on his pack at the potomac river. and by july the 12th, the first second and third core all have new commanders, but the generals vote, and they decide not to attack lee. so on july the 13th, meade will push a small reconnaissance, and that really doesn't amount to anything, but ask meade will telegram how, and say except we have decided not to attack, and he will be telegrammed back, and say no council of war. councils of war never fight. major generals execute their orders. then early in the morning on july the 14th, the confederate forces forces have slipped across the potomac river. and the gettysburg campaign, comes to a frustrated sigh. instead of this big climactic moment. and lincoln and meade will have the series of telegrams back and forth, and some of your readers, or attendees have seen lincoln's unsent letter. the letter he writes to george meade where he says the golden opportunity is gone, and i fear that you did not understand the magnitude, the war will be prolonged indefinitely. because what did linc

john sellby who "mead's command in the army of the potomac." i think there is a book coming out on george mead -- >> just during the gettysburg campaign? >> chris stow nows more about mead than anyone else on the planet. so it's a way to say that george mead is coming back into this particular conversation. it will give the justice to this neglected or, or misunderstood civil war commander. so many canards and misinterpretations of george mead need to be challenged to create a more nuanced interpretation of this important general. >> let's get you the canards in just a second. one other person to add to the list is doug dowd. he goes to church with me and as a neighbor as well. doug teaches up at carlisle barracks. we have a lot of fresh scholarship awaiting us on the general. get us started here, jen. tell us some of these misperceptions of george gordon mead. >> if you follow any conversation on social media or you talk to people at cwi or civil war conferences, they contribute overstatements to him. and one of the ones you'll get is mead's t

of the army of the potomac is. that army has gone through three commanders just in 1863 alone, so he brings the subordinates in. what is he doing? why allow them to vote? why would he do that? does it deflect responsibility, or does it allow him to say, hey, these six generals did not want to attack at the potomac river, so i went with their counsel? peter: there is nothing in meade's career before after that would suggest he would hang out one of his subordinates to dry. he would have never have done that. even if they had attacked at falling water and failed he , never would have gone public and said, well, these attacks did not work, and i blame them. we cannot prove that, but i think there is something else missing here. i think that is we focus so much on the vote, but what we are overlooking is the conversations that occurred beforehand, where meade is learning about his army. he is hearing directly from his subordinates. he is hearing about their concerns about a range of issues. i will make this point. on j

he is at potomac. at washington, d.c., this political hullabaloo, there is a major campaign about to begin, and that is the overland campaign. meade is coming east, and thinking of the spring campaign, he is involved in this political quagmire. but we cannot overstate that, itsuse the civil war in very essence is a democratic nation at war. it is a democratic nation at war, and lincoln and the northern people have to navigate the two-party system might bring more volatility than a one hope in party -- then a one-party system. meade looks at generals and how they are appointed. he looks at the treatment of mcclellan and thinks he has been railroaded. meade laments political meddling , the radical republicans, he calls ultras, and he think they are meddling too much into the nature of the war. peter: do you think he did? was he right? isnifer: i think that meade characteristic of professional soldiers who are averse to political meddling. peter: yes, but i am asking you. do you think so? mcclellan'sthink

drenched the potomac and drenched the soil. and the mcmillen commission said aha, we have a place to expand the mall and more than double its size. and so what did they do? they expanded exactly on the axis that lafont had established. they didn't create a new design. in fact, they said they visited the cities of europe and came back to the plan believing it to be the most appropriate design for washington, d.c. it was clear they were establishing, reestablishing the symbolism, the agree -- agrgeomy and the constitutional basis that originated in the plan. further more, in aligning the lincoln memorial with the washington monument and the capitol building, they were also extending the symbolism explicitly. this is what henry bacon, the designer of the memorial said. the site in potomac park was the best one for a monument to lincoln. we have one end of the axis a beautiful building which is a monument to the united states government. that's the capitol. at the other end of the axis, we have the possibility of a memorial to a ma

next, author james conroy talks about his book, "jefferson's white house: monticello on the potomac,"hich examines the physical state of the white house during jefferson's presidency and how he utilized the white house as a social and political tool. they white house historical association provided the video. >> good evening. welcome to white house history live. i am a senior vice president at the white house historical association and the director of the david rubenstein center for white house history. the white house historical association is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded by first lady jacqueline kennedy, dedicated to the preservation of the white house. and also educating american citizens about the white house and its diverse history. this evening, our guest is jim conroy, the author of "jefferson's white house: monticello on the potomac."

"jefferson's white house: monticello on the potomac," which examines the physical state of the white house during jefferson's presidency and how he utilized the white house as a social and political tool. they white house historical association provided the video. >> good evening. welcome to white house history live. i am a senior vice president at the white house historical association and the director of the david rubenstein center for white house history. the white house historical association is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded by first lady jacqueline kennedy, dedicated to the preservation of the white house. and also educating american citizens about the white house and its diverse history. this evening, our guest is jim conroy, the author of "jefferson's white house: monticello on the potomac." jim was a lawyer in boston for 38 years before he began writing about american history. his previous book is "lincoln's white house: the people's house in wartime," which won the prestigious lincoln prize. if you would like to ask jim a question at the end of our broadcast,

the way to pennsylvania is to open and the campaign north of the potomac river can't continue. that strategically as a win for a confederacy. lead takes a tremendous risk here because he sees the potential for a large strategic game for the confederacy. >> just quickly and send it over to john. we still have -- i think we will go a little over today. we would like to get, if you do not mind, get a little sneak preview of the next volume. i just want to reflect upon your recent comments, scott. we are referring to the logistical breakdown that occurred in these army as it made its way through northern virginia and into maryland. i know it's a book or i should say an article that you cite put. he did a fantastic article of the logistics of the maryland campaign. that piece and again i'm usually pretty good. we do a lot of showing tell here, scott. i do not have that book in front of me. if you have any interest at all, i think it's one of the first to really push -- he can find archival material all over the place. the other thing. scott, we have had a conversation and i do not t

