wilkinson: the, uh, crack epidemic had hit the district of columbia, and, um, he cared, obviously, veryh about, uh, the public safety of the citizens of the district of columbia. there were conditions that were breeding crime, and--and he realized that just locking defendants up, um, without, uh, appropriate treatment programs and chances for rehabilitation, uh, perhaps was not the answer. william: i remember a particular case. it was a 12-year-old who was in gang activity and had shot and killed another very young person--i think it might have been another 12-year-old-- and that case really, really moved him. norton: i chose, uh, eric holder because of his very distinguished career in the justice department with the public integrity section and his career as a superior court judge, the trial court judge, uh, here in the district of columbia. he seemed to understand that this local responsibility, uh--which, by the way, is the predominant responsibility for the u.s. attorney for the district of columbia--was something he had to rethink and make sure fit. wilkinson: he really, um, i thin

my name is curtis kelley i represent thurgood marshall who academy here in the district of columbia. thank you vice president madam secretary for having myself and gregory baldwin who represent thurgood marshall. my tragedy started september the twentieth of last year i have two twin sons that attend thurgood marshall in the elite athletes junior olympics one of my sons was young's council member for the district of columbia in ward five and one day he was this was this is after school you know we need to agri we need to protect our kids in schools but we need to protect them on the safe passage ways home as well and their extracurricular activities and their pox and recreations and everything that they try to go for their piece. so my sons i hear kelly went to college bound right after school to announce that he was declaring for his college to run track and to further his education and become mayor of district of columbia or something like that. or his route home he got a text from my son's our young kelly who was going to make it but when he found out there was a press he decided n

ms-13 members in 40 states and the district of columbia. it is estimated there are upwards of 2,000 ms-13 members in los angeles, between 800 and 1,200 in dallas and houston. 2,000 in long island, 800 and 1,000 in boston. and 3,000 members right here in the d.c. metropolitan area. and mr. president, as you just said, ms-13 is probably the most ruthless and violent gang terrorizing our streets today. one of their mottos is -- means kill, rape, control. and mr. president, it is a motto that ms-13 lives by. ms-13 members engage in indiscriminate violence, they commit rape, extortion, murder, often just for the sake of it. they recruit children to be their murderers. they gang rape young girls, sell them for sex. they attack their victims with chains, bats, machetes, firearms. a photo up there, mr. president, of a shotgun and a machete that was recovered from ms-13 members who were stopped by the police as they were on their way to murder a student at a high school in woodbridge, virginia. in january of last year -- a 15-year-old girl from a sub

. >>> heller is the respondent in the court case district of columbia v heller that challenged gun laws in the capital. he spoke at the cpac conference. following that, a discussion on supreme court and second amendment. >>> dick heller. this is dick heller. those of you that heard of heller supreme court, this is dick heller. it's a real man. right? >> a real dude. >> it's a real dude. he's a real dude. he is a dude. we're great friends and he has changed my life in the sense that i have the right and have a gun at home legally in district of columbia solely because of this man's fight. >> thank you. >> so dick, take me back because people hear about the heller decision and don't realize it was one man that fought and fought and fought for so many years. take me back to, i am sure it was before i was born, when this all started. >> i moved to washington, d.c. in 1976, three months later said oh, my favorite television program is "gunsmoke" i like matt dillon guns, i went and bought one because there were no regulation o regulation or restrictions. i bought that in july, 1976. and in oc

i represent thurgood marshall academy here in the district of columbia. thank you, vice president, madam secretary, for having myself and gregory baldwin, who represents thurgood marshall. my tragedy started september 20 of last year. i have two twin sons that attend thurgood marshall and they are elite athletes, junior olympics. one of my sons was a youth councilmember for the district of columbia. in ward 5. and one day he was -- this is after school. i agree we need to protect our kids in schools but we need to protect them on safe passageways home as well. and their extra curricular activities, and their parks and recreations and everything. that they try to go for their peace. my son went to college-bound, right after school, to announce that he was declaring for his college, to run track. and to further his education. and become mayor of district of columbia or something like that. on his route home, he got a text from my other son who was going to make it but when he found out there was press, he decided not to. because locally we were burnt by the

