mr. thomas and others getting a generous amount of money and if anythingness of unpaid rent that was done to complete the work that is not nine hundred and 99 percent complete that was signed off to be taken over by the tenderloin housing clinic they're prepared to take position and move forward but notably at the time mr. thomas settled and well paid last october he agreed first and foremost to withdraw the appeals he had previously done last year and not submitted with the renovation work or slow down it is also noted as part of that settlement i have a copy here i'll be happy to submit there was rent forgiveness that the work was not signed off but agreed as soon as the sign offs are done he's obligated to presume paying rent we have a cynical attempt by a tenant to try to manipulate the system to avoid paying rent i have copies in the commissioners are interested of the relevant pages of the settlement argument there be only 4 including his snatch agreeing to the terms that are now violate i have copies if you're interested. >> you can leave them with the clerk. >> are you done counse

mr. thomas: thank you mister vice president. i wanted to ask about the dismissal of general flynn recently. did you feel like you were misled by members of the trump administration, or were you frustrated that you were left out of the loop on this situation, and what assurances have you received from president trump that something like this will not happen again? out of the loop on this and for mister secretary-general, both you and the trump administration have talked about the need for additional funding for defence, what are the consequences for inaction by nato members? is there any scenario in which the article 5 commitments might be considered conditional if nato members do not fulfil their defence spending obligations? vice president pence: let me say i'm very grateful for the close working relationship i have with the president of the united states. i would tell you that i was disappointed to learn that the facts that have been conveyed to me by general flynn were inaccurate. but we honour general flynn's long service to

mr. hamilton: thomas hobbes said it best. we would be living in a state of nature where life is nasty, rutish, and short. anna: we would have no government, anarchy. mr. jefferson: it bears repeating. your constitution is not meant to limit your rights. if you are wondering whether you are allowed to do something, do not look to your constitution to find if you have permission. if your government is wondering whether it has permission to do something, it has to look at the constitution and show where it is written to allow them to do that. you look at laws that are passed to see what you are not in what you are allowed to do. if you do not have a constitution, perhaps there would be chaos. i think people would still gather together and work together in small societies. however, the bigger threat would be your government would see no limitations to its power and would become over powerful, worse than a monarchy. you would have the old roman dictators. you have tyrants, at radical government with no limitations on power. anna: a

mr. thomas, a local music legend and one of the last black homeowners living in this rapidly changing partw are you? >> how you doing, sir? kamau bell? >> nice to meet you. i'm urll. >> that's a beautiful guitar you're playing. >> just finished putting some strings on this thing. >> have you always played music professionally? >> no, i haven't always. no. i still don't consider myself a professional. >> you're being real modest. who are some of the big musicians you played with. >> i opened up for stevie wonder. i opened up for mick jagger a couple times. >> you might be a bit of a professional musician if you worked with stevie wonder, mick jagger. >> i guess so. >> thank you for letting me pull that out of you, sir. i appreciate that. you've created a lot of music in this room throughout the years. out in this neighborhood, you're one of four black-owned houses left in this neighborhood. >> that's true. >> how many did their there used to be. >> two-thirds. >> and now it's down to four houses? >> it's down to four houses. they had no choice because none of us qualified for loans even if

mr. thomas killagon. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces the speaker appointment of the public safety officer medal of valor act of 2001 and the order of the house of january 3, 2017 of the following individuals on the part of the house to the medal of valor review board for a term of four years. the clerk: mr. brandon clay, oklahoma, mr. brian murphy, milwaukee, wisconsin. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces the speaker's appointment pursuant to 20 u.s.c. and the order of the house january 3, 2017 of the following individual of the board of trustees of the merican folklife center in the library of congress in the house for a term of six years. the clerk: ms. patricia a. atkinson, carson city, nevada. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately 6:30 p.m. today.

