from what becomes west virginia, and part of the army of northern virginia. they never fought against each other eye to eye. there were times where they were not that far apart, especially in the shenandoah valley. that was my interest. my co-author, his interest was that he has a whole ton of relatives, ancestors who had fought in the regiment. he has been interested for years and years. we decided a couple years ago to collaborate and put out this book. question?nd to your anymore? well, i'm going to ask the young man, i didn't know him at sheppard. i already retired. maybe if the cameras can get it, he has a veterans metal that was issued by the state of west virginia of your great-great-grandfather? >> great uncle. >> would you bring it up and show it to everybody? sorry to put you on the spot, cameron. come on up. tell them about your great uncle. of the onlys is one metals that was still in charleston up to a year ago, when i finally was able to claim it. when i years ago, started digging into west virginia history, i was a reenactor. i found out i had

you did that in virginia. we cannot do it in washington because they are paralyzed by the power of the nra. we are literally losing a classroom of young people every week. that is wrong. we must not just take state action when it comes to guns, we must take federal action. how do we take back our democracy? i have an idea. we can pass a constitutional amendment to overturn citizens united and get the dark money out of our politics. [applause] we can and partisan gerrymandering. stop discrimination of the ballot box by restoring the voting rights act and it is finally time to pass my bill to register every young person to vote when they turn 18 years old. this is the time to do it. [applause] we have some debates coming up. mayor pete and i are looking for to them. it will be a lot of fun. you are going to see in that moment that what unifies our party is more important than what divides us. the most of one thing we can do in this election in 2020 is what? win. we must win this election. i have never lost one r

wexton: hello, virginia democrats. i'm jennifer wexton, and thanks to you i proudly represent virginia's 10th district in the u.s. house of representatives. and i know what you are wondering. what is it like serving in this historic class in congress? not going to lie, it's pretty awesome. being one of the women in white at the state of the union and looking out to see the amazing diversity on our side of the chamber is something i will never forget. i get to call john lewis colleague. and yes, aoc is really cool and nice. seriously, we sit next to each other in financial services, and she has something of a sweet tooth, so she often has candy, and she always shares. she walks the talk when it comes to democratic socialism, aoc does. and if i do say so myself, abigail, elaine, and i have brought a serious upgrade to the virginia delegation. [cheers and applause] rep. wexton: it is great to be serving in the majority, and it is great to serve with so many women because it really does help shape our priorities. i am so p

that is what the people of virginia want from us. last year, i promised i would govern to get things done. i said that my goal would always be to do what was best for the people of virginia. i promised i would work with anyone to make our commonwealth work better for all virginians. i believe there is no better place in this great country of ours to live, work, and raise a family, then virginia. let's renew that commitment to working together, to build a commonwealth, where every person, particularly every child has the same shot at a healthy, safe, and successful life. i am here tonight to tell you that the state of the commonwealth is strong. we are poised to make it even stronger. since i took office, we have announced more than 41,000 new jobs, with more than $8 billion in new capital investment. that means 41,000 more virginians who can pay rent, or mortgages, buy groceries, and school supplies, and put paychecks to work in local businesses. these new jobs represent people who can live in their home towns, instead of leaving for

that didn't happen in west virginia. what he observed in his boyhood heroes was the building of a black middle class that became his path, his career path from teske to being a national celebrity. booker was born south of corona, virginia, 225 miles from here. and those nine years he was a slave boy, he didn't have pants, he wore a slave boy shirt, shoes, across the top, he wanted very much to go to school and he wasn't able to do that. he left the farm in 1865 after the civil war end, there was a soldier who comes to the farm and reads the emancipation proclamation, they can leave. his mother cried, never thought she would live long enough to see her children liberated. after the civil war, west virginia did not have the devastation the confederate south did. this area went through a short period of 4 months, practically the whole war. you did not have the economic devastation you had in the confederate south. the other thing that was different is the slave population is very small, the smallest of any area in the slave

today, the virginia house of delegates and the senate of virginia continue working to improve both the lives and livelihoods of all virginians and thomas jefferson's beautiful capital building. the logo behind us and above us underscores that continuity. in 2007, america's 400th anniversary, we worked to focus national and international attention on jamestown. it's the first permanent english settlement in the new world. and on the convergence of cultures, it would shape our country. now in this commemorative year of 2019, we have been drawing more heavily from archaeological and cultural research. we have broadened our perspective. the result? a far more diverse, comprehensive and compelling picture of events has emerged. and we are determined to continue that story and bring to light other seminal events. commemoration 2019, american evolution, spotlights the genesis of american democracy, american slavely, american diversity and opportunity. american survival and american genius. we are resolved to tell the story. today we are gathered on a momentous occasion for the virginia genera

