washington accepted this plan. after careful preparation, the continental soldiers moved on to the peninsula on march 4. as i said, the general already wanted to leave. but when he saw a canon pointing down at him, he left earlier than he land. washington expressed in a letter home the disappointment he felt that there was no major fighting. but he accepted congratulations and this metal from the continental congress for pushing the british out. he realized the attack would have been very difficult. washington recognized the war was not over to them he quickly moved resources down to new york and he followed in april. he left this house in early april 1776. the massachusetts government confiscated the house. as far as we know, general washington never went back there. cambridge that he did not even stop you and the sold 1790's, the house was to the chief pharmaceutical supplier to the army. mansion, addede porches, and started painting at yellow. he hosted parties, invested in local development. he went bankrupt. a

but washington did not know that. he was constantly worried that the british would learn about his armies shortages of gunpowder in august, or shortage of fighting men at the end of the year. he was very worried that there would be some sort of attack. however, his army was pretty safe. as result, in this headquarters, general washington had the time to learn about his army and his command style and what worked best. he had the luxuries of making mistakes. he stayed in cambridge over eight months from july 1775 until april 1776, longer than he stayed at any single headquarters during the entire war until newberg, new york. he felt his job was to drive the british off by force, to sour london on continuing the war. he tried to a concept by bringing on a second bunker hill battle, inflicting lots of casualties on the british. not quite acknowledging that the first battle of bunker hill, the americans technically lost. he took a very aggressive approach. he brought land after plan for attacking the british to his council

washington -- one of the courses washington tried, he was in correspondence in ireland. he said "i have got this guy. he's really good. he's a plasterer. you can bring him over." washington decides not to do that. washington and rollins meat cured he sends the design to washington approved the design. time for the work to be executed. and there is a knock on the front door, and the door opens, and the guy says "hey, general washington, i'm richard tharp --" and he is the irish plasterer. washington was not very happy by that at that point. he wanted rawlins to do the work. the correspondence is back and forth. it is also thought up. ultimately, washington accepts that rawlins is incapable at this point in his career of doing the work. i don't know what his age was, but he got by the end of the 1780's, and he might have been in ill health by this point or a clearly, washington got his money's worth. >> ok, thank you. mr. reinhart: thank you. [applause] you are watching american history tv, all weekend every week and on c-span 3. to join the conversation, jonas c-span-- on

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after washington died, madison introduced special legislation in honor of washington. he helped put money aside for a monument. he and jefferson believed that washington had become part of the federalist. in washington's farewell address, the thing we all love so low was a partisan performance, not so been that should be valued for the ages. there is not a big monument for >> madison. of him find a statue over the leopard congress, why is that? noah: the constitution is madison's monument. --that way the constitution the monument is all around you in washington dc. the three structure of government. the way people speak to each other, the exercise of free speech, all of that is his monument. the case in st. paul's where he said look around you. if you are looking for madison's monument in washington dc it is all around you. madison did not have a single author document in the way the declaration of independence was written by jefferson. he did not have jefferson's love of the crowd. he did not have his incredible gift for expression. jefferson was a true genius of expr

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the washingtons word travel to new york but onie judge would go with the washingtons one out of ninee enslaved people that were going to head south actually. pretend you see the presidents house. [laughter] it was an image of a f lithograph which actually right now the house is right there.e. watching the pre-election coverage former president barack obama andac hillary clinton smack in the middle of the courtyard of independence hall. and off to the right is where the presidents house to and i thought here we a are, watching this moment and onie judge is right there she will not let me go. she is everywhere. february, 1796 bringing the unease the executive mansion a thick tension prompted onie judge and her enslaved companions to tread lightly around george and martha washington. slave men and women moved about their days with caution not knowing what event sour or sweetening owners mood. a slave that was in the same household could m be like a landmine like the accidental breaking of a dish or bad weather could alter a decision of an owner although the president did not earn the rep

