i'm glad to be back in virginia. [applause] this is the very first date i came to when i launched my campaign a couple of months ago and since then i have been to 62 virginia 25 states but i have been more than anywhere else. [applause] just here last week. i was meeting with veterans starting businesses including one who opened a bakery. yesterday was my birthday. i thought i might go back for a piece of cake. [applause] mese entrepreneurs reminded what it was like to start a business and to this day i have never had more fun than when i started my business and i was basically doing every job by myself. asking, are probably why have i been coming to virginia so much? in part because the virginia craft breweries, one of which i visited today. [laughter] i had an ipa called none of this makes any sense. [laughter] who knew? that is a pretty good summary of the trump administration. [laughter] that brings me to the other reason i have been coming to virginia so much. if we are going to beat donald trump in 2020, we abs

i'm glad to be back in virginia. very first state i came to when i launch my campaign a couple of months ago and since then i have been to 62 cities in 25 states. but i have been to virginia more than anywhere else. [cheers and applause] in fact i was just here last week. veteransting with starting businesses including one who has opened a bakery. and yesterday was my birthday. so i thought i michael back for a piece of birthday cake. [applause] those entrepreneurs remind me what was like to start a business and to this day i've never had more fun than i did when i started my business. i was basically doing every job by myself. asking, whyrobably it is i've been coming to virginia so much? the virginiase craft breweries, one which i visited today. [laughter] called,d a double ipa none of this makes any sense. who knew? that is a pretty good summary of the trump administration. [cheers and applause] which brings me to the other reason i have been coming to virginia so much. because if we are going to be donald trump i

i am glad to be back in virginia. this is the very first state that i came to when i launched my campaign a couple of months ago. since then i have been to 62 cities in 25 states, but i have been to virginia more than anywhere else. in fact, i was just here last week. i was meeting with veterans starting businesses including one who has opened a bakery and yesterday was my birthday, so i thought i might go back for a piece of birthday cake. reminded mereneurs what it was like to start a business, and to this day i have fun than when i started my business and was doing every job by myself. you are probably asking, why am i coming to virginia so much? yes, in part because the virginia craft breweries, one of those i have visited today. called nonele iba of this makes any sense. that is a good summary of the trump administration. which brings me to the other region i have been coming to virginia so much because if we are going to beat donald trump in 2020, we must win this commonwealth. [cheers and applause] and we canno

i'm glad to be back in virginia. this is the very first state i came to when i launch my campaign a couple of months ago and since then i have been to 62 cities in 25 states. but i have been to virginia more than anywhere else. [cheers and applause] in fact i was just here last week. i was meeting with veterans starting businesses including one who has opened a bakery. and yesterday was my birthday. so i thought i michael back for a piece of birthday cake. [applause] those entrepreneurs remind me what was like to start a business and to this day i've never had more fun than i did when i started my business. i was basically doing every job by myself. now you're probably asking, why it is i've been coming to virginia so much? yes in part because the virginia , craft breweries, one which i visited today. [laughter] and i had a double ipa called, none of this makes any sense. [laughter] [applause] who knew? that is a pretty good summary of the trump administration. [applause] which brings me to the other reason i have be

i'm back -- i'm glad to be back in virginia. this is the very first state that i came to when i launched my campaign a couple of months ago. since then, i have been to 62 states, but i've been to virginia more than anywhere else. in fact, i was just here last week. with a veteran starting businesses including one who has opened a bakery. and yesterday was my birthday. so i thought i might guy -- might go back for a piece of birthday cake. [applause] mr. bloomberg: they reminded me what it was like to start a business and to this day, i've never had more fun that it -- than i did when i started my business and i was basically doing every job by myself. asking, are probably why i have been coming to virginia so much? yes, in part because the virginia craft breweries, one of which i visited today, and i had a double ipa called none of this makes any sense. who knew? that is actually a pretty good summary of the trump administration. [cheers and applause] mr. bloomberg: which brings me to the other reason i have been coming to virgi

we spent significantly in virginia. we also spent significantly making sure that democrats stayed out of the superminority in the louisiana state house to support governor john bel edwards's veto. so in so many states we're the only naitonal group giving to state legislative caucuses to build out this campaign infrastructure to make sure. candidate recruitment still happening in many states. at the legislative level, so many of our races still break very late, so a lot of the spending still happens post-labor day in our races. we're trying to move that timeline up to make sure there's excellent staff and we're doing things that will have a multiplying effect like investing in digital fundraising, recruiting great candidates and making sure candidates are trained on how to secure the resources they need for their campaign and going out and talking to voters early. why does all this matter? we're not just here to put numbers up on a page. we are here because of the impact state legislative chambers have on folk's lives. i