mr. thomas murphy, the acting under secretary for benefits. he is accompanied by mr. willie clark. undersecretary for field operations and mr. ronald burke, assistant secretary, undersecretary field operations. into the be entered hearing record. mr. murphy, you are recognized for five minutes. >> good morning. thank you for the opportunity to discuss the implementation of the the aelated to workload. it is designed to match claims and capabilities with me a capacity regardless of geographical boundary. this provides the means necessary to make sure veterans receive a more timely decision. it uses sophisticated capabilities for electronic claim inventory and models for -- and allows for efficiency and areas for improvement and this new environment allows the va the capability to move claims around the country and has the capacity to take the next step and assign work to the right person in each facility. one of the principals is doing -- is to ensure veterans are treated in goalie regardless to where they live. in 2015, in many instances the timeliness of the decision was impacted

mr. thomas murphy, who is the acting undersecretary of -- for benefits. he is accompanied this morning by mr. willie clark, the duty -- deputy undersecretary for field operations, and mr. ronald burke, the assistant deputy undersecretary for field operations. i want to remind the witnesses that your completed written statement will be entered into the hearing record. mr. murphy, you are now recognized for five minutes. >> good morning, chairman. ranking member esty and members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to discuss the implementation and progress related to na's national work quoou. the nwq is a workload prioritization and distribution tool designed to match claims assignment capabilities with va capacity regardless of geographical boundaries. this tool provides the means necessary to ensure veterans receive a more timely decision receive a more timely decision on their disability claim. captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2008 captioning performed by vitac -- and allows for efficiency and areas for improvement and this ne

mr. thomas devine, legal director at the government accountability project and miss elizabeth hempowicz, policy counsel at the project on government oversight. welcome to you all. pursuant to committee rules we ask that all witnesses be sworn in before they testify. if you will please rise and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are bye to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? please let the record reflect all witnesses answered in the affirmative. in order to allow time for discussion, we would appreciate if you limit your testimony to five minutes. mr. storch, before i come to you, the chair recognizes the ranking member from the full committee, the gentleman from maryland, mr. cummings, for an opening statement. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i really appreciate your indulgence. i want to thank chairman meadows and ranking member connelly for this hearing today. whistleblower protections are built on the foundation of our civil service system and its due process protections. i look forward to the testimony t

mr. pence: last month, i took my oath of office, administered by the great justice clarence thomas. [applause] mr. pence: for this grandson of an irish immigrant, it is hard to describe the privilege, that i and my family felt that day. i put my hand on the bible used by the 40th president of the united states back in january of 1981. [applause] mr. pence: but what was uncanny about that moment was that i opened that bible to the verse that he had open to on that day and it happened to be the very same verse are most often quoted as i campaigned across this country on behalf of our new president, as we labor and advance this clause to restore our country, we i think would do well to remember those ancient words. that if his people, who are called by his name, will humble themselves and pray, he will do like he has always done. he will heal this land. one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. mr. pence: so, reflecting on those timeless truth in the work we have to do, my fellow americans, it is time that i am confident. i am confident with your health, and

two solid conservatives, neil gorsuch and thomas hardiman. mr. trump held off as long as he could before revealing his choice to them. even the chairman didn't know. >> i wish i knew. i wouldn't mind letting the cat out of bag, but i don't know. >> reporter: several officials say they heard the president will choose gorsuch but reserves the right to change his mind. he will bring a westerner sensibility to the supreme court. conservatives compare him to antonin scalia, someone he admired. >> he was a lion of the law. a roar that could echo for miles. >> reporter: he met his wife while thomas hardiman comes from a working class background. first in his family to graduate from college and drove for his father's taxi company in massachusetts. he married the daughter of prominent democrats in pittsburgh. whoever the nominee is is in for a tough fight. president obama's choice never got a hearing. >> we had the situation that a supreme court seat has been stolen from one president and delivered to another. that's an unacceptable thing to do. >> report

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. >> and i'm hollyi mr >> mike thomas talking aboutlkit the great weather erin comogream talking aboutf washington, d.c. ngwhere two officers, two police officersrs are recovering poafter beingtein shot late last night inhtn northeast. your outhe left of screen is a live picture fromctm that scene along morse andng moe holbrook streets. the shooting happenelbdro around 10:40 last night and you cand see it's still an active sceneve this morning. both officers are said to b ee said to e in stable condition at medstar and washington hospital centerpr and you can see a live picture p from the right of your screen.rf now, the suspect was also shots and later died but it's still unclear what led to thatto that shooting. >> i can tell you that we haveel had a number ofl shootings sh across the city over the last la couple of days. dys our officers have beenen responding to that very aggressively as you can see we e had gunshots here earlier this evening. we have patrols in the area and unavfortunately as ae pa ret of this incident tonight we had two of our officersr oicers su local hospital.

