history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span3. 18, 1793,er freemasons including president george washington placed the cornerstone for the u.s. capitol building in a masonic ritual that included corn, oil, and wine. next, the u.s. capital historical society hosts a reenactment in honor of the 225th anniversary. this is about 50 minutes. pleasees and gentlemen, stand for the presentation of the colors by the u.s. armed forces color guard and the performance of our national anthem by the united states army grant quintet. [presenting colors] [playing national anthem] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing as the chaplain of the united states senate gives the invocation. pray. us you are glorious and more majestic than the everlasting mountains. your sovereign name. you have been a shield for our nation through the centuries, enabling it to be a beacon for freedom. lord, we are grateful for this opportunity to celebrate the 22th anniversary -- 225th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of the united states capitol building. when the cornerstone was laid in the 13th year of am

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it has nothing to do with george washington. george washington emerges at the end of it.e is so close to washington, because he worked with washington at valley forge, and was close to washington -- washington was a father figure for marshall. marshal cannot separate himself out. he cannot criticize washington. it is very, a kind of disneyfied view of how washington lived and it is not very realistic or accurate. brian: he was away from his parents for 15 years? why? joel: for one thing, it was hard to travel in those days. brian: did you say they were estranged? joel: i sensed from the writing there was an estrangement. i think his father was a very cold man. i think that he did not really have a great interest in what marshall was doing. he had 14 other kids, all of whom were very successful. brian: i want to ask you one other thing about the family. he had 10 kids but ended up with six that lived. one of them was a girl, mary. why did he send her away? joel: he felt with his boys his hands were full. they were troublemakers. he felt that with his wife ill, he did not h

george washington resolved to send a treating negotiator. alexander said you are not going to get me through the senate. jon jay was a chief justice but washington did not perceive that to be a problem so immediately within the senate there was fierce opposition to this nomination. the debate consumed three days. some senators said that judges could not also serving the executive branch at the same time. one of those was ehrenberg. he's the one who shot-- burr. he's a man of care for. he shot and killed and then later served in the senate. permitting justices to hold at the same time any office or appointment at the pleasure of the executive is contrary to the spirit of the constitution and to expose them, it's contrary to the spirit of the constitution, it's-- and he got 10 senators to agree. the problem was that 27 opposed so the resolution failed. he was basically introducing a motion to say we should not be appointing or consenting to the appointment of jon jay to the emissary in france. why did he think it was constant-- why? first they

a george washington. and we are after george washington, so no, george washington. why?ause he did 100%. nobody is ever going to break the record of george washington. good old george. he never told a lie. that is what they say. george washington, right. he never told a lie. jut he did 100% of the judges. we will never be thought. but we are getting close. what the radical democrats did to justice kavanaugh and his beautiful family is a nationaldi disgrace. they were on a ruthless mission to obstruct, resist, delay, demolish, and to destroy, which is all they know how to do. the fact is they are lousy politicians, they have horrible policy, but they stick together. that is one good thing. they stick together. the only thing they have. they always stick together. other than that, it doesn't work out. other than that, they are not doing too well. if you want the fake news media to finally investigate -- [boos] by the way, by the way -- [crowd chanting] [cheers and applause] don't worry. i don'trr like them either. okay, but look at this. look. so here we are, we are doing

it's called george washington and we are after george washington. a very big thing. george washington? why, because he just started. he did 100%. nobody will ever break the record of george washington. >> [cheers and applause]. >> good old george. he never told a lie. that's what they say. george washington never told a high. but he did 100% of the judges. we will never beat that record, but we are getting close. what the radical democrats did to justice kavanaugh and his beautiful family is a national disgrace! they were on a ruthless mission to obstruct, resist, delay and destroy. which is all they know how to do. they are lousy politicians. they have horrible policy, but they stick together. that's one good thing. they stick together. the only thing they have. they always stick together. other than that, it doesn't work out. other than that, they are not doing too well. if you want the fake news media to finally investigate -- >> [booing]. >> [crowd noise]. >> [booing]. >> by the way -- >> [chanting]. >> [cheers and applause]. >> don't worry, i don't like him eith

somehow he found a way to drag george washington into his mess. >> look, if we brought george washingtonand we said, "we have george washington," the democrats would vote against him. just so you understand. >> seth: i mean, does he still own slaves? [ light laughter ] then, yeah, democrats would vote against him. and republicans would probably say, "hey, man, everybody owned a few slaves in college. [ laughter ] you want to ruin his life over it?" [ light laughter ] but trump actually kept going, because then he seemed to imply that george washington had something nefarious in his background that we don't know about. >> and he may have had a bad past. who knows? you know? he may have had some, i think, accusations made. didn't he have a couple things in his past? [ light laughter ] >> seth: wait. did trump just imply that george washington was as shady as he is? [ light laughter ] "i hear he chopped down a cherry tree and then he used that tree -- used that tree to pay off a porn star." [ laughter and applause ] only trump. only trump would try to defend himself by slandering another pr