africansse enslaved joint the thousands of virginia's first people, the members of the virginia indian tribes who would also wait centuries to have the same freedoms. hold thesee commemorations of the first representative assembly in the free world, we have to remember who included and who it did not. that is the paradox of virginia, of america and of our representative democracy. a full accounting demands that we confront and discuss those aspects of our history and it demands that we look not just to a point in time 400 years in the past but at how our commonwealth and country have evolved over the course of those four centuries. in many ways, virginia today represents the best of what it means to be american. we know our diversity is our strength. refugees, immigrants, and all, like those who stood on this about 400 years ago, come to virginia in search of a better life. our doors are open and our lights are on. no matter who you are, no matter who you love, and no matter where you came from, you are welcome in virginia. there is nothing, nothing more american than that. todays we s

virginia's way of life, period. so it turns out he's the profite prophet of what it would be rather than jefferson and his letters are full of i'm trying to save the university from jefferson so he is pulling something over on jefferson that he is going about writing to his friends and his brother about don't worry about their ideas of the future. or a very pious christian and he's one of the leaders of the university's writing from the inside to take it over and doesn't get anywhere until jefferson dies. it's going to be a real influence over what the university will become in the 1830s and 40s and 50s. you have to go to the microphone or i can repeat it for you. >> article in the "washington post" mentioned that there is another book by one of your former colleagues on the same ground but what i learned if i read those books flex >> you should read my book. [laughter] if you are going to read to come you should read mcguinness and warren nelson. it's a collection of essays which is or about the long run of the his

and to the city of virginia beach. i offer the full support of the commonwealth of virginia. tonight. about virginia beach. i'd like to now like to turn the podium over to our mayor, a virginia beach. mary die. is virginia beach is darkest hour. it's tense laws. and impose. tremendous grief the people of virginia beach to come more when we get through the shock of it all. and we get through the details that we must go through over the next day or 2. i believe that our community virginia beach. along with our neighbors. in our other cities in hampton roads and our commonwealth and our country. not only the families because that's when they're going to need us going forward. but we're gonna show that virginia beach is a city of resolve. we are going to be there for all the families the friends and our community. and for that i thank you and i would like to turn this over to chief sober for nothing. >>as i said earlier this evening as we. are able to gather more information we will give that information out so this is the additional information that i have at this home again tha

kirk cox, speaker of the virginia house of delegates. i'm delighted to welcome everyone here at jamestown settlement in the recredit church in james forte. and those viewing these proceedings online or watching from beyond to the 400 that today. of the first and oldest continuous representative legislation body in the western hemisphere. dayforefathers on this very at years ago assembled here the birthplace of american democracy, jamestown. freedom in the form of representative democracy began here in virginia. the unforgettable and inspiring event that happened here, what began here, has changed not only virginia, and not only america, but much of the entire world. special occasions and commemorations like this offer us an opportunity to pause and reflect on the history of 6019. as a retired schoolteacher, i taught government for 30 years. i know the year 1619 was pivotal. as well as complicated. events that year profoundly shaped the history of america. they are 1619 saw the beginning of the highs and lows of america. these included th

in west virginia. starting at age six, he taught himself on the dirt surfaces of his neighborhood's backyard. when it rained, his sister said it was called the mud wallow. do you remember that at all? the mud wallow. but nothing ever stopped him. jerry later reflected that "everything i did, i tried to do perfectly. not just well but perfectly, and it hasn't changed i don't think too much, has it. we ended a great senior year, jerry spent it in high school with a west virginia scoring ,ecord of 1501 points approximately 60 major colleges and universities tried to -- toical -- or recruit recruit jerry, but he decided very intelligently that he would stay in west virginia, and he went to west virginia university in 1956, donning his famous number 44 jersey. he set 17 mountaineer records, was named the ncaa's most outstanding player in 1959 and was a two-time consensus all-american. wow. west virginia won 87% of the games in which jerry was in the line-up, and one the southern conference all three years h

the virginia museum of history and culture in richmond, virginia. and welcome to our latest special exhibition that is entitled determine, the 400 year struggle for black equality. it is part of the -- of the statewide confederate -- commemoration of significant events that happened in virginia. and for the mentally shape the course of american. shaped the course of american history. it is called american evolution 2019. and the determined exhibition is a legacy project of that statewide commemoration. and in particular, determined commemorates the 1619 arrival of the africans in virginia. it looks at the ensuing 400 years and traces the legacy of slavery in virginia through emancipation, segregation, the modern civil rights movement up until the present day. one of the unifying themes is the struggle for equality. it is ways inplores various which black virginians have fought for equality and that means freedom from enslavement and oppression. whether that means fighting for equal justice and equal access for opportunities. it is for the considerat

