washington is not like that. george washington plays it much closer to the vest. you will see many books that say george washington thought this and then he thought that and you're like no, it's hard to tell you what he thought. he barely said a word and that was part of his enigma and part of his whole that's what made him george washington. we know him better than anyone and we see him every day our money but how do we know the least about him as a person and the most intriguing part of him to this day and here we are trying to pull apart his greatest secrets. it becomes this great adventure. but i love is what we did find and one of the things, we are a country right now, especially now, we are founded on legends and myths as a country. the legends and myths we love most are our own legends and myths. we love that story were a ragtag group in the revolution were and we ban together and hold hands and dream about this thing called democracy and take on the greatest fighting force, the british, that existed at the time and america is born and we are wonderful. gr

washington. this comes to us from george washington's mount vernon. >> good evening, everyone. my name is kevin butterfield, executive director of the national library for the study of george washington at mount vernon, calmly known as washington library and we have an annual event that we're finally getting around to this user are also told in march the foreclosure force us to delay to this that we are going to have our annual martha washington lecture sponsored by the foundation. we are thrilled to have this opportunity to bring together some of the most important scholarship on the mother of george washington, mary ball washington. this popular event was set up some time ago, to help us understand the world, the time, the experiences of martha washington and other women of the 18th century. one of those women is of course mary ball washington. the library hosted this event in women's history month in the month of march but because of the closure here we are tonight. i want to mention a couple

washington. this comes to us from george washington's mount vernon. .. >> we have opened to audiences to visitors to come to melbourne and you have an opportunity to come strolled around, see the museum and education center and soon we will be able to open the mansion but better yet with particular challenges, maybe not a safe space for visitors, come visit and continue to support mall burning in that way. another thing i'll mention is an upcoming event, on july 8 coming up around the corner, using book talk, we will feature judge ginsburg who is the host and creator of the miniseries on the constitution but he'll be interviewed by someone who is important and knows what's right, please join us for that conversation with justice ken briggs and david rubenstein. in the exploration. tonight's event is going to involve three panelists and i won't describe to you but i do want to introduce our guests and moderator doctor karen wolf in the director of the institute of american history and culture, pro

is a little bit of what you wrote a few years ago about the march on washington. i want to read that to you and then we'll talk a little bit about it. you wrote -- leading the march was a call for meaningful civil rights laws. at the time, federal civil rights measures lacked teeth, prosecutorial power was limited, and punishments for racial discriminations were light, if they existed at all. major civil rights legislation was passed before the civil rights act. but many complained that it too lacked teeth. today, it remains externally difficult to bring to justice or potatoes of crimes where racial bias and discrimination work -- bring to justice perpetrators are crimes where racial bias and discrimination were clearly at play. march?ust an anniversary guest: it is certainly more than a anniversary march. it is important to point out, there is already before the senate, major legislation to deal with the kind of policy issues that people on the ground are being animated by, the george floyd justice and policing act, the john lewis voting rights act. these are two

you get some poetry, washington's face, and a statement from the mayor of washington, d.c. attesting to the character of the men and tell you where the wood came from. in the certificate he says it is from the same hill where george washington is buried. i think that is particularly interesting because this was considered sacred to many. when i went through his farm outs and i tried to plot where he was taking this wood from it was not always from the hill. i think john was good at sales and this is what people wanted to hear. some came from along the shoreline. george washington had called this hellhole because nothing could grow there. whatever he tried he could not get anything to grow. some of the wood came from hellhole. that is technically part of the hill, so we let that slide. m,th the mount vernon je 1886, john wasr selling things at mount vernon. collecting sales enslaved gardeners were selling in the upper and lower gardens and also collecting any revenue when .eople came in there were a number of different ways that were the forerunners to the mount vernon ladie

for understandinggeorge washington ? that's a driving question for a lot of people and it is something you address so can you help us think about that a little bit? >> sure. listening to martha's daughter talk about her scholarship and the books she was reading and i cover the same territory in my book but it reminded me and i'm sure i know martha much the same thing. i guess this addresses the larger question is the scholarship on mary ball washington is the scholarship probablyof all women in the 18th century . i equate it to going to the hobby store and buying thousand piece puzzle and breaking it out and dumping it on your table and finding 300 piecesmissing . and it was like that in trying to piece together. my other books, you'd work long and hard enough and you know where to look and the pieces fall together but with mary again a woman of the 18th-century it is difficult to find out these things. just to illustrate, we don't even know exactly when she was born. we don't know, george washington's mother, we do not

