found within it behind it or were two letters from george to martha washington. this is significant because as i noted, martha burned all their respondent following george's death. did she say these letters because of their content or were they inadvertently omitted from the flames? unfortunately, we do not know but one of those letters remains in our collection at tutor place now back atcond is mount vernon. these are the only two letters that survive from george to martha washington with the exception of a short note discovered since they were found. the tutor place letter is especially significant dating to june of 1775 because it is the one in which washington rights to martha from the adelphia, informing her he has been given command of the continental army. it is unknown when the peter family discovered the letters and the writing table but it occurred by 1820 eight because martha recounted the story of its discovery to jared sparks, the historian visiting tutor place to compile material. aside from these specific requests, like the engraving, of balance of

was first proposed. 86 years after george washington died, and could then 20 presidents after george washington. that's how long it took. and even today it's still lines of ink and repair. whenever the earthquake about five feet ago, extensive renovation after that. this is a city that holds a lot of tour groups, many of which consists of eighth grade boys will look at something that looks like the washington monument the way that it is just unseemly to our eyes until take horrible pictures and say terrible things and snicker to each other over them, which is just awful. so that's the star of george washington, the national myth. i haven't gotten to the body get. i mentioned he wanted to stay at mount vernon. ins will be as critical as the least move my remains out of the old family tomb and put them in a new one. because the old to situate right by the potomac river which was prone to flooding. he was worried that his bones were going to end up washing downstream. it took about 30 years to build that tomb because mount vernon was unprofitable. it was a huge plantation. there were all

obviously george washington. here is the challenge. see if you can find how many times washington's face appears throughout the gallery. it's a lot. again, thank you so much for coming and i hope you enjoy the rest of this delightful day. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] >> i am history buff. countryoy seeing our and how things work. >> l of going to the american artifacts. but i had no idea they did history in this way. >> it gives you that perspective . >> i'm a c-span fan. >> monday on "the communicators," michael o'rielly on several key issues facing the sec, like net neutrality, which is currently in the court, along with set-top boxes. he also comments on the political divide within the sec. >> the direction from leadership, including from the chairman, was to take most aggressive, leftist approach to policymaking. it left little ground when there was -- when th

presidents, with george washington. just as he set so many precedents and customs and traditions about how a president was to act, what he was to do and not to do. so, too, did he become the first dead president and create all sorts of precedents about how we're treating our former leaders after they pass on. and in george washington's case, it was maybe a little bit bigger than usual because here's someone we couldn't even wait nfl he was gone to start -- until he was gone to start memorializing him. not long after the american revolution was over, there was talk in the governmental circles about building a giant statue of george washington on horseback in the center of the new capital city to be a sort of large scale example to the nation. it was supposed to look, if you've ever been to washington circle, that statue of george washington on horseback, it was supposed to be like that but transformer size. and george washington was very, very nervous when he heard this kind of talk, because he remembered a time when he

our indication earlier was that the man was shot once in the chest and was taken to george washington university hospital, which is also here in downtown washington. let's see, that's on 17th street where this happened. gw is about six or seven blocks away. so that wouldn't be a long trip. 17th and e there is just above the n in "breaking news," there's a guard post there. as we were pointing out earlier, estreet u e street used to be open, used to be able to drive across. and you could walk along the sidewalk and look through the fence and take pictures and it's been closed off for security reasons here for the last several years. but there's still a guard post there and we're told that's where this happened. outside the white house grounds. no one other than the person with the gun was shot. officials are emphasizing that there was no danger to the public, but they don't still yet at this point know what the man's motivation was. they're looking for his car. they do have some indication of his identity and i'm sure they'll be looking into his past and talking to relatives and doing

institutions that really take care of this anymore floristic fashion these days. >> host: what was george washington's reasonings. part of it for washington and james wilson as well is the-- i mean, if you think of america at the time it was deeply important revolution particularly retrospectively and they seem to have an acute sense of the new world they were trying to bring about, but they were also really looked down upon by most europeans of the cheek or as not having the kind of cultural and educational institution you found in england or on the content, so that partly motivated washington, but washington was also as he puts it in his farewell address and in his attempts to call for banning of national university, he was also deeply aware that republican government he said would really need to cultivate a certain kind of knowledge and that you would have to speak not just to a leadership class that self-consciously thought about this knowledge, but it is just very that for these ideas and so education for him became a way of speaking to the nation he helped create and seeing that it would carry f

