washington was.hink freeman's main point was that, coming out of the cabal, we saw washington the man rather than this ivory figure up on a pedestal. >> it is one more question, if we can squeeze it in. what became of the board of war? >> it became what it was supposed to be. it became a support office for the army. it handed military correspondence to congress. it made sure that the army had its records maintained more or less in order. that washington did not have to handle this routine record keeping. correspondence from the states. correspondence from anywhere really. private correspondents attended for the army. that really did not bear on what washington needed to address immediately. questions in congress as to what we do about such and such situation could be referred to the court of war. so it was created to be support office. it was shifted from that under mifflin and gates, and it went back to the task to what it had originally been established. it served through the end of the war. on int

washington in general. he writes an extraordinary letter to her january i think it's 9th, 1790, where after the first session of congress actually, the new session is coming back. he writes a letter to her in which he says i walk on untrodden ground. everything i do is subject to two interpretations. everything i do is creating a precedent. so he understands very clearly that his role in that office is going to set in train the next generation of how the presidency will function. so he's worried about the news cycle on the one hand, like all politicians must, but he also really has his eyes on the long term, a long-term vision, you know, 30 years what will this office of the presidency be like. so he's very aware how important it is that he sets these precedents and works through them. a lot of the things that we come to take for granted about the presidency he really had to create. so i'll just give you one quick example, which is the cabinet itself. so the constitution says that from time to time the chie

washington ally.e had too much to drink in the evening with several of lord sterling's asds, aides, including james monroe, the future president, then a junior officer. and this is what he leaked to these general officers. promptly was reported to the commander. washington, of course, he knew that he was being criticized. but now he could put names on who might be involved and zeroed in on gates and already had contempt on conway because of conway's insistence of being promoted. now the more important letter, howeverr, did not become public. this was thomas mifflin also ready. you can read it and the long and short of it is that as mifflin was concerned the cause was essentially lost lest gates game south, took command of the main army, and retrieved the military situation. in the course of my research on the cabal book i found any number of these letters. this was the general sentiment at the time. mifflin's was the first to call for a change in command. but i have to ask was there really a plot? wel

mary washington did not remarry after george washington's father died and george washington was only years old at the time. so, she really gave him a tremendous strength of character. she taught him very many things about how to manage an estate. she was herself known to be very religious. i think it's very clear she read to him books, not only the bible but books on religion. she had to be a very strong woman. i think george washington was probably quite like his mother. she seems to be a no-nonsense figure herself. and now, she's had an interesting reputation throughout american history, because on the one hand in the 19th century mary washington was held up as the great model of womanhood in america because she was the one who raised the greatest citizen. and so in this democracy in the 19th century, if we want to have great citizens, we need to have great mothers like mary washington. in fact the first national monument to a woman in this country was created for mary washington in fredericksburg before the civil war. i think it was in the 1830s. but by the 20th century, interesti

founders understood washington in particular, front frontlines -- washington as president is a fascinating conversation he has with attorney general randolph if there's a civil war, i am going to go in with the north. he feels captive to its economy in a way that seems ironic today. he understands it's a problem. not only for the country, but for himself. what's fascinating is dakotato his farewell address last willing testament. that's the point i make in the book. washington's last will and testament needs to be understood to the quota to his farewell address. he releases his slaves upon his death, and his wife's death. many, most of them he inherited from his wife and her first husband. you could easily argue it is too little too late. it's worth remembering that first of all he's constantly trying to send a message to the nation, but the direction we need to move, and the side of this debate he's truly on. that nine subsequent presidents own slaves and bought slaves and didn't release them at the end of their life. washington did. it was against the grain. and he was clearly sending a

