demanding answers hearing of the new king. >> does anyone have an idea as to how we can govern the damn country? >> one of the myths is the intent of the constitutional. there was no original in tenlt. 55 guys show up and they had like 55 different opinions on what should happen. some were going there to reform the existing particles of the confederation. some are going in there to tear the whole thing up. our nation is on the verge of collapse because we are not truly one nation. we must replace the articles of confederation with a unified national government. >> urchd madison's plan and unpopulated state, they will have government and the representatives like new jers

even washington's boyhood. george washington's father dies when he is 11. there's exactly one sentence in all of his papers, you know, referring to his father. hamilton, the entire first one-third of his life is played out in the caribbean where there is scarcely any paper trail at all. obviously, had a tremendous impact on him and so, you know, there's a temptation to do less about those places just because the paper trail is so thin. i think that it comes especially incumbent on you to do whatever you can, whatever sources you can to at least build the context and the circumstances for what happens. it's a little smoke and mirrors because you are doing a particular period in the person's life without the person, you know, being always in the foreground of it. otherwise, you get this situation where particularly -- this is a big problem with presidential -- all of us when we hit the presidency, we suddenly hit, you know, like the mother load of all time in terms of paperwork. martha was telling me before this -- i asked how many documents there were in the

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washington -- everyone knows washington had this poker face. it was very, very difficult to read his emotions. i found myself wondering, was this accidental or deliberate. and during the second term, as he was approaching the end of his second term, british ambassador said to him, you know, general, i can see in your face your happiness that you are approaching the end of your second term. washington shot back and said, sir, my face never reveals my emotions. it was interesting that he corrected someone for suggesting that he had revealed his emotions. and we're so different because we almost pride ourselves now on showing emotion and i think in the 18th century, we would consider silence, like if you've had a troubled childhood and you never want to talk about it, that's a sign of a lack of mental health. whereas in the 18th century that was considered a sign of strength that you were not constantly stewing about what your mother did to you when you were 5 years old. so it is a very, very different world, and it is not an easy problem to deal

it was built before that by the washington family. it was expanded by george washington. of course, the association has maintained this property so that everyone can learn about the life and lessons of george washington. they are a privately funded institution and it is part of the mission to help people everywhere learn about the principles of the founding. the topic tonight is perfect for what we do. we are really excited to have this special presentation for you. please welcome adrienne harrison. she is a graduate of west point who later went on to earn her phd degrees from rutgers university. she has been an assistant professor at west point. she served as 12 years as a commissioned officer in the u.s. army including three combat tour is in iraq. she brings a certain amount of experience to this project. she will talk to you a little bit about how personal it is for her to explore the life of george washington in this way. she is here tonight to talk about her great new book. she is doing exactly what we would like to do in mount vernon. not the person that is just a

remembering the george washington parke custis wanted this house to be a memorial to george washington, he had the house design to be like a gallery. to be very monumental. to impress what he thought would be some of the most important people in the country. over the years presidents, congressmen and senators would visit arlington house to learn more about george washington. the regional architect -- original architect was named george hadfield, to george washington personally invited to america from england to do design work on the nation's capital building. george hadfield was one of the most prominent architects. of the day this house has a architecture and in the history of this country as well. it is not just because of the people who live here in the events that took place here, of the structure itself a great meaning. it is one of those places, sometimes a house or structure take on a meeting because of the events that happened there and the people who lived there. this house was built to be consequential. it has that history to it as well. thatt e. lee married into in this parl

did not find it george washington during the revolutionary war with washington crossed the delaware or when general cornwallis surrendered washington was there together. to make sure washington had weather was a horse or telescope basically there is one story that is in the book were a group of southerners than northerners and day got into an argument that the revolutionary war and that is about to break out and washington grabs the right there behind him even with all the major battles are going on. if something happens to washington's force and then the best he could but when washington woke up in the morning and went to bed at night it was his job to take off of big and take off his clothes a major washington had the food he needed his bible. basically he was washington's number two that everything around him that washington did not have to think about it. it's not like it was easy. we find people of a grandson but he ends up saying that lee was the second best horsemen in the country but when you start talking about body servants the men that were entrusted with the day-to-day c

