into writing about african-american history in washington, d.c. was because of barack obama and his campaign. there was a lot of interest in african american history, having the first african-american president in the white house. i was lucky enough to be assigned by the associated press to cover obama that weekend. i remember holding up -- pulling to the obamas townhouse in chicago thinking about what book what i write next. and right at that spot is when it hit me. i got so excited about the topic and so i immediately called my editor. down mydiately tamped enthusiasm and told me to think about it. really sure that i had a good idea about what i wanted to do. brian: what was the idea? jesse: the idea was to write a story about the african-american slaves who lived inside the white house. was still the country talking about how great and how unique it would be if an african-american president lived inside the white house. i said to myself, i understand that would be great but he cannot have been the first african-american to live there. and then the thought process went on -- so wh

as a county courthouse. in the years that washington, d.c. is being built, philadelphia serves as the temporary capital. the second floor was the united states senate. this room was the house of representatives -- each representative at that point in our history represented 130,000 people. -- 30,000 people. we had a population of the first census of we had 106 members of 3.70 5 million. the house would fit in this room and eventually from 16 states. the story of philadelphia as a capital, we are taking the story of a new constitution and doing things like adding a new state to the original 13. also the bill of rights would become part of our constitution while philadelphia was the capital. secretary of state thomas jefferson would formally announce the commitment to the constitution by coming to -- the amendments to the constitution by coming to congress in this building and officially announcing we have changed our constitution, which of course, the bill of rights is a huge part of our history. but also the amendment process itself. we are proving that part of the constitution wo

washington, d.c., the national gallery of art was a gift to the american people from andrew mellon, who served as treasury secretary from 1920 to 1932. we visit the museum to learn about early american portrait paintings. in this program we feature the work of gilbert stuart. his unfinished portrait of george washington is the image on the one dollar bill. dianne: hello, i am dianne stephens from the national gallery of art. john is an artist who is well known for his history paintings in america, not as much portraiture. he aspired to be a history painter, then he eventually went to england and spent a couple of years with benjamin west. west was an amazing figure who welcomed almost every painter that we are going to talk about today. they learned the art of history painting, came back to the colonies -- this is his portrait of alexander hamilton who was washington's aid to camp. it is interesting that here , alexander hamilton is hanging next to gilbert stuart's portrait of john jay. alexander hamilton, john jay, and james madison wrote the federalist papers. also, in 1794, john jay

weekend with th who recounts george washington's journey. >> currently the james marsh professor at large at the university of vermont a guggenheim fellow, professor t.h. breen has taught classes at oxford, yale, university of chicago and also northwestern university which he just retired from. he's written several books on an early american history on subjects ranging from the tobacco culture of early tidewater planters to the consumer politics of the american revolution. his new book tells a story about journeys george washington took during his first term in office and during the account of the travels, professor t.h. breen demonstrates the importance of the ambitious trip. in the review of the renowned historian notes it's hard to think anything new could be said about george washington, but he's done it and he's given us new insight into the acute political skill of the first president in the state of the country in the 1790s. please join me in welcoming professor timothy breen. [applause] thank you for coming out. coming from vermont i need not apologize the cold that i gather

much do the same things as the senators in washington today. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> each week until the 2016 election, rewind features archival coverage of presidential races. next the 1996 news conference by republican pat mccann and in columbia, south carolina. the night before he won a big zero victory in the new hampshire primary over bob dole. he hoped to continue his momentum in the south carolina primary with the endorsement of phyllis shapley. won as later senator dole decisive victory in south carolina and in every state except one on his way to the republican presidential nomination. involved a loss incumbent bill clinton in the general election that fall. this event is about half an hour. [applause] good morning everybody. i am phyllis schlafly, president of the eagle forum, a national conservative pro-life organization. i'm happy to be here today to endorse the candidacy of patty cannon. -- pat buchanan. beforeo get on the plane i knew the spectacular res

