mr. lamb: how far did you travel, besides washington, to get the story? mr. leo: i did my research in the boston area, washington, mainly the predominant place i was able to do it, which was fantastic. like i said, the number of primary sources available to kind of make this happen was great. yes, it was wonderful. mr. lamb: of all of the stories you tell in there about the documents, what point would you have liked to have been president, when they were discovering the documents were flawed in any way and had to be repaired? mr. puleo: where what i like to be president? 1814 when they were rescued, if that is one of the things behind your question. i think that must have been a fascinating time with dolly madison at the last minute deciding to get these things out and move them. there is one period in 1942 where harvard's james stout and his assistant are working on the declaration at fort knox. i think that would have been fascinating to watch them do their restorative work. i think anyone who writes history and enjoys history would have loved to open in phi

mr. lamb: about the resigning of his commission, george washington? mr. puleo: i think the same thing. is is another case for washington, again coming see the virtues of washington. he doesn't there when he was kind of making the statement that the civilian government is supreme. he doesn't when he is president by deciding not to run for a third term. he probably could have been president for life but decided not to do it. of your books,l which one is for favorite? mr. puleo: impossible to answer. i love them all for various reasons. this book was a real labor of love because it is basically not only be history of these documents but really a history of the country which is encapsulated in these documents, so -- mr. lamb: what is next? mr. puleo: working on something that i prefer not to reveal at this point, kind of early but really excited about this next one. mr. lamb: is it history? mr. puleo: it is, of course. narrative history. mr. lamb: is it the last 50 years or the last 200 years? mr. puleo: it is prior to the last 50 years. mr. lamb: what was the hardest part? mr. puleo: i thi

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mrs. washington. >> and mrs. washington, i'm sure. >> one other note, i think i mentioned earlier that john adams had been ambassador to britain. as ambassador to britain, he was called your excellency as was abigail. they were both excellency in britain. i found evidence that when abigail was back in the united states after that, she was still getting correspondence addressed to her excellency. mrs. john adams. so she was still excellency to some of her friends, probably -- her friends in britain. >> i'm going to ask one more question, and then we're going to turn it to the audience opinion please get your questions ready. >> one other thing that's been on my mind with the current presidential election. there's a better chance there will be a woman elected president this year than any other time. if hillary clinton was elected president, will there be a new presidential title controversy. will there be a new debate? or pretty settled what she would be called? >> it's in -- many women are the head of organizations

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mr. washington can you explain the shadow and causation on shadow thank you very much i ask mr. washington when a park of r is of a certain size and shoold applies for obstruction over 40 feet in height and potential that it can have requires a shadow study and the property if steady the height limit therefore not part of review for praushgz finding. >> you're saying the shadow that occurs with the building under the height is indeed the shadow we have to anticipate in a reasonable code compliant building that's the urban setting in which it occurs. >> that's correct the planner was the prop k expert by coinciden coincidence. >> the sun we want to have we'll have it is interesting in huntington park their casting a shadow everyone it sits in the arrangement moves into the sun it is like a sundial on the entire park having said that, if that is what the in front of you us we need to consider that i have emotional on the side of wanting to protect the park but can't do that those rules which any at small park falls under i am torn last week the addition of the second unit the secon

mr. washington can you explain the shadow and causation on shadow thank you very much i ask mr. washington when a park of r is of a certain size and shoold applies for obstruction over 40 feet in height and potential that it can have requires a shadow study and the property if steady the height limit therefore not part of review for praushgz finding. >> you're saying the shadow that occurs with the building under the height is indeed the shadow we have to anticipate in a reasonable code compliant building that's the urban setting in which it occurs. >> that's correct the planner was the prop k expert by coinciden coincidence. >> the sun we want to have we'll have it is interesting in huntington park their casting a shadow everyone it sits in the arrangement moves into the sun it is like a sundial on the entire park having said that, if that is what the in front of you us we need to consider that i have emotional on the side of wanting to protect the park but can't do that those rules which any at small park falls under i am torn last week the addition of the second unit the secon