think the state-based undertake all laws, which is how 48 states and the district of columbia are using that power -- that is the problem, right? five out of 58 average and presidential elections is clearly a problem. if i were to leave here and were flying to minneapolis-st. paul, and five out of 58 times, my plane landed in chicago, you could see how that would be a little inconvenient. certainly, when it comes to electing a leader of the free world, five out of 58 average elections under a system that allows us to happen leads to significant crises in legitimacy for the american president no matter what party you are in. my disclosure to you is i am a conservative republican trapped behind the blue wall in the state of minnesota, and while i'm not concerned about the results of the last presidential election, my primary concern with the system is that in every presidential election, 3/4 of the voters in the country feel like they are politically irrelevant when they are electing a leader of their country and that is problematic, and it is a problem worth addressing. exhibit a would b

i think the state -based winner take all's laws which has helped 48 states and the district of columbia using that power that is the problem, right? you know, five out of the eight divergent presidential elections is clearly a problem and if i were to leave here and i was flying to minneapolis, st. paul and five out of 58 times my plane landed in chicago you could see how that would be a little inconvenient but you know, when it comes to electing the leader of the world five out of 58 divergent elections under a system that allows it to happen is a significant crises and legitimacy for the american president matter what party you are in. in my disclosure to you is on the conservative republican trapped behind the blue wall in the state of minnesota and while i am not concerned about the results of the last presidential election my primary concern with the current system is that in every presidential election, right, the force of the voters in this country feel like they are politically irrelevant when they are electing the leader of the country and that is problematic in every president

i represent thurgood marshall academy here in the district of columbia. vice president, madam secretary, thank you for having myself. my tragedy started september 20 of last year. i have two twin sons that attend thurgood marshall. they are elite athletes, junior olympics. one of my sons was a youth council member for district of columbia and ward 5. one day -- this is after school. i agree we need to protect our kids in schools, but we need to protect them more in safe passageways home as well. extracurricular activities and parks and recreation's. my sons went to college bound after school to announce he was declaring for his college to run track and further his education, become mayor of district of columbia or something like that. on his route home, he got a text from my other son who wasn't going to make -- he found out e would be press and he decided not to go. they are texting each other, watch out. there is someone in our passageway coming home. in a split second, zaire was walking home, maybe from this distance to where the curtains are. he was th

this is the district of columbia, it is estimated that there are upwards of 2000 members in los angeles, between 800 and 1200 in dallas and houston. --0 in long island, 800 800-1000 in boston. mr. president, as jesus said, ms 13 is probably the most ruthless of gangs terrorizing the streets today. kill, their motto's is rape, control. it is a motto that they live by. ?s professor smith: jeanne: -- -13 recruits children to be their murderers. they gang rape young girls. they sell them for a fact. they attacked their victims with chains, machetes, firearms. there is a photo of a shotgun and a machete. that was recovered from the members were stopped by the police as they were on their way to murder a student on a high school -- at a high school in woodbridge, virginia. year, the of last 15-year-old girl from a suburb of d.c. was stabbed 13 times. they filmed her murder. this way they can show their leaders backing up. they were barbaric white dumps next to railroad and seven. two teenage girls who were best friends and murdered by ms 13 times in september of 2015, this was the state of th

the grand jury in the district of columbia returned an indictment presented by the special counsel's office. charges 13 russian nationals and three russian companies for committing federal crimes will seek interfere in the united states political system, including the 2016 presidential election. they conducted information warfare against the united states. with the stated goal of spreading distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general. according to the allegations, 12 of the defendants worked at various times for company called internet research agency, llc. it's based in st. petersburg. the other defendant funded the conspiracy through companies known as concorde management inc. consulting llc, concord catering and others. the conspiracy was part of a larger operation called project lock dog. it included components, some involving domestics in the russian and others targeting foreign audiences in multiple countries. internet research agency operated through shell companies. they had creators of fictitious personas to technical and administrative support personn