of virginia. we then returned to the governor and expressed that we thought it was in the best interests of the commonwealth. and i thought he agreed that it was in the best interest of the commonwealth. in order for us to start the healing process, thatat he step aside and allow us to turn the corner. amy: can you describe your response toto what happened saturday? by then, the virginia legislative black caucus, which you led, had said he should resign. but then he holds this news conference. del. bagby: yes. we were beginning to hear the rumors about him not resigning. hims attributing that to getting his ducks in order, preparing for his transition. but then, once we saw the press conference, i think alall of uss wewere disappointed in that pres conference. i think the governor missed the mark on that one. amy: one of the few people who had come out kind of in support former virginia democratic congressmember jim moran. speakiking on abc's "this week," moran defended northamam's rered and sasai

. >> will come to the virginia museum of history and culture in richmond, virginia. and welcome to our latest special exhibition that is entitled determine, the 400 year struggle for black equality. it is part of the statewide commemoration. it is called american evolution 2019. and the determined exhibition is a legacy project of the statewide commemoration. , determinedcular ofmemorates the 1619 arrival the africans in virginia. it looks at the ensuing 400 years and traces the legacy of slavery. it is the struggle for equality. it is fought for equality and that means freedom from enslavement and oppression. whether that means fighting for equal justice and equal access for opportunities. is for the consideration of humanity. it uses the unifying thread of a fight for equality. d, thetle determine phrases meant to embody the strength, resilience, and determination of black people forms of various oppression and discrimination throughout our history. the word determined also evokes notions of predetermination and your position in american society is often dictated b

virginia would pass it in 1662. we would see the same thing happen in connecticut, in maryland, in the carolinas, both north and south carolina, and in other places. and so virginia really was the source of so much. in fact, the virginia colony had the largest number of people of african descent than any of the other colonies in the 17th century, and they would continue to have the largest number. that number would grow, which is why so many, by the time we get into the latter part of the 18th and early 19th century, so many, due to domestic slave trade, would be sold from virginia, moved into the territories of kentucky and tennessee, and going on finally over to the mississippi river area, where you have louisiana, mississippi, east texas, and so forth. and so recognizing this history and understanding that these people who arrived in 1619 by force, that they somehow were able to persevere. they somehow were able to construct families and to construct a life for themselves, even in the midst of severe oppression,

the commonwealth of virginia. [applause] [cheers and applause] [applause] >> please be seated. it's my pleasure to present to you the governor of the commonwealth of virginia, the honorable ralph northam. [applause] gov. northam: my fellow -- [applause] gov. northam: my fellow virginians, ladies and gentlemen -- good evening. speaker cox, senator newman, justices of the supreme court, lieutenant governor fairfax, attorney general herring, distinguished members of the virginia general assembly -- thank you for inviting me to be with you tonight. please join me in welcoming my wife, virginia's first lady pamela northam. [applause] i want to thank pam for her -- gov. northam: i definitely married way up. and i want to thank pam for her focus on ensuring that every child in the commonwealth is able to benefit from access to quality, early childhood education. [applause] gov. northam: before i begin, i want to acknowledge a moment of history we are sharing together. this is the first time in the 400-year history of the

>> welcome to the virginia museum of history and culture in richmond, virginia. and welcome to our latest special exhibition that is entitled determine, the 400 year struggle for black equality. it is part of the statewide commemoration. it is called american evolution 2019. and the determined exhibition is a legacy project of the statewide commemoration. and in particular, determined commemorates the 1619 arrival of the africans in virginia. it looks at the ensuing 400 years and traces the legacy of slavery. it is the struggle for equality. it is fought for equality and that means freedom from enslavement and oppression. whether that means fighting for equal justice and equal access for opportunities. it is for the consideration of humanity. it uses the unifying thread of a fight for equality. the title determinesd, the phrases meant to embody the strength, resilience, and determination of black people that face various forms of oppression and discrimination throughout our history. the word determined also evokes notions of predetermination and the sense that yo

becomes west virginia, and part of the army of northern virginia. they never fought against each other eye to eye. there were times where they were not that far apart, especially in the shenandoah valley. that was my interest. my co-author, his interest was that he has a whole ton of relatives, ancestors who had fought in the regiment. he has been interested for years and years. we decided a couple years ago to collaborate and put out this book. did that and to your question? anymore? well, i'm going to ask the young man, i didn't know him at sheppard. i already retired. maybe if the cameras can get it, he has a veterans metal that was issued by the state of west virginia of your great-great-grandfather? >> great uncle. >> would you bring it up and show it to everybody? sorry to put you on the spot, cameron. come on up. tell them about your great uncle. >> well, this is one of the only metals that was still in charleston up to a year ago, when i finally was able to claim it. several years ago, when i started digging into west virginia history, i was

