washington. he believed there was the personal man and then there was the public man. those people who had the personal relationship would not display that personal relationship in public. the private man had a public persona and you stayed outside of arm's reach. this is a george washington who enjoyed playing cards, he enjoyed cockfights, horse races, this is the george washington who loved to dance and it was reported that george was the best answer in all of virginia. this is the george washington who loved to hunt and fish, loved going to the theater. in fact, his favorite play was a tragedy. it is a story of a young, selfless patriot who sacrifices himself to the greater patriot cause. maybe because washington felt he was that guy. he also liked hamlet, julius caesar. those were a couple of his favorites. this was the george washington who had an eye for the attractive women. in the 18th century, she was considered an attractive woman. not only was she an attractive woman, she was the widow

winchester made washington and washington made winchester. so, george washington, with the cherry tree he did not cut down, the famous story. "father, i cannot tell a lie, i did cut down the cherry trade." of course, that is an apocryphal story but with those there is often a grain of truth. and in reading, as i have i think, everything george washington wrote during the 1750's, the guy really was a straight shooter, you know? he was not manipulative. what you saw is what you got and i attribute that to him being a surveyor. when you run straight lines and honest corners and you make accurate observations, you don't tell lies. a liar cannot make a surveyor. is anyone running for president that is a surveyor, by the way? no? [laughter] was george our last surveyor? so, he came to winchester in 1748 as a surveyor. famously only 16 years old but this was in march of 1748 so he was just barely 16 years old. here is what he said. wednesday, march 16, we set out early and traveled up to fredericktown, the standard name for winchester at that time.

when george washington we talked a lot about george washington today. when he ordered suits from his london taylor, he included the language, delivered suits must be taken with must be delivered with measures taken of men of similar size that you judge. these are simple instructions that were essential communications to a tailor, if you are expecting him to construct a handsewn fitted garment. until the very recent past, handsome clothing was not a luxury item, it is a simple fact of clothing restriction clothing construction. handsewn remained the standard mode for production for any garment. whether it was a middling artisan or slave. the men and women in the 18th century weren't familiar with needle and thread and they can make simple repairs on household items. fuller garments required the knowledge and skills of men and women who learned their trade through apprenticeship. coats and waistcoats, they sit closely and precisely to the body. they require the skills of a tailor to construct. a tailor skill lay in his ability to fit, to measure and cut g

head of all the way to washington dc. they arrive on july 11, the same he marches to washington dc. they were supposed to reinforce around petersburg. i spent a lot of time on that. we got reinforcements coming, but will they get there in time? it will divide the union army and the federal capital one full day. walls will have to make every exertion to save washington and baltimore. 1864, there is a half-hour pitch battle along the banks of the river. strongll fight a very self-defense. towards evening, they will be driven off the field. if you can see in this image james is going to be covering the left flank. think about this. he is retreating towards baltimore, there is nothing in the way of washington dc. i want you to listen to this as his army isu, retreating towards baltimore. and what it -- what do you think about this. from 9:00 a.m., to 5:00 p.m., when they overwhelm the numbers, attered, forces of at least 20,000, they do not seem to be resuming. you will have to use every exertion to save baltimore and washington. i think the troops of the six core fought magnificently.

washington understood that. he understood their frustration and their anger and on march 15, washington would go there and meet with officers. there was a letter that have been floated and they suggested and the officers rise up march on the civilian government and seize control. , afact, a year before continental kernel named lewis nicola had written george a letter in which he suggested and georgie is the army seize power and make himself the king and make himself a dictator. washington read that later and was mad and wrote a scathing goty and when he washington's apply, he sent three others -- three letters back apologizing for such a suggestion, that he was loyal to his commander and loyal to his 15,rnment, sans march george spent the entire day crafting a speech, agonizing over every word that he was going to say to those officers and that evening, he went to the officers meeting and as he came in, these were battle trained soldiers, men who had served with george throughout much of the conflict and as he w