(lina washington/los angeles) lina washington reporting: "the nfl is back in los angeles for the first time in more than 20 years. the rams won the relocation battle between the oakland raiders and the san diego chargers and while the team awaits their new multi-billion dollar stadium to open in inglewood, just 20 minutes from here, the legendary l.a. and this young team is looking to shine in hollywood." lights. camera. action. it's the los angeles rams: the sequel. (jeff fisher/rams coach) jeff fisher: "you know, i love the midwest but it's hard to beat this." "welcome home rams!" lina washington reporting: but what these fans are really hoping to welcome, is a playoff run. like the state of california, the rams are in a drought... a post-season drought. and they have been since 2004. but with a roster full of fres flip the script. fan: "i wanna see gurley, where you at gurley? where you at?" lina washington reporting: second-year running back todd gurley will be one of the stars this season. he rushed for more than 11-hundred yards, the third-most in the nfl, with 10 touchdowns in h

so i think we see the human washington. we see washington with nerves. we don't think of washington being nervous about anything. right? he's there. he's in command of himself. and that's all there is to it. he's steely eyed and he's ready to take on whatever comes at him. but he was a real person with real anxieties, just as we all are when we take on new positions, whether it is, you know, in whatever it is we choose to do in our public or private lives. he was just like us. he was real. he had flaws. he had vulnerabilities. but he had strengths and he knew how to play to them. and this reading program that he had helped play to those strengths. it shored up, gave him the security, gave him the knowledge he needed to be able to do what he did, which was improbable. everything about what he accomplished in his life, nothing said father of the country. nothing. but somehow he did it. i think that's that we learned from it. so here is a look at the real person. this thing that had been overlooked for all these years, the library right here under everybody

and washington says, "no, he will be executed. >> washington knows that to win the espionage war, he must send a message to british spies. [ horse neighs ] >> whatever you have to do, make sure benedict arnold is hanged. >> it's one of the moments in his command where he is the most criticized by those who are closest to him because it's something that's not a military necessity. this is personal. >> there is no doubt that at first benedict arnold is ready to die in battle for the american cause. >> yeah! >> charge! >> but unlike true patriots, his loyalty not only has a limit, it has a price. instead of a hero, arnold is remembered as america's biggest traitor. as a british general, he goes on to lead attacks against american forces, but on his deathbed, some historians believe that arnold finally shows remorse. they report that with his last words, he asks to die in his continental army uniform. >> on christmas? >> precisely. >> follow me, men. >> we're americans. we will not serve you against our duty. >> now let us convict king george himself! >>> tonight on "justice," a clinton

nobody tells washington. washington goes to the senate and says, "excuse me, fellas," you know, "mr. fishbourne is my appointee." it turns out that one of george's senators has a pretty trivial grudge against mr. fishbourne and decides to basically nail him to the wall. sorry, mr. fishbourne. and washington is furious at this, but the precedent it set is a senatorial courtesy up to -- a senatorial courtesy. up to the present day a senator , has the right to bar the appointment of a federal appointee in his own state. washington was very unhappy, and apparently, he smoldered in a way that was quite terrifying when he was angry. but he bowed to congress, because he believed in republican government. and in another instance, having to do with the first treaty signed by the united states, -- there had been treaties under federation government. southern, thethe creek indians, most significantly, who then lived mainly in the state of georgia -- and by the way, one of the most colorful, wonderful episodes of the fir

>> washington has changed. [laughter] no stories like that anymore cspan: one last clip what macarthur's says after the republican convention. >> our people are desperate that we will revive pope as we have the oppressive burden sec astronomically rising public debt and the well-being of the community of our children and our children's children. and there is no desire no prospects to return to that wicked idealism and tranquillity of our fathers. cspan: only 64 years ago. they have been here and gone per coburn in many ways a precious and speech with debt and public spending and how that has become a way you mortgaged the country's future is an issue hanging over us the last couple of decades if not longer. people laugh me of macarthur had won the election what he would be like as president. i think what lies in how world lot of the policies appealed to macarthur. he believed the federal government had a strong will to play like it for structure covenanters highways. but also that you could control as a runaway

welcome to "washington journal." president obama will be briefed at the pentagon on the fight against isis. this week, both donald trump and hillary clinton are set to get their first national security briefings as presidential candidates representing the republican and democratic parties. we will talk about that later in the program. we thought we would start this morning asking you which candidate will be better on national security? for republicans

