the district of columbia is not a state. the federal government has extraordinary powers over the district of columbia. my office, for example, is not the predominant prosecutor for the adult offenses that were committed yesterday. the united states attorney's office with the united states attorney appointed by president trump is the prosecutor. i certainly hope those career prosecutors and i do have faith in career prosecutors, will do the right thing, and i know that merrick garland and his new u.s. attorney for the district of columbia will prosecute. >> attorney general for the district of columbia, karl racine, thank you very much. and i guess, as we close, joe, before i throw it to you, it's just a question for members of donald trump's cabinet. are you going to wing it over the next 13 days? you just going to wing it and hope nothing happens? maybe cower a little bit, cringe a little bit, say behind his back that you wish he would stop acting this way, or are you going to act to protect our democracy from an openly cle

>> i think david talks about the rise of individuals in the district of columbia. here, when you look at the early histories of the district of columbia, they talk about the advent of schools, the activism of the churches. i think george washington williams would chronicle how extensive the church network, the limited number of schools, but also a social network. i think the pressures of the, i would say church leadership, and the church congregations that were paramount with 50th street presbyterian, 19th street baptized, which is literally at the door of lincoln. these individuals were individuals writing, doing everything they can to encourage the president. in the end, it's lincoln that has to make these hard decisions. he has to live with those hard decisions. it's not easy on either side, but i do think in the end, it is a moral decision for him. i also believe in the end it becomes a moral decision, and he makes the decision in favor of emancipation. but i think the moral issue is critical to him as an individual, as a person. >> i have to agree with that. i

capitol grounds, and to my knowledge, only one of the arrestees is from the district of columbia. i just want to underscore that isnly one of the from the district of columbia. we still have a lot of work to hold each and every one of them accountable for their actions. we have collected numerous images of persons of interest we are asking the community to help us identify. these images depict individuals engaged in various of violence or property destruction and we have made up his images available on our website and social media platforms. we share these images -- we last nighte images with the hotel associations and other community partners, along with the fbi. we also have shared these images with the regional airport authorities. speak, we have members of the metropolitan police department scarring the area hotels, businesses, etcetera, trying to identify some of these individuals but still may be taking up residence within our city. -- we arek working closely with the fbi to aggressively pursue those responsible. you can help by taking a moment to view them and provide us wit

they were not out in the district of columbia. they did not participate in confrontation with hate groups. of fact, the residents the district of columbia, i would argue, are at the front of the seat ofis hypo so they saw the mistreatment of protestors who happened to be overwhelming protesting against police excesses on behalf of ople of color, whcolor,and they've also seen wt happened today. and they're going to seeoi what's to happen tonight. and so there may be weeping tonight, but therey will be the morning. and there will be sese that the residents of the district of columbia hnoave d their oath to be citizens of this country by actin peacefully, respecting protestors, and going alongith their business. so d.c. residents, we get it andwe want the st of the country to get it. >> william: attorney-general rasin, the attorney-generic of the distof columbia, thank you very much for joining us on this reallyay remarkable it is great to talk to you. thank you. >> thank you, william. >> wilam: and we would like to turn back to two w

i think david terry's article, he talks about the rise of the powerful individuals in the district of columbiat the advent of schools, they talk about the activism of the churches. i think the work chronicled how extensive the church network, the number of schools, but there was also a social network that was extensive. i think the pressures of the -- i would say to me the church leadership and the church congregations, that was paramount with places like 15th street press presbyterian. they were doing everything they can to encourage the president. but in the end, it's lincoln who has to make the hard decisions. and he has to live with those hard decisions and i think it is not easy on either side, but i do think that in the end it is a moral decision for him. it is military, it is economic, but i also believe in the end it becomes a moral decision. and he makes the decision in favor of emancipation, pushed by all of these other factors. but i think the moral issue is critical to him as an individual, as a person. >> i have to agree with that because i know there was some military expediency,