mr. trump washington. >> mr. president, it was a great honor being with you, a i look forward to being with you many, many more times in the future. >> thank you. >> will trump be able to heal the widening divisions in this country? i will talk to his campaign manager kellyanne conway. >>> e-mail fallout again. hillary clinton blames her loss directly on fbi director james comey, saying his announcement stopped her momentum. >>> not only have democrats lost remain in republican hands. how do democrats rebuild? senator cory booker and congressman keith ellison join me. >>> did donald trump win the election? or did hillary clinton lose it? we will dig into the numbers. joining me are david brooks, katty kay, hugh hewitt and nina welcome to sunday and the post-election edition of "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning and, boy, this is no ordinary sunday. if there's one idea that was voluntarily dated tuesday, it's that we live in a split s

washington. david: a lot. mr. buffett: i buy people lunch here. vid: you grew up in omaha and then moved to washington when your father became a congressman. how did you start your business career in washington with various pinball machines and gulf businesses? mr. buffett: i had a couple of those businesses going in, the pinball was the best. the wilson coin-operated machine company. it was named after the high school my partner and i went to. we had our machines and barbershops and the barbers wanted the machines with flippers, but those cost $350. whereas an obsolete machine only cost $25. we always said we would take it up with mr. wilson. he was one tough guy. david: when you graduated from high school you are not interested in academics? mr. buffett: i was not interested. david: your high school yearbook said you are likely to be a stockbroker even the you were not good at math. mr. buffett: i did not want to go to college, although my dad wanted me to go to college. we did not have sats then. in the truth, i always wanted to please my dad, h

mr. washington can you explain the shadow and causation on shadow thank you very much i ask mr. washington when a park of r is of a certain size and shoold applies for obstruction over 40 feet in height and potential that it can have requires a shadow study and the property if steady the height limit therefore not part of review for praushgz finding. >> you're saying the shadow that occurs with the building under the height is indeed the shadow we have to anticipate in a reasonable code compliant building that's the urban setting in which it occurs. >> that's correct the planner was the prop k expert by coinciden coincidence. >> the sun we want to have we'll have it is interesting in huntington park their casting a shadow everyone it sits in the arrangement moves into the sun it is like a sundial on the entire park having said that, if that is what the in front of you us we need to consider that i have emotional on the side of wanting to protect the park but can't do that those rules which any at small park falls under i am torn last week the addition of the second unit the secon

mr. trump goes to washington. president-elect donald trump traveled to washington, d.c. less than 48 hours after his victory in the presidential election. president obama who campaigned hard against mr. trump invited him to what will be his new

mr. washington and father of our country. what do we have going on here at the schnepp farms on november 19th. >> this will be our 49th annual american heritage festival. the largest educational living history event west of the mississippi. we are going to have people represng american history all the way from the days of pilgrims up to the era of the 20th century. there will be live music, historic fashion shows, trades, crafts, battle re-enactments of the american revolution. >> food, food? >> lots of food. >> awesome. >> and just things of interest for all ages. it's educational, it's inspirational. the largest educational multiera living history event in the west. >> general, thank you so much. we'll be back here with a we're going to send it back to you guys now as well. i will go find my blanket. >> you do that, jimmy. >>> and with jimmy in queen creek today, the subject of our 12 today tribute question. it bam a town in 1989. the question, can you name the first mayor of queen creek. the answer is two minutes away. >>

mr. -- in washington will be white house council and mr. trump's assistant.presidential republican mitt romney are still considerations for secretary of state. he and mr. trump attacked each other during the campaign. >> romney choked like a dog. >> reporter: the green party has filed paperwork seeking a recount in wisconsin after its candidate jill stein raised enough money through donations to fund the audit. >> the american public has come out strongly around this saying it has to be done. >> reporter: stein wants recounts in pennsylvania and michigan, too. >> we need to implement these safeguards so that we aren't asking the question after the fact. >> reporter: the states that she's questioning all helped mr. trump secure the presidency. he'll be back in new york this weekend with plans to meet with potential hires monday. >> the electoral college meets to vote on december of 19th, the deadline set by the constitution. so assuming recounts happen in wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania and all completed by the december 19th deadline and assuming that the