and that will be george washington. the big hero of the day, of course, equal now to franklin as far as american fame goes, and so washington will take the lead in the constitutional convention. and, in fact, the very chair in the back of the room behind me is the chair in which washington sat which, interestingly, is the only item in this room that we today have in this room that we know for certain was here as a part of those events. that chair was made in 1779 after the british left philadelphia. a lot of things were gone between the americans coming and going, the british coming and going. we just don't have all the contents of the building anymore. so pennsylvania's government has to make new furniture, including that chair for the speaker of pennsylvania. so that was in the room on that spot when washington took that position in 1787. so the virginia plan, three branches of government, somewhat familiar to us today, here's some of the issues that are going to face that plan as far as when you start debating. becau

she lived into the 20th century and died in washington and is in grant's to in new york. if you ever have a chance to go there and if you have been to napoleon's tomb it is dark and different because even though it is based on napoleon's tomb with the dome and the redgranite sarcophagus napoleon is in a splendid singularity. when you walk into grant's tomb, there are two sarcophagi because the last thing he wrote was a note he put into his pocket before he died that said you want to make sure julia was buried in that tomb. thank you all so much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> inaudible conversations] >> when i tune in on the weekends usually authors talking about new releases. >> watching nonfiction authors on booktv is the best television for serious readers. >> they can have a longer conversation and delve into the subject. >> booktv weekends, they bring you author after author after author and spot like the work of fascinating people. >> here's a look at the best-selling nonfiction books according to barnes and noble. our look at this week's the seller books a

nobody tells washington. washington goes to the senate and says, "excuse me, fellas," you know, "mr. fishborn is my appointee." it turns out that one of george's senators has a pretty trivial grudge against mr. fishborn and decides to basically nail him to the wall. sorry, mr. fishborn. and washington is furious at this, but the precedent it set you is a senatorial courtesy up to the present day. a senator has the right to bar the appointment of a federal appointee in his own state. washington was very unhappy, and apparently, he smoldered in a way that was quite terrifying when he was angry. but he bowed to congress, because he believed in republican government. and in another instance, having to do with the first treaty signed by the united states, -- there had been treaties under federation government -- these were southern indians, the creek indians was significantly, who then lived mainly in the state of georgia -- and by the way, one of the most colorful, wonderful episodes of the first congress was the

ron charlie, the redter of "washington post" book world. thank you so much. >> on sunday, september 4th, booktv is live from hillsdale college in michigan with dennis prager on in depth. his recent book examines how the ten commandments are relevant today and writes about good and evil, racism, the holocaust and other things in this book. in his 2013 book, still the best hope, he lays out why he believes american values must triumph in an uncertain world. here is here from a los angeles time festival of books. >> if everybody lived by the ten commandments you would not need an army, a police man, no locks on the door. this is all humans need. it is amazing. sunday, september 4th from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern. >> up next on booktv on c-span2 investigative journalist seymour hersh talks about his newest book called "the killing of osama bin laden"challenging the facts made by the obama administration and others about bin laden's capture and death. >> host: let's start by talking aboutin

i grew up in washington area so at my house growing up we have the "washington post" and the washington star. when the star died in the "washington post" came along i remember riding seven miles on my bike to get the first day of the "washington post." washington newspapers mattered to me and still matter to me and my dream was always to work for the "washington post." c-span: what was the problem at the post? >> guest: that's a good question. there are lots of different answers. i would say i learned a lot. i was a national editor of the post at the time and these papers were not where they are today in terms of figuring out the very uncomfortable transitions. our friends and colleagues had just left to found "politico" and we were reinventing political coverage. we had a big large staff. it was a personal challenge for me to manage such a large staff of many varied compilation veterans, all of them extremely anxious about what this new air of transformation was going to be like and coincidently i would say longtime editor of the post was replaced right after that. the paper went throu

oh, i won washington in the primary. fantastic, i'll win the general, not realizing they are two different electorates, how he runs the campaign. >> i have a theory on this. the state campaign sources say he raised over a million dollars in washington, short notice, had a fund raiser. three most head scratching events are jackson, mississippi, austin, texas, and washington. i basically think it's a kid with vegetables and ice cream. the ice cream is the rally, vegetables are the fund raiser. to go to the fundraiser, tell him and tell him he gets to talk to a big crowd. that's what he like, and he doesn't like the grunt work of the fundraiser, and so this is what you end up with. >> he doesn't like having to ask for money. this is a man -- one thing to ask for money as a developer, doing it for housing or building or development, but asking as a money as a politician is another dynamic because the return on what you ask for is very different than the return in financing. >> right. >> exactly. >> you're begging. it is odio

