please join me in welcoming john ferling. [applause] >> thank you. it's a delight to be in chicago and to be at this fine institution. i want to begin by telling you that i had wanted to write this book for a long time. i taught a course on u.s. military history, taught a course on the american revolution and spent about half of that course dealing with the war. and taught a couple of seminars on the war of independence, but i had to wait until my editor finally gave me clarence to write the book. i also wanted to write it because a book i wrote in 2003, a leap in the dark, was a political history of the revolutionary era, and i wanted to write a book that would deal with the military aspects of the revolutionary era. and i took the title "almost a miracle" from a line in washington's farewell address to the continental army. he said goodbye to his continental army in november of 1783, about a month before he resigned his commission. he wrote a long address, and this is rather typical of washington. he didn't dwell on the past. he looked towards the

. >> john ferling. [applause] >> our thanks to john ferling for joining us. the book is "almost a miracle: the american victory in the war of independence" published by oxford university press. you can find out more about the library by viewing other archival programs by visiting pritzker military library. thanks for joining us. [applause] >> we are back for the web cast part of the program. i have one question to follow up and a couple others. you said that georgia was the first falling state in the revolutionary war. any repercussions to day? you live in atlanta. any repercussions of georgia to they for that? is there anything different in georgia than other southern states? >> most georgians are not aware that there was a revolutionary war.

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nation's first president, as we are all live from george washington's mount vernon estate with john ferling. join our conversation sunday, july 5, live on "in depth." >> staff members from the white house and various federal agencies discuss how legal change can be achieved in today's policy environment. >> good evening. i am the president and the center for american progress. on behalf of the american constitution society, i would like to welcome all of you to tonight's plenary panel which is entitled the levers of change, help progress is made in today's policy environment. i would also like to extend a special thanks to all of our panelists who have been generous enough to donate their vital time to participate in this discussion. we have several members of the administration up here, and given the pace of the new administration, i think spending a friday evening doing anything but being in a catatonic state is really an heroic effort. i know that the panel will be lively, in just by way of one housekeeping business, you will get to ask most of the questions tonight. business, you will g

our nation's first president as we are live at george washington's a stake in about vernon with john ferling. join us live on "in depth." >> "washington journal" continues. host: our guest is the foreign relations subcommittee chairman. we appreciate you joining us. here is the "wall street journal" version of the iran story preconceived fire in the background. -- you can see fire in the background. but they are green to what the call and -- agreeing to a partial recapture what does that mean? guest: the most likely outcome is that ahmadinejad will be extending his brain overran tuesday extent -- overran to the extent that he can have power. host: the president got criticism to date in editorial pages about not speaking more forcefully about the situation in around -- around -- i ran. guest: i can think of nothing that would help but in the job more than an announcement from the administration and a ham handed effort to put the united states on the side of those trying for regime change -- nothing would help me get a job more -- ahmadinejad more. we have radio, we do have voice of america. t

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live from george washington's mount vernon estate with a story -- with a historian and author, john ferling. >> the house coming in for morning our speeches at 10:30. until then, discussion on the economy from this morning's "washington journal." host: americans are seeing better times ahead. americans say they are still in a tunnel, but more are beginning to see a light at the end. meanwhile, from the front page of the"financial times." pessimistic investors cash out of shares. this sent stock and commodity prices tumbling, while new data shows in executives were cashing out of their shareholdings at a rapid pace. charisse sales by company insiders are outstripping the purchases -- share sales by company insiders are outstripping the purchases. global recession to worsen, that is according to the world bank. that is why we are asking whether or not there are mixed signals in the economy. and the front page story in the "new york times" focusing on the situation in iran. i ran's most powerful oversight committee announcing that the number of votes recorded in all 50 cities exceeded the numb

