of soap that formally belonged to george and martha washington. and yes, the piece of soap is still in the collection today. the 1911 inventory is an equally important historic document. describing each object in noting its location within tudor place. the washington collection are objects and papers that were selected by armstead jr. during the 1911 division of his grandmother's estate. some of the objects that left tudor place as part of the 1911 division, objects that went to his siblings have returned to the museum collection and others can be found in the collections of the smithsonian's national museum of american history, the philadelphia museum of art and of course, mount vernon. here you can see a plate from the collection at the philadelphia museum of art from the washington french porcelain service that has its 1911 inventory number and mount vernon sticker affixed to it. the archive of family papers was equally divided in 1911, although armstead-year claimed it was the intention for him to receive the bulk of the papers. however, his si

of course he was supported very ably by martha washington as well who was here during the war. lund was one of his nephews or cousins. i don't know much about lund. i have to admit. it's a strange first name, lund. but then he had one of his nephews, george a. washington, actually managed mt. vernon in the late 1780s and early '90s. he, unfortunately, died. and then washington would regularly correspond with his different estate managers and overseers weekly. on sunday when he was president, he would write correspondence. a lot of that correspondence had to do with the day-to-day, weekly operations of mt. vernon. he always felt like it wasn't being run as well as if he was on hand, and i think that's pretty true. he was very meticulous with his operation of the whole estate, always looking for ways to try something new. you know, when he came back to mt. vernon after his presidency, of course, he started a distillery. by his death, he was the largest distiller in the country. so his story is really a remarkable one of innovation as well as leadership. >> to pocono lake, pennsyl

of course, he was supported very ably by martha washington as well who was here during the war.und was one of his nephews or cousins. i don't know much about lund, i have to admit. it's a strange first name, lund. then he had one of his nephews, george a. washington, actually managed mount vernon in the late 1780s and early '90s, and he unfortunately died, and then washington would regularly correspond with his different estate managers and overseers weekly weekly. on sunday he would write a lot of correspondence. that correspondence had to do with the day-to-day maintenance of mount vernon. he always felt it wasn't run as well as if he was on hand, and i think that's probably true. he was very meticulous with the operation of his whole estate, always looking for ways to try something new. when he came back frto mount vernon after his presidency, he was a distiller. his estate is one of incorporation as well as leadership. >> good morning, you're on with doug bradburn. >> caller: good morning, professor bradburn, and thank you for taking my call. as a child growing up in the ear

britannia was the great-granddaughter of martha washington and was connected to the important people and events of 19th century washington dc. in two hours, claiborne carson talks about martin luther king jr.'s upbringing and chronicles his early career as a reverend. caroline: i really look forward to sharing this with all of you tonight. this is a really exciting topic. i should introduce myself as well. my name is dr. caroline wood newhall. i would like to introduce without further ado our speaker for tonight, dr. adam domby. dr. don b, we are excited to have with us tonight. he is an award-winning historian on the civil war, reconstruction, and the american south. he is also an assistant professor and he will be speaking about his book "the false cause: fraud, fabrication, and white supremacy in confederate memory." it can be ordered from any of your favorite booksellers. in addition to civil war memory, lives, white supremacy, dr. domby has written about guerrilla warfare, divided communities, and public history. we will be getting a little bit of all of that tonight, which i am

martha were not freed. so how does that fit into women who can own property? >> when george washington, married martha, her slaves became his. i'm not so familiar with the washington, i have to be checked this, but i think he could not legally free them, because they were going to be passed down to martha's children. >> okay so that does make sense. >> but i have to tell you explaining entail mint has become so much easier after adult and abby. people get this now more. >> i guess it so one of the concepts you mentioned, so i was wondering if you could tell us about -- . >> what is interesting, there is this legal exception, that you could get this and you could open up your business, so we were not even thinking about culture in 1972, we are looking at women who had careers or jobs. an easy thing to do was to look for how many women in a town had applied for this thing. and actually is quite rare. and we kept looking around, and it's just not did not seem to make sense, because it was so rare and we knew you know women had stores and ran taverns and were printers, and what it turned o

