who do you think is the best witness to george washington's faith? a pulitzer prize winner 200 years after washington? washington's own letters that come from his personal as well as his public life. i think the answer is patently clear. okay. let's go back to providence. where did george washington especially demonstrate his interest in providence? july 18, 1755 outside of what was once called fort duquesne. now called pittsburgh. they are going down a steep cliff by the river. the french and indians have killed their wound the. every brigade. he says by the all powerful dispensations of providence, i have been protected beyond all human probability for expectation for i had four bullets through my coat and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt. although death was leveling my companions on every side. this was the letter he wrote to his brother and mother. he said, providence has spared me. this doctrine was real and vital to him. how about this? this is the prayer that i mentioned. now he is the victorious general at the end of the american r

george washington was a patron. george washington had doorsteps made it there, favors made and all sorts of things. these are pretty random. this is the original contract. the commissioners are so glad to get a stonemason. here is a quiet query -- quiet creek where it was dug out. backt of mountain of stone where you see. they have started taking the stone out of it and they would creek and putthe and pull it up the river. when it got to washington, there was a special stone landing on the creek. the stones were lifted up and they put them to the building side. please remember the stones were extremely heavy and they had none of the conveniences we do. quarry again. the we have a tree root running through. the first issue was splitting the stones. here's the only house i know of that was ever built out of it. that is replaced today by limestone. oh my heavens it was so deteriorated in 1976 that they replaced it with limestone in the registry -- in the restoration. general braddock came here. carlislee home of john ,

george washington was a patron. he had door steps made their, pavers -- made there, pavers, all sorts of things. i will figure this out. there. these are pretty random. you should read it fast. [laughter] >> this is colin williamson's original contract. they were so excited to get a stonemason, they turned it all over to him. here is a quiet creek where it was dugout, and in the quarry was a sort of mountain of stone back you see, it is cut into. that's where they started taking the stone out of, and they would ship it down the creek to the river and put it on barges and pole it, stick close to the shore, and pole it 35 miles to washington. when they got to washington, here was a special stone landing on the creek. they took a subsidiary creek and made locks, and the stones were lifted and oxen took them to the building site. please remember how heavy the stones were, extremely heavy. they had none of the conveniences we do. here we are in the quarry again. here are some apparently inferior stones, this is a wonderf

george washington would be the have of the army once again. he writes a letter to adams war secretary. do not let any democrats into the army as officers. they will betray us they will side with france. and you would have to be a pretty bold man to contradict george washington on how to build an army. hamilton writes a letter to mchenry and says washington is all wrong. the army will become a partisan institution and half the population would not feel like the army as theirs. hamilton was right. with the apolitical army has been with us ever since. has anyone heard of maria reynolds. she was the stormy daniels of the 1790s. as they were writing this to mchenry. hamilton was corrupt. hamilton writes and says that we think. no political corruption here. it's just like he is the husband of an unstable prostitute that has been having an affair. hamilton did this he was a corrupt spouse but not a corrupt official. let me tell you about that all americans not just lawyers or judges. not even just that role they play. no one shows this better than he

until he proves himself and then so finally he gets his commission and a few days later he meets george washington and, you know, washington was six for -- six feet 4 inches tall and makebig impression on lafayette. lafayette was so starstruck when he meets washington, he wrote: it was impossible to mistake for a moment his majestic figure in department, nor was he less distinguished of the noble stability of his manner, which is a sweet memory, but does get on my nerves how he needed tall people to make a good first impression. [laughter] >> unfortunately, because of a scheduling mishap we can't be at kareem abdul-jabbar's presentation next door, so i will go out on a limb and say everyone loves kareem abdul jabbar. i do love kareem abdul-jabbar. so anyway, he joins up. washington, he fully grows on washington because he is so gung ho. the whole work, all of his men are deserting in droves and here's this french kid who is like put me in coach. when washington says okay you can join my military family, which was lingo of the day to basically washington is saying u can become one of my minions lik