today and not pressure on from washington is expected to step up particularly as washington called on not to intervene turkish president reject the one slammed washington said they cannot be trusted and they are supporting terrorists daryn jones for us in istanbul thank you very much. germany is on political tenterhooks this weekend ahead of a key vote that could decide chancellor angela merkel's future six hundred delegates from the center left social democrats are due to vote on sunday whether to enter coalition talks with merkel's conservatives social democrat leader mohsen schultz is in favor of forming a new so-called grand coalition but he faces resistance from the left of his party especially its youth wing former coach for more formal coalition talks can only begin if scholtz gets a yes vote from the gathering social democrat delegates in bonn a no vote could lead to a minority government or two fresh elections and s.p.d. leaders had a meeting this afternoon to discuss tomorrow's vote so we're getting the latest now from our correspondent here in the studio show a lot of pots

washington is finally talking about infrastructure. it is time for washington to match us. we need to make sure we rebuild our bridges, streets, public transportation, and electrical grid. as we move for here today, we may see some people who send out tweets but we are fixing the , streets. we are going out there and taking politics seriously. we want to see things get done. we have often helped each other out, we may have to bail each other out. -- thank you. these threats are nothing short of a distraction, because when you are threatening people with things that are not going to happen, if you don't listen to the police professionals of this nation and understand how best areerve communities, if you -economy to stop the entrepreneurs. sure, distract this country from your lack of work, but the mayors are getting back to it. spanish] i am very happy with my colleagues here, because in this moment, we need to have action. not only words, but action. ofse words are reflection this country and this world. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you mayor landrieu for your l

good morning washington. trumps oustednt strategist, steve bannon, is stepping autria: the book has been out for five days and amazon can't keep it in stock. the publisher says they initially had one edge of 50,000 copies rented but it is now rushing to fill orders for one million more copies of "fire and fury." back to work today for the virginia and maryland governors. larry: ralph northam will be sworn in on saturday. republicans will try to override the paid sick leave hill. and in virginia and maryland, there will be a focus on transfers -- on transportation. congress plan to wear all black. that is to show solidarity of the is of sexual misconduct. larry: new allegations against james franco, leading the new york times to cancel an event with him today. that thetephen colbert false. were breaking news in california. autria: deadly mudslides. adrianna: the destructive wave of mud came in the same area devastated by recent wildfires. the floods have killed 13 people and injured others. responders are in t

the washington did not know that. he was constantly worried that the british would learn about his armies shortages of gunpowder in august, or shortage of fighting men at the end of the year. he was very worried that there would be some sort of attack. however, his army was pretty safe. as result, in this headquarters, general washington had the time to learn about his army and his command style and what worked best. he had the luxuries of making mistakes. he stayed in cambridge over eight months from july 1770 five until april 1776, longer than he stayed at any single headquarters during the entire war until newberg, new york. he felt his job was to drive the british off by force, to sour london on continuing the war. he tried to a concept by bringing on a second bunker hill battle, inflicting lots of casualties on the british. not quite acknowledging that the first battle of bunker hill, the americans technically lost. he took a very aggressive approach. he brought land after plan for attacking the british to his co

would be washington obama and washington trump. [laughing] >> and it's true that there were a lot of different terms. and you have to understand that these hurt the ears of benjamin, of william mcclay and a lot of benjamin eades and watson, hurt because of people that were of a more -- the revolution a mix everybody equal. nothing besides mr., and the name of the president will do. but in the end, the senate, even though they capitulated with the house and agreed that there would be no title other than the title of president, which was mentioned in the constitution, the senate went on record to say that what they thought was that it's their opinion that he should be addressed as president. his highness, the president of united states of america, and protector of their liberties. his highness. >> so really glad we don't have that today. [laughing] >> thank you all -- >> real quick. the cartoon. >> just real quick. i will say that washington, you think this was just the outlandish list of the few people, especially john adams and his

what that is like today in washington, i have to confess i am in new york and not in washington, i am a law professor and not in government. i am not sure if the relationships in washington today are like what they were in the 1960's where there was a lot of coming and going and back and forth. host: marcus calling from boston on our independent line -- mark is calling from boston on our independent line. you are on with professor david rubenstein. caller: "the washington post" published the pentagon papers. what is the difference between that and what julian assange is doing? and why is there such a 100-80 degree turn from people on the liberal left for what he is doing? it seems whoever is in power is theatened by people like "washington post" at that time. i think it is a very different organization now. i want to get your thoughts. it seems totally the same thing. host: what do you think, professor? guest: that is an interesting question. the dramaticpon changes in the country with media to traditional outlets and social media. let me bring you back to 1971. we did not have twitte