when you enter the exhibition the first first lady is of course martha washington and as you move through this phase it is done -- the space it is done in a roughly chronological order. you can see smaller portraits we have included. miniatures, stereotypes -- stereotypes -- on by as accompanied portrait of her mother-in-law, abigail adams and the inscriptions on them are really great. they are in the hand of johnson c adams. and theds their names dates, so this is really very ,mportant for silhouettes because silhouettes do not give you a lot of information, unlike the painted portrait that we have up on the screen right next to the silhouette. the patron portrait fills in a lot of details. with the silhouette you only add that outline. in the inscription is very helpful. suspended inttes the adams family, so it is a very nice way of understand public portraiture in the form of a beautiful painting like this by charles leslie. theie was an artist born in colonial british america, traveled to london, and studied at the royal academy under benjamin west, another expatriate colonial teachin

martha, her slaves became his. i'm not familiar with the washingtons so i'll be careful about this. i think they might have entailed slaves, too, and they could not legally free them because they were going to pass to martha's children. amelia: that does make sense. catherine: explaining entailment has become so much asier since "downtown abby." talking about passing through. amelia: one of the concepts you ould have mentioned in passing tell us a bit more. catherine: this is legal exception you could get accepted and open up your business. so we weren't thinking about coverture. in the 1970's, we were looking for women with careers or jobs, right? and the easiest thing to do is look for how many women in the town had applied for it. and actually it was pretty rare and we kept looking around and it didn't seem to make sense it was so rare because we knew women who were printers and ran taverns and had stores. what it turned out to be is that this is where everyday life takes over. women just didn't bother. so very few women took the step to actually get legally sanctioned. most women

martha, her slaves became his. i'm not so familiar with the washington so i'm going to be really careful about this. nk they might have entailed slaves, too, so he could not legally free them because they were going to pass to martha's children. >> oh, so maybe that does make sense. >> it does make sense. i have to tell you explaining entailment is so much easier after "downton abby." people understand. >> one of the concepts you mentioned but just in passing was and i wonder if you could tell us more about that. >> so, what's interesting is there's this legal exception that you could get this, you know, accepted and you could open up your business. so, we were even thinking about coverture in the 1970s we were looking at women's history and looking for women who had careers or jobs. look for how many women in the job applied and actually it was pretty rare. you know. and we kept looking around and it soon made sense that it was so rare because we did actually know women who were printers or ran taverns and had stores. and what it turned out to be is that this is where everyday life takes over. women

martha were not freed. so how does that fit into what you're saying where women couldn't own property? >> yeah, actually when george washingtonrried martha personally it became his. i'm not so familiar with thewashes so i'm going to be careful about this. i think they entailed slaves, too, so he could not legally free them because they were going to pass to martha's children. >> that does make sense. >> i have to tell you explaining entailment has become so much easier after downtown abbey. people understand the idea of passing through. >> yeah, i guess that does make sense that would be why. so one of the concepts you could have mentioned but just in passing was that of -- so i was wondering if you could tell us more about that. >> so what's interesting so there's this legal exception that you could get this -- accepting maybe you could open up your business. so we weren't even thinking about coverture. we were looking for women who had careers or jobs, right, and the easiest thing to do was to look for how many women in a town had applied for this thing. and actually it was pretty rare, you know? and we kept looking around,

when you enter the exhibition, the first first lady is of course martha washington and as you move through the space, it is done in a roughly chronological order. here you can see some of the smaller kinds of portraiture we have included. cut paper silhouettes, miniatures, daguerreotypes. this is believed to be katherine johnson adams. it is accompanied on by a portrait of her mother-in-law, abigail adams and the inscriptions on them are really great. they are in the hand of john quincy adams. it records their names and the dates, so this is really very important for silhouettes, because silhouettes do not give you a lot of information, unlike the painted portrait that we have up on the screen right next to the silhouette. the painted portrait fills in a lot of details about what the sitter looks like. with the silhouette, you only have that outline. the inscription is very helpful. these silhouettes were in the adams family, so it is a very nice way of understated public portraiture. in the form of a beautiful painting like this by charles leslie. leslie was an artist born in the colonial

