he wants to get a feel for the army of the potomac. lee wants to talk to his commanding general george mcclellan and figure out the next plan. it depended on who you ask. george mcclellan was under the belief that he himself got everything he wanted out of lincoln's visit. this was assurance that we did would support mcclellan -- that lee would support mcclellan. lincoln believed that he got assurance from george mcclellan that the army of the potomac was going take continue its next campaign. as soon lincoln boarded a train in frederick, maryland, the rift began to grow. this was ever widening between george mcclellan and his commander-in-chief abraham lincoln. thatllan cap time weekend the army was not well supplied -- mcclellan kept telling lincoln the army was not well supplied. events that took place in the middle of the month would enhance this divide. itinerary and goals in his raid was to ride around the union army and gather intelligence, capture some prisoners. in just a few days, he circumnavigate the union army. it is a wri

right above the end of the potomac river is where the incident took place. the o,e second oh is -- o is where the confrontation with john wilkes booth took place. for the people of st. mary's county, it was their livelihood and for these men, their final resting place. trade, communication, even marriages and the george washington family had been focused on virginia for the folks in southern maryland forever. it was a lot closer to them than other parts of the state. to.as easy to get it provided their livelihoods, it is where they fished, it is where they woke -- worked and they share the waters with the virginians, so they knew each other. they married each other. they do not really care what was going on in the rest of the state of maryland. when federal troops came in and occupied maryland, the people along the potomac did not care. there were not involved. life just went on for them as usual. all their dealings continued with virginia but now they had to be more cautious. now it was illegal to trade with virginia, but they didn't care. they just kept do

they had gone 65 miles from chambersburg and they were five miles from the potomac. the cavalry men in stewart's column were changing their horses out with the captured animals in an attempt to keep moving as quickly as possible. that morning of october 12, alfred pleasanton is heading for stewart and he is aiming for the mouth of the monotonously river. -- monotonously river. stewart summoned his local experts and decided to slip towards a lesser-known location called whites for and he planned to arrive by a route that would trick any observant federals. the photo you are seeing of whites ford was provided by some colleagues of mine in emerging civil war but they wanted me to mention that when they took the photo it was very flooded. the river would have been lower t's cavalry was crossing. we did not what you think it was quite that height when you saw the photo but it was what we had to work with at this season. offeredord -- pleasanton made quite a long march as well moving 70 miles in 24 hours. he begins to move some troops on not busybill on the road. he runs i

down the potomac. down to where the potomac turns, hooks 90 left into the bay and then he comes back home and he lands. and sass and i take off seconds after him. and we take off and we head northeast into a serene and peaceful and silent sky. there is no one airborne. we head out to the northwest and we never find anything. sass and i were not heroes that day. the passengers on flight 93 were the heroes. so you can see why i believe that what i was willing to do that day was nothing special. because anyone would have been willing to do what i was willing to do and what they actually did. they were average, every day americans. who realized there were things in this world that are more important than themselves. and although they might not have raised their hand and taken an oath to give their luf in our nation's defense they did give their life. so they were the true heroes. the d.c. guard commanded the combat air patrol for two weeks after 9/11, which was unprecedented. clearly an event like this unp

is how underappreciated potomac tray con is in our response to 9/11. i would love to kiss those controllers. because their mental agility in transitioning from keeping aircraft separates and sequencing for to get them on final and landed and taking off, now i'm cursed them many times too because i'm sitting there trying to take off and i can't get my clearance. but they were so competent when sass said, okay, paotomac, do yu have any military background? no. so let's just call the national vor tack, let's call that bull's eye. you could do that. now do you have that on your scope? you have the radials coming off of there and the range rings, okay. so if you see a contact, if you get a radar contact that is due east and it is 30 miles away, here is what i want you to say. contact bull's eye 090 for 30. and if you could get an altitude cut, give me the altitude as well. and like that, the controllers swapped their mental approach, they swapped their paradigms, they adopted our fighter pilot language, and they help facilitate our ability to clear the air

