piazza, one ofhe the more striking features.e lovely ladies play an important part in mount vernon. custus,he widow, martha who george mary's. the others are the ladies of an organization who, for more than 100 years, have carefully maintained and restored the major as a national shrine. drawss the map washington of the five forms eventually make up the mount vernon estate. from an office in the library, andirects, posts accounts, maintains his papers and books. on horseback each day, rain or shine, he rides out to supervise, inspect, and plan. isrogressive farmer, he concerned with crop rotation, ornamented shrugs -- ornamented shrugs, corn and wheat, horse erring's, the h fishermen bring from the potomac. admires stately trees and all growing things, builds this handsome garden and greenhouse. the social and recreational life is a busy one. an outstanding horseman, he likes to ruride. he likes to play cards. balls and plays in williamsburg and alexandria. hospitality and guests are important at mount vernon. a busy place in a

one addition, the piazza, one of the more striking features. some lovely ladies play an important part in mount vernon. one is the widow, martha cushtus, who george mary's. the others are the ladies of an organization who, for more than 100 years, have carefully maintained and restored the major as a national shrine. this is the map washington draws of the five forms eventually make up the mount vernon estate. from an office in the library, he directs, posts accounts, and maintains his papers and books. on horseback each day, rain or shine, he rides out to supervise, inspect, and plan. a progressive farmer, he is concerned with crop recreational life is a busy one. an outstanding horseman, he likes to runride. he likes to play cards. often attending balls and plays in williamsburg and alexandria. hospitality and guests are important at mount vernon. a busy place in a kitchen, and a separate building, where pigs are roasted over a spit in the huge fireplace. food is brought to the main house, then the family dining room. with a large number of v

for example, one addition, the graceful, high column piazza, one of the more striking features, runsntire length of the mansion. some lovely ladies play an important part in mount vernon. attractive widow, martha dandridge custus, who george mary's at 27. the others are the ladies of the union for more than 100 years, maintained the mansion as a national shrine open to the public. this is the map washington draws of the five farms eventually -- five farms totaling eventually make up the mount eventually make up the mount 8000 acres, that vernon estate. from an office in the library, he directs, posts accounts, and maintains his papers and books. on horseback each day, rain or shine, he rides out to supervise, inspect, and plan. approaching] a progressive farmer, he is concerned with crop rotation, ornamented shrubs corn and , wheat, horse breeding, the the herring that his fishermen bring from the potomac. his gristmill from which high-grade flower is shipped to the west indies is a profitable industry. washington, admires stately trees and all growing things, builds this handsome ga

we call it the piazza, which is what washington called it. yeah, it's a great porch that extends the length of the building. that view is of maryland, of course, right across the potomac river. but it's important to recognize that view has been preserved by the mt. vernon ladies association. in the '50s when there was a lot of growth going on in d.c. after world war ii, there was a danger that there might be a big sewage treatment plant or oil holding areas right across the river there. and the ladies association successfully helped create a national park across the river to preserve that view. and so many hundreds of people actually live across there but it sort of looks like a forest because there are conservatio . easements so people can't cut down the tree or build a giant pink building so that people can experience that view in a way that george washington and the millions of people who visited mt. vernon since his time have experienced it. i do think it's a remarkable example of conservation and preservation and the power of place to re

masked balls are held in ancient venetian palaces and gondola parades are organised in the piazzas and the rigours of lent, the a0 days of fasting that traditionally precede easter. a reminder of our top story. the reuters news agency is reporting that thai security forces have killed the soldier who carried out a shooting rampage that left at least 21 people dead. these least 21 people dead. are live pictures from near these are live pictures from near the scene. they said he had been killed at the shopping mall where he was holed up in the northeastern city of nakhon ratchasima. the weather now with helen willetts. hello. storm ciara will batter the uk today. it is powerful and dangerous and brings exceptionally windy weather. it is unusual because it will affect such a widespread area. very few places will escape the severe gales that are forecast and hence the met office have got amber warnings in place notjust for the wind but also for rain. starting with the wind, that will affect most parts of the uk. the amber warnings for england and wales, we expect damage and disruption, pot