mrs. washington and i going to trumbull's studio. about an hour at a time. he gets sick of sitting for portraits. he says, i feel like a horse going to the trough over and over again. i have to just sit. so he gets quite frustrated with the process. how many exist? around 15.nk there is one at the metropolitan museum if you want to see one quickly. one in brooklyn. some at the rhode island state capital. there are variants on it. one in the maryland state capital. they are here and there. some have been lost. but it was stewart to painted the most of these. you refer to them as his $100 bills because he charged $100 for each one. ka-ching. they showed up everywhere. there were copyists. there were official prince made. made and unofficial prints made. a couple of american traders brought with them one as a gift as a token of our nation. who knows what happened to that. so they sort of saturate the visual landscape of this time. >> how frequent was the ?uplication did trumbull do it? once or twice. maybe a second version said there are not as many troubles ar

washington post." how did that come about? mr. ffett: in 1973, the washington post company had gone public in 1971, about the time of the pentagon papers. but in 1973 the nixon administration, through a pal of nixon's, they were challenging the licenses of two of the four television stations. so the stock went from 37 down to 16. at 16, there were about 5 million shares. that was for $80 million. no debt to speak of. so the washington post company, intrinsically worth $400 million or $500 million was selling for $80 million. it was ridiculous. you have a business unquestionably worth five times what it was selling for, and mr. nixon was not going to put them out of business. david: when you are doing these analyses, then and now, do you have computers that help you? in those days, how did you read about the washington post, and how do you do it today? mr. buffett: same way, but fewer opportunities now. i met bob woodward and he came up with all the presidents men. all of a sudden, at 30 years of age he was getting quite wealthy. we

mr. washington. maria? >> caller: hi, jim.ou for taking my call. >> of course. >> caller: i'm on the fence for pi. >> yeah, we like that. we like that. i got to tell you, so many stocks are down so low, i'm looking at splunkator which is good. i do prefer nvidia. i'm sticking with that one. bob in louisiana. bob? >> caller: hello, jim. >> bob. >> caller: merging with chemicals -- >> oh europeans will hold that deal up forever because it involves merging sea companies. if they walked away the stock would go higher. i didn't always think that. but travel trust ownes it. we will have a resolution. i would own the stock. to ken in florida. ken? call first-time caller from miami. love your show, jim. trust your advice even if you were to tell me 5 and 6 is better than 7 and 4. took a schnitzel at 76 for main holding of hika but keeps going up. what do you think? >> boy, everyone has my number on these, don't they? howie, dumb come on, make it better.come on, make it better. those are the guys from the front office. i think you're i

mr. trump goes to washington. >> mr. president, it was a great honor being with you, and i look forward to being with you many, many more times in the future. >> thank you. >> will trump be able to heal the widening divisions in this country? i will talk to his campaign manager kellyanne conway. >>> e-mail fallout again. hillary clinton blames her loss directly on fbi director james comey, saying his announcement

mr. washington insider, which is really who evan bayh is.f months ago, a tough map. you talk about the real clear average. if every senator ahead wins in that average, republicans end up with 52 seats. so this is definitely much better than where they thought they were going to be a while ago. we're going to see, as it closes here, i like ron johnson closing hard in wisconsin. richard burr, he's made some mistakes in north carolina. but his opponent, a clu lobbyist, probably too far left to the state. she ended up say that she lobbied against a sex offender registre register. >> he's attacking her on the same points you're making, but hasn't showed people, okay, vote for me. that's one way roy blunt in missouri has rehabilitated himselves some ways with some positive ads. you haven't seen that in north carolina. >> he's in trouble. he's been painted as an insider. and it's working for his opponent. >> kip, how do you see it? what are your sources telling you about this senate campaign? any surprises, you expect? >> well, there is a lot of wo

mr. trump washington. >> mr. president, it was a great honor being with you, a i look forward to being with you many, many more times in the future. >> thank you. >> will trump be able to heal the widening divisions in this country? i will talk to his campaign manager kellyanne conway. >>> e-mail fallout again. hillary clinton blames her loss directly on fbi director james comey, saying his announcement stopped her momentum. >>> not only have democrats lost