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first president as we are who live from george washington's estate with a stirring and author john ferling on the essence of george washington. join our three-hour conversation sunday on "in depth. coast -- on c-span2's "book tv." host: robert white is president of center for international policy. he served in a number of capacities and central america, including in el salvador and also honduras. i want to ask about the situation in honduras, but crew that took place. was expected and how did it come about? guest: i don't think it was expected but there was a standoff. and there was the supreme court and congress on one side and president zelaya on the other. and how that would have played out, we don't know. but then the military intervened and manhandled president zelaya and threw him out of the country. and i applaud president obama and secretary of state clinton for taking a strong stand against this coup. host: let me share with the president -- secretary of state said yesterday. >> as we move forward, all parties have the responsibility to address the underlying problems that led to

president as we're live from george  washington's mount vernon estate with historian and author john ferling. join our three-hour conversation sunday july 5 live on "in depth" on c-span 2's book tv. now a republican news conference on health care legislation. this is 15 minutes. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> when it comes to the issue of health care, the congress shouldn't rush through health care like we did with the stimulus plan several months ago. a washington takeover of health care, i think, will limit the flexibility of our states and hurt working families around our country. when it comes to health care, i think most people want to preserve the doctor/patient relationship and not have some government-run system where we have bureaucrats in washington telling doctors what types of prescriptions they should write. when it comes to the states they need the fix to believe the deal with the constituents in their states. health care sfrares person to person and states to states. i think states ought to be

we are live from fort washington's mount vernon estate with historian and author john ferling. join our conversation on sunday, july 5, live on "in depth." >> how is c-span funded? >> through donations? >> i think they get a little bit from the federal government. >> grants and stuff like that. >> made the sponsors? >> they might get government funding. >> the viewers? >> how with c-span funded? 30 years ago america's cable companies created c-span as a public service. no government mandate, no government money. >> "washington journal" continues. host: senator mark begich joins us. guest: thank you very much. good to see you. host: good to see you as well the 2010 defense authorization -- what should we look for? guest: i am going to each subcommittee listening to their presentations. as we go to the subcommittee, there is voluminous paperwork, but i think what you look for at the end of the day, one thing i noticed is a very bipartisan approach in how we deal with the issues. there will be some amendments, no question about it, but i think generally there has been a lot of goo

president as we're live from george washington's mount vernon estate with historian and author john ferlingthe assent of george washington. join our three-hour conversation sunday on in depth beginning at noon eastern on c-span's book tv. >> richard brookhiser wrote his first article for the new republic at the age of 14 and was hired as the magazine's senior editor at 23. he recounts his relationship with the conservative magazine's founder william f. buckley, jr., whom at one time deemed mr. brookhiser his successor only later to change his mind. the manhattan institute sponsored this event and the harvard club in new york city hosted it. it's 50 minutes. >> this is the first time i've given a book talk where half the people in the room are in the index. laugh layoff [laughter] >> you all looked at the index. yeah, you did. you really did. let me begin at the beginning. i met bill buckley by writing for him. i grew up in new york, a suburb of rochester, a midsize upstate city with my parents and my older brother, bob. in the fall of 1969, i was a freshman in the local public high school.

president as we are live from george washington crossing out vernon estate with historian and author john ferling. join our three-hour conversation sunday, july 5, live on "in- depth." >> washington post publisher katherine weymouth recently talked about the future of newspapers and technology's influence in the publishing industry. she spoke at a conference on women and technology posted by the tech council of maryland. >> we are based here in the d.c. washington metro area. i think we have about 250 attendees. welcome to our in our growth event. i am honored to be the chairperson of the mid-atlantic women and technology conference and wanted to say thank you for coming and also that we are a proud sponsor, along with lockheed martin. thank you for sponsor record this a novel event will provide us with an opportunity to connect -- thank you for sponsoring this event. this inaugural event is to study the true power of women in technology. before i introduce the keynote speaker, but take a brief look at the state of women and technology today. women face challenges and every industry. but i found

historian and author john ferling çon our first presiden. >> this morning, "washington journal" talkedwith former presidential candidate, john mccain about iraq and iran and domestic issues. the conversation is about a half an hour. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] guest: nice to be back and best regards to brian lamb. many people said we were separated at birth because of our resemblance. he has done a great job and so have all of you over the years covering the capital in a dispassionate and objective fashion. host: thank you. iran -- the president's response, has it been appropriate, and now? guest: the president is having a full-blown press conference later on today, and, i mean, no one could watch the film of the young woman neda dying in the streets of tehran without been deeply moved, so i would imagine and anticipate that the president will come out more strongly today. host: what advice would you give him? guest: follow the example of our founding fathers that declared that all of us are endowed wi