this is eisenhower's worth words 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 himself in the career he undertook, 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. they both had this sense of duty 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 o

want to do george washington. you wanted this barge go and do it i've never been so creatively stifled in reality it's it's really quite something. done as our heroes celebrate their pilgrimage revolution steven holmes not the american national anthem but the rule britannia. so. i kept blue we made it all the way to the boat. actually were and buzzards bay as our hero sailed off into the sunset the great american pilgrimage has finally come to an end after traveling across the nation and speaking with everyday american steven emetics feel confident that this pilgrimage has started the conversation that will hopefully bring us together is this the end of our story or just the first chapter where will the pilgrimage take our heroes from here. is there anybody out there can you even hear me next time on the great american pilgrimage. now let's go make some other observations of the great american. this is really magic happen people of the phenolic. both the great american pilgrimage. you know there's an old expressio

i'm just a george washington and r.v. you supposed to be big boy this is my buddy max famous financial guru and we'll she's a little bit different. there well you know what no doubt last but not least my larger than life. the night an aspiring star rio. with all the drama happening in our country i'm hitting the road to have some fun. meet every day americans. and what's america. and see how things got so crazy i was naked. right. hopefully start to bridge the gap this is the great american pill which. yell yo yo yo yo do you go there to that. part of the it's teamwork. you know we got it what did the whole boston harbor thing right. i do believe there is a teapot here waiting us maxwell. it's the final stretch of the pilgrimage in our heroes have set their sights on having a boston tea party of their own maxes nearly escaped being left in the past and stephen is kept alive his under realistic expectations of a bar which. there are. places where. the most part party absent from. the must be. part of him with no word back

george washington. after george washington. why? because he is. he did 100%. nobody is ever going to break the record of george washington. [applause] george. he never told a lie. that is what they say. he never told a lie. he did 100% of the judges. we are getting close. what the radical democrats did to justice kavanagh and his beautiful family is a national disgrace. they were on a ruthless submission to obstruct, resist, delay, demolished, and destroy. and are lousy politicians have horrible policy but they stick together. thing they have. they always stick together. other than that, they are not doing too well. if you want the fake news media to finally investigate -- [booing] by the way, -- [chanting] [cheering] don't worry. i do not like them either. look at this. here we are doing a rally for ted and it is great and there are a lot of people. look how many made it. awards,the academy which has gone down the tubes. look how many. look how many. look at them. [cheering] do you recognize many of those happy faces? i know every one of them. and 15%veryone

and they were building 29 bridges like the george washington bridge, they're building things that we don't build anymore. but we're starting to build them again. >> what do you think about what he said, particularly about china? >> well, i think the president's right. this topic of really major studies and analysis in beijing. they've never seen a president like this before. and on ballots, some chinese analysts predicted he would win the election. and they boast his books. he has 14 books into chinese. so they have given me -- i've been over to china twice recently. they like to ask me about president trump, and then i ask them, and the kinds of things the president is saying is in fact accurate, that's what they said. they respect him. some of them even fear him. they're trying to get a handle on him, you might say. what is the minimum concessions they can make to call off the tariffs and the potential trade war. and they can't figure that out. they also can't figure out who's in charge. they're used to this kind of power struggle. they've had power struggles around emperors in chi

even what george washington wrote in 1790, you couldn't imagine coming out of the mouth of donald trump and him actually meaning it. and that's a tragedy, and that should make us all very worried. >> so as someone who studied this stuff, when you have divisive leaders like this in the past, has it continued to divide us, or does it at some point do we say, hey, do most times americans come back together? >> americans get sick of it, and they demand leaders who do not do this. a mini version of this is midterm election of 1970. right before the election, richard nixon was in a rally in san jose, and there were protesters. and he got up on the hood of his car, and he started waving his arms like this, you know, with a "v" for victory. and the result was that on election eve, the republicans tried to run as the law and order party, and they didn't do very well. and afterwards, a lot of republicans went to the president and said, you have to stop this. we go through cycles. people after that did not want -- after nixon left, did not want leaders like nixon. and i think with donald trump, th

we can be doing right now in my mind calling local signs on at at george george washington university thank you very much. today day easy does it on donald now though judge judge capital saturday. and i guess yes now mean that women record are started city session on monday he wrote well they're they're not now i have actually. i was was the was laws laws would not not to do it . in. is also. it looks like like the protesters the any inquiry was. to give him the republican general way waiting ring some some extra. vertically. were so they can say little letter is not what what did back out it really eight eighty was the way we behave a week ago are when when this last has. many many people on him thinking that would disqualify. teenagers. you know you know it wasn't raining tonight about. that at people's attention ban goes with. those those yeah are we legally already working. came. this week's we talking about judge i have happening yes yes it's a minimization. mission by by there is stil. a month months ago for the election and knows what what were prizes at work right now and we m