reported because they believe that that leads to more concern and perhaps panic and we are now in the piazza the woman this is one of the most famous squares in all of italy especially in northern italy and it's basically almost empty this is a square that normally on a day like today would be full it would be full of tourists it would be full of residents who come here to perhaps get a coffee or a meal and then go back to their place of work in the people that we're speaking with are also expressing concern about how these numbers are being reported because they say that business is off tourism is off and they're very worried about what this is going to mean for what is the economic hub of all italy and what this means for their businesses going forward all that being said though people are trying to remain calm they are trying to heed the advice of italian officials the past few days who have said it is not reasonable for people to panic. still to come here on al-jazeera army out in force with the opposition calling for a boycott of sunday's referendum. hello and welcome back we'll start t

. -- piazza. that view is of maryland. it's important to recognize that view has been preserved. when there was a lot of suburban growth around d.c. going on after world war ii, there was danger there might be a big sewage treatment plant or oil holding areas of the river. the ladies association successfully helped create a national park across the river. there are hundreds of people who live across there. conservation pieces on the property. people can't cut down the trees, they can't build buildings. viewe can experience that in a way that george washington and the millions of people who visited mount vernon have experienced. it's a remarkable example of conservation and preservation and the power to help people connect with each other. we are really proud of our leadership. host: plenty of people are doing that. we have live pictures from mount vernon. good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call this morning. i have two quick questions. giving george washington the oath of office? do we have the bible that he took the of? serving asington was president, who managed moun

masked balls are held in ancient venetian palaces and gondola parades are organised in the piazzas andfore the rigours of lent, the a0 days of fasting that traditionally precede easter. under of our top story stop a tie soldier who carried out a shooting spree has been shot dead by security forces. he had been holed up overnight in the terminal 21 mall after he killing 20 people on saturday. officials say 42 people were wounded. hundreds of people hiding from the gunman had earlier been freed during a raid carried out by security forces in which one of their personnel was killed and two people were injured. officials say thejunior colonel people were injured. officials say the junior colonel shot an officer at his army barracks before stealing weapons and going on a rampage. hello. storm ciara will batter the uk today. it's powerful, it's dangerous and it will bring exceptionally windy weather. it's unusual because it will affect such a widespread area. very few places will escape the severe gales that are forecast, and hence the met office have got amber warnings in place notjust for

masked balls are held in ancient venetian palaces and gondola parades are organised in the piazzas andre the rigours of lent, the a0 days of fasting that traditionally precede easter. and an update on the story we have been covering. the shootings in thailand. earlier we heard that the gunman continued to be holed up in the shopping centre in the city. we understand that reuters new weight —— newsagency is now reporting that the gunmen is in a basement area of the shopping centre and they suggest that there are no hostages with the gunman. we will continue to bring you updates on that story as we get them. we were hearing, of course, a little earlier on about effects of storm ciara. here's helen willetts with a full weather forecast. hello. storm ciara will batter the uk today. it is powerful and dangerous and brings exceptionally windy weather. it is unusual because it will affect such a widespread area. very few places will escape the severe gales that are forecast and hence the met office have got amber warnings in place notjust for the wind but also for rain. starting with the wind

masked balls are held in ancient venetian palaces and gondola parades are organised in the piazzas andre the rigours of lent, the a0 days of fasting that traditionally precede easter. let's just update you on our breaking news from thailand. and thai soldier who carried out a shooting spree at a shopping mall in the city of nakhon ratchasima has been shot dead security forces. the government had been holed up in the shopping mall overnight after he killed 26 people. officials say 57 people were wounded in his rampage. hundreds of people hiding from the gunman had earlier been freed during a raid by security forces was up the premises suggests that the shooter was motivated over a grudge over a land deal and the prime minister has called the attack without precedent in thai history. more on our website. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @jamesbbcnews. please stay with us. hello. storm ciara will batter the uk today. it's powerful, it's dangerous and it will bring exceptionally windy weather. it's unusual because it will affect such a widespread area. very few places will escape the seve