here is something for you, george washington. everyone else gets theirs and the last thing that gets written is the dual. there is a reason for that and it is that spirit of generosity. lin: i'm a good host. [laughter] charlie: thomas jefferson. i were working on the show early on, when it was just the two of us kicking the tires and we were sure we wanted lafayette to come back as thomas jefferson. doubling characters. his friend would become his flow. his closest friend would become his son. this was a secret that we knew about that we also happen to know about you who can do this? they also have to do this, but they have to be a better rapper than hamilton. oh, it is w. remember him and i saying, i amateur what you are doing a couple of weeks, but if you could cancel it, it would be great. we are trying some stuff out and working on a new show with lin. we had known him. our friend anthony introduced us years before. lin had been on stage with him. he has a relationship with the audience which is chemical. anything looking at

t so it's a good time to hook in and, you ntongeont who o real like george washington.ere -- there's a h >>the way like i'm a business bail --- basketball fan.an i know everything to know about michael jordan and if somebodyod is playing michael jordan andora they don't get it right i'llrht say, you know what, you're notrt playing michael jordan.chae my job is to make sure as theirt watching the show, there's neven a moment they go, that's not washington.sh come on now.comen n that's not george washington. >> get it right.>> keep it real. it >> yes. >> you also did theater here in th >> you've done a loft theater ae here. here d theater community. cmu i think dc theater community i t reporter named hillary rosen ann she asked me what i thought of f the current political processicl and i said, well, i actuallyua think of it -- what i wonder isi what general washington wouldnou think of the current political p process because if our politicaf leaders today would asktoda that i asked myself onset whichy >> gotcha.>> gotcha. n multiple levels.rote about,>> thanks very much

the man is in critical condition at george washington university hospital nearby.he shooting happened just after 3:00. the president was not at the white house. at last report, he remains in camp springs, maryland, at joint base andrews for an afternoon golf outing. >>> now to the investigation into the crash of egyptair flight 804. there is now more evidence found from that flight, but investigators are now necessarily closer to figuring out exactly what happened. the egyptian military says pieces of the plane have been found. crews have also found some personal belongings of people on board. terrorism is believed to be a more probable cause than mechanical failure. no group has taken responsibility for the crash. tom costello has more now on the investigation. >> reporter: good day. the focus right now is on finding the wreckage to egyptair 804 and specifically finding the black boxes amidst the rewrecka. the pinger emits that pinging sound that can be picked up by ships and submarines. if they can pick up that pinging sound, then they can hopefully hone in on th

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that's the latest here at george washington university hospital. back to you. >> thanks, kristin. >>> our team coverage continues with scott macfarlane. >> he is at our live desk looking into some of the other high profile incidents that have happened at the white house. >> the secret service has been under scrutiny because of it. september 2014, a fence jumping at the white house. an individual jumps the white house fence. there's that man doing so. he makes it all the way inside the white house through an unlocked front door, then to the east room. the secret service under scrutiny for that and what happened in 2011. gunfire. bullets were found in a second floor wall of the white house, but they weren't found for a few days after the shots were fired. the president and mrs. obama were out of the town at the time, but some of the first family were there. secret service had to answer questions about that. the secret service under pressure to raise the white house fence from six feet to 11 feet. the secret service, according to documents obt i-team

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how many people now about the george washington bridge scandal connected to new jersey governor christiewe could be finding out within the hour. you can see a judge has ordered the government to release a list of unindicted coconspirators in the case, christie's staffers were accused of shutting down lanes intentionally leading to the george washington bridge to create a jam in fort lee, new jersey back in august of 2013. it apparently was political payback to a democrat who wouldn't support the governor. the people on the list are trying to stop it from becoming public. >>> it's a letter with a strong message. the letter to all school district in the country today requiring schools to give transgender students right to use whatever bathroom they choose. mikea turner reports. >> reporter: not legal requirement. but it could come with some consequences. we spoke to some people across the city to found out their feelings about it. >> i think the justice department and the obama administration are doing the right thing. >> yeah it's right. but -- i'm just uncomfortable. >> reporter: mixed r

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. >> sylvester wise ner is the re services for george washington university. he says depression used to be student's biggest issue, but with academics getting more competitive along with more worries over the financial strain of tuition, students seem to be suffering from greater levels of anxiety. >> at schools like george washington university, where we attract a large number of highly driven, highly motivated students, we do tend to see more anxiety because those types of students are primed to be more anxious. >> and students say social media is adding an extra layer of stress. >> now, everyone has to be on. at all times. you have to be taken pictures of how fun your life is. and putting it out there. >> but experts say anxiety can be a tool for success. it can help to motivate students to work harder or to study more, but they have to be able to recognize when it's become unhealthy. >> it's interfering with sleep. if it's interfering with they can't study, can't focus on exams. >> start to cry. and then my, the palms of my hands sweats, then i start shaki

