a handsome boy scout of a firefighter named george tiaffay. george was the genuine article. an all american good guy. he'd overcame early obstacles to become a top notch student in high school, a star athlete. this is his sister maria mcgrew. >> a valedictorian and on the football team. i -- >> yeah. you'd think he'd be just a jerk, right? >> yeah. >> just kind of a jock, mean-spirited sort of who knows, stereotypical. >> reporter: but it was quite the contrary, said maria. >> he was always the calming force amongst family and friends. you know, he was the gentle speaker. he had this outlook in life where, "i wanna go out and make the world a better place. i wanna go out and do something with my life." >> reporter: so george did. he earned a prestigious appointment to west point, and after graduation became a combat engineer, served as a nation builder in panama. his childhood friend, aaron solano, went down for a visit. >> the stories he told me about the missions that he accomplished, building schools, clinics, roadways and bridges, really had an impact on his life. he fin

it was really kind of cute to see george as this giddy teenager. >> no question, george clooney was abut no question, amal was a catch as well. oxford educated, attorney, practiced 15 years at the highest level. this is a first rate legal mind. >> i believe in international justice. i believe it's important you don't just turn the page without people being held to account. >> partnership between amal and george is extraordinary because they reinforce each other. amal asked really penetrating, interesting questions that make george and i think about the work we're doing. >> in italy, the wedding that some thought would never happen, george clooney tieing the knot with amal, a british human rights lawyer. >> it was something really special. it was close family and friends of amal and george. it was absolutely beautiful. >> clooney, for so long, one of the biggest pranksters in hollywood, suddenly finds himself the butt of trophy husband jokes at the 2015 golden globe awards. >> amal is a human rights lawyer who worked on the enron case, was an adviser to kofi annan and was selected for

george h.w. and barbara bush. george w. start flailing away, almost cartoon style like a windmill, his arms are just going at 360 degrees. and he's trying to hit his dad and his status keeping them at bay. by just putting his palm on his flushed for head and telly tuckers himself out, he just stops and walked along again. in a way it's a metaphor of the reckless, you know, the young and reckless days of george w. bush because in some ways he tried to land a blow with his dad, and never did and ultimately they just sort of walk on. his father always had faith that he would do the right thing ultimately and wouldn't bring up that ill tempered moment. >> there's also, let me press you on the fathering and the parenting because there's some wonderful details in the book, moments where you can see h.w. leading by example. one example is w. walked off a summer job a couple days early, and, well can you tell the story because apparently it made a big impression on w. in terms of a piercing style. again, future president parenting

episode for george clooney.nd so i thought, i'll put him in a tuxedo and have him save the kid. >> my brother got trapped. >> come on. >> make him an action hero. he takes his tuxedo coat off, he's climbing fences. he has the suspenders, he's in the water, and he was kind of like a -- almost like a james bond type hero, but with a kid, saving that kid's life, it just really sparked people's imagination about the range and the talent of george. >> but as clooney's success expands to include movies, his personal life becomes tabloid fodder. after the 1997 car crash that kills diana, princess of wales, as she fled paparazzi, clooney calls a press conference and lashes out at the editor of "the national enquirer." >> you bought and paid for one of the greatest news stories of the year, and for your success you should be held accountable. the princess of wales is dead, and you have gone on television and washed your hands and placed blame and you have deflected responsibility. you should be ashamed. thank you. >> thi

george went along with this. he also commented on the population and the nature of society that he met with. he said of the white population, "there are few that may be called middling people. they are either very rich or very poor. this lady, i knew her, she passed through last year. she is the great aunt of rihanna. rihanna's father came from indentured servants. over 10,000 irish descended on barbados. judge jeffries exiled a lot of west country persons to barbados. if you go to somerset, devon, they also pronounce their vows very body. -- their vowels very baudy. a lot of the genetic flaw that can be traced to the area of somerset that these exiled people were exiled to barbados. the society that washington met, barbados, when the washingtons arrived, had a population of about 80,000 people, 16,000 wide and 64,000 of african descent. but by the middle of the 18th century, the barbados population was already relatively old. they had been on the island for several generations. the barbadans would have been six