thomas jefferson, george washington, they were assessed with the threat to the little tiny democracy, they were obsessed with the threat to the american democracy in the world of the powers at a free society, the only democratic republic in the world couldn't exist in the world was hostile and the democratic principles and george washington's speech against the entanglement isn't a plea for isolationism. it was a concern that the authoritarian influence would end the experiment. i will conclude here we know that america is safer when the world is more free and democracy is don't go out and fight each other. they do not produce the uncontrolled migration. there's a compelling interest test i would argue to the work i do. it isn't at the moment shared by the leadership in the country. >> the budget and staff have grown to and haven't been tied to a given administration or leader. a the interesting thing is both of these organizations have worked together and have grown in tandem. do you see any effect on the growing partisanship or is there still a nonpartisan vision? it as being on the

>> from george washington to george w. bush, every sunday at 8:00 p.m. at midnight eastern we feature the presidency, our weekly series exploring the presidents, policies and legacies. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. descendents of presidents from james monroe to gerald ford met in washington, d.c. for a conference. next we interview clifton truman daniel, harry truman's grandson. this is just under 15 minutes. susan: clifton truman daniel, the last time you and i talked you had just come back from japan with a group of survivors of the atomic bombing there. your grandfather's legacy. you have been up to something else associated with his legacy. tell me about your project. clifton: if you're talking about playing my own grandfather on stage, it must be 40-years-old now, the play. "give them hell, harry." james westmore originated it in 1975. giving speeches about my grandfather over the last few years, people afterwards were beginning to say things like, you are starting to look like your grandfather. i must

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someone called him george washington. this is his selected works writing about his reading lenin and being inspired that it was like a religious experience. that is a photo of him at the socialist party meeting in paris with the french socialist party and they decide to become the french communist party. he went to moscow for training. papers said that he was an old stalinist. "for a newborn revolutionary power is tantamount to committing suicide, they were brutal." some people said that he was going to be a an asian tito. minh and a that he wanted to establish diplomatic relationships with all countries, tito announce resignation and ho chi minh and ignored him. he did not establish relations and north vietnam considered yugoslavia as a third world country, not a socialist state. they have been denouncing tito as a spy for american imperialism. they supported the soviet invasion of hungary. the modern revisionists represented by tito has changed. if you want to lay bare the follicle -- the volatile state, communist parti

our first president george washington said if you want peace prepare for war and essentially what the united states is doing in is responding to provoke kind of behavior on the part of china and just as we did in the cold war the idea was to have a position of military strength such that your adversaries were not tempted to act in an aggressive ways or try to employ coercion to get their way and he just last week the u.s. navy sent a guided missile destroyer. in the spratly islands and south china sea and what was different about this i think was the chinese fighter scramble. that sounds like an escalator. well the again from an american perspective the escalation was the chinese speeding to militarized these islands in the first place moving its military capabilities doubt into that region gauging a provocative behavior against the commercial activities said military forces of other minor countries in the region that have claim to those islands so it's a response to chinese intimidation rather excuse me how is chromos being intimate. in the south china sea there's been no military fo

to dominate a huge chunk of the planet this sounds like a preparation for our first president george washington said if you want peace prepare for war the coming war on china part one on a jazzy. al-jazeera where ever you are. getting to the heart of the matter the three big challenges facing human crime in the twenty first century and they are look real war climate change and technological distro. realities what is there to fear is not in me it is in the people around here the story on talk to al-jazeera. zero. zero i'm richelle carey this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. put off the search of the saudi consul generals home in istanbul today investigate that is a suspected killing of saudi journalist. and the u.s. secretary of state says saudi arabia is committing to holding its leaders accountable in the case of jamal khashoggi. the u.s. imposes an iran of sanctions on iran targeting banking and manufacturing. and a first rate p.o.p.o. as the prime minister shuffles the cabinet and brings on more female politicians. and they began the news hour with some gr

this is where george washington would, and worship. mount vernon, washington's home, is less than 10 miles from alexandria. mount vernon was preserved by women. during the civil war, sarah tracy was the secretary for mount vernon, and she helped preserve this home during the war. sarah tracy made sure that soldiers on either side of the war were able to come in and visit washington's home. this was especially important because both sides, the confederacy and the union, saw washington is the founder of their country. tracy did have stipulations for soldiers that would come into mount vernon. they had to be unarmed, and they also could not be wearing their uniforms. they would find any means to cover up, rather in shawls or -- whether in shawls or different clothing. so, sarah tracy kept money in the herbert bank, that was to be used to purchase mount vernon from the washington family, but but during the war, union troops decided that they wanted that money for themselves. sarah tracy refused and said she would move the money into riggs b