trump: the last time washington, d.c. was home to the world series champs, the president was a gentleman named calvin coolidge. that's a long time ago. nearly a century later, the nationals have brought back the trophy to america's capital, and you've won it. this is the first world series in franchise history, and it's going to be, really, the first of many, i predict. [applause] pres. trump: i want to congratulate the terrific owners of the team. your principal owner, mark lerner, ted lerner. great people. the lerner family. [applause] pres. trump: a man who's become very famous. i think he's much more famous than me right now, general manager mike rizzo. you have become very famous, huh? [applause] thank you, sir. a manager, and you watch all the mistakes made in baseball and other sports, and then you watch what this man did as manager. he didn't make any. he didn't many any. dave martinez. [applause] pres. trump: and all of the incredible coaches and players, they're all here. and we really just want to thank you, an

historical itol society held this event, held on the george washington university campus in washington, d.c. >> i'm thinking maybe once the speaker hears my voice, he'll wander -- i know lee had a lot of ground to cover so i don't want to waste too much time. everyone knows who churchill is, of course. >> who am i, is the question? >> who is lee pollock? he's been a wonderful friend to the historical society and i think the d.c. scholar society in gentle. ee pollock was a trustee and driesor -- advisor to the board for the international churchill society for almost nine years and was executive director for six years before that the tame d of that since, he launched this wonderful center where we're meeting today. the national churchill library and center here in d.c. it opened in october of 2006 and in case you don't know, the -- 2016 and in case you don't know, the international church him society -- do you have any? >> i can get out a magazine. >> yes, he can get out some progress gabbeda -- gentlemen we call it information. >> dedicated to preserving the thoughts, words, and deeds o

they are told to go to washington. in order to get to washington they have two options. they can take steamers and go around fortress monroe and up the chesapeake bay or the river. or they can go by land utilizing the railroad network that comes into washington. that is what most of the soldiers going into washington are going to do. the problem with that is there is no direct rail link between baltimore, say philadelphia, new york and washington, d.c. everything has to go to baltimore and change trains. soldiers who are assembling and preparing to go to washington, when they get to baltimore, they have to get out of there trains, walk a mile through downtown baltimore to the next train station. baltimore was the most rapidly secessionist part of the state of maryland. many of the citizens of baltimore were not pleased to see troops in union blue marching through their city. on april 19th, a group of massachusetts soldiers from the sixth massachusetts militia going to be attacked on the streets of baltimore. in total, 4 massachusetts men are killed or mortally wounded. m

castro al-jazeera washington roslyn jordan joins me now from washington d.c. just which is the same 2 story there and saying that democrats assign look it doesn't necessarily mean that impeachment is now a foregone conclusion but just how does this change the choir that's on the way. well stan it doesn't really change the inquiry at all if anything this is a political measure taken on thursday in essence so that the house speaker nancy pelosi can basically show up congressional republicans who have objected to the impeachment inquiry which started in the last week of september the interviews behind closed doors are going to continue the democrats say they are doing it this way so that witnesses can't compare their testimony so that there is a bit of freedom for them to was speak frankly to both the congressional democrats and republicans who are sitting on this panel doing this preliminary work but democrats say their plan is to eventually get to open hearings hearings where anyone in the public can watch or sit in the gallery and they're hoping that they coul

accompanied to washington. she disappeared from everyone's radar and spent most of the 1980 suffering from debilitating alcohol addiction, druggism and schizophrenia. on april 17th, 1990, the chileans woke to a dramatic front page headline in that morning's newspaper. i aim liliana walker, it declared, accompanied by a 1976 passport photo. at this point the reagan and bush governments had turned against pinochet. the democratic opposition led the way. the press felt free to criticize the regime and as a result pinochet lost the referendum on his rule. in early 1990 a new democratic government was in power. because of the fernandez and g lagos confessions, it could be re-opened in court because there was no evidence. three years later they found fernandez and contreras guilty. contreras spent the rest of his life in detention until he decide in 2015. espinosa is still in prison. the letelier affair stands as one of the most consequential assassinations of the cold war. in chile, the letelier quest for justice br

