rod washington. i also want to say this broom and the 200 and i think 300 people who are watching us virtually is just such an exciting celebration of what we've been able to do across years. we've been diving into this project to better understand martha washington and women in the 18th century. this martha washington lecture is just such a success. i'm to see so many people here. i know there are a few hundred more watching us virtually. thank you so much for being here. now, please me in welcoming our first speaker for a frazier. thank you, director, and thank you very much director and all mount vernon for hosting me here it always such a pleasure to speak to the many distinguished guests who come from all over region and beyond. and i very much forward to answering any. you may have a later or just discussing martha washington which i love to do so. oh. let me just. see and. well all of a slide's are a background and what i really oh it may be a blank background owing to my technical income pitt

rod washington. i also want to say this broom and the 200 and i think approaching 300 people who are watching us virtually is just an exciting celebration of what we've been able to do across years. been diving into this project to better understand martha washington and women in the 18th century. this martha washington lecture is just such a success. i'm delighted see so many people here. i know there are a few hundred more watching us virtually. thank you much for being here. now please join me in welcoming our first speaker for a frazier frazier. thank you, director, and thank you very much, director and all at mount vernon for hosting me here. it is always such a pleasure to speak to as many distinguished guests who come from all over the region and beyond and i very much forward to answering any questions you may have later or just discuss martha washington which i to do so. let me just see and. well all i'm a slight are a background and what i really oh it may be a blank background and owing to

i'm not sure that's attributed to george washington. washington not do that. but i think a british general did. so there examples of that. there are plenty of examples of that relationship amongst freemasons that goes on to this very day. so one of the curious things about the story, about the creation of a general grand master of the united states in 80, is that the idea would be the americans would talk about this. they would come up with a candidate who they would to be the general grand master and. then they would submit that name to the british grand lodge for their approval, which is ironic since their rebellion against the crown. but they're not in rebellion against the grand lodge of of england which or scotland. so there is this conversation that happens after the war about how independent they want to be because it is a fraternity, it's a brotherhood why wouldn't we be in one? why we not united and i think that the americans and the after the war for independence hated the british. if they did they would change in the name of prince william county an

so when washington died. i think it's reasonable assume that elijah colin dix, since he's the master of the local lodge, asked martha or got permission to do a masonic service as part of his funeral, which the widow would have consented on some sort of level. so so you see the many books and the many books there's images in the book and then more especially the minute books themselves are sitting in lodge archives at the george washington memorial, where the lodge has a meetings or discussion about, the funeral. they're making sure that they have all their equipment, they're invited, they're sending out invitations. the lodge and the district of columbia, and letting other people know that this is going happen. one brother specifically charged to make sure that they have a traveling case so they can take their charter with them of the lodge, bring it down here to mount. so why would that important what's that? why would bring in the charter members? so it's a curia that's sort of inside baseball stuff but you

washington was more, lafayette had a bit more of perks that washington felt were denied to him a little bit more invested or better, invested in his home when your wealth is invested in people but before we go there again, another thing they have in common is known is going to totally debate that. so not considered great statesmen, they're not considered great thinkers, their contribution was to be born during the right time for their part to make killer inclination. i push back against that and my out biography of washington because i feel like he completely rolled by the public court of opinion. it's so important to him during the revolution. he's actively thinking of setting up america as a country to enter the scene and look stable. he is inventive, he is a quick thinker i would argue he's a little bit better than that then he would've been on the battlefield. do you think that's an unfair wrap lafayette has as well? >> in the sense that lafayette and washington to were surrounded by some pretty genius level people, like is a washington and intellect compared to alexander hamilton o

john adams was then a little bit critical of washington's leadership particular moments, and washington was very thin skinned and didn't forget criticism. so that was one blow against that relationship. they then didn't see each other for a while because john adams was out of the country and when he was selected as vice president, washington initially very happy to have him because did represent really different experiences. knowledge in washington thought that that was really generally quite useful. he stopped his cabinet with people who had a different expertise because he wanted their input and insight initially he did send that letter that i mentioned with all the different questions about social behavior and social practices. but then almost right away started to sort of distance himself from john adams. and there are two reasons that scholars possibly as to why that might be. the first is a concern about separation of powers that the vice president was really more of a senate figure. he he john adams sat the senate every single day. it was in session. and so maybe it would be inap