mrs. washington. >> and mrs. ington, i'm sure. >> one other note, i think i mentioned earlier that john adams had been ambassador to britain. as ambassador to britain, he was called your excellency as was abigail. they were both excellency in britain. i found evidence that when abigail was back in the united states after that, she was still getting correspondence addressed to her excellency. mrs. john adams. so she was still excellency to some of her friends, probably -- her friends in britain. >> i'm going to ask one more question, and then we're going to turn it to the audience opinion please get your questions ready. >> one other thing that's been on my mind with the current presidential election. there's a better chance there will be a woman elected president this year than any other time. if hillary clinton was elected president, will there be a new presidential title controversy. will there be a new debate? or pretty settled what she would be called? >> it's in -- many women are the head of organizations, an

mr. smith, and the gentleman from washington, mr. mcdermott, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from nebraska. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 5458, currently under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: i rise today in support of h.r. 5458, the veterans tricare choice act of 2016, this legislation introduced by my colleague, ris stute of utah, addresses gaps in the law for tricare coverage people from utilizing a health savings account, or h.a.s. while veterans our their family members that participate in tricare, that have other plans, they are prohibited from contributed to a h.s.a. with a high deductible plan. an individual must permanently renounce their tricare eligibility because no mechanism to allow re-enrollment currently exists. h.r. 5458 addresses

mr. trump goes to washington. the handshake seen around the world.but what did they really think about each other? neither one of them makes icon tact. >> security nightmare. >> the secret service wants the president-elect and his family to move out of trump tower. >> is this where they will stay? and chaos on the streets. rubber bullets. and how these guys tried to keep trump from getting a good night's sleep. >> that is just sick. >> and late night comics. what happened to the jokes? >> it is easy to say throw in the towel and we're going to leave. >> then, actor brad pitt's first red carpet appearance

mr. mcdermott: madam chair. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington. mr. mcdermott: i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote has been requested . those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, and the order of the house of today, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered. or on which a vote incurs objection under clause 6 of rule 20. recorded votes on postponed questions will be taken later. for what purpose does the gentleman from utah seek recognition? mr. bishop: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 6302, the overtime pay for secret service agents act of 2016. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 658, h.r. 6302, a bill to provide for an increase in premium pay for united states secret service agen

mr. trump goes to washington. >> mr. president, it was a great honor being with yo and i look forward to being with you many, many more times in the future. >> thank you. >> will trump be able to heal the widening divisions in this country? i will talk to his campaign manager kellyanne conway. >>> e-mail fallout again. hillary clinton blames her loss directly on fbi director james comey, saying his announcement stopped her momentum. >>> not only have democrats lost

mrs. washington has written to me and asked me to make sure that the -- that we raise money for the troops. so that's how involved they were that early. >> that's right. and it's -- you sold so much richness of the martha washington story but two small points to add. the affectionate use of lady washington. many people think that's really what was the progenerator of the term first lady, and it was a great mark of honor by the troops. but she was a woman of society. and yet, there are many stories being told that if you walked into camp, shooed be sitting and knitting socks for the soldiers' uniforms and encouraging other women of her station to do the same. i also read she gave $20,000 of her own money as a contributor, which is quite a lot. >> quite a lot. but she was rich. washington would have never been -- washington would have never been washington without martha. but, you know, in that -- when she was doing that knitting, again, mt. vernon ladies association has done a wonderful job of finding these letters because they are hard to find, but the women of morristown were horrified th

i'm jacqueline london. >> reporter: and i'm jim rosenfield live in washington on mr. trump's first day as president-elect. he got a behind the scenes look at the government he will now be leading. he toured the halls of power in congress today, meeting with the leaders of the house and senate. but president-elect trump's most high-profile meeting came in the oval office today with the man he will replace, president obama. once bitter political rivals -- >> obama is an incompetent, and the most ignorant president in our history. he has been a disaster. >> i continue to believe mr. trump will not be president. >> reporter: coming face to face at the white house for the start of the transition process. >> most of all, i want to emphasize to you, mr. president-elect, that we now are going to want to do everything we can to help you succeed. >> so, mr. president, it was a great honor being with you, and i look forward to being with you many, many more times. >> reporter: after today's 90-minute meeting with president obama, president-elect trump walked the halls of congres

