he knew that the d.c. national guard were in a supporting role to the park police. >> i'm going to stop you there created you are talking about lafayette park, that is fine, but there were others deployed who were not local, non-d.c. federal law enforcement deployed to take action within d.c. within the boundaries of the district of columbia. i am asking if you know yet whether or not those actions were coordinated with the d.c. national guard were not? sec. esper: my understanding is because i was with the secretary of the army, we were at the fbi joint operations center on monday evening with representatives from a number of agencies, i cannot list them all. i know it was fairly well coordinated. secretary mccarthy did an outstanding job with regard to working that out on the spot. major general walker was by his side most of the time. i will ask chairman billy. -- general milley. i can't confirm or deny that all of those federal law enforcement agencies worked tied into the d.c. national guard. agencies

but i will tell you, all the people who work for us in d.c., 37,000 d.c.o blunt the curve of covid. and we hope to have a safe reopening of the economy in the near future. >> okay, switching reels, let's talk about d.c. statehood. >> yes, let's. >> let's talk about why it's so important for the district of columbia to become a state, and why has it taken this long, and hasn't happened yet. >> i'm so glad you're talking about this on late night tv so millions of americans will know that the residents of their nation's capital are not treated equally. they will know that our congresswoman doesn't have a vote. they will know we don't have two senators. and that's just un-american. we pay taxes. we go to wars. we do everything that is asked of us as american citizens. but we're not represented. so the roots of our lack of statehood go back and we think are rooted in slavery. we know and we've heard from the highest levels of office in our land that people are against us becoming a state because they think we will elect two democrats to the senate. but we all k

they can stay in d.c. during the emergency which they can afford by using the minimum wage of 170 $4000.00 a year that we pay them to rent small apartments and many of them do that at anyway and then while living in d.c. during the pandemic they can use the same procedures that they've used already during this crisis to vote what they've done is they've basically taken longer to conduct the votes and they've been voting in shifts now the consequences of this is that it death really slows down the work of the house but if they were to step in d.c. to work and cancel their 2 months of paid vacation that they have coming up because they're planning to go home for almost all of august and october well if they canceled it was vacationing they could easily make up the extra time and get everything done safely and constitution in constitutionally the problem is that they don't want to travel back and forth between d.c. and their districts and so they've decided to find a way to stay home and stead of finding a wa

he is in d.c. on business. just got two of his old tammany stalwarts, george wooldridge and samuel butterworth, in the room with him. him,l butterworth advises it is almost the end of the congressional session send , teresa back to new york, go to europe, file for divorce, no one will know what happened. sickles says it's pretty good , advice, but it sounds like everyone in town already knows about it, so that route is closed off. he's trying to figure out what to do. enter barton key. barton key shows up in lafayette square as sickles is in his house. sickles lives in a home on the west side of lafayette square. what might be of particular interest to this audience, it is known as the yule house. it was built and originally owned by the father of general yule, it was built by a doctor, a physician who came to the nation's capital when it was new york city, and had big dreams to open up a hospital, fell into alcoholism, some bad financial mismanagement, and ended up having to sell the house. so sickles is in th

the guard units coming in from of d.c., non-d.c. national guard, were under 502 f authority funded by the federal government. their role was to protect federal functions, property, and personnel and at all times they remained under the control of their governors. >> i want to shift a little bit. mr. chairman, you make reference to the fact that 60,000 service members have been employed dealing with a variety of issues , mostly covid, but some other law enforcement, national guard. this is kind of a follow-up to mr. thornberry's question. how are they holding up with this variety of missions, 47,000 of those are national guardsmen. working in covid. what is the state of the national guard right now given the way they are being spread out? as a follow-up, the economic impact to your budgets and what we're going to need to back fill? you got the numbers about right -- gen. milley: for the national guard globally, 120,000 are on duty on active duty. about 45,000 if i remember this aboutfrom my briefing, are dedicated to covid. 45,000 at