george lay ailing. let me thank mount vernon and many agencies, including american express, for helping the island create this museum in honor of your first president. hoping to have a larger amount imparted to us. unfortunately, 9/11 intervened. taxpayers footed a large amount of the bill to the tune of $7 million for the restoration. was some complaints by a few people who said why are we spending $7 million of taxpayer money to celebrate the life of a weginian slave owner when could buy three new dialysis units for the hospital and build a new school for children? the vast majority of barbadans of thepportive initiative. sugar is a dying phenomenon on the island. we gain our livelihood largely from tourism and this was a very important feature. for those of you who are observant, you can see, however thery, we cannot mimic paint of the 18th century. because this building is made of coral stone, not break or any other type of material, but coral stone from the dead, fossilized coral reef, it absorbs w

president george h.b. wush clinton, george w. bush and president obama all were on it this stage never in the history in the history of this country -- have there been five presidents in a subsidy program anywhere any time for any reason mark made that happen and it is the hall mark of the success that he had here and then last year in 2016, the vietnam war summit, was a program that was comparable to the one he did on civil rights. i have said i think or there are rare are few feel in the world that are had visionary. they're creative -- and know how to come u up with an idea that's new and different. they're also a small number of people who know how to implement an idea and program and those are normally two different people. mark is both. he knows how to come up with a whole new creation and then knows how to implement it and he's that rare individual. he left to become the director, the ceo of the museum medal of honor music and he still serves in that capacity but he's also written even more books on presidency he wrote cou

can youn: george, ki talk about distinction.mount of supply we have seen this year and draw the station between the issuance that is come through for refinancing and the issuance just a push up the debt? george: if there is any year that could see reduction, next year is the year. it has always been hard to call these tops. there is a taxable implications. there has been some pulling for ward in financing. the fed has been the most televised fed in history. jonathan: they finally did with they told us they would do. george: it was well televised and corporate borrowers took advantage for the last 18 to 24 months. we should see a little bit of a pullback. jonathan: there was some worrying turn in growth issuance? or is it net issuance climbing because of refinancing? matt: it is a little bit of growth. growth is higher but net is also higher as well. they are refinancing, but also adding to this stockpile of debt. jonathan: let's talk about the demand side. will there be the appetite in the same way there was this year? i looked

george: absolutely.han: i want to give you a market check as we approach the close of the year not too far away. another week. 2-year note at 1.89. a big story, .15 on a 30-year note. this story is curve steepening, not flattening. still ahead, the final spread. the week ahead features a glimpse of potential political trouble in europe. this is "bloomberg real yield." ♪ ♪ jonathan: i am jonathan ferro. this is "bloomberg real yield." from new york city, it is time for final spread. coming up, u.s. and european markets closed for christmas. a light week of events. u.s. economic data, and the italian prime minister is expected to hold a news conference marking the end of his administration and the start of the countdown to spring elections. still with me george concalves, greg peters, and matt toms. i feel like we had spent the year worrying about european politics, and it has yielded very little for our efforts. why should we be worried about politics now, if at all? matt: ultimately you need to look to t

so george h.w.en after this amazing victory in the persian gulf runs into storms. >> campaign '92. >> good evening. president george bush, governor bill clinton and independent candidate for president ross perot are about to make their second joint appearance of the campaign. >> bill clinton is someone who understood the best way it learn about problems of his constituents was to sit there and talk to them. bill clinton loved the town hall format. >> you know people who have lost theirs jobs and lost their homes? >> uh-huh. >> in my state, when someone loses their jobs, there is a good chance i'll know them by their names. >> george h.w. bush didn't have that personal touch. >> it has a lot to do with interest rates. >> she's saying you. >> on a personal basis, how has this affected you. >> this town hall is clearly excruciating for george bush. he likes people but he is not particularly good at it. >> are you suggesting that if somebody has means that the national debt doesn't effect them? i'm not