bloomberg: and we're running hard here in virginia because, make no mistake, virginia is still very much up for grabs in 2020. and we're not waiting until the general election to organize here. we've already knocked on more than 32,000 doors, made more than 72,000 phone calls, and we've hired more than 87 staffers in virginia. so we are working hard here. [applause] mr. bloomberg: and i want you to know that i'm here no matter who comes out on top of this primary, god forbid, so we can elect democrats up and down the ballot. we're not just doing one thing. [applause] mr. bloomberg: and so we can say goodbye to donald trump. [applause] mr. bloomberg: now, let me tell you why i believe i'm the best candidate to take on donald trump and win. to start, i have achievable plans to deal with all the toughest challenges facing this country and i will get them done. [applause] mr. bloomberg: and that's the message we need in order to win voters all over this country and beat trump in the swing states that will decide this election, because we all know trump's strategy. attack democrats, make thei

this is delicate virginia. the first thing she will talk to you about is her focus on relieving the traffic on november 28th. on the red carpet, demi lovato, danica, what are you most focused on, she says route 28. the reporter never been to virginia had no idea. that's how laser focus she is been on fixing issues. that's been very important and even in the national profile to look that up. in addition to that, we made a record amount of financial investment and states. we announced early investment of virginia of a million dollars in december of 2018. that was the earliest investment that we have done. we spent nearly $2 million in virginia in campaign services. virginia has open finance laws so unlimited campaign contributions, that made us able to coordinate closely with the campaig campaigns. so often we have to examine the laws to make sure we are in compliance but in addition to that make sure that our strategies are following the campaign laws and engaging in the right way. we were able to do all of this

iu're probably asking you why have come to virginia so much. the answer is because of the great beer in part, and it is a simple fact that if we're going 2020, weonald trump in absolutely have to win this commonwealth. and we cannot wait until the campaign starts here. our work starts right now, today, and as many of you know, i have been involved in virginia politics long before i became a presidential candidate. big supporter of terry mcauliffe and his race for governor. i always thought he was a really good guy and i am glad i was because he proved to virginia could help point the way toward a better future for the whole country. virginia was also forced to grapple with its past when carrie was in office, and those events evoked -- in charlottesville evoked some of the darkest history and that is much painans felt so when donald trump said there were very fine people among the klansmen and the nazis marching. i tragic as the day was thought it was a galvanizing moment for people because across virginia and across the country, americans stood

our cities tour staff recently traveled to charleston, west virginia, to learn about its

presidents who were born in virginia, the fourth chief justice of the united states, born in virginia, and patrick henry, the famous patriot who said give me liberty or give me death. these illustrious americans are depicted on standing of the shoulders of pocahontas. why is pocahontas saving the life of captain smith, depicted in the rotunda of the u.s. capitol? the u.s. capitol of course houses the legislative branch of government, and the rotunda is the country's grandest ceremonial room, which is evocative of a roman pantheon. here is pocahontas under the magnificent dome. we want to know why she is being afforded this respect, why does she merit position here, and the reason is that although historians today dispute and discount the idea that she saved captain smith's life, early in our history people believe that to be true, and this incident is painted in the rotunda of the u.s. capitol because in saving captain smith's life pocahontas was credited with saving the fort james colony. in saving the fort james colony she's credited with saving the birthplace of democracy, the plac

thank you, virginia. i need your vote. thank you. ♪ >> alright, thank you, everybody. ♪ >> thank you. that was incredible. ♪ [inaudible] ♪ >> president trump speaks at the annual conservative action conference a live saturday at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. ♪ watch ever live campaign 2020 super tuesday coverage of the presidential primaries and caucuses from 14 states, including alabama, arkansas, california, colorado, maine, massachusetts, minnesota, north carolina, oklahoma, tennessee, texas, utah, vermont and virginia, with candidate speeches and results. coverage begins tuesday at 9:00 eastern as he spent, c-span.org, or listen wherever you are on the free c-span radio app. ♪ >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up saturday morning, we'll discuss the latest on the democratic primary, with college of charleston political science professor, a senator, south carolina democratic state rep

