ashington fell back through new jersey. because of the defeats, morale was sinking fast. he was counting on the new jersey militia as well as pennsylvania militia to come forward and strengthen his army. they were not coming out and any significant numbers. he had to continue retreating through new jersey. halfway across the state, he orders the gathering of the boats along the delaware river. he sends men forward to the river to start confiscating all the boats. 70 miles north of philadelphia, everything that floats is being gathered by the army so the british will not have any boats left across the river. washington, when he arrives in trenton, the army will begin crossing the delaware river, that is the retreat c rossing. very important to save the army from the british pursuit. that is december 7 into december 8 wendy armie -- when the army crosses. the british will arrive minutes after the last boat crosses. they will look for votes and boats and come up empty. that protects the american capital of philadelphia and gives washington valuable reading room. both sides a

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will joineek, horace us with other "is it worth it" reports on "good morning ashington," from renting professional wardrobe and higher-end products. alison: 7 on your side account scandal is getting bigger. new court filing say the bank may have opened 3.5 million unauthorized accounts. the original estimate was 2 million. a bank spokesman said the new figure is unverified. another hearing is scheduled next week. jonathan: 7 on your side with health matters, and your favorite candy may be going on a diet. it is a partnership to cut calories. it includes nestle, the makers of nutela, and russell stover. alison: a mystery tonight over a manuscript. a prequel to harry potter has been stolen in the u.k. this is a handwritten manuscript by j.k. rowling that was swiped this week. wling is asking her fans to turn down any sales of the manuscript. and now the must-see video of the day. jonathan: a po the streets of new york city. it is melissa mccarthy doing her famous impersonation of white house press secretary sean spicer. mccarthy is hosting "saturday night live" this weekend, and she was

this was first reported in the y ashington post" and has now been confirmed by cbs news.is our chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes. >> is that an accurate reporting, director coats? ep reporter: the director of national intelligence, dan thats, was reluctant today to speak out about the man who appointed him. >> i don't feel it's appropriate to characterize discussions and conversations with the president. >> reporter: cbs news has henfirmed that the president asked coats to push back on the f.b.i.'s russia investigation. mr. trump made the same request of n.s.a. director mike rogers. >> have you talked about this issue with admiral rogers? >> that is-- that is something that i-- would like to withhold that question at this particular point in time. th reporter: across the capitol, former c.i.a. director, john brennan, described in the greatest detail yet why the trump campaign team first came under scrutiny. >> i was aware of intelligence and information about contacts between russian officials and ais. persons that raised concerns, in my mind about whether or

thing getting global attention, i should say ashington attention, sean spicer yesterday, pressing from ick mulvaney, not from spicer, i will get your thoughts on it. >> thank you very much, again, nd thank you for letting me have a shot. >> where that wall is from so we identify location? [talking over each other] >> come on, sean. sean? >> what about the putin call. away.ked >> really? >> yeah. other] g over each >> no one leave. no one leave. over each other] host: has that ever happened before? guest: pretty good, right? lot of cause a reporters, the short answer is no, not exactly there have been couple of briefing or incidents since beginning of january that got heckles. corps do a mes sean spicer will gaggle off camera instead of on camera, national security will that way, there are a lot of questions on a lot of fronts reporters' frustration, maybe they didn't want to talk to mick mulvaney these issues, maybe they wanted to talk to sean spicer issues or a range of issues. the daily briefing has long trump ven before the administration, long been the real venue most reporter cons

the senators said this is the slowest a cabinet has been approved since george ashington. another example, the first day of the obama administration, we approved half of the cabinet. ms. werner: you indicated that you have problems with director comey and you welcomed a fresh start. what are your thoughts that there is at least a perception problem with the president ousting the person at the head what are your thoughts that of the investigation of the president? sen. grassley: well, the only thing i can go back to is the one document that was put together by rosenstein. and more importantly, the personality of rosenstein -- and i do not know him well except when he came to my office for an interview and then he was before our committee. i do not know him. nd president bush appoints him nd a president obama keeps him on and he wins 94-6 for confirmation. he is second in charge. the fbi reports to him. he feels there is a lack of confidence in him so i have to take the judgment of a guy that has broad bipartisan support. mr. lesniewski: some of your colleagues on the judici