when you enter the exhibition, the first lady that you see is martha washington and as you move throughhe pay space, it is done in a rough chronological order. here you can see some of the smaller kind of portraits that we included, some of the paper silhouettes, miniatures, doug aerials types. here is one of the select miniatures, this is of louisa johnson adams and it is accompanied by a portrait of her but her in all. their description on them was really, great, they are in the hands of john quincy adams, who's been to one and some to the other. the records their names and dates. this is very important for silhouettes because silhouettes do not give you a lot of information, unlike the portrait, the painted portrait we have on the screen next to the silhouette. the painted portrait fills in a lot of details. with the silhouette you only have that older, you have the inscription which is very helpful. and this is from the adams family, it's a very nice way of understanding both public portraiture in the form of a beautiful painting, like this by leslie, he was an artist who was born i

when you enter an exhibition, the first first lady is martha washington. as you move through the space, it's done roughly in a rough, chronological order. here you can see some of the smaller kinds of portraiture that we've included, some of those paper silhouettes, miniatures. here's one of the silhouette miniatures that's included. this is of louisa johnson. the inscriptions on them are great. they're in the hand of john quincy adams, husband to one and son to the other. and it records their names and their dates. this is really very important for silhouettes because silhouettes don't give you a lot of information. unlike the portrait -- the pointed portrait that we have on the screen next to the silhouette, the pointed portrait feels in a lot of details about what a sitter looks like. with the silhouette, you only have the outer form lines. and these silhouettes descended in the adams family and so it's very nice way of understanding both public portraiture in the form of a beautiful painting like this by charles robert leslie. leslie was an artist who

vernon and i love that martha washington is not there. it's george washington who seize all this and immediately has elizabeth give him one of the best bedrooms in mt. vernon and drews a bath for her to let her be in complete comfort. what are you hungry for? what would you like the consummate host and able to give elizabeth finally a good night sleep instead of some tank -- tavern while the the of them talk politics. almost a habit that virginia politics made a courtesy call to george washington on their way back. as jefferson's influence on monroe's political thinking intensifies to the point it's not just jefferson's ideas but monroes as being a agrarian and frank o-phile, they start to drift away and nothing tears it apart further than monroe's years as washington's minister. it's not so much stockholm syndrome for being there so long but he believes in france and does not like great britain washington doesn't do him any favors and he doesn't have john jay communicate with him about this treaty that obviously the french he knew would n

but when they arrived at mount vernon, the thing i loved about this is martha washington is not there. but as george washington who sees all this and immediately has elizabeth give them one of the best bedrooms in virginia. he draws a bath for her to be in complete comfort, what a hunger for what would you like? he is a consummate host parties able to give elizabeth finally a good night sleep and seven inter- tavern where the three of them can talk politics. it was almost a habit that virginia politicians, on their way back paid a courtesy call to george washington. but as monroe's, as jefferson's influence on monroe's political thinking intensifies to a point where it is not just jefferson's idea but monroe's as far as being an inquiry and an avowed republican, they start to drift away. nothing tears them apart further than monroe's years in washington's ministers. it's not so much a stockholm syndrome from being there so long, is he really believes in france and really does not like great britain. washington does not do him any favors and that he does not have john jake communicate

britannia was the great-granddaughter of martha washington and was connected to the important peoplend events of 19th century washington dc. in two hours, claiborne carson talks about martin luther king jr.'s upbringing and chronicles his early career as a reverend. caroline: i really look forward to sharing this with all of you tonight. this is a really exciting topic. i should introduce myself as well. my name is dr. caroline wood newhall.

when you enter the exhibition the first first lady that you see, of course, is martha washington and then as you move through the space it's done roughly in a -- you know, in kind of a rough chronological order. here you can see some of the smaller kinds of portraiture that we've included, some of those paper silhouettes, miniatures. here's one of the silhouette miniatures that's included. this is of louisa katherine johnson adams. and it is accompanied on view by a portrait of her mother-in-law abigail adams. and the inscriptions on them are really great. they're in the hand of john quincy adams, husband to one, and son to the other. and it records their names and their dates. and this is really very important for silhouettes because silhouettes don't give you a lot of information, unlike the portrait, the painted portrait that we have on the screen next to this silhouette, the painted portrait fills in a lot of details about what a sitter looks like. but with the silhouette you only have the outer form line. the inscription is really very helpful. and these silhouettes descended in