>> next on booktv tom lewis talks about the history of washington, d.c. from george washington's decision on a 10-mile site as the capital of the united states in 1791 to the early construction of federal buildings and ever-changing social and political landscape. posted by smithsonian associates in washington, d.c., this is an hour and a half. >> our guest tonight is tom lewis, professor of english at skidmore. he does not live here in town. yet he knew to take metro on tree lighting night. and he came down from saratoga springs so despite the fact he is evolving a new yorker, i should say that no less a local source than the "washington post" has praised this book by saying lewis exceeds in showing us the human face of washington and to washington, too often perceived as baseless, that is achievement enough. ladies and gentlemen, tom lewis. [applause] >> thank you very much. i'm glad that you knew to take the metro. >> microphone. >> i'll be getting to it. i'm glad that you knew, glad that you knew to take the metro. i want you to know that i invited several people to come toni

washington threw that out the coach window is no way that will sell in virginia. that not what he did. he said the letter, endorsed the plan, senate two the governor and said we had to think about kids. in the virginia government in 20 countries in 1990 that of representative road to freedom through work. i didn't invent this. right in the washington letter book. no historian never noticed this extra possibility that washington was holding out. now what happened, someone came to him as head do realize that if this guy for the state-of-the-art mill to america, you are going to be breaking every international treaty and international law that the importation of technology from great britain? he said i can't break the law so he went through with the plan. the plan -- that the good story. the bad story is washington and you can see his picture, an extraordinary slave and man of immense charisma by the name of hercules was the cook had not the white house, but where the president lives. and when washington was on his tour, he learned from the attorney general, the pennsylvania love allowed

"washington post" has praised this book by st. louis succeed in showing us the human face of washington. and for washington, too often perceived as a phyllis. that is achievement enough. ladies and gentlemen, tom lewis. [applause] >> thank you very much. i'm glad that you knew to take the metro. >> microphone. >> i'll be getting to it. i'm glad you new to take the metro. i want you to know that i invited several people to come tonight as my guests, and i've been in the back of the green room and i've gotten frantic messages on them saying we are stuck in traffic. and i said, ditch your cars, grab a natural and get off at federal triangle. they will be coming in late and i expect some others, too, will be that way as well. so i want to thank rebecca very much for her introduction and thank the smithsonian associates for inviting me. i'm delighted to be. i'm very honored to be here. and also want to thank james smithson, john quincy adams and joseph henry. no, you all know but it's good to remind ourselves that james smithson gave 100,000 pounds, which translated into $500,000 in u.s. currency

of them was george washington's secret six. and since the success of that book, he and his i co-author, dan yeager, teamed up to bring us another interest story, and that's the book he's going to talk about today which is, "thomas jefferson and the tripoli pirates," which is a forgotten war that changed american history. as i think you'll learn from brian's remarks, there is a lot we can learn from history, a lot of things that today's leaders such as president obama might be able to learn from history and from people like thomas jefferson, and we welcome brian now to share with us that story. brian kilmeade. [applause] >> genevieve wood, thank you very much. you obviously could give the speech yours, and you are now eligible for a true hardback copy, and jon, thank you very much. it took me nine seconds to realize how funny and sarcastic jon can be. but i'm privileged to be in front of you. it's also good luck. because the first event i had for george washington's secret six was also at heritage, and that ended up being a bestseller for 19 weeks. it was an unbelievable run that

dream before the afl-cio labor movement almost two years before the march on washington in the speech he has perfected over time by the time it came around to his advisers told him not to give that speech. and if you watch him there are recordings he begins not with that i have the dream of refrained but a check written by the government and the declaration of independence. and then it is marked insufficient funds. the promise of american democracy. but he gets halfway but then he pushes aside. with very effectively in detroit. there were rumors the famous gospel singer just before he came on stage to say tell him about the dream. then his speech really wasn't getting a. so he went back to their refrained that gave this speech is now one of the most famous speeches in american history. end if she was reminding him of that but that is the refrain that we all know. >> two weeks after the march birmingham alabama. so when we look as a tremendous success we forget how complicated the history was after that. it wasn't a speech for they said we are wrong. but it marked an intense yea