president as we are live from george washington's mount vernon estate with a historian and author john ferling. join our three-hour conversation sunday. part of our three-day holiday weekend starting friday morning on c-span2's "book tv." >> "washington journal" continues. host: but judge reggie walton, chair of the present rate commission and served as a sitting judge in washington, d.c. one statistic -- 60,500, the number of reported cases of sexual abuse within a 12-month period which became part of this study. can you elaborate? guest: is staggering -- a staggering number but probably does not accurately reflect a problem because many individuals will not be willing to acknowledge this occurred and that was only an evaluation of federal state -- federal, state, local prison deals but it did not cover juvenile, halfway house, pre-try out the tension, immigration facilities, so if you assess those facilities the number is probably even greater. host: what we want to remind you we are dealing with a sensitive topic of sexual abuse inside u.s. prisons. please be forewarned, the details of exac

president as rare live from george washington's mount vernon estate with historian and author john ferling. that is sunday, july 5, live on in death on c-span2's "book tv ." host: we want to get your phone calls and just to -- and just a moment linda douglass. democrats:(202) 737-0002 republicans:(202) 737-0001 independents: (202) 628-0205 the president will be addressing the health care issue in a news conference that will be taking place at 12:30 p.m. eastern time. joining us from the briefing room of the white house is linda douglass. good morning and thanks for being with us. guest: good morning. host: the overall question seems to be, who is going to pay for this and how? guest: the president has put forward a proposal for $950 billion which will make it possible for people to have more affordable health care. right now, the rising cost of health care is absolutely crushing families and businesses and government, state government, federal government'. there will be an initial installment. no president has already laid out six and a billion dollars in federal health care -- $600 billio

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president as we're live from george washington's mount vernon estate with historian and author john ferling on the ascent of george washington. join our conversation live on c-span2's book tv. >> how is c-span funded? >> through donations? >> i think you get a little bit from the federal government. >> grants and stuff like that >> maybe from sponsors. >> it might get some government funding. >> viewers? >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service a private business initiative no government mandate, no government money. >> this morning, "washington journal" talked with bob schieffer of cbs news about issues on capitol hill and the future of the news business. it's about an hour. host: we want to welcome our guests to c-span, bob schieffer. guest: thank you. host: how you view where we are at at this moment in time? guest: i can ever recall a time when the president has faced more serious issues. you look at north korea and the threat that poses right now. you look at iran and the the middle east, then afghanistan, pakistan. i still thi

president as we are live from george washington's mount vernon estate with historian and author john ferling. sunday, july 5, lion on "in depth." >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome back eric cantor, house minority leader and republican from virginia is seventh congressional district. thank you for being with us. guest: good to be with you. host: let me begin by showing you an excerpt of what the president said last night on the abc program in regards to how this program, these changes in health care will be paid. from the east room of the white house last night. >> if it was easy it would have been sold a long time -- solve the long time ago. we have been talking about how do we provide care that is high- quality, gives people choices and how can we come up with a uniquely american plan, because one of the ideological debates that i think has prevented us from making progress is some people say this is socialized medicine and others say we need a completely free market system. we need to come up with something that is uniquely american. now, what i have said is that

president as we're live from george washington's mount vernon estate with historian and author john ferling on the assent of george washington. join our three-hour conversation sunday july 5th live on in depth on c-span2's book tv. >> now a discussion of human rights with marc garlasco who left early in the iraq war for the last six years he's been an analyst for human rights watch. this is a little less than an hour. >> i would like to also thank all of you for coming and for your interest and hopefully commitment to human rights. what i'd like to do this evening is begin by telling you a little bit about myself. i know people are often curious about how one goes from targeting in the pentagon to working at human rights watch. how we operate.zl but better than telling you i would like to show you. we have a very short video, it's about 4 minutes. it will give you some of the dangers that we face when we're on the ground in a[ conflict zoe and also how we approach working in a conflict zone and it will give you a real appreciation of what it's like for us on a moment's notice on how to pick