[applause] there is no better crow crowd ie washington, d.c. metro area. all of the viewers of c-span i think are in this room right now. we love you and watching -- the regular viewers and we welcome everyone to c-span. but there's a couple of other things. first i'm going to tell you about the difference between history and destiny. this is true. i cannot believe that this is happening. but my father may he rest in peace was struck by lightning. his father, my grandfather, i'm not joking, was struck by lightning. that means don't stand next to me at rainstorms. [laughter] this last week i was telling my son listen, my dad was struck by lightning, his dad was struck by lightning and he was like my gosh, we could be struck by lightning. i was like we won't be but sure, you might be. this is true, my son, my family, my wife and my kids were taking a train from new york city here in washington, d.c. for this event and their train was struck by lightning. [laughter] he was like you are not going to believe what happened. they will come running in late, so thi

mary ball washington is known as the mother of george washington. a woman who lived the whole of the eighteenth century, born in 1708 on the northern neck, she married in 1731 into another wealthy family which in 1743 and 1789. mary ball washington enslaved men, women and children the first of whom she inherited, three men, tom, joe and jack. all the places she and the family lived they were 40 percent-50% enslaved people. she was married for 12 years to george washington's father and she bore 6 children, who lived past infancy and she managed nearly 300 acre estate for three decades and wasn't keen to leave it even when elderly but she did eventually have lived the last 17 years of her long life in fredericksburg, virginia. that is just the start. for the rich details of the meeting and the opportunities of exploring them for better understanding, we are turning to a distinguished panel. you can guess why i am always in favor of introducing people in medical order. craig shirley had a long career in politics and his other of multiple books focus on

washington d.c.. the white house historical's, ocean host of this event at the st. johns church, across lafayette square from the white house, in recognition of their in mishit of slavery in the presidents neighborhood. >> as we begin tonight's program, please welcome -- st. john stretch reverent rob fischer. law >> welcome good evening my name is rob fischer i am the director of st. john's church, and i am thrilled that our friends at the white house historical association asked us to provide space for tonight's conversation. stewart asked if i would share a little bit of a history of this historic room that you are sitting in tonight, and so i will share with you this church was completed in 1816. the architect was benjamin henri vitro, and not only did he designs church, he was working on rebuilding the white house after it was destroyed by the british in the war of 18. 12 in 1818, he built what is now the home of the historical association. and if you go inside the dictator house, and you look up

washington arrived. roosevelt said, why don't you stay for dinner? dr. washington did. press in, most of the the north and the black press for sure, reported this is a great milestone. abraham lincoln had had tea with an african-american journalist, frederick douglass, who was still a journalist when he had tea with abraham lincoln at the white house, he ran his own newspaper. but this is the jim crow era, and this set off the southern newspapers and southern senators in really vile ways. one senator said that black people would have to be lynched in greater numbers now because they would become so haughty about this social advance. to his credit -- i think roosevelt was casual about it, to his credit. to his discredit, i think the administration responded by first trying to deny the dinner had taken place, and then later taking that back in acknowledging that it was no big deal. so he did not use it as a wedge to widen access for african-american reporters or businesses. there was never another event of its kind again. there were advents in his administration -- events

and also, washington had -- washington, d.c. had howard university. and howard university is so important that people undervalue its impact, because it really made washington a center of black thinking, education, creativity, and that was also part of the appeal of coming to washington, d.c.. >> one of the interesting things about washington, d.c. is that in the constitution, there was no provision for it to have any electoral votes, and therefore people who lived in the district, large numbers of them were african-american, didn't have any right to vote for president or at least members of congress, i should say, so why was that the case? and why did people not say that people that lived in the district should have some voting representation in congress? >> okay, now you're asking me to do my politics. you know, i think that in some ways, there is this debate about what a federal sector is. you know, are you a citizen there, what are your rights? i think that the challenge of washington is that it really is a place where you can call it the sort of l