people are coming back to cities in america. -- myage to washington message to washington is very clear. we are here to save you. politics dividing itself fromat they can take away the american people and what they can do to divide us. we judge our success by what we add or how we multiply our successes. we share the stories. i am excited to bring the summer games back to america for the first time in 30 years and los angeles. while washington is finally talking about infrastructure, we have been passing 250 billion dollars worth of infrastructure and our cities on our own. it is time for washington to match us. sure our tax dollars come back to our cities. today,ove forward here we may see some people who send out tweets, but we are fixing the streets. we are going out there and taking politics seriously. we want to see things get done. we have often helped each other out, sometimes even build each other out. eachother out. these threats are nothing short of a distraction. when you're threatening people with things that are not going to happen, if you do not listen professionals, if yo

it is time to pass the washington voting rights act. [applause] speaking of a stronger democracy, let's leave a legacy that supports our modern democracy and our modern economy by ensuring equal access to the internet for all washingtonians. when washington dc takes away that protection, we must protect net neutrality for our people, our businesses, and the virtues of free speech. [applause] >> at a time when women's health care rights are under attack, throughout our nation, let's leave a legacy that ensures full , allowso contraception women to chart their own course. that includes access to long acting reducible of contraception. none of all -- not all of our work is in passing bills. let's elect the leaders and to commit toke inclusive workplaces where everyone is safe from sexual harassment and assault. this is one of the persisting wrongs that our society must make right. [applause] this session, it's also continue our outstanding legacy on education. we can take pride to pass a plan that can fully comply. commend some of our sena

after washington died, madison introduced special legislation in honor of washington. he helped put money aside for a monument. in fact, he and jefferson believed that washington had become part of the federalist. they thought in washington's farewell address, the thing we we all loved so well was a totally partisan performance and was not something that should be valued for the ages. brian: you come to washington, there is a big statue but there is not a big one for medicine. why is that? noah: the constitution is madison's monument. forhat way, the monument medicine is all around you and washington, d.c. the three structures of governments. the way people speak to each other, the exercise of free speech, all of that is his monument. sort of as the case in st. paul's where he said look around you. if you are looking for madison's monument in washington, d.c., it is all around you. madison did not have a single author document in the way the declaration of independence was written by jefferson. he did not have jefferson's love of the crowd. he did not have his incredib

. >> after a cruise up potomac, we reversed course back toward washington, where the colonel and i reflected on the beauty of the nation's capital and its landmarks that are so rarely accessible by air because of washington's no-fly zones. you tapped me a few times. i tapped you a few times. we're looking out like we're kids enjoying the view out there. >> that's exactly right. >> do you have a favorite when it comes to flying over washington? >> when i see the capitol from the air, when i see the white house from the air, when i go through the tidal basin and see the jefferson memorial and the washington monument and the white house, i pinch myself. >> the white house looked almost small from the air. the low profile of the city buildings became more evident than ever from up above. but the u.s. capitol still

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and so we got to tacoma, washington that way. when they told us we were going to washington to fort lewis, we didn't have a clue of where that was. but here it was all detroiters, all young black men coming from detroit to washington and by the time we cross montana, we had the feeling we weren't going near d.c. so now we started trying to figure out what was in washington stated and we got here. so that's the beginning of how i found tacoma, washington. the first issue for me was i was still in uniform just from detroit. one of the things i did in detroit every saturday was roller skate. and roller skating was big. we had, in detroit like i say, you had had the paradise bowl, black. i don't know what they call the other one but it was white. we roller skated to down home blues. they roller skated to i don't know what they did. but we played our music and they played an organ. just that difference. i was on my way downtown just to see the city, get out and before i got married and i saw skating rink. man, i got off the bus in uni

