he was very interested in a canal or the potomac and the can now.d you find anything that washington may have dawned? >> i did find letters between jefferson and washington right after the war in 1784, where jeff and actually took the initiative to write to washington and get them energized again about the potomac project. washington remember was coming back to mount vernon and his papers had the nerve to get them out of the way of the enemy. and he was a man who wanted to get his personal life back in order and said he was distracted from these bigger public projects. it's clear the letter from jefferson gets them fired up again about the potomac project. they talk in great detail about how are you going to get kids from the southern shore of lake erie of the cuyahoga river to the beavercreek then how do we avoid pennsylvania and all the politics and get it through maryland into virginia. let's look at a southern -- i think the key map for that again is the hutchins, which shows all of that detail analysis available to me. i didn't find any manuscr

[laughter] about the potomac project.nd they talk in great detail about, you know, what's -- how are you going to get goods from the southern shore of lake erie and the cuyahoga river to beaver creek, and then how do we avoid pennsylvania and all the politics there? [laughter] and get it through maryland into virginia. let's look at a southern route. i think the key map for that, again, is the hutchens which shows all of that detail, and i think that's what -- you know, that was available to me. i didn't find any manuscript maps. >> you didn't find any letters from jefferson to washington from paris? at all? this. >> hmm. i don't think these were from paris, but i'd have to take a look. >> that's when he sent the map. he, obviously, had bought the map in paris or had someone draw it up for him, i gather. but it was a wonderful letter. >> i'm going to have to take a look for that. [laughter] thank you. >> you mentioned that there was a treasure-trove of maps at the sterling library at yale.dhl@ had all those been purchased

pa., pittsburgh and you can see how he drew some of potomac on the allegheny mountains and went through the snow and made his way up to the southern shore of lake erie from the wonderful trying and even by modern standards it turns out to be very accurate so his training paid off and it shows washington's initiative there is nothing in the military commission that said bring back of map only to deliver the ultimatum but washington seems temperamental physically suited to life on the frontier and going out and making maps of the land so the sandman comes back 21 years old and as a successful report and a map. that was the way of thinking about the world and the way to represented a and he knew it was a currency that maps or knowledge and knowledge was power this was power politics on the front here. that map was included by the governor in a packet sent to london and this is the beginning of washington's fame up and down the seaboard in america and published in europe as well. the diaries show the tenacious young man braving the elements and be a patriot at -- at the same time. a couple

there is something about this, if you're going to drink the potomac water, drinking a quick and get out. term limits and this idea of power corrupts. corruption and power together, it is too much. it is too much here. he have to get in and get out. i think that is a big part of what is going on here. that is in terms of fixing the problem, this is what the tea pa degree was about. getting citizen legislators. there is a movie called "get out of our house". electing -- it is going back to the grassroots of getting citizen legislators in a set of politics -- instead of politicians who have been drinking the potomac to much. tavis: i need to understand this. when the tea party said we're going to take our country back, from whom? [laughter] [applause] seriously. this rant all the time. we are taking this country back. >> we're taking our country back to constitutional view of what they believe the constitution requires or what it says. it is not take our country back in terms of tax some heat and let's go. that is not what this is about. getting back to a point you made earlier, dr. west.

it is a pleasure to be here at the potomac institute. we have been working together for a number of years, and this is another opportunity for me to speak about what is going on in the region and how we work on terrorism. i am very honored to be with this panel, especially with my friend and colleagues. you know that we have been working quite strongly, the united states and morocco, but also spain and morocco. spain and morocco are neighbors and we are threatened by common threats, especially terrorism, and we have been working very closely together. morocco has suffered terrorism a few years ago. we have the terrorist attack in 2003 and some others in 2007, although in 2007 i think that that was what my friend sen called the solitary are lower tariffs. some borrow them up and what part of an organization. -- someone blew them up and was not part of an organization. we never thought that something like that could happen in morocco, especially from the doings of moroccans. we immediately had huge demonstrations. 1 million people in the s

s influential lobbyists and lawyers with those two potomac fairfax virginia if there is one man who knows the montra location location location it's eric stewart one of d.c.'s luxury realtor. it's a seven and a half million dollar home over ten thousand square feet it's in one of the best locations of all the potomac feeds great school districts very desirable for the average american consumer stewart isn't worried about sales. jobs into the washington d.c. area which is causing prices to actually have stability and it's not just stylish digs that d.c. is fat cats can afford. this upscale restaurant in georgetown the reservation list for a weekday dinner is fall it's called release the right side of the same table mrs clinton you know who is now secretary of state came many times just a lot of people come from the hill and big big law firms while one in seven americans rely on food stamps at me shelvey shard citron now an average couple isn't shy to shell out what most couples make in a month on a meal or the tax on the difference in the six hundred dollars range or whatever it may be and