himself, and then you know, so finally he gets his commission, and a few days later he meets george washington, and you know, washington was 6'4" tall, and he historically makes a big impression on lafayette. lafayette was so starstruck when he meets washington, he wrote, "it was impossible to mistake for a moment his majestic figure and deportment, nor was he less distinguished by the noble affability of his manner, which -- his manner", which is a sweet memory, but it does get on my nerves how he needed tall people to make a good first impression. [laughter] sarah: unfortunately, because of a scheduling mishap we can't be at kareem abdul-jabbar's presentation next door, so i i am just going to go out on a limb and say everyone loves kareem abdul jabbar. [laughter] sarah: i do love kareem abdul-jabbar. [laughter] sarah: so anyway, he he joins , up. washington, he slowly grows on washington because he is so gung ho. washington, the whole war, all of his men are deserting in droves, and here is this kid, this french kid who is like put me in, coach. [laughter] sarah: and when washington you kno

that's actually why george washington has taken a little longer time than expected. a phase one analysis here by may 22nd. of course, data has been hard to come by with respect to that and what we want to do is land on the most concrete accurate numbers so we can assess what really happened. >> i know you expressed surprise and concern that officials didn't cooperate with the study. is that something you want to look into? if transparency is your stated goal, it doesn't seem transparent if officials aren't giving out basic mortality statistics. >> we need to look into if it's that they didn't want to give it out or the data has just been really hard to come by. it's been really chopped up data. i will certainly look into it. there's no doubt about it. our goal, anderson, is to make sure that everybody is accounted for, that all the families have, you know, closure within this process and for the people of puerto rico which have gone through a catastrophic event unlike any other in recent his of the united states that we can guarantee if we face another event like thi

george washington vanderbilt came to the asheville area in the late 1880's. his mother was suffering from malaria and there were many pulmonary doctors in the area. he fell in love with the landscapes and the sweeping views, and began to assemble an estate, and began to acquire land with this envision -- with this vision of creating a house and a grand estate around it. you would not think of a house this size that a bachelor would want that. when george began building baltimore, it was he himself and his trusty dog cedric, and they created this grand estate. it was really for friends and family and to get away and it was his primary home, although he traveled quite a bit. he fell in love soon after. they were married in paris and had a form of honeymoon and came back to biltmore in october of 1898. ever since then, it has been a family home. it is a really interesting story. when the architect and george vanderbilt started working together, they had a vision for a small house. something tucked away into the mountains. and as their vision grew, the house lite

. >> by the same token, george washington was a very successful farmer. you know, which was a big business back in those days. so there's a -- >> good for you. he was a farmer, and f that point, harry truman, you know, he was a enhaberdasher. there were some who were very successful that were never senators or governors, never had an elected position like that exactly. abraham lincoln wasn't a governor, was never ase tor. there are some very impressive models that way. but business leaders have done well. michaebloomberg, of course, is mayor, which is the next toughest job after president is being mayor of new york city. d he certain very well and there are many business leaders who went into public service who were sucssful business leaders but even more renowned for their legacies in public service, like avrilan harr who ran the union pacific railroad and chester boelz, a great advertise r

within , at least 80% correct of what the original drawing what have been that was submitted to george washington. go on from that. keep going. unfortunately i don't have time. i wanted to look into the temperament of these people. what i would have argued is that the temperament of washington, washington is a self-made man, furling has written the definitive work on him -- i don't say that because he has said ed's book on washington is the best single volume on washington's military history. i say it largely because in historiography the myth is over. america is content to look back at the reality. he has analyzed washington. there is a very close link between him and churchill. they both have problems with being rejected by their fathers. there are all kinds of interesting connections. himself.on ultimately makes he re-creates himself. he does not like himself. he disciplines throughout his life. one thing about him, he's going to get what he wants. when you come to somebody like -- who is saying to washington, you don't know what you're talking about, washington says, no. hoban open says if th

i know you're waiting for the george washington study yet. it's not ready yet. season starts now. that number is roughly the same as the number of fatalities on 9/11 and katrina combined. how can you say you're ready today for what is about to befall you this season? >> ma'am, we don't control the weather patterns. we don't control the hurricane season. we have been working as hard as humanly possible. we have been working for the is the scientific mechanism so it is not just accountability but responding appropriately. i saw you were talking about the energy grid. unfortunately it is a true fact that if another hurricane comes to puerto rico, even though we have lifted the energy grid, it takes time to modernize the energy grid. i am passing a bill so we can transform the grid, make it more modern, resilient. but what we are doing right now come this hurricane season is trying to mitigate the impact of another storm. our path forward will be toward the future so we can build stronger and better than before. but there is a reality. and i can stand here and say t

