there was always king george. and sometimes when the king receives information that riles him, he'll respond by targeting franklin rather than sending a letter that's going to take two months to get to the colonies. that puts franklin in a very interesting situation. he knows what's going on. but he also resents the fact that he's a target and really sort of galvanizes in his mind the corruption and the bankruptcy that is the english government. i mean his insight, plus, i like franklin because of his humor. one of the things about a story like this, and i hope you -- and if i point this out, about this. in "gone for soldiers," the characters i like won't stock because he is so aggravated with everything going on around him. he responds with such a humorous, it breaks the tension a little bit. clearly, a character like buster rain served that purpose as well. as even sometimes a character like jeb stewart can serve that purpose as a counter to the true. this man had some interesting personal quirks. and a lot of t

forced to admit in november that partial remains of 274 troops had ended up in the huge dump in king george, virginia. whistle blowers had gone to a delaware senator complaining about the mortuary at dover air force base. >> working at dover is like you get a train wreck every single day. >> some of sergeant scott smith's remains were among those dumped at king george. >> no human being should be placed in a landfill, no matter it's a fingernail, a foot, or an entire body. >> air force officials insist they are now learning that 9/11 victims remains may have ended up in the dump. >> prior practices were not appropriate. >> some unidentified 9/11 remains were entered in a single casket at arlington national cemetery. it is unclear why these remains were dumped instead. scott wants the pentagon to try and recover what it can from the landfill. >> have a burial fitting for those who were killed on 9/11. >> but air force officials at this point do not seem very interested in looking back at what happened and how those remains ended up in a dump. starting in 2008, they began burying these remain

his wilderness diary and of having found the sound of solid bullets in his words charming, moved king george to observe that washington couldn't have heard very many bullets. undeterred by the dismal picture washington communicated, governor dinwiddie ordered him to recruit 100 volunteers part of a larger force in pittsburgh. he might as well have appealed for 100,000. at length, washington managed to assemble a squadron of 75 men in his words,estite of house and home. only the promise of future land grants filled out the ranks. at least until the desertions began. foreshadowing the later war time relations with a fractious congress, washington chafed under insinuation by several that he was part of a plot to advance the interests of the ohio country. the same assembly appointed 14 of the members to oversee an this too contributed to washington's education. as he contended daily with skulking militia, unwilling suppliers and lawmakers who fought wars with their tongues. a safe distance from the front. anyone else might well have put in protest or worst turned into the proverbial man on horse

on what he learned, washington was to present an ultimatum to the french commandant on behalf of king george ii, politely demanding that the french vacate his own territory. the story of washington's first diplomatic mission and its decidedly undiplomatic outcome is as tangled as the ohio country hotly disputed by the french, the english and native american tribes only too willing so play the european powers off each other. the governor hoped to eliminate the french from the ohio valley is as clear as the ambition of the land hungry ohio company to take their place. but the governor lacked the military resources to do so is equally transparent. playing his cards close to his vest, dinwiddie didn't inform them of washington's mission until a week after the young man's departure for the frontier. an intricate series of courtship rituals crossed signals, raised hopes, false promises and silken betrayals preceded him from the lake erie shore town of presque isle. he got his first taste of bureaucratic evasion with extravagant courtesy promised to forward the docume t governor general in quebec.

. >> on february 6, 1952, princess elizabeth found out that her father, king george vi, had died. at the time, she was staying at a treetop hotel in the foothills of mount kenya. the bbc has been back to that location to commemorate this historic event 60 years ago to the day. our east africa correspondent, will ross, is there. >> the royal visitor stepped off into the hot sunshine of nairobi. no one knew then what the girl would arrive here as princess elizabeth and would leave again five days later as queen. >> this place is extremely significant for the british royal family. of course, a lot has changed in the last 60 years. back in 1952, this was a british colony. princess elizabeth and prince philip came here. they were stopping off on their way to australia. they came to see the animals. >> and from her car, the princess took many feet of film with her camera. >> they stayed in what was a very, very basic tree house, which stood right here. unfortunately, it's been destroyed. it was destroyed in 1954 during the rebellion, the rebellion against clonism that led to the indepen

we were able to fly to king george oil and only after two failed attempts. to get in the end with winds of eighty meters a second we did manage to launch a balloon before everything that could be broken was broken. and. as far as i know only four men in the world including myself have ever launched balloons in the antarctic. it. was trained by. one of the first balloonists in the former soviet union he has been chief every competition in russia found he. the country's first on a factoring company russia has a total of forty professional balloonists that make frequent flights. each exercise is performed within a radius of two hundred fifty meters other balloons start trailing behind the hair a minute later. before reaching the referee tells contestants what they're supposed to do just like with passenger aircraft balloons a check for any technical folks prussia taking off alexander's wife there are a shared his passion for flying she was six years old when she first saw a balloon since then her cherished dream as being to pilot one. everyone can purchase the