mr. perez congratulations. >> former secretary of labor thomas perez is elected chair of the democratic national committee winning seton second ballot. >> i am confident that when we lead with our values and agos we succeed that is what the democratic party has been about. >> democrats are working to rebuild party after republican victories in the november election and at the top aft agenda president trump. >> he has been a disaster. if this presidency were a season of apprentice donald trump done would have fired donald trump at the end of first episode. >> another area of focus getting to the bottom of russian interference in the 016 election and preventing future problems. >> if you want to know how -- us with i'm leaving next chair of 46 pages this is all i've been able toil compil

mr. ma thomas farley is here, to help you navigate the proper etiquette. >> good to see you, thomas. how long do you wait before you ask that person their political leanings? and if it goes against yours, is it a deal-break center. >> for a lot of people it will be a deal-breaker. for that reason, you get it out of the way immediately. why waste time? why wait until the fifth date to realize this is someone you're going to be incompatible with. i would get it out there. get it over with. >> i'm looking at maria. >> don't look at me. do not look at me. look at your own ghost and gary right there. >> let's move on. >> okay. >> less uncomfortable. let's look at different personality times as it relates to relationship and romance. we'roi called ghosting gary. instead of having a frank conversation, he gijust disappears. >> ghosting gary needs to be courageous charlie. it's easy to ghost. if your at a party, ghost away. for a love affair, not a cocktail affair, you want to take the high road. put it out there. this is not working out for me. otherwise, you're going to leave the person wa

candidates have presented themselves including my next guest, labor secretary under president obama thomas perez. mrary, thanks for coming back to the program. >> always good to be with you and your viewers. >> is the future of the democratic party progressive, or is it centerist? >> i think it's less important to focus on labels and more important, michael, to focus on are we lifting people up or are we bringing them down? the democratic party has been the party that has lifted people up. the economic security issues have all been about making sure we have people who have good jobs that bring them a middle class wage, make sure we vindicate the basic principle that out of many one matters in this country. that's what our focus needs to be on this country. i've been around the country in my travels for the dnc chair and what i've heard from people is let's get back to basics, make sure we're building that pathway for the middle class for folks, we're lifting their wages and making sure that everybody has a seat at the table in the united states of america regardless of where you were born, regardles

mr. trump took another shot at the media. >> thomas jefferson and andrew jackson and abraham lincoln many of our greatest presidents fought with the media. >> trump labeling media organizations fake news even as he stated information that was factually incorrect. mr. trump ripped nato after vice president mike pence toldal lies that -- told allies that trump administration would offer un unwaiver support. >> else the enemy to our -- he is the enemy to our democracy not the press. >> immigration policy i'm against that. destroying. epa. all the money he is spending on vacation. >> the president is spending his third straight weekend at his private estate in florida. >> if you're just waking up with us, 6:06 a.m., one of the worst storms caused floods and road collapses and three deaths. in the sacramento area 300 people were evacuated due to an overflowing creeks. lake oroville continues to drop even concerns that the huge dam will collapse. forecasters are predicting more wet weather tomorrow. >>> we have breaking news from iraqi cityosul. iraq has been trying to take the city back for se

. >> next question, ken thomas from the associated press. >> thank you, mr. vice president. i wanted to talk about the dismissal of general flynn recently. did you feel like you were misled by members of the trump administration or were you frustrated that you were left out of the loop on this situation? what assurances have you received from the president that something like this will not happen again? secretary-general, both you and the trump administration have talked about the need for additional funding for defense. what are the consequences for in action by nato members? are there any scenarios in which the article five commitments might be considered conditional if nato members do not fulfill their defense spending obligations? let me saypence: that i'm very grateful for the close working relationship i have with the president of the united states. youi am -- i would tell that i was disappointed to learn facts that had been conveyed to me by general flynn were inaccurate. but we honored general flynn's long service to the united states and i fully support the presiden

mr. speaker, i rise to honor the life and legacy of thomas jefferson barlow iii who passed away tuesday, january 31, at the age of 76. mr. barlow, a democrat, represented the citizens of kentucky's first congressional district from january 3, 1993, until january 3 of 1995. mr. bar low -- mr. barlow had a tremendous impact on thousands of people. mr. comer: he was dedicated to making lives better but never sought fame or glory. goat satisfaction hearing his voice heard and influencing public policy. he was born in washington, d.c., but his family roots ran deep in ballard county, alabama, where his thomas jefferson barlow was an original settler in the town of barlow. he grew up in chevy chase, aryland, and grew up from in -- graduated in washington, d.c. he worked tirelessly to help the less fortunate great jobs improve -- great jobs, improve the environment. he worked as a business executive. although he lost his re-election bid in 1994, he was not discouraged and continued to make his voice heard by running for additional races for house and the u.s. senate. in fact, mr. speaker, he use