in washington pasta command -- washington's command. we will talk our way through this. i hope you can all see that. a lot of the chief problems that washington had -- i am sure that most of you are familiar with this. undercord in 1777 was pressure. and the was occupied counterattack at germantown was beaten and the real, major disappointment came in november -- they were two toges that controlled access the city. the loss of those forts, the royal navy was able to get through to philadelphia and provision general william how's army. it was a crushing blow to morale. major general horatio gates forced the surrender of an entire british army at saratoga. horatio gates has had a different time -- difficult time with his story. has warned the shadow of his criticisms of washington. he was critical, he lost the battle of camden in south carolina in 1780. from which his military reputation never covered. we cannot write off ratio gates -- horatio gates just like that. he had a combat record in the seven years war. military paper pusher. tha

washington gets a draft, it's typeset, washington makes final very minute edits. he's very hands-on about the edits. and he's rewritten the entire thing into his own hand, which is witnessed by his step granddaughter. claypool comes over with the final proof to say thank you. they decide they're going to publish it, there's no weekend edition. they're going to wait, it's an afternoon paper, i think it costs 6 cents. claypool returns the document and he expresses real reluctance to part with it. washington sort of very oddly for him impetuously says, fine, you can keep it. and washington keeps his documents meticulously at mount vernon. like he knows that this matters to history. he rewrites old letters sometimes. that's how much, you know. but he gives the original document to claypool who then sits on it, refuses to sell it, and it's believed to be lost for a long period of time. but that morning washington leaves philadelphia, september 19th, 1796. he leaves that morning with martha and a green parrot to go to mount vernon. and that afternoon the paper hits the

he was planning to march across and trap washington in manhattan.ver once again with 700 men held off 4000 british and hessian troops. he took about 22 casualties. the british took between 700 and 800 casualties. that gave washington time to escape from manhattan and to fight another day. then we fast-forward to this section of pennsylvania around the 22nd of december. glover marches into this area and he camps up the hill near where washington's headquarters were. and washington calls him to his headquarters and tells him what he wants to do -- cross 800 feet of a rocky, ice strewn river under the cover of darkness. and, by the way, the barometer is falling and we could be looking at some weather, and glover mutters to washington and says, your excellency, it is impossible. washington says to glover, colonel glover, i did not ask you to assess possibilities, i asked you if you could do it. colonel glover thinks for a second and says, general washington, my marbleheaders can do it. that is when legend tells us -- the legend is not written anywhere,

washington, d.c. the national archives hosted this event and provided the video. david: grant quertermous is the curator and collector of the preservation. as the former curator, he spent five years researching the family and used the collection to interpret their two centuries of ownership of historical landmark property in georgetown and their familial ties to george and martha washington. prior to his arrival at tudor place in 2015, he was the curator of collections at james madison's montpelier where he worked for nearly nine years on the mansion 's interior initiatives. now let's hear from grant quertermous, thank you for joining us today. grant: thank you. it's a pleasure to be here this afternoon and i'm going to focus on how britannia's reminiscences were created. let me get my power-point going here. when subscribers to the century illustrated monthly magazine received their current issue in may of 1890, they would have been presented with a variety of reading options. a new poem by walt whit

washington was. i think freeman's main point was coming out of the cabal he told , rather thane man .his ivory figure on a pedestal that answer your question? >> it does. there is one more question if we can squeeze it in. prof. lender: i will be here as long as you want. [laughs] >> what became of the board of war? prof. lender: it became what was supposed to be. it became a support office for the army. it handled military , itespondence to congress kept track of where equipment not with the army was, it made sure that the army had its records maintained more or less in order, that washington did not have to handle this routine record-keeping. states,ndence from the correspondence from really anywhere, private correspondence to the army that did not bear on what washington needed to address immediately. questions in congress as to what do we do about such and such a situation could be referred to the board of war and they would spare whether to washington's time. it was created to be a support offic

and washington sends their son to his namesake to george washington. with that kind of bravery is wonderful to read about monroe 's words as he writes in this autobiography be about how she did this. she is a remarkable lady. very talented and very quiet. she's almost the jacqueline kennedy of the founding first ladies. she's a bit regal she is miss represented as aloof. it's the case that she hasn't old-fashioned politeness and she saw to that. >> we can talk for just a minute about the contrast about the and how they entertain. dolley madison for example was a very powerful figure in d.c. politics. and then followed by james and elizabeth. how did their time in france shape the ways in which they create a small republican court in the washington and that. >> i think the monroe's were both very influenced in france. not just by thinking and culture but also by furniture. they bought furniture that they actually took to the white house after it was reopened. some of that is still there today. some of those people were re- furnished and put on display.