at the home of daniel and elizabeth bigelow in washington, they would work to bring suffrage to washington in 1910, two years before oregon. >> there is a bigelow house on the east side of olympia, one of the city's oldest homes by 1860, it was built by daniel and elizabeth white bigelow, they came over the oregon trail in the early 1850s, daniel bigelow arrived in olympia in november of 1851, he set up the law practice and evidently he was a great orator as well, he was called upon to give the fourth of july order ration in olympia in july of 1852, that is widely credited with the development of the suffrage. tory for washington from oregon, while washington did become a separate territory from oregon in 1853 in daniel bigelow was elected to the very first legislative session held here in olympia, we know that daniel and elizabeth bigelow were active in

president, we are going to march on washington. the people are restless." >> when white america heard, they thought, "there'll be riots in the streets." >> everywhere you looked, you saw black and white people. >> the long-awaited march on jobs and freedom. >> brother john lewis. >> i said, this is it. and i went for it. >> these people don't know it, but they're about to go to church. >> the march on washington. >> hello. i'm deborah roberts. welcome back as we continue our special presentation of the "the march." the a do you meancumentary narra denzel washington. will the crowds show up and the voices of protest be heard? >> i had finished my first year, and during that time when i began to hear there was going to be this massive march on washington, i didn't know how i was going to get there, but i definitely wanted to be there. i managed to find a ride with a naacp group that was leaving from indianapolis on the night before the march. the bus went overnight, so i didn't get a lot of sleep. >> daybreak, august 28, 1963. the mo

the house of secrets would a lot of george washington but when i did i am george washington like i'm putting the cool stuff in the kids about. we say to the kids there's no cherry picking up her don't give them this information. we also tell them, put this in the whole page this is out george washington used invisible ink for the secret code name with 711. but do we really need to put this thing on? i was like we totally need to put this in here. and i read these books to my son. we get to that part and he's like oh my gosh invisible ink that is so cool part i said i know tell my editor it is so true. [laughter] seventy get to i am george washington you'll see the invisible ink we did do it. i wanted to see if we could do it in the book. we got somebody has to figure it out. i promise you if i said out some and we'll figure it out for us. maybe one copy one magic copy how awesome would that be nothing it did happen comes it could happen. after that were going to be doing 18 of these now. so they will keep coming. [applause] with that said i'm not going to tell you were working cleara

tory for washington from oregon, while washington did become a separate territory from oregon in 1853 in daniel bigelow was elected to the very first legislative session held here in olympia, we know that daniel and elizabeth bigelow were active in the campaign for voting rights for women in this is the chair were susan b anthony sat when she came to the house in 1871, she and abigail scott dunaway, the organ suffragist were on a flame through the pacific northwest and she had dinner here at the bigelow house, we know that from her diary where she called mrs. bigelow splendid, at the time there was a lot of advocacy for women's right to vote, daniel bigelow was serving in the territorial legislature and in fact he gave a landmark speech about women's suffrage, he said if i understand the principles of self-government, man has no more right to say that women shall or shall not vote then women have the same of his man, a matter of natural right, i know no valid argument to deny franchise to women anymore than two man, and our form of government the more universal, the right of franchise

washington did. he encouraged him. he later encouraged an interesting newspaperman, the grandson of benjamin franklin, who started his own newspaper in philadelphia and quickly turned against george washington viciously. he employed james calendar for a while. when jefferson ascends to the presidency, he decides since he is now in washington, d.c., he leaves the newspaper infrastructure in philadelphia as it is. he doesn't want to move it wholesale to the new federal capital. he wanted to stay in the biggest city in the country, philadelphia. he creates a new jeffersonian newspaper in washington. it is pledged to support jefferson's policies, and in return they get access to news, they get to be the first news agency distributing news across the country, which grew exponentially in jefferson's administration, and was rewarded financially. jefferson had begun a policy where newspapers will be given government contracts for printing handbills and circulars, government advertisements, and the newspapers

people who tried to do mary ball washington. the challenges come from the time when you are looking in this. and how archives have worked. it has been always to entice women with men. when you look at the 18th century women are kind of thought of as a general generalizations. they don't have public identities. there really only known whether they are the mother of somebody. they are known by the men to whom they are attached. because of that they weren't really seen as specific individuals. but as a generic general category. they got lost in the records. they weren't written about as much. when you look at the beginning of the country and the census. it's really hard to find women. so one of the challenges to do a biography of women is you have to start sifting through all of the traditional documents and try to find women where they can when they go to an archives. the papers are known by the man's name. so i have to try to find margaret arnold through benedict arnold's papers. or there known by their father's name. there just