virginia is one of the states holding primaries during super tuesday. mr. bloomberg: thank you for coming. i want to introduce you to this young lady. her father owns this place. it would be nice to introduce her, otherwise we might get thrown out. she is 11 years old. you don't drink beer yet, do you? no, good. thank you for having us. [applause] mr. bloomberg: mr. bloomberg: i am shameless. how are we doing? to be clear, i am here for both. it may be the only way to save a nation, with a little libation. [laughter] our kaine pain is building momentum across country -- oure campaign is building momentum across virginia and the country and i want to thank charisse for supporting our campaign and all the kind words when she introduced me. themood news, she said exactly the way i wrote them for her. seriously, thank you for your leadership in the house of delegates. you and your colleagues are showing the country what is possible when democrats are in charge. [applause] michael: now, some of you might remember virginia was the same state i came to when i laun

like he's got in the state of virginia. two, those one and two years degrees with perhaps the people that get them and not being the beginning of completing a four-year degree. making those free or the other half,that gives them the education they need for the job . next, for college, what i favor isdoubling the pell grant . the money that goes to the people that need from 6000 to 12,000. doubling the income level of 50,000 200,000. that's where you get the money. i would pay for it by bringing the capital gains tax closer to the personal income tax rates, that brings in something like $500 billion right there. and making it easier to pay that loans. if multimillionaires can pay back their yachts and refinancethem, students should be able to refinance their studentloans . and this is the , for the state of virginia where we have so many people who sue public service, making tenure 10 year loan payment back program actually work area and have it phased-in. i would actually expanded to include these in demand occupations. the

but i have been to virginia more than anywhere else. [applause] in fact, i was here just last week in norfolk. i was meeting with veterans starting businesses including one that opened a bakery and yesterday was my birthday so i went back and got a piece of cake. [laughter] thank you very much. andpe i have a few more will make a deal with all of you -- don't catch up and i will not extend the difference between us. [laughter] these entrepreneurs reminded me of what it was like when i started my business. to this day, i never had more fun than i did back then and i was crawling under desks and doing the basic jobs myself. somebody said, you can always tell who owns the place since they are the last one there sweeping up. that is what i and we can't wait until the campaign starts here. our work starts right now, today, and as many of you know, i have been involved in virginia politics long before i came a presidential candidate. in 2013, i was a big supporter of terry mcauliffe in his race for governor. i've always said he is a great guy

and dinwiddie thinks of it as part of virginia. so in 1754, early in the year in 1754, washington with a lieutenant colonel's commission in the virginia regiment, he's only 22 years old, heads up into the allegheny mountains, on abovedinwiddie. i hope this isn't going to get confusing. the maps are essential. it's all about geography, folks. all about geography. o so on behalf of the governor of virginia, washington sets out. he leaves winchester. winchester is in lower right-hand corner. and he's headed there in upper left for cumberland, maryland, which was the jumping off point to the area over the allegheny mountains where all of the action was going to take place. and here is route 50 because that was the new road. you can see there in the lower right-hand corner, edwards, that at the capelion river, and then you move up and you see the south branch of the potomac river there. i don't know if i can use this point. maybe you can see it. this is route 50, see if you crossed the south branch of the potomac river there, you notice

and a colonel in the first virginia regiment. he maintains a leading place in military establishment. the colonies military establishment. washington's wide range of actions in military and civic affairs begin to find , recognition beyond the borders of the colony of virginia, leaving him inevitably to the national destiny for which fate seemingly has prepared him so well. ♪ the problems that will flare into the american revolution, cast their shadows over mount vernon. or george washington's pleasant and active life is about to be shattered. fate will call on him to rise heroically above adversity, to bring victory from disaster. a victory that will make possible a new nation. his initial training under fire in the french and indian wars, and the grim heroism at valley forge, though separated by two decades, are linked by that chain of destiny. george washington's crucial role in the revolution is characterized by the solemn words of fiery patriot thomas payne. these are the times that try men's souls. himaps the die is cast f

west virginia split from virginia 150 years ago. how do you feel about parts of virginia reattaching? >> >> we welcome them to come over. you know, they are more like us than they are the i-95 corridor now. they have very similar demographics. you know, similar cultural beliefs. so, why not? it's a natural thing for them to move over to us. >> tucker: this is the kind of thing that people talk about in frustration. as a legal matter, could it happen? what would it take? >> well, the west virginia constitution allows to us take on new territory with the consent of the legislator and vote of the people. acr 8 is our consent of the legislator. once the virginia county votes to leave they would have to be released by the general assembly in virginia or they could sue in court for the right to self-determination. once that happens, the people of west virginia would vote and over they would come. at that point we would bring them in on june 20th of whatever year that happens to be, which is our birthday so the dates line up. and then we w