. >>> t it's one of most famous views of our area, the view from george washington's backyard. but the view could soon chae. st across the river there is a plan to pour a gas plant to be built. those who protect and preserve the historic site are gearing up for a fight. julie kry has more on the campaign called save george washington's view. >> reporter: like so many visitors who come to mt. vernon, the sampleil f struck not only by the historic home but with the view that o founding father cherished. >> it's breath taking. you know, you stand here and look up at the house you figure that's what they saw. >> reporter: those charged with preserving t view say it is threatened. dominion energy plans t built a plant right across the river. from chopper 4shgs you can see the site th own and have ready begun to develop. >> deminion energy did move the compressor station. wean't move mt. vernon. >> reporter: the mt. vernon lady's association is lead rg the fight with the save george washgton's view campaign. it's not the first time the tdies association has battled development acros

even the gilbert story portrait of george washington we all know so well. it was realized before the war was even completely done, they were not at risk. for about six years they were housed in this room and guests were walking past. there were guards on duty and dogs on duty. in 1943 the estate closed to guests because of the lack of manpower and rations of gasoline. so the artwork was here tucked away for another year, you're in a half ends sent back in 1944. mrs. vanderbilt did not charge the gallery for that. we will wonderful letters saying that he was part of her american duty, her patriotic duty to house the artwork. it's interesting why the spaces might not have been finished. many people say that it is for financial reasons. there were incrediy carved woodwork, exquisite metalwork. i suspect it was very common that rooms would be outputted with paneling, with other moms being dismantled. i imagine they were waiting to find just the right space and wood paneling, and they never came across it. and also the architect passed away during the final phas

did it just -- you have seen the apotheosis of george washington at top of the capital, and that is thew of the founders i am here to say i do not think that is the way it happened. washington himself says i wish the constitution had been made more permissive as an amendment process, and that is what we are counting on. they signedd once it is it went back to congress, and was supposed to go back to the state for ratification. but as you know, what was missing from that second constitution that was signed? the bill of rights. i think if you ask any american today who is not familiar with constitutional history, which is most americans, freedom of speech, freedom of religion -- why didn't they care? why didn't they include that? happened, those of you from virginia or fans of george mason's basketball team, he also was there and said you know, we are getting towards the end. we need a bill of rights. by the way, i can do one very quickly. do one very quickly. how did he know? because he had already written one for virginia. when we get the final bill of rights, it is a lot like the virgi

. >>> same view george washington had 200 years ago.ays a new factory could ruin this.ht they are fg to preserve the picturesque views in mt. that's straighthead on a >>> mt.n verno estate offers history and a view from our founding father. the viewea is tned because of plans to build a gas plant across the river in maryland. julie carey explains what is at stake. >> reporter: this famil from columbia, maryland, among the 1 million tourists who will visit mount vernon this year and tak in the ew. one that george washington himself enjoyed. >> what you see i just gorgeous landscape with no obstructions, you know, looking across the river. almongs you back to like a feeling of, you know, 1799, i guess. >> reporter: those charged with preserving mt. vernon say the view isnl sud threatened. dominion energy plans to build a natural energy compressor plant across the river. from chopper 4, you can see the site they own and have pe deve >> to dominion, i'd say, choose a different ground. sometimes the right decision is a difficult one. >> rort

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if they would have driven me to george washington hospital, i would never have made it. the emt saw a helicopter coming and he said that must be for him. let's turn around and go back to the ball field and they got out of the traffic that wasn't moving and go back to thball the helicopter landed on the ball field. they switched me over and four minutes later i'm in the emergency room at medstar hospital, and they saved my life. it is a miracle of god. [applause] the reason i am saying this it's important for us to fight this battle. we know what is at stake. and to remindples us why we are doing this. we're trying to flip these important cities to take back this country one seat at the time, one vote at a time. i appreciate what you all have done. we are going to continue to do this. take the fire, take the at from the other side. this.w why we are in we are going to keep winning this fight. thank you for what you do and god bless each and everyone of you. [laughter] -- [applause] ♪ >> wow. wow. isn't that incredible? i have had the honor of meeting with him a couple of