at the potomac college in claremont we speak with the director of environmental analysis char miller as human beings are driving climate change they're driving it because in fact we're in cars in southern california and elsewhere that we're pumping affluence in to be air that's heating up the planet and the atmosphere and so when the fires start burning they're actually burning as a result of our own actions. sarah hawking's is not willing to give in and is already building a new barn knowing that the next fire might take everything away again. in tennis austria's dominant team has won the u.s. open in single for the 1st time beating germany's on xander in 5 sets both players were vying for their 1st grand slam title team overcame a 2 set deficit to defeats vet of 264-664-6376 his victory marks the 1st time in the tournaments open era history that a player has recovered from losing the opening 2 sets to win the title and in formula one lewis hamilton took his 90th career victory in a chaotic tuscan grand prix 6 cars were tired before the 1st lap of racing was completed despite the ch

release so-called of the dust settles on the potomac. a ticket a typical stop start i mean you could soon be shooting you. must get into lots of them says. adjust his image as a believer i need to get the. boys that i need so. that one is just. too less. just pressed teach. a person with supply. being is no coke will beat the old you quit using absolute is the good. is use issue you know what you are going to sue me and you put a good. monkey to new york. but then. for there it was for safety today so yes the russians i was in shared those are strong you know even if the 3 below. true if you did you know. the. phone is estimate the way. to what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in his own office very dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. when i was sure seemed wrong when. just told. me you get to shape out these days you can stick out to it and engage with equals b

at the potomac college in claremont we speak with the director of environmental analysis miller human beings are driving climate change they're driving it because in fact we're on cars in southern california and elsewhere that we're pumping up wants to be air that's heating up the planet and the atmosphere and so when the fire started burning there actually burning as a result of our own actions several hawkings is not willing to give in and is already building a new barn knowing that the next fire might take everything away again. to 10 is now where austrians dominate team has won the u.s. open men's singles for the 1st time beating germany's alexander's fan of in 5 sets both players were vying for their 1st grand slam title overcame a 2 set deficit to defeat the head of 264-664-6376 his victory marks the 1st time in the tournaments open era history that a player has recovered from losing the opening 2 sets to win the title. berlin's international track and field event staff took place on sunday was strict coronavirus measures meaning just a few 1000 spectators were allowed into the

matthew mark of the founder and chairman of the republican communications and political consultants the potomac strategy group from philadelphia pennsylvania finkelstein professor of law and faculty director of the center for ethics and rule of law at the university of pennsylvania and from bethesda maryland is a presidential historian and distinguished professor of history at american university thank you for joining us all let's begin in austin with you matthew every 4 years quite proudly the american people go and peacefully overthrow the government of the time it's been going on for 45 times now this time there seems to be some control the state this president is saying that he's not going to guarantee a peaceful transition of power what is the justification for that. yeah this is a constant challenge for president trump and that is from time to time he doesn't speak as literally as i think the press and perhaps the public takes him out to be to be doing in this case it would have been far better had he said yes there will be a peaceful transfer of power there may be legal challenges on one

while hundreds of trump supporters hit the potomac in washington sunday for the trumptilla boat paradeone of many across the country with few masks in sight. >> this is for trump 2020! >> reporter: as new cases continue to rise in at least 27 states, so does the pressure to find a viable vaccine with america's toughest season just ahead. >> we're heading into the fall and winter when we would expect a respiratory pathogen like a coronavirus to start spreading more aggressively. >> reporter: on "face the nation" former f.d.a. commissioner scott gottlieb says scientists will not be hindered by political pressure to expedite a vaccine before the election. >> the likelihood that we will have a vaccine for widespread use in 2020 is extremely low. i think we need to think of that as largely a 2021 event. >> reporter: but public confidence in a vaccine is another issue. a new cbs news poll shows americans are growing more skeptical. just 21% of voters in the united states say that they would take a vaccine as soon as possible. more than half say they would wait to see what happens and another

the intent was that from the capital, you could look all the way to the potomac down maryland avenue. you could look from the capital all the way to the white house down pennsylvania avenue. that did not quite happen. the building lines weren't regular. waserving the original important. greenway,done this in which is a different kind of grass that you see on the side. it is near a granite strip that commemorates the original maryland avenue. it is one of the few places in the city where you can stand in the middle of a street and not get hit by a car and enjoy the view of the capital building. entering the center of the memorial. this is the contemplative area. this is the place where we are hoping you will stop and think about eisenhower and learn a little more about him. there are audio tours that are podcasts. they will tell you in-depth what you are seeing and the idea behind it. the interview with the designer, frank gehry, and he talks about the tapestry and you will understand his concept and how he developed this memorial. over here, we have the recognition of eisenhower as su