. you say in your book that there were nine slaves working for george washington inside that building. explain how that happens. jesse: as most people know, george washington did not live inside the white house. he lived inside executive residences in new york city and philadelphia. when this country first started, congress did not provide funds for butlers and maids and wa -- washer women. it did not provide funds for domestic staff inside the white house. the president's either had to come out of their own pocket and pay for these staffers or they had to bring in their slaves from their plantations. the majority of the first presidents and the founding fathers who became president were all slave owners. they would bring in their slaves from the plantations. george washington did this as well. he brought slaves to new york city and philadelphia from mount vernon. he brought them to new york city and philadelphia. in both of those places, today we would consider them to be non-slaveholding states but back then, slavery was allowed in both pennsylvania and new york city. george washing

just last month, washington was arrested on tax charges. now some are questioning washington's future on council. wis' meaghan norman joins us with the latest. judi, two weeks ago kelvin washington pleaded guilty to three counts of failure to file a tax return. now, another incident -- this time, a felony charge. he didn't say much as he was leaving alvin s. glenn detention center after bonding out yesterday afternoon. after pleading guilty to tax charges earlier this month -- washington was removed from the transportation ad hoc committee, which oversees projects related to the penny tax. washington's recent actions have caused some citizens and colleagues to be to concerned over his ability to do his job. "with his second arrest it's become abundantly clear that mr. washington has some issues at home that he needs to address. it's my personal opinion that he'd be better served and so richland county. he focuses on addressing these issues at home and allow someone else to fulfill his council duties. incident i'm praying for everybody that's been impacted." torrey rush, chairma

murray who helped organize the march on washington back in 1941. she was the principal strategist of that initial march on washington. people like ella baker was another leader of the naacp, they had gone to a. philip randolph and they said we were looking at this plan for a march and we noticed you didn't have one woman invited to speak. and women have been central to this movement. he kind of came down hard. they went to the other leaders bayard rustin to are looking at all equivocated and didn't say anything. they did make a commitment. then later the they released the list of official speakers and still there was not one woman on this list of official speakers. a number of women who involved in the movement actually threatened to picket a. philip randolph we needed publicity. he was giving a speech at the national press club to call for the march and to publicize the march and they threatened to picket him. they decided at the last minute not to do that. they said we want to support this, it's important thing. in a last minute deal, the men agreed to allow daisy bates to speak. in a s

morning washington. toss to eileen winter storm warning in effect for all counties west of i-95 through 10am. winter weather advisory in effect for d.c. and counties east of i-95 through 10am. flood watch in effect for the entire viewing area through 11pm. today: heavy rain through early afternoon. breezy and milder. highs: 46-54 winds: se -> w 10-15 g 25 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. some refreezing possible. lows: 27-34 winds: nw 5-10 mph mostly cloudy. seasonable. highs: 45-49 winds: nw 5-10 mph as our stormwatch coverage continues-- federal agencies are operating on a 3 hour delay- with option for unscheduled leave or unscheduled telework concerns over icy weather are also prompting several school closings and delays this morning. in virginia-- schools in spotsyvania county and fauquier county are closed this morning. joining them-- loudoun county, prince william county, shenandoah county, and rappahannock county schools-- all closed. in maryland-- calvert county, allegany county, charles county, and st. mary's county schools are all closed this morning. not everyone is throwing in th

this country who have no one to represent them in washington because the hierarchy of both parties -- really argues on behalf of these trade deals that are done for the benefit of corporations that want to shut factories in america and move them overseas. how long does it take? as phyllis mention, bob dole got up on monday and was quoted in "the new york times," i believe it was tuesday or monday and said, listen, we did not expect this to be an issue. we did not plan for it. this issue of jobs and economic insecurity, that was not our game plan. as i said on cnn a minute ago, they had that movie, "sleepless in seattle," they can call this establishment in washington of both parties "clueless in ashington." [laughter] [applause] mr. buchanan: seriously, i have traveled this country for one year. i have been home one night in the last two months. i have gone to one plant after the other, the textile plant in rain, all over america we have gone where the plants are closed. you look into the face of the women and men who have lost their jobs. they are bewildered. they do not understan

you to tell me what you see. this is lady washington's reception from 1861. take it in. who can point out something you see right away that strikes you? >> lady washington is on a platform. prof. balcerski: how high do you think she is? off the ground? >> like a foot. prof. balcerski: that's a good piece there. what else? >> everyone is dressed up fancy. prof. balcerski: like you are today. exactly. very fancy. how about a third thing? go ahead. >> at looks like they are fairly close together. they may be dancing. they are all close together. prof. balcerski: very good. i should say about lady washington's reception, she is standing center stage in an elegant down. there is someone else we sometimes think of as important in the background. that is george washington here in the center. sort of overshadowed by lady washington. the title of lady washington's reception, a formal reception that was held and hosted by the first lady, martha washington. she was standing on a platform. and you notice the opulent attire. the next image i think you will find may be more familiar. this is