the date of her ak session is also the anniversary of her father, king george vith. there were no major celebrations. instead, she visited a local school. queen elizabeth ii came to the throne in 1952. only one previous british monarch reigned longer than her, queen victoria whose name is synonymous with the hey day of the british empire. at 85, queen elizabeth is the oldest ruler in british history. with her health still strong, there has been no let up in a busy schedule of royal duties. there's a growing mood of jubilation in britain. ahead of festivities in june. many mow men tows are already on sale, including photo books of the queen and newly minted medallions. >> proud that she's lived that long. i'm quite happy about it. >> i like the queen. i think she does a lot for the country. i like the monarchy as well. i support it definitely. >> hello. >> terry hut is a major fan of the royal family. he lives outside cambridge. he made numerous trips to events attended by the queen. a photo of him presenting her with a bouquet was included in the popular book of roya

county and across the potomac into stafford county and areas just to the east of fredericksburg and king george county. that is heading off to the east. we will have rain tapering off getting moderate rain and in the areas in yellow and montgomery and fairfax counties. light rain that's tapering off temporarily out in the had an dough a valley. just a few sprinkles. look at the contrast in temperatures. 43 now at reagan national. dark blue areas, see to the north, 30s. and where you see tonight the green it is near 50 degrees down towards richmond and near roanoke and farther to the west, it is in the 60s and in kentucky. and there's -- some indication some of that warm air may try to make its way in here by later this afternoon. and as a result, we will have a bit of a warmup but overall a cool day and rain tapering off temporarily through the afternoon. it may be near 60 to our south by late afternoon. most of the metro area around 50 degrees through the afternoon. look at big changes on the way for tomorrow and into the weekend. barbara, coming up. >> thank you. >>> it was a startling start

including culpeper, king george, orange, and spotsylvania as well as the city of fredericksburg. all right, so let's get over to topper who has the weather story for us. you have some new nike's? >> when she said she was going to buy them and put them on ebay, i thought good business plan. it is a good business plan. >> it is a good idea if you can get them. >> all right, looking at big wins tonight. wind advisory covers the entire metro area and winds will be with us through tomorrow. let's have a live look outside. brought to you by michael and son. this is wisconsin avenue. looking to the left and north on wisconsin avenue toward bethesda. and it's nice out. it's getting chillier in the suburbs as winds pick up. i would definitely bring a jacket. winds right now are calm. the temperature is 53 and the dew point is still 50. so, we're not looking at anything drastic in terms of temperature, but it will gradually get colder tonight and remain so over the weekend. 50 in bethesda. 50 in rockville. and 49 in great falls. 49 in reston. 53 downtown. but 54 down toward fort belvoir an

treehouse hotel in kenya when she suddenly became queen elizabeth ii on the death of her father king george vi, 60 years ago this week. thanks for being part of my program. i will see you next week. . >>> you're in the cnn newsroom. this sunday, february 12th. i'm fredricka whitfield. as the music industry prepares for tonight's grammy awards it mourns whitney houston. some of the biggest names in music will honor the pop star. houston died yesterday in the beverly hills hilton hours before she was to attend a pregrammy party. 48 years old and poised to make a comeback after battling drugs for years. houston's body is in the los angeles county morgue waiting an autopsy. the beverly hills police say they will release information on their investigation tomorrow. >>> we have a team of correspondents following this story. casey wian covering the police investigation and entertainment reporter kareen wynter covering the reaction from the music industry and the mood thus far at the grammys and deb feyerick in new jersey getting reaction in whitney's hometown of newark. we'll get to all of them. l

the date of her accession is also the anniversary of the death of her father, king george vi. so there were no major celebrations. instead, she visited a local school. queen elizabeth ii came to the throne in 1952. only one previous british monarch has reigned longer than her, queen victoria, whose name is synonymous with the heyday of the british empire. at 85, queen elizabeth is the oldest ruler in british history. with her health still strong, there has been no let-up in her busy schedule of royal duties. there's a growing mood of jubilation in britain. ahead of festivities in june. many mementos are already on sale including photo books of the queen and newly minted medallions. >> proud that she's lived that long. i'm quite happy about it. >> i like the queen. i think she does a lot for the country. i like our monarchy as well. yeah, i support it, definitely. >> hello. >> reporter: terry hut is a major fan of the royal family. he lives outside cambridge. in the east of england. he made numerous trips to events attended by the queen. a photo of him presenting her with a bou