george: completely agree -- matt: complete the agreed. is a trend towards funding and the dollar market in the european market. if there is a vulnerability it is a increasing reliance on dollar funding in euro. we don't see a force that has a unwind in 2018. jonathan: the amount of supply we have seen this year and draw the station between the issuance that is come through for refinancing and the issuance just a push up the debt? george: if there is any year with your reduction, next year is the year. we have always been hard to call these tops. there is a taxable implications. there has been some pulling for to financing. the fed has been the most televised fed in history. jonathan: they finally did with they told us they would do. george: it was well televised and corporate borrowers took advantage for the last 18 to 24 months. we did see a little bit of a pullback, only thing. investment great issuance will continue jonathan: there was some worrying turn in growth issuance? it is just refinancing? matt: it is 5 it is a little bit of gr

striking parallels between washington and george jermaine. washington is born in virginia and his father was a moderately successful planter with ambition and upward mobility, he sent his first two sons to be educated. washington's mother which has been written, she comes through as a backwards figure, lower on the level, she was marrying down. she had no teeth, she smoked a pipe, at about the same age venture watched his father die, george washington's father died. his raise with the pretensions that this will be the life i will live when his father dies there is not enough money and they hold very close. so he stuck. with washington his famously dramatic. this is not a situation that would mightily influence the person he became. he locked out when his brother married into the fairfax family. the largest landowners in virginia. he became the protÉge of george fairfax. the head of the family. he seemed to see a lot of himself in the boy. he took him under his wing and tried to give him the first step in life that he had, a commission to the

george: hello, marcus. lemonis: george, right? george: yes. lemonis: nice to meet you.rge: nice to meet you. -petros: how you doing? petros. -lemonis: petros, how are you? petros: nice to meet you, marcus. lemonis: now, you've been in the chocolate business for how many years? -george: almost 40 years. lemonis: and how long ago did you meet? eleni: 39 years ago. he was in greece. lemonis: oh, you were in greece. who are these pictures of? -zoe: that's my mom's parents. petros: yeah, and a little push cart in baltimore. zoe: in baltimore, where they were hand-rolling chocolates, and my dad came over. he learned the trade. george: i love to work for my kids. lemonis: it's nice to have your children support you. george: oh, yes. i think that's the most important, to love each other. lemonis: this place is -- it got a lot bigger. -petros: yeah, right. -lemonis: it goes back even -- petros: it goes back farther, yeah. lemonis: holy... petros: this is the kitchen, where we manufacture everything. lemonis: oh, my gosh. i just want to see the process. petros: so we're boiling t

referring to george papadopoulos as coffee boy. as you reported this out wlarks did you learn about the role that he played here? he was really going after this white whale, that being a meeting between ven candidate trump and the russian president vladimir putin? >> right. and our understanding from that very first interview conducted over skype for the trump campaign, george papadopoulos was told russia is going to be a priority for the trump campaign and going to be a big part of our foreign policy. so he was chasing that white whale. that's a good way to describe t he wanted to make those connections. now we obviously know that jeff sessions now the attorney general said he shut down papadopoulos request to try to broker a meeting between trump and putin. but we have seen a lot of papadopoulos internal emails, and i have to tell you those emails don't show that george papadopoulos was getting the message of don't do this. he was keeping campaign officials abreast of his efforts to broker this deal. and while he wasn't like they