i took on washington dc and i won. you have never taken on washington dc, you are washington dc. senator murray stood with joe biden with the inflation reduction act and said this is going to help us. don't be deceived by the name, because this isn't coming for me , it is coming from the cbo. it does nothing to combat inflation. in fact it raises taxes on all of us. 87,000 irs agents coming after us. those making $25,000 or less are five times more likely to be audited by the irs. that is who i am standing up and fighting for. i think it is important that washington families know that senator murray was the deciding vote on the excise tax on natural gas. you will see your energy costs go up. in every room i've been in washington, in all 39 counties, i've listened tooth outer -- thousands of voters and ask are you in a better place. they say no, we are worse. it is not good use of taxpayers money. i will ensure that we reduce the spending, rain in the out-of-control spending. i will make sure that 87 thousand irs agents do not come after you and i will permanently extend the 2017

and opposite washington d. c., opposite richmond, around richmond and opposite mcclelland's army, that they would pull away from mclelland and it would ease mcclelland's way into the city of richmond. stanton tells pope at that moment he's been called these to carry out these objectives. and it's at this time in the conversation that stanton stops talking and they just look at each other. and there is this long, awkward silence. stanton finally says, you don't seem to approve the arrangements i've outlined for you. pope responds, mister secretary, i entirely concur to the wisdom of concentrating these widely scattered forces in front of washington d. c.. and using them generally as you propose. but i certainly do not view them with any favor or proposition to place me in command of them. the title of tonight's presentation is john popes reluctant rise. for the last 18 months, he's been doing everything he can to rise through the ranks. but now he is saying, i don't want this command. stanton is annoyed, to say

from maine to washington to illinois to washington state and back to washington, d.c. and alaska. he was a climate canary, a warning of the dangers of everything from pollution to pesticides. and more importantly, he laid the groundwork for what we have a present day conversation about the environment. when he retired, he wrote a letter. i was afraid no farewell note to his colleagues, and he analogized his time on the court to a canoe. he said at the beginning the justices were strangers, but at the end they were warm and fast friends. but he wrote to them and said he hoped that they would leave these wildernesses and these water horses as pure and unpolluted as we those which we traversed to his law clerks. he keep the faith in the rule of law and his legacy. he wanted to be remembered as someone who made the earth more beautiful than when he came. and indeed he did. thank you for letting me share with you, douglas. a

you do washington, right? how many volumes of washington papers are there? there are 50 volumes. you can go through all of. that. it's insane. so the other question, what was it a question! what was like to be in france? so, i am in paris. i lived not too far from the hotel to feel, not too far from my own. i was able to go and take my laptop. right chapters in the places that i was writing about, right? the atmosphere, the philbin. i'm a great believer in the power of inhabiting spaces, where the history actually happened. when we used to these tours, hopefully, covid may go away at some point we detours again. i would take people out to the battlefield at canning in italy, which is just a field, right? but just to be in that place is a special thing. i think that it did... if i wrote the book in the united states, i think it would've been very good. i think the fact that i wrote it in paris, in the places of these things are actually happening, i just think that it gave the pros, gave me, gabe... there is a sensuality to what i'm describing but doesn't exist if i'm not there i

he went back to washington, calling it a success. now we have opec saying that going to reduce production, and yet as you know, after washing washington is always, it always likes to boast about its close ties to the saudis. now it seems like right now there's a, a bit of a shift in that relationship. what do you think? it's such a collapse in decades. olga geopolitical relationships, isn't it? i mean, we just look at the united states. i mean, you could actually say 2 things. i mean, i want to get on to the you a because you a president was in st. petersburg in the past few hours and it just that fact. i mean if you take all of your politics away from it, this town do buy it. it's booming. so any politician here arguably is going to go look at the fuel cards in the poverty in european union and the catastrophic economic consequences in the u. s. i'm going to look eastwards, but that, that to one side, if for historically the united states over through a democratically elected government, iran setting in training the islamic revoluti

you do washington, right? how many volumes of washington papers are there? there are 50 volumes. you can go through all of that. it's insane. so the other question, what was the question? what was like to be in france? so, i am in paris. i lived not too far from the hotel to feel, not too far from my own. i was able to go and take my laptop. write chapters in the places that i was writing about, right? the atmosphere, the philbin. i'm a great believer in the power of inhabiting spaces, where the history actually happened. when we used to these tours, hopefully, covid may go away at some point and we can do tours again. i would take people out to the battlefield at canning in italy, which is just a field, right? but just to be in that place is a special thing. i think that it did -- if i wrote the book in the united states, i think it would've been very good. i think the fact that i wrote it in paris, in the places where these things are actually happening, i just think that it gave the prose, gave me, gave -- there is a sensuality to what i'm describing but doesn't exist if i'm n