in washington, d.c., just over a mile from the white house. next on american history tv, historian alan mcpherson on his book "ghosts of sheridan circle: how a washington assassination brought pinochet's terror state to justice." mr. mcpherson gives an bus boysed talk at and poets in washington, but first, we visit sheridan circle with the author to see where the crime took place and the memorial there for the two victims. dr. mcpherson: so, we are literally at the scene of the crime. this is a memorial that was put here by the institute for policy studies to memorialize the assassination of orlando letelier. at the same time, ronni moffitt, a u.s. citizen, was also killed. bomb, and all of this happened at sheridan on embassy row in washington, d.c. on that morning, september 21, 1976, orlando letelier was an employee of a think tank in washington called the institute of policy studies. he was driving his car to work. he lived in that direction. he came down embassy row, massachusetts avenue, lined with several embassies. the car with him wer

you know the bureaucracy in washington d.c. has not been challenged in quite some time and i think that's why you see president trump having such a tough challenge in d.c. i mean it's really been since ronald reagan was there the bureaucrats in washington had any sort of challenge to them and we need a regen moment in this country where he grabbed the microphone and said you know please turn back on this microphone we paid for this microphone and we need a bunch of people to go to washington d.c. and take back the microphone because the fact is whether you're peter stroke or andrew mccabe or any of these deep state folks they serve at the pleasure of the american people who pay their salaries with our taxpayer funds and i think that it's been reversed for too long they think that we work for them no no it's the other way around take a look at your paycheck it's the american people that you work for and that revolution is coming if they don't in all of this deep state activity i think that's why peter the upcoming i.g. report i

matt morrison, bbc news, washington. hello, i'm gavin ramjaun — and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: the nationals touchdown back in washington after making history with a first—ever world series win. a blow for golden state warriors. their star man steph curry faces a spell on the sidelines, with a broken hand. and wins for barty and bencic as they move into the last four at the wta tour finals in china. the washington nationals have made a triumphant return home after winning the world series, for the first time in their history. this was a team, remember, that lost 31 of their first 50 matches of the season — and there were calls for the coach to step down. this was a team, remember, that lost 31 of their first 50 matches of the season — and there were calls for the coach but the nationals‘ astonishing change of fortune culminated in winning 6—2 at the houston astros, in the world series decider on wednesday night. for the first time in the history of "the f

washington has grown accustomed to this method of voicing dissent. this was an organized demonstration with parade permits, marshalls, and responsible leadership. the demonstrators'position on the war and dissemination and other issues were made known. officers of the metropolitan police were directed to maintain a low visibility profile. their role was, as always, to protect the constitutional rights of citizens, intervening only to meet emergency situations. there were few laws broken, few arrests. most who came in the name of peace returned to their jobs and schools. but some who came to break the peace stayed on in west potomac park. for them, the april 24 rally was only a prelude to mayday, an opportunity to advance their own well-defined aim, to shut down the federal government. >> the country should respond from coast w to coas coast to coast with demonstrations across this country. >> these members of the new left decided the discipline and tactics of peaceful assembly were no longer acceptable. as early as june, 1970, strategy conferences we

bring in our correspondent public fully aliens he's in washington good evening to you. have we heard anything coming out of this meeting i know of members of congress weren't happy about it what about the 2 presidents how how did they get a law. hi brant well i've just got one eye on seeing the press conference because it looks like it's a bag to begin any 2nd and like you said there were actually 5 republican senators taking part also in at that meeting today and you mentioned that they're one of the big topics of course was purchased by turkey of the russian s 14 missile system which really enraged washington over the summer and actually led to. turkey being kicked out of the f.s.a. $35.00 fighter jet program and particularly actually angered those republican senators some of which actually were at the meeting today obviously also a discussion of syria was expected to be brought up president trump being at under a lot of pressure over his handling of that situation in fact just last week he received a letter in which that was from the house foreign affairs committee w