it reminds me, and i would love to encourage people to go to the native american museum here in ashington, d.c., there is treaty's exhibit. at the beginning of our relationship with the new settlers that came in, the wampum belt has these lines going down at that signify that we are to bring bodies of people of peopletwo bodies living side-by-side and respecting each other equally. i believe that is what we are aspiring to today, what i am and others hope to come of we actually respect each other and we live amongst each other equally side-by-side, not one having to be greater and more powerful than the other and diminishing someone else, but how can we respect each other equally, and that same principle of the wampum belt and speier says today as we do with these challenges of integration. -- immigration. host: what goes through your mind when you heard president trump refer to elizabeth warren as pocahontas? guest: well, that was a tough one for us, only because if you really know who the junta's was, she was a young woman from a pocahontas was, she was a young woman from a tribe. every

elaine, you are up first, ashington, d.c., independent line, good morning. caller: good morning. wanted to talk i to turley, he is talking about we don'the crime here, have facts. back to the campaign and the invitation. rump himself made the invitation, russia, if you are listening, when the comments hillary clinton thing was really, really more in the press. to alone was invitation russia to get involved, even if they weren't. think that is very important and people keep overlooking that. the second thing, turley something about there needs to be more civility, let's alk about the way he fired comey. unkooth, cooth, embarrassing way he did when los angeles as in and he learned about it at the same time everybody else did, of how trump e oes things, how angry he gets, how knee-jerk and thoughtless he is about many decisions he's made. want to say. host: james comey wrote a note light of his f in firing, cnn has it, saying, i can fire president director for any reason or no reason at all, i will not spend it on the decision or how was executed. i hope you won't either. will miss

vonnie: bloomberg's chief ,ashington correspondent interesting takeaways today, including the rank-and-file fbi officials supported the fired fbi director. >> i just let the hearing where acting fbi director andrew mccabe is testifying. the moment you pointed out is sure to be a devastating blow to president trump. the acting fbi director refuting the basis of which president trump concluded to fire comey. saying the rank-and-file had not lost support of comey. there was another moment in an exchange with senator marco rubio in which he asked the acting director whether or not the investigation would be impacted at all. the investigation i'm referring therussia's meddling into 2016 presidential election. i will read to you what he said. he said there has been no effort to impede our investigation to date. all this comes as the administration is looking to name someone to replace mr. comey at the fbi and it comes as democrats have increased their outcries for there to be a special prosecutor appointed. mr. comey will be on capitol privately with the senate intelligence committee next week. i

coming up monday morning ashington examiners and his don't wa don't wantry jordan allen discuss their new reporting america.rump's then author chris wiffle white es the impact of house chiefs of staff. then we discuss the latest report on reconstruction spending in that country. sure tobe sure to watch c-spa's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern sunday morning. join the discussion. ♪ announcer: on "lectures in history," university of washington professor margaret o'mara teaches a class about the 1968 president election and the events that impact the outcome. she talks about how the vietnam war eroded political support for johnson and helped lead to his decision not to seek reelection. she also describes month by month events that led up to the election like student protests, the rise of the black power movement, and the assassinations of martin luther king jr. and robert kennedy. her class is about an hour and 10 minutes. margaret: let's get started. welcome.