i have the commanding general of the district of columbia national guard. it is a privilege to be with you all this afternoon. on behalf of the entire district of columbia national guard, i want to thank all the national guardsmen, 25,000 plus, who came to support the district of columbia national guard with our mission to help the secret service with the 59th presidential inauguration. i also want to thank their families and their employers for their patience and cooperation and understanding. we needed every single one of those guardsmen to support us as we supporte federal and districtd of columbia law enforcement. our mission was to help provide security, preservation of property, and ensure public safety. we had the cooperation and understanding and patience of the community around the capitol. i want to thank the residents of the capitol area for that understanding. we know we inconvenienced them, but they understood the reason why. i am proud of the role the district of columbia national guard played and the role of the entire national guard. what we

capitol grounds and to my knowledge only one of the rest these is from the district of columbia i just want to underscore that only one of the arrestees was from the district of columbia however we still have a significant amount of work ahead of us to identify and hold each and every one of the violent mob accountable for their actions we have collected numerous images of persons of interest that we are asking the community to help us identify these images depict individuals in gage in various acts of violence or property destruction and we have made these images of illiberal on our website and social media platforms we shared these of these images last night with the d.c. bid the whole tale associations know the community partners along with the f.b.i. we also have shared these images with the with the regional airport authorities as we speak we have members of the metropolitan police department that are scouring the area hotels businesses except trying to identify some of these individuals this still may be taking up residence in our with the now city. the f.b.i. we're working close

the district of columbia is requesting the department extend the national special security event period from monday, january 11 to sunday, january 24th. i am urging the department of homeland security to cordon eight with the department of defense, the department of justice, the united states congress, and the united states supreme court to establish a security deployment plan for all federal property. which will ensure that the metropolitan police department's ability to focus on its local possible.mains in addition, i asked the attorney general at the department of justice to direct the federal bureau of investigation to provide an intelligent -- intelligence threat briefing on a daily basis during the period. i am requesting the secretary of the department of the interior cancel any and all public gathering permits in the district of columbia and deny any applications for public gatherings during the period 24.ary 11 through january in addition to heating our call only to participate in events virtually, i am also asking d.c. residents to sign up for special inauguration day alerts.

the district of columbia is requesting the department extend the national special security 11 tofrom monday, january january 24. i am also urging the apartment of homeland security to coordinate with the department of defense, the department of justice, the united states congress and the united states supreme court to establish a security and federal force deployment plan for all federal property which will ensure that the metropolitan police department's ability to focus on the local mission remains possible. in addition i asked the attorney oferal at the department justice to direct the federal bureau of investigation to provide an intelligent and threat briefing on daily basis sscng the period of the and nees. belso asked for permits to canceled and denied applications for public gathering during the period january 11 through january 24. --addition to heating heeding our call, i'm asking d.c. residents to sign up for special inauguration day alerts. you see the text information to 888-777 for updates on public safety, street closures, weather alerts, transit updates and more. since

signed the district of columbia's act. this act provided for compensated emancipation whereby slave owners who made an oath of loyalty to the union involuntarily emancipated their slaves would receive financial compensation, up to $300 for each individual they eman's paided. the act was passed nearly nine months before president lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation on january 1 of 1863. it's not surprising that britannia kennon's name cannot be found along the surviving names as it's doubtful she would be willing to sign a loyalty oath to the issue given her southern sympathies. when she took in boarders in 1863, she hired two irish immigrant certificate -- servants, a maid and cook. she does not address the death of her husband beverly kennon when she was 29 years old. commodore kennon was one of the six victims killed when a gun exploded during a firing demonstration on february 28, 1844. britannia herself was onboard the boat as were a number of very important individuals, president of the united states, john tyl

right now is to encourage americans to participate virtually and to protect the district of columbia from a repeat of the violent insurrection experienced at the capital and its grounds on january the sixth. over the weekend, we continued our planning. i sent a letter yesterday requesting that the president declare a pre-emergency disaster for the district of columbia. d.c. requested and was granted this designation in 2009 to support the inauguration of president barack obama. this is necessary because the inauguration poses several unprecedented challenges that exceed the scope of our traditional planning processes. pandemic and the domestic terror attack on the united states capital. on sunday, i also sent a letter to the department of homeland security's acting secretary chad wolf regarding an aggie ration -- inauguration preparations. we have requested the department extend the national special fromity event period monday, january 11-sunday, january 24. i am also urging the department of homeland security to coordinate with the department of defense, the department of justice, th