>> all right, martha rad das who has been out in the streets of washington for us. martha, thank you. >>> before president trump releemsed his video message, president-elect joe biden came before cameras, saying this is not a protest, this is an insurrection. a word repeated by former president george w. bush late today. president-elect joe biden saying the world is watching, but that america will endure. here's what he said. >> at this hour, our democracy's under unprecedented assault. let me be very clear. the scenes of chaos at the capitol do not reflect a true america. it's not protest, it's insurrection. like so many other americans, i am genuinely shocked and saddened that our nation, so long the beacon of light and hope for democracy, has come to such a dark moment. i call on president trump to go on national television now to fulfill his oath and defend the constitution and demand an end to this siege. but today's reminder a painful one that democracy is fragile. through war and strife, america's endured much and we will endure here and we will prevail again

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when george washington married martha, her slaves became his. ot so familiar with the washington's, so i will be very careful about this. i think they might have entailed slaves as well so that he could not legally freedom because they were going to pass to martha's children. >> oh, so maybe that does make sense. >> does. i have to tell you, explaining entitlement has become so much easier after downtown abby. people understand the idea of passing through. >> yeah. i guess that does make sense, that that would be why. so one of the concept you kind of mentioned, but just in passing, was that [inaudible] . i was wondering if you could tell us more about that. >> what is interesting is there's this legal exception that you could open up your business. and the 1970s, we were looking at women's history and looking for women who had careers or jobs. right? the easiest thing to do was to look at how many women in a town at applied for this thing. it was actually pretty rare. and we kept looking around and it just did not seem to make sense that it was

and vice president- elect kamala harris and her husband lending a hand at "martha's table" food pantry in washingtonrris says.... she is going into wednesday's inauguraton, quote - "ready to work." wednesday will mark the beginning of a new era for women in american politics when vice president-elect kamala harris is sworn into office. and for nearly 300- thousand women who are members of the alpha kappa alpha sorority ... it will be special for another reason. "sonseeahray tonshall takes a look at why harris' oath means so much to them. nat sot "through the that was "sonseeahray tonshall reporting for us tonight. kron4 is taking a closer look at the political glass ceilings vice president elect kamala harris has shattered.. first in the bay area..then across california and in washington, d.c. join our me as i host: 'kamala harris: first but not the last' - tomorrow night at 9:30, here on kron 4. coming up next in sports... the warriors taking on lebron james and the lakers... and it was a come-back thriller for golden state... sports director jason dumas has the highlights....coming up.... the warr

organization vp-elect kamala harris and her husband doug emhoff packing produce items for martha's table in washingtonhurch's annual service, the reverend bernice king echoed her father's call for nonviolenc >> we still have a choice, non-violence co-existence, this may well be mankind's last chance to choose between chaos or community >>> and the naacp announcing a $40 million gift from an anonymous donor. leaders of the organizations say that will money will fund a new generation of civil rights lawyers working to advance racial justice in the american south. the reverend king would have turned 92 this year. the civil rights leader was assassinated in memphis on the 4th of april in 1968 he was 39-years-old. decades later, dr. king's sermons and speeches continue to remind and inspire so on this mlk day, who better to hear from than dr. king, himself? >> oh, too many people find themselves living amidst a great period of social change. and yet they failed to develop the new attitudes. and the new mental responses that the new situation demands i refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically

many have been cancelled at the washington monument already. marthaing today, fox news has confirmed that the fbi is warning about plans for armed protests, armed protests in all 50 state capitols before, during and the run up to the inauguration. martha? >> martha: thank you very much. so breaking this hour, the homeland security department is beefing up preparations this wednesday. former fbi assistant director danny coleman joins us with a discussion on this. danny, this is a frightening time for this country. we head into the inauguration and you can hearaishah hasnie's report how they're beefing things up. what to you make of this? >> you said they're frightening times. i think that's a height of understatement. it's terrifying times. i'm in the security business. i've been involved in violence for decades. i'm concerned about our country and where it's going. we're so divided right now, it's a scary time. i'm concerned about my family even going out. so it's scary times. basically this inauguration is very, very important to our country. it's a