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george washington. >> sometimes me, sometimeses lin. but always chris jackson. >> always chris jackson. >> but always chris jacksonment because there is a dignity and an inherent understanding of what it means to lead, that you can't coach and you can't teach. they say you can't coach heights. chris jackson has it. he was given that and we have understood in our dozen years of knowing him from our relationship at in the heights and beyond that, to understand that if you want someone to play the greatest american superhero, you know, who can also play grornlg, who can also play a guy named george who was scared sometimes and didn't know what he wanted to do, and wanted to go home and have that humanity there, you know, lin keeps on holding on to this idea of who these people could be, as characters. and chris jackson was just someone who was never far from any conversation about what washington was able to do in our show. >> rose: aaron burr. >> despite lin's best efforts to play aaron burr,. >> rose: what does that mean? >> lin wrote hi

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book award winning author nathaniel philbrook looks at the relationship between war generals george washington and benedict arnold. in who rules the world, he takes a critical look at american foreign policy and the power of political elites. he recalls the value and wisdom here claimed from -- and they look at the career of the 31st president. in the limousine liberal, he examines the history of the term and how it is contributed to the rise of conservative populism. from the war on poverty to the war on crime. in how women decide, they explore the psychology of why women in the workplace are perceived differently. for these titles, look for them in bookstores and for their authors. >> during book tvs recent visit to san bernardino, we spoke with margaret hill about her 30 year year career about an educator in the city. >> in the early 70s when i started teaching, students were aware that it was important for them to get an education and get a high school diploma. i don't think i've ever met a student who did not want an education. i know i met a lot of students that felt the way i did when i

george washington, of course. when he is growing up, there's a very different regime in place. george iii. he hands of power in effect to his political ally john adams. that dynasty, the washington federalist dynasty, does not last long because john adams signs his name to extremely repressive laws. the alien sedition acts. that generates a massive backlash and thomas jefferson is the next tide turning president. very early on. he is running against a federalist regime. a very different sort of platform and political formula for success. he is getting votes for other folks and he manages to win. to win reelection and to handoff power to his wing man, his secretary of state -- wing man or wing women -- just remember that, and matheson is going to win and win reelection and his secretary is going to win and win reelection and that party will become -- jefferson's party, basically the jacksonian party, the dominant political party in america -- they do not win every time, but they went way, way, way more than they lose. because people remember the alien and edition acts, but -- ali

and i knew he was treasury secretary for george washington. reporter: at bronx engineering and technology academy, malcolm grant, christian gowan, and danny ingrassia spent several weeks immersed in the subject. >> when i was introduced to this, i was like history on hamilton, i wasn't really interested that much. but then you know, you take a feeling of what we have today in this generation, and then add that to something that's centuries ago with hamilton and our founding fathers. and that's very interesting. >> i enjoy music a lot, mainly hip hop and rap and everything. so having it be displayed to me this way. it stuck in my head. >> anything with a hip hop, flavor to it, it's definitely more interesting than opening a dusty history book and trying to, like, fish out old information. >> they feel like what we do here is sort of outdated. >> reporter: dana holness is their english teacher. >> and giving the kids those kind of options just to me makes education seem relevant. >> reporter: after engaging with the hamilton material, the curric

right from the very beginning, all the winter encampments, george washington writes that he can't thinkhis wife there. martha washington goes in great peril to herself to travel in wintertime over frozen lakes with her whole entourage to get to her husband, general george washington, so he can think straight. we wouldn't be america if george washington hadn't married martha washington. that story is in the book. that's amazing, because it almost didn't happen. and to think that if it hadn't, we wouldn't be here talking in america under an american flag, even maybe speaking with this language or accent. >> yeah. and that's one of so many fascinating stories. i'm so glad that you compiled this with all of your unique experiences. i don't think people will read this information anywhere else. so on mother's day today, it is out. congratulations. and it's a perfect gift. so we hope it goes well for you. >> thank you very much for having me. i'll come back for volume two. >> please do. >> here is the book itself. "unusual for their time" by andrew oaks. you don't want to miss it. so many sto

