he wants to get a feel for the army of the potomac. determinates state. also lee wants to talk with his commanding general, george mcclellan and figure out what the plan is. whatdifficult to decipher happened in these meetings. george maclennan was under the belief that he got everything he wanted to out of lincoln's visit which was basically an assurance that lincoln would support mcclellan to rebuild the army of the potomac. if you ask abraham lincoln what he got out of this meeting, he believes he got assurance from george mcclellan that the army was going to continue its next campaign soon. a trainlincoln boarded and headed down to the executive office in washington ec, the rift began to grow once again ever widening between george maclennan and his commander-in-chief abraham lincoln. lincoln was prodding mcclellan to move forward. mcclellan said the army was not well supplied. many accounts of soldiers bear out the supply issue that was taking place. sores would be opened further by events that took place in the middle of the month. that would be jeb

it was a two-part system, so the inlet locks connect to the potomac river. there is also way -- also a dam connecting, so that would allow the water from the potomac to rush into the canal and we would have a backup source of water just in case we had problems with the potomac river. only the first 22 miles of the canal actually has water now and it gets spotty throughout. kids, doesn't sound like they had a very good life but during the four months they were closed the canal, they would actually go to school for those four months. our school system back then was very different. you had a series of books you had to go through. no matter how old you were or what grade you were particularly in, if you couldn't get past the first book you had you couldn't move on to the second one. the first book consisted of mostly things like your abcs, how to count, and how to write. once you got to the second and third book, it got more complicated. you learn how to put words together, how to add and subtract. they didn't need to know much on the canal as a canal kid, but t

turn the baltimore and potomac station into a hospital. october 5, a public meeting was held to raise support for the project. december 5, a bill was in congress to incorporate garfield memorial hospital. the unhealthiness of the proposed location was soon realized. prominent colleagues of garfield including the secretary of state spearheaded the fundraising efforts. efforts were made between various competing garfield memorialization efforts for the statues in washington, cleveland, and the hospital in washington to do some collaborative fundraising. scattered press reports of each effort folding in favor of the other show the underlying rivalries between the projects. a grand reception and tea party was held may 6, 1882. it was organized by the ladies aide society. i was hoping it was one of the first receptions in the rotunda of its kind, but there had been others previously. refreshments were held in the rotunda. music was supplied. despite last-minute issues, the event went off brilliantly. according to most accounts. there was 6000 p

they ultimately suffered a the army of the potomac would begin to rally again on a location known as cemetery hill. hill --from's cemetery from cemetery hill is another wooded hill known as culp's hill , and as the remnants of the union army were beginning to rally, some of those units would eventually be ordered toward colts hill proper. they had already seen heavy fighting, men from the colors brigade. they began to take positions northwest of the hill proper and as they did so, one of the things they began to do was entrench their position. more union soldiers would arrive. division -- john division would not arrive until the predawn hours. in the northwest quadrant of culp's hill. the hill would become famous for other events. theye morning of july 2 would receive orders to move out to continue to make their way toward the developing right flank on culp's hill. greenwood report receiving these orders. position on aok steep and high hill. our position and fronts were covered with heavy growth of timber. they offered good cover for marksmen. as soon as we were in position we began

the last property before you is 59 potomac street on the west side of potomac street between waller street and duboce avenue. it is a contributor to the article 10, the park historic district. it's a two-story over garage single-family dwelling built in 1899 and features a gable roof and bay window. the subject property is valued under $3 million and meets all eligibility requirements. the proposed rehabilitation plans include seismic strengthening, roof replacement with siding repair and painting, front stair replacement. rehabilitation work is estimated to cost $296,000 over 10 years. the proposed maintenance plan includes any inspections of roof, gutters and downspout, and inspection of the roof every five years. any needed repairs will be made in-kind. maintenance work is estimated to cost approximately $2,000 annually. the subject property meets three of the five priority considerations. necessity, investment and distinctiveness. the proposed rehabilitation will require significant associated costs to ensure the preservation of the property. the property owner will invest additional m