got to close off a quid pro quo style you know the way politics is done the washing you know the potomac 2 step of a quid pro quo hable be a revolving door of some big berm once you leave politics or we only hire the best and the brightest from this small group who gives money to both parties you know that's the real where the real problem of all this comes in exactly and that for that would be a part of frustration is that there is a currently any legislation on the books to do just that because both parties actually benefit from it so we're talking about lobbyists who turn into campaign donors on either side or lobbyists who you know play both ends up the middle and just donate both sides and see what happens these people know that their investment is going to turn into something later on so it becomes not a politics of the people but a politics of the lobbyists because they're the ones who donated and guess what when somebody gets elected those lobbyist are the 1st people at the door on the phone you know they want their papers they want to make sure that policies that protect them in

we all know that if she could, nancy pelosi would be willing to skinny-dip across the potomac river if she could block president trump's nominee to the courts but she can't. she has the power and we should use that power to ensure that we allow the court to interpret our first amendment rights correctly in our second amendment rights correctly. hillary clinton knows that you can't get people to vote for joe biden or stand in the way of the nomination but she's trying to change the subject and make it only about obamacare, the supreme court has reshaped about so much more. this will be one of the enduring legacies of the trump administration and i think if democrats continue but the slash and burn approach, the voters will reject them and it will backfire just like it did with judge kavanaugh. >> sean: your take, tammy? >> i think matt is absolutely right but never suggest the skinny-dipping. that's a site that i don't think any of us would have wanted to imagine. at the same time, what we got is a dynamic where like with joe biden, saying this is a power grab. donald trump has reshaped

we all know that if she could come and nancy pelosi would be willing to skinny-dip across the potomaciver if she thought she could walk president trump's nominee to the court, but she can't. we have the power, and we should use that power to ensure that we allow a court to interpret our first amendment rights correctly, our second amendment rights correctly, so hillary clinton knows that you can't get people to just vote for joe biden or stand in the way of this nomination, so she's trying to change the subject and make it all me about obamacare, a supreme court that has reshaped is about so much more. this is going to be one of the enduring legacies of the trump administration and i think if democrats continue with this slash and burn approach, the voters will reject them, it will backfire just like it did with judge kavanaugh. >> sean: your take, tammy? >> well, i think of course matt is absolutely right. never suggest for skinny-dipping. that is a site i don't think any of us want to imagine. at the same time, what we have got a dynamic where, like white joe biden saying this is a

downplay whatay we've done ther today, i believe if the president were able to walk on water across the potomac his critics would accuse him of not being able to swim. this is a big deal. even the wall street journal, the washington post, hardly a fan of the president call this a huge accomplishment, when he unveils his vision for peace in the middle east, when he finished, i saw arab, muslim, all standing and giving a thundering innovation. i thought to myself only donald trump could pull this off. all of us on the panel a christian and we know there won't be lasting peace in the middle east until the prince of peace, jesus christ, returns but that doesn't mean we should be fatalistic. we are supposed to pray for the peace of jerusalem. blessed are the peacemakers and donald trump are to be congratulated for being a peacemaker and making the world a little safer place to live in tonight. that is what this agreement means. shannon: which other arab nations do you think in the short term might come to the table for similar deal? >>>> in a short-term you're looking at the sultan of oman, prime mi

in covid with packed beaches from california to florida while hundreds of trump supporters hit the potomac for the flotilla boat parade. for the trump-tilla boat parade. few masks in sight. >> this is for trump 2020. whoo! >> reporter: as new cases continue to rise in at least 27 states, so does the pressure to find a viable vaccine where america's toughest season just ahead. >> we're headed into the winter when we would expect a pathogen like this to spread more aggressively. >> reporter: on face the nation irks former fda commissioner scott gottleib says scientists will not be hindered to expedite a vaccine before the election. >> the likelihood that we're going to have a vaccine for widespread use in 2020 is extremely low. i think we need to think it's a largely a 2021 event. >> but public confidence is another issue. a new cbs news poll shows americans are growing more skeptical. just 21% of voters in the united states say they would take a vaccine as soon as possible. more than half say they would wait to see what happens and another 21% say they would never take a vaccine. another in