chief of the metropolitan police department kevin donohue, this any administrator for the district of columbia -- the city administrator for the district of columbia, and the chief of the d.c. fire and emergency medical service. we may also be joined by representatives of the d.c. national guard who we have invited to join us, as well. let me start with a brief situational update, and then we will hear from our guest. i want to reiterate my request americans to enjoy this 59th inauguration of the president of the united states and the vice president of the united states from home. enjoy it virtually on january 20. our tradition, in fact, our constitutional mandates the transition of power occurs by noon on january 20. it will happen here in the district of columbia, and we want everybody to enjoy it and enjoy it right in their own states and living rooms, and with their own families. we know this is the right request for our public safety and our public health. the national park service is, of course, the steward of our nation's parks, including parks right here in washington, d.c. while the s

congress must immediately transfer command of the district of columbia national guard from the president of united states and put it squarely under the command and control of the mayor of the district of columbia. >> tucker: never let a crisis go to waste. tom cotton is a senator from the state of arkansas, we are happy to have them on tonight. two part question, can this be the pretext of the unconstitutional act of adding the worst one city in america to the flag? and can you stop it? >> good to be on with you, happy new year. yesterday should not be the pretext for d.c. statehood because d.c. should not be a state, it was designed to be a federal city by our founding fathers, it would be an unconstitutional act but i wouldn't put it past the democrats to try to do it. the circumstances are unclear about where and how the national guard was mobilized. it was muriel bowser who thought the national guard should not have weapons, they would have to go back to their barracks if they wanted to get weapons to help stop the mob violence yesterday. can they do it? it would require ending the f

[video clip] ♪ >> i am chairman of the council of the district of columbia. just got vaccinated because it is the right thing to do because it will help protect my health and because all of us need to get vaccinated. i hope my example will make others feel more comfortable. to get your vaccine, go to the gov or youaccinate.dc. can call 855-363-0323. ♪ i am at large councilmember anita bonds and i just received the vaccine. of course i am encouraging you to be sure to get the vaccine as well. we want to keep ourselves as healthy as possible and this is one main way to keep us from the coronavirus. ov or youcinate.dc.g 855-363-0333. dr. nesbitt: i want to thank phil and anita for making those videos and helping disseminate them broadly. as you heard them say, vaccination is the key to helping us unite with family and friends and getting our lives back. i know there are many seniors in -- we should all know we have seniors who are going to jobs, essential jobs. mayor bowser: we have seniors helping take care of other loved ones. we have seniors who want to see th

the residents of the district of columbia on twoimportant topics . the district's response to iocovid-19 and preparation for the 59th residential inauguration ofjoseph biden . and the inauguration of vice president, harris. we will also plan to have a future briefing on the presidential inauguration activities in the district. of course, exactly one week ago there was a violent insurrection at the capital of the united states. that has impacted the way we are approaching or working with our federal partners and planning for the59th inauguration . we have asked americans not to come to the washington dc event but instead to participate virtually. and we know that is the right choice and the best way to keep everyoneersafe . on monday i shared with you some of the tasks that i've made of the federal government and i will just briefly state where we are with those asks. on monday, ti requested as you recall that the president declare a pre-emergency declaration forthe district of columbia . on monday, that declaration was declared. we also requested that

whether or not trump should be -- >> providing a situation update to the residents of the district of columbia on two important topics. the districts response to covid-19 and the districts preparation for the 59th presidential inauguration of joseph biden, and the inauguration of vice president, harris. we will also plan to have a future briefing on residential inauguration activities in the district. of course exactly one week ago the was a violent insurrection at the capitol of the united states that has impacted the way we are approaching working with our federal partners and planning for the 59th inauguration. we've asked americans not to come to the washington d.c. if it, but instead to participate virtually. we know that is the right choice and the best way to keep everyone safe. on monday i shared with you some of the tasks i've made of the federal government, and i will just briefly state where we are with those. on monday i requested as you recall that the president declare a pre-emergency declaration for the district of columbia. and on monday that declaration was declared. we also r