george has run over 100 miles now.enge nominates the next person. george, ladies and gentlemen, james, and the rest of the family, i would like to nominate tv‘s mike bushell. thanks, dan, because this was one of the highlights of my sporting year. and, like everyone else, i was delighted to see george get royal approval, and the fundraiser of the year title, at the pride of britain award. and here is george with his mum and dad, and his younger brother, james. i've got to ask, george, have you had a good christmas? very nice. and was santa kind to your? yes! i am very pleased to hear it. mum and dad, watching that, you must be very proud. for something started as a small idea, to see it escalate in the way that it did, be careful what you start, i think! and george is basically a celebrity now! why did you decide to do it? it was all about your brother, wasn't it? when james was little, he stopped breathing, so we rushed him to alder hey, and it took a few days, they saved his life. and ever since, my mum and dad have

crystal ball here, george.l people in the future see krasner's election as a shift or as a blip? >> no, i think it is consistent with people's commitmentublic process. you see voters all the time voting for change. i think larry krasner identified himself as the candidaten an issue -- a nuare very important to people -- i.e., people sitting in jail with bails that they can't pay but haven't been convicted of any crimes, and i think that in minority communities where he is talking about the prosecutorial process and the criminal-justice process being about reform and not just punishment. you know, about 15 or 20 years ago, it became just about punishment, not about reform and i think that to the extent that he provides real leadership, i think that he can be an example that people follow. >> shift or blip? what do you think, guys? >> it's a shift. it's not a blip. i mean, you know, in other cities where they've elected very progressive district attorneys who don't necessarily cooperate with police, we've seen an

after george jermain, after the british lose army at saratoga, george jermain which has the need to win tells his agents to bring on their side and so the result of that is a council and they meet and give speech arguing that they stay out of it. he's overruled and because he understands majority rule, he fights along with them and becomes this vicious warrior attacking american villages and settlements and forts and after the british lose and they appoint him to be represent i have to deal with americans, he didn't want this to begin with but now he has to deal with american leaders and say, look, how can we work this out and they, of course, don't want to hear of it, they basically say, you lost and we are -- history is rolling over you. he meets with george washington twice, the second time very ponyant and he treat trying to get something out of it, he says to washington, if we sell this land, in the past we would sell a land and we would just buy they would be gone but i heard that you have these things called banks, would you help me put the money in banks and am i right in someth

sulu, george takei?ortant is this festival in terms of for the whole japantown spirit and community? george takei: well, little tokyo is the cultural, and economic, and religious heart of the japanese-american community. so, to have this annual festival, which is the 77th year, it's been going on for that long with a--one period of absence during the early '40s when little tokyo was completely vacated. and but when we came back, we came back with determination to make this, the vitality of little tokyo, to bring it back again. and it's really amazing. i remember being here at the first one, 1949. and here we are in the 21st century, and celebrating it even bigger and better and more vibrantly than before. it's a great feeling. robert: a lot of development, though, and things going on right around japantown. concerned about the future? george: well, this block here has been designated a historic block, and this will always be. and the flavor of the early little tokyo from the late 19th century is going to

. >> reporter: yes, it is, george.pecial counsel has filed a criminal information against former national security adviser michael flynn, charging, as you said, that he lied to the fbi about his contacts with the russian ambassador. a hearing has been scheduled at 10:30 at federal district court here in washington where we expect that flynn will plead guilty. special counsel bob mueller says that these alleged lies took place while flynn was in office just days after the trump administration was in place. the conversation with the russian ambassador involved requests that the u.s. impose sanctions against that country for meddling in the u.s. election. we understand he's been photographed, fingerprinted by the fbi, in essence booked, george. >> they concern conversations that mr. flynn was having with the russian ambassador during the transition when he was designated to be the national security adviser, sanctions imposed by the obama administration after the russian intere interference in our election are what at's is