mr. rose and next fattest check of the week. the ajavet 18th green, thomasadjacent 18th pieters has this to move into second alone. nick: this would mean so much to his campaign in america. oh, yes! nick: as they said at the ryder , rory mcilroy said this kid s the real deal. 6'6", might e 6'7". great golf swing. fearless. jim: just when you thought rose econds in front of him was doing all he could maybe to get second-place money, pieters drains a birdie putt and 63. al round 3 from wesley bryan's early this morning, low round of the tournament. l.a. of maybe getting the olympics in 2024 and in their plans they submitted riviera as the olympic golf 2024. in thomas pieters already with an individual ncaa championship in second. ht now let's go down to 10. ian: not a bad putt from that far. already represented well in ryo last year. belgium. pieters. out thomas martin laird right there at 10 under. to ey hoffman right now fete to 12. tie thomas pieters for second. an diego native. still a little work left for the remain at 11. let's go to 1. ary: we've got ol

mr. trump took another shot at the media. >> thomas jefferson, andrew jackson and abraham lincoln, many of our greatest presidents fought with the media. >> reporter: president trump labeling media organizations fake news, even as he continued to state information that was incorrect. he ripped nato after mike pence told nato allies that trump administration will offer unwavering support of nato. protesters lashed out at the president fors policy on immigration and his jabs at the media. >> he is the threat, he is the enemy to our democracy not the press. >> immigrant policy, totally against that. destroying epa all the money he is spending on vacations. >> the president is spending his third straight weekend at his private estate in florida. >> 7:06. after one of the worst storms in decades caused floods and road collapse and three deaths, the skies have cleared over california at least for now. in the second -- sacramento area, 200 people had to be vac the -- evacuated because of overflowing creeks there. the lake oroville concerns. >>> thon wraps up at penn state. this is a live picture

mr. rose and next fattest check of the week. the ajavet 18th green, thomasadjacent 18th pieters has this to move into second alone. nick: this would mean so much to his campaign in america. jane: nick: as they said at the ryder , rory mcilroy said this kid s the real deal. 6'6", might e 6'7". great golf swing. fearless. jim: just when you thought rose econds in front of him was doing all he could maybe to get second-place money, pieters drains a birdie putt and 63. al round 3 from wesley bryan's early this morning, low round of the tournament. l.a. of maybe getting the olympics in 2024 and in their plans they submitted riviera as the olympic golf 2024. in thomas pieters already with an individual ncaa championship in second. ht now let's go down to 10. ian: not a bad putt from that far. already represented well in ryo last year. belgium. pieters. out thomas martin laird right there at 10 under. to ey hoffman right now fete to 12. tie thomas pieters for second. an diego native. still a little work left for the remain at 11. let's go to 1. ary: we've got ollie

. >> next question, ken thomas, associated press. >> thank you, mr. vice president. i wanted to ask you about the dismissal of general flynn recently. did you feel you were misled by members of the trump administration or were you frustrated you were left out of the loop on this situation? what assurances have you received from president trump that something like this will not happen again? for mr. saenl, both you and the trump administration have talked about the need for additional funding for defense. what are the consequences for inaction by nato action? are there any scenarios in which the article 5 commitments might be considered conditional if nato members do not fulfill their defense spending obligations? >> let me say i'm very grateful for the close working relationship i have with the president of the united states and am -- i would tell you that i was disappointed to learn that the facts conveyed to me by general flynn were inaccurate. you fully support the president's decision to ask for his resignation. it was the proper decision, it was handled timely a

mr. trump tweeted, congratulations to thomas perez who has just been named chairman of the d&c.r him or the republican party thank you so much. >> on the republican side, results are in from the cpap poll and it shows republicans are warming up to president trump. they decided that they approve of the job they are doing but they are not too happy with republicans in congress. elizabeth is joining us live at the c pack. good to see you. >> typically when we talk about the straw poll results we talk about a name who conservatives want to see in office. they are pleased with the person who is occupying the oval office. it was about policy, hot topics on the campaign trail and what's been happening coming down the pipe in the first month of office for the president. i want to start off with one of the poll we start off with. it says do you disapprove or approve of president trump using twitter to communicate more directly. 70% strongly or somewhat agree. others disapprove. 2% are on sure. i want to get to a more serious one. you approve or or disapprove of his executive order that t