this is really cavalry time in virginia. the two rival cavalry forces fight three major actions against each other in a seven-week period of time. the yankees are chased back out of culpepper. the reconnaissance gives general meade only the information he needs, which as you do not want to go west. that is not the way to get at the rebels. at the same time this is happening in madison county, the battle of chickamauga and longstreet's divisions have arrived at the nick of time. now the crisis is on the other foot. in early september, it was the rebels desperately figuring out how to stay in chattanooga. now it is the federals. they order all reinforcements in the west to go to the threat point. grant is plucked out of cooling his heels and doing virtually nothing after his vicksburg victory and told to go to chattanooga. he really wants to fire rosecrans and is happy to do it. it seems like more needs to be done. the federals have to make the same kind of decision that davis and lee were making a few weeks ago. do we do what

and then she entered what was then west virginia state now west virginia state university, and she left us in age of 18 and she has never looked back. 1937, when katherine graduated from west virginia state university, she went into the field of teaching. inspired here and significancee very of teaching and paying it forward. so she went into teaching for years.3 katherine entered nasa at a time where african-americans and america overall was still living in a dual world. we had a white america and an african-american america. to veryerine was having delicately walk in both worlds. dayshe went to work every and gave nasa and the astronauts, none of who looked her, 100%. and she said in spite of how i'm treated, where i can go and eat, what i can do, i'm going to come make sure i doto the best job possible for my for this space race. so while at nasa, there were three significant space ventures that katherine played a very in.ificant role one was allen sheppard, who was the first individual that entered into space. katherine calculated the trajectories for that space happen.to we also kn

later during my time in the virginia state senate, i sponsored the resolution for virginia to the e.r.a. but it wouldn't be until january historic with the number of women lawmakers serving in the state legislature that the great commonwealth of virginia became the 38th and equal tate to ratify the rights amendment. this was not simply a symbolic vote. equalitylly, affirming on the basis of sex in the constitution will strengthen tate and federal laws that protect women. we need the e.r.a. to ensure that equal justice under law is constitutional right for women, not just an inscription supreme entrance of the court. finally, these words will ring true. equality of rights under the law be denied or abridged by the united states or by any sex. on account of today, i am proud to cast my vote in support of the e.r.a. of the ecognition tireless work of so many trailblazers and activistsing -- the years.ver i urge my colleagues to do the same. thank you and i yield back. the peaker pro tempore: gentlewoman from new york -- the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from georgia is re

this granite shaft stands at washington's virginia birthplace. from here he went, neither trained as a military tactician nor educated as a statesman, to do memorable things in the face of overwhelming odds. ♪ it is no wonder that a life such as this has resulted in myths, fables, and fantasies that have made him a superman. but he was instead a real man of man of iron will, capable of anger and love, dedication and a despair, disappointment and devotion. the mark of the man can be seen at valley forge. despite seemingly insurmountable difficulties, he knew that somehow he must keep alive a starting army in the freezing, snowbound encampment, to win a victory. the victory that led to the america of today. his courage, indeed, was the courage that made a nation. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ >> the national archives holdings in college park, maryland, include about 13,000 film

west virginia split from virginia 150 years ago. how do you feel about parts of virginia reattaching? >> we welcome them to come over. you know, they are more like us than they are the i-95 corridor now. they have very similar demographics. you know, similar cultural beliefs. so, why not? it's a natural thing for them to move over to us. >> tucker: this is the kind of thing that people talk about u in frustration. but as a legal matter, could it happen? what would it take? >> well, the west virginia constitution allows us to take on new territory with the consent of the legislator and vote of the people. acr 8 is our consent of the legislator. and then, once the virginia county votes to leave, they would have to be released by the general assembly in virginia or they could sue in court for the right to self-determination. once that happens, the people of west virginia would vote and over they would come. at that point, we would bring them in on june 20th of whatever year that happens to be, which is our birthday so the dates line up