capitol grounds, and to my knowledge only one of the arrestees is from the district of columbia. i want to underscore that, only one of the arrestees was from the district of columbia. however, we still have a significant amount of work ahead of us to identify and hold each and every one of the violent mob accountable for their actions. we have collected numerous images of persons of interest that we are asking the community to help us identify. these images depict individuals engaged in various acts of violence or property destruction. we have made these images available on our website and social media platforms. we slaerd thehared these images d.c. bids, hotel associations and other community partners along with the fbi. we also have shared these images with the regional airport authorities. as we speak we have members of the metropolitan police department that are scouring the area low tells, businesses, et cetera, trying to identify some of these individuals that still may be taking up residence in our -- within our city. the fbi, we're working closely with them to aggressivel

transfer command of the district of columbia national guard from the president of the united states and put it squarely under the command and control of the mayor. >> trace: statehood d.c. you get a couple of senators and a few congressmen sprinkled in with that. your thoughts? >> well, she is using the events from the last couple days as her excuse. it has been a democrat dream for a long time to have a 51st state in d.c. they vote 93% democrat. our founders made d.c. a neutral zone for a reason. a place where americans come to petition their government. it is meant to be that way. d.c. gets an out by their numbers get a disproportionate number of benefits per capita than any other state anywhere. $30,000 per student in d.c. so they get a lot of government money and federal money. no, it should not be that way. what's happening now is you'll

kevin donahue, the city administrator for the district of columbia as well. chief donnelly, who is the chief of the d.c. fire and emergency medical service. we may be also joined by representatives of the d.c. national guard, who we have invited to join us as well. let me start with a brief situational update, and we will then hear from our guests. i want to reiterate my request to americans to enjoy this 59th inauguration of the president of the united states and the vice president of the united states from home. enjoy it virtually on january 20th. our tradition, in fact, our constitutional mandate that the transition of power occurs by noon on january the 20th will happen right here in the district of columbia, and we want everybody to enjoy it and enjoy it right in their own states, in their own living rooms, and with their own families. we know that this is the right request for our public safety and our public health. the national park service is of course the steward of our nation's parks, including parks right here in washington, d.c. and while the situ

. >> the mayor of the district of columbia marian bowser beginning this conference. let's get straight to the news conference. >> i'm here to provide an update for preparations of the 59th presidential inauguration. >> as you see, we're having some trouble with the signal from the mayor's conference. we'll get back to it as soon as we can. dana bash is with me in the studio as we discuss. shimon was showing us there. i came to washington just before the george w. bush inauguration. bill clinton came after that two times. then george w. bush. this is supposed to be a week that i know if you're watching at home, you're a democrat or republican, it's partisan, sure, your side won or your side lost. but also it's supposed to be a celebration for what does make america great, forgive me, mr. president, but people coming into power, people coming together, people sharing institutions, people sharing information, the out going team sharing with the incoming team. they're having troubles with that. to see the fencing, and today, to have to show my i.d. to a brave member of th

the colorful district of columbia leads the district of this parade.ouri pays homage to its native son, president truman. ♪ ♪ ♪ kentucky, they proudly greet alvin barkley. ♪ ♪ ♪ here comes the massachusetts flake. and the free state of maryland winds cheers from the washington neighbors in the crowd. south carolina's beautiful float. the united states coast guard academy. the virginia float. from the sidewalks of new york. niagara's frontier, the empire state salutes the president. dixie's north carolina. and tennessee is proudly represented. ohio is another colorful spectacle. the florida float with its suntanned beauties on top. and finally the parade comes to an end as dusk approaches and brings to a close and exciting day, a historic day, a day that will long be remembered. a great nation has chosen its leader. next on american history tv, abraham lincoln scholar harold holzer revisits the 16th president inaugural address delivered on march 4th, 1865, just six weeks before his assassination. it's considered one of the most iconic speeches in americ

allison barber here in the district of columbia. not only is donald trump facing an impeachment trial in the senate, but some of his closest allies may face legal consequences related to his sedition. the attorney general for washington, d.c., the district of columbia, is considering filing riot incitement charge against donald trump jr., rudy giuliani, and mo brooks for roles in the capitol invasion, also leaving up the question of prosecuting donald trump himself for same conduct once he leaves office. with me is carl racine, attorney general for the district of columbia. he's also the president of the bipartisan national association of attorneys general. good to see you. thanks for being with us. >> nice to see you, ali. >> tell me your thinking about these people. you are considering bringing charges. that's what the reporting is. against people for inciting this riot. >> the reporting is accurate. the office of attorney general has jurisdiction over a number of potential offenses, including weapons, ammunition, curfew violations