. >>> there is can development debate brewing over the home of george washington. the potomac at mt. vernon. dominion energy wants to build a gas station directly aoss the river. the mt. vernon ladies association saiden that develowill threaten the view. >> it is quite a spectacular view. from both sides. mt. vernon particularly is very lovely. >> george washington owned 8,000 acres at one point. a crazy amount of land. >> stalk a staycation, that's a place worth visiting. >> it's so fu super nice there. for locals you can get a year-long pass a go anytime you want to. and today might be a fineay to go visit george washington's house because it will be a relatively dry dayompared to how rainy it's been around here lately. when i tell you, a little rainy, that may be a wild understatement. over the last 40e days peo are looking for wood to start building their ar we've had 25 rainy days out of the last 40. and rain fall amounts have been inpress ive impressi up to 13 inches of rain. today a i little break action, the weather front which brought us rain last night, t

vernon ladies association campaign to fight the gas plantubbed save george washington's view. this graphic to show what they fear. you a dominion spokesman says that's simply not accurate. the stacks will be just 50 feet below the tree line. >> we specificallyesigned the facility to not be visible from mt. vernon. it's located three miles away, across a river and through forest. >> reporter: but mt. vernon's protectors worry about the future. this family distressed to learn about domini's plans. >> i will be devastated if they do something like that. even if you couldn't see it, i don't know, whether key with hear it or the pollution. i just think you're destroying it. >> reporter: the save george washington view campaign will be waged nationwide, so a is the meeting with the white house? i'm told that's in the works. at mt.vern on, i'm julie carey. news 4. >> they got an influential partner today. designated the view as number 11 on its most endangered list. >>> the fireoday in wingo's restaurant was an accident. dust carried the flames to the roof. at least one other store i

this is eisenhower's worth talking about george washington. i might add that washington's sense of duty and the way he filled his duty would be the way eisenhower would try to model for himself in the career and he , and as general of the army and as president. number two, this guy, robert e lee. and washington and lee, according to their leading biographer at the time, were basically the same man, just wearing different uniforms. sense of dutythis and obligation, care for their men, integrity, intellect, ability to think on their feet, all of these things. it is not maybe a coincidence that eisenhower read the works of a man named douglas freeman, the leading biographer of that time of both men. freeman really liked eisenhower. in fact, he tried to get eisenhower to run for president in 1948 because he said you are the next george washington. we need you. when eisenhower does agree to run, freeman is pumping him. you are george washington. i think some of that has to filter in. there you go. eisenhower had been interested in other books about

in july, 1795, the architect wrote a letter to george washington, complaining, "i have been favored with a site of a letter to the secretary of state in which many things are said foreign to the truth with respect to the work done at the president's house and the capital." i was intrigued because it may be an early example of a leaked document, and perhaps the first time someone called fake news. but they did it so well, or into to the truth. the stonemason wrote to george washington to complain as well, saying "i would not have taken the trouble of writing you is it -- had it not been to show how far ignorance gotten the better of knowledge and experience." williams was ultimately fired , he managed to get himself paid for several months. there you have it, jockeying for favor, inefficient government spending, it's good to see things haven't really changed. [laughter] >> but there you have it, the captivating real-life details of the men and women over the centuries who left their mark on the white house and our country is what we will celebrate today. to join the celebration, we are ho

the greatness of george washington was that he was the first person in thousands of years who could haveeen a king, could have been an emperor, and he said, no, i will be a president with limited powers. and after a time of service, i'll go home. he established a precedent that the institution is bigger than the man, that the system is bigger than the office, and that the constitutional democracy bequeathed to all of us by our founders and paid for with the blood of patriots for 200 plus years. donald trump is asserting that he's no longer a president, but, in fact, a king whose powers are unlimited. that is the plain meaning of this legal memo. it is the singularly most disturbing thing ever articulated by an agent of a president of the united states with regard to presidential power, far exceeding any claims that richard nixon once made about the power of his office. >> katty kay, what's your view on what steve is laying out right there? >> it's not exactly government by the people or government for the people, right? the concept that's laid out in this message. you don't even have to