>> well, there is an interesting document that was filed today as well in the district of columbia. this indictment came down in the eastern district of virginia, but they filed a status report in the district of columbia with that case. because there are now two pending criminal cases against these guys. that status report revealed that they filed this action in virginia because they didn't have venue in the district of columbia and the parties -- none of the defendants would agree to it, so they got a separate indictment on them. it kind of hints that they might not have gotten it had they cooperated. >> so, ken, would mueller even consider a plea agreement if he didn't know he would get important information in return? >> well, the -- a plea agreement was on the table, at least with regard to gates. it doesn't appear that he's going to take it at this point. but i think mueller is really solidifying and has solidified a very solid if not air-tight case against both manafort and gates at this particular point, and i think they're prepared to prosecute. it's a very strong case. and

my name is curtisely, i represent thurgood martian academy here in the district of columbia. thank you vice president and madam secretary for having myself and gregory baldwin who represent thurgood marshall. my tragedy started september 20th of last year. i have two twin sons that attend thurgood marshall in the elite athletes junior olympics and one of my sons was a youth council member for the district of columbia in ward five and one day he was -- this was -- this is after school. now we need -- agree we need to protect our kids in schools but we need to protect them on the safe passage ways home as well. and the extracurricular activities and the parks and recreation and everything that they try to go for their peace. and so my son ziar kelly went to college right after school. to -- announce that he was declaring for his college to run track and to further his education and become mayor of district -- district of columbia. on his way home he got a text from hi son who was going to make it and found out there was press he decided not to. because locally we were burnt by t

pelosi: and it's important the ow that our country is district of columbia and our territories and our territories. and in respect for that, i'm pleased in this bill we were successful in the negotiations to get more funding for the territories, puerto rico and the virgin islands, an increase over what was the original disaster bill. and there are important things. opioidses, national institutes of health. these were priorities we fought for and this is why it took so long because there was a resistance on the republican side to invest on the domestic side. we wanted a increase. on the domestic side for us in our budget, appropriators know this better than anyone, functions,curity and homeland security, the state department, veterans affairs. anti-terrorism activities of the justice department. much security on the domestic side and that did happen. that did happen. and i'm able to say in this letter there are many good things in this legislation. for some reason, sometimes i think the speaker of the white house not the speaker of the house of representatives and we should have the opp

of columbia. it goes is a d.c. case, to the supreme court. that is the old way to appeal. involve slaves imported into the district of columbia. district of columbia local law is coveredc by maryland where we by today, and for a while virginia law in what is today alexandria, virginia. retro8, there was the session where they gave alexandria back to virginia. these cases involve what happened in those jurisdictions. those jurisdictions are governed by maryland and virginia. i don't want to get into the technicalities. we don't have three or four hours to explain them. i think i do a good job in the book. the issue is this. if you moved to the district, you had to register the amount of slaves you brought to the district. you had a certain amount of time to do it and you had to assert you are moving to make it your permanent residents. you could not import slaves if you lived in the district unless you inherited them. you could not go to virginia, buy a slave, and bring it to the maryland portion. under virginia law and maryland law, this was the rule. importation was illegal in many cases, or a required registration. are seven

i would love a system where i could campaign in all 50 states ,nd the district of columbia and lineup and beat them. i think there are a lot of people who think this is a centerleft country. that is why you have nonpartisan support. that is why you have a little nonpartisan opposition, because they like to concentrate their political activity in 12 states and gain traction among battleground state voters. at the end of the day, i am not concerned about being able to get red states and the national popular vote interstate compact because the problems are the same problems no matter what your political ideology or affiliation is. that is why i'm here today. [applause] >> the last question to the group before we open it up to questions, i want to focus on the next year or two years. there is a prospect we can all hope of an election that will be pivotal and transformative and might bring in a lot of new legislators. in the last wave of elections in 2010, the republican majority very quickly moved to bring about their own warped idea of democracy reform, which is essentially making it har