at the same time he feels washington is undermining him, monroe is undermining washington, sending correspondence to washington and going back and forth and is caught. when he is brought back in disgrace under adams' administration, secretary of state pickering who is no fan of monroe's, monroe is nursing a grudge and writes a 400 page book with an extreme hi long title but it begins with, a view of the executive "and it's his version of his relationship with washington and what happened to him in france. so watching this and looking at washington's copy and if you look along the side and the bottom you can see the handwritten transcribe little of -- scribblings of a very angry george washington and i got a kick out of putting them next to each ein book. monroe writes he was invite bid the president accept the office of minister and washington's comments are after several attempts had failed to an continue a more eligible character. another point he said i did no perceive how the declaration of independence supplied at the time of the jay treaty and negotiations and washington's comments are, non

a washington aide in high favor with washington. i could have added other individuals to that cause. these were serious men and their arguments were basically on two fronts. you had men like mifflin, wayne, and broadhead. washington was losing, but can't be continued if we're going to win the war. then you had samuel adam that's rejected to trying to fight the british. they wanted to rely on militia. and there was a historical context to keep in mind. the military history of the 136 colonies was in effect british military. as they discussed on the floor of congress while debating what to do congressional critics of washington noted that during the seven years war the british government did not hesitate to replace losing generals. a british commander in chief was relieved of duty and he did not puce military and political results. they went through a succession but it was a rough road. officers did not win. that leaved the question of would congress fire a commander in chief. the answer to that is yes, they did. and we tend to forget

it took washington nine hours.actice -- the boat crew practice on a local lake then we come down and practice on the river. the there is a lot of planning all year. there will be a meeting in january then a meeting next year. >> my father fished. he never owned a motor. when we were not fishing, we rode in the chesapeake day. -- chesapeake bay. was 10 years old. i started rowing the boat at 10. rowing this is just a reflection of my childhood. as a reenactor, i have been doing george washington for nine years now. it is a tremendous opportunity. as you look around here, you see hundreds and hundreds of visitors who come here just to see this one event. iconicny iconic -- an event. without this victory, the army would have collapsed. >> how did you get into doing this type of thing? historian, ieur have been doing reenactment for -- when you work your way up from a private to a sergeant when officer, you look at your predecessors and say again quote i could do something -- say, " i could do something different." i h

and also, washington had -- washington, d.c. had howard university.nd 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 las

washington, d.c.. the d.c. white house historical the white house association hosted historical association hosted this event and this event at historic st. johns historic st. johns church across from the church across from the white house in lafayette square white house and lafayette in square and recognition of their research recognition of their initiative, slavery research initiative, slavery in the presidents neighborhood. as we begin tonight, let's welcomed reverend rob fischer. >> welcome, good evening. my name is rob fischer. i am the rector of st. john's church. i am thrilled that i was asked to provide space for tonight's conversation. stewart asked if i would share a bit about the history of this historic room you are sitting in tonight. so i will share with you that the church was completed in 1816. the architect was benjamin henri, and not only did he designed this church. he was working on rebuilding the white house after it was destroyed by the british in the war of 1812. and in 1818, he