. -- piazza. that view is of maryland. it's important to recognize that view has been preserved. when there was a lot of suburban growth around d.c. going on after world war ii, there was danger there might be a big sewage treatment plant or oil holding areas of the river. the ladies association successfully helped create a national park across the river. there are hundreds of people who live across there. conservation pieces on the property. people can't cut down the trees, they can't build buildings. viewe can experience that in a way that george washington and the millions of people who visited mount vernon have experienced. it's a remarkable example of conservation and preservation and the power to help people connect with each other. we are really proud of our leadership. host: plenty of people are doing that. we have live pictures from mount vernon. good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call this morning. i have two quick questions. giving george washington the oath of office? do we have the bible that he took the of? serving asington was president, who managed moun

the pigeons outnumber the tourists in milan's piazza del duomo. it's less than an hour's drive from one of the so-called red zones where more than 50,000 people are living under lockdown as the italian authorities struggle to halt the spread of coronavirus. "it's not normal that there are so few people," says this woman. "this is the week of carnivale and people usually bring their children here in costumes." some tourists are still here, but their presence belies the jarring reality of this crisis. via the internet we spoke with journalist mario bora, who lives in the red zone town of codogno with his wife and two young children. normal life, he says, has come to a screeching halt. "the city is completely closed," mario says. "you can't do anything. literally. the municipality, post offices, banks, any activity with a gathering of people has been suspe suspended. even funerals can only be attended by two or three close relatives." in this close-knit town tragedy is felt by all. "we're a very small community," he says. "everyone knows each other.

he could go for miles on this piazza. >> reporter: the year was 1798.t sea, and war with the former ally seemed imminent. washington was named commander in chief of the new army, even though according to the constitution, that title belonged to president john adams. even so, washington accepted the position, and just over a year after stepping down as president, he was back in philadelphia. so he just couldn't let go? >> it was really hard to let go. he had created this country. this country is his legacy, and he is worried about what's going to happen to it. >> reporter: his prized reputation took a beating as enemy, including former friends jefferson, monroe, and madison condemned him for acting like a king. >> so that should dispel the idea that all of our founding fathers were good friends. >> reporter: in a remarkable parallel to today's politics, washington's federalist party accused france of meddling in the presidential election. at the request of jefferson and his fellow republicans. the so-called quasi war with france soon cooled off and washi

reported because they believe that that leads to more concern and perhaps panic and we are now in the piazza the woman this is one of the most famous where is in all of italy especially in northern italy and it's basically almost empty this is a square that normally on a day like today would be full it would be full of tourists it would be full of residents who come here to perhaps get a coffee or a meal and then go back to their place of work in the people that we're speaking with are also expressing concern about how these numbers are being reported because they say that business is off tourism is off and they're very worried about what this is going to mean for what is the economic hub of all italy and what this means for their businesses going forward all that being said though people are trying to remain calm they are trying to heed the advice of italian officials the past few days who have said it is not reasonable for people to panic south korea has confirmed another 505 cases meaning it's of a taken china and new delhi in fiction now this sarah contra ports on the situation in southe

he could go for miles on this piazza. >> the year was 1798.y seemed imminent. >> washington was named commander in chief of the new army, even though, according to the constitution, that title belonged to president john adams. even so, washington accepted the position and just over a year after stepping down as president he was back in philadelphia. >> so he just couldn't let go. >> it was really hard to let go. he had created this country. this country is his legacy. and he is worried about what is going to happen to it. >> >> his prized reputation took a beating as enemies, including former friends jefferson, monroe and madison, condemned him for acting like a king. >> so that should dispel the idea that all all of our foundig fathers were good friends. >> in a remarkable parallel to today's reflect, washington's federalist party accused perhaps of meddling in the presidential election at the request of jefferson and his fellow republicans. >> the so-called quasi war with france soon cooled off and washington returned to mount vernon. though