this week, it's president george washington. host bill o'reilly joins us now on the phone to talk about it. hi, bill. >> hey, patti ann. >> the show talks about the rebelli rebellion. what was that and why was washington's response so dramatic? >> you have to understand the chaos that was taking place. george washington was basically a general, a fighter. okay? he wasn't a politician at all. but after the revolutionary war, the founding fathers understood they had to have washington as the leader. he became president and he was in philadelphia. but there was just mass chaos all over the 13 states, the new states, and the federal government because the federal government was very weak and they needed money and they needed money to paymilitias, state troops and keep a very small army to protect washington and do the things that were necessary to at least have a nation function. so they looking around. remember, there's no income tax. no money coming in to the federal government. the first federal government. they're broke. and the

memorial to george washington. he designed it to be like a gallery, to be monumental, to impress what he thought would be some of the most important people in the country who would visit. over the years, presidents, congressman, and senators would visit him here to learn more about george washington. , georgeinal architect washington personally invited him to america from england to do design work on the capital. he was one of the most prominent architects of his day. this house has a great history and architecture and the history of this country as well. it is not just because of the people who lived here, but the structure itself had meaning. whereone of those places sometimes a historical house takes on a meeting because of there,nts that happened but this house was built to be consequential. it has that history as well. that. e lee married into and his parlor, june 30, 1831, under the archway where you can the uniform and dress on display. married anna randolph custis, the only surviving child of the owner, the

and washington says, "no, he will be executed. >> washington knows that to win the espionage war, he must send a message to british spies. [ horse neighs ] >> whatever you have to do, make sure benedict arnold is hanged. >> it's one of the moments in his command where he is the most criticized by those who are closest to him because it's something that's not a military necessity. this is personal. >> there is no doubt that at first benedict arnold is ready to die in battle for the american cause. >> yeah! >> charge! >> but unlike true patriots, his loyalty not only has a limit, it has a price. instead of a hero, arnold is remembered as america's biggest traitor. as a british general, he goes on to lead attacks against american forces, but on his deathbed, some historians believe that arnold finally shows remorse. they report that with his last words, he asks to die in his continental army uniform. duty. >> now let us convict king george himself! >>> tonight on "justice," a clinton foundation investigation. >> the public has a right to know because this is exactly the kind of pay to p

with 100 35,000 with washington, i feel like i am swimming in washington but i really do not know what i would do if i had the resources of a modern presidential library. bob.friends with when he was working as a newspaper reporter in the early , and editor told him to turn the next page. he has been turning the next page for 40 years and it is never ending. i think that is a real problem. we have done such an extraordinary job of preserving these presidencies that we threaten to overwhelm rather futurespire all biographers. it becomes more difficult to make sense of it. i think what has happened, because in the earlier years, when you had gigantic editions of papers that could be anywhere to 90 volumes -- and then with the modern biographies, you get millions or tens of millions of documents. i think what has happened is that it has had a reverse affect. the biographers become less ambitious. to do an old-fashioned cradle-to-grave biography, he will look at the already 70 volumes of george washington. authoritative review of washington. it is a problem that we have not resolved. may i

i am thrilled to be back in washington, state of washington. great, great, great people. thank you very much. thank you. i want to thank -- i want to thank, if i could, because they work so hard. and, you know, outside right now they have over 8,000 people trying to get in, and we set the record. i don't know how old this building is, but it's not brand-new. and we set the record for attendance tonight. so i just want to thank you. thank you very much. [ cheers and applause ] so they're going to be pouring in as we speak unless you'd like me to come back in a half an hour and we'll start? no? no? all right. i want to thank susan hutchinson who's in the audience someplace. susan. done a great job. brian danzel. where's brian? brian is over there someplace. i want to thank don benton, senator benton. he has been amazing. he said, you should come here. we'll fill that place up so fast, and he was right. so i want to thank don. and doug ericson, senator ericson. i want to thank all of them. amazing. they've done an amazing job. we are going to work very hard over the next 70