the thing i loved about this washington isn't there it's george washington who sees this. a good night of sleep while the three of them can talk politics. it's almost a habit virginia politicians on their way back maybe courtesy call to george washington but as munro's influence intensified to the point it isn't just jefferson's idea but munro they start to drift away. nothing tears you apart more than the years as washington's minister. it's not so much stockholm syndrome from being there for so long but he really doesn't like great britain. he doesn't do him any favors and that he doesn't have john j communicating about the treaty but nobody tells munro anything. finally, he gives an assignment to the famous painter of the works in the capital to memorize the treaty and then go to munro and say i will recite it for you but i won't give you a copy. he says well then i don't want to hear it and he passes it along to a new england fellow that he trusts and he can't wait. i mean, this is his countrymen time and he recites the whole thing to this fellow so that munro can find

important point to make there let's bring in in his poll in washington our washington bureau chief. bring us up to date with what's going on at the capitol hill right now. well police is obviously using flash bang to really bring. to make people go home it's getting dark here the curfew is just half an hour away we see that the masses have gun from in front of. the capitol so the big question will be what will happen when it's getting really dog and the curfew is taking place in less than 30 minutes i mean this country is shaken as make said shore people always were kind of worried what would donald trump do with in his last let's say 14 days some people were afraid that he would start a war or a military conflict abroad sure there were stories about militias and about the proud boys who might spread wireless but i think hardly anybody ever really thought that people would be able to storm the capital of the united states to enter the capital of the united states to sure this is in the capital of the united states so this united states is is shocked people are in all. and now obviou

i want to help the city of washington or what became washington be built.i would say, i'll have you use some of my slaves. would i get paid for that and did the slaves get any of that compensation? what did the slave labor get, typically. >> first of all, you have people who use their enslaved population to do the work and those folks rarely got compensated. then what would happen, many times enslaved crafts people and others were hired out, that you would say, i am building a building and i need to have labor. i would like to hire three of your carpenters or three of the people that you work with. usually what would happen is, you would -- the person building the structure would pay the plantation owner. sometimes it was done in a way to incentivize the enslaved, that they would get a small portion of that. but it really was most of the revenue went back to the owner. >> okay, so the government is operating out of philadelphia, as they're building the city of washington -- what became washington, d.c., and george washington is supervising it. he's picking

the coming counties here in washington. where that whale is on the joins us live now from washington d.c. gabriel it was always going to be a different kind of inauguration but what did you make of the way that it went. you know if you're a historian and you think how are you going to write the chapter of this inauguration he really have a lot to take in there was a lot that was very similar the pomp the circumstance the dignitaries as there weren't as many as normal but the dignitaries and you know the president putting his hand on the bible and taking the oath of office and then the procession to the white house there was a lot that was very traditional and very normal quite frankly but there was also so much that was different and unprecedented that we've just never seen before. in recent memory 1st and foremost as patti mentioned you know president x former president now donald trump not being there at the inauguration of joe biden was just shocking it hasn't happened in over 100 years that an outgoing president has not

washington, d.c. during her long residency, she bore witness to many of the significant incidents that occurred and into the first decade of the 20th century. the article in the century magazine made britannia somewhat of a celebrity, three years later, she was invited to attend virginia day at the 1893 world's columbian expo position where the state of virginia had an exact replica of mount vernon. she was a member of the colonial dimes and the d.a.r. the following year, britannia's grandchildren recognized the importance of their grandmother as a source of collective family history, a living link to the ancestry. and for this reason, they began conducting a series of interviews with her prompting her to share recollections of past events as well as her vast knowledge of family history. as she spoke, they began to write, capturing all of the information she provided and the memories exactly as she had recounted them. some of the notes appear on neatly lined notebook paper like these you see her and o