i will go to washington. i will the system, in terms of not going there simply to represent the leaders in washington. i will represent the people of the fifth congressional district. thank you, host, for that. moderator: thank you, candidates. jahana hayes and mr. george logan. [applause] please hold your applause. thank you to the league of women voters of connecticut for your collaboration in informing voters this election season. i've got one more thing to say. if you could hold your applause just for one moment, guys. thank you guys so much for doing this, and thank you to the league of women voters of connecticut for helping us in this debate. it is the final debate in our series, but do not change the channel. lucy is here. she is the host of "where we live" and she is going to talk to representatives of the candidates tonight. and then i will be joined by christine stewart and dan parr. we will provide analysis of tonight's bait. stay tuned to connecticut public. ♪ >> tonight, rerom campaign 2022 he

his party in washington, the ascendant leaders of his party in washington have put forward absolutely no plan to deal with this economic situation, but they do have a very specific plan for banning abortion. that's the difference. it's moderation first is maga. infrastructure bills or insurrection. we make the choice. thank you. [applause] jim: ok, again, if we could hold the applause, please. not surprisingly the first topic we are going to discuss today is inflation. mr. malinowski. you supported, i'm pretty sure, every piece of covid relief legislation starting with the cares act in march of 2020. in fact, i remember speaking to you about this when the economy was in free fall, and it was widely agreed that we needed to throw a lot of money at the problem. on december 2020, the economy had stabilized and was coming along. however, congress passed the covid relief -- release act at $9 billion when president trump signed it as his last major piece of legislation. that was followed by the american rescue plan at one point $9 trillion in march of 2021. the san francisco fed, the most p

and as washington goes, so goes there allies. a poll now shows that 50 percent of those living in australia would be in favor of military action to defend taiwan. so while joe biden says he does not seek any confrontation or conflict with china, he simply wants competition. his actions tell us something very different and the. busy result of those actions going to have dire consequences for the world war is a very intense thing. thought that twitter have reportedly admitted to trying to empower different social movements around the world. that's made a long mask on going planned to purchase the company is donald court broke down the story for earlier in the studio with my colleague peter school. while the alarm musk pretty much walked to right through the front doors of twitters headquarters, a with a full sized porcelain sink in his hands. and he later posted the video on twitter with the caption entering twitter h q. let that sink in. so no doubt that was a publicity stunt to build some hyper on the fact that you learn mosque i

what's it like in washington? and i would always sort of settle on this scene and the ultimate part of the scene was that, you know, maybe 30 or 40 times in the course of his presidency, or at least the president himself would come into the trump hotel, donald trump would agree to eat at exactly one establishment in all of washington outside of the white house. and that was the steakhouse at the trump hotel. that was place he needed to. first of all, he was never terribly at home at the white house. he would always get restless. he was always being hassled. he felt. he needed the big applauded. he needed people to be standing on chairs, chanting his name. he needed to wave. he needed cameras, he needed a fuss. he needed his 40 ounce tomahawk steak. well-done. he needed his shrimp cocktail, his french fries, and his chocolate cake for dessert. sometimes pie and always a bucket chilled diet coke because, you know, the diet got to be careful. the day got to take care of himself. so he would you know, it was just quit

you can't solve the problems just in washington. and with his leadership and haley barbour support we now have over half the states in the country by next tuesday, we'll have a state level contract in over 50 major counties. the following tuesday, there will be a local government contract as the concept of reaching out and having a contract with the american people extends beyond just washington, d.c.. finally, i want to single out barry jackson in carrying out on the staffs who work on this. this is, as you look around here, an enormous and without tremendous support from literally hundreds of staff people. we couldn't be here. and yet we were asked as recently as this morning, why are we here? why not just run against the clinton administration and its collapsing public support? and in the spirit of total honesty, i have to say, when you watch them collapse this badly it is tempting, but it's not good enough. the fact is that america is in trouble and our trouble extends beyond the white house. the fact is, as a history teacher, i

he was headed to washington. he had never been to washington before. and when he got there he was shocked by what he saw. washington still bore the effects of the way of 1812, with the british had done, to the capital building and to the executive mansion. and tyler was quite shocked at seeing what it looked like in the wake of the destruction that was wrought by the british during the war. the destruction that he saw reinforced something else that his father had instilled upon him as a young man. it was a dislike of all things british. tyler seemed to operate under the assumption of a congressman and president, that anything that was good for the british was not good for the united states. so he kind of nursed a grudge, if you will, looking at the destruction that the british had brought about during the war of 1812. he quickly got over that. he got over the initial shock of seeing the way the buildings looked. law the capital -- was not in the actual capital. the proceedings were held in another building. a much more cramped building across town. tyl