. >> thanks, george.t's great to be here on a monday. >> boy, it was not a happy weekend in atlanta's airport. >> not at all. so many people stranded. my brother-in-law was one of the million that was stranded. my sister-in-law said he had a hard time calling her. the communications were bad and he was literally and figuratively in the dark and they wouldn't let him leave the airport. he's still there. >> 11 hours of chaos after the fire knocked out power. let's see what it's like there. you see the airport, cloudy and foggy. there you see it right there. that is correct cause even more trouble during the day today. the planes on the tarmac live. >> adding insult to injury, thousands were stranded in darkness last night wandering through the airport and others stuck on planes on the tarmac for hours forced to walk back to the terminal in the cold and abc's marcus moore is right there in atlanta with the latest. hi there, marcus. >> reporter: good morning the lights are back on. people are lined up at the

live in prince george's county, evan lambert, fox5 local news. >> and staying in prince george's county, police trying to figure out what happened outside of a home in hyattsville overnight where a man was shot to death inside a vehicle. several suspects were trying to steal a truck when someone inside the house opened fire. fox5's paul wagner with more. >>reporter: it was just after 2:00 this morning that prince george's county police received at least one 911 call coming from this home saying that a person was trying to steal a truck out of their driveway and shots were being fired. the call taking could hear the shots in the background. prince george's county police are trying to get to the bottom of exactly what happened here, but they are investigating the possibility that the shots were coming from an upper level window. take a listen now to some of the police radio transmissions in the minutes after the shooting. the subject caller thinks there is more than one suspect. advised that they were trying to steal their dad's truck. i have a shooter on scene. it's the homeowner of prin

sends the carriernegley cannots person, george thomas. he therefore ultimately decides that he is going to join the retreat. george thomas isn't very far from general negley on this battlefield. but by the time george thomas rich is the beginning of the defensive horseshoe ridge, and this snaking blue line that --ms on the hills, 1, 2, 3 negley is nowhere to be found. approximately 12:30 in the afternoon, he retreated from the battlefield and taken with him roughly 2500 troops and somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 artillery. i just caught up a lot of the rescues of the retreating army, try to organize a command retreat to this place, or he can form a new defense. thomas knows nothing about this retreat. he ultimately would be very unhappy with negley for conducting this. the reason i discuss this with you is to show you one of the things about the conduct of this fight. the union army's very confused. some of the defenses touched on, the great defenses, the impressive defensive many of , them have all reaction to changed circumstance, d

which george bush had feared.and he feared it so much that he acted as president in a way that he tried to influence or not influence, the actions. more specifically about adopting something i call socratic diplomacy. which is when you're faced with a crisis. an international system that seems to be an flux and dangerous at that. first, do no harm. again, he recognized the the words of the american president. therefore when people were calling for democracy and staring down tanks, we have to be very careful he argued. about how you choose to encourage them. because you want to give encouragement. we are in favor of democracy and freedom. especially if you're doing it like duster but you do not want to go down the 1956. which bush talks about frequently in his diary. which is a path of budapest in hungary. during a period previously of great democratic enthusiasm behind the iron curtain people protested and said we have a new day and a new revolution in the new government. up until the moment the tanks rolled them

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george bush gets the ashes. he comes to power and 89 when most american security analyst to come to the conclusion that ronald reagan had gone too far. it's fascinating to go back and look at the primaries and see just how far every person is trying to distance themselves from like reagan's legacy. they thought he had been too trusting. he looked at gorbachev in the eye and believed he was meaning the reforms he wanted. reagan have become frightened and decides he's going to reach out his hand and gorbachev reach out to. they both begin this incredible dance of opening up the possibility of change. and then reagan retired. you can't blame them for that one leaving george bush to take over we have fundamental enthusiasm for democracy around the world breaking out yet policymakers are saying fundamentally scared because we have not seen changes like this since the 1930s. and we all know what happened next. how do we keep from going down that road again. the real fear from gorbachev first three fears. the first is