a grand jury in the district of columbia today returned an indictment presented by the special counsel's office. the indictment charges 13 russian nationals and three russian companies for committing federal crimes while seeking to interfere in the united states political system. this includes the 2016 presidential election. the defendants allegedly conducted with a call to information warfare against the united states with the stated goals of spreading distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general. according to the allegations of the indictment 12 of the individual defendants worked at various times for a company called internet research agency llc, a russian comedy based in st. petersburg. the other individual defendant you have [inaudible] funded the conspiracy companies known as concorde management and consulting llc, concorde catering and many affiliates and subsidiaries. the conspiracy was part of a larger operation called project [inaudible]. it included multiple components with some involving domestic audiences within the russian in federation and others tar

filed this additional indictment, the indictment in the eastern district is that one of the defendants refused to wave ive the district of columbia, that any of the crimes occurred in the district of columbia, so they had a venue problem. so they have actually right now two indictments against them. one in the eastern district, this new 32 count indictment, and one the 12 count indictment is still standing in the dils tri district of columbia. so they created this em self a good nightmare. >> goodness. kim, cnn had reported gates had been in negotiations with mueller's office to strike a plea deal. you add these new charges, i imagine to try to resurrect plea bargains? >> or maybe ongoing. other thing interesting about this indictment that tells a story, it speaks of gates as manafort's quote right hand man. so it really paints a picture where they were side by side. manafort perhaps the boss. gates the henchman that's doing the bidding for many, many, many years, many, many, alleged crimes. so there will be pressure i think on both of them. and certainly in gates does flip, it makes manafort in a particularly precarious position

shall also testify fully, completely and truthfully before any and all grand juries in the district of columbia and elsewhere and at any and all trials of cases or other court proceedings in the district of columbia and elsewhere. at which your client's testimony may be deemed relevant by the government. ouch. this is very -- this is very thorough agreement to cooperate. testify to grand jury, testify at trial, show up whenever we need you, go undercover, give us everything you've got and be here every single time we want to talk to you. if he fails to live up to this cooperation agreement, whether or not they ever decide to bring any other charges against him, just this plea agreement he signed today gives mueller's office tons of leverage over rick gates. just what he's pleading guilty to today affords a maximum prison sentence of ten years in prison. even under the previous sentencing guidelines, the filings today make clear today these two charges he pled guilty today, yeah, there's a maximum prison term of ten years. but realistically they'd be looking to put him in prison for somewhere be

i think the state based winner take all laws which is how 48 states in the district of columbia are using that power, that is the problem. if i were to leave here and flying to minneapolis saint paul and five out of 58 times my plane landed in chicago, you can see how that would be inconvenient. certainly when it comes to electing the leader of the free world, five out of 58 elections under a system that allows that to happen, leads to significant c crises. my disclosure to you is i'm a conservative republicans trapped behind the blue wall in the state of minnesota and while i'm not concerned about the results of the last presidential election, my primary concern with the current system is that in every presidential election, right, three-fourths of the voters in this country feel like they're politically irrelevant when they're electing the leader of their country. that is problematic in everything election. it's a problem worth addressing. you know, exhibit a of that would be in the 2012 presidential election, everybody knows what a battleground state is. it's a closely divided state. o

has changed my life in the sense that i have the right and have a gun at home legally in the district of columbiaolely because of this man's fight. [applause] >> thank you. >> so dick, take me back because people tell me about the heller decision and do not realize it was one man that fought for so many years. tell me when it started? >> i moved into washington dc in 1976. a few weeks later i said, oh, my favorite television program is "gunsmoke," and i like matt dillon guns, so i went to buy one because there were no regulations, no restrictions. i bought that in july 1976. and in october the d.c. city council passed a law that said you were no longer allowed to own any kind of a firearm in d.c. but you cannot buy one after that, but you could be grandfathered in by coming down to the police station and registering your firearm. >> think about that. mr. heller: that did not sound right to me, so i said why would i want to register it? it is because they want my address. they want to come and get my gun and full confiscation. i said no, so i had some options. i could turn the gun into the police