washington accepted this plan. after careful preparation, the continental soldiers moved on to the peninsula on march 4. as i said, the general already wanted to leave. but when he saw a canon pointing down at him, he left earlier than he land. washington expressed in a letter home the disappointment he felt that there was no major fighting. but he accepted congratulations and this metal from the continental congress for pushing the british out. he realized the attack would have been very difficult. washington recognized the war was not over to them he quickly moved resources down to new york and he followed in april. he left this house in early april 1776. the massachusetts government confiscated the house. as far as we know, general washington never went back there. during his progress through the northern states, he rode through cambridge that he did not even stop you and the early 1790's, the house was sold to the chief pharmaceutical supplier to the army. the expanded the mansion, added porches, and started pa

washington and rollins meat cured he sends the design to washington approved the design. time for the work to be executed. and there is a knock on the front door, and the door opens, and the guy says "hey, general washington, i'm richard tharp -- " and he is the irish plasterer. washington was not very happy by that at that point. he wanted rawlins to do the work. is back andndence forth. it is also thought up. ultimately, washington accepts that rawlins is incapable at this point in his career of doing the work. i don't know what his age was, but he got by the end of the 1780's, and he might have been in ill health by this point or a clearly, washington got his money's worth. >> ok, thank you. mr. reinhart: thank you. [applause] >> c-span history, a tweet from across the water, asking about what still resounds today. his question is about how many people were fathered by gis, in vietnam. how are they treated 45 years after the u.s. departure? >> can be featured in our next live program. join the conversation on facebook at facebook.com/c-spanhistory, and on twitter. >> m

to is going to be i think he's planning on spending a lot of time in washington d.c. because he now owns the washington post he wants to be like that kay graham or whoever that woman who owned out the washington post and she said hold the salons and have all republican and democrat senators and and legislators all at her house and have these private salons and control the narrative right well you know it's free market com competition basically which is what you want you want competition that's the greatest thing you could ever achieve in our economy is free market competition and let america craddick cream rise to the top centrally planned governments do not work we've seen that time and time again and you know basically the animal spirits have been unleashed by john paul krugman it was number one on trump's list of fake news sources over there at the york times deserves that award prognostications about trump dead wrong again the guy doesn't understand technology doesn't understand politics doesn't understand economics and he's not it's right for him to be number one

tonight on "washington week." >> mr. president, are you a racist? >> vile comments made by the president. robert: zphart dick dirt bun, who was in the room, confirms president trump insulted the people of haiti and african nations but the president denied making racist remarks, saying in a tweet if language was tough but this was not the language used. republican congresswoman mia love, whose parents are there haiti demanden an apology. she called the comments elitist and fly in the face of our nation's values. the exferings exploded just weeks after it was reported the president made similar remarks at a meeting last summer, claiming that all haitians have aids. the white house denied this reporting. plus, new droments in the russia probe. testimony about a frump-related document is released and the president skirts questions about testifying before special counsel robert mueller. >> we'll see what happens but when nobody has found any conclusion, it seems unlikely you've you'd have an sfwuff. we've cover it all with jeremy peters of "the new york

relationship with washington. and now we're looking at another just in northwestern syria because turkey is taking its eye off the ball and going after . at this time. the weapons have been provided to the way by the united states. and the trust is missing at the u.s. national security agency removed the words. from its official mission statement online i don't see the. threat the media in germany highlights fears within the government over rising isn't this extreme islam in southeastern europe. are you watching r.t. international this friday morning which just turned the clock in the russian capital now our top story washington has accused of the stabilizing northern syria after. extending its military operation closer to positions held by u.s. troops in the region. began last week and is targeting kurdish militias some of the groups are considered terrorist by ankara and by washington the u.s. state department has described what is happening in north and syria as. people now have to flee an area that was previou