george. >> ginger, may i interrupt here.'m supposed to travel to hattiesburg, mississippi, for commencement after the show. how are the condition there is? >> check this out. robin, the rain/snow line is right over your hometown so looks like about two inches. it won't stick. a lot of the ground is very warm but i know that is very odd for your hometown? very odd. >> keep your coat in that's it. >>> we'll move on to dangerous wildfires out west. a new blaze broke out in san diego county, the lilac fire and we have other video showing the trainers trying to free horses before the flames move in and san diego under threat right now and rob marciano is there. good morning, rob. >> good morning. we got on the scene late last night. explosive situation for all the attention that los angeles and points north have gotten now it's san diego's turn. off in the distance you see flames burning here as the explosions have been going off in the past few minutes, this thing sparked about noontime yesterday and burned thousands of acres in

this is george washington at the age of 40. he was the last of the people who i settled on for my book. in the very obviousness of him i do not want to choose him but that as soon as i did. i knew i wanted to have one founding father represented in it. for a while i thought maybe i will do hamilton because he doesn't get enough attention. i settled on washington and as soon as i did he's the one that connects them all. the one that interacts with most of all of these other figures. and then i'm telling you now the stories. in the book i wove these altogether. i am laying out each story. when i'm talking about venture smith or i'm talking about lord george jermaine. more in this other place where you don't associate with the american revolution. this is familiar territory. i'm hoping that as a reader moves through you have this touchstone. i was talking about honor codes is talking about parallels that come up as you are doing research and striking parallels i found between washington and venture smith to some extent washington

that was george custer at west point. he said his career at west point was an example to be carefully avoided by future cadets. he was goat of his class, the last of his class. the title of my other book that is out there. what does that mean? does that mean he cannot hack it? there are actually two types of people who, in at the bottom of the class. who get is the people to west point and it is hard and they are in over their head, they struggle, they do what they can, they study all the time and they squeak in at the bottom. that is one type of goat. the other type is the guy who gets to west point and says i can handle this, i know i can graduate from this place, i do not care about grades, i do not care about class rank. instead of studying i am going to have a good time and then at the last minute i will cram and i will squeak through. that was cadet custer. he was that type of cadet. there been many cadets like that. george pickett is another example, speaking of people famous for blowing it. time going to the nearb

growing up in western pennsylvania, i became interested in george washington, the george washington we know in western pennsylvania is a 20 something-year-old bumbling virginiian who suffers a series of defeats, manages to start a war. places like ft. necessity, ft. ligonier and ft. pitt were my stomping grounds in my teenaged years. i've been fortunate in that i eventually went to graduate school, studied this period, i worked in public history for 25 years or so, and managed to actually do a tremendous variety of projects from working on films and pbs series and exhibits and public programs, always being able to stay focused in that era of american history. so i think the first 24i7k i said when we started talking, i do pinch myself every day that i've been so blessed. >> we appreciate your insights tonight on c-span 3, inside the new museum in philadelphia, chronicles the story of american revolution. go ahead, please. >> good evening, mr. stevenson. first, let me say congratulations on the opening of this absolutely fantastic museum, i'm a d.a.r., you can imagine how thrilled i am

former soccer star george radel wins -- george weah wins liberia's presidential vote.ow liberia is set for its first democratic transition of power in decades. also coming up, italian prime minister paolo gentiloni sets march 4 as the date for a national election after the president is all parliament. we will get you the latest from rome. plus carnage in kabul, multiple blasts rock the afghan capital, a suicide attack on a shiite cultural center killed dozens. and a portrait of an artist. we will look at an animated film called loving vincent. it is the story of the great painter vincent van gogh. 60,000 images were hand-painted in his distinctive style by 100 artists from around the globe. ♪ sarah: i am sarah harman. welcome to the show. former soccer star george weah has one library is presidential election -- won liberia's presidential election. supporters in the capital city of monrovia have been cheering for his victory. 51 numeral will be sworn in next month in what will be the country's first democratic transition of power in more than 70 years. correspondent ev