washington post." how did that come about? mr. t: in 1973 -- the "washington post" company and gone public in 19 some new one, right about the pentagon papers. but in 19 some e3, the nixon bebeistration through rebozo were challenging the licenses of two of the four television stations. the stock went from 37 down to 16. at 16, there were about -- it was selling for $80 million. it was ridiculous. -- that included the newspaper, other assets. the washington post company, intrinsically worth $400 million or $500 million, sold for $80 million. it was ridiculous. it was unquestionably worth five times what it was selling for, and mr. nixon was not going to put them out of business. david: when you do analyses, then and now, do you have computers that help you? how do you read -- did you get printed materials? in those days, how did you read about those or know about that today? mr. buffett: same way, but fewer opportunities now. i met bob woodward and he came up with all the presidents men. at 30 years of age he was getting quite weal

mrs. washington. >> yeah, i'm sure. as ambassador, they was called excel lan si and they were that in britain. i found evidence that when they were back in the united states after that, she was getting things addressed and to some of the friends probably and the friends in britain. >> okay. i'm going to ask one more question and then we're going to turn it to the audience. get the questions ready, but one other thing that's been on my mind with the current presidential election is that there's a better chance and is there going to be a new debate or do you think that it's pretty settled on what it's going to be called? >> many are called madam president. i would assume she would be called madam president. i don't think that there's a lot of debate about that. i think most that are going to be president would be called mr. or if they had a title like doctor or lieutenant, they would be called that. or called the first gentlemen happening. i can see the first gentlemen being used for bill clinton. what i can see or the co

mr. lamb: about the resigning of his commission, george washington? mr. puleo: i think the same thing. his is another case for washington, again coming see the virtues of washington. he doesn't there when he was kind of making the statement that the civilian government is supreme. he doesn't when he is president by deciding not to run for a hird term. he probably could have been president for life but decided not to do it. mr. lamb: of all of your books, which one is for favorite? mr. puleo: impossible to answer. i love them all for various reasons. this book was a real labor of love because it is basically not only be history of these documents but really a history of the country which is encapsulated in these documents, so -- mr. lamb: what is next? mr. puleo: working on something that i prefer not to reveal at this point, kind of early but really excited about this next one. mr. lamb: is it history? mr. puleo: it is, of course. narrative history. mr. lamb: is it the last 50 years or the last 200 years? mr. puleo: it is prior to the last 50 years. mr. lamb: what was the hardest part?

vice president-elect mike pence returning to washington for for more meetings. there was more filings from mr. trump's campaign. in washington, joe waldman. >>> demonstrators that marched in the streets of oakland of at election are causing the police of excessive force. the national lawyers guild says officers rode up to the sidewalks on motorcycles and pointed a less lethal weapon and spread chemical agents at protestors. the group says one protester's skull was fractured. >> we were in a peaceful mode and this narrative that they are trying to push force is that they only respond when they find that people are engaging in behavior unlawful or whatever else. it is a false narrative. >> oakland police say that they investigate all use of force by officers and that internal affairs is open to all complaints. officers only use tear gas after they were injured by projectiles being thrown by members of splinter groups. >> new video of a shooting involving deputies that killed a 15-year-old boy. the teenager went to high school and was killed saturday morning after investigators say that he stabb

mr. trump goes to washington. >> mr. president, it was a great honor being with you, and i look forward to bng with you many, many more times in the future. >> thank you. >> will trump be able to heal the widening divisions in this country? i will talk to his campaign manager kellyanne conway. >>> e-mail fallout again. hillary clinton blames her loss directly on fbi director james comey, saying his announcement >>> not only have democrats lost the presidency, the senate, the house and state legislatures all remain in republican hands. how do democrats rebuild? senator cory booker and congressman keith ellison join me. >>> did donald trump win the election? or did hillary clinton lose it? we will dig into the numbers. joining me are david brooks, katty kay turner. welcome to sunday and the post-election edition of "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning and, boy, this is no ordinary sunday. if there's one idea that was voluntarily dated tuesday, i

mr. trump goes to washington. >> mr.resident, it was a great honor being with you, and i look forward to being with you many, many more times in the future. >> thank you. >> will trump be able to heal the widening divisions in this country? i will talk to his campaign ma