yes, the d.c. chain of command runs from the general, major general walker to the secretary of the arm, to me and to the of the united states. > and that was the only agency involved that ran through the the of the command to department. is that right? sec. esper: i'm sorry, could you repeat that. the second k up word. agency that e only an up through the d.o.d. chain of command in response to the d.c. protest. is that right? sec. esper: yes, that would be thatde of any active duty, is correct. with regard to title 32. otherwise all other national forces either in their home states or that eventually eployed to washington, d.c. remained under the command of the state's governors. was in activelker control on the ground. >> so there is video of n federal government folks who were deployed to washington, d.c. presumably from the bureau of prisons and presumably at the request of the attorney general. you mentioned that you are doing an after-action report and that the apply only to department of defe

cnn's alex marquardt joins us from d.c. what is the latest there, alex? it still looks empty. >> reporter: yeah, ana, the president obviously hoping that huge crowds would turn out for what is being called a salute to america. it's going to be a huge celebration with a massive flyover, all sorts of aircraft and one of the biggest fireworks shows according to the department of interior. but you have to imagine that the white house is a little disappointed at this turnout. we're looking down towards the u.s. capitol, towards the washington monument. this is the reflecting pool right here. very few here so far, some gathering in the shade. if this trend keeps up, there will not be that many people out here tonight but we are some three hours away from the fireworks starting up. it's also really hot out here. as you mentioned, ana, this could not be more of an odd year. there's certainly people who are staying away because of the coronavirus. what's also different this year is there's no music, there's no speech out here this year. but some people are coming

all to his home for dinner here in washington, d.c. one of the most special experiences that i've ever had up here in washington. no question about it. just to listen to him tell the stories that he told about preaching to the chickens when he was growing up, and in alabama. about being with dr. king and the stories that he told. just great, great memories. what an honor for me to have been able to experience that. >> what about the acrimony there in washington? as you know, our nation's capital has unfortunately -- it's become synonymous with gridlock and just vitriol being spewed. what did he ever say to you about the environment of washington, d.c., the nastiness of modern politics? >> well, you know, it was interesting. i told you about the stories that he shared with us about dr. king, and how they were actually trained not to respond physically, but, you know, it was civil disobedience knop question about that. yes, we did talk about the acrimony as you described, we did talk about that and he always was careful to point out you

has patrick in d.c. you know where is this going why despond will all of these treaties so it's not there are several several really bad trends going here it's the the absence of treaties it's the absence of a dialogue with with with adversaries you know you need to talk to end the series rather than wage war on them and then it's the breaking down of the alliance. network you know trying to pull. not open skies agreement is another gift to blend in your putin because put him on snuffing more than to see him break down it may tell and by the united states pulling out and then not being able to receive the data that nato partners collect kind of being out of out of sync with them on whether to continue this agreement is another breaking down of the whole structure of the western alliance system. i think it can be restored but it's going badly wrong during this administration christine brazil in brussels is is nato about to breakup them. now is not about to break up over this particular provision i think t

let's listen. ♪ ♪ ♪ you see the scenes, downtown washington, d.c. sign, the city put up a street sign, black lives matter plaza. see the mayor of washington, d.c. right there presenting a plaque to members of the lewis family. other dignitaries from the city are there, as well. this is a new plaza and it also is moments ago when we had the wider shot to see the photograph as joe johns talked about earlier with john lewis inspecting this remarkable scene visited daily sometimes were demonstrations and others just come to see steps from the white house. in washington, d.c. just watching the pause right here and listening to the music. members of the lewis family in the procession, as well. congressional staffers. you see in the center of your scene the street sign installed recently on what otherwise would have been 16th street in washington, d.c. again you see the washington monument, this shot is shaky. as the photographer there follows the live event but you are going straight back to the white house, to your right. going down that street you get t