there, heller sued the district of columbia. rict of columbia which by the way has more police than any city in the united states says you cannot own a gun a handgun, unless you have won a permit, and to or two you are a member of the police force, or the fbi, or the secret service are u.s. capital police. heller sued. heller argued i should be able to have a handgun in my house to defend myself. i don't have to be associated with the d.c. national guard to only gun. and the supreme court ruled you are right. the supreme gun ownership is an individual right, not an associative right. you had the overturned d.c.'s role and said you can have a gun. the most recent case which is before the courts now comes in new york city. because of heller, new york city was forced they had the sullivan lost one of the toughest anti gun laws in the books. and one of the highest murder rates. i new york decided okay, because of the heller decision or gonna have to let people have handguns. but you have to have a permit, the handgun must stay in you

. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the colorful district of columbia float leads this section of the parade.ouri pays homage to its native son, president truman. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> kentucky proudly greats alvin bradley. -- alben barkley >> here comes the massachusetts float. and the free state of maryland winds chairs from its washington neighbors in the crowd. south carolina's beautiful tribute. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> united states coast guard academy band and colors. the virginia float follows. from the sidewalks of new york to niagara frontier, the empire state salute the president. north carolina. and tennessee are proudly represented. ohio is another colorful spectacle. ♪ ♪ ♪ the florida float with its suntanned beauties comes by. and finally, the parade comes to an end as dusk approaches and brings to a close and exciting day, historic day, a day that will long be remembered. a great nation has chosen its leader. ♪ ♪ ♪ next on american history tv, abraham lincoln scholar harold hold serve revisits the second

jurisdictions of our 50 states, and represented by some territories, including represented by district of columbia. we had a day today where members of the congress and senate were seen pictured on the floor huddled, scared, having gas masks, being ushered into the basement, taken to secret locations. even vice president pence was ushered out of the capitol. i think now is the time for us to have a serious discussion and action. i'm calling on vice president pence to invoke the 25th amendment. that requires vice president pence to move and get a majority of the cabinet or majority of the congress to immediately remove the president because he so clearly is not fit for office. >> you heard what we've heard, attorney general, and you may know a lot more, but we know, right, that pence never left the

then, heller sued the district of columbia. district of columbia, which has more police than any city in the united states said, you cannot own a gun, a handgun unless, one, you have a permit, and two, you are a member of the police force, or the fbi, or the secret service, or the u.s. capitol police. heller sued and heller argued, i should be able to have a handgun in my house to defend myself. i don't have to be associated with the d.c. national guard to own a gun. and the supreme court ruled, you're right. the supreme court ruled gun ownership is an individual right, not an associative way. but you have over's earned d.c.'s -- overturned d.c.'s rule and said you can have a gun. the most recent case, which is before now, comes out in new york city. because of heller new york city was forced -- new york city has one of the toughest anti-gun laws on the books and one of the highest murder rates. new york decided, because of the heller decision, we will have to let people have handguns, but you have to have a permanent, the handg

mayor muriel bowser, district of columbia. malcolm nance, author, a commentator terrorism, intelligence and insurgency. alecia garza, black lives matter cofounder, congressman hakeem jeffries, chairman kim of the caucus. congresswoman maxine waters, chair financial services committee. congresswoman sheila jackson lee, congressional black caucus parliamentarian, congressman bennie thompson, chair homeland security. welcome and thank you for being here virtually. the witnesses will be recognized for five minutes each to give an oral presentation of their testament. i asked that you respect the witnesses time by ending your oral testimony timely. without objection the witnesses written statements will be made a part of the record. at this time i recognize the distinguished gentleman from south carolina, majority whip, former congressional black caucus chairman and our later, congressman james clyburn for five minutes. >> thank you very much, madam chair. i hope i unmuted myself successful. thanks for your significant leadership an

