united states of america being energy-independent. we take great pride in being a part of that. kern county at one point in time was the largest oil and gas producing county in the continentalted states, so, the industry itself, that is who we are. that is the legacy of this portion of san joaquin valley. man: arvin making a bit of history today, becoming one of the smallest cities to make their own local regulation for the oil and gas industry. woman: oil and gas has kept kern county moving for decades. now arvin residents are fed up and those in the industry feel unwelcomed. wednesday night, arvin city council unanimously voted in favor of restrictions on the oil and gas industry. those in support applauded. [cheering and applause] man: yeah, so, it's a monumentous thing that we did. we passed the oil and gas ordinance, and hopefully other cities with that type of industry will follow, so, we're gonna be talking today with some neighbors on nelson court, nd then tomorrow i'm goa have a coersatiowith thmayor of taft about our two cities. see if we can find any common ground. my name is jose gurrola and i am he mayor of the city of arvin. we can't deny the fact that living

the legislature of puerto rico is not as for statehood as many would expect here in the continental united states what are the chances of this congress, and this sort of legislature being the one that finally gets that across the finish line? >> happy to see you again rafael. let me say, during the last four years, you've got a governor for state, heard both governors support statehood, you have state and governor puerto rico. in 2017 i was the most devoted elected official. i ran on a state platform. and again in this election and the most voted official in the government. you know what? statehood is bigger than any other cabinet, statehood, more votes than anybody else. more than 100,000 votes than me. that means that state is bigger than a party. it's bigger than a individual candidate. even when the house and the senate still decide how big or how small are the minorities. the reality is that people of puerto rico directly wounded, and in a absolute, already more than 52% can pursue a statehood. and when hawaii and alaska were -- , they weren't confronted with preconditions. they weren't cons

in the wake of hurricanes irma and maria, and several other disasters in the continental united states, including wildfires near california or near oregon, many disaster survivors have struggled to produce documents necessary to prove their residency. this is particularly difficult when those disasters have decimated all of their possessions and records. additionally, qualified survivors have had trouble registering for assistance because they've resided in homes passed down from generation to generation in areas where title record keeping hasn't been adequately aintained to track these transfers. we've seen this issue time and and over the last decade a half since hurricane katrina. fema has worked to address these challenges, but all efforts to this point have been ad hoc. h.r. 2914 formalizes the home certification process that fema has developed over the years, allowing survivors to self-certify their residency with an expanded list of acceptable supported documentation. survivors should not be expected to wade through bureaucratic red tape after their lives have been upended by a

it was monroe with john quincy adams help that made the united states a continental nation. the air of good feeling people always make fun of this description of mine rose -- his terms in office come his two terms, was in some sense real. there was a calm in the country and there was a calm in the presidency. he had the most stable cabinet of any of the president. and i think that's sort of a security in continuity that people felt. >> thank you. want to talk a little bit about the revolutionary war and helped shape their character here because all four of them participated in some sense, right, washington and monroe in the military since, jefferson, governor of virginia and fled from the capital much to the delight of patrick henry. james madison of course being short and slight as he was was not cut the military cloth was in philadelphia struggling through the problems of public finance, especially. can you talk about the ways in which the war shaped the character, shaped their understanding of the union? just how did that affect them? >> in madisons case, he could not bec

it was jefferson -- i'm sorry -- monroe with john quincy adams' help that made the united states a continental nation. the era of good feeling, people make fun of this description of monroe's term in office -- two terms was in some sense real. there was a calm in the country, and there was a calm in a presidency. he had the most stable cabinet of any of the presidents, and i think that's sort of a kind of security and continuity that people felt. >> interesting, thank you. i want to talk put the revolutionary war and how it shaped their character. all four of them participated in some sense. washington and monroe in military sense, jefferson, for governor of virginia anded in from the capital much to the delight patrick henry, jamesman was not cut of military cloth put was in philadelphia, struggling through the problems of public finance. can you talk about the ways in which the war shaped their character, shaped their understanding of the union, just how did that affect them? >> well, in madison's case, he could not become a warrior because he had epilepsy. and this is a theory i think i pre

it was jefferson-- i'm sorry, it was monroe with john quincy adams' help that made the united states a continental nation. and the air of good feeling, people always make fun of this description of monroe's terms and term in office, his two terms, was in some sense real. there was a calm in the country. and there was a calm in the presidency. he had the most stable cabinet of any of the presidents. and i think, you know, that's sort of a kind of security and continuity that people felt. >> interesting. thank you. i want to talk a little about the revolutionary war and how it shaped their character because all four of them participated in some sense, right, washington and monroe and military sense, jefferson, governor of virginia, and you know, fled from the capital, much to the delight of patrick henry. james madison, of course, being was not cut of military cloth, but was in philadelphia struggling through the problems of public finance especially. can you talk about the ways in which the war shaped their character, shaped their understanding of the union, just how did that affect them? >> well,