colleagues said to me, thii thi there was legislation to strip reproductive freedom in the district of columbia which, of course, isn't represented by voting members in congress so i feel it my responsibility to help defend the district of columbia of the tyranny being governed by other people's representatives without their consent. we got into a thing, raskin, you're a liberal, i said damn right i'm a liberal. the heart of the word liberal is liberty, and if not liberty, what are we fighting for? and progressive, the heart of the word is progress. that's what government has got to be about, moving things forward for as many people as conservative. these days i call myself a conservative and gladly so because i want to son serve the air, the water, the climate system, the constitution, bill of the rights, social security, medicare, medicaid, the affordable care act, the fair labor standards act, the national labor relations act, everything that we've built that is under attack today, and so most of the people, present company excluded, who calls themselves conservative, i honestly don't know w

national public vote because i would love a system where i can campaign in all 50 states and the district of columbia in a center right nation and line up and beat them. that's my personal opinion. i'm sure there's a lot of people who think this is a center left country. but that's why have you nonpartisan support, that's why you have a little bit of naup partisan opposition, because they like to concentrate their political activity in 12 states and get transactional with battleground state voters. so at the end of the day, i'm not concerned about being able to get red states in the national popular vote interstate compact because the problems are the same problems no matter what your political ideology or affiliation is. and that's why i'm here today. [ applause ] >> so for the last question for the group before we open it up for questions from you, i want to focus on the next year to two years. when, you know, there's the prospect we can all hope of an election that would be pivotal and transformative and might bring in a lot of new legislators. in the last wave election in 2010 the republican majo

primary sources including court cases and records of the district courts of the united states and most of the records of government of the district of columbia here and the national archives. previous accounts about the family authors such as gordon reed, mythic is that jefferson fathered children of sally hemings for the first time a deficit is three daughters mary beth with new york times book review rights, the beautifully written book takes the relationships as a given. and another road like all great histories do, deficits daughters brings it. vividly to life. the credit to catherine kerrison passion and writing. -- teaches courses on colonial and revolutionary american and women's and gender history. she has a phd in american history from the college of william and mary. she authored several articles and two books and presented homework and conferences in the united states and abroad. in the course of her research, she has fellowships from organizations such as the national endowment for the humanities. the colonial williamsburg foundation.and the virginia historical society. her first book claiming the pen and intellectual life of ear

district of virginia. but they filed a status report in the district of columbia with that case, because there are two pendingl cases against these guys. and that status report revealed that they filed this action in virginia because they didn't have venue in the district of columbia, and the parties -- none of the defendants agreed to it so they got a separate indictment on them. it hints that they might not have gotten it if they cooperated >> so, ken, would mueller consider a plea agreement if he didn't know he would get important information in return? >> well, the -- a plea agreement was on the table at least with regard to gates. it doesn't appear that he is going to take it at this point. but i think mueller is really solidifying and has solidified ale i had if not air tight case against both manafort and gates at this particular point. i think they are prepared to prosecute. it's a strong case. and at some point it could be done the road after convictions -- manafort and fwaets will tell gates and will and mueller what they know. and the information collected as the chairman and deputy chairman of the

going to avoid a subpoena and he's going to wind up before a grand jury of 23 people in the district of columbia where he's going to have to testify under oath with his lawyers waiting outside the jury room if he wants to come out and ask him questions. >> what do you make of what we're reading in the times about the president's criminal defense lawyers believing that the scope of the questioning can be limited to exclude any questions about participating in responses to the "new york times" article last year or any questions about what he said to james comey about michael flynn. >> there's no way. all of those relate to very specific criminal acts that mueller is investigating, whether it's obstruction of justice with respect to the comey situation or whether it has to do with why he was trying to get the fbi to stop its investigation into flynn. the grand jury and the prosecutors before the grand jury have a wide ranging, almost unlimited, area they can question witnesses about. and there is no way, no how, those lawyers are ever going to be able to limit the questioning before the grand jury.