we saw thousands gathering here in washington, the march on washington where many did wear a mask but there were many large crowds and a lot of non-social distancing going on. >> i am concerned. i am concerned when large numbers of people gather without wearing masks or any amount of social distancing. i thought what happened last night at the white house really set a bad example. i have been talking about it even in protests that are going on. when people are not wearing masks, that is really risky. we have to encourage people if you are going to gather in any sizeable group outdoors, you have to be wearing a mask. >> the model as you know, they say 317,000 americans will be dead from coronavirus by december 1st. but they also say that if 95% of the american public wore a mask outside 67,000 lives would be saved. there would be 67,000 fewer deaths. do you buy that? >> i do. i do. what we know is that if we get close to universal mask wearing it can make a dramatic difference. this is a serious virus and complicated pandemic. all we need to do is to wear a mask. >> another important i

enactedterritory women's right to vote in washington. it was only women in wyoming and utah who had the right to vote after the civil war until women in washington. it was quite challenging, as you might imagine. there were concerns that women would vote for prohibition. if they had the right to vote, they could also serve on juries. and there was a series of cases that came before the supreme court, first upholding the right to vote, and then the right was valid -- invalidated on1910, won washington permanently received the right to vote. >> this year marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, giving women the right to vote. wyoming was the 27th state to pass that amendment. , there, decades earlier were suffrage laws in the u.s. we explain why this territory was a prime spot for this historic legislation. >> we are in the women's hallway of the laramie museum in wyoming. this tells the story of why wyoming was so unique, granting women the right to vote, hold property, and elected office. 1869, the wyoming l

the mastodon is here in washington. it was moved for the first time in 170 years to the smithsonian, where it was erected in the museum of american art for an exhibit on alexander von humboldt and the united states. they thought the skeleton represented the highest aspirations of american science and european science meeting together. they actually brought it here. it was supposed to open this month. obviously, that did not happen. maybe the shutdown will end before we have to ship the mastodon back. it would be lovely to see. back to new year's day 1802. after taking an early dinner, eight of us set off for mount vernon. the pilgrimage to mount vernon and the politicization of george washington's memory is another major theme i wanted to touch on. it comes out in this little vignette of a congressman's visit to mount vernon. but the bigger story of memorializing george washington at this time is told in a wonderful book about the efforts to bury washington in the capitol building. so they make it from gatsby's tavern i

on the 57th anniversary of the march on washington, and martin luther king jr.'s "i have a dream" speech, now nearly six decades later still the same fight for civil and economic rights of african-american people. yesterday's demonstration taking on a renewed urg generalsy after the shooting of jacob blake in kenosha, wisconsin. his father was in d.c. >> every black person in the united states is going to stand up. we're tired. >> jacob blake remains in the hospital paralyzed from being shot several times in the back. he is no longer cuff today his hospital bed but he is being guarded. police say he remains in custody on an outstanding warrant for sexual assault. >>> you're invited to join in on our ongoing conversation about "race in america" led by jessica ageery and marcus washington, our fifth installment is next month. all of our previous conversations will be found right now at nbcbayarea.com/raceinamerica. >>> to the shocking news devastating fans across the world. black panther star chadwick boseman is dead at just 43 after a private battle with colon can

when he got to washington, grant went to a friday night sabbath service at the synagogue in washington and sat there for hours wearing a top hat, and not understanding the all-hebrew, possibly in part german service, and appointed jews to more government posts than any previous president. so he did atone to use the jewish vernacular. and very much was accepted and celebrated by jews in washington after that. >> interesting. here's another question about grant and the anti-semitism. was he, in fact, an anti-semite earlier in his life? >> you know, i think the army and the culture, civilian culture, were both rife with anti-semitism. the military had almost a tradition of anti-semitism. and if you read the editorials published in the north and the south, in the early days of the civil war, there was a lot of blame attributed to jews or mercenary activities for profiteering, for making shoddy clothes -- you know, it was ramp apt a apt -- rampant in the culture. was he an anti-semite? he was a slave holder and then in the ku klux klan, he was probably anti-semitic. he had a father who was