the d.c. national guard were there specifically to help the park place so your presence was central. and you do know that everybody there was trained to deal with high pressure, high visibility, high consequences to these events? >> yes, ma'am, the park place and the uniformed command and the partner agencies that assisted with that operation are all trained in civil disturbance and our duty where we have sustained violence being directed at law enforcement is for the safety of the officer and for those that are there to peacefully demonstrate. >> so let me ask you a question. how do you know that everybody there -- i think it is very important in having been places where people have tried to cause trouble and how do you know it is true, how do you know that everybody you're working with has been trained in peaceful -- in dealing with these kind of situations? >> so, the agencies, again, that were part of the clearing operation on h street, the partner agencies that we dealt with participate i

joining us from his office here in washington, d.c. thanks for being part of this american history tv discussion. >> thank you. >>> this is american history tv on cspan3, where each weekend we feature 48 hours of programs exploring our nation's past. >>> on first ladies influence and image, scholars talk about the influence of first lady, eleanor roosevelt, in response of viewer phone calls and comments. topics include her independent life and causes and the numerous precedents she set and support of president roosevelt's policies. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. i'm speaking to you to wanight a very serious moment in our h history. the cabinet is convening and the leaders of congress are meeting with the president. the state department and army and navy officials have been with the president all afternoon. in fact, the japanese ambassador was talking to the president at the very time that japan's air ships were bomb iing our citize in hawaii and the philippines and sinki o

i mean, look at washington, d.c., washington, d.c. washington, d.c., one month ago. one of the under covered stories was how the leading of the targets and cvs and so forth eliminating the opportunities for poor people in those neighborhoods to access and medicine for the kids and a shot. what frivolously referred to as food debts. while those come bac back to the neighborhoods without the protection and confidence without being destroyed and looted and have that looting celebrated like the aclu? they are on the other side of both history and peace in this country right now. the president is firmly on the side of enforcing peace and keeping those neighborhoods that needed it the most, safe. >> jon: acting deputy security of the department of homeland security, thanks for coming on the story tonight. >> good to be with you. >> jon: chief correspondent jonathan hunt live at mount rushmore where the president will be speaking later this evening. jonathan. >> good evening, i have to think of spectacular day to kick off the july 4th weekend standing in front here of the i

move back to washington, d.c. rfk stadium where they used to play will be raised next year. that is one of the cites the team is looking at. eleanor holmes norton, nonvoting member of congress will put through a bill to build the stadium on the old site where rfk stands currently but they have to change the team name. the path back to washington, d.c., redskins, the team, it will go through the halls of congress. connell. connell: interesting story. even if they don't come back to the district, seems like the name is on its way out. chad pergram on capitol hill. jackie. jackie: racing against the clock. since april third the paycheck protection program gotten more than $521 billion in low interest loans out to more than 4.8 million businesses in america but a lot of companies spent the money before congress relaxed the rules and are now struggling as the pandemic persists. what are those businesses doing at this point? we've got the cfo of one, neil abramson much eci stores, joins us now. neil, i guess the logical place

in the next hour, washington, d.c.uts on a captivating display and it will make the monuments glitter. and in new york, don, where you are. the empire state building will play a starring role in this year's fireworks. >> and then from there, i mean, washington, d.c. is just beautiful, but from there, we're going to go all over, right? first we're going to head south to the water off jacksonville, florida. and then we're going to go lakeside in springville, illinois, where a full moon will accent fireworks, illuminating the sky. and then to cookville, tennessee, where an impressive celebration is expected there and last but not least, or we'll just say finally, houston, texas, observes freedom with a massive display along with the sights or. the sounds, you've already heard the musical lineup. dana, i know you're ready and i know the folks at home are ready, so i think we should just get this party started right now! so get ready for the cast that's bringing the temp taitations to broadway. here's "ain't too proud." ♪ ♪

and washington d.c. city council has voted to allow the city's imprisoned population to vote this november in the general elections current law allows felons to vote only after being released from prison but in this election season those prisoners will be able to check their president of choice from behind bars. and regina hams over at the sports h.q. regina huge announcement regarding one major local team here in d.c. it's been a long time coming 87 years actually in washington d.c. the n.f.l. franchise did make headlines on july 3rd saying they would undergo a thorough review of the team's name and logo today the teams announcing the future of that 87 year old name in a scene from the team they said today we are announcing will be retiring the redskins name and logo upon completion of this review team owner dan snyder and coach ron rivera are working closely to develop a new name and design approach that will enhance the standing of our proud tradition rich franchise and spire sponsors fans and communi