maybe fredricksburg and king george county gets in on that. the rest of night, 4:00 in the morning we have a line trying to fortunately but it's already east of dng. looks like your -- of d.c. looks like your thursday will primarily be dry through the daytime hours. i think a lot of you are heading for the upper 60s, low 70s to the south that won't be a record. tomorrow's record is 7 #. tomorrow then -- 78. tomorrow night then we see some showers dove. they last through the overnight hours and in the first part of friday. then we kick them on out of here. again, it's going to be getting windy. the temperature will start in the 60s and drop throughout the day. friday is going to be a real changeable day. for tonight just spotty showers and maybe a rumble of thunder through central virginia, lower southern maryland possibly. 44 degrees. looks like a warm thursday for us tomorrow. a sunny start. some clouds increase in the afternoon. the showers will hold off till later in the day. temperature 68 degrees. would not be surprised to see some spots

not the final treaty, that would take a little longer, but that stubborn king, george iii had acceded to the independence of the colonies of the states. the war was essentially over. news was sent back to newburgh, to general washington and he issued an announcement of cessation of hostilities. not the end of the war, cessation of hostilities. that announcement was made at the temple of virtue on april the 19th, 1783. eight years to the day of lexington and concord. as soon as the army heard the news, the cry was universal "discharge, discharge" they had not been paid and they won't be paid for quite a while, but they want to go home. the army peacefully and carefully dismantled and returned to their homes. washington had one more mission, one more errand to do. december the 23rd, 1783, he journeyed to annapolis, maryland, continental congress was meeting at the state house in annapolis. he entered the chamber to return to the congress what they had given him in june of 1775. june of 1775, they literally had given him his commission as commander in chief of the army. on december the 2

she was just a 25-year-old princess when her father, king george vi, sent her off on a world tour whereafrica, she learned he had died and she was the new queen. a queen not just for a new age but, says royal writer robert hardman, for many new ages. >> this is the first monarch who's reigned through a modern media age. who's reigned through so much social change. who's reigned through from the cold war, through the jet age and the space age, the digital age. you name it, she has seen pretty much the 20th century firsthand and she's still going strong. >> reporter: they don't do job approval ratings on monarchs but 12 british prime ministers and an even dozen american presidents later few public figures have been so popular for so long. the prime ministers and president this is queen is now working with weren't even born when she came to power. with nothing left to prove, she should be somewhere warm beside the royal fire on a cold winter's day, but she can still the royal fire on a cold winter's day, but she can still give lessons in dedication to public service. for all its privilege,

she took over in 1952 after her father then king george vi died while she was on in tour in kenya. >> will celebrate her 86th birthday on april 26th. >>> for the second time in five years the new york football giants are superbowl champions. eli manning led the g-men on a game winning drive with 3 1/2 minutes left in the 4th quarter to pull off the 21-17 win over the patriots. same thing happened five years ago except that time it was superbowl 42. >>> we see offers all the time and you say are they too good to be true. >> more times than not they are. how the latest scam in the mail could cost you a lot of cash. >>> occupy wall street has been- issue for months for a lot of u.s. cities. the class being offered to train demonstrators. >>> that's coming up. >>> you might be logging onto facebook and if you are say good morning at wmar. if you are a woman, there's a lot more on there for you than there are for guys. details coming up in the 6:00 hour of "good morning maryland" we are back in few minutes.  pçççñtcoÑ >>> now "good morning maryland." >>> do you know what just happened?

even tonight we're okay but although southern maryland, king george county, we can't rule out a couple of sprinkles for you folks, even toward harrisonburg if you're headed down that way. tomorrow the better chance of showers on thursday. it's going to hang out again well south of d.c. an isolated sprinkle around here. thursday late afternoon the sun is back. so we've got some showers around this morning. doesn't look like rain chance is going to that high around here tonight and tomorrow. better chance south. 66 today. maybe upper 60s in a few spots with some showers this morning. tonight we're down still generally the 40s to low as for highs tomorrow but the showers south. friday sunshine but 50 to 55. as we head toward the weekend, upper 40s to around 50. could be some showers late saturday night, early sunday and again late monday into tuesday morning. monika? >>> good morning. i went out the door yesterday to get in the car and i said oh, it's really nice out here. nice to not have to bundle up on february 1. the only big thing you have to deal with in terms of traffic this mornin

in 1763, king george iii arbitrarily closed lands west of the appalachians to american speculators. quote, i can never look upon that proclamation in any other light, wrote washington, than as a temporary expedient to quiet the minds of the indians. what he might reasonably have asked was the point of the french and indian war so recently completed at such extravagant cost. what was to become of his own western lands, much of them carved from a 200,000 acre grant voted to virginia's colonial defenders. as noted by joseph ellis, the royal restrictions coincided with washington's greatest land speculation, a 2.5 million acre feudal kingdom in the ohio river valley that was rejected by the british govemeof existing treat with the iroquiois and cherokee tribes. one can washington's reaction a few years later when the same london overseers granted permission for english investors to stake their claims in the same region. as resentment hardened into resistance, washington assumed a role of political leadership far in advance of his fellow planters. in 1765, he welcomed the unprecedented a