although washington and fdr were much more at ease with women which i think you eluded to. who would like to do the comparison? >> i talked this way about lincoln once at a presentation i made in lincoln, illinois and jim edgar, who was a very popular governor of illinois, his top assistance was in the audience, he said "frank, do you want to get a beer?" which i'd always say yes to that. [ laughter ] he said i want to talk to you about jim edgar -- i shouldn't rat out my friend jim edgar. he said everybody thinks he's a wonderful warm person but around us he's demanding and not in the same way and our congress, ed mat b madigan because secretary under bush until clinton beat him. but ed was friendly and nice but you never know what he was thinking. he didn't come to you in the same way friends do so in answer to that question i think maybe public figures have to be more guarded in their relationships. >> i think now that i'm a roosevelt person, part of the time, the comment one hears most about fdr in our circle of roosevelt historians at hunter college is that roosevelt's

don't be friends with kurds if you want to keep good relations isn't the only signal washington missed. the coup attempt back in twenty sixteen made things worse there's the local way and turkish cleric living in exile in the us and grow things cool when orchestrated and demands that the us extradite him. and recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital didn't do their relations any good either and it even created an opening for air to want to grab the throne as leader of the muslim world to assistance to wash. look good out of. why you backing israel whether it's ok patient torture and terrorism is that what you were defending one would think that the us would take the theory of their ally into consideration before making any rash decisions but instead of treading carefully washington to cut aid to all of the countries opposed to the jerusalem solution the most important problem between that stares and talk is that is that there is no you know nobody you know trusts their other one this is the main problem for tricky especially to talk to people on government never rely on never trust in

than we are on our team washington d.c. . now journalists in the us have noticed a quietly made it to the official mission statement of the national security agency online it turns out that the words on the state trust and openness and or go on the old core values used to begin with the word on this the saying that the american people have placed great trust in the n.s.a. and therefore the agency promises to honor that with openness teen stead begins with the phrase commitment to service here's how the n.s.a. explain the changes it's nothing more than a website update that's all it is the effort to delete words that are that mean a lot to americans such as honesty and transparency and what have you has is something that. is important but if the national security agency's deleting it i think that means that. according to reality. as to just how these intelligence agencies work they are they're not called the deep state for nothing and. the only thing that they did agree that it did keep was the provision of. respect in the law

when washington, d.c. takes away that protection, we must protect net neutrality for our people, for our businesses and for the virtues of free speech. [ applause ] >> and at a time -- and at a time when women's health care rights are under attack throughout our nation, let's leave a legacy that ensures full access to contraception and allows women to chart their own course, that includes access to long-acting reversible contraception and reproductive parody. and not all of our work is in passing bills. right now let's all, elected leaders and employers alike, commit to inclusive workplaces where everyone is safe from sexual harassment and assault. this is one of the persistent wrongs that our society must make right. this session -- [ applause ] this session, let's also continue our outstanding legacy on education. legislators can take pride that you've passed a plan that will fully comply with the mccleary decision. i want to commend senators john brawn, representative pat sullivan, tim ormsby in david t

he tells washington, you have to organize a prisoner exchange and washington agrees. the deal was, he does not escape, dring tells stoat -- you are going to die. sooner or later, you're going to get the disease and died. now, an angry mob is going to come to port and an angry mob is going to come so let me off the ship and let me negotiate a prison exchange. maybe you can live through this. george does not want to do it so they arrange an exchange. the prison warden deal is if you do not return to the ship, i will kill everybody. dring goes back on the ship. he holds his promise. he is dying of a disease. as i was reading this, i went, please do not die. he makes it through. it is an extraordinary story. what i tried to do in addition to telling the story of the ship and the story of the war, is how far the british were willing to go in total war. which is a story you could substitute the name of any battle or any war for this. i also tried to follow the lives of these guys on board and how they managed to live through this and tell their story. they are the protagoni

its military operation in syria while ankara says there is a trust crisis in its relationship with washington. and what a shame that is think about all that this country has been through and now we're looking at another just russia promises which have never been kept by united states . prosperous people in the trust is missing too with the u.s. national security agency removes the words on the state trust and from its official mission statement online and also to come this hour on r.t. downplaying a threat to the media in germany highlights fears within the government over a rise in is missing a stream isn't in southeastern europe. the welcome is just turned midday here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now our top story this hour washington is accused to stabilizing northern syria after ankara announced its extending its military operation closer to positions held by u.s. troops in the region turkey's operation began last week and is targeting kurdish militia some of the groups considered terrorists by ankara but by washington the u.s. state department described what is happening