. >> indian room crowd only, and potomac maryland on saturday. a crowd filled with famous faces came on to say goodbye to sargent shriver. he was also the father of california first lady were rya shriver the of the white the former governor are all sorts of bigger, shriver died on tuesday after a long battle with alzheimer's. president clinton, said the condition did not slow shriver down. >> if anyone wants to bring dignity and knowledge in this disease was him. >> shriver was bobbing director of the peace corps in 1961 he headed up the special olympics found that up by his wife eunice kennedy who died in 2009. shriver's grandchildren help utilize them. >> even though we know you're gone to grandma liu still filled the room. (music) >> his casket was carried out with stevie wonder singing for ever one. an image that seems to in bawdyhouse shriver face light. >> a weekend weather is really nice. temperatures are really nice. i will have the forecast for you coming up. the city of san bruno has decided how to distribute money that was probably die

in bathing suits ran into the breezing river saturday for the 6th annual polar bear plunge on the potomac >> i'm awake! >> reporter: and in boston, being on thin ice was actually welcomed by kids of all ages >> i have like five layers on right now. >> is it working? >> yeah, it is. definitely. as long as you prepare extremities, glove, hat, you're good. >> reporter: frances coe, nbc news. >>> president obama has released an online preview of tomorrow's state of the union address where job creation will be the big focus along with an emphasis on working together on capitol hill. nbc's tracie potts joins us live from washington. good morning to you. >> reporter: veronica, good morning. good morning, every. in that preview president obama says he wants to focus on making america competitive as well as creating jobs, but republicans want to hear what he is going to do about the nation's $1.3 trillion debt that is dangerously close to hitting its limit. he says will he talk about the debt and the deficit and how to deal with it in a responsible way. now, hours before this speechl tomorrow the

king memorial on the banks of the potomac. there are only three memorials on the banks of the potomac. one for george washington, one for abraham lincoln, and one for thomas jefferson. it will truly be an historic day when a man who never sat in the white house, and who never held a legislative or political position, is honored with a permanent memorial on the banks of the potomac. [applause] let me say now, on the day before, saturday, we will be having a national gathering at the lincoln memorial. we will be gathering there from all over the country. we will conclude that rally by marching from lincoln memorial to the king memorial. from emancipated to the liberator. we will show the growth. the freedom fighting function memorial.t the caking the right wing took lincoln last year. we mean no disrespect for abraham lincoln. we're showing the progression of american history as we keep moving forward. dr. king also was a great man of faith. he was grounded and rigid in the baptist tradition -- rooted in the baptist tradition. h

a funeral is planned for saturday in potomac maryland for peace corps founder and former presidential canadaer sargent shriver. the funeral will be private but a public wake is planned tomorrow in washington, d.c. he will be buried in massachusetts next to his wife. he died tuesday after a battle with alzheimer's disease. he was 95 years old. >>> happy thursday to you. we talked about all this sun yesterday. we talked about it being unseasonably warm. and boy, didn't it deliver? fantastic. temperatures anywhere from five to 10 degrees above normal. and we expect the same again today. as you walk out the door today if you particularly -- particularly in the east bay hills expect a few breezes along the bay as well but nothing too drastic. we are seeing about 30 miles per hour right now. but we do expect all of those winds to begin to decrease as we move toward the lunch hour. and then that's just going to veal mostly sunny skies. 69 degrees is the expected high in the warmest of areas. santa rosa yesterday 71 degrees. they are expected to get up to 69. don't be surprised if it gets abo