he is trying to mary one of his sons to a daughter of king george. haven't we have enough monarchy in america. >> i've approved this message because john adams has neither the force of a man. >> if thomas jefferson wins, murder, robbery, rape, adultery and inseft will be openly taught and practiced. the air will be rant with the cries of the distressed, the soil will be soaked with blood and a nation black with crimes. are you prepared to see yo dwellings in flame? >> i'm john adam and i approved this message because jefferson is the son of a half breed indian squaw. >> the nastiest election. >> taken dirty to a whole new level. >> it seems like a return to civility is not possible. >> so, i don't know if you were able to see the corner but that was put together by our good friends at "reason" magazine and "reason" tv. i want get us in the mood for the discussions that will come, and also, to give us perspective. we like to believe we live in the most interesting of times and dire of times and in some ways things are relative. so it's a useful perspe

underway at versailles, wilson had the occasion to visit great britain where he was received by king george v actually at buckingham palace. had-it-was his birthday and he was presented with portraits here that we see here in the drawing room. wilson would become the first american president to have an audience with the pope. wilson met with pope benedict xv who wilson had corresponded. benedict was concerned about the area of peace and finding a peaceful solution to the end of the first world war which was va

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our founding generation was as rappelled by king george as they were by the inefficiency and ineptitude of the articles of confederation and a practice that invents the fastest way to do no business is to return to the articles of con fedder nati confederation in a very large way. thank you very much. >> our next speaker, among these distinguished counsels on the panel, is david rifkin. david is a member of the baker hostetler's international enveermt groups and co-firms pellettes and major motion team. extensive experience in constitutional administrative and international litigation from 1992 to 1993 he was associated executive director and general counsel to the president's counsel on competitiveness. while at the white house he was responsible for the review and analysis of legal issues related to the regulatory review conducted by the counsel. he's also served as associate general counsel at the united states department of energy from 1990 to 1991 and played a significant role in developing the reagan and bush administrations regulatory and legislative proposals affecting natural g

they liked king george. they considered themselves englishmen. the great silent majority, that was thrown about a lot in college, the great silent majority in this country in the 13 colonies could care less about breaking with england. they liked, particularly in the southern states, places like north and south carolina and georgia, you have cotton farmers. you have people clinging to the coastline because inland, it's indian territory. it is not a nice place to be. it's a dangerous place to be and these people like the british. they like the big ships sitting off shore. all of a sudden we're talking about what, independence? it's a hard sell to the people. as i got into it more and more, i became more and more fascinated with the story and characters just like has happened to me before, i'm very fortunate in this. the story began to write itself. i'm very proud of this book. i'm very happy about this book because -- and i'm asked this question a lot. i'm tired of being asked this question. the question is, you know, do you feel as though you hav

we start you out with a look at a dense fog advisory that has been issued, again south of d.c., king georgeu're in on that and stafford, you may see this getting expanded, but visibilities down here may drop to 1/4-mile tonight. heads up if your commute takes you south. all of us will see light fog and in some spots it could be thicker coming from the departed rain showers we had around the region. that moisture is trapped at the low levels and still a little shower activity in the mountains, but that will likely not get in here tonight, but we will have the fog to deal with. i think the fog will get blown out of town fairly early tomorrow morning because the winds will pick up. then we turn our attention to the deep south watching this piece of energy which will eventually become probably our coastal storm on sunday. that's going to be moving to the gulf of mexico, picks up more moisture, strengthens and begins heading our direction late saturday night. i don't think you have to worry about anything for saturday. it looks like some rain will get in here the overnight hours heading into sun

underway at versailles, wilson had the occasion to visit great britain where he was received by king george v actually at buckingham palace. had his birthday and he was presented with portraits here that we see here in the drawing room. wilson would become the first american president to have an audience with the pope. wilson met with pope benedict xv who wilson had corresponded. benedict was concerned about the area of peace and finding a peaceful solution to the end of the first world war which was devastating europe, and corresponded with wilson prior to the war's conclusion, and prior to our involvement in the war. so wilson, when in rome decided that he would make an official visit and have first american president to have an audience with the pope. to mark the occasion, pope benedict gave wilson this wonderful mosaic that was done in the vatican workshops. painting over the mantel. wilson acted in 1918 and sent american troops to help quell the turkish invasion of armenia. and for this, the people of armenia gave wilson this wonderful painting called hope. the largest object in the ro