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washington journal is next. ♪ good morning and welcome to washington journal. yesterday, dc filling the national mall 57 years after the original march on washington. requests remain the same half a century after martin luther king jr. spoke from the steps of the lincoln memorial asking for the end to racism, justice and equality for all. we want to hear from african-american viewers this morning. has this country changed enough since the first march on washington? do you have hope for more change? what is the state of civil rights in the united states? this is for our black viewers only. if you are an african-american in america and you are under 50, your number is (202) 748-8000. for the black viewers 50 and .ver, (202) 748-8001 keep in mind, you can always and we at (202) 748-8003 are always reading on social facebooktwitter and on at facebook.com/c-span. once again we are talking about yesterday's march on washington which have been here in the nation's capital. conversations and revolved around some of the same issues that they talked about 57 years ago. i

washington isn't like that. george washington placed closer to the vest. you will see many books that say george washington thought this or that and it is hard to tell what he thought because he barely said a word and it is part of his whole, we know him better than anyone. on the money we see every day. that is the most intriguing part of it to this day. we are trying to pull apart great secrets. what i love -- one of the things, we are a country especially now founded on that, the legends that we love most, our own legends and myths. we love that story, we are a ragtag group in the revolutionary war, dream about democracy, take on the greatest fighting force of the british of the time, and we are wonderful. great story. not a true story. the true story is more complicated. think we are divided as a country today? in 1776 new york city, the first 6 battles taking place, many loyalists on the british side as there are on the patriot side and you hate your neighbor, you love your neighbor depending where they fall on the political spectrum just like today a

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during that trip to washington, d.c. in 1843, she also met president tyler and his line about lucretia mott was, you know, i think i will turn mr. calhoun over to you, you can negotiate with john c. calhoun for me. lucretia mott first met elizabeth stanley in -- when they met, they met in sort of an unlikely place which was at the world's anti-slavery convention in london, england in 1840. two americans meeting in london. they had other connections, but lucretia mott was there as a delegate from various american anti-slavery societies. she was there to attend the convention. elizabeth cady stanton was there on her honeymoon. she had just married an abolitionist named henry stanton. for her, it was a european tour rather than a political journey. the two women instantly connected. elizabeth cady stanton later described lucretia mott as a revelation of womanhood. she said i did not know it was possible for women to be so outspoken and independent. she really became an admirer of lucretia mott. elizabeth cady stanton refer

the mastodon is here in washington. it was moved for the first time in hundred 70 years to the smithsonian. it was erected in the museum of american art. they thought the skeleton represented the highest aspirations of american science and european science meeting together. they actually brought it here. it was supposed -- supposed open this month. it did not happen. perhaps the shutdown will happen before we have to send the mastodon back. on new year's day 18, oh two. on new year's day 1802. , -- the bigger story of memory memorializing george washington at this time is told in a wonderful book about the efforts to bury washington in the capital building. they make it from the tavern and alexandria and arrive at mount vernon on saturday the day after news. cutler writes to his daughter, a servant conducted as you met in washington's room where we were received in a very cordial and obliging manner. mrs. washington appeared rejoiced receiving us as if we were nearest connections. we were all federalists, which gave us

time i went to the march in washington. was politically active, suggested to me and my brother that we go. and at the time we were living in the bronx. i remember it being a very hot day. quite polite and it was almost like going to church, that feeling. people were there best. really am proud of what i saw yesterday and i wanted to say something about that. host: go ahead and respond. guest: it is interesting, because one of the reasons why 1963arch on washington in appeared as it did is because it was very planned and coordinated. march, theers of the proverbial big sick sixnizations, -- big organizations, were aware that you could not bring 250,000 black full and their allies to washington, d.c. and them not burn down washington, d.c. it was not a prediction for a great day. the prediction was for violence to overtake the streets. the organizers worked very hard at controlling. they knew that was never going to happen, but the messaging was there. hardrganizers worked very to control the messaging and to make sure that p