washington. and booker t. washington, of course, it's a leader of african americans at the time. du bois says this, is the most striking thing is es&s he a booker t. washington. began a times of war memories and ideals were rapidly passing. -- overtook the freemen son. then, it was at the leading man began in the career of booker t. washington, the single definite program at the psychological moment when the nation was a little ashamed of having bestowed so much sentiment on the negro. he was concentrating these energies elsewhere. this program of industrial education and conciliation to the south and it's a mission and silence to political rights. he challenged the idea of booker t. washington, which is to accept things as they are, to go slow, participate in the industrial education. and the best way to establish the difference between booker t and w.e.b. was this point by a great poet, dudley randall, wrote in 1869 at the height of black power movement. it seems to me, said booker, teaches sho

you can also stay current with the latest episodes of washington journal, and c-span radio as well as compelling podcasts. c-span now is available on the apple store and google play. download it today. c-span now your front row seat to washington anytime and anywhere. >> welcome back to the program, ceo of the american psychological association here with us today talk about issues of anxiety and oppression. and new guidance is out on screening for depression and anxiety, first, what is the task force, what are they recommending? jacob -- recommending? guest: this is put together by the government to look at screening for a variety of health conditions. this task force looks at anxiety and depression screening. it is a good set of recommendations to add the issue of anxiety disorders to what people should be looking for in primary care. host: why? guest: anxiety disorders are common and prevalent. about 26% of males and 40 -- 40% of females, these are some of the most common mental health conditions. they are often unrecognized and they can lead to a variety of problems, not only the p

so deathly our washington's frightened over this faces. i normally face of this research is willing to decide for themselves one opinion they choose and who side they wrong. so do you think is because these countries are becoming more independent? oh, do you think it is because washington's influence is growing weaker on them? yeah, we live, we're living in a increasingly changing world. i don't think we after no longer speculate over the death now of us unipolar charity. i think we are all witnesses to what i tell my college students are every day. this is not 1991. this is not 2003 when the u. s. could just invade iraq or afghanistan or do away with libyan sovereignty in 2011. they are feeling more and more resistance, or whether it's from the countries are trading with the silk road initiative of the chinese, or countries that are standing out with russia militarily. or diplomatically, economically, and of course, the bowl of aria countries which have spearheaded this effort here in the hemisphere. and we can see that it's a relation to

i will go to washington. i will the system, in terms of not going there simply to represent the leaders in washington. i will represent the people of the fifth congressional district. thank you, host, for that. moderator: thank you, candidates. jahana hayes and mr. george logan. [applause] please hold your applause. thank you to the league of women voters of connecticut for your collaboration in informing voters this election season. i've got one more thing to say. if you could hold your applause just for one moment, guys. thank you guys so much for doing this, and thank you to the league of women voters of connecticut for helping us in this debate. it is the final debate in our series, but do not change the channel. lucy is here. she is the host of "where we live" and she is going to talk to representatives of the candidates tonight. and then i will be joined by christine stewart and dan parr. we will provide analysis of tonight's bait. stay tuned to connecticut public. ♪ >> do all americans have a fundame

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so this russian oil price cap was washington's idea. and the only countries willing to buy into it right now are the western dominated g 7 group of countries, australia, and maybe south korea as well. and at a higher price than what treasury secretary janet yell and want it. so we're talking more like the $60.00 a barrel mark instead of $40.00 a barrel. and by the way, year olds, crude is currently averaging around $74.00 a barrel. europe isn't happy with washing right now either because it needs much cheaper energy in the wake of sanctioning its own cheap gas supply from russia. brussels is also reportedly upset that the u. s. isn't as willing to act more recklessly with its own oil supply, like you has with a gas supply from russia and figures at this high price tough won't hit rushes, revenue hard enough. so brussels is learning that when push comes to shove, washington isn't going to sacrifice its economy and industry for purely ideological purposes, to be stent that the e u has in the interest of sticking it to blind reputed. so th

and pelosi and the mayor of washington shut it down. host: larry, what did you think about that video we just showed showing the congressional leaders there during the riot, trying to get troops there, trying to get the president to make a statement -- what did you think of that new video that was released? caller: i think it was a little too late, don't you? don't you think they should have been standing by? he called for that, trump said we want 20,000 national guard. they should have been there. but pelosi and the mayor --it is a joke. host: larry in michigan. to tom in fort lauderdale, florida, democrat. caller: no, independent. good morning, a few points, he is not going to testify. he is not man enough to testify for the questions i have about this committee is, why didn't they subpoena the vice president and grant him immunity to testify? in two years, they won't even talk to him the second thing is, if they talk about the fake electors, where is the hearing on the fake electors? ever since ginni thomas got linked to the fake ele