they will now be heading to washington, d.c.hts, the parachute team, will -- do they perform? i guess they jump out of an airplane as well as being joined by a b29 later on tonight. we'll have full live coverage starting at 6:00 p.m. eastern here on the fox news channel, the president will speak and the washington festivities from the white house, celebrating july 4th because if you can't go out to the fireworks, if your local town of didn't have the parade or you're social distancing because of the barbecue and you're staying home, as you should because of the coronavirus, you can watch right here on the fox news channel and we'll have a lot more news in just a moment. we'll come back. so stay with us. and happy fourth, by the way. we'll be right back. when managing diabetes you can't always stop for a fingerstick. with the freestyle libre 14 day system, a continuous glucose monitor, you don't have to. with a painless, one-second scan you can check your glucose with a smart phone or reader so you can stay in the moment. no matt

." >> after the election, she went to washington, d.c., for freshman orientation. but then, when the mail-in antes were finally counted... >> a korean-amerandidate running for a seat in the u.s. house of representatives has lost. >>..her opponent became the first democrat to win the strict since the great depression. >> i told everybody, "i don'ti' know whagoing to do, but i don't think that young kim is done." a she wasn't done. young kim decided to run again. the rematch is set for this november. >> it wasn an easy decision, but i knowhat i'm up against. but that doesn't scare me. i am not a quitter. you know? winners don't quit. ♪ >> ashley hinson was the second violinist in the des moines symphony orchestra in 20 when she decided to change careers.iv joining usthis morning from washington, d.c., i got my degree in broadcast journalism and worked for more than 10 years as a newanchor telling people's stories, which is what i love to do. >> s changed careers again four years ago, running for and winning a seat in the iowa state legislature. >> hi, there, everybod

here's d.c.'w weeks ago. >> i think it's past time for the team to deal with what offends so many people and this is a great franchise with a great history that's beloved in washington and it deserves a name that reflects the affection that we feel for the team. >> reporter: the cleveland indians as you mentioned have also faced scrutiny over the years for their name and previous mascots. on friday, the team announced they're having discussions about changing their name as well, saying our organization fully recognizes our team name is among the most visible ways in which we connect with the commune i the. the recent social -- community. the recent social unrest has underscored the need for us to keep improving as an organization on issues of social justice. as you mentioned, these are just two examples of the many colleges, high schools as well as professional teams that are now having these similar discussions. leland. leland: i want to correct something from last hour. i said boston college was

let's bring in our guests from washington d.c. rich invites defense expert at the wiki struck global consultancy from moscow nicholas circle the senior research fellow at the primakov institute of world economy and international relations and from kabul the wall former afghanistan in this loan but and a former minister of finance a warm welcome to you all let's start in washington d.c. with richard what's this really 2 issues here isn't there richard firstly there is the one of the president denying that he was actually told about these allegations there are u.s. and reports suggesting that he was actually told about them on february 27th he says he wasn't and then there's actual the actual russian stance itself the russians are actually paying bounties to the taliban for u.s. skulls effectively let's get to the 1st one 1st why is why this reaction from the president do you think he wasn't told i think he's lying sure i would actually beg to differ i think the most important question is what is what happened and then what are the

washington, d.c., right? hi, nice to meet you.n't know if you've ever been to a redskins game where you are offended by it. what are your thoughts on the name change? >> katie: i have been to one and one only nfl game, and it was a redskins game. i am not much of an in the fall fan, so i will leave it to the fence it aside if you think it's a good idea. >> carley: for the record, for everybody watching, i do know katie quite well paid [laughter] that was a great discussion. >> katie: it's friday, it's all right. >> carley: it totally feels this is something that could come down the pipeline even though dan snyder and some of the fans have been fighting it for some time. we'll have more "outnumbered" in just a moment. next we're helping members catch up by sngsed usaa insurance payments over the next twelve months so they can keep more cash in your pockets for when it matters most find out more at usaa.com for when it matters most tvwhere we've got the best to odeals on refrigerators, microwaves, gas ranges and grills. and if you'r