as for grant being a butcher, the union forces in virginia lost almost half again as many troops in virginia, or the virginia theater, including maryland and pennsylvania, fighting against lee before grant came to command there. during which time, before grant came to command in virginia, the union got precisely nowhere. grant came and yes, lost a lot of people, because it was going to take a lot of people to defeat robert e. lee in the confederate forces of virginia. you were not going to do that for free or for cheap. grant got it done. the union had had superior forces in virginia before but it took grant to make the superiority of forces pay off. also, the superiority of forces was not at such a level as to allow an idiot to win the war. or someone who was drunk all the time, that is another myth about grant, that he was drunk all the time. i have known some friends who have perhaps leaned the other way from me in the civil war, and you can tell where i come from by my complete absence of an accent -- i am joking. some people think i have an accent. at any rate, i have had some friends w

do you realize in the state of west virginia today we're probably on a run rate in west virginia today of 82, 85 million tons. probably a third of that is metallurgical tons. so say we've got 50 million steam coal tons. do you know how many tons are in america? 700 million. do you know how many they can use in this process? 125 million tons. it's unbelievable. it's unbelievable. if in fact it's real, it's unbelievable what the researchers are doing and they're doing it, they're making it, they're absolutely doing it right now in wyoming, and they're making it. so now, i would like, with heno motors' steve stallmaker, to stand. mark west,erwin osling, from pietro florentit, max embrosy in for cornerstone, ed sparks and craig zoglio and with ramaco, randy atkins. they are everywhere up here and give them a monstrous round of applause, please. [ applause ] okay. now, if i can switch channels just a little bit and say just this. i believe airports are our heart. they're our heart. there's lot of things that makes us really good. but the airports are everything to us. i've got to brag just

virginia doesn't want his money. he's already tried to new york virginia, and we are done. we don't like it at all. and that is going to happen across the country. >> laura: i sure hope so. but bloomberg and the rest of the antigun forces in america won't let this defeat stopped them, no way. governor northam has already promised that the gun ban is going to be reintroduced next year. but what happened in virginia yesterday shows that when we the people argue the facts and we stand united for a noble cause, we can overcome the corrupting influence of money and leftist ideology. but imagine if bloomberg ever got real power on a national level. he learned the lesson of virginia. he move a lot more swiftly against the second amendment rights of all americans before the resistance could actually mobilize, and he would sell it all as gun safety measures. which translated, means you have less power and the government more. but a lot of those big, gold drinking americans that she has such little respect for coming of the ones that drive pickup trucks and actually mow their own law

a virginia senator dies and the governor of virginia names glass to a term in the senate. glass is elected four more times. is in 1920, a united states senator. i ought to go back and say the most interesting thing about glass is he believed in fragmentation and the federal reserve reflects that. fragmented economic power. senator, well respected, on the cover of time magazine a couple of times, a big figure. and like anybody else watching the country in late 1920, he notices the stock market is going up in 1927, 19 28, 19 29, and like any other observer he notices what's happening is money from across the country is pouring into wall street so investors can buy stock on margin. there were no federal or state limits on how much you could ,orrow, what a bank would allow so at that time, in 1928, if you had $2000, you could buy $10,000 of stock. that meant if the stock went up another $2000, you would double your money. but you are very highly leveraged. my wife's grandfather owned a farm outside of philadelphia. he put all his money into stock on margin. my father's older b

do you realize that in the state of west virginia today we're probably on a run rate in west virginia today of about 82, 85 million tons. probably a third of that is is metallurgical tons. say we've got # 50 million steam coltons. do you know how many times are in america? 700 million. do you know how many they can use in this process? 125 million tons. it's unbelievable. it's unbelievable. if, in fact, it's real, it's unbelievable what the researchers are doing, and they're doing it, they're making it. they're absolutely doing it right now in wyoming and they're making it. so, now i'd like steve stallmaker to stand, marquest, irw irwin, max, rhoda steward, ed sparks, and craig zoglio -- i got that one -- and randy atkins. they are everywhere up here. and give them a monstrous round of applause, please. [ applause ] okay. now, if i can switch channels just a little bit and say just this. i believe airports are our heart. they're our heart. there's lots of things that make us really good. but the airports are everything to us. i've got to brag just a second on an airport that's phenome

a virginia senator dies and the governor of virginia names glass to a term in the senate. glass is elected four more times. there he is in 1920, a united states senator. i ought to go back and say the most interesting thing about glass is he believed in fragmentation and the federal reserve reflects that. fragmented economic power. he's a senator, well respected, on the cover of time magazine a couple of times, a big figure. and like anybody else watching the country in late 1920, he notices the stock market is going up in 1927, 19 28, 19 29, and like any other observer he notices what's happening is money from across the country is pouring into wall street so investors can buy stock on margin. there were no federal or state limits on how much you could borrow, what a bank would allow, so at that time, in 1928, if you had $2000, you could buy $10,000 of stock. that meant if the stock went up another $2000, you would double your money. but you are very highly leveraged. my wife's grandfather owned a farm outside of philadelphia. he put all his money into stock on margin. my