influence around the world today russian foreign minister sergei lavrov accused washington of refusing to recognize the multipolar geo political world that is taking shape point into trump's promise to torpedo the iran nuclear deal as an example of a trump white house that wields only ultimatums and dictates and then there is turkey today turkish president erda one warned that he will use military force against a planned the us backed and kurdish led border force in syria along the border with turkey or one considers the kurdish p.k. k. party to be terrorists and armed confrontation could potentially see two nato members clash something unheard of until today. syrian government forces fire on rebel fighters in aleppo this some verified footage was posted online by the syrian government the syrian observatory for human rights say the army has captured dozens of villages in the past three days and is closing in on rebel forces further north turkey has threatened to attack the kurdish held town of a freend monitoring group say shelling has already begun ankara had been hoping for washingt

influence around the world today russian foreign minister sergei lavrov accused washington of refusing to recognize the multipolar geo political world that is taking shape pointing to trump's promise to torpedo the iran's nuclear deal as an example of a trump white house that wields only ultimatums and dictates and then there is turkey today turkish president heir to one warned that he will use military force against a planned the us backed and kurdish led border force in syria along the border with turkey or one considers the kurdish party to be terrorists and armed confrontation could potentially see two nato members clash something unheard of until today. syrian government forces fire on rebel fighters in aleppo some verified footage was posted online by the syrian government the syrian observatory for human rights say the army has captured dozens of villages in the past three days and is closing in on rebel forces further north turkey has threatened to attack the kurdish held town of a freend monitoring group say shelling has already begun ankara had been hoping for washington supp

obama and washington trump. it's true that there were a lot of different terms and you have to understand that these hurt the ears of benjamin eids and william mcclay. they hurt the ears of people that were of a more pedestrian, you know, the revolution that makes everybody equal. nothing besides mister and the name of the president will do. but in the end, what -- you know, the senate, even though they capitulated with the house and agreed that there would be no title other than the title of president, which was mentioned in the constitution, the senate went on record to say that what they thought was that it is their opinion that he should be addressed as president. his highness, the president of the united states of america and protector of their liberties, his highness. >> so, we're really glad we don't have that today. thank you all so much. >> real quick. >> the cartoon. >> real quick, i will say that you think this was just outlandishness of a few people, specially john adams and his cronies or his best f

brains in washington have lost their brains they're clearly been watching too many safe movies this is jumping the shark we already have the field attempt to. establish us these weapons program under the reagan administration which the wastage of hundreds of billions of dollars that the cumulative militarized species this is can't amount to train to kneel raindrops to the wall america's problems start or do not know they won't be solved by trying to colonize a militarized space spearfish surely is the final frontier not regard. while the u.s. defense secretary has been very generous with the compliments he's given to the united states allies talking about how important they are for the u.s. national security at the same time washington's has a bit of a situation over in syria where their so-called border defense force initiative has had turkey really hoping mad just how sincere do you think the pentagon is talking about how how important those allies for the united states are. well i think i think the trumpet ministration is going to step into a real mess it's kicked over our hornet's

will stay no deal, he in washington. joining us now is the white house press secretary following all of this from the president's standpoint. think you for joining us. that me ask you about the president's day. walk us through what he has been doing behind closed doors. having us, steve. first of all, the president has been extremely active this morning. he's spoken with several cabinet members, general mattis, secretary nielsen, all of the pieces that have been affected by the schumer shutdown, whether it be the military, that is going woefully unfunded, they still have to show up. they still have to protect our people, but they do it without pay. the 8.9 million children who rely on the chip program for health insurance, they too, unfunded. and so, the president has been focused on trying to get a deal to protect the american people, the military families, and those children. >> is there a sense that a deal could be struck in the next day or two, or does the white house feel the shutdown could continue well into next w