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. >> washington state governor jay inslee delivered the state of the state address from olympia, washington. the governor talked about the state response to the pandemic and reimagining public health care in the state. gov. inslee: let's talk straight. the last year has been challenging in ways that none of us have ever experienced. it is the kind of moment where we are called upon to dig deep, to work together, and to be resourceful like never before. washingtonians are answering that call. at the end of this legislative session alone, we will be able to say our state is more equitable from a state with more opportunities for careers and affordable housing, a state that is more committed to fighting climate change than ever before. we have big challenges that demand we take big steps. we are not going back to normal. we are going forward toward a new normal. we're on a path in this new legislative session to a new, more healthy or normal. we are not just talking about the pandemic. these calls may look empty, but when you scratch the surface, there is a robust and incredible story about wa

on the scenes in washington d.c. this is not acceptable assault on democracy a peaceful and orderly transfer of power must be ensured the violent acts against american institutions are a grave attack against democracy i condemn them the american people's will and vote must be respected disgraceful scenes and u.s. congress the united states stands for democracy around the world that it is no voice oh but there should be a peaceful orderly transfer of power and here's also the german foreign minister and this is rather alarming for me but i can dodge calling on german citizens currently in washington d.c. to stay away from the city downtown because apparently it could be dangerous and it could be dangerous we've seen the pictures i mean 1st of all this crowd is immense is it's loud it looks aggressive and they shout they scream we've seen pictures of tear gas used inside the capitol building and we know that one woman died i mean in these protests and this is at least what we know right now and police already confirm t

washington d.c. after threats of a repeat of the capitol attack ahead of joe biden's innovation. hello i'm daryn jordan this is out to 0 live from doha also coming up russian opposition leader alexina valmy is arrested on a rival from germany after recovering from a poison attack. brazil rolls out its coronavirus inoculation campaign after approving 2 vaccines for emergency use. and a discovery that could help rewrite egypt's ancient history archeologists find coffins and artifacts dating back more than 3000 years. washington d.c. is almost closed off with unprecedented levels of security ahead of the inauguration of president elect joe biden defense officials have told the associated press news agency they fear possible inside attacks during the inauguration will have national guard troops vetted well roads around the capitol building have been blocked with barricades and metal fence is there are fears of more violence by supporters of the outgoing president donald trump following an insurrection th

remarkable scenes in washington d.c. as 4 people were killed in clashes that broke out when donald trump supporters stormed the capitol building the president and the incumbent reacted to the violence in very different ways. threatening the safety of duly elected officials protests insurrection we can't play into the hands of these people. we have to have peace so go. we love you. after the interruption congress reconvene to confirm joe biden as the winner of the 2020 lection those proceedings they are still in progress one eye on the time now in washington d.c. but they still continue. world leaders have expressed deep shock at events in washington condemning the violence some of branded the scenes a disgrace to democracy. you're hearing right now from european countries who are looking at this nation as if it was somebody in a republic. very good morning to you are cheating into. 4 people have died clashes that erupted when donald trump supporters storms congress as it debated certifying joe biden's victory they gather

have been killed in clashes that broke out when donald trump supporters stormed the capitol in washington the president elect and the incumbent reacted to the violence in different ways. threatening the safety of the duly elected officials it's not a protest it's insurrection we can't play into the hands of these people. we have to have peace. we love you. after the interruption congress reconvene to try confirm joe biden as the winner of the 2020 election it's a try they didn't continue with those proceedings as i speak. world leaders of expressed deep shock at events in washington condemning the violence with some branding the scenes a disgrace to democracy. you're hearing right now from european countries who are looking at this nation as if it was some but nana republic. very good morning to you and thanks for joining us on this busy news morning here on r.t. international. 4 people have died i mean clashes that erupted when donald trump supporters stormed congress debated certifying joe biden's victory they gathered in washington for a last ditch stop the steel rally in support of th

while world leaders have expressed deep shock at events in washington d.c. condemning the violence with some branding the scenes a disgrace to democracy. you're hearing right now from european countries who are looking at this nation as if it was some banana republic. very good morning to you thanks for joining us here on r.t. international. 4 people have died amid clashes that erupted when donald trump's supporters stormed congress as it debated certifying 'd joe biden's victory they gathered in washington for a last ditch stop the steel rally in support of the defeated president and. saw events unfold on capitol hill. well the atmosphere out here is absolutely incredible right now as you can see president trump is speaking addressing a huge crowd which is over by the white house but we're all backed up all the way to the washington monument. we know that people were storming into the capitol we know that tear gas was fired and we also know that rubber bullets were fired but i was just showing video a minute ago it from inside the capitol of a young woman o