talk about how to steer him away from tweeting is much as you could talking about talking on the potomac river with your family and it's christmas eve and you're staring at your phone the whole time because it's lighting up with alerts from the tweets and then you call as soon as you get back home talk about the treat storm. >> i reminded maybe we are moving into the evening of christmas eve maybe we should shut down the twitter for the evening and let everyone including me enjoy the rest of christmas eve with less tweeting. people say what you tell him to stop tweeting i think it's good for the american people to have that much access when so much of the media around the president with the idea he can get a message the american people is a good thing will be interested to see after donald trump leaves office how the next person who occupies the office how they use the tool to deliver a message to the world and he has been successful doing that is important people have that access. >> there is one tweet that he eggs people on a little bit but after the white house correspondent associati

from the nation's capitol where a protrump vote parade, woodrow wilson bridge and set to head up the potomac ♪ ♪ leland: summer vacation is nearly over, lawmakers are getting ready to return back here to washington after unusually busy august recess and coronavirus relief package hasn't materialized despite months of negotiation. lucas tomlinson following the negotiations, they may get a restart here in the coming weeks, hi, lucas. lucas: remember, it's not just president trump on the ballot and it's republicans an democrats in congress too who want to see a deal pass. on fox news sunday secretary mnuchin said democrats are to blame. >> we've injected $3 trillion into the economy, people thought we'd get 25% unemployment, fortunately it never came close to that. we are down to 8.4, but the president and i believe we should do more stimulus. the speaker has refused to sit down and negotiate unless we agree to something like a 2 and a half trillion dollar deal in advance. lucas: spokesperson for the biden campaign is not optimistic. >> you know, if you work 30 -- more than 24 million people ha

i believe if the president were able to walk on water across the potomac, his critics would accuse him of not being able to swim. the fact is this is a big deal, even the "washington post," hardly a fan of the president called this a huge accomplishment. i remember so well i guess it was in january being in the east room with the president when he unveiled his vision for peace in the middle east and when he had finished, i looked around and i saw arab, muslim, jewish, evangelical leaders all standing in unison together giving a thundering novation to the president and i thought to myself, only president trump could pull this off. all of us on this panel are christian and we know there's not going to be lasting peace in the middle east until the prince of peace jesus christ returns but that doesn't mean we ought to be fatalistic. we are supposed to pray for the peace of jerusalem. said blessed are the peacemakers and i think president trump ought to be congratulated for being a peacemaker and making the world a little safer place to live in tonight, that is what this agreement today mea

at that, going that would be great, so maryland and virginia are arguing over who gets to use the potomac river and maryland is going i don't want to sign this until everything is settled. there is your issue that arises. to passs a bill trying through this room to raise money on essentially imports, take money from imports, there's a to tariff and you put that tame the soldiers. it seems pretty logical. 12 of the states agreed. happen to be rhode island, the smallest of this dates said no and failed. so the states individually have a lot more power and sometimes one can defeat 12. a lot of people think this is not working so well, including members of congress. by the end of the war, you have members of congress writing letters to officers in the army saying maybe the army should throw their weight behind something a little more strong in philadelphia because this is not working between the states. maybe we need the strength of the army. george washington is very much a believer in this idea of civilian control. it's one of the great principles we have embraced from our beginning points

at the potomac college in claremont we speak with the director of environmental analysis miller human beings are driving climate change they're driving it because in fact we're on cars in southern california and elsewhere that we're pumping up once and to be air that's heating up a planet and the atmosphere and so when the fire starts burning they're actually burning of the results of our own actions. sarah hawking's is not willing to give in and is already building a new barn knowing that the next fire might take everything away again. a new tent city has opened on the greek island of lesbos the facility is meant i was left homeless after a fire destroyed the notorious morea refugee camp but most of those displacing conditions and lesbos are unbearable and that they just want to leave chris's prime minister is calling on other european union countries to accept their fair share of migrants. new arrivals settle into life in the replacement migrant camp unless dos while the facilities still being built greek with already as remain hopeful over will be re housed within the week. since t

at the potomac college in claremont we speak with the director of environmental analysis charlie miller human beings are driving climate change they're driving it because in fact we're in cars in southern california and elsewhere that we're pumping up once and to be air that's heating up the planet and the atmosphere and so when the fire through are burning they're actually burning at the results of our own actions sarah hawking's is not willing to give in and is already building a new barn knowing that the next fire might take everything away again. to tennis now we're austria's dominant theme has won the u.s. open men's singles for the 1st time he'd be germany's alexander's fate of in 5 sets both players were vying for their 1st grand slam title game overcame a 2 set deficit to defeats ahead of 264-664-6376 his victory marks the 1st time in the tournaments open era history that a player has recovered from losing the opening 2 sets to win the title. and in formula one lewis hamilton took his 90th career victory and a chaotic tuscan grand prix 6 cars were tired before the 1st lap of rac