churchill and roosevelt visited george washington's grave on new year's day, where churchill laid a wreath on washington's sarcophagus, returning to the earlier custom of official visitors visiting his tomb. as many did during the war. this is the president of liberia in 1943. churchill was wide ranging, witty, full of ideas and stories, but annoying in so many ways. he was always demanding, wherever he was, both the space and staff. in the white house he appears to have acted no differently. if you were the staff for mrs. roosevelt, you got the short end of the stick, since you were not the ones he was devoting himself to. she was a bit frightened of him. she became so fed up with churchill's wandering around the upstairs in his silk robe and boiler suit and running into staff, and in general, was feeling intensely annoyed she had lost control of the house. she later wrote she was an automaton during that period. the u.s. purchased a nearby warehouse as the official guesthouse. thereafter the white house with very few exceptions was a place for convening and meeting and official conversat

principal of the year for elementary, emmanuel stewart, george washington carveer. he has worked in public education for 27 year. he now leads the school where he taught for 14 years and committed to the bay view hunter's community and he do that with excitement, passion and dedication. super happy for him. >> go stewie! >> our middle school principal of the year is a dynamic leader, lina vaanheran and her daughter. oh, not anymore. lina is in her 8th year of leading middle school unified and her 5th year aspirins pal. she has worked passionately alongside passionate teaches and leaders to turn around everett middle school from one of the lowest performs to a thriving place that now has a wait list of students wanting to go to everett middle school. [applause] congratulations. last but not least samuel bass our high school principal of the year. [applause] he is with burton high school. he received the axa middle school of the year award in 2016. he is driven to provide as many opportunities and possibilit to tradially under served students in san francisco as possi

in 1789 when george washington took office as our first president china had indeed the largest economyn the world at the time and not many americans know that. now they are aiming to reclaim what they believe is the rightful place in the world order and us in the process. want to protect our freedoms we cannot ignore this anymore but pay attention to the drive from china. we also need to change the way washington does business including solving our most insidious and dangerous issues and that is our debt crisis. fully committed before i leave here that we are going to have a plan and develop a plan to give us financial security again. [applause] i think the time is come and i have said this this is my third speech here with you guys and i can tell you not giving up on this one. it's finally time we bring [inaudible] to the united states congress. [applause] some people around the world call this american arrogance and i don't but we can no longer call our position in the world for granted and we know the importance of freedom and know god is the source of our freedom and that self-dete

keyona reynolds from george washington high school, heading to the university of washington in seattle. [applause] >> kyle chan from lowell high school, going to the university of california davis. [applause] >> congrats. laura gian from lowell high school, heading to the university of california san diego. [applause] >> okay. leisha from galileo high school, heading to san jose state university. [applause] >> nadra mohamed from mission high school heading to holy names university. [applause] >> nacina chambers from raul wallenberg high school, heading to u.c. berkeley. oh, you changed your mind? sorry, you're right. you're going again. >> double major. >> double major, yeah. pamela campos adrizan from john o'connell high school, u.c. san diego. [applause] >> randy casares from mission high school, san francisco state university. [applause] >> just go stop by his office any time. risen aljas from mission high school, heading to dillard university. [applause] >> robert verey from john o'connell high school, going to c.s.u. east bay. [applause] >> xiang huang from san francisco internati

in 1789, when george washington took office as the first president, china had indeed the largest economyn the world at that time. not many americans know that. now they are aiming to reclaim what they believe is their rightful place in the world order. if we want to protect our freedoms, we cannot ignore this any longer. we've got t pay attention from the stripe to china. we also need to change the way washington does business including solving one of our most in the dsm dangerous issues and that is our debt crisis. i am fully committed before you leave here that we are going to have a plan and develop a plan long term to give us financial secu again. [applause] and i think the time has come, finally the time has come. this is my third speech here with you guys and they've been elected and i can tell you i'm not giving up on this one. it is finally time we bring term limit to the united states congress. [cheers and applause] some people around the world call this american arrogance. we can recall our position for granted. we know the importance of freedom. we know god is a source of our

but only george washington before ulysses s. grant held that rank of lieutenant general and that was a signal of what you do people in the north and what the republican congress thought about this guy. his arrival in the eastern theater presaged a new tempo for the war. because grant, better than any other union commander understood that to win the war, you need armies. they had to abandon this seemingly-obsessive quest for a single grant victory. what we have been searching for in this class since first bull run. grant understood that to win the war, the union army had to physically, psychologically and emotionally grind down the enemy. they had to maintain constant pressure and they could not permit the rebels to take advantage of their principal strategic advantage, which was of course, the interior lines. to concentrate forces the way that they had done at chickamauga in september of 1863. no, no longer could this be a war of these battles. if three years of combat had revealed anything, to ulysses s. grant, it was this, tha