. >>> across the potomac river, our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski is reporting that 1,400 additional u.s. marines are on their way to afghanistan as backup ahead of the taliban spring offensive. at the same time, defense secretary robert gates is announcing some new budget cuts for the military, totalling about $78 million over five years. even he admits, however, that is modest given the massive pentagon budget. he's also cancelling the order for a $14 billion amphibious vehicle for the u.s. marine corps. >>> not far from here in maryland tonight, there's a developing story we mentioned at the top of the broadcast. suspicious packages in the mail. our justice correspondent pete williams following the story from our newsroom tonight. pete, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. these were packages sent through the mail to state offices in maryland, causing a great deal of alarm this afternoon. but it turns out that none of them contained explosives. they were instead designed to spark and catch fire. and surprisingly they contained a message about threat warnings. the first

would result michael beverly hills a potomac river here in a tone which. he told with. a town in eastern ukraine is in a state of fear a double identified terrorist. a problem even though all three million dollar rugs that morals felt that all the more balls we're covering this story. for us files on wiki leaks show how russia's opposition turns to the u.s. for help but frequently gets the cold shoulder from washington. i was shy about american leaders agree the t.v. superpowers do differ on sensitive issues beijing's growing influence in the u.s. is making people look eats. last fall is in the middle of the desert sand investigative journalist uncovers one of the world's largest spine bases in israel of the decades of secrecy. a very warm a welcome see this is r.t. live from moscow with me alice habits now top story panic has swept through a town in eastern ukraine which has been rocked by two applause in the morning on identifying terrorists are promising more attacks today if they don't get full life on the home million dollars or more on this story let's cross to ou

would result from a cold that really pulls the tomac review of the tone with citrus potomac wrong. on award winning a right to shed light on corruption in norway's immigration system is facing deportation while both only un tara list of being given asylum in the scandinavian country. a town in eastern ukraine is in a state of fear all for a double blogs are identified terrorists are demanding off by better home million dollar ransom or else they'll thousand more bombs a comparable story line. pressure falls from wiki leaks how russia's own position turns to the u.s. to help put frequently gets the cold shoulder from moscow. as chinese and american leaders agree that so used to power still differ on sensitive if you beijing's growing influence in the west is making people look eats . very warmly welcomed see this is the line from moscow i'm alice had but a woman who was a. norwegian over the year is being deported from the scandinavian country as an illegal immigrant born in the russian region of north a thirty year career and then became to the country and her early teens and publi

king memorial on the banks of the potomac.ree memorials on the banks of the potomac. one for george washington, one for abraham lincoln, and one for thomas jefferson. it will truly be an historic day when a man who never sat in the white house, and who never held a legislative or political position, is honored with a permanent memorial on the banks of the potomac. [applause] let me say now, on the day before, saturday, we will be having a national gathering at the lincoln memorial. we will be gathering there from all over the country. we will conclude that rally by marching from lincoln memorial to the king memorial. from emancipated to the liberator. we will show the growth. the freedom fighting function memorial.t the caking the right wing took lincoln last year. we mean no disrespect for abraham lincoln. we're showing the progression of american history as we keep moving forward. dr. king also was a great man of faith. he was grounded and rigid in the baptist tradition -- rooted in the baptist tradition. he believed it was

. >> a standing only crowd of potomac maryland. a crowd of famous faces came not to say goodbye to sargent shriver. he was also the father of california first lady maria shriver is the wife of former governor arnold schwarzenegger. the 95 year-old schreiber died tuesday after a long battle with alzheimer's disease. former president clinton, said that the condition could not slows shriver down. >> if anyone wants to give dignity and knowledge to this disease he knew that what was a matter was he a moment in eternity. >> shriver had a that the special olympics founded by his wife eunice shriver who died in 2009. >> driver is grandchildren help utilize him. >> happiness will still rise is you are carried into great grandmother. >> shriver's casket was carried out with stevie wonder singing for every on. that attitude that seems to embody how schreiber approach life. >> if you are a debit or credit card added, your money may not be saved. the new high-tech ways that these are picking your pocket. >> it didn't feel like winter time out

im7 and white, as southern as the red clay of georgia, a seven as les mansion overlooking the potomac. northern virginia is where i lived, rural georgia was down-home. my grandmother used to say the only foreigner we ever had in the family was a yankee. as a teenager that meant my father. as a teenager witnessing virginias campaign of massive resistance to a court ordered school desegregation and knew something was terribly wrong in the south, both as a christian and as a southerner. i felt that when i had a chance to do something to chance things i should do it. we seveners needed to put our own house in order. when i was a student at duke university in durham, north carolina in 1960 my chance came with a sit-in. a few of other white students and i joined the blackboard carolina college students at the lunch counters and jails. i had an office job and participated in the local movement led by the nonviolent action groups. my particular contribution to the book is a diary i kept. the next spring the freedom rides turned bloody. the students on different campuses mobilized to keep the