>> and good day to you. i'm marilee joyce. and this is "eye on washington." it's the only statewide nevada news program produced in washington, d.c. every week "eye on washington" takes you straight to capitol hill for a discussion with nevada's delegation and other leaders about the federal matters that matter to you in nevada. today's topic, he wants to help you stop wasting energy. let's find out how one nevada leader wants to reward your business for its better energy efficiency efforts. he is my guest today, nevada u.s. congressman joe heck. and thanks for being here today. >> thanks, marilee. good to be with you. >> appreciate it. did you know your business or association might be squandering energy that could be used to warm and cool your building? my guest says it's more than likely, and he would like to change that. today on "eye on washington," we're going to tell you about a bill he says would save you on jobs. his legislation is especially great for nevada. and we'll end our energy discussion learning his thoughts on the obama administration's clean power plan. 10 member

samepretty much do the things as the senators in washington today. >> each week until the 2016 election, road to the white thee or rewind -- wrote to white house rewind features archival coverage. next, pat buchanan in south carolina. the night before he won a never wrote victory over gop front-runner bob dole. he hope to continue his campaign's momentum in south carolina with the endorsement of eagle forum founder and president phyllis schlafly. but mr. dole won a decisive victory in south carolina and everyne every -- won primary except one on the road to the general election. good morning, everyone. i am phyllis schlafly, president of eagle forum, and from the national pro-life organization. i am very proud to be here to endorse the candidacy of pat buchanan. at [applause] i had to get on the plane even before i knew the spectacular results in new hampshire area and i am happy to be here, and i think that pat is the outstanding pro-life candidate now. he is the one candidate who can win who we know respect the fundamental right to life of the unborn baby. movement wantsfe to

building, making way for a new training facility for the washington wizards. it's a $56 million project that hopes to be open by 2018. it will not only play home to the training facility for the wizards but the home games for the women's team, the washington mystics. meanwhile, a bigger project on this property. you can take a look now behind me and see a lot of these old historic buildings still here on the campus of st. elizabeth's here east campus. those buildings will be made into residential and mixed use. again, they're to come online in 2018. coming up at 5:00, we'll take you inside building 119 and we'll introduce to you a local guy who is going to help with the construction. chris, back to you. >> thanks a lot, mark. >>> storm team4 is tracking >> oh, my gosh, one minute we're up, the next we're down. let's get to chief meteorologist doug kammerer in the storm center. doug? >> at least today we've got the sunshine. it's a chilly day out there, but the sun does make it feel a whole lot better. a little bit of a breeze too. look at the high temperatures, ten degrees below average

here's marilee joyce. >> and good day to you. i'm marilee joyce and this is "eye on washington," the only statewide nevada news program produced in washington, d.c. every week "eye on washington" takes you straight to capitol hill for a discussion with nevada leaders and other leaders about the federal matters that matter to you in nevada. today's topic, protecting small business. we're going to look at one nevada leader's work in washington to support you small business owners in nevada and nationally. and he is my guest today nevada u.s. congressman cresent hardy. thanks for being here. >> glad to be here. thank you for the invite. >> 82,000 pages of federal regulations, that's what the feds added last year alone. and if you own a small business, this is important and likely bad news. so today on "eye on washington," we're going to learn how compliance costs as well as not even knowing how a rule applies to you affects your company. we'll tell you the latest news on how the small business failing to support the very businesses they should be backing. and we'll learn what my g

>> and good day to you. i'm marilee joyce and this is "eye on washington," the only statewide nevada news program produced in washington, d.c. every week "eye on washington" takes you straight to capitol hill for a discussion with nevada's delegation and other leaders about the federal matters that matter to you. today's topic, back on top. nevada sadly reclaims its worst in the nation ranking for foreclosure filings. my special guest here today to talk about it is mr. ethan handelman, the vice president for policy and advocacy for the national housing conference. thanks for being here again. >> thanks for having me. >> appreciate it. well, the nhc is the washington, d.c.-based organization that advocates for policy and legislation focusing on housing concerns, a lot of stuff of which we will be talking about today. just over a year ago, things were looking so much better. but today on "eye on washington," we're going to give you some bad news regarding foreclosures from realty trac. of our nevada veterans are homeless today. and we'll find out what my guest says must be done