it has gone from being focused on things like where george washington slips -- slept too encompassing a much broader range of american history and cultures. that is one of the most exciting things that have gone on. there are now over 100,000 listings on the national register of historic places. that register was created by the national historic preservation act and exploded to worker housing and native american sites and dance halls that were important to latinos in new york. there is a wide range of places. >> tell me about the support for this movement in 1966. what did it grow out of? was there a realization that finally, this young country had enough history that it was time to start looking at how to preserve it for the future? mr. page: 1966 was the 100th anniversary of the federal antiquities act, which some say is the first preservation act in that it protects archaeological remains on national land. then there is the national trust . the historical preservation was chartered by congress in the -- input high waist there are cities and huge public housing conferences in our ne

hamilton, there's a hit broadway show about you and george washington. [laughter] you don't know, we have colleges named after you, we have a city named -- it's unbelievable. and they would say to each and every one of you as they walk around gaithersburg, they'd say, you know, on that big highway we saw there were cameras on the lamp post. what are those cameras for? and you'd say, oh, they're for speeders and for criminals, you know, to prevent crime. and they'd say, wait a minute, you mean the government has you under constant surveillance? >> yeah, yeah. something about the fourth amendment. right. >> i can't believe it, that's the way you live in america today? so i don't think they'd be so happy about that. >> okay. but what they would be happy about, how -- only the elites actually read books in 1776 and 1787, right? but here we are at the book festival, everybody reads books. so i would think that they would approve the democratization of reading. >> oh -- well -- >> access to knowledge. >> obviously, you know, mr. jefferson's library, the librar

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today. [ applause ] >>> this was part of a day-long conference on national security hosted by george washington you can watch all of university. you can watch all of it on our web we'll we'll show you another part in just a few moments here on c-span 3. on the issue of counterterrorism, the hill reporting this morning senator angus king introduced a bill to require the administration to develop a policy to detee

probably we had a book with george washington carver, but we had books that taught us black history. we were exposed to literature and poetry. not just choral music but music where we were taught how to play the guitar. we were taught freedom songs. we had choir. and for me probably the most significant thing was being exposed to the oratorical content. students from other churches were brought here. we would have oratorical contest. we were taught the skills of debate and speech. that was a first for us. it opened our eyes to a world beyond hattiesburg, mississippi and what we were getting at school and exposed to other things. but there was also a time where during freedom school we were taught that there is some danger that you could be up exposed to during that time. we were taught survival skills. what to say in what to do if you were approached by the people. how to react and what to say if someone comes to your house. we knew there was a danger element as well. after the summer of 1964, most of the volunteers left, but the ideas in the subjects and activities that we were invo

we could learn if chris christie was involved in the decision to close lanes in the george washington bridge. two others are going to trial in connection with the scandal. >>> defense testimony resumes this morning in the trial of the baltimore police officer edward nero. one of the six charged in the death of freddie gray last year. before the prosecution rested, officer garrett miller said he took gray into custody alone. miller is one of two officers who were compelled to testify at nero's trial despite their pending charges. >>> this morning, the gun george zimmerman used to kill trayvon martin in 2012 goes back on the auction block. george zimmerman will try to sell the handgun after the failed attempt last week. he says the new auction will begin on the united gun group site at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. the starting bid is $100,000. >>> if you are flying this morning, good luck. lines at security check points are longer than ever. that means a lot of frustrated travellers. >> we were in security for two hours. we ran to our gate and it was three minutes shy of the door closing. we

buchanan reportedly, incredibly, expressed he hoped to be the best president since george washington, needless to say, neither man came close to realizing his ambition. on this, we can all agree -- there is no better place to ponder the mysteries of presidential performance than this city, which is the true mother of presidents. for it was here that the american presidency was invented. no subject so vexed explanation -- the nation builders who convene here to build the constitution in that miraculous summer of 1787. in effect, it was our first political convention, some and not to choose a candidate or create a platform in the modern sense, but to create a republic and to define an executive office that would be at once unifying and yet limited in power. upon this generation, it was defined by its resistance to centralized authority. authority remote from the governed and often deaf to popular opinion. have they felt otherwise independence hall today might , still be known as the pennsylvania state house. for weeks, the delegates debated the structure, powers, and accountability of t