northern virginia has really changed the commonwealth of virginia. think a majority now actually were not born in virginia who actually live in the come wael of virginia. i thought it was important to lay out the context of the history of virginia and the challenges faced, bag new yorker, rug for office, and then bus a lot of the issues we had had a horrible racist past, we were the capital of the confess rade, it was -- con fed wase, it was different for me, i grew up in upstate new york, a lot of the thing is uncovered i never thought of. talked early the book, one of my first events in virginia, was at an event and body man who was with me, mr. aide, tall, young african-american man was at the bar witnessing for me to finish and a woman said you need to be careful, young man, and he said why? and she said, there's a kkk rally going on. and i'll be honestive you issue didn't know the kkk was still having rallies, and an event after that, i was out campaigning with my wife, and she went up to a man and said i love you to vote for my husband, gave th

this includes places beyond virginia, maryland, north carolina, west virginia. along the northern neck, the eastern shore, over the peninsula and richmond, and farmville, and lynchburg, throughout the shenandoah valley. the process begun here at appomattox of disbanding and paroling these armies continued. some decided it was in their best interest to turn themselves into union provost marshals and the region. others found themselves essentially hunted down by the u.s. calvary, and felt they had no choice but to turn themselves in. regardless of confederate reasons in seeking and accepting pearls, their ability to do so reflected the inclusiveness, the flexibility, and the generosity of grant terms. more importantly, this often overlooked story is crucial to understanding how the war ended. it does not always fit neatly into our story of appomattox as a definitive moment of peace. of course, we all know that not only is johnson's army in the field, but there are other armies in the field. appomattox really is, read any popular book about the war. appomattox is a

this is not abnormal in west virginia, this is what west virginia is. it is one of the most opening -- one of the most open and accepting places. we want to represent west virginia. nobody ever asked us to say -- >> from the mountain state of west virginia -- >> i started doing the very early because i wanted to. i wanted to people -- i wanted people to know where we were from. there were times in public radio popular.t was not they wanted you to be nowhere so people could put it on their station and seemed like it was produced by their station. you will always know it is from west virginia because that is who we are. if you don't like that, you don't have to run the show. we will tell you where we are from. we want to represent west virginia, hopefully, by the personality the show has. we want to try to reflect what we think is a west virginia personality. by that i mean we are straightforward, we are warm, , wendly, we are not cute like the people we put on, we like the audience very much. and we want to give them something. west virginians are genero

company men of the second west virginia was in the van, followed by the veterans of the four west virginia units that carry the tattered battle flags of the first and third cavalry and the seventh infantry. after them, the governor governor atkinson and his acting general john w. and hamilton and staff officers incidentally -- appleton himself was twice wounded civil war officers accompany having commanded company in the celebrated black regiment, 54th massachusetts colored infantry governor atkinson was also accompanied by the pennsylvania governor, daniel hastings. a reporter from one of the several newspapers in town effusively applied, quote the remarkable sight of two governors with staff and in full uniform matching on foot in procession was a thing never witnessed before and gettysburg i could only have taken place in a free country like ours and of course. i guess he had forgotten the 35 years earlier something really important had happened here. next then the parade became the second west virginia ban and the rest of the regimen. the procession halted on the senator hill, straddli

had his decision been upheld by the virginia court of appeals, all slavery in virginia might because hein 1806, took the broad view in that opinion. but the attorney for the indians, when he took the case to the next level, argued that ofis is not a common case mirror blacks suing for their freedom but of persons who are perfectly white. court agreed that the indians were not mere blacks, stating that white persons are and ever have been free in this country. thus, the virginia court ,in 1806, declared native americans to be perfectly white. other states followed virginia's lead, and native americans were freed from slavery, at least east of the mississippi, well before the 13th amendment to the constitution in 1865. indians remained enslaved after the civil war, though, in new mexico. even the indian commissioner there held native american children in bondage. the 14th amendment to the constitution defined american citizenship as someone born here. it would be hard to argue that native americans did not fit that definition. and yet, that argument was made. 56 years after the 14th am

church in petersburg, virginia. walker, he organized a range of nonviolent protests of against segregation. he led marches against segregated swimming pools. he led a demonstration and a -- at a public library, and other kinds of organizing activities to protest segregation. regarding his library demonstration, he and other civil rights activists went to the they whites only section of the petersburg public library in 1951. and he tried to check out the biography of the confederate general robert e. lee. it shows an amazing amount of cheek and wit. and for trying to use the whites only section of the library, wyatt t. walker had the police called. and he was arrested. his first of 17 arrests over the course of his career as a civil rights activists. that's one of the items we have on view in the exhibition. wyatt t. walker became very close friends with dr. martin luther king jr. they first met at an inter-seminary conference in the early 1950's. walker became king's right-hand man. they together helped found the ch