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part of the problem in washington. this is 8 news now." ((nia wong)) valley's news leader. despite trailing clinton in national polls and in key battleground states....republi can preseidential nominee-donald trump- is not letting that slow him down. ((donald trump / republican presidential candidate ) "she is going to raise your taxes and put more regulations for your businesses which is going to put everybody out of work.." )) ((nia wong)) >> trump spent his saturday rallying for support in connecticut. interesting to note that while a republican presidential candidate has not won that state have gone to democrats in past elections... including pennsylvania./// ((nia wong)) >>> while clinton's team sits in first in the polls--- democaratic v-p nominee tim kaine campaigned in new hampshire yesterday criticizing trump's character. ((tim kaine / democratic vp nominee ) "this guy will make up anything and we are not gullible people." )) ((nia wong)) >> clinton's campaign is turning up the heat on donald trump to release

>> "a funeral dirge of george washington." >> the seeds of division are planted during washington's presidency with a power struggle between treasury secretary alexander hamilton and secretary of state thomas jefferson. >> now, the founding fathers, one thing they did agree on is that they did not want political parties. but no sooner than do they create this government then we have the first major split between federalists supporting hamilton and the president's agenda and the democratic-republicans supporting jefferson. >> washington doesn't expect his deputies to agree on everything. but he expects them to work for the nation's benefit together. jefferson refuses to listen. he works with his friends in the press to try to undercut washington's administration. and washington leaves at the end of his second term with great fear for what would happen if this partisanship continued to spiral out of control. >> my god, i would rather be in my grave than spend one more minute in this office. >> mr. president, i... >> the men who write and publish these papers must think me a fool. but you know me

owned by washington's grandson, george washington custis. in many ways this has to be looked at as our nation's first washington monument, the first memorial built to honor any president. the first structure of any kind built to honor a man like that. this house had a fame to itself apart from robert e. lee. lee married into the family, became part of the washington family. when the coming of the civil war happened and lee was put in a very painful and difficult place to which he had to choose sides, president lincoln wanted him to commit federal troops. it was offered to him. he could not fight a war against virginia, his native state. his home and family, as he characterized it. he was caught in this terrible dilemma. ultimately his choice would have a massive impact on the course of the civil war in american history that would follow. it would also lead to the u.s. government taking this home, this plantation away from his family to punish him and creating arlington national cemetery as both a place to honor the dead, but also a form of r

robert lions is an actor who looks like a younger washington. we wanted to break away from the old man sitting as president at the end of his career because young people can't possibly -- >> we think of him as image on money. >> that's right. we wanted to take him off the currency and give you the man of enormous physical strength, a wilderness character who in his early 20s was starting a world war in the west. who has four bullet holes in his coat and two horses shot from under him. this is an action hero. and so the first american really is our effort to recenter washington at the center of the american experience and through to get it in every high school in the country and make it available for people who want to buy a copy and we're currently shopping it to several networks. we'll probably try to bring it up every single birthday for the next 20 years for people to see this is what america was built on. this kind of courage and work ethic and patriotism. >> did washington really call this the american experiment? >> yes. they saw this as s

that's true for our leaders in washington. that's what lincoln did when he set aside this realm for all prosperity. that's what our generation has to do. we got to sum up that same vision. we make good strives and jump started clean energy and presevering landscapes and rallying the world to tackle private change together. we got to do a lot more and on this issue unlike a lot of issues, there is such a thing of being too late. the good news is i know we can rise to the challenge over the last seven years, we proved it and if we keep at it, we are not just going to save guard this place, we'll protect our community's rising seasons and brutal droughts but we are also going to protect our children's lungs from breathing dirty air and baltimore people from displacements, prenotect our national security. we'll build on that legacy of all those who came before us who stood in these parks of more than a century ago talked about america that lasts through the ages. i was telling the head of system here of my first visit when i was 1

the washington institute hosted this event. >> good afternoon. welcome to the washington institute. fellow in thehe institutes program on politics. i would like to thank all of you for taking the time to attend will be one of the institute's important policy forums of this year. forces tighten the noose is around the largest city of aleppo, the secretary of state and the united states are trying to negotiate a treaty to combat terrorism and strengthen the agreements and syria. at the same time, i'll of regime mass atrocities continue to hang of the battlefield and complicate efforts to reach a settlement. remain about the legal implication of the assad regimes response to the uprising. the nature of russian and iranian involvement in war and the manner in which the united states and the international community will handle war crimes but in the -- under a new american president. to discuss what is known of the assad regime's complicity in mass torture, the targeting and other issues, the washington institute is pleased to host some of america's best minds working and writing on the c