the baltimore and potomac station was torn down in 1908. the national gallery occupies the site.he station memorializing the shooting have been lost. the star reported the removal. his home was transferred into an apartment building and swept away in the 1960s. the statues of the general have come under attack a number of times. garfield's statue was threatened with removal in 1900 when the mcmillan planned a union square at the base of the capital and would have swept away both traffic circles, both the naval and garfield monuments. in 1959, congress considered removing the garfield statue again for traffic concerns and referred that to the commission of fine arts but that got dissipated. in 1958, garfield memorial hospital emerged with the hospitals into the washington hospital center. it was replaced by a housing complex, the garfield terrace, noted -- sorry, designed by noted local modernist architect nicholas satterly. the garfield name is ignored and the area is frequently called the woodland terrace housing project. garfield neighborhood usually called now woodland. garfie

from the shores of the potomac comes back to where there is nothing to fear.othing to fear but an enemy who has since world war ii increased the enslavement from 8% of the world's population to near 40%. every lesson of history tells us that as a nation has grown in culture and refinement and advanced, it has softened. and when confronted by the barbarian, the less cultured are berean's have triumphed. you and i have come to our moment of truth. does men exist only by permission of and for the sake of the state, the group marching toward eternity in a super anti-, or does he control his own destiny? this is a question that must be answered by all of us, regardless of party. to those who are democrats, ask yourselves if the leadership of your party still follows the precepts of jefferson, jackson, and cleveland. take the platform of 1932 on which frank lynn delano roosevelt was elected, with its demand for a 25% reduction in the cost of the federal restoration of the powers in the constitution of that government. for restoration to individuals of the rights whi

potomac islong the an antiwar song. it's a song very much about the pointlessness of the death of is presumablyo thinking about his family while he is on picket duty and his death is utterly meaningless. it's not going to make a difference to anybody except the wife and children who are now without him. on the other hand, just a couple of years later, you have a quite similar monument and in some ways quite different. sculptor, a prominent the seventh regiment memorial in central park. the seventh regiment, one of the major institutions of elite new york in the 19th century. the seventh regiment memorial is not so much about remembering the loss of particular individuals in the way the deerfield monument was. the seventh regiment was about vigilance,it's about preparedness, not just to serve, but to lead. the people in the seventh regiment, most of them became officers in the war. they served in the militia, perhaps in a lower capacity, but they had enough military training to become officers. the is the monument on rig

coronavirus as the constant effort for the highest number of new infections since the start of the potomac the czech republic is among the nations cracking down state is in force. another badly hit region is the north of england with people in cities like liverpool facing a host of harsh new restrictions those infections. also coming up picked.

to some, the footage resembled state television, a pyongyang on the potomac moment.le between good and evil. foreign policy regularly took the form of made for television show diplomacy. on his first international visit, a stop in saudi arabia, he happily participated in a bizarre ceremony that looked like a cross between a mystical ritual and the draw to decide on the group tables ahead of the fifa world cup. his summitry with north korea was intricately choreographed for the cameras, but failed to denuclearisation the korean peninsula. some of the more cinematic moments of his presidency, such as when he met the plane carrying three korean american prisoners released by pyongyang, were packaged into what looked like movie trailers. it was the commander in chief as action hero. even when events went completely off the rails, such as when kanye west made a visit to the oval office. i'm political. no bleep. put the beep on, however you want to do it. five second delay, it is good energy in this. he didn't seem to mind, as long as they produced good television. he can

, on board the uss princeton and a gala on the potomac, this state-of-the-art nautical wonder designed to celebrate american naval prowess and the fact he was on the verge of texas' annexation. so they fire of the state of the art gun called the peacemaker as they go by mount vernon as a tribute to george washington and the gun explodes, kills the secretary of state, the secretary of the navy, multiple ambassadors and ministers, kills john tyler's favorite slave whose mother was compensated $200. it kills a number of senators, members of congress and would , have killed john tyler had he not been downstairs flirting with a woman half his age who he was desperately in love with as a woodwork president who was more interested in the captain's son. so as they heard the explosion they came up to the deck and her name was julia gardner, and she saw that among the dead was her father. new york state senator. laying on the ground. she faints into john tyler's arms. he picks her up, carries her down the gangplank. she is startled and wakes up and does not realize it is the president carrying h