washington will celebrate, of course. what they have learned anything from the exercise, will the 2016 elections have changed their minds or the priorities at all in any way? or they continue to convince themselves this is some weird operation run by russia and racism in the heartland. something that they could safely ignore and return to a kind of arrangement that looks very much like 1978, for that matter. we know the answer to that. if the people in charge are capable of learning anything, the country would not look like it is today. congressman matt, the floor the key watching carefully today, if you were to sum up what we learned today from these hearings and they were touted throughout the day as pivotal. a bombshell, ied, blowtorch! what would be your summary? >> donald trump is skeptical of foreign aid and washington loves foreign aid because it allows politicians and ambassadors and government bureaucrats to do our favorite then, give away other people's money. donald trump was especially concerned about the ukra

well let's take that full out from today's hearing to both washington and kiev in the u.s. capital jonathan katz is with the think tank the german marshall fund of the united states and our correspondent in ukraine nick connolly good evening to you both jonathan firstly to you what struck you about the good evening testimony today from memory you have on of it the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. well 1st i just want to say that i had an opportunity to work with mushy ivana beach and she's one of the one of america's top diplomats so there's deep deep disappointment in washington both sides of the aisle and her treatment and today's hearing where she again provided i think very telling testimony about an effort one to oust her a shadow effort by the trump administration to conduct policy that's not in in the interest of the united states but to further donald trump's political own political agenda and so i think the testimony today particularly the moment where the chair of this committee adam schiff read out a tweet highlighting the president once again trying to intimid

but churchill's influence was not appreciated in washington. in december 1953, churchill met eisenhower in bermuda and was shocked when ike described the soviet union as "a woman of the streets." according to churchill the president then added, under her dress was the same old girl despite a bath, perfume or lace. this was clearly not churchill wanted. he traveled to washington in 1954, but the american response remained unchanged. churchill told dulles that he might meet with the russians himself, preparatory to a meeting which would include the president. dulles told churchill that that would be dangerous, adding, and illusion of success would be bad and a failure might create the impression that the only alternative was war. churchill left washington for the last time as prime minister on june 29, returning to britain on the queen elizabeth. he lobbied for his own meeting with the soviet leader in vienna, despite opposition from the united states, but the idea came to not when the soviets refused. perhaps they recognized churchill's waning i

run starred washington. "american son" tells an intense story of a mixed race florida whose son is mississipng after traffic stop. what it means to be black in america. the broadway role in americ"ame son" was washington's next tv series after "scandal," the actress has a habit of playing smart, strong woman including anita hill in "confirmation." kerry and i got together here in new york for a sunday sit-down and a little lunch. >> my gosh this looks incredible. >> oh, it is my favorite. >> i love it. >> wow. >> do you put this out everyday or because kerry is here. >> now you are showing off. >> kerry washington loves to put on a show. but over the course of her career she has strive to do more than just entertain. she want to make us think, too. >> keep your hands-on the wheel, boy, look straight ahead. would not want to make the man in the bullet proof vest nervous when he walks up to your window pointing a glok at your head. >> "american son" is a raw look at race and policing in america. >> what do you

he gives a talk at busboys and poets in washington. but first, we visit sheridan circle with the author to see where the crime took place and the memorial there for the two victims. >> so we are literally at the scene of the crime. this is a memorial that was put here by the institute for policy studies to memorialize the assassination of orlando letelier. at the same time, ronni moffitt, a u.s. citizen, was also killed in this car bomb. all of this happened here in sheridan circle in the heart of embassy row in washington, d.c. on that morning, september 21, 1976, orlando letelier was an employee of a think tank in washington called the institute for policy studies. he was driving his car to work. he lived in that direction in bethesda, maryland. he came down embassy row, massachusetts avenue, lined with several embassies. in the car with him were two colleagues from ips, ronni moffitt and her husband michael moffitt. they turned the corner over here and unbeknownst to them, following them was a gray sedan. in that gray sedan were two