when you harden the target, and we're going to harden the district of columbia, and it is going to have an almost impenetrable perimeter, and every resource in the entire panoply of government agencies is going to be deployed to the district. the problem with that is the bad guys may see that and move to the softer targets. hence you see the fbi bulletin warning every state capitol and state house to prepare for violence. they've got intelligence indicating plans. they're going to harden the target in d.c. so good news, bad news. i'm confident about a secure district of columbia for the inauguration. not to say there won't be ugly attempts at the perimeter but i'm less confident about the ability of state houses in individual states to safeguard their buildings. >> ashley, that's saying a lot. and over to you on the intersection of terrorism and politics. while the rioters were in the capitol, donald trump was attacking his vice president on twitter. we later learned they were chanting among other things, "hang pence." what reporting can you add tonight to what is left of the relationsh

. ♪ the colorful district of columbia float leads this section of the parade. ♪ the state of missourinative son, president truman. ♪ [military band playing] ♪ kentucky proudly greets kentuckian alvin barclay. ♪ [different bands marching along and playing] [drums] [whistle] [drums] >> hair the massachusetts float -- here comes the massachusetts float. ♪ [marching band] and the free state of maryland wins cheers from its washington neighbors in the crowd. south carolina's beautiful tribute. the united states coast guard academy band and color. the virginia float follows. sidewalks of new york, to niagra's frontier, the empire state salutes the president. dixie's north carolina and tennessee are proudly represented. ohio is another colorful spectator -- spectacle. the florida float with its suntanned beauty comes by and finally, the parade comes to an end as desk approaches and brings to a close and exciting day, an historic day, a day that will long be remembered. a great nation has chosen its leader. ♪ >> you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span three.

of cases for the aclu on gender discrimination and became quite well-known. you later taught at columbia, but you were asked to go on to the u.s. court of appeals, the districtf columbia by president carter. were you surprised to get that appointment? did you want to be a judge, or were you happy to be a professor? ruth: well, president carter deserves enormous credit for what the federal bench looks like today. when he became president, he noticed that the federal judges all looked like him; that is, they were all white and they were all male. and carter appreciated that that's not how the great united states looks, so he was determined to put women and members of minority groups on the federal courts in numbers, not as one-at-a-time curiosities. i think he appointed over 25 women to district court judgeships and 11, 11 women to courts of appeals, and i was, i think, the last of the lucky 11. david: so you served 13 years on the court of appeals, the district of columbia... ruth: yes. david: and after 13 years, did you think you d a chance to be on the supreme court, or did you think this was something that might not ever happen? ruth: no one thinks, "my ai

a deadly day here in the district of columbia, as one person is shot and killed, three others died here due to emergency medical emergencies, but clearly, the big story from what i saw here, and i walked over here from the bureau, john, shortly after 1:30, 2:00 this afternoon, we anticipated we would be joined by a large throng of demonstrators. we saw them over at the ellipse. thousands of people making their way from there over here to the capitol, and while by and large, the vast majority were, in fact, doing what most people do when they take part in big events like this, you have some folks who were rowdy. but we certainly saw things beyond that. we saw people trying to gain access to this building, pounding on the doors, engaging with law enforcement officials and officers right here at the capitol theater they were forced, at one point, to use dispersal agents to get the crowd to backup, flash grenades, as well. we were here for all of that. and out of sort of what we have come to expect, especially after the summer of violence that we saw grip the city and cities all over the na

and not on the streets of the district of columbia. whether groups that have clearly violated the law throughout the day will all of a sudden start complying with the law is something i frankly doubt. i do believe the metropolitan police department and other law enforcement officers will seek to enforce the curfew. my office will certainly prosecute folks who violate the curfew. david: i can't thank you enough for your time in a difficult and disappointing day for us. all of these things have effects in the markets. have've been talking, we various ceo's condemning the violence. have the markets reacted to what is going on in washington? >> it was all about georgia this morning. as it was clear georgia was highs onlue, record all the major indices. around 2:00 p.m. or 3:00 p.m. when it went into the peaceful protests to storming the capitol , you got a dip in futures. a record day overall on the dow. tech bearing the brunt of a selloff today. they don't like higher rates. rates, we will do that in a moment. for equity in the bond market