the potomac tropical rain forest preserve in western uganda is home to hundreds of species of trees some of them rare and many animals like bees. about 500 endangered chimpanzees live here to. environmentalist say the forest is being destroyed to make way for sugar plantation. constantino tesser in runs a large for tourists who come to see the wildlife he says some of the forests protection has been removed by a regular court rulings he's campaigned against it it is a very uncommon and probably no way of the world but we can see a government telling us that you know writing and then going to go to this is a 3rd. and that's why people have come to invest and following the that but that there are sort of sousa's to exist without an explanation. the campaigners say part of the forest has been given to a company called holly my sugar sugar says if using only privately owned grassland next to the forests sustainable development and came into production can quit that we don't have. to use sugar cane. or ugandans contribute to the tax base of this nation where. maintaining a passage that is i m

the other side of the potomac was not the president is now getting closer. seen a shot with this beautiful evening light and marine one flying over. there is the airport coming up. then it will cross the river over the washington monument. i was fixing it. cross the river over the washington monument. iwas fixing it. i shouldn't have mentioned it. there is to white house come alive shot there. it will land on the south line of the white house. —— the south lawn. at the president will be isolating still in the white house, are you getting any news, ron bonjean, or the isolation means strict isolation for the president quiz three one would hope so. we have heard reports about chief of staff mike meadows meeting with him and wearing protection, but i would think that there would be restricted to who is going to be in that residence and who is i can see a staffer to going in there were ppe equipment on, i can also see the president being very comfortable up there, tweeting away and watching television as well. what is very dangerous now is while he is showcasing

left it's heading over in that direction heading towards the lincoln memorial it will follow the potomac for some distance and then essentially turn right towards georgetown and then move over towards but there's the so as i see from less than 10 minutes no i would suspect the president will be touching down at walter reed hospital somewhere around $630.00 local time which is $2230.00 g.m.t. so the president no on his way accompanied by his personal aide and also mark meadows who is his chief of staff not on the helicopter milan the 1st woman the 1st lady of the united states she currently remains isolating we believe in the residence here at the white house. and allan just remind us what we've been hearing from the white house over the last 24 hours since we learned of this since we had the disclosure of president john's diagnosis because there has been this concern about there being a lack of transparency regarding the the course of his illness. well it's almost 24 hours now since the president was 1st told that he may be at risk that is when he was told that his close aides hope pick

postal service sack and threw it in the potomac. >> we see reporting from your old employer over the last couple days about the president's tax returns, pretty good too. the question of these $421 million debt the president has coming do over the next four years, without any sense of who owns that, who owns the people who own that. >> have any theories? >> host: i wrote a piece for wired, two years ago, looking at the question of whether the trump organization was effectively a massive money-laundering scheme for russian wealth. >> i think you were onto something. >> i have no knowledge beyond what i have read in the new york times the last couple days but it continues to be a puzzle that the president is thinking an enormous amount of cash into his scottish golf courses that appear to both -- cash that doesn't appear to come from anywhere nor go anywhere, the scottish golf courses continue to lose money. >> the $421 million of debt that is coming do in the next couple years most of which trump is personally on the line for, trump is presently on the line for this it raises two quest

democratically elected president going to a teacher conference or meeting and now it's castro on the potomac. >> laura: they are running out of analogies. they are going back to czarist russia. mussolini. they are trying desperately. meanwhile they are the ones who want everyone locked down while their friends get to flit off to vacation homes. who are the dictators now? they are always projecting their c-r-a-p on all of us. >> contradicting the anchor. they are masked up and they have a divider in the car. talking of spreading covid, sealed car. there was a zero media critique of mayor lori lightfoot of chicago who appeared at oppressor last week dressed as something called rona destroyer. she's passing out candy to the reporters she is touching their hands. they are dressed up. they posed. marvel comics had better make space. we've got a new movie. there they are. >> laura: she had big rubber gloves. like dishwashing gloves, green ones. >> it doesn't help of your touching everyone's hand from person to person. keeps you pure. >> laura: everyone touches their mask all the time. admit it. if