there are also problems, virginia included west virginia. people do live more dispersed in virginia than new england and new england was the only part of the country at that time that had public primary education. jefferson says it is easy for them to do because you can walk to school. a lot of virginians, too far to walk and a lot of virginians couldn't afford shoes. there is a lot of white poverty in virginia. people want to have education, and all field schools which were set up and it is hard to have comprehensive -- a critical mass of parents that would be willing to have children the right ages and they were reasonably close enough to sustain 1-room schools and some years you had that and some you didn't. still if there had been more money put into this to support these teachers more of these schools would have existed because eventually coming after the civil war when virginia isn't much more urbanized they set up a comprehensive primary school system so you are right, it is difficult but they could have done more than they did becaus

it was then in virginia. it is today west virginia. in 1859, west virginia did not exist.'s reasons for joining tom brown's army were much more personal. newbie himself was a former slave, although he was free, his wife and children were still in bondage. after several attempts to obtain freedom through trying to raise money to purchase them and negotiate with their master, he was at wits end. he joined john brown's army out of desperation. a last resort to free his family after other avenues had failed. you get a sense of how personal this was through several letters that were found on his person. he was the first man killed at harpers ferry. he died in the first day of fighting. several letters from his wife harriet were found on his person. the letters no longer survive but they were transferred to further the government port. you can get a feeling you read his wife's poignant and powerful and painful letters in which she is telling her husband, the master is struggling economically. he wants to sell me and our children down south soon. i want to be reunited. please come

and generally just incredible supporter of west virginia and west virginia university. he has also brought awareness to of arterial fibrillation -- i did not know that, jerry. that's very good. that's big stuff for you. that's very good. very good. and is a passionate supporter of veterans of our nation. jerry is a more passionate supporter than anyone i can imagine helping our nation's veterans. jerry is an extraordinary american and i would now like to ask the military aid to come forward and present jerry allen west with the presidential medal of freedom. this is so richly deserved. thank you very much. thank you, jerry. congratulations. [applause] >> jerry allen west is one of the greatest basketball players and sports executives of all time. after an outstanding collegiate career at west virginia university, mr. west played in the nba all with the los angeles lakers, making the all-star team each year. in 19 six to two, mr. clutch helped lead the lakers to their first championship. a few years later, he was inducted into the basketball hall of fame. after his playi

companies or virginia governments or virginia universities to create enterprises that create jobs and contribute to the tax revenue for the commonwealth. we're concerned about the fact that they are operating totally independent from the supervisory agency that has responsibility for economic development, the virginia economic development partnership is supposed to do the planning and the coordination and the evaluation of economic initiatives. however, the virginia israel advisory board is out here doing its own thing. we think that the fact that this is no oversight and coordination would be one reason to launch a jlark study. another reason -- what do i push? i'm going to ask the sesame street quiz question. which one of these is not like the others? if you answered the state agency and the state seal on the left, you're right. that's the virginia israel advisory board and its seal. it has customized the commonwealth of virginia's seal for its own purposes. on the right-hand side is the official seal of the commonwealth of virginia and listed there the three state agencies i mentio

virginia would pass it in 1662. we would see the same thing happen in connecticut, in maryland, in the carolinas, both north and south carolina, and in other places. and so virginia really was the source of so much. in fact, the virginia colony had the largest number of people of african descent than any of the other colonies in the 17th century, and they would continue to have the largest number. that number would grow, which is why so many, by the time we get into the latter part of the 18th and early 19th century, so many, through the domestic slave trade, would be sold from virginia, moved into the territories of kentucky and tennessee, and going on finally over to the mississippi river area, where you have louisiana, mississippi, east texas, and so forth. and so recognizing this history and understanding that these people who arrived in 1619 by force, that they somehow were able to persevere. they somehow were able to construct families and to construct a life for themselves, even in the midst of severe oppress

now known as preservation virginia. their goal was to save and restore disappearing larnd escapes and buildings that embodied our colonial divisions. successfully securing powder magazine and mary washington's fredericksburg home, the women established an organization, the first in the nation over 130 years ago and have saved more than 500,000 virginia historic places. never veering from their early ambition to acquire jamestown in 1893, they were successful and obtained 22 acres including the 17th century church tower and the foundations of the old churches. within that first decade steam schepps brought guests and ever persuasive they convinced congress to build a sea fall preserving. the colonial games, colonial games of america and many family and descendant societies represented here to construct this church, place monuments, markers and gates in advance of the anniversary. connections between these organizations and this place of historic memory remain resolute. in early years with annie gault launched an excavati