all as he makes his sales pitch to the world, tonight on "washington week." president trump: very excited. robert: president trump's debut at a global summit is overshadowed by bombshell reports that he demanded the firing of special counsel robert mueller. president trump: fake news, folks. robert: one of the president's confidante's, news max c.e.o. chris ruddy, told the "pbs newshour" last june, that mr. trump was actively considering firing mueller. >> i think he's considering perhaps terminating the special counsel. i think he's weighing that option. robert: and there are new reports that at least 20 current and former white house staffers have spoken with mueller's team. it all comes as the senate intelligence committee prepares to release transcripts of interviews with donald trump jr. and jared kushner. some republican critics of the russia probe are raising questions about the integrity of the f.b.i. the democratic response to reports of a secret club of anti-trump agents -- >> paranoia, delusion. why? robert: plus, president trump strikes a more inc

particular because washington has been arming this group for many many months now it did appear late last year that some sort of agreement had been reached between the two presidents where the turkish president claimed that donald president donald trump had agreed to end the arming of the scaling back its support of this group now this this proposal of a thirty thousand strong front here force that was going to be mainly made up of syrian kurdish fighters has caused absolute outrage it does appear the uncle has been shocked by this and they do thi this as another case of what they see is washington typography if not outright for trail and what about the role of russia in this does it ever want does he have moscow's support. well that is a big question because moscow has been playing very much a double game here on the one hand it has been only too happy to see this deepening route between two nato allies and in fact our own crap being gravitating more more towards moscow causing more alarm in washington on top of that moscow has been supporting quietly behind the scenes the same syri

there is a plan afoot to whisk him to washington. but he won't do it because he's promised the new governor of pennsylvania, andrew curtin, certainly, one, the governor we should be discussing in part here at gettysburg because he's promised curtin he will go to dinner at the statehouse in harrisburg. he does, even though he disappears from the dinner in the middle of it and no one knows where he's gone, the answer is he's gone back to washington. what is the curtin relationship with lincoln, he does so much for him and risks his own life and certainly makes his schedule tortuous, what develops from there? >> it's great question. the good news is you wrote a great book about lincoln's journey to washington. >> we didn't arrange this. >> it helped me flesh out a lot of this trip and these early relationships. curtin was in a position of, you know, incredible influence early on because of the nature of pennsylvania politics and the cabinet appointments and so forth. one of the things i came to figure about this trip in general that is

washington obama and washington trump. so it is true that there were a lot of different terms, and you have to understand that there were hurting the ears of william mcclay, and a lot of what hurt the ears of the people that were of a more pedestrian, and the revolution makes everybody equal, and nothing but besides mister, and the name of the president will do. but, in the end, what the senate recapitulated with the house, and agreed that there would be no title other than the title of president which was mentioned in the constitution, the senate went on record to say that what they thought was their opinion that he should be addressed as preside president. his highness the president of the united states of america and protector of their liberties. his highness. >> so we are really glad that we don't have that today. [ laughter ] thank you all so much. real quick? >> yes, the cartoon. >> oh, and i will real quick, i will say that, you know, you think that washington, and this is just the outlandishness of a few people, an

>> and if there was one thing that washington, d.c. was not lacking in the spring of 1994, it was people asking questions. get ready for centrum micro-workouts. complicated whitewater saga, the rking at a public job while he's doing that. anything that you have to ask me." and this became one of hillary clinton's great traits. she has the incredible stamina. and she sat there and answered all the questions. >> the press conference lasted more than an hour, and she offered to do more, if needed. >> that was significant -- the optics, that she tried to look soft and feminine and appealing, wearing pink, with the flowers. that was all, you know, conscious and part of their strategy. >> despite yielding little new information about her finances, pundits in the press were in consensus -- the messaging had worked. 22 years later, critics would attack her for a lack of press conferences during her presidential campaign. but her first one seemed to win them over. the first lady's public q&a would also serve as a dry run for a private one that

jon sopel, bbc news, washington. jane: a brief time ago i spoke with our north america reporter anthony zurcher. what on earth does steve bannon hope to gain from this? anthony: that is a good question. it is a reflection of the fact that while he was extremely influential in the later days of the campaign and early days in the white house, he is out of power now, and he could be settling scores, he could be talking off-the-cuff, like he does sometimes. i think he is in a tenuous position at this point. he is back at breitbart news, but even his position as head of breitbart news looks like it could be in jeopardy. he has made a very dangerous enemy with the president. jane: donald trump and steve bannon used to be in political lockstep. what effect will this have on trump supporters? anthony: trump has 30% of the american public that will stick with him through thick and thin. are they more enamored with the ideas of trumpism or trump the man himself? as we have seen the past two years, you should not bet against tr