i represent thurgood marshall academy here in the district of columbia. vice president, madam secretary, thank you for having myself. my tragedy started september 20 of last year. i have two

my name is curtisely, i represent thurgood martian academy here in the district of columbia. thank you vice president and madam secretary for having myself and gregory baldwin who represent thurgood marshall. my tragedy started september 20th of last year. i have two twi

i represent thoroughgood marshall academy in the district of columbia, thank you vice president and madam secretary for having myself and gregory baldwin. my tragedy started september 20 of last year where i have two twin sons that

they were disproportionately targeted to the district of columbia, which is 95% democrat, and a state of maryland, which is not exactly a competitive state. either they were completely incompetent or they were working with the clinton campaign to turn her own voters in the district of columbia and marilyn. i'm not sure if stomach which one it was but it's probably one of those two. >> katie: think about. we are out of time for the segment. we appreciated. thank thank you so much. congress has put dreamers -- the administration doubles down on its vow to build the wall the matter what. we will analyze the prospects up next. thbreather thbreather just put on a breathe right strip it instantly opens your nose... up to 38% more than cold medicine alone go to breatheright.com today to request a free sample. don't we need that cable box to watch tv? nope. don't we need to run? nope. it just explodes in a high pitched 'yeahhh.' yeahhh! try directv now for $10 a month for 3 months. no satellite needed. thisreally passionate about- i really want to help. i was on my way out of this life. there

the deal covers 44 states and the district of columbia, but the states won't get much o the money.ve agreed not to collect the settlement so victims will receive larger settlements. takata filed for bankruptcy protection in june. >>> the fcc took another step toward the appeal in net neutrality. that's the provision that internet providers should be equal. in december the fcc voted to repeal obama era net neutrality rules. yesterday the agency formally published the rules to take the place of older rules. that opens the door for opponents to file new lawsuits. >>> now, ups said it will start using electric delivery trucks. they cost the same as conventional diesel or gas-fueled ones. the shipping giant has been developing the truck for for years. the electric trucks are usually more expensive because of battery costs. ups said it will start deploying 50 of the vehicles by the end of this year. anne-marie. >> diane king hall at the new york stock exchange. thank you so much, diane. >> thank you. >>> still to come, winning moments at the olympics. a look back at the memorable images

this is a process that took place a grand jury came out of the grand jury pool it's it was in washington d.c. district court district of columbia district court the most heavily democratic yeah election district or court district in the united states and so if you look at polling data on what people believe about was quote unquote rushing gate democrats in a vast majority buy into this whole narrative and so the jury pool you have a group of people who are in a process that can will follow basically wherever the prosecutor leads them who are already inclined to buy into this thing and so they didn't require any evidence and actually none was presented in the indictment to the public we don't know what was shown to the grand jury but what they would cite as showing to the grand jury doesn't make a case of the thing itself no but john is also on top on top of this don also is that those russian nationals will never face trial they know that there isn't there is no extradition treaty between the two kind of i mean point was just that was yeah that's it i mean it was just for display here adam let me go to you because it was intere

the clerk: nomination, environmental protection agency, holly w.greaves of the district of columbia to be chief financial officer. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the senate vote on the nomination with no intervening action or debate, that if confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, the president be immediately notified of the senate's action, that no further motions be in order, and that any statements related to the nomination be principled in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. the question is on the nomination. all in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of the following nomination -- executive calendar 465. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, department of justice, john c.demers of virginia to be assistant attorney general. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the senate vote op the nomination with no intervening

this is still a big issue in the district of columbia today. mr. d.c. says they called it tyranny in 1770 six, really bringing back the idea of taxation without representation, which is now on the d.c. license plate. next cartoon has to do with sports. mr. berryman was an avid sports fan. this cartoon deals with the washington senators, which was a baseball team in 1924, a precursor to the washington nationals. that summer, the senators were ahead in the american league at the the time, but same time, the yankees were trying to creep in and take the lead in the american league. you see washington driving a car with a yankee coming in and i like the front seat and washington saying i am not through with the driving yet. and that year, a rarity for sports fans, the senators went on to win the world series over new york giant. this next cartoon, when he was trying this, he was thinking about federal workers in particular. every year when congress goes to do appropriations, they decide if they are going to give a cost of living adjustment to government work