the ancient egyptians water, general george washington warded. he got away with it.rld hated lipstick —— wore it. it was only fit for actors and courtesa ns. lipstick —— wore it. it was only fit for actors and courtesans. but then in 1870, this bloke, pierre francois gollan, the famous paris perfume you, created the world's first commercial lipstick. he made it out of think candle wax. in english, it is forget me not. the most famous early wearers of lipstick were these ladies, america's suffragettes. they w0 re ladies, america's suffragettes. they wore it on marches to show that defiance. then in 1923, a real revolution. the tube was invented which meant women could carry lipstick around with them without making their handbag a mess. sales rocketed after that, and nowadays $8 billion worth of lipstick is sold every year. modern lipsticks are made from oil and wax, but in the past they contained lethal things like lead. so someone wearing lipstick really could give you the kiss of death. there is only one aaron, isn't that? —— there? that's it for business briefing t

history was handed down by george washington the leaders of a rebellion that had taken place at the time the man dubbed the father of america hope that this act of forgiveness would help bring a new country together but roll on two hundred years and it seems that presidential pardons and sentence commutations are little less about honor and healing and a little more about you scratch my back and i'll scratch yours over centuries now there's been a process involved where you have something called the office of the pardon attorney people meticulously review the cases and decide which one should make it to the president's desk dinesh d'souza he was railroaded under the obama administration he was aggressively prosecuted for an offense that is generally not prosecuted to the level this one was and his life was virtually ruined root in this country we have a crisis because the mainstream media the corporate media refuses to accept the idea that donald trump is a legitimate president united states entitle to wield the legitimate powers that every united states president has we all the while in

george washington left after two terms. grant left after those two terms. hayes comes in as the president . grant is on his world tour he begins thinking about a third term. of his worldports tour going back to the united states. reports back. his friends in the republican party were deciding we need to have another republican as president. why not grant? he has this experience of meeting with world leaders. seeing what is happening on the world stage. he would be a wonderful republican nominee. while he is on the tour his friends are working in the united states secure a nomination for him in 1880. he gets back to the united es in time for the republican convention. he leads the nominating ballot through the entire convention for 34 of the 35 ballots. on the 35th he loses to james garfield. and garfield is then elected president of the united states. diese is shot and later from his assassination while is living a private life. >> why did he lose to garfield? forimport outside of his core group of republican supporters. he loses support of people in pennsy

. >>> a view once enjoyed by george washington n threatened by plans for a natural gas pipeline. the newsroom with a look athat's new at 5:00. >> it is spectacular. locals and tours alike enjoy the view from mt. vernon. the people in charge of the estate say that' the same view george washington once had and they want to make sure it stays way. the group challenging plans by dominion energy to build across the river. >>> plus also ator 5:00,ng for your health. following news of a potential breakthrough in the battle against cancer. nbcr. john torrez will join us live to explain how the polio virus is being used to treat patients with brain cancer and whethes experiment could one day be used in other ways for other kinds of cancers. we'll see you with those stories and plus a whole lot more. t ba you. >> that's exciting. we want to hear about that. >>> a call for reconciliation in the mid east. that fromrince william, the first ever member of the british royal family to visitisreal. nbc's laura gary reports on the fine line that he's trying not to cross during his visit. >> report

orrin hatch / utah (r)the last time i chatted with george washington, he expressed desire to have thiscountry in the world members of utah's washington delegation announced a new museum - to commemorate america's 250th birthday. alexandra limon / @alexlimonnewsthe multimedia museum exhibits will travel to all 50 states before ending up in utah - the goal is to make american history more accessible to children in the westand to share stories like george washington'ssen. mike lee / utah (r)anywhere in history this man would have been king at that moment. but he chose not to do it, because he believed in something greater.the founder of the museum eric dowdle says he personally felt a need to take this project after living on the east coast eric dowdle / founder, board chairmanand then when i moved back west, there was a hole, and i kept going back east just so i could get reengaged.the privately funded museum will be a replica of george washington's mount veron and the planning team says this will be the largest american history museum west of the mississippi. in washignton alexandra lim