built the capitol: discovering african-american history in and around washington, dc," and i knew i wanted a followup, and everyone was talking about the historic barack obama campaign, that if he had won, if he wins, he would be the first black president, the first african-american president to live inside the white house. and i knew there was something there but i couldn't put my hands on it. i sat there and thought and thought, and then it hit me, part of what i did in my first book was talk about how slaves helped build the u.s. capitol and the white house, and then my mind went a little further. well, if they helped build the white house, then they must have helped the white house run, because those same presidents who were slaveholders in their home plantations, they didn't stop being slaveholders when they moved to washington. they must have brought some of them with them. there had to be a story there. that meant that barack obama wouldn't be the first black man to live in the white house. he would just be the first president. but no one knew who these people were. and i kne

impressive back splash around winchester. now, this could kind of nick washington. that's going to set us up for a dry monday. but cooler temples tomorrow. temperatures will be in the mid to upper 30s. by 10:00 a.m., temperatures still in the low 40s. again, it's dry tomorrow, but plen plenty. >> he told police the men rifled through pockets, took his wallet and then ran off to an awaiting >> sunday services with a carbon monoxide leak at the refreshing spring church. fire fighters found high levels of carbon monoxide inside the church. six people, including two children, had to go to the hospital. another 12 showed up at a nearby emergency room. >> you may have noticed some delays on metro's redline earlier today. reports of an arcing insulator on the tracks. there was never any smoke, but they did have to shut down for morking. a $70 million increase for spending in public schools. they did not get as much money as they wanted for economic development. and they also refused to expand medicaid. he believes a bipart sarn agreement can be reached. senators marco rubio and ted cruz are f

] i'm here with washington quarterback eddie martel, and, eddie, there are a lot of angry fans out there tonight that feel the plays are being too greedy with their demands. um, anything you'd like to say to that? yeah, dwight, look, i know 5 million a year sounds like a lot of money, but i have to pay % to my agent, 5% to my lawyer. do you have any idea what insurance costs on a ferrari, mother-- uh, pat, uh, back to you. ok, that was washington running back malcolm lamont. madden: you know, it's all about money, folks, but, heck, isn't it always? it usually is. this is pat summerall for john madden saying so long from nextel stadium. you look like hell. welli'm dyin', jimmy. oh, ho ho ho. come on. you've been dyin' for 20 years. [sighs] salute. give me a cigarette. i quit. ohh. nobody likes a quitte jimmy. see the game today? nah. oh, you liar. could you believe that slide by martel? what's up? take a ride with me, jimmy. look, jimmy, i'm too old to screw around. let me give it to you straight, huh? i want you back. well, i'll--i'll take care of that. yeah, like you took care of

is a great review of it coming out in the "washington post" tomorrow so we can read about that tomorrow. he has three children and lives with his wife in newton, massachusetts. please join me in welcoming roger lowenstein. [applause] >> debra, thanks very much. a wonderful introduction. i am glad i don't have to talk about dinosaurs. i don't know much about that. what i'm going to do is mostly talk to you and read you passages as well that i mope high pressure c hope conveys the drama of the story. this was my first history story. it was the most exciting project i have been in. the people i wrote about reminded me of people on the scene and the book is full of stories. last night, anyone who saw the republican debate, you saw rand paul came out against the federal reserve and tasaid ther is no point in having a federal reserve. tonight i would like to tell you what it was like when he had a system like that back a hundred years ago. but before i get to that i want to start with what is the federal reserve and why we have it today. if you think about an ordinary bank they serve

stand up to washington. hungry for someone who will take on the washington cartel. take on not just the democrats, but leaders in our own party. we recommengnize we have a $19 trillion debt. it was both parties that bore responsibility. people are fed up. they're fed up with, you know, we want a tidal wave election in 2010 and 2014 and republican leadership is not following through on the promises and they want a leader who will honor his word, who will keep his commitments, who will stand with the xhern people and stop obamacare and stop amnesty and defend religious liberty and the second amendment. and last night, you know, two nights ago, i watched your show, sean. every pundit and analyst you had, one after another, and every show, predicted no way for cruz to win. no way for cruz to win. >> by the way, i didn't make that prediction because -- >> you did not. you did not. >> 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 the polls have been wrong so i had that in the back of my mind the whole time and i kept telling everybody, i don't know when's going to happen. >> yeah. well, what last night