>>the violence in washington dc today.dea doesn't help our >>you may have noticed in some of that video it appeared the protesters were injured. i asked police about that they say that's because 2 opposing protest groups clashed here. >>that was liz birch reporting tonight and that wraps up kron 4 news at 8 don't go anywhere though pam and i'm back at the top of the hour for kron 4 news at 9 we're after an unprecedented day of riots and america's capital congress once again back in session certifying the election results from november proving. >>that democracy will not be deterred. a live report from washington dc tonight with the very latest on what's happening there and we now know that 4 people died during today's violence, including a woman from san diego what we are learning about her death tonight, those stories and much m >>from the bay area's local news station. watching kron 4 news. president franklin roosevelt set aside december 7th 1941. >>as a day that will live in infamy. unfortunately. >>we can now and januar

a live look in washington. this is along the washington mall.f course host this historic day in the inauguration of president-elect joe biden. joe biden himself is attending mass at the moment at st. matthew's church there in washington, and a bay area connection, father kevin o'brian, also the president of santa clara university, is saying that mass this morning. this is a live look outside of the church at this time. a lot of officials there. we'll continue to follow as they are expected to depart in probably the next half hour, i'd say. so it's 6:25 right now. >>> here is a look at your first look at the two commemorative inauguration sections from "the washington post". look at the top right, it is madam vice president. president-elect biden on the cover and president-elect harris on the cover as well, madam vice president. >>> the state capitol in sacramento locked down over concerns over violence surrounding today's inauguration. let's go to "today in the bay's" bob redell. fortunately the capitol's been peaceful over the last couple of da

, and i think in washington in particular, the big argument was that washington didn't appreciate what he had done. monroe was nearly killed in delaware, taken out of action, not given the commission and i think all of those things made him feel as though washington was turning his back on so that did that to monroe and washington. one of the things i admired about him is that no matter how tough can be an aura of competent. not in the beginning. it's interesting, at the beginning, they were worried about his indecisiveness but as the war went on and people came to understand and better, it was that rockhard confidence or ability to appear confident that was very important. >> projecting confidence, just more broadly, all four of them had a very distinct -- i don't know the right word but their public appearance. washington obviously having to lead men and in a difficult situation but even madison, one of our viewers say madison participated college debates was at princeton prepared them in ways for public life and they put themselves in public. in this age where i personally politicia

she went into washington, d.c., met with mr.es, where she sold the eggs, and she made sure the transaction was legitimate because she received a receipt for the transaction of the eggs. thanks to sarah tracy, we are still able to enjoy and visit mount vernon today. not only were women nurses, entrepreneurs, having jobs, selling items, but women were also soldiers in the war. they had to do this in a disguise. it was frowned upon for women to join the war as soldiers. that is why they had to dress up in men's uniforms. women would dress up on either side of the work, both confederacy and the union, as soldiers so they could fight among their brothers, husbands, family, and also fight for the cause of the war. one woman in particular is sarah edmonds. she also went by frank thomas. she was very open about being a woman soldier, especially after the war, and after the work she would dress in traditionally men and women's clothing. we know there were women that served during the war, but those are the ones we know about. there is a

so unprecedented security clampdown in washington d.c. the city center has been divided into a red zone and a green zone to serious harm to his house on the streets of the u.s. capitol part of what's the latest. that's certainly do have this atmosphere of apprehension gearing only gratian tomorrow and just to give you an idea about how security services are worried about that they have been going through the very long task of vetting every single national guard who has been deployed to washington d.c. about 25000 of them should be in place by late this evening well we just heard now news from 2 news agencies here that tew of the national guard have actually been pulled out of day duties because of links with these far right extreme groups. believed to be behind those riots that happened on january 6th and capitol hill now all along for the past week the f.b.i. has been warning that there could be. more attacks they could be violent protests with armed men not only here in washington d.c. but in the 50 capitals in the capitals of the 50 st