so definitely are washington's frightened over this. this is, i normally phase of this research is willing to decide for themselves what opinion they choose and who's side by wrong. so do you think is because these countries are becoming more independent? oh, do you think it is because washington's influence is growing weaker on them? yeah, we live, we're living in a increasingly changing world. i don't think we after no longer speculate over the death now of us unipolar charity. i think we are all witnesses to what i tell my college students are every day. this is not 1991. this is not 2003 when the u. s. could just invade iraq or afghanistan or do away with libyan solvency in 2011. they are feeling more and more resistance, or whether it's from the countries are trading with the so growth initiative of the chinese or countries that are standing up with russia militarily, or diplomatically or economically. and of course, the boulevard in countries which have spearheaded this effort here in the hemisphere. and we can see that our relati

earlier, north korea also accused washington and its allies of threatening it with joint journals in the military. build up. independent journalist eric sohmer believes that north korea sees it's nuclear and missile programs as a necessary deterrent against perceived aggression. i should say on behalf of china, because i'm a permanent resident of china, that chinese position all along has been that there should be no nuclear weapons on the korean peninsula. china is close to further nuclear proliferation. and so as russia differences, they understand why north korea is resorting to this extreme measure because it took re united states as military forces stationed in south korea, adjacent right to north korea since the korean war. and just before the recent missile test is conducted, yet another large scale, a military operation or military exercise alongside the south korean army. so it's not hard to imagine the mindset of north korean leaders who seen this and think we better show that we're not like iraq was some years ago when i said, well terms of mass destruction, but it didn't

here's how we explained why it rejected washington's appeal. the government of the kingdom clarify or is continuous consultation with the u. s. administration. that all economic analyses indicate that postponing the opec plus decision for a month, according to what has been suggested, would have had negative economic consequences. this is a pretty big revelation. they're letting a pretty big cat out of the bag. but it seems that the priority of us leaders, when it came to asking opec to move ahead with their decisions that they asked to delay it for one month because they were concerned about us election results that are clear, it appears the november a mid term election letters that take place here in the united states and with a new congress will be elected members the house of representative numbers. the u. s. senate will be elected or reelected. i at that seems to be what the issue was. now. the democrats are furious with saudi arabia. they're all this talk of calling the 70 year relationship between the usa and daddy radian question. here

hold is that washington news is taiwan to destabilize china. it's really about the relationship between china and the united space. we know during the cold war, the u. s. and the u. s. lead west basically have this kind of paula, the very hostile, it's one of the former soviet union. and that proved to be costly for both sides. so the chinese side has twice, very hard to, to avoid a coating wall launched by washington. that's why you do hear chinese leaders to criticize washington for having this kind of mentality. that is, when the, the china continues to develop some elite in washington. the are afraid up of being replaced at the number one economy at the largest in the country in the world. all the worried about losing the is the predominant position globally of the united states. they're using ty, one against the chinese stability to create trouble to create them for instability, damage in peace and stability in this region that will alternately mostly hurt the chinese development, but also countries the in the region. so you do see why day

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he went back to washington, calling it a success. now we have opec saying that going to reduce production, and yet as you know, option washing washington is always, it always likes to boast about as close ties to the saudis. now it seems like right now there's a, a bit of a shift in that relationship. what do you think? it's such a collapse in decades. olga geopolitical relationships, isn't it? i mean, we just look at the united states. i mean, you could actually say 2 things. i want to get on to the u. a because he president was in st. petersburg in the past few hours and it just that fact. i mean, if you take all of your politics away from it, this town do buy it. it's booming. so any politician here arguably is going to go look at the fuel cards in the poverty in the european union and the catastrophic economic consequences. the u. s. i'm going to look eastwards, but that, that to one side, if for historically the united states over through a democratically elected government in iran setting in training the islamic revolution than

vernon as washington knew it but washington knew it as a plantation, which was worked by enslaved people and so we're asking entirely different questions to broaden that story that we're telling and i think much may be said about women's history in the same way. there are so many stories that we haven't begun to plunge plumb the depths of what what women's involvement have been in those sites. would that be the case of the white house? do you think melissa as well? um, yeah, i mean, i think elaine's point about what i was thinking about how the history the history that has been told maybe started with the kind of low-hanging fruit in terms of what what were the what was preserved in terms of the documentation, you know kind of starting there and then as susan was saying, i mean the questions have broadened so much as we've begun to understand that it is not just the history of our political leaders of white men that needed to be preserved but expanded into all kinds of realms people of different races ethnicities sexual orientation gender all of those things, which we are now, we're a lo