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was invoked and dana was pulling out of memory for a moment, go for it. >> like dana and martha i came to washington, d.c., and i will tell my age in 1991 the young intern in the state of louisiana. i have the greatest honor to be in the building. that building represents so much. i remember the nights i would walk from the house side through the tunnels all the way to the senate side because my apartment was two blocks away. what a great honor. and one of the things i constantly do is tell my friends to let their daughters and sons come to learn about our government from the united states capitol. yes, the capitol police can secure a perimeter. yes, they can secure the inside and the outside of the capitol. i would hope they could return to work. but i must say and katie alluded to it and others, we've got to figure out what happened. they stormed the united states capitol building. we watched it. i was sitting here thinking about how many -- >> bill: donna, they weren't stopped. right, how many marches, how many protests could washington, d.c., -- no, donna hang on. on an annual basis, they are sc

washington. kennedy, host ofst story, martha maccallum and joining us today is host of bill hemmer reports, bill hemmer. thanks to everybody for joining us this afternoon. bill, i'm going to come to you first because i want you to set the scene for us. talk about the moment we're in. we've got president trump with less than a week left in his term, now facing the prospect of a dual impeachment as of later this afternoon. vice president, president-elect joe biden gearing up to take office. washington, d.c. is in a state of lockdown today. >> i spent the morning on the phone with some people close to the president. i just want to go through, maybe point by point, subject by subject what they're trying to get out to the public here. they did a poll over the weekend you may or may not have heard that. these are internal trump numbers in 17 battleground states. what they say in this poll they found 77% of all voters think congress should be more focused on covid right now and not impeachment. that's one message. when asked whether or not the president would address this today publicly, they said pote

. >> martha: always see a lockdown in the middle of washington d.c. on these days in order to let all of these people pass with the kind of security that they need. the lack of people walking around the city, it's always a big celebratory festive mood. i remember last inauguration we were all on the mall, all of us together in a tent with thousands and thousands of people all around. i'm always amazed at how quickly and how adaptable americans are. everyone just sort of accepts. this is the way we're doing it now and this is what it looks like. you have to wonder what goes through the mind of vice president kamala harris and president joe biden as they pull up to the white house for the first time and walk into the executive office buildings, the office of the president and the white house for the office of the president for joe biden. it's been a long, long road covering this election. it ends here today as they enter their offices. >> bret: it will be a short road to the white house. the parade is cut down. there will be some element of a parade, ro

. >> martha: governor mark huckabee is standing by, but first to washington and mike emanuel. good afternoon, mike. >> good afternoon. they are urging mike pence to use the 25th amendment to remove president trump from office. a vote expected this evening. no surprise, disagreement from key members of the two parties. >> we're not trying to userp his authority. we're trying to tell him the time of the 25th emergency has arrived. it has come to our door step. it has invaded our chamber. >> he's continuing to divide the nation. turning the 25th amendment into a political weapon, by demanding the vice president invoke it, remove the president from office i think is just wrong. let's be clear. democrats have been wanting to remove president trump since he won the election in 2016. >> after tonight's vote, the house is expected to pivot pretty quickly to voting on an article of impeachment tomorrow. >> there's a lot of investigation that needs to be done. we were all witnesses to this, victims of this. we all publicly saw the president's statements and tweets. this will lay it out

effort to track down and identify the capitol rioters with your gamma first look, i'm martha raddatz, abc news news washington d.c. >>> this morning the girl scouts are on a mission to make sure you get your cookies. working with the grub 00 billion to get your thin mints, and all the favorites right to the house. the partnership is designed to make it contact free. grub hub waved all the fees so the usual proceeds will benefit the troops and counsel. grub hub service starts next month. >> i'm ready to support. >> yeah. i'm glad they worked that out. >> give me all the dosesy does. >> we are coming right back with the latest on today's impeachment hearings. we have a live report from washington an what we will be seeing this morning. >> plus as our state tries to solve its problem of unused vaccine dose a new group of californians standing by ready to help. >> and abc7 is teaming up with the red cross for a blood dlooif today. there is such a high need right now especially during the ay y get involved. >> all i can think about now are girl scout cookies. can we get some if your dry eye symptoms keep coming ba