this is "eye on washington," program produced in washington, d.c. every week, "eye on washington" takes you straight to capitol hill for a discussion with nevada's delegation and other leaders about the federal matters that matter to you. today's topic, housing affordability. we'll look at those struggling despite nevada's population and job growth. my very special guest today is rebekah king, a policy specialist for the national housing conference. and nhc is a washington, d.c. based organization that advocates for policy and legislation focusing on sustainability and affordability concerns. thanks so much for being here today, ms. king. >> glad to be with you. >> well, count your blessings today if you have a mortgage or rent whose rate doesn't have you losing sleep every night. not all nevadans do. today on "eye on washington," we'll find out why high growth and increased jobs also mean a rougher time for low-income renters. we'll learn what you need to make in nevada to pay the average rent bill. and we'll find out what my housing more affordabl

in washington, "12 news this morning." >> thank you. today donald trump takes his campaign to the west in washington state. >> happening now, families in tampa, florida are prepping for a tropical system. tropical depression nine is movies mexico. it is expected to bring rains and wind to the tampa bay area. they are offering free sandbags to the area. >> also happening now, families in japan are bracing for a japan's agency issued an advisory for high waves and thunderstorms. airlines say that the storm could disrupt the flight schedules. >> some of the packers are getting bad news later in the day as they are cut from the team. they have to cut down the rosters down to 75 players. they are cutting 7 more players today and another round of cuts happen before the regular >> well, today the packers are celebrating a milestone. this is not in a record book and it is the american red cross with the packers and celebrating 5,000 pints of blood donated. the packers hosted the blood drives for the staff and the public for the past 14 years. >

traffic in washington d.c. or new york city does not compare to what you see over there, and it was just one of those experiences that you are drained afterwards. it hit me how did washington do this? right? how did he experience combat, armed conflict for the first time? i realized to you that may seem strange, right? here i am in iraq in 2003 and my mind randomly goes back to george washington? you have to understand in an experience like that, everybody needs a bit of a mental escape. you need something that's going to at the end of each day, which is very long. the days and nights all started to blend together. you need something that is going to get you through, that's going to help you reset normally so you can face the next day. for me it was reading. you know, thanks to my generous family and friends and the extremely slow but usually reliable postal service, i had a steady stream of books sent to me that i would read every day. it's how i would decompress. my old thesis advisor, professor rob mcdonald,

mitt romney lost washington state by 15 points. john mccain lost washington state by 17 points. and, yeah, i guess anything is possible, in politics and who knows, maybe this year will be different. but the latest polling shows donald trump losing by even more than those guys did. the latest polling has donald trump trailing in that state by 19 points. so why is he there tonight? doing a fund-raiser or something in a state that you can't compete in. that might make sense. spending your donors' money to rent a giant arena in a state you won't compete in, that honestly makes no sense. and it's not like the trump campaign has all the battleground states covered, so they can afford to take random side trips like this, to set their donors' mono fire. pbs did great reporting today on the ground level state of the race. they literally counted granular evidence of what the campaigns are doing in 15 states. they compiled office data for 15 states, they spoke with state and national campaign officials. they cross referenced with s.e.c. spending reports, checked local news coverage, they d

she was martha washington's personal maid. she had been with the washingtons her entire life. she was actually born into slavery with the washingtons and she had been with them her entire life. at the president's second term was winding down she saw that if she ever set foot back at mt. vernon she would never escape so while the washingtons were packing up to get ready to go back to mt. vernon, otey was packing her own things and one day as they were eating dinner she just walked out the back door and walked to the wharf and got on the ship and sail away. took a couple of days for washington to realize she had been packing to escape but she actually made it all the way up to the northeast where she would live out the rest of her life without ever having to go back to virginia. now it's not that the washingtons didn't want her back. george washington actually put advertising in the newspaper trying to get people to find ony judge. he sent a couple of his relatives to the area where he thought his ony judge had escaped to deceive the could find her and one of them actually found

he criticized democrats in washington and republicans. yet democrats were loyal because they said this guy can win and this guy has a message about change that we believe in. this team could help donald trump do that, not saying it is a brand-new day and will change the whole race but this does give him two people who he is -- has confidence in. world foundore the out, the republican nominee gave a speech in wisconsin where he took sharp aim at the washington elite, and embraced the outsider credentials that helped them get this far. -- him get this far. mr. trump: i am not part of the corrupt system. in fact, the corrupt system is trying to stop me. the leadership clash in washington, d.c., of which hillary clinton has been a member for 30 years, has abandoned the people of this country. when we talk about the insider, who are we talking about? it is the comfortable politicians looking out for their own interest. it is the lobbyists who know how to insert that perfect loophole into every single bill. and get richer and richer and richer