john: george washington. >> george washington, james madison, people like that. most of the rest of the american presidents are not people who have done something heroic. heroic people to me are people who save lives and made our lives better. there's a website can you find about the people who have saved the most lives in history, and you've never heard of these people. at the top, fritz hobber and carl bosh created synthetic fertilizer, estimated half the food in the world is based on their findings. 2 1/2 billion people are alive because of that. billions don't starve anymore. john: fertilizer is cheaper? >> 2.7 billion people are alive because of that. carl landsteiner and richard lewison who described blood transfusions and there's a billion people whose lives may have been saved by them. john: edward jenner invented the smallpox vaccine. [ applause ] half a billion lives. >> a billion people might have died of smallpox if edward jenner hasn't discovered the vaccine. john: anybody heard of these people here? >> no. john: you cite businessman like sam walton,

americans like george washington, for example? prof. furstenberg: yeah, in philadelphia was the capital of the united states. we sometimes forget that. it was a major metropolis during this period. when they came, a were -- they were well-known figures. hamilton became a good friend of these figures. hamilton would spend long nights discussing politics and economics during this period. one was a close friend of jefferson, there is a published correspondence between them. they all admired washington. they all looked up to washington. in a sense as a kind of model of the leader that they had failed to become in france. this was the vision they had for france. washington had to be circle -- had to be more careful because he was the president, and these people were chased out of france. the french ambassador looked at them with great suspicion. he thought they were fomenting counterrevolution in philadelphia. he did not want washington socializing or meeting with them. i came across a note where washington passed and message along with his

days after delaying the release some of the closure of the george washington bridge for prosecutors sayitical motives, the list will be delayed once again as the third circuit court of appeals steps in to the case of a man named john doe to ask to have the list remain secret for the time being. at the last minute after a judge decided to release the names to a group of media organizations after they mounted a successful lawsuit now there has been a stop in the process and the names will be sealed until june 6. atat this point we don't even know if the case will be public. they have to submit letters to the third circuit saying whether or not they want the hearing to be open to the press. how they fit into federal cases. >> often times they include co-conspirators in the charge so they can say, under the rules conversations are not hearsay. we have identified these people specifically and therefore the testimony should come in. >> is it common for a list of unindicted co-conspirators to come out? >> quite frankly, no. >> we wonder if he could be on the list. other members of the administ

her great grandfather was george washington's brother. she worked here in washington, d.c., and she was honored to be the member number one to have the first insignia. on the back it reads insignia number one, with her name engraved, on the back. the last item that we have that really connects the d.a.r. and the american revolution is this manuscript copy of the address that carolyn scott harrison gave to the first national meeting of the d.a.r. at the time, carolyn scott harrison was the first president -- as the d.a.r. calls it, president general of the organization. she was first lady at the time. she addressed this group of women, and we believe this may be the first public address that a first lady has made. it occurred in 1892. the d.a.r. museum is known in some circles for a collection of textiles and clothes. in this exhibition, we pulled some of the coverlets that we have. a date from the 19th century. they were commemorative items. perhaps you already had your engraving of washington over the mental, and perhaps you already had a

the dance center performs george washington boogie at the arts center.rook took center stage. the performance tells the story of a historic farm in bucks county where george washington once lived. we'll b right back. >>> so glad you stayed with us, 6:47. investigators in montgomery county are searching for the cause of a deadly fire, it left two adults and child dead. >> reporter: norristown firefighters got the call around 4:00 a.m., when they arrived on the 800 block of dekalb street flames were shooting from the home and several people were trapped inside. >>> the fire station is located about a block away from the scene. firefighters arrived and found a three-story dwelling with heavy fire. >>> marco lives across the street and woke up when he heard his neighbors screaming for help. soon after he saw firefighters pull the two girls out of the home and start cpr. >>> they wouldn't respond, so they took them to the ambulance to take them to the hospital. >> reporter: officials say three people were killed, two adults and one child. another child was ru

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i mean, george washington owned -- i don't believe that george washington's racial views were -- i have no reason to believe that they were significantly different than jefferson's. james madison's were exactly the same. but the problem is because of the declaration, people fixate on jefferson. even though he didn't -- he's not an outlier. somebody said to me that he was an outlier on the racial question. and i think what this basically does is to try -- it ends up making whites of the 18th century better than they actually were on the race question. and so there's some sort of innocent community out there and jefferson is the person who stands out. so yeah, lincoln, these are the racial views of the time. white supremacy has been a prevalent part of american life. it's as much a part as republicanism, as any kind of other ideology. so yeah, you talk about him as a president. i was thinking about mainly as his action as a president, but certainly his attitudes about race were the attitudes of the people of his time. i do not think he was an extreme racist. i mean, people say that, that