the simple answer -- and i know it is simple -- if you going -- if you are going to drink the potomac water, drink it quickly. you have got to get in and get out. i think that is a big part of what is going on here. in terms of fixing the problem, this is what the tea party is about, getting the citizen legislators. there is a mission called, get out of our house. it is a bunch of community forums across this country. the affected 535 people to the house of representatives. it is going back to the grass roots. they want to put citizen legislators in their instead of politicians who have been drinking from the potomac too much. >> i want to ask this last question. just so i understand this, but tea party says we are going to take our country back. from whom? [applause] [laughter] seriously. we are going to take our country back from whom? what does that mean? >> it means we are going to take our country back to first principles and to constitutionally --a constitutional view of what they believe the constitution requires in this country. it is not take our country back in terms of atta

the simple answer -- and i know it is simple -- if you going -- if you are going to drink the potomac water, drink it quickly. you have got to get in and get out. i think that is a big part of what is going on here. in terms of fixing the problem, this is what the tea party is about, getting the citizen legislators. there is a mission called, get out of our house. it is a bunch of community forums across this country. the affected 535 people to the house of representatives. it is going back to the grass roots. they want to put citizen legislators in their instead of politicians who have been drinking from the potomac too much. >> i want to ask this last question. just so i understand this, but tea party says we are going to take our country back. from whom? [applause] [laughter] seriously. we are going to take our country back from whom? what does that mean? >> it means we are going to take our country back to first principles and to constitutionally --a constitutional view of what they believe the constitution requires in this country. it is not take our country back in terms of atta

the simple answer -- and i know it is simple -- if you going -- if you are going to drink the potomac water, drink it quickly. you have got to get in and get out. i think that is a big part of what is going on here. in terms of fixing the problem, this is what the tea party is about, getting the citizen legislators. there is a mission called, get out of our house. it is a bunch of community forums across this country. the affected 535 people to the house of representatives. it is going back to the grass roots. they want to put citizen legislators in their instead of politicians who have been drinking from the potomac too much. >> i want to ask this last question. just so i understand this, but tea party says we are going to take our country back. from whom? [applause] [laughter] seriously. we are going to take our country back from whom? what does that mean? >> it means we are going to take our country back to first principles and to constitutionally --a constitutional view of what they believe the constitution requires in this country. it is not take our country back in terms of atta

space it needs to do its job, there is more flooding out there, i am told, then there is around the potomac river. they need good space. as a resource question. host: dr. paul light, thank you so much for your time and expertise as this town debates the size, scope, and performance of the federal government, for research and contributions on this friday morning. thank you. guest: my pleasure entirely. host: for our final half-hour, we will use it for open phones. we started out the morning talking about the protests in egypt, and we will show you some current video via al jazeera of the situation there. they're continuing to report, so if you have a cable or satellite system, you can watch the report. if you want to talk about that, we will listen to your comments, but we will hear from you on domestic policy as well. >> you are through with politics? define that. >> i do not want to campaign for candidates, be a money raiser. i do not want to be on talk shows giving my opinion, second- guessing, and i think it is bad for the country, quite frankly, to have a former president criticized his

space it needs to do its job, there is more flooding out there, i am told, then there is around the potomac river. they need good space. as a resource question. host: dr. paul light, thank you so much for your time and expertise as this town debates c-span: a lot of the actions harry truman took made my life easier as president, and therefore many of the decisions i made to the executive order, i think the most controversy decisions are made to the executive order such as listening to the phone calls of people who might do us harm or enhanced interrogation techniques became the wall of the land in other words after the 04 elections and after the 06 elections i went to congress and said we need to ratify through the legislative action that i have done in the constitution by executive order. and so, the congress in spite of the fact we had been dumped passed the law that now enables the president to have these certain tools, and people say why didn't you just leave it under the executive order, and the reason why is in some cases it might be too hard politically for a president to put out an

host: this is the gaylord national harbour resort, just minutes away down the potomac where the republican committee is meeting to elect a chairman. they have five candidates and have done a first round of voting and the two leading candidates, right brightest and michael steele -- it looks like they are ready to gavel in again. let's hear from miami. my support for saul anuzis. i did some canvassing. some of the republican party, the more grassroots people, they are dissatisfied with the far right of the republican party. they are perceived as corrupt and the bank bail outs started under george bush. everybody is really upset about those bank bailouts. i would like to see more of a chairman that would support all the grass roots people. , some of the tea party people, some partyron paul people and be more inclusive. there is an undercurrent of groundswell support of change that everybody does not want. they want new ideas. they want the federal reserve audited. they want the money situation reported to was accurately. host: thank you. we heard there is a two-minute warning. we'll continue