mr. perez, congratulations. >> former secretary of labor under frez obama thomas perez is elected chair of the democratic national committee winning seton second ballot and i'm confident that when we lead with our values and lead with our actions we succeed. that is wh party has always been about. >> democrats are working to rebuild their party after republican victories in the never election. and at the to much the agenda president trump. >> he has been a disaster if this were a season of apprentice donald trump would have fired donald trump at the end of the first episode. >> getting to the bottom of russian interference in the 016 election and preventing future problems. >> if you want to know how it went with us i'm leaving next chair at 463 pages this is all i've been able to compile if you want to know what it's like to have poder files stolen and staff harassed i'll leave with you this. >> they are hoping to build on anti-trump momentum to take back congress in 2018. >> we as democrats must move forward with courage, confidence and opt mitch a.m. stay focused on elections we must win equal progress for par

mr. netanyahu arrives this week, whether it's israel or tehran -- thomas: you have a wide range of reactionsey knew general flynn left. with a mattis came in tough approach because he had been in iraq when iran was making the ied's that killed many of our marines. they know this group of national security people are on to the arabians and will take a tougher line. for israel, huge confusion because trump came in saying i'm moving the embassy from jerusalem to tel aviv and it didn't happen. i'm with you and then suddenly the settlements are not such a good idea. run with obama, he could count on all republicans defending him, but what happens if a republican administration is talking like obama? al: he does not want to go back to the j -- to the days of jim baker. it is kind of handy for him to have a villain as far as domestic politics. thomas: he loves having obama because he could go to the cabinet and say to the people in his right eye would have expanded settlements but obama broke my arm. love to be with you. he's not going to have that. this comes out at a very important time. lawel ju

mr. perez congratulations former state of labor under president obama thomas perez elected chair of the democratice winning the seat on the second ballot. >> i am confident that when we lead with our values and lead with our actions we succeed. that is what the democratic party has always been about. >> reporter: democrats working to rebuild their party after republican victories in the november election. at the top of the agenda president trump. >> he has been a disaster. if this presidency were a season of the apprentice, donald trump would have fired donald trump at the end of the first episode. >> another area of focus getting to the bottom of russian interference in the 2016 election and preventing future problems. >> if you want to know how to interfere with us i'm leaving the next chair 463 pages. this is i've been able to compile. if you want to know what it's like to have your file stolen daughters harassed your staff harassed i'm leaving you with this. >> reporter: democrats are hoping to build on the anti trump momentum mounting across the country to take back congress in 2018. >> we as

. >> next question, ken thomas, the associated press. >> reporter: thank you, mr. vice president. i wanted to ask you about the dismissal of general flynn recently. did you feel like you were misled by members of the trump administration or were you frustrated that you were left out of the loop on this situation? and what assurances have you received from president trump that something like this will not happen again? and for mr. secretary general, both you and the trump administration have talked about the need for additional funding for defense. what are the consequences for inaction by nato members? is there any scenario in which the article 5 commitments might be considered conditional if nato members do not fulfill their defense spending obligations? >> let me say, i'm very grateful for the close working relationship i have with the president of the united states. and i would tell you that i was disappointed to learn that the facts that had been conveyed to me by general flynn were inaccurate. we honor general flynn's long service to the united states of america and i fully s

marched to independence mall before returning to thomas paine plaza in opposition to a string of president trump's initiatives including the travel ban and mr. trump's plan to repeal the affordable care act. >> he makes stuff up end lies. so, that's why i'm here. i don't think he should be president. >> we do need to protect this country. i am proud to be an american but at the same time you have to have sympathy for those who are in dire straits. >> reporter: the protests came on the heels of the president's campaign style rally in florida this past weekend. approximately 9,000 people came out to cheer the commander-in-chief as he described his first month in office as a run away success once again bad mouthing the media's coverage of his administration citing reports of a chaotic white house mr. trump responded by saying "on the white house is running so smoothly." regardless the protesters here in philadelphia say their concerns about this administration continue to pile up. >> we don't think he is qualified to serve in that office. and he embarrasses me to the rest of the world. >> he's the face of me to the rest of the world and i'm em

and marched to independent mall before returning to thomas paine plaza in oppos to a string of president trump's initiatives includinghe travel ban and mr. trump's plan to repeal the affordable care act. >> he makes stuff up and he lies so that's why i'm here. i don't think he should be president. >> we do need to protect this country. i. proud to be an american but at the same time you have to have sympathy for those who are in dire straits. >> reporter: the protests came on the heels of the ign style rally in florida this past weekend. approximately 9,000 people came out to cheer the commander-in-chief as he described his first month in office as a run success once again bad therage of his administration citing reports of a chaotic white house . trump responded by saying "the white house is running so smoothly." regardless, the protesters here in philadelphia saytheir concerns about this administration continues t. >> we don't think he is qualified to serve in that office. and he embarrass me to the rest of the world. >> he's the face of me to the rest of the world and i'm embarrassed by that. >> reporter: now, mr. trump has addressed