back to sandra in new york. >> sandra: let's bring in martha maccallum joining me here on set from new york as we watch the scene in washingtonmorning it has been. we heard from the president's sons leading up to his remarks that we await any moment now. the crowd at one point chanting fight for trump. and don junior saying these guys better fight for trump. a message to the republican party. >> i think that it's very -- we're in a very interesting moment right now. when i look at what i was talking about before in terms of the increasing pool of the democrat party when you look at the vote in georgia, for example and the shifting dynamics and demographics in places like georgia and arizona, which now has two democrat senators. i think a very clear-eyed look at the demographic raises a very good question about the future of the maga supporters as bret was just saying. i don't think that the republican party, if we stick with the two-party system which we have right now. i don't think the republican party can afford to pretend like these people at this rally don't exist or that they will go away or that president trump is goin

. >> martha: first we began with political correspondent for the "washington examiner," andy mccarthy, fox news contributor and jeffrey scott superhero a d.c. prosecutor who wrote this piece in "the wall street journal" today and he argued that the president did not mention violence much less provoke it and he will represent that in a moment. in terms of what we are watching unfold tonight, you've got a lot of threats of violence coming forward in the coming days. there is a big push among democrats who have the vote to impeach the president and they can do it rather quickly. >> welcome i don't think there is any doubt they have the votet and cosponsors on the impeachment to impeach the president, but enormous confusion what will happen after that. if they do pass articles of impeachment, this wednesday, the 13th of january, exactly one week left. press president trumps term. we know the senate is not to come back until january 19th. there is rumors or talk tonight about charles schumer, the minority leader right now trying to come up with some parliamentary maneuver to get the senate

i'm martha maccallum live in washington d.c. we're deep into the final day of the trump presidency.on's new president. moments ago, we saw the next president making his way from delaware to d.c. we'll cover all of that history as it unfolds in the next 24 hours. president trump will be holding a ceremony of his own and will make his official exit. we'll speak about his plans in just a moment. we're learning more about that. he will be a factor in what is to come in politics for quite a

but that morning washington leaves philadelphia, september 19th, 1796. he leaves that morning with martha a green parrot to go to mount vernon. and that afternoon the paper hits the streets, and the news explodes. it's republished in papers in philadelphia, then new york. it passes along. and washington in that really just fascinating way in his diary says almost nothing. went home to mount vernon, announced resignation in the american daily advertiser. that's it. [ laughter ] of course now we're here. we're at the speech itself. and i would ask you to get up and deliver it, but i know -- [ laughter ] we're going to save that for later. but share some of the substance with us. it has six pillars, so to speak, in it, which are obviously withstood the test of time. i describe them as pillars of liberty because that's a phrase washington and the founders used a lot. and i think the word liberty is worth unpacking just a little bit to understand why washington was focused on these core themes. we use the words independence and freedom and liberty essentially as interchangeable today. but i th

get started today. ♪ >> martha: senator josh hawley blasting antifa scumbags as he put it for showing up at his house outside washington is under attack, what do we do? what do we do? we are going to occupy the space. i don't know if he is going to come out tonight. maybe if we come back every morning he will come out and talk to us. >> martha: did you hear that? we come back every morning. the senator was in missouri at the time. protesters were angry over hawley's plan to challenge president-elect joe by the electoral college when, the senator tweeting "tonight while i was in missouri, antifa scumbags came to our place in d.c. and threaten my wife and newborn daughter. they threatened, tried to vandalize and pound open our door. let me be clear, my family and i will not be intimated by left-wing violence." i am struck by the fact of this appears to be the new normal. we have watched attacks on nancy pelosi's home, mitch mcconnell's home, lindsey graham's home and it reminds me of the politics of another time in this country where the threats of violence to your family is becoming part of the equation for these electe