george washington was right. avoid those entangling alliances. well, what are some of the lessons today? the united states, it's important to remember that the united states is the most powerful country in the world. back on theturn its world. in that discussion between george washington and woodrow we have to strike that right balance. committed tomain our friends that are democracies. stay don't, if we don't committed to the other democracies of the world, we have anotherely catastrophe like what happened second world war. where one democracy after another falls. first czechians, 1938. france. britain almost fell, if it had not been for winston churchill. offdemocracies being picked one by one by those regimes, wantritarian regimes that to remake the world in a different image than what we grown accustomed to. so one of the great lessons of word war,the first the great world war, is to war.nt another great and the best way to do that is by the world's democracies sticking together. seize, our enemies will beatadvantage and try to the other demo

one of the miracles i was taken to george washington hospital in an ambulance at 715 in the morning andginia traffic. they had the lights on and were not moving i had zero blood pressure arrived at the hospital which most doctors will tell you you are done. if they would have driven me to george washington hospital but the emt saw the helicopter and said that must be for him turn around and go back to the ballfield and got out of the traffic the helicopter landed on the ballfield switch me over four minutes later i'm in emergency room and they saved my life. it is a miracle of god. and the reason i say this it is important to fight this battle. we know what's at stake. in this great nation but is worth fighting to know those real-world examples and remind us every day why we do this why we knock on doors in the hot summer in missouri or west virginia or north dakota where we try to flip these important seats to take back this country one seat at a time and one vote at a time i appreciate what you have done to fight this battle and what you will continue to do and for the leadership of t

vernon this year and take in the view, one that george washington himself >> what you see is just gorgeousu know, lookacross the river. almost brings you back to like a feeling of, you know, 1799i guess. >> reporter: those charged with preserving mt. vernon say the view is suddenly threatened. dominion energy plans to build a natural energy compresr plant across the river. from chopper 4, you can see the site they own ve developed. >> to dominion, i'd say, choose a different ground. sometimes thright decision is a difficult one. >> reporter: the campaign to fight the gas plant dubbed, savr washington's view. they've created this graphic to e ow what they fear is on horizon. a dominion spokesman says it is not accurate. the stacks will be 50 feet below ace tree line. >> we designed theity to let be visible from mt. vernon. it is located 3 away, across a river, and through a forest. it will not be visible. >> reporter: mt. vernon's protectors worry about the future. >> any industrial growth leads to more industrial growth. ep >>ter: this family distressed to learn about domion's plans. >> i

i attended the george washington carver elementary school. i believe i obtained a good education, and i thought i was getting that. i just drove through the bayview. on my way here, i saw over 100 young black students who clearly did not have anything to do with their time. they were standing on third and -- i don't know if any of you are familiar with the bayview area. i know a lot of here are them to oppose, and most of them do not live there. their children are not involved in any way in the bayview area. we live there. we are the -- [inaudible] >> all right, you guys, we're not going to have -- we're not going to do this. you'll have your time, please continue. >> i stand here to oppose the fact that change is not based solely on the opinions of people that have different skin colors who are doing exactly what they need to do to hinder the process of gaining equity in the bayview schools. then we fail our students again. we've already failed them. they can't read, they can't write, they're unemployable, and now we're failing them as leade

the heroic figure that helped -- george washington's porch appeared for over a century after dolley madison to use her name to sell everything. bedspreads -- snack cakes. eyestrain. they crystallized her image into this ideal -- if you to me of gracious hospitality. i hope to prove to you this afternoon the dallas legacy and life was so much more than that stereotype. she shaped this nation using hospitality to achieve political in spirit she was always loyal and very devoted to her husband. she was an invaluable support when he was a congressman secretary of state and of course advances life into the presidency. she and james were the original power couple. she also played a critical in shaping the special protocol of that brand-new capital washington dc and that is how we govern ourselves and our early days. she did it with a totally unique style. bright lively charming warm -- a good friend said of dolley. she was also very resourceful and shrewd. i get ahead of myself. list take a step back and answer the question who was dolley before she held -- help to define the role of first lady?