meeting in milford. you can see that on c-span2. on the next "washington journal," the congressman who represents flint, michigan, gives us a preview of the oversight hearing on the water contamination problem and the local state and federal sponsor. after that, representative ted yoho of florida talks about efforts to combat sex trafficking. later, dave leventhal on campaign 2016 fundraising and spending. every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. join the conversation with your calls and comments on facebook and twitter. >> the issue that i'm interested in his border control. we have too many illegal aliens and problems in this country right now. >> i am here supporting governor chris christie. we are very proud of his efforts on our behalf. we recognize his efforts to come up with a better solution. >> one day after winning the iowa caucuses, republican presidential candidate ted cruz held a town hall in windham, new hampshire. netnswered questions on neutrality, immigration, and how he would negotiate with russian president vladimir putin. this is an hour and 20 minutes. [applau

angry -- how angry on a scale of 1 to 10 are you at washington, d.c. republicans and do you think that's what's -- [ applause ] are you? you know, because to what extent do you think -- because it's really coming down to you and him as the only two winning states after super tuesday, that tells me that there's palpable anger. where's that anger coming from? i feel it myself. >> sure. you and i both understand. people are furious. because we keep having politicians. they make promises to us. and then they go to washington and they break their word. they promptly cut deals with the democrats. they don't do what they said. i mean, none of this is complicated. you know, what i have tried to do in the senate is two things. tell the truth and do what i said i would do. >> you know, it is interesting to watch how your fellow senators respond to you. i don't know if you remember john mccain referred to senator cruz as a whacko bird. graham was joking about killing you yesterday. i'm sure you've heard about it. is it because you kept your promise on health care and you were willing to use

washington, d.c. he tells the story of the art of war. in order to evade the german u-boats, the u.s. and british navies took a page out of the sketch pads of picasso and the cubists, hiding their ships in plain sight -- with paint. jim: you can't disguise a ship on the high seas, it's impossible to disguise it. you see it on the horizon, it's giving off smoke, they are burning coal. you can't disguise them, you can't literally camouflage them, but what you can do is distort cubists, hiding their ships in plain sight -- with paint. them and that's what the art and about, tricking the eye. sharyl: the brits called it "dazzle," the americans "razzle dazzle." on both sides of the atlantic, the two navies transformed thousands of ships into floating works of art. like the rms olympic, a british luxury liner converted into a troop ship to transport americans to the front lines. jim: you can clearly see the curve shape, which makes it look like it is a wave. its stacks are painted so that the portion that would be greatest in the sun is now painted in black. sharyl: and the uss west mahome

here's marilee joyce. >> and good day to you. i'm marilee joyce and this is "eye on washington," the only statewide nevada news program produced in washington, d.c. every week here on "eye on washington," we take you straight to capitol hill for a discussion with nevada's delegation and other top leaders about the federal matters that matter to nevadans. today's topic, he wants every student to succeed. we're going to tell you about one nevada leader's work to smarten up nevada's suffering education system. and he is my guest today. he is nevada u.s. congressman joe heck. thanks for being here today. >> thanks, marilee. >> we're dead last for the third year in the row. that's the nevada public education rating according to the most recent annie e. casey foundation report on children's well-being. and today on "eye on washington," we will tell you about my guest's effort to get the state out of the education cellar. we'll find out education's tie to nevada's doctor shortage as now, last december the house passed legislation considered to be a major overhaul of federal education

rooms, 21 insider stories. he explains how presidents from george washington to barack obama have left their imprints on the executive mansion. we'll hear about thomas jefferson's bathrooms, abraham lincoln's war office, and jfk's situation room. the national library for the study of george washington at mt. vernon hosted this hour-long program. >>> okay. good evening, everybody. my name is doug bradburn, i'm the director of the washington library here at mt. vernon and it is my great delight to welcome you to one of our ford evening book talks. i'd also like to welcome the c-span audience who is here as well and everyone watching live online. all ten of you, i'm sure. thousands of thousands of you, of course. the ford evening book talk is a way to bring relevant books and important history topics and we have a great one for you this evening. it is funded by ford. mt. vernon has had a long relationship with the ford family, with the ford motor company, going back to henry ford's original donation of the fire engine which helped keep the mansion safe. mt. vernon is continually intereste