i have lived here in d.c. my adult life, my whole adult life. i went to college here, and there is nothing like the fireworks here in d.c. we're going to be able to show our viewers this tonight. we have cameras on the potomac, cameras across the potomac in arlington on top of the washington monument. you can sit back and enjoy it. not just that, you're going to be able to enjoy the music that you sometimes go and listen to in person here on cnn. we have the president's own united states marine band, the united states navy band, the army field band, the new york philharmonic and it goes on and on and on. that's during the fireworks. then we have amazing acts like barry manilow, pat benetar, jewel, bill ri ray cyrus. >> o.j., temptations, special performance by aretha franklin. >> something for all musical tastes. >> look, manhattan! there's new york city. the greatest city on earth behind us and we're going to see the fireworks from there. we're going to see fireworks above the empire state building! it's going to be amazing. i'm telling you. gr

washington, d.c.hat's where the president has been promoting another celebration and fireworks display set for tonight. administration officials are expecting large crowds on the national mall and elsewhere over the objections of d.c. mayor muriel bowser. she's concerned this could become a coronavirus superspreader. 300,000 face masks will be given away but no one will be required to wear them just like at the president's rally in tulsa. >>> the latest on the pandemic, friday the number of new cases topped 50,000 for the third day in a row. this according to "the new york times." reports of new cases in the u.s. have increased 90% in the last two weeks. there are now more than 2.7 million confirmed cases across this country, and that number is climbing across 33 states. >>> as the fourth of july gets under way, an urgent plea from the surgeon general asking those celebrating the holiday to take precautions. >> i would say to people, if you do go out to a gathering or in public, please, wear a face co

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so, our strong recommendation is that d.c. residents celebrate the fourth of july at home or near their home in small gatherings. >> reporter: mayor bowser asking people to stay at home. the national park service is stuck between a rock and a hard place, if you will. they're going forward and coordinating all the organization around this. they will not be enforcing cdc guidelines but they will be trying to ask people to adhere to them. they have some 300,000 masks to hand out to people. they will, of course, hope that people keep their distance from each other as this celebration starts, ana, in just over an hour's time. >> and again, people can stay home and not go out into the heat, 93 degrees, the high there in d.c., plus, of course, with humidity, it might feel even hotter. but we have everybody covered as well. thank you, alex marquardt, for braving the heat for us and bringing us that live report. >> it is hot. >> please tune in to cnn tonight for an evening of fireworks. we also will have an all-star musical line-up for

attorney in washington, d.c. where the nation's capital is, where lots of national security stuff gets handled. second, new york. even if you are not a president from new york, whose business is headquartered in new york, like this one. if you and your marching order as president often find yourselves adjacent to criminal, financial matters. well, the famous prosecutor's office in new york tends to take advantage of the fact that new york is the financial capital of the world. and so, most crimes that involve mine, aka most crimes, sometimes, can, somehow, find their way into new york's federal jurisdiction. and that applies, in the first instance, to the prosecutors office in the southern district of new york in manhattan but the eastern district gets its beak wet like that, too. if you are a criminally adjacent president, those are the three federal prosecutors' offices you most have to worry about. well, over just the last few months, the president's attorney general, william barr, has syst systematically deca

what's happening in d.c.? >> all of the mayor's guidance, orders that put the mask guidance and quarantine guidance into place are by executive order. all have provisions, some with fines, and significant fines. obviously we don't want the police department to be policing things that adults can decide to do for themselves like wear a mask. we don't expect our police department to answer the call from the neighbor who said my neighbor went to florida last week. these are things that as people who are concerned about each other and getting life back to normal, we have to start making the right decisions for each other and that includes nonessential travel. wolf, i am very concerned that our children all over the country aren't going back to normal school. in the district, we're looking at health data closely to make decisions on in person school. we have to ask ourselves, if our kids, k through 12 kids, cannot go back to school, why are we doing so many nonessential activities in our country. we have to be prior