virginia doesn't want his money. he's already tried to new york virginia, and we are done. we don't like it at all. and that is going to happen across the country. >> laura: i sure hope so. but bloomberg and the rest of the antigun forces in america won't let this defeat stopped them, no way. governor northam is already promising that the gun ban is going to be reintroduced next year. stand united for a noble cause we can overcome the corrupting influence of money and leftist ideology. but imagine if bloomberg ever got real power on a national level. he'd learn the lesson of virginia. he'd move a lot more swiftly against the second amendment rights of all americans before the resistance could actually mobilize, and he would sell it all as gun safety measures. which, translated, means you have less power and the government more. but a lot of those big, gold drinking americans that he has such little respect for, the ones that drive pickup trucks and actually mow their own lawns? they are onto his money tricks. a bloomberg nomination is guaranteed to do at least two things. o

english rule spread from virginia. north carolina south carolina and finally georgia. southern most of the original 13 colonies established under british rule. the middleton family were one of the most prosperous landowners in south carolina. still stands as a former plantation the family owned 20000 hectares of land some 50000 acres work by 800 slaves not far from the driving city of charleston. 17th century charleston was the cultural and economic center of the southern states with a population of 1200 it was at the time the 5th largest city in north america. became a hub of the slave trade in the british colonies half of the slaves captured in. north america landed in charleston. it was a cruel and barbaric business that paid no heed to any contemporary notion of human rights slave owners were allowed to do whatever they wanted with the people who were their property. charleston prospered under the slave trade and the british crown filled its coffers with taxes. in the colonies this bred resentment and they began to turn against british control the colonies were flo

jamestown eventually florist for the virginia company it soon became a worthwhile investment. the settlers also planted tobacco which grew so well bit virginia tobacco is still the most popular in the world. the europeans are the discovery of tobacco to the native americans who used its leaves for medicinal purposes. but treated snakebites with them and all manner of disease. in 1620 the mayflower set sail from england with a crew of 31 and 102 passengers on board. they were motivated less by material wealth then by freedom. most of them were fleeing religious persecution they were heading for junior 1st but poor weather diverted their ship further north to keep god near boston. they landed in what they called plymouth rock after the english port city they had set sail from. the pilgrim fathers are still part of the founding myth of the united states. within just a few years they were joined by 20000 more colonists who settled in the new england area near what is now boston they laid the foundations for a deeply religious society where their free churches florist the pilgrim f

so, he is still in his late 20s, he is head of the virginia militia. he heads up to defend the same country and indeed, some of his antics touch off or worsen the situation but in the end, they are successful. and so, franklin and washington begin working together then as colonial leaders defending the frontier and fight in the, that's why they got involved with braddock. in fact, they were fighting there braddock comes over with an army and is going to move back and take the fort duquesne and, he has this idea of taking his 5000 men british army and marching across the mountains in single file with the wagons. franklin is telling him, those native americans are going to chop you to shreds. and he says, they may do that year petit east militias, but they won't do that to the british army, they did it to the british army. the only ones who fought well and that encounter were there virginia troops with washington because they knew how to fight in that situation. so anyway, there they were, they work together and met together often and already knew each o

>> yes, at all times. >> tucker: virginia-based firearms instructor. >> virginia definitely is a testing ground for what can happen. >> bloomberg's anti-gun group spent two and half million dollars in virginia's lastle election cycle alone. it paid off. democrats now control virginia for the first time in decades. the democrats proposals include a ban on semiautomatic rifles, mandatory background checks, red flag laws and a prohibition on magazines that carry more than ten rounds. >> most magazines carry more than ten rounds, and that would make me a felon. >> tucker: a long time virginian opposes new gun control measures. >> it's my constitutional right. it's the right to bear arms. it doesn't say the right to bear a bb gun. >> tucker: in 2013, the state of maryland banned the sale of magazines that carry more than ten rounds. the law didn't make people safer. since it passed, police started recovering more large magazines at the scenes of crimes. at the state's murder rate rose 40% in three years. >> laws only pertain to those who want to abide with them in the first place. >> tucker:

