the second, the potomac river where mount vernon is is about a mile wide. i don't care if you are nolan ryan or roger clemens. you are probably not going to throw a silver dollar across a mile wide river. one of washington's grandsons did say that as a young man, george washington had thrown a piece of slate across the river at his childhood home, which is on the rappahannock. you know what happens when you throw slate, if you throw it right it will move and bounce across the river, so that might've been possible. but, what weems is trying to do is give you an image of a man who is larger than life. a great physical ability and athletic prowess. we know that george is a large man. he stood about six foot three. about my height. he had a long, straight nose. high cheekbones. at his heaviest, he weighed significantly less than i am. somewhere in the neighborhood of 220 or so and at his lightest he was probably about 175, 180. in that day and age they didn't have the obesity problems that we experience today. but virtually every school kid learns that george wa

just to watch the potomac river from london he wanted to know how the iconic landmark is viewed by the city's residents and visitors people lucky enough to live with a view of it including bob who lives in the 16th with her husband just to whites research eventually turned into a book project called to i felt like a. section of pictures showing the tower from the homes of police and residents. this. is so magnetic and it just this is that you have to use this somehow after kind of use this tower to to tell a story about it. and that's how we started. since 2040 jasper has visited 40 homes from a luxury apartment on the sand to student digs on the city outskirts what they all share is a view of the eiffel tower. very interesting to find out how people bonded a little she's caught up with this view the parents they were at night they need to cousins open there isn't any nightlife you know and she has this amazing relationship with the tower and then when they tell her stories or the stories stay in they kind of a lot of them involve the tower you know so they play a play with that she ha

paddle boat on the national harbor and took it withoutpaying, reporteredly paddled off in the potomac rivere was apprehended by harbor unit officers. >>> take a look at this video of a bold smash and grab robbery in silver springs maryland. montgomery county police are offering a reward if you can help them the man c who got away with thousands in merchandise. e ejiochi has the story from silver spris. >> reporter: he's been the e owner for some time now, on august 30th he got an art hi got their bry happening at e, here the thief made away with goods. august 30th, 3:30. >> he coming up, kicking the door in. >> reporter: julian linen was home sleeping until he was alerted by store security system bonanza coins on wayne.ng heret >> he grabs silver quarter:. >> reporteolice releasing this video of the burglary. you can see the suspect, who appears to have a tattoo on the back of his neck, forci his way through, making a mess. of. >> glass all over the place, coins all over thee. >> reporter: once inside, the h suspecteads straight for this di case. he smaspshes it and takes expensive items. >

senator lewis wigfall, where he informed the senator about the army's plan to move north across the potomac river. one claims that because longstreet did not address understanding about the use of defensive tactics in the letter, it proves they never came to that understanding. this is not a credible claim. longstreet was in no way obliged to go into tactical particulars he had discussed with his commanding general for the senator. longstreet was clearly writing to wigfall indicted -- guarded terms, saying he would not confide to anyone beyond generally. in another place, refuses a letter to claim longstreet endorsed lee's strategy. it is uncertain what is meant by this statement, since longstreet always agreed to a strategic offensive campaign. the controversy has always been about tactics, not strategy. edwin coddington also employed the wigfall letter in a tent -- in an attempt to disprove campaign tactics. citing the letter, coddington believed the lee and longstreet never came to an understanding about what tactics should be used during the campaign, and guessed that longstreet concacaf this

gordon meade and the union army to completely destroy lee as they are pursuing him down to the potomac river, but the northern public just days after gettysburg think this is a battle unlike anything else they had ever seen. about 7000 men, union and confederate combined, are killed during the three-day fight. about 3000 die later from their wounds. they are left on the battlefield, as i mentioned, in graves like this where they are laid to rest. the northern pennsylvania governor comes to gettysburg near the end of the month and he takes a carriage ride touring, if you will -- i hate to use that word, but that is what he does. he rides around the battlefield. and the governor of pennsylvania is so appalled that the union men who sacrificed their lives, gave the last full measure of devotion, are buried in such primitive ways. so the governor of pennsylvania initiates the idea for a permanent burial ground for the union dead. and you know the next step in this story. when the state of pennsylvania purchases ground on cemetery hill to set aside as a final resting place for those who gave thei