the baltimore potomac station was torn down in 1908. the national gallery currently occupies the site, the memorial tablet in floral mount star, in the station memorial have been lost. the star reported the removal in 1897, following a fire station. as i noted it, garfield home what strength transformed into an apartment building, and then swept away in the 1960s. the statues of the general have come under attack a number of times. garfield statute was threatened with removal in 1900, under commission plant a union square at the base of the capital. and would have swept away both traffic circles. both the naval, and the garfield monuments. in 1959, congress considered removing the statue again, for traffic concerns. and referred to the commission of fine arts. but that got dissipate it. in 1958, garfield memorial hospital merged with the hospitals into the washington hospital centers. it was replaced by a housing complex, the garfield terrace, designed by noted local modernist architect. the garfield name is often ignorant in areas freq

state telling the president you're going to have to, you're going to have to drive us right into the potomacl do what we're ordered to do. am i wrong? [laughter] >> yeah. you're right, hugh. i never thought i'd see a day, but you see it one day after the president gives the order, and who is doing the redactions? somebody a few doors down from the president, the national security council. they're doing it in defiance of the president's orders. the fbi, they've been doing it for two or three years. chris wray has the greatest rope-a-dope in american history going on. gina haspel at the cia. and, listen are, i don't doubt any of their commitments to public service. i doubt their willingness to -- lou: why not? >> -- to follow the lawful instructions. you know what? they have to answer for themselves. i've been call or for transparency for two years. i've sued to get a lot of these documents. the president should personally hold them accountable. lou: what is, what's robert o'brien doing? what is he doing? >> i doubt it got to his level. once he saw this today -- that is right. listen, i doubt

this is the deep state telling the president you are going to have to drive us right into the potomac before we will do what we are ordered to do. am i wrong? >> you are right and lou i'd never thought i'd see the day where they would be willful disobedience of a presidential order but you see it one day after the president gives the order in who is doing the redaction's? somebody a few doors down from the president the national security council. they are doing it in the fight to the president's orders and the fbi has been doing it for two or three years. chris ray has the dig is rope-a-dope going on with gina haspel at the cia and i don't doubt their commitment to public service but i doubt their willingness to follow the lawful instructions. they have to answer for themselves where i've been calling for transparency for years. i've sued to get a lot of these documents. the president should personally hold them accountable. >> what is robert o'brien doing? what is he doing? >> once he saw this today, that's right listen i doubt he did the redaction's himself. he's doing some importan

it's almost like no matter, you could walk on water across the potomac and newspapers like the washingtonwspapers will be that he can't swim. a lot of this is partisanship. if you look time after time he was able to deliver for my state. mark: i want to talk to you about mortality rates versus what you did in your state and cuomo did in his state. you'd took a completely different position on nursing home. cuomo put out a memorandum. i have it. he took it off the website on march 25 in which he ordered coronavirus patients and then nursing homes and assisted living, even though they had plenty of beds elsewhere, i had a call on my radio show by one of these medical dir directors and said this is a disaster, it will kill people. you took the opposite position. i noticed joe by biden hasn't criticized them of their policy. can you make comparisons on the data state new york and new jersey. >> i don't get just florida. if you look at all the belt states we had an outbreak over the summer. other states outside the northeast, there seems to be things you can do to help protect those most at ri

when we saw that shot and the camera follow it over the potomac to walter reed, we associate that shotesponse when you say air force-- i mean, marine one taking off? >> that's right, they don't hold the shot. the president is off to go do whatever he is going to do. but in this case the journey itself is interesting so they hold the shot. what struck me in that moment we are watching in real time the president be cared for. there's lots of presidential history of presidents basically sneaking away and not telling the truth about how sick they are. wilson had a stroke in office. they hildt hid that from the countryfor months. eisenhower had a heart attack. they told reporters it was because he had too many onions on his burger. cleveland went away and got jaw surgery and wore a face mask to height hideit. the tradition has been to hide these things. while the information coming from the white house has been a little bit spot, watching it happen in real time is quite new, and presidents can only sort of protect this information as much as-- not very much in the age of everything being fi

attorney for the eastern district of virginia located across the potomac river in alexandria. if these alleged atrocities happened, i'm proud to be here as a representative of the united states and our criminal justice system. as many of you are now aware, yesterday an eight-count criminal indictment was returned in the eastern district of virginia that charged two alleged terrorists, alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh with the following felony offenses. conspiracy to commit hostage taking resulting in death, hostage taking resulting in death, one count for each of the american hostages. james wright foley, kayla jean mueller, steven joel sotloff and peter edward kasich. count six, conspiracy to murder united states citizens outside of the united states. count seven, conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists in the form of hostage taking resulting in death and murder. count eight, conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist organization. if convicted, the defendants face a maximum penalty of life in prison for each count of conviction. pursuant to well-