in 1979 patrick opened the inn at little washington in the small rural town of washington, virginia. patrick transformed the former gas station into one of the most renowned fine dining establishments on earth. for the past two years the inn at little washington has been one of the just handful of restaurants in america to receive three michelin stars. every day patrick and his team pursue absolute perfection. they are true artists who fill us with pride in our national cuisine. patrick, as we award you the national humanities medal, a very special, very powerful award, we thank you and your entire team for the enduring contribution to american culture and i think the first lady and i will have to stop by very soon because it sounds good to me and i've heard incredible things. thank you very much. thank you patrick very much. thank you very much. [applaus [applause]. thank you, patrick. i'd like to acknowledge the extremely talented white house chefs here this afternoon, including tommy, where is tommy? you have to be around here. tommy, thank you, tommy. what a job you do. you do to

everywhere you go there are plaques and monuments, george washington sub tier, he spent a couple couple hours here, he spent more honest and getting his suits here walking the streets, russia being here so it's really a great place to have this in addition in washington literally serving the streets when you walk out of this building, there is a lot of other revolutionary war stories, you have the car little house where young george william carlo was killed in the battle utah spree asked, and ate the camp and it was also the when he lived here later in life and there's probably more things today of being the father of a confederate general but he was a great revolutionary war soldier and he coined the phrase furniture in washington for being first in more in the hearts of this country. and the building are actually constructed and 1839, this was constructed for this purpose, knowledge about an important subjects, this is an awesome place to hold the symposium and talk about this, so i think you all everyone learned a lot and the topic was interesting but this symposium was calls before

then they came home to washington dc. it looked as though they might lose the series if they did not win another game. when you aggregate the runs across all seven games, does the winner -- the person who has the most runs, should they win? no. the electoral college says essentially it is the most states. >> thanks to the washington nationals. we are now in the age of moving images. we are going to show one from 1912. an important year because the incumbent president, taft, was challenged by theodore roosevelt. what happened to the process when theodore roosevelt ended up challenging his own president in that year? he ended up running as a third-party candidate. what happened to the process? dr. brown: what was so fascinating about 1912 is you have a former president saying i want to run again and i think my party should let me run again, and the party says, no. we are going to go with the current president, taft. roosevelt mounts this run really because he does not win his party's nomination. in doing so, he divides the

still, letelier ended up working against pinochet in washington. his work coincided with a golden age of human rights activism in the 1990's. -- the mid-1970's. more than 200 groups in the united states worked on human rights. over 50 lobbied congress and about 15 concentrated on latin america. civil rights icon patricia derian became the first assistant for democracy, human rights, and labor under the jimmy carter administration. just a few months after the letelier assassination, mark schneider, who had worked for kennedy in massachusetts on several issues. in congress, representative don fraser chaired the first congressional hearings on human rights in 1973. helping him were, among others, tom harkin, michael harrington, . these were all democrats. on china, congress's greatest achievement was the 1975 harkin amendment, which cut off aid to any government that grossly violated human rights. unless the president determine such aid would directly benefit the needy. the following year, teddy kennedy directly targeted chile. one chilean magazine ca

"washington journal" is next. is next. [video clip] >> is this what americans should now expect from their president? if this is not impeachable conduct, what is? would not be surprised to see all the typical signs that this is a carefully orchestrated media smear campaign. ♪ host: and with that, day 1 of the house impeachment in korea began. house democrats led by adam schiff laying out the criteria to remove president trump. nunesicans and devin calling the entire process a sham. the next round of hearings continuing tomorrow morning and for the next three hours, how the story is playing out in the news, editorial pages, and social media. we will have highlights and your calls and comments and reaction. for democrats, 202-748-8000. for republicans, 202-748-8001. if you are an independent, 202-748-8002. send us a text message, be sure to tell us your first name and where you are texting from at 202-748-8003. join us on facebook at facebook.com/cspan and on twitter at @cspanwj. good thursday morning. a lot to talk about