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(pam) in washington d-c - vice- president elect kamala harris and husband doug emhoff volunteered at martha'sble. harris says, the fight doctor king was engaged in.... is still the fight in america today -- the fight is to recognize our collective responsibility to address injustices. harris says, she is going into wednesday's inauguration ... quote- ready to work. (ken)in preparing for this week's transition - harris formally resigned from her senate seat today. <0:20 "thank you"> (ken)harris released this video after formally submitting her letter of resignation to govenor gavin newsom ... ending her four year senate career.it's the final step before she's sworn in as the nation's first female vice president on wednesday.harris is the first black woman in california to serve as a u.s. senator. (ken) alex padilla is expected to be in washington d.c. this week to take on his new role as u-s senator. then former assemblywoman shirley weber takes on her new position as califoria's secretary of state. if confirmed, she will be the first ever african american to hold that office. (pam) kron4 is t

. >> large crowds are ready gathering in washington ahead of tomorrow's joint session of congress to certify the electoral votes. >> martha president mike pence will preside with pressure from some republicans including president trump to reject the election results. chad pergram following all of this for us on capitol hill. hi, chad. >> the house and senate certified the results with little fanfare. under the 12th amendment, the vice president who also serves as president of the senate runs the show. he is to open all the certificates and the votes shall be counted per the person having the greatest number of votes shall be president. president trump today goading vice president pence to reject forced congress to create an electoral commission to sort out uncertified electoral votes from three states. senator ted cruz demands an electoral commission for 2020. >> what the congress do in 1876? they didn't throw up their hands, we've got allegations of fraud but we can't do anything about it. >> the difference now and then, all our coral votes awarded it to hayes by oneelect. it was the compromise of 1877, or according to y

. >> martha: the chief of staff of george w. bush, george washington university law professor fox news contributor's, it is remarkable to look at where we are right now. this has been the most eventful presidency for the last four years that any of us can remember for quite some time. come parents to make comparisons to andrew johnson at the end of his and you look at this list of republicans, your thoughts tonight. >> the biggest one would being leader mcconnell. of course, there are several different possibilities. one there is a rumor that is not true. the report originally came in "the new york times." it could be that the leader believes this is inevitable. speaker pelosi has made it clear she intends to impeach the president. this measure comes in the senate. he may welcome that, realizing that it will tie up the senate for the first couple of weeks of president biden's term. or it could be that he's had enough. after georgia, after all the charges of stolen elections, after what happened wednesday and assault on the capitol that leader mcconnell

going to talk about the great days that they had in washington and they really did something and stood up to something. they stood up for nothing. >> martha: we will talk about all this. president tyler today and to twitter and facebook republicans asked we do expect and hearing moments ago actually got to the president will speak shortly and that it will be a very strong statement coming from the white house. we will stand by and have that for you obviously. president-elect to have the opportunity to reach out and to heal the entire nation, but instead 74 million people who voted for president trump, this is what they heard. >> they were not protesters. don't dare call them protesters. they were a riotous mob. insurrectionist. domestic terrorists. >> martha: we will hear from people tonight on all of this. senator mark is here, but first up today, peter navarro who serve the president and the 2016 election and t. good evening to you, as soon as we get the message from the president we will go to that. but can you tell us anything about what the president will be tonight? do you know? >> i am here in my personal capacity, martha. the mess

that morning washington leaves philadelphia, december 19th, 1796. he leaves that morning with martha green parrot to go to mount vernon,. that afternoon the paper hits the streets and the news explodes. it's republished in papers in philadelphia, then new york. it passes along and washington in his diary in a fascinating way, says nothing. went to mount vernon, regulation in daily paper. >> okay so we're at the speech itself, i would ask you to get up and deliver it but we're gonna say that for later. share some of the substance with. this it has six pillars which were of obviously stood the test of time. >> i describe them as pillars of liberty because that's the phrase that washington and the founders used a lot. the word liberty is worth unpacking just to understand why washington was focused on these core themes. we use the words independence and freedom and liberty essentially is interchangeable today. but i think for the founders, there were crucial distinguishing differences. washington is always focused on responsibility. the responsibility that comes with freedom. they under