like a former german diplomat and director of the german institute for oriental studies in washington d.c. thomas countryman a senior u.s. diplomat and former assistant secretary of state international security and nonproliferation a warm welcome to you all i'd like to start in tehran with a slowly this in agreement that now has had its dispute mechanism triggered 6 times is a green meant that was made in 2015 the iranians and the international community apart from the u.s. have suggested that iran is actually stuck to the letter of the agreement the spirit of the agreement the u.s. says no clearly the u.s. is one of the big signatories to the deal and holds a lot of the cards is it time to rip up this deal and start again negotiate a new deal because the americans just aren't playing ball. well i think that the now many parties to the nuclear deal they are now seem odd because we are nearing the presidential election in the united states that the current you know in its that this current status it's not much beneficial to iran and iran is not pleased but the other hand also europeans are

i came to d.c. and got in a group when i was 19, i'm now 50. 11 years ago, i started a special police company called archangel global security of washington, d.c., in law enforcement on a property that we work. for that response, i don't agree. if you can take money from the police department. we need the police, you take the police from there and we wind up having less police officers in the street and less detectives. if it's not going to work. crime is going to get worse. you need police to run those halls and you start having less police officers, who's going to come when there is a need for police services? i will say, we have to find money for additional services that everybody would like to have. there are calls that come in to the police department that should not go to the police. if you know, certain calls should go to other agencies that can deal with may be mental health or those calls when it comes to ticketing here in d.c., we have properties and officers -- special police and security

i think the people in d.c. and around the nation are sending a strong message to the rest of the world that we will get there. pictures were posted of lewis touring the area and greeting onlookers. is considered one of the last civil rights movement leaders. the atlantic democratic opinion was sought when protest erected over police brutality and systematic racism. the piece was commissioned blocks away from the white house and she renamed this portion of the road black lives matter plaza. we are talking about the life and times of representative john lewis. we will bring you some reaction from some of the lawmakers who served with john lewis. the first tweet is from senator kelly loeffler, what she said. the passing of john lewis is a tremendous loss for america, few tenacity,e his great, or courage. georgia and our entire nation are better because of his leadership and courage. may god comfort his loved ones during this difficult time. we will look at a couple more. this comes from david purdue, let me pull t

he prevented further destruction in washington, d.c. and order. i can't, keep saying this over and over again. it has gone back to the black lives matter and they have hijacked the democratic party. dr. king would be ashamed of himself, ashamed of the so-called movements being handled by black lives matter. one final point, black lives matter does not care about all black lives. they only care about issues involving a police officer and a black life. they don't believe in black on black crime. they don't care about that. they don't care about black police officers being killed. it is a very limit the organization designed to create extreme hostility in the democratic party. that is why i left the democratic party. elizabeth: leo, will you come back? >> always. my pleasure. elizabeth: civil rights attorney, same here, civil rights attorney leo terrell will come back to the show. >>> coming up president trump pushing to remove the tax-exempt status of universities, in places like seattle and portland, led by college age students, college

the president hosting a salute to america in the capital, despite warnings from the d.c. mayor that it's safer to stay home. it comes after flyovers and fireworks, but no social distancing at mt. rushmore, where a member of the president's inner circle, kimberly guilfoyle, donald trump jr.'s girlfriend, tested . spain confining some 200,000 people to their region, where covid cases are surging. and the uk reopening pubs for the first time, but threatening >>> terrifying car ramming. the disturbing moment a vehicle slams into protesters on a closed stretch of highway. two people hospitalized. both in critical condition. the driver is in custody. his motive unclear. >>> growing demand for justice for elijah mcclain, after the release of selfies appearing to show police officers re-enacting the neck hold used on mcclain, who later died. >>> and deadly shark attack. paramedics arriving by helicopter in a desperate teto se thttjuhreeth ag >>> good eveni. it's great to have you with us on this fourth of july saturday. i'm whit johnson, in for tom llamas tonight. and we begin wi