washington state on the right side of the mountains. i know. how are you? so good to be with you this afternoon. here, please have a seat. have a seat. thank you so much for coming out. i want to ask you, i want to start with a question of why we're all here. why are you here today. help ted win. ted cruz. i'm, glenn beck's here, you're the one. we're here for the constitution of the united states of america. that's what we're here for. we're not here to hero worship. we're not here to see a celebrity. we are here for the constitution of the united states of america. when the president becomes president, when ted stands up to take the oath, it will not be i promise to make sure the rich pay their fair share. i promise to make sure that gays get married or don't get married. i promise to do this or that. what he said ys is i swear to protect and defend the constitution of the united states of america. and it's high time we have a president that does just that. bernie sanders, bernie sanders is connecting with a lot of people because he has diagnosed the problem. his solution is poppyco

is here. "wake up washington." >> and the man accused of killing a rookie police officer and his wife will go before a prince william county judge this morning. we are live with the latest. >> breaking news overnight, a university of virginia student been held pleading for forgiveness. we will hear what he has to say. >> the oscar goes to? "wake up washington" at 6:00 a.m. starts right now. >>> good morning. i'm andrea roane. welcome to "wake up washington." >> happy monday after a beautiful start this morning. right to a developing story we have been talking about sense the weekend. avirginia police officer shot and killed after her first week of the job. and two fellow officers shot. >> the officers responding to a domestic incident in prince william county. the alleged gunman killing his wife. and that man will go before a judge with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. 32-year-old rona an army staff sergeant. this morning he is a murder suspect waking up behind bars. he will be escorted here to face a judge for his arraignment. ashley guindon was sworn in as a police off

for military man. that is what thomas lincoln casey could build the washington monument. well, this is all very well, but it lasted as the citigroup from about maybe 65,000 at that time to well over 800,000 during the 2nd world war. and what you had was three commissioners, usually cronies of the president often cronies of the president when marion anderson, and this will give you an example of government dysfunction, when marion anderson 1st wanted to use the daughters of the american revolution all constitutional she was refused. did not allow a black performer. then what about the school? well, the schools turned her down. roosevelt was dying to do. and the other was more interested in the easter seals campaign and passing out certificates to get drivers. things like that. that was preposterous what was going on. and this situation existed for a hundred years from 1871 to 1971. >> i have a speculative question. if the jefferson view of the city prevailed how would that have changed the city? >> i want to broaden the question. if jefferson and prevailed how would that have changed

-span. ♪ >> c-span's "washington journal," live every day with issues that impact you. whenus tomorrow morning susan kennedy will be with us. then robert bailey of the wilson center will discuss china's a surface to air missiles and the state of china's economy. be sure to watch beginning live at 7:00 eastern, tomorrow. senator ted cruz spoke to a rally in las vegas. radio talkshow host glenn beck made introductory remarks. this is one hour and 45 minutes. glenn beck: hi, everybody. out, itld before i came is nevada, not nevada. i know. please, have a seat, have a seat. thank you so much for coming out. i want to start with the question of, why are we all here today? why are you here today? help ted win. ted cruz. glenn beck's here, you're the one. we're here for the constitution of the united states of america, that's what we're here for. we're not here to hero worship, we aren't here to see a celebrity. we're here for the constitution of the united states of america. when the president becomes president, when ted stands up to take the oath, it will not be, i promise the rich pay thei

-hour delay opening federal government offices in washington, d.c., this morng. the weather is about to make a dramatic turnaround. hughes. >> i was cleaning up the area in city hall so nobody slips and falls. >> reporter: up and down the east coast, slippery side walks made for wobbly walking. on the roads, the coating of ice left drivers scrambling. in pennsylvania, derek fair was driving down route 29 just missing this tree. >> i'm trying not to h the guy in front of me. i just kind of tried to turn. i just came off the road. >> reporter: north carolina's wintry mix caused more than 150 car zepts in less than 24 hours. the 1200-mile-long winter storm is also creating troubl at airports. red dominated the departures board at charlotte-douglas international. close to 1600 flights canceled monday. >> i'm done. i'm done. i'm done. i'm ready for summer. >> reporter: 17 states seeing warmup in many places by later tonight. the wild weather stretching into the south with reports of several tornado touchdowns. in mississippi, this house destroyed. this high school campus damaged. in la larks