she is from lynchburg, virginia, and is a graduate of the university of virginia. her book titled "identity politics in the united states" it will be out later this year. professor khalilah brown-dean, welcome to democracy now! can you respond to what is happening in virginia, the place where you went to college? homee situation in my state, and i have a lot of family there. fofor genius is near and dear to me and alwlways will b be. but what is happening now is forcing people to decide how much progress has been made in that state, whether it is at the university of virginia and the long history of tension over issues of race and racial representation or the latest allegations against the lieutenant governor. it is more than just about political party, it is more about how the state continues to govern moving forward. professor, it is also said that a lot of the history of virginia has been entirely forgotten, and that is part of the reason that these kinds of incidents and test these kinds have come about. can you elaborate? >> i grew up in a place called lynchbu

virginia. we have numbers here. we have a diverse community from the military community to our farmers to our thriving town center here. we welcome thousands of tourists, millions of tourists a year here in our community. we're a safe community. and i know the resolve here. i grew up here. i wouldn't be who i am today if it wasn't for our community. they say it takes a village to raise a child, virginia beach has raised me to be who i am and now i'm proud to be in a position where being through this before at virginia tech,ed i can stand here and say we're going to come together like we did after virginia tech, and we're going to do so stronger, smarter, have more tolerance for our differences. virginia beach will define this moment and this hour. >> while you're pledging to be proactive, when you look at the totality of what has happened, whether it be here, whether it be las vegas, whether it be n newtown, how do you try to make sense of or look at it as a microcosm, you know, of a problem, o

> the members will receive the governor of the commonwealth of virginia. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [cheering and applauding] [applause] >> please be seated. it's my pleasure to present to you the governor of the commonwealth of virginia, the honorable ralph northam. [applause] [applause] . . . . >> my fellow virginians, ladies and gentlemen,, good evening. speaker of the house, justices of the supreme court, senator lieutenant governor attorney general, distinguish members of the virginia general assembly thank you for inviting me to be here tonight please join me to welcome my wife, virginia's first lady. [applause] i definitely married way up. [laughter] i want to thank p.m. but that every child could benefit from access to early childhood education. [applause] before i begin i want to acknowledge a moment of history we are sharing together. this is the first time in the 400 year history in the virginia assembly we have had a woman minority leader. [applause] congressional - - congratulations leader on your achievement and for your year

i'm a virginia resident. i can tell you there isn't a place i don't go where i don't get groceries i'm not shopping where i don't hear people talking about this. governor northam practically disappeared. he saudi he was going to make it a -- he said he would make this a big issue to talk about the race. bringing this to the forefront. but he is refusing to listen and talk to people. most people want him to resign. i interviewed quite a number of people, democrats, actually. here in virginia. they want him out. we have, you know, the attorney general herring who also admitted to wearing, painting his face black, wearing blackface. distressing. now we have the allegations with the lieutenant governor. these are serious allegations. just like rachel said there is due process. we have got to wait and see what happened here in both cases. but one thing is really certain, dan, that both of the women have corroboration, they are coming forward. they are people supporting what the women have said. now the democrats a

that's the virginia way. i hope that as we go through the next 46 days together we give consideration to each other and to our ideas. it can be tempting to retreat to our corners -- >> and we'll leave the last few minutes of this as the house is gaveling in for legislative work. five bills on the agenda today. live coverage here on c-span. votes at 6:30. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] 6 of rule 20. the house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? mr. vela: mr. speaker, i move that the house -- ms. velazquez: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 116. the clerk: h.r. 116, a bill to amend the small business investment act of 1958, to

the state is virginia and actually it involves all sports in virginia, virginia tech compete in. on this monday in february, it is the cavaliers and hokies in mens basketball with both schools nationally ranked. ad wil scene as they're looking to sweep the regular season. hokies playing tough defense, first half. a turnover on the run. blackshear jr. finish. oh, that will jar your preserves. he led the way with 23 points. hokies down three. but virginia's kyle guy over the corner. knocks down the three. calves up three at the t half. he second, moore from more from this guy, y. he was 6 of 13 beyond the arc finished with 23. virginia beani vir tech, 64-58. >>> other virginia tech news.rb quark josh jackson announcing on twitter tonight he's transferring to maryland. now, he started 16 games for the hokies over the last two seasons with 2018 cut short due to a fractured fibula. jackson is set to graduate and will be eligibleo play right away. it is a big gift for the tour opinions. jackson threw for almost 3,000 yards. it is big ns for folks in college park. >>> stop me if you hav