more death was created during the administration and every president going back to george washington. they created more debt every president going back to george washington so what we are sitting iseeingin passing the ts obviously you are taking in less revenue. but it's getting the economy going. this president understands how to get the economy going. more people are working now than ever before. part of the explosion is the tax bill they ran through yet a republican bill rammed through and gave e. 3%. according to the tax policy center you are doing pretty well and get a huge tax break. they ran up the data so much to get the corporations, multinational corporations permanent tax relief to pay the debts back. this bill was a corporate special-interest giveaway and my opponentopponents supported it g with this party and it hasn't done anything to lift wages in america and that is what should have happened. we should have passed a tax bill to give the middle class a huge substantial tax cut. they didn't do that because they want to give away to big corporations and rich people. >> it

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in a letter george washington wrote about a year later to a friend of theirs, he made it clear that in public, he and his wife would only be dressing in american-made clothing . him and at that time, martha washington was seen by and large by the private receptions. they were somewhat open to the public, but it was still more on a social referral. and it was a weekly reception and she would receive guests on a dais. like the heads of europe. and, as we have all seen, most especially in the famous portrait of her by gilbert stuart which is used on the opening banner for the exhibit, she wore what we almost might call "washington white." she wore her white mop cap and also wore a white scarf around her neck and it was intended to signify the purity and essentially these sort of thoroughness of this new form of government, of a democracy. what is also interesting is that among the accessories she wore was an amber necklace. and amber was associated with classical greece. there were a lot of allusions made by martha washington to ancient greece, the first democracy. i will today be talking

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much of our politics makes comparisons between a time that was an imagined future comparing george washington and barack obama 2009. the way partisanship articulates this is by suggesting that on one side of the political aisle are people who believe in the future and its change in on the other side of the political aisle are people who want to stop change. these very crazy slogan oriented understanding the past is everywhere i find myself -- [laughter] a slightly doctored gilbert stuart portrait of george washington. the degree to which do we believe in change and are we opposed to change? what do those words even mean and what do we mean only talk about american history? how do we reckon with the fact that our present day is so polarized that we believe that the path is two different times. we can't even imagine sharing a common ancestry as the people. that seems to me a different state of affairs. i decided to undertake this project if all american history what i want to do tonight is to give you a little bit of a case of what it means to try to cover that many centuries. can you see what

two future presidents signed the constitution -- george washington and james madison. why didn't thomas jefferson it? huh?- sign he was in paris. why didn't john adams sign it? he was in london. i know a lot of people think jefferson. you are thinking of the declaration of independence, when you are talking about thomas jefferson. anyway, just interesting little tidbits there. as you all know, the bill of rights was not included in the constitution, as it was signed by those delegates and promulgated by the states in 1788, the same year george washington was elected president. it went out to the states, these 10 amendments for ratification and were ratified in 1791. three years after the constitution, while george washington was still in his first term, the bill of rights was added. another interesting tidbit -- there were not originally 10 amendments. there were 12 amendments. but they went out for ratification. the requisite number of states, three quarters of the state only approved 10 of them. but there was one amendment called the 11th amendment that was ratified

that's what george washington did when john rutledge was rejected by the senate. he had somebody else who was great in reserve, a great early american, oliver elsworth. there are no doubt other really conservative jurists who would probably fulfill most of the juris prudential aims of the republican majority just as well as brett kavanaugh. it can't be because brett kavanaugh is the essential man. and so given all of these doubts, given all of these allegations, given his precedent-breaking performance before the judiciary committee, why stick with brett kavanaugh? and this is what i come back to when i try to answer that question for myself. i know that it's hard being a republican today. your party doesn't look like it did ten years ago because you have a president who really doesn't have an ideological core. he doesn't have a set of beliefs. he's a cultive personality. he makes it up as he goes along. it's difficult being a republican in congress today because you're -- because the party is just fundamentally different than it was five years ago. and there is v

within a few 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 >>> u.s. president donald trump sat down for a wide-ranging interview with the cbs show "60 minutes." he touched on his relationship with north korea, russia, and even his own west wing staffers. >> the first lady -- >> yes. >> -- melania, she said that there are still people in the white house that she doesn't trust and that you shouldn't trust. >> i feel the same way. i don't trust everybody in the white house. i'll be honest with you. >> you go to a meeting, do you have to wonder, is he wearing a wire -- >> i usually go -- not so much a wire. i'm usually guarded and i think i'm guarded anyway. but i'm not saying i trust everybody in the white house. i'm not a baby. it's a tough business. this is a vicious place. washington, d.c. is a vicious, vicious place. >> mr. trump also weighed in on the future of his defense secretary, james mattis. >> what about general mattis, is he going to leave? >>