washington has accused turkey of destabilizing northern syria with its military incursion is currently carrying out an offensive against the u.s. backed kurdish militia groups there and is pushing closer to positions held by washington's troops turkey is seeking to clear the border area of what it sees as terrorist forces here's how the u.s. state department has commented on the situation. people now have to flee an area that was previously considered pretty stable i mean what a shame that is think about all that this country has been through and now we're looking at another destruction in northwestern syria because turkey has taken its eye off the ball isis and going after the p.k. at this time. the weapons have been provided to the white b.g. by the united states the americans haven't kept their promise since man big lately trump statement saying that they won't give any weapons to the white p.g. anymore and then saying that we are not giving them any during last night's telephone conversation have created a crisis of trust. a phone call mentioned there by turkey's foreign minister h

"washington journal" continues. host: back at our table this morning, diana degette, democrat of colorado. thank you for being here. let's begin with negotiations over many things that have to be golf with before next week. one of them being what to do about the dreamers, the so-called dreamers, the undocumented youth. you have said if that is not dealt with you will not vote to keep the government running past january 19. is it appropriate to potentially shut down the government for undocumented youth? well, these kids have known no other country and the united states as the home. most of them were brought as babies were very young children, and they are the future of this country that we would want to pay her college students, law students, medical students -- just the most extraordinary young people. we have known about them for a long time. we have known this is an issue, and we need to give them regular status. the vast majority of americans agree with this. i think it is over 70%. host: over shutting down the

washington's conflicting feelings. robert lewis described the departure which finally took place on may 16, 1789, as an emotional moment for the slaves and the first lady, quote, after an early dinner and making all necessary arrange.s, and which we were greatly retarded, it brought to us 3:00 in the afternoon when we left mount v. this servants of the house and a number of the field negroes made their appearance to take leave of their mistress. numbers of the poor wretcheds seemed greatly agitated. much affected. my aunt equally so. betty ona judge's mother, must have one of the agitate slaves. she was lowe's losing her daughter also losing her son austin who was one of the washington's waiters. austin's wife, charlotte and their children, would have joined in the mourning. betty watched her children leave mt. vernon, a reminder of what little control slave mothers had over the lives of their children. i she found any comfort in that day, it would have been that brother and sister were traveling together. austin was o

"washington journal" continues. host: as the senate and the house get back to work, we take a look at a busy week ahead in washington with jason dick and and bolton of "roll call" "the hill." the looming government funding deadline is going to be the focus, the january 19 deadline. republican leaders on the hill huddled with the president at camp david over the weekend. what do we know about what they talked about when it comes to resolving this budget impasse? guest: well, they are talking about with the priorities for 2018 should be. as far as the budget goes, what they are concerned about is what they see as a lack of military spending. they feel the military is overstretched. all four branches. that readiness is that an all-time low. speaker ryan put out a statement last week, if you look at military readiness in the early 1990's compared to now, it is much to grated. i think they want to focus on boosting that defense spending number over whatever increased other programs get. there is also talked on the hill a

can they get what washington is about? can they understand working with washington media? can they understand working with capitol hill and how that will actually carry itself out. >> the first year is an especially vulnerable moment for new presidents. all presidents face crises all the time. it's nonstop crises one after another when you're president. but when you're right in your first year, you're at the most vulnerable. what happens is something goes wrong in the first months or the first year, and they may not yet have clear answers. they may not have clear goals or they may not have a great team around them to deal with it. so the first year is a moment when if something goes wrong, it can expose a new president's weaknesses or insecurity or inexperience. and so the miller center has focussed on this first year moment as a kind of way to gauge what can go wrong and what do you need to do to anticipate those problems. >> the other five things i would say to president trump is focus on your five ps. personnel, process, your priorities, the politics of getting your pri