it was jefferson, i'm sorry, it was munro with john quincy adams help that made the united states a continental nation in the era of good feelings that people make fun of this description of monroe term in office of these two terms, was, in some sense, real. there was a column in the country and aid, and the presidency. he had the most stable cabinet of any of the presidents and that is a kind of security and continuity that people felt. >> thank you. we want to talk about the revolutionary war and how it shaped their character because all four of them participated in some sense, right, washington and monroe and a military sense jefferson, governor of virginia and, you know, fled from the capital much to the delight of patrick henry and james madison of course being short and slight like he was was not because of military cough but was in philadelphia struggling through the problems of public finance especially so can you talk about the ways in which the war shaped their character, shape their understanding of the union so how did that affect them? >> in madison's case he cannot become a warrio

united states. it was created by the continental congress in 1782. something they'd worked all throughout on with different committees. they worked on it until they finally worked out a final version of the seal. we have a carpet on the floor which is a reproduction of the original carpet. the original more than like i went to washington. whatever happened to it, we don't know what happened to the original senate carpet but it was made specifically for the room here and there was enough written description of exactly what it was that enabled us to sort of re-create the carpet and it would have featured the seal of the united states. but it would have been encircled by the original state circles. set up with a chain which is a monday motif of the time. change the states together to create these united states of ours. so they had their roots in philadelphia. the one original desk is the secretary's desk. then vice president would sit in the back of the room and that's another interesting thing. he will be succeeded by thomas jefferson. they would be he

united states. the seal was created by the continental congress in 1782. it's something they worked on off and on with the different committees and kept changing here and a little bit there until they worked out the final version of the seal. we have a carpet on the floor that's a reproduction of the original carpet. the original carpet more than likely went to washington when they moved. whatever happened to it, it's long gone. but it was made specifically for the room here. and it was actually enough written description of exactly what it was that enabled us to sort of recreate the carpet. and it would have featured the seal of the united states. but it would have been encircled by the original state seals. it's sort of setup as a change which is a common motif at the time chaining the states to to create this bigger thing, this united states of ours. so a lot of the interesting symbols whether for the states themselves or the united states again, have their roots in philadelphia. the one original desk was the vice president's desk. the vice president wh

united states. the seal was another thing created in philadelphia by the continental congress and independence hall in 1782. it was something they worked on throughout the revolutionary war. they kept changing a little bit here and there until they worked out the final version of the seal. we have a carpet on the floor that is a reproduction of the original carpet. the original carpet more than likely went to washington when they moved. we do not what -- we do not know what happened to the original set carpet. it was made specifically for the room should there was an of written description of what it was that enabled us to re-create the carpet. it would have featured the seal of the united states but it would have been encircled the state seals. it was set up as a chain, which was a common motif of the time. chaining the states together to create this bigger thing with the united states. a lot of those interesting symbols, whether for the states themselves or the united states have roots in philadelphia. the vice president would say in the back of the room shared the vice president, which we are go

the united states army dates it's on birth to his service. and the continental congress of him taking over the army that we will talk about a little bit. so that story is important for thinking about the cultures and the traditions part of american military power and military leadership today. george washington also was a man of the 18th century. he lived in a very different war. and some of that, i hope, will come out as well. what was different about the way an 18th century officer might organize troops. so let's get into it. i want to start with the french and indian war. the military education was through the process of fighting in the french and indian war. he had no experience leading men into battle. he had no experience creating a camp, building a supply train, or any of that. so he learned a lot of basics through the french and indian war and by many mistakes. he had a skirmish that turned into a nasty assassination as the french considering it. he lost one of his early commands. the british, and no native american allies, and had to surrender his post

that not only with the uk that's been in a really important ally of the united states, but also with -- you know, with continentalbiden will address all of those thing i think he's -- you know, this is a man who has had enormous capability of working around the world with leaders so i think as it relates to a trade agreement, you know, which trade agreement gets prioritized when, is something that, you know, i'm -- i don't know, but i know that joe biden is going to want to make sure that the united states can be -- have access to markets and be able to be as competitive as it has always been. so there's a lot of work that has to be done to put us in that position because we are in such a -- you know, a difficult situation now. >> my biggest question secretary pritzker is what will be different on the covid front because we are in this dangerous period where we are facing more than 120,000 cases per day obviously the worst is coming here in the winter according to the experts. but let's say come jan if he is in fact elected, what changes under his administration in terms of actual policies on testing, on a federa