the mood in washington changed almost overnight. what i noticed was that in the agencies and departments, consensus shifted from engagement means, be patient and let them learn, to, oh my goodness, they're getting way ahead and they're not really showing signs of wanting to learn but rather of taking advantage. is it possible to put a number on the value of the technology that has been transferred to china over the course of the last 20 years or so? people have begun to look at that bipartisan commission called the intellectual property commission or the commission on theft of intellectual property. estimates that the loss of ip is somewhere above between 225 and 600 billion. also, a separate study estimates that the annual loss from cyber espionage is 400 billion so during the four years leading up to 2017, at one point, $2 trillion. inside the pentagon, this transfer of technology was seen as a huge national security risk. so much of us military superiority depends on having exclusive access to us innovation. i had a team working

hose out somet to corruption in washington, here is one. make everyone who wants to run for federal office put their tax returns online. [cheering and applause] ok. that is part one. that is attack of the corruption head on. just come after it. here is the thing, you start to disrupt the influence of money, the influence of the giant corporations, the influence of the billionaires, now you have the chance to start making real change. here is where i want to go, i want some structural change in this economy. we have some real problems in america right now and that is these giant corporations. they have swallowed up the little businesses and medium-size businesses. they have swallowed up what used to be big businesses. the problem is the power it gets done. power over their employees, power over their customers, powers over the communities where they are located, and power in washington. president who a has the courage to enforce our antitrust laws and break some of these guys up. [cheering and applause] big tech, we are coming. that is part

so far 2 dozen people have been killed and thousands arrested washington's reaction a travel warning bolivia is a pretty similar situation. the country's been gripped by protests in support of its recently ousted socialist president abel morales. the state department hasn't had anything to say about that they instead back to the new regimes claim that cuba is somehow to blame for bolivia's problems joins brazil in ecuador in recognizing the cuban threat to freedom bravo to libya and one protests were taking place against morales washington had something else to say the united states applauds the bolivian people for demanding freedom around the world protests continue to rage for the u.s. it's a great time to fuel the fire of popular anger if it's for the right reasons of course the united states can home go over to other parts of the world like the middle east we should just live to the united states is very much supportive and he put on his things to go about his exe reach out and trying to destabilize the google and that is the he will do the. bully bit of the buttocks to be. suppo

warship in the persian gulf accompanied by a bomber plan since washington's abandonment of the nuclear deal with iran in may 2018 the situation in one of the most volatile regions in the world has been escalating and iran consequently resumed enrichment of uranium in the process itself violating the multinational treaty. some fear this could put the country on the threshold to becoming a nuclear arms state. meanwhile the i.n.f. treaty between the us and russia banning land based intermediate range nuclear missiles has effectively collapsed the nuclear powers in adversaries of old are now developing new weapons and new strategies. are we seeing a return to the times of the cold war is the world at risk of a new global arms race 30 years since the last one ended or has it already begun. to believe. it is. a nuclear bunker under the center of nuremberg built decades ago during the cold war there used to be around 2000 bunkers like this across germany their purpose to provide shelter for at least a section of the population in the event of a nuclear holocaust. that sounds in a dozen 2000 p

capitol washington d.c. . we've come here to find the people whose ideas later become policy. among the many think tanks based in washington are those that provide the theory behind nuclear rearmament and consider a nuclear war to have become feasible again they started working years ago on a new nuclear strategy. one of their most prominent figures is political scientist matthew critic in addition to being a professor at the renowned georgetown university he's a leading strategist at the atlantic council one of the most influential think tanks in the western hemisphere. i'm proud to say that at the atlantic council where i have an affiliation i've been writing about this issue for several years i think starting in 2014 or 2015 started writing about the threat of russian deescalation strikes started writing and during congressional testimony on the need for the united states to develop low yield nuclear options to respond to that matthew koenig is also the author of an influential book called the logic of american nuclear strategy it provides scientific arguments for the conce

