williams: when i drove up, chad was already there and we already had our corner staked out. just think it's kind of funny, 'cause he looks kind of lonely over there. [ car horn ] i didn't go round up a ton of cheerleaders because i think people want to see me. maybe i might be a little overconfident. i don't know. i don't need people surrounding me, pumping me up all the time, so... van: here it is, 103 degrees outside, and we're waving a sign trying to get jackie elected. in the future, i'm not going to identify with the tea party, and i'm almost embarrassed now to say that i was. woman: jackie farley. she just has a little liberal policies that we disagree with. yeah, 'cause when you look at her campaign literature, it says she wants a "diversified city." well, what does that mean, you know? to us, that's far-left kooky stuff. last yeathey ved for-- a october for gay pride month. well, you know what? i have a brother and a sister that's gay, but i don't need it in my face that you're gay and parades and all that, and that's what will come next. it's what we're concerned ab

the most creative forces here in the music industry, frrl williams he will be inducted into the song writer hall of fame later today with chadhank you. >> just your sheer talent with how you are as a man and person, you're a pleasure to be around. >> thank you >> it's no surprise you have all this stuff going on. let's start with the festival, this is something you started in 2019 in your hometown. >> yeah. >> covid hit what was the idea for this initially and how did we get to where we are in d.c. >> something in the water has always been like a black solution to a systemic problem that ended up being this festival that allowed everybody to come together, white, black, gay, straight, whatever you are, as long as you're a human being you're welcome we had a great time there. and then there was an unfortunate event where there was the loss of the life of my cousin, donovan lynch and no one thought they handled that correctly or with the love and respect you would for somebody that's from virginia and so, we just decided to take our solution to our nation's capitol during the juneteenth weekend since that's a holiday we worked