they were firmly convinced, as pro-separation, pro-independence, from very early on.n fact, the man who designed carpenters' hall, robert smith, was designing defenses for philadelphia against the british army and the british fleet. in fact, he died of pneumonia in 1777 from having stood in chest deep ice water in the delaware river building obstructions to keep the british fleet from attacking philadelphia. and that's a familiar story in the history of the company that several of the members did give their lives for independence. and, even during the seige of philadelphia, this very spot was used as a hospital for the wounded americans. under the articles of confederation, which was the first government that was established after the revolution, the delegates throughout the colonies realized that it wasn't working. it was not a functional government because it did not have the powers to enforce its laws or to require theat various states to pay parts of their debt and so on. so, the delegates all returned to philadelphia from the now states to independence hall, wher

organizers described it as a chance to have their voices heard a separate pro trump rally is scheduled at noon at neshaminy state park in bucks county. >>> well, president trump is spending his weekend at his florida estate far away from the controversy i in washington over his administration's ties to russia. yesterday, he focused on education talking with students at a school in orlando. the president told reporters that education is the civil rights issue of our time and that is why he has asked congress to support a school choice bill. >>> meantime, vice-president mike pence says that he complied with indiana's laws after reports emerged that he routinely used private e-mail account for state business as governor. as kim hutches son reports the vice-president is rejecting accusations of wrongdoing and comparisons with the controversy surrounding democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton. >> we have fully complied with all indiana's laws. >> reporter: vice-president mike pence defending his use of a personal e-mail account as governor and rejecting parallels with former pres

as this interference campaign was going on and for mr. manafort why such extensive financial ties to russia and pro russia individuals. >> sreenivasan: we had two almost separatess conferences by the heads of the committee. what puts this on track toward any sort of bipartisan effort? >> first the chairman needs to fulfulfill the promise he made o the committee members yesterday including members on his own side that will show us evidence that he received and took over to the white house. that's the first step. unless that occurs, i don't see how we get back to having the real credibility the american people are counting on us to have. >> sreenivasan: representative eric swalwell, thank you. >> my pleasure, hari. >> woodruff: stay with us. coming up on the newshour: director danny boyle discusses his sequel to the hit '90s film "trainspotting;" and, one man's take on whether corporate sponsorships compromise the causes they purport to benefit. but first, to the analysis of shields and brooks. that is syndicated columnist mark shields, and "new york times" columnist david brooks. gentlemen, i'm sorry there is no news to talk about today, but let's see what we c

pro trump, and several people, including an elderly man were pepper sprayed. police tell cnn several weapons were confiscated during the process. >>> president trump has vowed to separate himself from his business asar as new properties, but there's one in particular in vancouver, well, that may have him fighting an ethics battle. >> the trump organization does not own the building, we want to point out, and a transition that can could point to a possible ethics violation is there. >> the problem here is foreign money is pouring into the building, and that money flows into president trump trust that he benefits from. this new building is just the latest example. a glittering new building in vancouv vancouver bares the president's name. >> i would a like to thank the press -- just kidding. >> the $360 million project was built by malaysia's holeborn group, and it pays to use the trump name. >> thank you for intrusting me with your family's coveted brand. >> the project has been controversial. >> everything this man stands for is everything that we are against as canadians. >> but could this gleaming tower have a constitutional violation? >> the trump vancouver property is an amal yao munce magnet.

separate them as we always do from what's left of the blue-collar democrats, the liberals -- true liberals in this country. the leftist has taken over and this is the anti-american, anti-capitalists proything not within american culture and that's what you got up there. the tragedy and misses a lot of this has been supported by organizing for america. barack obama's organization built from the top down. some $70 million funds a lot of these organizations. protesters have to travel. they go around the country is disorganized and you've got these other groups that are fostering hate and division and you see the result is silence. at some point, america will fight back. i don't like to see protests by ear but let's face it, the american people are going to get sick of this. stuart: i want to roll a sound bite around former attorney general loretta lynch. not a rant, more of a statement about our rights being rolled back and what we might want to do about it. roll tape. >> individuals would end it together, ordinary people who simply saw what needs to be done and came together and supported those ideals would've made a difference. they've marched, blood, yes some of them have died. this