george harrison is recovering in hospital after being stabbed.by police on suspicion of attempted murder. is being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murderlj think it was good. just good? fantastic. that is better. this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines: the former footballer george weah has won liberia's presidential election with 61% of the vote, easily defeating his main rival — vice presidentjoseph bokai. a bomb attack in the afghan capital, kabul, has left 41 people dead and more than 80 others wounded. islamic state says it was behind it. and we have got the sport. one match in the premier league this evening, with crystal palace aiming to move further away from the relegation places, at home to arsenal, who are currently sixth. bit is currently 1—1. arsenal took the lead in the first half. mustafi with the goal. it had been parried by speroni. but crystal palace equalised. andros townsend. george weah, the only african player to have won the baldor, has been confirmed as the president of liberia. 61% of the vote.

keep in mind, no one was really aware of george papadopoulos until his guilty plea was revealed. so that tells us special counsel mueller knows far more than people think. what more does he know? >> well, he knows other names of other people. and remember, he can also bring people back in that have already been interviewed, once he gets more and more information. so there's a lot of behind the scenes that's going on. and you don't ever see mueller retorting. you don't see him coming on social media saying, you're wrong, leave me alone, i'm doing my job. because what is he doing? he's doing his job and doing it with discretion. and that's what's key with a special counsel. discretion is key. somebody who's just going to do their job, follow the law and the facts and the evidence. >> oh, boy, when it comes out, big enchilada, maybe. katie fang, thank. >> happy new year. >> and to you. >>> and speaking of the countdown to 2018 at times square, how they are keeping the celebration safe. or your diges. so why wouldn't you take something for the most important part of you... your brain

>> absolutely not. >> do you think he sought out george because george was working for the trump presidentiald in george because he was working for trump. >> when word of papadopoulos's plea deal broke in october, the administration downplayed his contribution to the campaign. the president called him a low level volunteer. a former campaign adviser said this. >> he was the coffee boy. >> no, george is a remarkable young man with an incredible experience, professional experience in the field of energy and oil policies. this experience led him to get into the campaign and to advise the president at only 28 years old. he set up meetings with leaders all over the world. he was constantly in touch with the high level officials of the campaign and he never took any initiative as far as i know unauthorized. >> constantly in touch you say with members of the campaign. was he in touch with the chief strategist steve bannon? >> yes. as far as i know, yes. i know steve bannon, michael flynn. >> he was in touch with michael flynn, general flynn? >> yes, as well. >> and this is by e-mail, by phone calls?

they charted, it was george weah we wa nted they charted, it was george weah we wanted an george weahd. the capital reverberated with singing and deafening cough islands. it was never in doubt the former world footballer of the year would win. election observers both domestic and foreign plays the conduct of the poll. this man was used a winning trophies but found it ha rd to used a winning trophies but found it hard to win this, the biggest award of his life. liberia has stabilised after a decade of bloody civil war but it's still suffering with abject poverty and corruption. chris fomunyoh is part of the international election observer delegation to liberia. he's the senior associate and regional director of the central and west africa for the national democratic institute. hejoins me now from monrovia. first of all, just how historic is this handover? this is huge and its historic. firstly, because it's the first in seven decades that we are changing political power through the ballot box with a democratically elected president, handing over to another democratically elected presid

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bell quickly flashed this like it was a prince george's county police badge. the victim told police it happened before 6:30 in the morning sunday along this stretch of university boulevard in langley park. >> he came up to him, give me your id, pats him down. >> reporter: then police say bell re saying he was in an unsafe neighborhood. they reportedly drove to gilford road where police say bell stopped, jumped in the back seat and raped the young man. >> he was forced to have sexual relations with what he thought was an undercover police officer. >> reporter: the victim took a quick photo of the suspect's license plate. that's how police caught bell. they say they found at least two other ids in the vehicle and believed there could be more victims. in prince george's county, stephanie ramirez, wusa9. >> tonight police want to spread the word in prince george's county an undercover officer should not try to pull you over. >>> now to some other breaking news out of prince george's county, maryland state police say the pilot was able to walk away from this small