in washington, lauren ashington, lauren clashed, fox news. >> for more on the healthcare bill passage i'm joined by political analyst brian sobel. a big celebration at the white house. is this a victory? >> we will say that it is at least one along the way, but let's face it this bill has a long way to go. it has to now go to the senate where it is going to be debated. the senate majority is very slim as we know. they just have to peel off some of the senators and the bill would effectively die. >> bob corker, a senator from tennessee, said this bill has zero chance of passing the senate in its present form. so they're going to make -- probably start from scratch. i've been hearing talk, watching cable news all day that they're going to start from zero and just completely redo the whole thing. >> it's quite possible. i think the idea of the repeal and replace, it's a phrase, but the devil stainls details, ken. i think the senate is going to take a hard look at. >> 20 house members from the gop did not go along with the bill. what does that tell you? >> i think it's significant. here i

analyst every friday night on a is thelitics it race,hor of "dream city: power, and the decline of "ashington, d.c. [applause] >> the new edition is about the revival of washington, d c. it took 20 years. i want to think the audience for being here. it is important we learn from history whether we agree with it or not. no one asked you to turn off your cell phones. i never asked that. rings, you phone have to stand up, put it on speaker, and then answer it. [laughter] >> i am going to get the discussion going. you can see the personal reactions. we know the outline from history. we're not expecting a monologue from the people asking questions or the panelists. let's set the stage. on march, 6, 1981, walter cronkite signed off as cbs anchor and dan rather took over. in march of 1981 new price of a first-class stamp one up from $.15 to $.18. 9, 19 91, the first successful heart-one transplant occurred at stanford university. on march, 7, 1981, denver, colorado, worried parents confronted their son and of the advice of a psychiatrist gave their son a couple hundred dollars and said, "you're on y

police helicopter footage shows patrick denman, from ashington in northumberland, driving the wrong waynto a housing estate before eventually coming to a stop. the court heard he was on his way to his ex—partner‘s home to intimidate her. in a moment a look at how the financial markets in europe closed the day, but first the headlines on bbc news: political shockwaves as president trump tells his fbi director ? you're fired . he says it's over hillary clinton's e—mails, but critics see a cover—up over russia. the 11—year—old girl who died on a school trip to a theme park in staffordshire, her family say their world has been torn apart. no conservatives will face charges for breaches of expenses rules over the 2015 general election, says the crown prosecution service. hello. i'm ben thompson. now a look at how the markets in europe have ended the trading session. another day and another rise in the index of our 100 leading companies. the ftse 100 just shy of a one—month high thanks to some strong earnings updates. shares in telecoms firm talktalk fell sharply after the firm cut dividends

herrmann from ashington northumberland took the vehicle after a row with his boss.elicopterfootage shows him driving the wrong way down a dual carriageway, swivelling and narrowly missing two police patrol cars. he turns left through a red light into a housing estate, as you can see from the images, and continues further along before he heads onto this grassy area. he's been given a five—year restraining order. correspondent fiona trott has been following this case for us in newcastle. tell us more about the background to this. patrick denman was crying in court just now, he told the judge he was having a mental breakdown when he took the truck that day. the police told us he was driving dangerously for about 15 minutes, that is why the police helicopter was following him. those pictures you've seen. the police told us itjust quit his job, had a row with his boss, his boss put his hands on the front of the lorry to try and stop him leaving the depot, patrick denholm ignored him, brett goode engine, and went straight out under the dual carriageway at speed. he did a

[laughter] >> what is amazing about the resistance is it is not that 400,000 women marched on ashingtonc fox news block that out. it never happened. right? you cannot ignore that half of the power is not marching. people in the communities are being present, being heard. it is very difficult for the conservative media to become that does not exist when people are and no face telling them how much they hate donald trump and his policies into the party that has enabled him. thee have been surprised by real strength of the indivisible andps with interest organizing across the country. we've seen extraordinary diversity. inot of the strongest are deep red areas. they did not have a venue to come together and express their shared his balls before. so it serves as more than a forum or action. it serves as a community and that goes to something else we should be looking at. and vesting over the long-term in local organizing. they are therefore school board elections and everything else. they are not just their to build the voter turnout. they are there year after year. that is something the le