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for -- alice paul stayed in washington, d.c. and wanted to raise money and get more donations so she could support the efforts in tennessee. she felt like she could play a role at the fundraiser. the other reason was sue white had been born in tennessee and had roots in tennessee. what alice paul concluded was it would be better to have tennessee women advocating and interfacing with legislators in tennessee rather than outsiders. even carrie chapman catt, very involved in nashville, stayed in her hotel room. she did not interface directly with legislators deciding how to vote on the 90 the amendment. she had her supporters from the national american women's suffrage association who had tennessee ties doing that for her. we talked about elizabeth standen and susan b. anthony, who were pioneers in this and what role do they play? andt: susan b. anthony elizabeth cady stanton and other earlier supporters of the women's suffrage movement were not alive when this happened. they had died earlier in the 20th century, so the women's su

now to washington, d.c. where right now thousands are expected to gather to march and speak just as martin luther king jr. did 57 years ago today when he outlined his dream for america, the famous i have a dream speech on those steps there. the family of jacob blake will be speaking at this event in just hours among others. joining me now to discuss the significance of of this day is wendall harris, the president of the naacp wisconsin state conference branches. mr. harris, thanks so much for taking the time this morning. >> thank you for having me. >> i wanted to ask about where we are, right? i mean, that was 1963 from those steps. we learned about it as kids in school, right? seemed like a moment from this country's past and yet today a march on washington just as real, just as heartfelt as it was 57 years ago. what does that mean to you? >> well, to me it has very, very great significance. 57 years ago i watched the program take place. i watched the mantle of our civil rights struggle was handed over to

the elections in washington? or how wide spread is your voter fraud in washington? >> so far we haven't had foreign interference in our vote by mail ballots. in 2018, we compared our voter history to other states. we did find 142 cases of double voting or people voting on behalf of deceased family members, we're getting ready to prosecute them. that was out of 3.2 million ballots cast. >> there were 142 cases where somebody double voted or tried to vote for a dead relative? >> that's correct. washington governor jay inzly said the president is try to sabotage mail-in voting by degrading the u.s. mail from doing its job. how do you see -- when you hear the president's rhetoric. how do you interpret that? >> well, i always get worried when people try to politicize administrative processes like running elections, like delivering mail. we have to be careful because the average voter starts to lose confidence in our election process, and that's the bedrock of our democracy, it concerns me, and we just really try to co

when he got to washington, grant went to a friday night sabotage service at the synagogue in washington and sat there for hours wearing a top hat and not understanding the all hebrew in part german service for. he appointed used to more government post than any previous president so he did a tone, to use the jewish vernacular. and he was very much accepted in celebrated by jews in washington after that. >> interesting. here's another question about grants and antisemitism. was he in fact an antisemite air earlier in his life? >> you know i think that the army in the culture, the civilian culture were both rife with antisemitism. the military had almost a tradition of antisemitism if you read the editorials published in the north and south and the early days of the civil war, there was a lot of blame attributed to jews or mercenary activities for profiteering, for making shoddy clothes. it was rampant in the culture so was he an antisemite? i guess the same way he was a slave over that later became the enemy of the ku klux klan, he was probably antisemitic. he had a father who was a char

that's what makes him george washington. we see him every day. but the least as a person that's the most intriguing part now trying to pull apart the secrets now it's an adventure. i love what we did find especially now founded on legends and myths. and we band together to dream about this thing called democracy that ever existed at the time the true story is far more complicated. you think we are divided today? and dazzles battles are taking place as much on that side as the patriot side you hate your neighbor or love your neighbor wherever they fall on the spectrum. it's not like we all sing together these regiments did not know each other. they didn't's where the same uniform. there is a scene in the first conspiracy it is in harvard yard. they meet the virginia regiment that has something silly on their uniform. and then there is a fistfight and george washington comes in on his horse and gets off and grabs to the big guys into shaking them and then to say stop we're on the same team if that's not a metaphor for today that is who we all are.

the washington club of smith college. stand up. stand up for washington. the smith college crowd. that's great. they're our special guests tonight. we're honored to have them. i'd also like to tell you a little bit about the white house historical association and for those who have been with us before, you know i love to talk about our wonderful mission that was begun in 1961 by first lady jacqueline kennedy and remember she was only 31 years old when her husband was inaugurated president of the united states. but at that young age, she had the vision and the foresight to know that what she and president kennedy needed then others would need over the course of time and that would be to have a private partner. nonpartisan, we accept no government funding whatsoever. but all of the resource we raise go to our education programs, to teach and tell the stories of white house history going back to 1792 and tonight is a part of that education outreach program. we also provide resources directly to the white house to maintain the museum standard of the state floor and the ground floor an