a curfew comes into effect in washington d.c. . unclear at this stage as to how many supporters are still out on the streets but come 6 pm local time they will be arrested if they violate that curfew the streets around capitol hill looking empty now many of the people have left from what it looks like and. the police operation to bring about calm seems to have worked so far from the pictures that we're seeing right now anyway president himself spoke to his supporters via video message on twitter saying that he understood them but calling on them as well to go home president elect joe biden who was supposed to be giving a speech on the economy earlier well had to change his plans of course send and. called on president supporters to end the standoff to end their. calling what is happening today in washington an insurrection so right now this is a scene it's looking much calmer than it did a few hours ago but certainly an unprecedented day in american history when supporters of us present donald trump storm capitol building. i'm full

not only here in washington, but all over the country. qanon in positions of power within the republican party right now including in congress. has trump unleashed something that's likely to continue and spin and spin out of control? >> i think it's already out of control, wolf. we are out of control. we are basically a lockdown state here in washington because of threats that have been sewn by adherence to the president's lies. i mean, just even yesterday, the president was still entertaining the mypillow executive pushing him to declare martial law and do all kinds of things in furtherance of this lie about the election. the republican party has lost control over this situation. so much so that more than half of republicans in this country believe that there was widespread fraud where there was not in the last election. it's the responsibility of leaders in that party to turn the tide here and it's going to take leadership. clearly, very few republicans have been willing to speak up. you see people like liz cheney and mitt romney but ma

george washington became president. john adams won the majority of the second vote, so he would be vice president. the bill of rights diffused anti-federalist opposition. antifederalists was this coalition that had risen quickly and trying to respond to the constitution, but fairly late, too late to stop ratification, and once the bill of rights was cleared that it was passed and going to be ratified, it really diffused their main issue, their main public issue. antifederalists argued this new constitution was so powerful it would take rights away from individuals. the bill of rights was the compromise the federalists made to assure opponents to the constitution that it would not. the national government would still provide rights to individuals. with the bill of rights well on its way to becoming part of the constitution, the antifederalists really had no issue to keep them together. the new government moved quickly to fix these problems of the 1780's. congress established a federal judicial system. and for revenue --

there are statues of washington here, paintings of washington there, washington is the single most representedn in the art collection in the capitol. the city is named for him. he is so connected to it. >> after choosing the site for the capitol in 1791, then laying the cornerstone in 1793, it was washington's desire that the building be completely done and ready for congress to occupy in 1800. >> washington's vision for the building was something large, magnificent, and would command respect. would make americans of every state love their country better, and he hoped that it would be first in the affections of all americans. that is his legacy. >> while washington's aspirations for the building and the city have been more than realized over the course of the centuries, his hopes for what he called a congress house and the banks of the potomac being finished by 1800 would go unfold build -- unfulfilled due to construction and weather delays. the capitol today does not resemble its early years of occupancy from 1800 until the house wing was completed just to the south in 1807. it would then be

up remarks live in washington. now. let's listen to this to hear what they're saying. >> -- situation remains under investigation. the metropolitan police department will be taking the lead on that investigation. mpd continues to provide personnel resources, assistance on the grounds of the u.s. capitol and requested the assistance of law enforcement partners who were previously in place mutual aid agreement. as you heard from the mayor, a 6:00 p.m. curfew has been put in place tonight. it will be in effect until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow january 7th. we have advising everyone, everyone, that is not engaged in essential activity to get off the streets and adhere to the curfew. if you are found to be in violation of the curfew police will be required to take action. again, i want to reiterate, make it clear, police abide by the curfew that the mayor set in place or people will be subject to arrest. lastly, i know that many of you are are familiar with the metropolitan police department. understand there is no better agency