the washington journal. guest: thanks for having me. pleasure to be here. host: let me begin with the disrepair in america's national parks. what needs to be done that isn't? guest: as you heard, there's a $12 billion backlog with the national parks. there's a whole host of projects all across the country that need to be done. it's an astonishing task they have to accomplish. the park service in addition to the normal monuments you would think of also has more than 5,000 miles of roads under its care, 1,000 bridges. it's got pipelines bringing water into the parks that are often failing. so they have a lot of infrastructure that they need and it's easier to get donations to repair the washington monument or lincoln memorial and the well known parks and harder to get money for the basic things like keeping the water flowing into parks or keeping their roads paved. host: the washington monument having its own problems with the elevator which is now shut dunn because of disrepair and was recently renovated but

abramson: i was the washington bureau chief. requested the urgent that they cease all reporting on this story. i think any responsible editor wants more information. the reporters who cover intelligence tend to be very careful just on their own. reportingto stopping and then there was a request when we hadte house enough confirmation for a story that we not publish. the editor was the ultimate decision-maker, and he consulted with me, and a very difficult decision was made to hold the story. that decision was made literally days before the 2004 election. the story, when we get published and caused a huge rockets ckus and some uproar. mr. coll: if you could do it again, you would do it differently? ms. abramson: i certainly would not have held the story for a here. there were two occasions where i made the decision that we would .ithhold the information i regret them both. when i had a history as part of the balancing test, that is an important part of it. i felt that, in that case, the , but it weighs as a difficult question for

it will be howell versus washington for most of the rest of the war. washington --s to massachusetts to assemble some of the continental army and almost has no guns. very little gunpowder as well. however, he also has a major british force in canada which he has strong concerns they will come down and break the siege of boston, which is their aim. so the cost of congress authorizes a new campaign into canada and personally i never learned any of this in elementary school. i had no idea canada was involved. they were invited to the continental congress as a 14th colony. colonel arnold, benedict arnold is one of the key men in the campaign and goes towards quebec city. richard montgomery goes and he has some sieges along lake champlain and up to montreal that ultimately meet benedict arnold are quebec city. i would not give everything away and the book but the battle of quebec city -- they fight during a blizzard on new year's eve. up to this point, the walled city of quebec has never been breached and the french and indian war, the way that the british

washington's boyhood. gor george washington's father died when he was 11. one sentence referring to his father. hamilton's one-third of his life is played out in the caribbean where there's scarsly any paper trail at all. had a tremendous impact on him so there's a temptation to do less about those places because as you found with hemmings, the paper trail so thin. that becomes especially incumbent on you to do whatever you can with whatever sources you can to at least build the context from the circumstances for what happened so it's a little bit mirrors because you're doing a particular period in the life without the person being in the foreground of it, but otherwise you get this situation where particularly -- and this is a big problem with presidential, all of us when we hit the presidency, we hit the mother load of all times in terms of paper wowork. mark was telling me, i was asking how many documents there are in the library. he said 45 million. even going back with george washington, in the most recent -- give you some sense of just how abundantly

geico is washington's hometown insurance company, and a proud sponsor of the washington nationals. >> and now, the toyota sports desk. >> as the nationals look to sweep the braves today, skipper dusty baker said he's concerned with his bullpen. the nats a 5-0 lead on friday and almost to a -- ew last night. in the third, harper hits a long blasts to write. -- right. that's a three run shot. the nats would take a éi4-0 lea. the bullpen blows the lead again. braves tied the socre 6-6 in the eighth. that's a walk-off, game-winning home run right there. the nats drive this one 7-6. today's match between d.c. united and the new york red bulls is the black and red biggest game of the season so far. just outsideted the playoffs, but could jump back into 6 with a win today. the only thing standing in their way was mother nature. a soggy, wet field at rfk today. united trailing 2-1. passed him. finds the back of the net. the game draw. head coach jay gruden gave several he starters rest during friday's re-season game against the jets. sean jackson and p are garcon did not play -- pierre garco