mother boat parade is planned along the potomac here in the d.c.f way through the labor day weekend and people flooding floor florida beaches. meaning more covid concerns. morgan chesky is live from miami beach, what are they doing to try to keep the numbers in check? >> reporter: good morning to you. officials are telling everybody a a simple rule. wear your macor face a $50 fine. and officials are hoping that the masking combined with social distancing could prevent what happened during the popular fourth of july weekend. a surge in cases that went statewide that these communities are just now moving on from. it is the holiday weekend with a catch. labor day parties, bearbecues ad beach trips during covid. >> wearing a mask, avoiding close contact and avoiding crowds and doing whatever you could do outdoors as opposed to indoors. if we do that, we should get through the weekend okay. >> reporter: for those taking to the air, trip puts florida as the number one destination with a package at shouj beach early. >> to have the chair, the phone, the s

they were taking a hike above the potomac river with your family, it's christmas eve and they were walking along just staring at your phone almost the whole time because it's just lighting up with alerts with a tweeting storm and as soon as you got to come to talk about this. >> guest: in that moment i decided maybe now that we are moving into the evening of christmas eve it might be a good time to shut down record for the evening and let everybody including me enjoy the rest of christmas eve. but one of the things i do appreciate and people always ask me and say why don't you tell him to stop. i think that it's a good thing for the american people to have that much access to what the president is thinking and i also think this day and age when so much of the media around the president i think it's very biased the idea he can go around them and get a message directly to the american people is a good thing. i would be interested to see and will be interested to see after he leaves office of the next person who occupies that office, whether or not the kind of follow him and use that tool as

you can see the mansion, the potomac river. here is another example. and the other thing that is coinciding with this is that the artists are not formally trained, either. when we talk about democratizing washington's memory, there are more and more people that are maybe not necessarily trained in the formal sense, but they are also, in the way, claiming washington for themselves. -- in a way, claiming washington for themselves. for those that could afford to -- could not afford to make the trip to mount vernon, these visuals, along with literary works, poetry, and musical scores, made washington's asting place a popular -- part of american popular culture. many visitors found the tomb unacceptable and they thought this was a sacred place and that the tomb needed to reflect that sacredness. what many visitors start doing around that time period is talk about going on a pilgrimage to mount vernon. they use deliberately selected religious language. items taken from mount vernon are considered relics. they themselves are pilgrims. whether or not they beli

you think is the number one thing people kind of, you know, become lax on as we have been in the potomac for almost six months now. >> familiarity is number one. i think when people around strangers, going to the store, i think that is when their guard is up. i think however if you meet up with family and a backyard and you are going to a party, if there is any alcohol involved, that is wh down. that is when people forget about the touch, they forget about the mask, they forget about distance. so, it really is about thinking about these things before hand. checking your symptoms as well. make sure you don't have any signs or symptoms of an early cold or flu. before you go. i think it is important people remember too that this is labor day. it is about workers and remember that you are not only protecting yourself but protecting us, front line healthcare workers like here at kaiser permanente, we appreciate everyone taking precautions. >> doctor, one last question, you know you mentioned allergies, when we started out the interview. even though someone may not be, you know, infected, so t

civil war drawing to a close, the barge black diamond sank following a nighttime collision on the potomacer with a steamer carrying union troops. 87resulted in the death of men. karen stone details the events of that knife and why this naval disaster is often overshadowed this navald why disaster is often overshadowed by other evens at the time. the national museum of civil war medicine provided the video and hosted the conversation. >> onto today's program. i am a very excited to share this story. last year i had the honor

we are the boys that crossed the potomac we are the boys that road to pennsylvania aboutother verse talks pennsylvania dutch girls or germans handing out bread to the soldiers. with three out of the five traditional verses of the song dealing with the chambersburg raid, it gives us clues into how stewart and his men view their successes wanting to immortalize it in song. it gives us clues and how they wanted to be remembered. they wanted the glory image. we have to remember that there is more to the story including the civilian interactions, the overarching questions relating to the civil war in the larger sense and the military ethics that are also important to consider. thank you. >> learn more about the people and events that shaped the civil war and reconstruction every saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern only on american history tv here on c-span3. howardptor sabin discusses the process behind creating "a soldier's journey," component of the new national world war i and memorial. the national civic art society hosted this event and provided the video. justin.lemy name is i am the president