we have more from washington. >> donald trump's personal account is now gone. there will be no more tweets from his account. he still does have access to the official government account for the president of the united states. in theory, he could potentially still tweet from that, or at least advisors to him could post statements there, presumably, it is important to note that the poyus account is -- potus account is run by the government, so i'm january 20, it goes over to joe biden. anchor: there's also the possibility of an unprecedented second impeachment. a group of democrats have drafted articles. joe biden says it will be up to congress as to whether an impeachment against him goes ahead. he says his priorities are bringing the coronavirus under control and stimulating economic growth. >> the december jobs report shows millions of americans own -- are still hurting through no fault of their own. we lost another 140,000 jobs, the first negative jobs report since the height of the pandemic in the spring. more people have just lost a job while many have been

washington has savaged us for four years. no state in the nation pays more to washington and receives less in return. as the late senator daniel patrick moynihan pointed out, this is been true for decades and it has never been remedied. in fact it has gotten worse. over the past four years, a washington took even more funding from new yorkers as a sheer exercise of political extortion. today, new york subsidizes 42 other states. on top of that, of the new federal provision has cost new york $30 billion more over three years. it increases property taxes on hard-working new yorkers $2600 per year. look at the gross injustice. washington raised our taxes to benefit other states and those states then appealed to our residents to relocate to their lower tax states. the infuriating ironing is the -- irony is that new york subsidizes those states -- states' lower rates. but washington did not stop there. the abuse was unrelenting. our medicaid reimbursement rate was the lowest in the united states. they starved our infrastructure fu

indeed, much of washington.washington mall, the washington monument, the white house. it's a really sad situation. thank you, pete, very much. pete muntean is on site for us. governor kasich, thank you. you spent time on capitol hill. i knew you when you served your nine terms in the house of representatives. did you ever imagine you would see anything like this, a symbol of the american democracy looking like this, 20,000 heavily armed u.s. troops. i don't know if you've been to baghdad. in the days i was there, that was the green zone. this looks like the green zone in baghdad. >> you know, wolf, it's absolutely stunning. i've been to a number of inaugurations and it was actually a time of joy when people were inaugurated. we'd hang out together, the republicans and democrats, dignitaries, slap one another on the back. it was a time of bringing people together. i can remember when bill clinton was elected and sworn in. my wife and i got to go to lunch with pelosi, him, republicans and it was really, really goo

well the streets of washington d.c. have remained quiet despite warnings of possible the protests it was an unusual scene at the national mall which would normally as we were mentioning be packed with thousands of the president's supporters they were replaced instead by american flags security fears of kept the capitol barricaded and $25000.00 national guard troops on the streets some far right groups had vowed to disrupt the proceedings but so far only scattered protests have emerged. well john hendren joins us live now from the streets of washington d.c. obviously as we've been mentioning it was always going to be a different inauguration because of the pandemic but talk us through the security presence everyone i'm assuming still very much scarred by the events of 2 weeks ago at the capital. indeed in this city is still scarred by that attack and when that pro trump mob overran the capitol on january 6th that set off alarm bells in the security apparatus throughout the city and so now they have done the opposite of w

there in washington d.c. carolyn an extraordinary day on capitol hill a violent mall interrupting a joint session of congress one person shot and killed what more can you tell us. it's difficult to see it to think that we're talking about the united states terry well the investigation of that woman that died and and several other people i'm part of a service that were injured are still ongoing and kaos is probably the right word to describe what happened yesterday here in washington d.c. and especially in front of the capitol where all this assault on democracy happened and experts and police including my diary of a year mitch mcconnell have been talking about an insurrection that happened here in washington d.c. saying that. what happened yesterday was was was really has no wars and is really a president in the history of this country and we can definitely say that the pictures we saw are going to mark that they generally 6th the day when democracy in the united states almost broke completely apart the day o