>> yes, at all times. >> tucker: beatrice is a virginia-based firearms instructor. >> virginia definitely is a testing ground for what can happen. >> tucker: bloomberg's anti-gun group spent 200 and half million dollars in virginia's last election cycle lawn. it paid off by democrats now control virginia for the first time in decades. the democrats are part of his proposals include a ban on semiautomatic rifles, mandatory background checks, red flag laws, and a prohibition on magazines that carry more than ten rounds. >> most magazines carry more than ten rounds. that would make me a felon. >> tucker: nancy lee dixon is a longtime virginian. she opposes new gun-control measures. >> it is my constitutional right. the right to bear arms. it doesn't say the right to bear a bb gun. >> tucker: in 2013, the state of maryland banned this tale of magazines that carry more than ten rounds. the law didn't make people safer. since it passed from police or the recovery more large magazines at the seeds of crimes. the states murder rate rose 40% in three years. >> laws only pertain to those who want t

about the 42 giant busts about american presidents created for an exhibit in williamsburg, virginia. it's called presidents park. it opened in 2004. after that park closed in 2010, the busts were transported to a private property, where they've been decaying ever since. we met photographer, author and storyteller john plashal, who led us on a walking tour and photogra photography clinic to focus on those busts. that begins right now on c-span3. >>> so you are now currently on the property of mr. howard hankins, a business owner of hamilton road materials. it's an industrial recycling area. mr. hankins owned as much as 600 acres here and partitioned off a couple hundred acres to the nearby golf course. and this is a small sliver of what's remaining of the 400 acres. the significance of that he was involved, partially involved in the creation of the original presidents park, a tourist site 12 myles from here that was open from 2004 until 2010. that was the home of all 42 of these sculptures. he was actually also instrumental and commissioned in 2010 to come take these sculptures when t

the west parlor, one of the finest surviving examples of colonial virginia interiors. washington is an active churchman his whole life. at the church of the woods and church of the falls. he helped direct construction of the church of mount vernon. he is also a trustee of alexandria, a director of its bank, a justice of the peace, first master of the alexandria masonic lodge, and one of the members of the fredericksburg fire company, where he buys the first fire engine. he is elected and reelected to the house of purchases in williamsburg. house of burgesses. all the while as a veteran of french and indian wars. as a colonel, he maintains a leading place in the military establishment. washington's wide range of actions begin to find recognition beyond the borders of the colony of virginia, leaving him inevitably to national destiny for which faith has. so well -- has prepared him so well. . faith will call on him to rise heroically, getting victory from disaster. a victory that will make possible a new nation, his initial training under fire in the french and indian wa

these were the two organizers that began the process of the strikes in west virginia. eight or nine months before it was february 2018 they did a study group of activists in charleston called no short trips have you read that? of the people of the book that talks about strikes and how to win them and in some ways that's a precursor. and they said if we are going to defeat what is coming on us we have to push it in a different direction from a leadership is doing. so unfortunately we are oriented and not building up organizing we have to try to push in a different direction and miraculously they did. rather successfully so they formed the facebook group like convincing coworkers to wear red on the same day and then they confronted them almost like these feudal lords to our up in arms they started to say mean things they were used to having working-class people confront them and then for that to go viral but then this is with the traditions of west virginia to come out of the coal mining tradition with long history of labor activism. when there were small groups of peopl

so, he is still in his late 20s, he is head of the virginia militia. he heads up to defend the same country and indeed, some of his antics touch off or worsen the situation but in the end, they are successful. and so, franklin and washington begin working together then as colonial leaders defending the frontier and fight in the, that's why they got involved with braddock. in fact, they were fighting there braddock comes over with an army and is going to move back and take the fort duquesne and, he has this idea of taking his 5000 men british army and marching across the mountains in single file with the wagons. franklin is telling him, those native americans are going to chop you to shreds. and he says, they may do that year petit east militias, but they won't do that to the british army, they did it to the british army. the only ones who fought well and that encounter were there virginia troops with washington because they knew how to fight in that situation. so anyway, there they were, they work together and met together often and already knew each o