mr. spicer: of course he will come at the president will speak his mind, going back to thomas jefferson, presidents have commented on judicial nominees, the idea that one branch talking about or commenting about another branch is as old as our republic. i do not know why and i find it interesting that when president obama criticized the supreme court for its citizens united comment in the state of the union, there was not a similar concern about that. at some this is -- point it seems like there is clearly a double standard when it is how this is applied. when president obama did it, there was no concern from this briefing room, when he does it, it is a ton of outrage. with all due respect, the president made it clear he was concerned about how that executive order in particular was applied. we addressed it from this briefing room over and over and over again, that the u.s. code gives the president clear authority to make this happen. cecilia? saying that the moralizing and disarming was not specifically about the president's comments about what he said and if so -- mr. spicer: the judge

mr barrow has promised to develop his country following what he called the most critical period in its history. thomaselebrated 52 years of sovereignty, thousands of people filled the stadium for a historic moment. many had come before dawn to get the best seats. with a capacity of 20,000, the capitol stadium was jam—packed. after 22 years of the same man in power, expectations are high. our focus should be developing the gambia, and seeing to it that the gambia is up in the sky, and democratically we are definitely up there. and other states, too, can look up to the gambia to emulate us, definitely. we've shown that already. west african heads of state showed their support, too. they came from liberia... ..senegal, sierra leone, ivory coast, or mauritania for the occasion. and then the man of the day, adama barrow, the new president, who has promised to turn the page and open a new chapter in the country's history. he had first taken the oath last month at the gambian embassy, in senegal, where he waited until security was restored for his return. here he is taking the oath again, at home, and with h

mr. ellis, you are a mere pigeon on the great statue of thomas jefferson. i said, i said, thank you very much. next question, please. i was flustered. i didn't know what to say. but she came up to get her book signed. and she gave me had her card. had her name on it. it said poet. and i said to her then, and i mustered this up, i said, madam, it is not really important whether you regard me as a pigeon. it is very important that you regard jefferson as something other than a statue. and my remarks today are to create real live human beings rather than statues. and in order to move in us in that particular direction, i want to ask you a question. i can't see you clearly, but i am operating on the assumption that many of you out there are parents. and grandparents. an oral response would be is that true? >> yes. >> me too. have you had this experience, when your children are very young, you can do no wrong. you are their gods. you are omniscent. and then they this is a line. whether that line is metabolic or psychiatric or purely chronological, i don't know.

louisa thomas's first book examines the conscience of soldiers during world war i. joseph j ellis said of "louisa: the extraordinary life of mrs. ," for a long time i have a winning for a biography with sufficient emotional range to tell the extorted very story of louisa catherine adams in all of its splendor and said it. "louisa" was worth the wait. -- please welcome thomas. ms. thomas: hello, everyone. i am so pleased to be here and also to be part of this group of louisas. i feel like many other louisas could have been chosen. i love this book very, very deeply here and not just the narcissistic pleasure of reading about someone with my own name, but also i found as a biography it was more interested in understanding the main character then any other book i read. i felt that louisa adams came alive for me and remains with me more than any other character in a book i read this year. louisa made so many fascinating decisions in this the most for me, important was the decision to explore every shift of weather in this kept her from mind as much as their fascinating life. to talking forward about all of the other ones, but just

thomas jefferson wrote in late may that mr. president, there's really nothing of note to report to you. so it shows it was a little bit of a different time in our history. you think president obama would like to disappear for a few months? and have nothing of note to report to him? that sounds good, doesn't it. so george washington selected this route. and he also wanted to see the governors in these states. he kind of arranged ahead to make sure he would do that. he didn't go certain places that many assume he did. he didn't go to norfolk on the southern tour. he didn't go to edenton, north carolina, in the northeastern section, which was one of our largest places, most prominent places at the time. that's probably because he was simply trying to get the best route to get to charleston. he missed edenton. he missed his namesake in north carolina. those folks there can't get over that. that's what we call little washington in north carolina. and he also missed fayetteville, north carolina, which often acted as our state capital

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