washington, d.c. today as we see the helicopters approach. martha raddatz, you were out there with the crowds two weeks ago. it was menacing moments, quite different this morning with those 25,000 national guard troops spread out across washington. >> reporter: it is an absolute lockdown but still, george, when i came in this morning when all of us came in very early this morning there is this strong sense of history and how important this day is to the city seeing the sun rise over the city was quite incredible. knowing what was going to happen and watching those helicopters now head for jba, i am thinking of that letter that david muir was talking about that president trump showed him and one of the things in that letter that he said was we are just temporary occupants of this office, that makes us guardians of those democratic institutions and traditions like rule of law, separation of powers, equal protection and civil liberties regardless. the push and pull of daily politics, it's up to us to leave those instruments of our democracy at least as

historic day, including a virtual parade. >> sandra smith, john roberts in washington, take over now. >> sandra: thank you, bret, marthan inauguration day that looked unlike any other in american history. a beautiful moment indeed, john roberts, as we went through this day on capitol hill and beyond. america is watching. a remarkable day in this country's history. i'm sandra smith. what a day, john. >> john: yeah. good afternoon. i'm john roberts. as we watched joe biden, the 46th president of the united states, get into that suv for what will be a short parade. typically we have a long parade here that goes down constitution avenue then turns up

martha maccallum. this is "the story." it's good to be with you in the sunlight over sixth avenue in new york city. so tomorrow, "the story" heads to washington d.c. where we will cover the inaugural of joseph r. biden as the 46th president of the united states. the city is under threat from american citizens in a way rarely seen in our history. biden faces the most complex and threatening period we've seen in some time. historians say the new president will walk into a white house dealing simultaneously with economic crisis not seen since fdr and civil unrest and division not felt in this country since lincoln. mike tobin is in the city now ringed in high fencing and barbed wire and people in the military could pose a threat and those that want to see a civil war in the united states. we'll speak with sarah carter investigating the politics of this moment and the dangerous nature of these groups and what they want. also with us today, stephanie carter overseeing the vastly changed inaugural festivities for the biden administration. first, we go to mike tobin. hi, mike. >> you can't make it a few blocks without running into some of this fenci

washington. >> you can see more on "this week with george stephanopolous." martha raddatz goes one on one with stacey abrams for a breakdown of the races that could decide control of the senate. watch the full interview on "this week" at 8:00 on abc 7. >>> vandals have hit a second leader of congress' home with graffi graffiti. the words "where is my money" and "mitch kills poor" and explosives were written on the majority leader's house in louisville, kentucky. it is a reference to mcconnell's gop-led senate blocking the house's attempt at a $,000 relief check. mcconnell released a statement saying "vandalism and the poll tingz of fear have no place in our society." it's just a day after someone targeted nancy pelosi's san francisco home as we told you yesterday morning. the graffiti on the garage door with fake blood and a pigs head and the message demanding increased stimulus checks. a special investigations unit is looking into that case. >>> and the economy is one of the areas we're focused on to building a better bay area. small businesses are looking for som

martha raddatz with late reporting. >>> the nation's capital and state capitals in all 50 states on high alert tonight. and this evening, in washington, with days until the inauguration, the new concern now. what a b bc news has now learne about plans in the works. what chatter they have uncovered. 20,000 national guard members tial guard troopow i t cato e urtere authorutys. >>> and tonight, the coronavirus. the deadliest 24 hours yet in the u.s. more than 4,300 lives lost. this evening, we have news on a potential johnson & johnson vaccine soon ready, potentially. and researchers here in the u.s. discovering two new variants of the virus and what we know. >>> good evening on this night of history made in america. for the first time ever, a president has been impeached twice. one week to the day after that deadly assault on the capitol, the house has impeached president trump. the charge, incite of insurrection. ten republicans joining the democrats today. president trump issuing a statement just moments ago, saying no true supporter of mine could ever endorse political violence, no true supporter of mine could ever threaten or hara