. >> not what nine people in black robes, the high nigh on the potomac i think they're sometimes called. that's not the word -- >> we are a law, a government of laws, not of men. >> judge barrett, i'm almost through but i can't pass up the opportunity to ask you a question about the establishment clause. i did with justice kavanaugh and justice gorsuch as well. it's borne out of my frustration, one of the times i had a chance as attorney general of texas, i argued a case called santa santa fe independent school district versus doe. this is about a practice that before football games students would volunteer to offer an invocation or inspirational poem or saying or something like that. the aclu sued the school district and it made its way to the supreme court. i'm not going to ask you your opinion on the outcome of the case. but what troubles me the most -- what troubled me the most about that experience is when the supreme court struck down -- or held that practice unconstitutional and in violation of the establishment clause. chief justice rehnquist said the constitution requires neutr

catherine potomac catholics cathedral, police officers who died from covid-19.er parts of the country bracing for new increases in cases. >> they were cases in the midwest and particularly wisconsin having extraordinary numbers, the highest numbers yet since the pandemic started with places and wisconsin having trouble accommodating all the sick people. >> the world health organization estimates 10% of the global population has been exposed to coronavirus. that is 20 times the confirmed case count, but still not enough to provide herd immunity. >> what it does mean the vast majority of the world remains at risk. >> today the nfl commissioner roger goodell issued a warning to teams that they will face stiff penalties including forfeiture of games for any covid-19 protocol violations resulting in disruptions to the schedule. you may recall yesterday two nfl game scheduled for sunday had to be postponed because of outbreaks among team members and staff, bret. >> bret: john sarah, live, and you are looking live at walter reed medical center, and the gold door is the

. >> not what nine people in black robes, the high nine on the potomac, i think they're sometimes called, the decisions they make. that's not the final word in our government, correct? >> we are a government of laws, not of men. >> judge barrett, i'm almost through, but i can't pass up the opportunity to ask you a question about the establishment clause. i did with justice kavanaugh and justice gorsich as well. it's borne out of my frustration, one of the couple times i had a chance as attorney general of texas to argue before the supreme court, i argued in a case called sante fe independent school district versus doe. this was about a commonplace practice where before football games in texas students would volunteer to offer an invocation or an inspirational poem or saying or something like that. the aclu sued the school district, and obviously it made its way all the way to the supreme court. i'm not going to ask you your opinion on the outcome of the case, but what troubles me the most -- what troubled me the most about that experience is when the supreme court struck down or held tha

is a hamlet on the potomac.e's been complaining for over six years about how both parties don't offer solutions but he is yet to offer any solutions of his own. he would fall into one of the four camps. successors, those defined as more trump less tweet. the restoration is people who want to return to a pre-trump republican party. the young reformers, people who want to take trumps insights about the changing nature of and purge ofusly most of its discordant elements. then, the moderate outsiders. imperial successors would be those like donald junior or or someoneike pence who will cleanse lineage from trump in some way and be a kind alert gentler version while stoking the same ideals. the restoration is would be people from the strong right .ike ted cruz or nikki haley or ben sasse who would be running as the establishment and the republican party. like marco rubio who are breaking ground on american foreign policy and domestic policy urging significant changes. moderate outsiders like larry hogan or charlie ba

scene to watch marine one go back from walter reed in rockville, maryland down -- basically down the potomac toward the white house. and to think about the fact, wolf, that the president of the united states is heading back to a white house that is a covid hot spot, that is a place teeming with the same south lawn and he used that same stage to say he has a victory from the coronavirus. when every indication is he's sick, everywhere indication is he is not out of the woods but he wants us to see and believe he's out of the woods. it is a contradiction in front of our eyes. and it's hard for folks to wrap their heads around. so i hope that doctors and experts on all the channels, including on the president's favorite channel, are putting this in context and explaining that the president is trying to portray himself as the winner against a deadly virus but it is the virus that is in charge. >> jim acosta's over at the white house for us. jim, marine one about to land on the south lawn of the white house. the president will walk down those stairs. head toward the entrance of the white house. i