united states. that could be better for us. you have states fighting over land. what do we have in the way of government? state governments very much hold the cards. there is our continental congress. the articles of confederation set the rules for congress. that is an idea that comes into this room with the benjamin franklin at the beginning of the war. it is an idea he dusted off from he put together this to defend themselves against enemies such as france stop dusts off the ideas, writes the first articles of confederation. the date after they chose the committee to write the declaration of independence, they chose a committee with a member from each of the states to write the articles of the could -- and would be john dickinson, he would be famous for trying to slow us down for independence. at the same time he's doing that, he's writing the articles of confederation, this formal agreement between the states of how the united states is going to operate. essentially, the congress would run the war, run foreign policy, but they would cooperate with each other and you wouldn't have to pay taxes and tariffs as you run from state to state. the first problem and ultimately

the second continental congress when they were voting on the declaration of independence, and they would return eight and a half years later to work out the constitution of the united states and we go down the hall and we would see two floors, the upper chamber and the lower chamber. the reason it was on the lower chambers because it was the first floor and the upper chamber and then another hall where the supreme court met. all in this little area where america was born, and i think to myself, america, where did this idea of america come from? it came from aristotle and cicero. came from the greatest minds mankind is ever created, america. they talk about it as an idea. was an idea, but we made it a concrete reality, there is nothing been like america on the face of the earth. john locke where we get separation of powers, these men who created this country were well read, scholars and they understood what came before. has opposed to this, joe biden and bernie sanders and aoc and so forth. this is warmed over marxism. it's been tried in country after country. there is no great thinking behind this, no great manner scholars behind this, this will take your liberty and turn

united states was born of aggressive war. the firearms industry was the first successful modern corporation, the brainchild of alexander hamilton. the springfield armory in western massachusetts was established by the continental congress in 1777. the constitution created a fiscal military state, that is a state primarily designed for war. 1990, after returning -- retiring as chief justice of the supreme court, the late maureen ebert wrote a long and impassioned plea for gun control, arguing that the second amendment was dated and no longer needed. let's look at the history, he wrote. first, many of the 3.5 million people living in the 13 original colonies depended on wild game for food. a good many of them required firearms for their defense from marauding indians. he argued that hunting for food or killing indians were no longer necessary, so the second amendment should be done away with. racist as his language is, he is right about firearms being used by white settlers to kill indians and violently appropriating their land, but regarding hunting, actually the early settlers, as well as post-independent white rural settlers, primarily used domesticated cows, hogs, and chickens for food. nearly all of their h

way, a slogan still today inside the united states army on which george washington was the first member and the sole member when he was appointed head of the continentalscinates me, and i think academic historians have not served him well. he is a guy who has this monumental temper. he's a volcano and he spends his life learning to control it. and a couple of times he loses it. he loses it on the battlefield a couple of times. and he loses it once in the cabinet meeting. thomas jefferson kind of writes a transcript of what -- when washington blew it, he blew hard. he was angry at jefferson and at hamilton for their constant squabbling and so on. and he's a man who learns. he's a man who changes. he was the essential man who i think, because he learned and adjusted during the revolution as a general, he begins as a conventional officer and winds up fighting a error irregular war. the other thing about george washington, he was a politician before he was a general. and then after he was a general. he was a politician first in virginia politics, elected office, and then as president much longer than he was a general. >> well, the book is "first principle

united states needed to go. >> and as was said, he got the revolutionary ball rolling, especially in new england. and i think that's what his greatness was, is even before the first continentalit saying, yes, i am going to go to the continental congress even when his best friend tried to talk him out of it. he said he would lose and it would be awful for him. but as a member of congress during the revolution, i have to say though when you read his dom entear and defense, it must have driven washington bananas. adams thought he knew a lot about military affairs, and i have no idea why. maybe richard does, he knows this period better than i ever will. but he constantly is sort of saying, washington's wrong, on strategy. everybody talks about a slow defensive war. that's nuts. we need to have a big battle and win this thing, which is the opposite of the way to win this thing as washington knew. >> and, richard, yesterday -- go ahead, richard. >> i think one reason may be that adams was always hocking washington is although he admires washington, he does admire him all through his life, but there is always a note of envy there, and there is always a fear of the man on horseback,