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of a bloody civil war president abraham lincoln looked out these very windows upon a half completed washington monument and asked god in his providence to save our nation 2 weeks after pearl harbor franklin delano roosevelt welcomed winston churchill and just inside they said our people and of course to victory in the 2nd world war in recent months our nation and the entire planet has been struck by a new and powerful invisible enemy like those brave americans before us we are meeting this challenge us we are delivering lifesaving therapies and will produce a vaccine before the end of the year or maybe even sooner. we will defeat the virus and the pandemic and emerge stronger than ever before thank you and what united generations past was an unshakable confidence in america's destiny and an unbreakable faith in the american people they knew that our country is blessed by god and has a special purpose in this world it is that conviction that inspired the formation of our union our westward expansion the abolition of slavery. the passage of civil rights the space program and the overthrow of fas

transportation in and out of washington had to stop. that was not good. we needed the river to move through. it had to be opened up. you couldn't open it and go away. everybody would leave. >> yeah. i was really bummed out. , with the many things pandemic situation, it's a sad time. troubling times. thell mourn the loss of things we were looking forward to in the spring. i have to say, high on my list is the commemoration for "the black diamond" disaster. last year, i had the opportunity to participate in the ceremony. it was incredible. just the opportunity to be in this place, this beautiful place, a beautiful weekend, stunning, to be on the water, to not be far from where this disaster took place and all this history happen. the ceremony itself was incredibly moving. you do a great job of paying tribute to these men. they come as you said, paid the ultimate sacrifice, the price for their country. it is just so sad that over a century and a half, they have been mostly forgotten. i think it's incredible what you are doing to bring that story to light. it

that's washington. it is a much more complicated story than what we hear in high school. >> what about not require seeing the delaware? >> of course because it's the men fighting underneath him. they want to go home. the winter passes and they need to work their farms and his army said we are doing too well we need to go away. washington gives a speech and saves his army. and then philadelphia the continental army to put together bags of everything we can find relating to money pieces of silver or flatware and then horses are laden with this to distribute. that saves the army. with that passion for the cause and the desperate need to stick with him changes history because they do. >>host: he didn't have a sense of authority? >> he had the continental congress and that wasn't much of a central authority anyway. they do unite behind the cause that they do not declare war on king george. king george declares war. when we signed the declaration king george hears about this and says they are in a rebellion.

washington keynes -- washington canes became very popular, they were something that tied them to washington. but it was a simple of affluence in the 19th century. there were many accounts of enslaved people selling these walking sticks or marketing these walking sticks or making a number of them for people while they're on the estate. sometimes they say they're peddling these trinkets. but apparently, this was more successful because eventually they go out of business. these enslaved storytellers keep selling these things up through the civil war. so no matter how you look at it, whether it was their role cutting the wood for the canes or laying the plank from the wharf to the tombs, or it was them selling things on site and sharing stories, african americans were very involved in perpetuating some of these washington legends but also writing themselves into it. but also challenging some of the thoughts about how washington felt about things like emancipation. one of my particularly favorite stories, because oftentimes they would make comments about whether or not they were given some type

i'm afraid there was a great the cabinet of president washington. while i encouraged the french people to regain in their own revolution and also support your release from prison, i was awarded in that effort -- thwarted in that effort by the secretary of the treasury, general hamilton. he was not alone, there were others. what had occurred was that a faction was not in favor of the french revolution. to this day, we continue to differ on that point. >> understandably so, but i do not fault president washington for not assisting my country during the political times of the revolution. the reality was when all of france,eclared war on if america had aligned with france, you would have been with war -- at war with all of europe. you did not have many troops or much money, so it is my fear that america would have been invaded at that time. -- wifei voluntarily joined me in prison with two of my daughters to support me. eventually, because of the success of a young upstart general named bonaparte and his first italian campaign in 1796 and 1797, i would

"washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning. after a rare saturday session, the house passing a bill that would stop operational changes to the postal service. we are providing another $25 billion in funding, but the measure not going anywhere in the senate according to mitch mcconnell and facing a veto from president trump. the session comes as republicans prepare for the start of their national convention held in part in charlotte, north carolina. president trump accepting the nomination. live coverage all week on the c-span networks. we begin on this sunday with the new numbers on covid-19 as the 0 weh toll surpasses 800,00 are dividing. the eastern or pacific (202)-748-8002, those in the ,ountain region (202)-748-8001 those in the western regions (202)-748-8000. passingh toll is now 800,000. in thethe pandemic began past week nine out of 10 countries with the most deaths per capita have been in south and central america or the caribbean. in the united states, they have her in your seven-day average of about 1000 per day or t