d.c.is paul in washington, paul, good morning. caller: good morning and thank you for c-span. , and in washington, d.c. was 46 when the wall came down. byecall, vividly, a cartoon the cartoonist herblock that road for the washington post. herblock was quite a good artist. not quite at the level of daumier, but not bad. he did a picture of a young german couple, the man was representing the west, the woman was representing the east, and they were looking at each other , and it wasze absolutely no doubt no words were necessary except for the caption with an indication of reunification happening. do you recall it and can you show it? host: i don't recall it, paul, but you mentioned the washington post. we have a long time washington post correspondent and reporter up next in just a moment. a stick around for that discussion. later, we will be joined by another author to discuss the history of germany post-berlin wall, but first, before we get to those interviews, more from nbc news special report that aired 30 minutes ago today. the

it is just past 9:00 in washington dc -- washington, d.c. if you are listening on c-span radio, we are focusing on the impeachment inquiry, two weeks of hearings that wrapped up yesterday. we covered all of it live on the c-span networks. it is archived at c-span.org. more of your calls, comments, and reaction for the next hour. i want to share what is the next step as the washington post has a headline of the gop eliminating -- limiting the trial to two weeks. here are the details. a group of republican senators and senior white house officials said privately yesterday they would map out a strategy for a potential impeachment trial for president trump, including rapid proceedings in the senate limited to about two weeks. that's according to people familiar with negotiations. the prospect of an abbreviated trial is by several republicans as what they call a favorable middleground. substantial enough to give credence without risking greater damage to the president by dragging on too long. even a two week trial could run counter to what trump

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the breaking story from t"the washington post". white house review showing extensive effort to justify trump's decision to block ukraine military aid. one of the authors is on the phone with us right now. thanks for jumping on the horn, the story just coming out authored by you. give us the summary. i read the headline but this is just coming in to us through your reporting. >> yeah, thanks for having me. the story we have been hearing for a little bit of time privately at the "washington post" was that the white house was doing an internal records review to figure out what happened with the way they had handled ukraine's military aid and the president's decisions. there was a protective move but what we learned is in the white house records review there is the chief of staff, mick mulvaney and the omg discussing after the president had blocked aid to ukraine trying to figure out how do we justify. what is our legal reasoning and public justification for holding up this aid? the timing is interesting, too, because the search for a

join us is the white house correspondent for the washington examiner. what do we expect this week with the house in recess and the president in new york today. he has a campaign event tomorrow in kentucky. as you say, he is up in new york. everything he is doing now, he is gearing up for campaign events. there was supposed to be a criminal justice that. -- event. it was complete with his campaign music. everything is about the fight ahead. host: let me share with you what oncy pelosi said yesterday saturday evening. it's a letter in which she outlines the agenda moving ahead. she double down on the impeachment inquiry. .he said the facts are clear with richard this nixon in 1972 with the break-in of the dnc headquarters. saidobservers have president sins offenses pale in comparison to what president trump has done. can you elaborate on what the white house is responding? one of the things he said about the three previous president to faced impeachment, he said he had done nothing. shifty clear in trying to that. they are going after the process. say the

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washington will celebrate, of course. will they have learned anything from the exercise, will the 2016 elections have changed their minds or the priorities at all in any way? or do they continue to convince themselves this is some weird operation run by russia and racism in the heartland. something that they could safely ignore and return to a kind of arrangement that looks very much like 1978, for that matter. we know the answer to that. the people in charge are capable of learning anything, the country would not look like it is today. congressman matt, the floor the key watching carefully today, if you were to sum up what we learned today from these hearings and they were touted throughout the day as pivotal. a bombshell, ied, blowtorch! what would be your summary? >> donald trump is skeptical of foreign aid and washington loves foreign aid because it allows politicians and ambassadors and government bureaucrats to do our favorite thing, give away other people's money. donald trump was especially concerned about the ukr