one person the christmas eve you were taking a hike on a ridge above the potomac river with your family and you're walking and just staring at your home the whole time because it's just lighting up with alerts from tweet storm he was in the middle of and then you called as soon as you got back home and talked to him but a this christmas eve tweet storm. >> guest: in that moment i reminded him, maybe we do -- now that we're move interesting the evening of christmas eve might be a good time to shut town or twitter for the evening and let everybody, including me, enjoy the rest of christmas eve with less tweeting, but one of the things i actually do appreciate put the president's tweets and people ask me and tell me why don't you tell him to stop tweeting. think it's a good thing for the american people to have that much access to what the president it thinking and i also think this day and age when so much of the media around the president i think is very bias towards this president, the idea that he can go around them and get a message directory to the american people i think is a good t

to the cow guy ag optimist, scott shellady, potomac wealth advisors president mark avaloen. scott i know the answer, you think a comeback will rely a lot more than on the vaccine, right? >> yeah i do. we have the anti-vacsers. do you have to get it every year? there is a lot of questions out there. we're not going to have that trust a lot of people, not me per se, you know how it is. people have their masks on. can see visibly wearing the immune system on your face. even though you're outside, they stay six feet apart and do half mon around you walking around them. the level of distrust will be tough because they have been beaten up by the media last five or six months. when is the last time you will see 105,000 people in ann arbor for football game. the answer was a vaccine. there are too many questions. so yes, it will be part of the solution but it will be two, three, four years off, rather than back to normal day one. david: mark, let's switch to the markets if we can because there is great concern among investors what is happening in europe right now. we had the spikes

. >> well, first of all "the washington post" is no surprise it the potomac would endorse joe biden.d in 2016 with hillary clinton. our book trump america first really dives deep into his successes. his accomplishments and what he has done in the 4 will months of his presidency versus the 48 years of failure of joe biden. and what we try to do is give people a look inside, talking about the inside of the campaign. it's a fun read much like let trump be trump. we are excited about it. thank you for having us on today to talk about it. ainsley: all right. corey, do you want to talk about it? brian: nope. >> in addition to us bringing you into the oval office and on air force one and behind the scenes at the rally there are great stories in there look, some of your listeners and viewers may remember i had to testify in front of congress and we talked about that. i almost got in a fist fight with the oval office then chief of staff john kelly it's in the book. we have great antidotes. if you want to see what goes on nut rough and tumble world of politics it's in the book. the book is abo

in washington, d.c., hundreds gathered in the potomac to cheer on the president's re-election campaignt to be loud and proud in the president's backyard. in california hundreds of boats deck you had out in red, white and blue in the san diego bay a 12-year-old boy toy gun virtual class. the parents say their son has a learning disability and was not aware the toy gun was being shown on the screen in colorado. police did a welfare check without the parent's permission after the teacher alerted authorities. the parents say the school crossed the line. they are now planning to enroll their son in a charter or private school. in a statement the school district says they followed safety policies whether in person learning or distance learning. a sweet lift chef taking over the internet with his sticky fingers. watch. this good job, cade. >> okay. hold it over. quit, cade. >> 2-year-old chef cade sampling cookie ingredients as his nanna puts them in the bowl. at one point he swipes an entire stick of butter. internet loving the cooking cutie. reaching 2,00reach reaching 200s online. rachel:

yes, that's right, and she will be buried at arlington national cemetery, just across the potomac ino rest, soldiers, and also that's where her husband has been laid to rest, and she will be with him then. there will be some sort of memorial service at some point, no detail about that at this stage. of course about that at this stage. of course a lot of controversy, because we are told that one of her dying wishes that she should not be replaced before the election. her seat should not be taken, nomination,, and of course congress in the shape of the senate is pressing ahead despite that dying wish. a huge amount of anger certainly among democrats and others too that this is happening so soon others too that this is happening so soon before an election, the argument by the other side of course that given that we have a republican president and a republican senate, it is their constitutional duty to go through a process, a nomination and confirmation, no matter when the election is. that argument is not going to go away anytime soon. gary, thank you very much. the poisoned russian opp