special coverage of a deadly workplace shooting in virginia beach, virginia. we start with an update from the hospitals. they're working to care for the injured patients still in the hospital. right now three people are in intensive care at virginia beach general hospital. there's another person being treated at a hospital nearby. we know that patient is in critical condition. one emergency department physician described the chaos as victims started to arrive at the hospital. >> controlled chaos. staff everywhere. a number of folks in different roles attending to their roles and a few people in the middle kind of directing traffic. this is withhat we train for. this is why we chose to go into these professions. when it's actually happening and the scale that it's happening, it becomes surreal. you have to just focus, compartme compartmentalize. >> the community is mourning the loss of 12 people today. 11 of these people were murdered at their workplace. they have years and years of service to their community. one was a contractor coming in for a permit. this i

virginia. as an example, i'm from which is up here in the northern panhandle. e're about 50 miles south of pittsburgh, and more than 300 miles away from richmond. major issue facing the two sections was slavery. census countedia 1. -- nearly 1.6 million people living in the state. and of that number, nearly 500,000 were slaves. 31% of the population. but if we break that number 500,000, only about 18,000 of those enslaved living in the we were counties of the state and most of them were concentrated in the valley around charleston. this is -- this is a newspaper they thought hat the state of west virginia might look like. we know, it goes over here to ferry in the eastern panhandle and includes some of potomac valley. mac this is an area that we'll kind here.cus on over so that 18,000 number, the 18,000 slaves in west virginia, of the only 4% population of those western counties. virginia e slaves in were taxed at only 1/3 their market value, the rest of the was taxed at full market value the w

you did that in virginia. we cannot do it in washington because they are paralyzed by the power of the nra. a are literally losing classroom of young people every week. that is wrong. we must not just take state action when it comes to guns, we must take federal action. how do we take back our democracy? i have an idea. we can pass a constitutional amendment to overturn citizens united and get the dark money out of our politics. [applause] we can and partisan gerrymandering. stop discrimination of the ballot box by restoring the voting rights act and it is finally time to pass my bill to young person to vote when they turn 18 years old. this is the time to do it. [applause] we have some debates coming up. mayor pete and i are looking for to them. it will be a lot of fun. you are going to see in that that what unifies our party is more important than what divides us. the most of one thing we can do in this election in 2020 is what? win. we must win this election. i have never lost one race i have ever run. i ha

karen: welcome to the virginia museum of history and culture in richmond, virginia. and welcome to our latest special exhibition that is titled "determine, the 400-year struggle for black equality." it is part of the statewide commemoration of the 400th anniversary of significant events that happened in virginia. and fundamentally shaped the course of american history. it is called american evolution 2019. and the determined exhibition is a legacy project of that statewide commemoration. and in particular, determined commemorates the 1619 arrival of the africans in virginia. it looks at the ensuing 400 years and traces the legacy of slavery in virginia through emancipation, segregation, the modern civil rights movement up until the present day. one of the unifying themes is the struggle for equality. it explores various ways in which black virginians have fought for equality and that means freedom from enslavement and oppression. whether that means fighting for equal justice and equal access for opportunities. it is for the consideration of humanity. the exhibition c

i brought with me my commission as governor of virginia and a new set of instructions from the virginia company of london that has come to be known as the great charter which we hoped would bring stability to this colony suffering under martial law for nearly nine years. we have been at peace with the indians for many years and the harsh hand of martial law rather than a help to the colony was now a hindrance. to further the colony's growth and prosterity, the virginia company had instructed me to end martial law and reinconstitute english common law and justice in the colony. the instructions also allowed me to call for each of the 11 towns and plantations along the river to send two representatives here to the capital at jamestown where these newly appointed burgesses would meet to pass laws on the governing of the colony. citizens of virginia no longer had to fear the arbitrary decisions of company officials for we had brought about a familiar form of governing here in virginia. in which their own interests and concerns would drive legislation. at the company's behest, we decided leg

in 1859, west virginia did not yet exist. dangerfield knew these reasons for joining john brown's army were much more personal. newby himself was a former slave even though he was free, his wife and children were still in bonda bondage. after several attempts to b obtain their free e dom through trying to raise money to purchase them, trying to negotiate with theirer, he was at his wits end and he joined john brown's army really out of desperation. trying to free his family after other avenues had failed. you get a sense of how personal this was for dangerfield newby through several letters, which were found on his person. dangerfield newby was the first man killed at harper's ferry. so he died on the first day of fighting and several let eters from his wife, harriet, were found on his person. these letters no longer survived, but were transcribed on the raid at harper's ferry. you can get a sense of what motivated him when you read his wife's incredibly poignant, very powerful and very painful letters ain which she's telling