he can that he can not go against washington. and he cannot go against the russian who. is a very balancing because if if he lets that washington is going to have a lot of economy for problem because as you remember donald trump brought to him a letter saying that if you stay in northern syria or if you move you do more invasion or. syria we cannot put your biggest economy called sanctions in on earth so he know this that he needs washington but at the same time he needs russia because i don't know if you remember too last year. shut down a u.s. russia irrational airplane he not this that if he doesn't he if he doesn't have russia on his back nobody's going to protect you if russia invades because near as i said natal not going to protect him if there is a russian aggression against him question lower lower and middle east analyst thank you for sharing your thoughts with us on r.t. international we appreciate it thank you very much still ahead in the program china gives a warning to washington over a bill in support of protests in hong kong one that after the break. so w

how real is that in washington? >> i think it's very real and i think all of the evidence that has come out along these lines of, you know, the fisa abuse lines up right behind that and proves the point. god bless the attorney general for putting such a fine point on it. i also think this "new york times" report about the falsification of the fisa that's a very serious, hugely enormous serious issue. the attempt to downplay it is utterly meaningless to me. at the end of the day, what we are talking about is the previous administration spying on political opponents at the height of a presidential election during an election. that's something that does not happen in a free republic. the idea that even that is seen through some partisan lens, the democrats or liberals are outraged by that, is truly shocking. can you imagine if the bush administration had spied on barack obama campaign during the 2008 campaign? everyone would be and should be outraged. could you imagine if the clinton administration had spied on the bus

are documents where washington's name is spelled waggingston. maybe it's the french pronunciation. we have this very interesting , subduinght here england, which is represented by the lion in the corner. he is quite pale and androgynous with long flowing light brown hair and is donning not just the expected icons of liberty, but also an animal skin and a multicolored plumed headdress and skirting or belt somewhat reminiscent, albeit in a fantastical way, of medical -- of native american ceremonial guard. -- garb. i'm endlessly amused by this smage with its infelicitou spelling of washington's name. in some ways, it reflects who we are today. a strange, colorful, beautiful -- beautiful,"i become this text says. a strange, colorful, beautiful conglomeration of different cultures and people seeking to right the wrongs of history, to conquer oppression, to establish our rights, and to live in freedom. this image and perhaps inspire us, since we are inheritors of this same struggle, which continues today in our country. we must pursue the fight toget

is heading to the white house for talks with donald trump it's his 1st official visit to washington since 2070 while relations between the 2 countries are a historic low. hope they'll be able to overcome some of their differences. despite the. relations we agree with trauma the problems will be resolved and our relations improved well there's a number of factors behind the unprecedented strain on the relations between the u.s. and turkey right now among them and crew is offensive against washington's kurdish allies we've heard so much about in north eastern syria while significantly as well american lawmakers have also called for sanctions against their nato over turkey's decision to purchase the s $400.00 missile system from russia expanding more on our washington correspondent killer but the presidents of turkey and the united states now to call this meeting highly anticipated would be an understatement especially as the 2 countries are going through a rocky patch syria the kurds relations with russia the arms trade you name it. when the united states began supporting the kurdish

washington was born into slavery in 1856. he's best known as the founder of the tusk gee institute and was a prominent figure in the african-american community. up next, we learn about his connection to west virginia and how his life there shaped him s a future leader. >> booker t. washington was for 20 years the spokesman and leader of african-americans in america. and at the time, we had horrible jim crow race codes in the south. that didn't happen here in west virginia. it was a different sort of race relations. and what he observed with his boyhood heroes was the building of a black middle class, and that really became his path, his career path as he went from tuskegee to being a national celebrity. booker was born in a place called hales ford, south of roanoke, virginia, about 225 miles from here, and in those first nine years, he was a slave boy. he didn't have pants. he wore a slave boy shirt. shoes were two wooden slats with a piece of leather across each toe, across the top. he wanted very much to go to school. he sa