over the past three days the top rain teens competed in the finals at george washington university listener auditory -- auditorium. >> you face other people who won their state. it is intense and awesome. >> fast quiz show type question and answer competition. focus on science, mathematic >> 81. >> that is correct. >> this gold medal is only part of the prize. they also get a nine-day trip to alaska. >> the teens would go by and ours was flat. but we still won first place. kellye: in northwest, kellye lynn, abc7 news. jonathan: life among the stars may be closer than thought. astronomers found three earth size planets that may contain water and life orbiting a swar of star and the planets are just 40 light years away. i say "just." telescopes all over the world focus on the planet. the hubble telescope will focus its sights on them next week. if anything comes up we will let you know. tonight -- leon: a do the c.s.x. pileup as it happens and as the repair work continues so will the headache. road to recovery. neighborhood two-year-long struggle to regain its footing comes to an end but conc

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we are still waiting to hear back from george washington university hospital officials. when they get in touch with us, we will let you know. jay korff, abc 7 news. wow. leon: what do you tip the cabbie in that case? alison: he might have been long gone. steve: makes the time fly. alison: we have more rain tomorrow? not be amorrow will total washout, but the timing of the rush-hour commute and midday. weekly wrap by the end of the week. leon: thanks. we will thank you thursday. steve: tree and grass pollen are in the high category. reagan national airport at 59 degrees, the wind has settled down. a lot of moisture to the west. this will move our way overnight into the day tomorrow, and a wet rush-hour commute tomorrow morning through the midday. the showers diminish a little bit for the evening rush. no problems right now. if you have late night plans, just mostly cloudy skies, middle 40's, lower 50's, the wind out of the southwest at five. this is what it looks like as we move through the day tomorrow, a wet morning rush-hour commute, so grab the umbrella and grab somet

i learned that my ten times great grandmother is george washington's aunt.w days i went from knowing almost nothing to holy crow, i'm related to george washington. this is my cousin george. discover your story. start searching for free now at ancestry.com >>> welcome back to "hannity". before we go, tune in tomorrow night, 10:00 eastern, a special edition of "hannity". how donald trump can take on hillary clinton in the fall and differences. again, tomorrow night, 10:00 eastern. we hope you'll set your dvr. we take attendance and get upset if you're not there. see you tomorrow night. >>> this is a fox news alert. passenger plane vanishes flight 804 falls off the rarely and out of the sky. tonight all 676 people on board feared dead. hello, everyone, i'm kimberly guilfoyle in for greta van susteren. right now investigators are searching through evidence to figure out what brought down egypt air flight 804. the passenger jet on its way from paris to cairo going down overnight in the mediterranean sea. and tonight, questions are swirling. was this terror? and,

brian kilmeade, a co-host of "fox & friends," is next with "george washington's secret six" which recalls a spy ring that operated during the american revolution. taya kyle shares her experiences as an army spouse and dealing with the aftermath of her husband's death in "american wife." and wrapping up this week's list, chair of military theory at the marine corps university, intas man gorka, looks at radical us lammic terrorism and his assessment on how to fight it. that's a look at the current bestseller ors according to the conservative book club. many of these authors have appeared or will be appearing on booktv. you can watch them on our web site, booktv.org. >> crystal wright, your new book, "con job." who's being conned and who's doing the conning? >> guest: well, i think democrats are doing the conning particularly of black americans and women. i argue in my book because they're kind of like the democrat party, in my view, over the last half century is kind of like a used car salesman. it peddles all these promises and pledges to black americans, we're going to make things better

we're looking at delays from mcclean on the george washington parkway, southbound, 15 minutes from thethroughpicpic, 15 prince georges county. 150 minutes for you -- 15 minutes for you as well. melanie. >> anchor: thank you. now top stories. police are on the scene of a deadly shooting intismal hills. cameras arrived just after 3:00 a.m. near the parkway apartments. officers found a man shot, he later died at the hospital. prince georges crime stoppers is offering a $25,000 reward leading to an arrest an conviction in this case. in falls church, police say officers responded to the 2900 block of still wood circle just before midnight. ems workers found a man suffering from injuries are not life threatening. no arrests made, police have not released any details about a possible suspect. you can get more news, weather and traffic on good morning washington on news channel 8. have a great day. >>> good morning, america. it'sle:00 a.m. new overnight -- ♪ i have to way to carry on >> the show won't stop for celine. her emotional performance that brought down the billboards. >> what were ner

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