believed to have arrived at dulles airport near washington overnight on a private plane from austin. a first-time guest at that resort ranch in west texas. his body was discovered in his room after he missed breakfast and lunch. abc's jim avila is there. he spoke with one of the people who saw him last. >> reporter: the high of end hunting lodge and ranch was host this weekend of an exclusive group of mostly texan couples. justice scalia was the only famous guest. he arrived friday about noon. toured the property. did not join that day's hunt. but he had dinner with the group overlooking the scenic lake. >> at about 9:00 p.m., he said, it's been a long day, had a long week, i'd like to be excused. >> reporter: others told illness. the county judge who pronounce him dead over the phone told abc news that she talked to his doctor in washington told her he'd been ill. and came to his office wednesday and thursday before the trip. the scalia family, his nine children and wife maureen, she says, objected to an autopsy. and after talking with sheriff investigators and u.s. marshals on the sc

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prescription drugs. >> we are clearing out but colder air moving into the region. >>> a time-out in washington this morning to focus on faith. "news4 midday" begins right now. >>. >> police are looking for whoever is responsible for a shooting that left four people hurt in southeast. it happened on butler street in anacostia. that's where we find molette green. >> good morning. d.c. police cleared the scene a short while ago and tell me they will interview those gun shot victims to get a clear motive and identify suspects. neighbors here tell me they want some long-term solutions. crime scene tape shut down this part of 16th and butler streets in southeast for an all-night police investigation that lasted past the morning rush. this is where gun fire struck four people, two juveniles among the victims including a girl. >> what's going on? >> around about 8:30, maybe 8:45 all of a sudden i heard gun shots. >> she wonders as police officers look for clues and place evidence markers right outside her home. some near beer cans in the street. >> there are a lot of kids. it's too much. all these aba

washington about the official journal because it involved, they disagreements about what the convention thought in terms of treaties. so in the 1790s in the midst of an enormous fight between president washington and jefferson and madison and hamilton and washington on one side, and madison and jefferson on the other, washington takes the official journal and he goes down and deposits it in the state department. then only after it has been deposited and recorded and precisely how many pages and one page was loose, does washington go and say i have deposited the official journal safely in government archives. madison writes to jefferson, what's he doing? this is crazy. but then because of that the government owns the journal and the journal is published. but at the time they managed to get the kind of quiet. >> we have some excellent questions from the audience. as a law professor i can tell you they are incredibly legible. slot want to thank all of you for the. i like madison's notes. here's one. talk about the relationship between madison and hamilton. >> sort of hamilton's revenge he

stories." he explains how presidents from george washington to barack obama have let their imprint on executive mansion. you will hear about thomas jfk'sson's bathroom, and situation room. this is an hour-long program. >> ok, good evening everybody. my name is doug bradburn, i am the director of the washington library and it is my great our booko a new to talks. i would like to welcome the c-span audience who is here as well and everyone watching on live as well, all 10 of you as well. [laughter] thousands of you. this is a way to bring authors to the mount vernon community free every month and we try to topics.levant books in we have a great one for you. mount vernon has had a long relationship with afford family, ford motor company, going back to him before's original donation of the fire engine, keep thep mansion say. it is important to us going forward. i would mention that this relationship to port is crucial because the mount vernon ladies has never taken any government money. we only accept money from private patriotic people and foundations. it allows us to maintain the house

. is there enough help? >> there are people across party lines. i' m glad to see washington is beginning to recognize. disappointed -- they are continuing to revoke medicaid expansion. >> how likely is it you are going to face real opposition when it comes to expanding medicaid. certainly there is a group that doesn' t want anything to do with the affordable care act. there are others who say the horse is already out to the barn. >> i' m pleased we have a bipartisan new hampshire health protection program we enacted about two years ago. we did make progress to reauthorize expansion forward. i will continue to work with members of both parties. >> no mention of expanded gambling. >> i think we have had that debate and i think we need to focus on where we can continue to make progress together. i' two fiscally responsible budgets . we ended fiscal year 2015 with a surplus. we need to continue to move forward. one of the things on the opioid crisis, the legislature created a joint task force. they sent a group of bills to my desk. we still need action on expanding drug courts. fun