this isn't abnormal in west virginia. this is what west virginia is. it's one of the most open and accepting places of all kinds of things that of ever been. we want to represent west virginia. nobody ever asked us to say live performance radio from the mountain state of west virginia. >> i started doing that. because i wanted to. i wanted people to know where we were from. there were times in public radio when that was not popular. they wanted you to be like nowhere so that people could put it on their station and you wouldn't seem like is produced by their station. we said no, will not do that. you will always do took it some west virginia because that's who we are. if you don't like that, then i'm sorry you don't have to run the show. we will tell you where we are from. we also went to represent west virginia, hopefully, by the personality that the show has. we want to try to reflect what we think is a west virginia personality. by that i mean we are straightforward, we are warm, friendly. we are not cute, you know. we like the people that we put on

virginia is not the peanut state. virginia is the state of promises. the only question is, will we keep them? [ applause ] >> sharing remarks from the national parks service, please welcome mr. p. daniel smith, deputy director. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> when you're the 11th speaker, especially following these distinguished individuals, and then a poet laureate, then to be followed by a young man who will steal all of our hearts, it's a pretty rough assignment, but as the deputy director of the national park service, i take that responsibility, but i will try to be brief. welcome to all of you today who are distinguished guests. we are grateful for so many for helping to make ft. monroe one of the 419 national park units of the national park system. we recognize the important responsibility we have as stewards of ft. monroe national monument and its role in so many facets of our history. since the creation of the national park service in 1916, 103 years ago tomorrow, our duty has been to care for america's extraordinary places and the stories

and suddenly southern west virginia gets left behind. we have to diversify, natural gas has come on strong, you look at people -- butane, propane, and ethane, those of the building blocks for manufacturing. river and wehio can invigorate that with manufacturing and become energy for the united states. right now all of our energy is clustered around louisiana and texas. this is what we are fighting for . there's always going to be a certain amount of fossils. we could be showing the world how to use it in a much cleaner way. should not be running out of methane -- running off of methane. that could be captured for valuable resources. the same with coal, which can be burned in a cleaner way. we are finding new technologies for sequestration. if you believe you can change the climate by lamination you are living in a fantasy. the rest of the world is using more fossil than ever before. they are coming into what we did 100 years ago. inyou lived in west virginia ,930, and most of rural america 20% of people have electricity. and if it was no

our hearts go out to virginia beach, virginia. a city employee opened fire in a building and took eleven lives. before police took his. six more people in the hospital. the city needless to say is in shock. this is all unfolding moment by moment in the words and images we think we are so familiar with. until it happens where we live. it is happening. where we live. tonight, it is virginia beach. this is the most devastating day in the history of virginia beach. the people involved are our friend, coworkers. neighbors. colleagues. you know, at this point i would like to turn things over to chief. to give you the information that we have so far. >> the mayor as you saw could hardly continue. the police chief understandably struggled as well. >> right now we have a will the of questions. a will the lot of questions. the whys will come later. rite now we have more questions than answers. a little more than two hours into this event. and we use the word devastating incident that happened that none of us want to be here talking about. t

in virginia. and he represents this really flowering of black political activism and it was through assembly men like peter jacob carter and other black politicians that helped pass legislature creating a public school system in virginia. readjusting virginia's debt after the war and other measures like that. some of the objects we have related to peter jacob's story represent the eager embrace of black men once they got the right to participate in politics. there's a poll book here from norfolk county, which lists the colored voters as they were described, to vote in 1867. there's also a broadside b about a mass meeting of a democratic republican association, which was an alliance of black men and also white union supporters who were advocating to give black men the right to vote. right in the waning days of the civil war so that political activism started very early on. now unfortunately, as i said, the white establishment was not happy with this newfound power of black people and acted to limit

and the strength of virginia beach are the people of virginia beach. and there is no doubt that going forward that we will define ourselves as a city where love and compassion for those neighbors that we lost and their families. >> let's bring in our next guest, virginia attorney general mark herring. thank you for being with us as we look forward to what might be next, at the same time, you know this so well, sir, an overlap of still mourning and yet fellow virginians for you there wanting answers. what are some of the answers that you might be suggesting a week from now when we're in the right place to be discussing such ideas? >> well, obviously we just got an update, got the latest from the press conference. and it is beyond heartbreaking what has happened here in virginia beach. virginia beach has now been touched by the pain and the senseless violence of a mass shooting. virginia beach is a vibrant beautiful city. it is a strong tight knit city. and in the difficult days and weeks ahead, we are all going to have to do everything we can to support