used to talk about deep-sixing, and that's when you really screw something into the ground, the potomac river people would never see it again. this has a deep six quality about it. >> in the complaint, the whistle-blower lays out a swath of potential criminal violations claiming the president has abused his office for personal gain and clearly if the whistle-blower is correct, others in the white house, you know, were involved in this as well. and apparently talking about it. is this as bad for the president as you thought it was last night or it is worse? >> well, it's clearly much worse if the house of representatives can follow up on these leads. this document is a road map for further investigations. obviously, the whole white house counsel's complex in terms of how they handled all the documents related to ukraine and whether they hid them in such a way that was improper and had a political motive. vice president pence is involved. rudy giuliani is involved. but we had two days of completely uncharacteristic disclosures from the white house of the partial transcript and today the whistle

our traditional territory follows the potomac river all the way down to the chesapeake bay. [cheers and applause] i want everyone to take a moment and feel the ground beneath your feet. remember the steps that you took to get here. the land you are standing upon is native land. cheers and applause] every square inch of the americas is nailtive land. [cheers and applause] land that was painfully rip aid way and stolen from indigenous eople. obviously, all of us are here because we care about the environment. that's why we're striking. but half of us don't understand the land we are trying to protect. and the waters we are trying to protect. before we can do anything, we need to understand where it comes from. how it has changed. what caused it to change. what caused the beautiful ecosystem of d.c. to be destroyed. what caused the roads to be paved over with asphalt. the sidewalks with concrete. what caused the capitol to be built. the answer is colonization. the genocide of indigenous people. the enslavement of africans. some may say that this doesn't matter that it happened

wheeling suspension bridge which is still there today, the city connected the ohio river with the potomac river and offered further expansion to the west. as a result, wheeling, west virginia was able to become a powerhouse in the steel industry. we've all heard of wheeling steel. in the latest -- in the late 19th century, wheeling was producing nearly half of the nation's nails earning it the nickname nail city. today wheeling has revived its downtown winning the 2019 great american mainstream award. in the past three years they've opened 37 new small businesses, the backbone of our state, and the city has opened tourism to the ohio river valley. from the victorian capital theater and the shops and eateries of center market to one of the best, and i will say not one of the best but the best holiday light show in the country at ogilvie park, their winter festival of lights. it's historic, beautiful, and it's booming all thanks to the creative men and women who have called it home over the years. one of my favorite stories, historic stories about wheeling involves one of those brave men, major s

river wrong. it was the potomac. so, we tried to rebuild where we are. yeah. . >> on that note, why don't we give another round of applause for hannah. [applaus [applause] >> so if we could ask for everybody to sit tight for a moment. we're going to prepare the signing area for the signing and this would be a good chance if you haven't gotten your book to grab a copy at our register, just, if you're ready to get your book signed, stay put while we move some stuff around and thank you for attending. [inaudible conversations] >> book tv recently visited the university of louisville in kentucky to hear senate majority leader mitch mcconnell talk about senators from kentucky with the author. and in this segment he describes the role of the majority leader. >> the power of the majority leader to decide for the other 99 what we're going to do and all of you remember a decision i made during the 2016 not to fill the supreme court vacancy when justice scalia passed away. but what are you going to do, bill are you going to take up, what nomination are you going t

of the is the army potomac's line of communication at any point in its career? 50 miles to washington or to one of the river ports in eastern virginia, ok. how about the army out in mississippi? rely on the united states navy going up and down the mississippi river, right? good, short, secure lines of supply. army of the e cumberland? the forward base is nashville is 30 miles northwest of murfreesboro. you can supply in through the can be nd river, but it very fickle, shall we say. because of the shoals just downstream from the get of nashville, you can't steamers up as best you can. the option of the louisville nashville radio which parallels interstate 65 and at nashville, picks up the nashville and chattanooga arrest paralleled by interstate 24. you can see it marked on your map. everything you are going to need are going to ride the rails, the single track railroad. now, once you leave louisville, between louisville and at ville, that 183 miles best you are going through neutral territory, even though voted to remain loyal to the united states, it at best neutral territory. made a career at this cutting

how far is the army of the potomac's line of communication at any point in its career? 50 miles to washington, or to one of the river ports in eastern virginia. ok? how about the army out in mississippi? they can rely on the united states navy going up and down the mississippi river, right? good, short, secure lines of supply. what about the army of the cumberland? the army of the cumberland's forward base in nashville, 30 miles northwest of murfreesboro, you can supply in through the cumberland river, but the cumberland river can be very fickle, shall we say. there are times where, because of the shoals just downstream from the city of nashville, you get steamers up as well as you can. you have the option of the railroad --ational the louisville-nashville railroad, which parallels interstate 65 and at nashville, nashville and chattanooga and the rest is paralleled by interstate 24. you can see it marked on your map. basically everything you are going to need are going to ride the rails, the single track railroad. now, once you leave louisville, between louisville and nashville, that 183 miles, at best you are going