i know that the professional football team in washington a report today that they're going to try to open without fans. that was just, they just announced this afternoon. i think the baltimore ravens maybe try to put together a plan sometime this week. i know they're all working in conjunction with the nfl and the players union. many of the colleges were working towards in the university of maryland and some of our other university were working on getting games played but the big ten made a decision to cancel all fall sports just a few days ago we want the having or any other sports at the state and with this opening, not some of the schools not opening, also impacting nearly all of high school athletics because even the schools that are opening are able to play the ones that are. it's kind of a mess. again, some of the youth athletics programs are opening in a safeway and taking all kinds of precautions, but it's really individuals trying to make those decisions in a way that keeps all of the students and athletes and all staff and everybody is safe as possible. but i'd love to see

the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. august 18, 2020. i hereby appoint the honorable john p. sarbanes, to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. lord, father of us all, we thank you for giving us another day. as the numbers of new coronavirus infections remain high throughout the nation, we ask your blessing and ot

and so you see the vast gulf between washington and the real lives of americans and washington is able to say okay we have these fights but these people are really suffering, let's figure this out. and they are lost in the political point scoring and this is why people have such contempt for washington. >> woodruff: well, going back to politics, mark, the story that we heard from william brangham about what is going on with the postal service, they are letting states kw, most of the states know they are not going to -- they may not have ballots returned in time for them to be counted. the president is continually almost daily now denigrating mail invoting, as opposed to, is opposed to funding so much of what the postal service says it needs. what are we headed for this november? >> judy, i am not one to often question former president barack obama's selection of words, his eloquence which is demonstrated, but i think he was absolutely wrong when he said that they are trying to kneecap, republicans are trying to kneecap, it is a mafia term and it is, you know, very harsh, harsh, i think

i am in washington right now. we just need negotiating partners who are serious about doing something for the people. jonathan: in the past, the negotiating partners have been the speaker of the house, the senate minority leader, chuck schumer, steve mnuchin and the white house chief of staff, mark meadows. should the negotiation now include senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and the president himself? can't the negotiations you are talking about -- can the negotiations you're talking about proceed with one if not -- without one if not both of those men? rep. jeffries: with respect to the president, his involvement is probably counterproductive jonathan: them mark meadows? -- more counterproductive than mark meadows? rep. jeffries: mark meadows is a former colleague of mine, but he has never met an agreement he likes. he has spent his time blowing up agreements. secretary mnuchin on behalf of the administration has been the primary negotiator on behalf of the trump administration in the four previous agreement

"the washington post's" jackie alema alemany. thank you, jackie. great to see you this morning. >>> still ahead, the latest on the current surge on the latest coronavirus outbreak in the yooi united states. your first look at "morning joe" is back in a moment. who has time for wrinkles? neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair®. we've got the retinol that gives you results in one week. not just any retinol. accelerated retinol sa. one week is all it takes. neutrogena®. >>> let's get to the latest on the covid-19 outbreak. florida surpassed 600,000 reported cases since the beginning of the pandemic. it joins california as the second state to do so. texas, which is reporting the third most reported covid-19 cases is not far behind, with just over 596,000. we are also keeping a close eye on hawaii, north dakota, and iowa, all of which set single-day covid case records last week. this is coming as concerns are growing over the surging infection rate in the state of hawaii. right now, at least five hospitals in oahu report they are at or near capacity there.

there is not no better crowd than the washington, d.c. metro area, all the viewers, i think they are in this room right now, we love you and the regular viewers of course, we welcome everyone to c-span and nowhere else am i going to do here. first i'm going to tell you about the difference between history and destiny. and we all know history, it's what happens, but destiny is what must happen, this is true, i cannot believe this is happening by father was struck by lightning, his father, my grandfather, i'm not joking was struck by lightning, that means don't stand next to me in a rainstorm. last week i was totally my son the story and telling him, my dad was struck by lightning, his dad was struck by lightning and he's like oh my gosh, we can be struck by lightning and as he said that i make you won't be but sure, yeah you might be, this is true, my son and my family, my wife or my kids were taking the amtrak train from new york city to here to washington, d.c. to this event and the train was struck by lightning, my son texted me and he