they've been all across the northeast in virginia earlier today, sanders lost the virginia primary against hillary clinton but the campaign is working hard to make sure that doesn't happen again. this time around, we seen 26000 trying to get out there vote. >> as some of you may know, the establishment is getting very nervous about our campaign. [cheering] tonight, they are going to turn on the tv and they are going to find 10000 people came out to the comments. [cheering] they are going to become even more nervous. [cheering] reporter: joe biden, whose polls show ahead of sanders here, the democratic running play for hillary clinton four years ago, he announced friday he's going to be supporting joe biden and we expect to see joe biden on the ground here in virginia tomorrow. michael bloomberg, he was out here in virginia just outside of washington d.c. earlier today, he was trying to make a match between him and president trump. here's what he was telling his supporters earlier. >> i have a record and resources to beat him in swing states the democrats lost in 2016 and compete and win in

i visited west virginia. we had a great time. we actually presented eight different grants totaling $7 million. it's going to help the good people of west virginia recover from a lot of these problems and difficulties, so we strongly support that. the appropriators are generously providing $30 million a year for us to fill in that space. we're always standing ready to help in that. >> thank you dr. fleming. senator carper. >> i'm a native west virginian from beckley, raleigh county and one of my great-great-grandfathers was the co-founder of raleigh county. i hope some of the grants makes its way to raleigh county. when i was a little kid a lot of our neighbors were coal miners. my grandparents, their neighbor was a coal miner. i have a great deal of feeling and empathy towards the plight they faced. happy to hear you can provide some real help with this. when i think about economic development, i love economic development. as a naval flight officer in vietnam war came back to the u.s. and moved to california and got an mba and m

i grew up in this house in virginia in the southern united states my childhood here was a happy one my family weren't rich but we were comfortable. i was particularly close to my grandmother mary hamilton lee it was she the told me about my leave family history. my most famous ancestor general robert e. lee led the confederate army against the union during the american civil war in the 1900 centuries. i was proud that this man considered one of virginia's greatest heroes was a relative i wasn't told that he fought to defend slavery. on the 12th of august 2017 these pictures of racial hatred in charlottesville in virginia were particularly shocking. because that white supremacists were rallying around was the preservation of a statue of my ancestors robert e. lee. i felt outrage that my family name was associated with the k.k.k. and neo nazis. what happened in charlottesville made me consider for the 1st time the true legacy of my slave owning ancestors. i want to know why people in my home state of virginia are so divided on the subject of confederate monuments and what they represent.

the west parlor, one of the finest surviving examples of colonial virginia interiors. washington is an active churchman his whole life. at the church of the woods and church of the falls. ofhelped direct construction the church of mount vernon. he is also a trustee of alexandria, a director of its bank, a justice of the peace, first master of the alexandria and one of the members of the fredericksburg fire company, where he buys the first fire engine. reelected to and the house of purchases in williamsburg. house of burgesses. a veteran of as french and indian wars. as a colonel, he maintains a leading place in the military establishment. washington's wide range of actions begin to find recognition beyond the borders of the colony of virginia, leaving him inevitably to national destiny for which faith has. him so -- has prepared well. flare problems that will to the american revolution cast their shadows over mount vernon, where george washington's life is about to be shattered. to bring call on him victory from disaster, a victory that will make possible a new nation.

that is not how i was raised in the small town of west virginia. where i was raised, no one believed they were better than anyone else and could act with total disregard to the well-being of their neighbor if it was for their best interests. 230 yearst why over ago the founding generation rebelled against a king and refused to crown a new one in this republic. let me be clear, no one, not even the president is above the law. the purpose of impeachment is not to punish the president, but to protect the public. the ultimate question is not whether the president conduct warrants his removal from office but whether our nation is better served by his removal on the senate now with impeachment or by the decision of voters in november. as hamilton warned us, impeachment seldom failed to agitate the passions of the community. they divide us on party lines and inflame our animosities. been aefore has there purely partisan impeachment vote of a president. removing this president at this time would not only further divide our deeply divided nation but further

varon is associate director of historyer for civil war at the university of virginia. she is the author of five books that probe important issues related to the sectional conflict from the american revolution to the civil war. "the trueful graffiti story of elizabeth van lew, a union agent in the heart of the confederacy" was published in three prizes. today, she will speak to us about her new book "armies of deliverance: a new history of the civil war," which was bylished earlier this year oxford. a review by some guy named harold holzer -- maybe some of you have heard of him -- called this a highly interesting new study. i am so glad we could have her here today at the forum to speak to us. welcomingn me in elizabeth varon. [applause] prof. varon: all right. can everyone hear me? good. yes. all right. in his first wartime message to congress delivered on child -- july 4, 1851, abraham lincoln cast secession as the work of a small band of conspirators who had duped in calgary south into submission. the southnd cowed into submission. relied on in had genius soap histor