>> ben sasse is hamlet on the potomac in many ways.e's been complaining in his trump speech about how both parties don't offer solutions but is yet to offer any of his own. he would fall into one of the four camps. the four camps worth the imperial successors, people who i defined as more trump last tweet, the restoration of people who want to return to a largely pretrial republican party. that's the group ben sasse would fall into. the young reformers, people want to take trump's insights about the changing nature of america in the world and at home seriously but purge it of most of its discordant elements. and then the moderate outsiders. imperial successors would be people like don jr. or ivanka trump or mike pence for somebody else who would cleanse lineage from trump in some way and be a kinder, gentler version while mainly stoking the same issues. the restorations would be people either from a strong right like ted cruz orom christie know whos following more of a tea party republican party or a nikki haley for ben sasse basically

partnerships whether it's the create program in chicago or projects even the long bridge project across the potomac going into virginia there are numerous projects around the country where there is a pot of private money ready to be put to work and the public sector needs a funding source to match that to do these projects that benefit the public and the private so, for example, this committee specified for the rail is exactly that. it's providing tools to tie together with that private sector money that's available to achieve a mutually desired outcome on a project. i would say largely it's a matter of let's take advantage of the programs you have stood up and give them the money that they need to be successful. >> the covid pandemic has hit the passenger rail hard. the increase in shipping by retail has increased business for your members, has it not? >> overall traffic is down about 10%, but the intermodal consumer traffic that you are referring to has come back pretty strong in the last quarter and year-over-year and the past month over where it was in the last year. >> i think it's been reiter

partnerships, whether the create program in chicago, there are projects, the long bridge from the potomac into virginia. numerous projects with a pot of private money ready to be put to work, the funding to match that and do these projects to benefit the public and private so for example the committee, the christie grant program specified for rail is exactly that, providing tools to tie together with the private-sector money that is available to achieve a mutually desired outcome. it is a matter of taking advantage of the programs to be successful. >> the covid-19 pandemic has hit passenger rail hard. the increase in shipping by retail has increased from members. >> overall traffic is down 10% but the consumer traffic has come back pretty strong in the last quarter and is year over year over where it was the last year. >> it has been reiterated today in testimony for the record and written testimony and testimony, i think your position is that shipping goods in america, rail is safer and greener than other forms. >> when you look at the data, rail is the safest method and most environment

whether the create program is in chicago or there are projects where the longridge project across the potomac going into virginia, there are numerous projects around the country where, where there's a pot of private money ready to be put to work and the public sector needs a funding source to match that, to do the projects that benefit the public and the private. for example, this committee specified for rail is exactly that. it provides tools to tie together the private sector money available to achieve a mutually desired outcome on a project. i would say largely it's a matter of let's take advantage of the programs you have set up and give them the money they need to be really successful. the covid, the covid pandemic has, has hit passenger rail hard. the increase in shipping by retail is actually increasing the business for your members. has it not? >> overall, traffic is still down 10% year-over-year. all of you here in the last month, up over where it was last year. it has been reiterated today in testimony for the record, as well as in written and verbal testimony. , think your position

trust what'snot there.out of i live in potomac. this is a military base. people are subject to losing their jobs if they don't tell the press what the president wants them to know. and applies to burke's redfield. this has killed over 200-9000 americans. thank you. host: are there individuals in the government right now that you do trust? dr. fauci is pretty good at, you have to realize he is public health. he was never subject to the military. he became civil service. to be no obligation considered for losing his job. redfield does. he was army for years. positionosen for his at the cdc. people should really go and look at pbs frontline about the virus. it was produced by martin smith. you will learn what truly topened takes you back december 2019 where martin smith let you know that not only the knewdent but redfield because the cdcs around the world had to be informed. the face of the president's medical team right now is attending physician sean emergency navy physician. he's been the one leading these briefings that we heard over the weekend about the