it has been 12 years of waiting for george wea h been 12 years of waiting for george weah and his supportersd bet my life will go on right until tomorrow morning. this is liberia's first democratic transition in more than 70 years, tell us just how groundbreaking is that in itself? very groundbreaking, this is the old est very groundbreaking, this is the oldest republic in sub saharan africa and it is the first time since 193a that there will be a democratic transition, even then there was not universal suffrage. strictly speaking, in terms of universal adult suffrage, some people argue it is the first time it is happening in this country. this summer, they have voted for the first exit football on the continent to become the head of state, it is something which liberians are very proud of. that is right, are there any concerns at all about him being any concerns at all about him being a full all to leadership? -- footballer. just two years after he had retired from football, he announced that he wanted to run for president. the question was whether he lacks the academic wherewithal to trans

i called george bush who was in florida at an educational event. he said that as a strange accident, keep me informed. a few minutes later i was having my staff meeting and somebody handed me a note that said a second plane hit the world trade center and now we knew it was a terrorist attack. i went to the situation room to reach the national committee principle. colin powell was in peru at the meeting of the organization of american states george tenet as cia director had already gone to a bunker and said we can't reach secretary rumsfeld. his phone is ringing and ringing and we look at the television and a plane hit the pentagon. about that time they said you've got to get to a bunker because planes are flying into buildings all over washington, d.c.. when they want to escort you under the circumstances they don't escort you, they kind of pick you up and carry you. so i kind of jus just one dictad towards the bunker. i said i have to make a phone call. i called my aunt and uncle and birmingham. then i called president bush and i said you can't co

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he's slightly favored, george, in this race.ut i think it's still a chance that the democrat can win in a deeply red state like alabama. but it's the only strategy he has which is stay out of the limelight and don't make any more errors. >> you've seen president trump coming out full-throated support and some of the senators softening their opposition to him but the big question if he wins, what do they do? does he become subject of an ethics investigation or creating a problem for republicans even with a victory? >> well, george, i think this is a no-win situation for the republicans. if they lose a race in alabama it's a huge problem because obviously they've lost a race in a deep red state but a win actually is a big loss. to me it's akin to going into the playoffs, a football team going into the playoffs which is 2018, the elections and getting most of your players penal going into the playoffs. that's the problem they have if they win, it gets tied around their necks. >> okay, matthew dowd, thanks very much. boy, you know w

joining us now george f. pulitzer prize winning columnist for "the washington post" and thrilled to have you join us because once again you wrote the column of the day that everyone's talking about. and it's within of the columns that puts in towards things that many of us have thought in different ways but most of us haven't found the way to put it into words. you're saying that the president is actually not able to think. >> well, the problem, lawrence, isn't just that his sentences don't parse and that his pronouns float around in search of antecedents and not just that he's sintactically challenged, eisenhower was. it is not just that he's given to verbal fender benders. george w. bush had his share of those. the question is whether or not the way he talks and the judgments he makes about matters of fact, history, for example, suggest that he really is not capable of sequential thought which is rather alarming in a president. you add that to the fact that his demonstrated lack of knowledge of american his

george wwon a landslide victory in the presidential runoff. little while ago, the country's election commission declared him the president-elect, receiving more than 60% of the vote. liberia, a country founded by freed american slaves, is africa's oldest modern republic. it will be the first democratic transfer of power since 1934. >> liberia's new president visits his party headquarters to prepare for governments. he has waited a long time for this moment. after previous election to be -- defeats coming this time hewon a landslide victory. >> this is a dream come true. where the people of liberia. >> we asked if he is a candidate of change, running against the vice president who quickly conceded defeat. >> the captain of this ship. >> weah has long been famous and liberia, born in slums, he shot to stardom, playing for the country's top clubs. after retiring, he had been out of politics for more than a decade. he promised to fight corruption and boost the economy. well enough to dispel concerns about his running mate, the ex-wife of former pr