and the army of the potomac. what is -- mcclellan is making all of these claims that the army is unfit to take the field. he needs to train and he needs to resupply it. i want to look at those -- that rebuildi rebuilding period and i also want to look at briefly -- there's a number of soldiers who write about -- after the battle is over, one individual comes to mind, it was a colonel of a new york regiment in the first corps. and a soldier in his regiment said that the colonel had not come out of his tent -- this is after the battle, for a number of days. nobody saw him. he just stayed in the tent. a major of the sixth wisconsin writes about being -- feeling sick after the battle for quite some time. william robins who was a major of the fourth alabama infantry, he had a good friend who he was talking to who had his head taken off in front of him by an artillery projectile. he writes about how he never wrote an after-action report for his regiment because he was ill for quite some time after the battle. i want to

a dire situation for the army at the potomac. >> chris, you just said how we remember the battlefield. i find it an interesting story that you told me and little round top and it involves the rock wall and joshua chamberlain's more than frustration about the rock wall. can you tell us how that historic landscape and how he wanted it to be reconstructed? it's fascinating. >> this gets back to little round top as the defining moment if chamberlain's life, and i agree with you, pete. the last few weeks of the war for chamberlain are incredibly important. obviously, he writes this massive tone about the last months of the army of the potomac following them from five forks all of the way to the grand butte view. it's little round top that he petitions to get for. it's little round top that he visits time and time again and it's little round top that he again, guards very jealously, and chamberlain understood, i think, as well as anyone the power of place and he has this off-quoted line about gettysburg being this vision place of souls and men and women from afar and generations that know t

philadelphia for ten years and then to the federal city that they're creating on the banks of the potomac. so philadelphia the largest and most kcosmopolitan. it has the biggest and most beautiful buildings. it is densely packed around the delaware river. the most buildings, the most people, the most cultural things going on. this is the city that assumes the predominance as the capital. and here is the hall where the u.s. congress sits. and madison is in congress this whole time. we're going to leave anymore congress. we're going to go back and start again with dolly and see how dolly gets to philadelphia in 1794 where she meets madison. dolley's biography is really, really interesting. because for a long time it was sort of dominated by narratives written, many of them by her friends friends and her nieces, that see controlled very carefully. it was not until into the 20th century that we were able to pull back and look at primary sources and see that a lot of what dolley communicated to her niece was not true. so dolley tries to control her biography in a way to make herself look bette

tv up next, author james conroy talks about his book, "jefferson's white house: monticello on the potomac," which examines the physical state of the white house during jefferson's presidency and how he utilized the white house as a social and political tool. they white house historical association hosted the event and provided the video. >> good evening. welcome to white house history live. i am a senior vice president at the white house historical association and the director of the david rubenstein center for white house history. the white house historical association is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded by first lady jacqueline

it is a little tiny town on the potomac river, that they're just wishing into being to make this grand new federal city. they have the ambitious plans. the white house is there. the capital is only halfway finished, and they are basically this buildings are out in the country, because it's so scantily settled. so this is the time when james is secretary of state. dolley is his partner in crime and they have a house on 14th street between -- sorry, on f street between 13th and 14th. and remember, jefferson is a widower. he mostly likes to just invite members of congress to his dinners. so dolley's house becomes a sort of important place of entertaining. and she establishes her reputation as a person with beautiful interiors, wonderful food, all of the people you want to talk to, all in one place and she will keep doing that throughout their time in dc, and it's this ability that this magnetic charm she has of pulling people together that will be the secret to her success. the fashions of the moment are taken from statues of greek goddesses. this is where these very high waisted, low cut

the site in potomac park was the best one for a monument to abraham lincoln. we have at one end of the axis a beautiful building which is a monument to the united states government, that is the capital. at the other end of the axis, we have the possibility of a memorial to a man who saved the government, lincoln. between the two is a monument to its founder, washington. all three of these structures stretching in one grand sweep from capitol hill to the potomac river will lend one to the others the associations and memories connected with each, and each will have its value increased by being on the one access and having visual relation to one another. so this is the design and the symbolic basis for the location of the lincoln memorial. it's not just a memorial to lincoln -- a monument to lincoln, but one that reinforced the constitutional axis of the establishment and the preservation of the american government. of course, they are speaking in quite heroic language. the architecture language that the mcmillan commission used was of course classical architectu

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help us understand, was he a and where, do you see to eat him and the armies in the potomac?one that came beginning this project i didn't expect to get into all of the political machinations of the army. but you cannot understand george situatingut him in that political discord. >> learn more about his career today at 6:00 p.m. eastern, 3:00 p.m. pacific, here on american history tv. at 8 p.m.aturday eastern on american history tv on c-span3, go inside a different college classroom and hear about topics ranging from the american revolution, civil rights, and u.s. presidents, to 9/11. >> thanks for your patience and for logging into class. >> with most college campuses closed due to the coronavirus, watch professors transfer teaching to a virtual setting. >> gorbachev did most of the work, but reagan met him halfway. reagan encouraged him. reagan supported him. >> freedom of the press, which we will get to later, i should mention madison, originally called it freedom of the use of the press. freedom to print and publish things. it is not freedom of what we institutionally refe

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>>obviously this having a little fun out there in the potomac everybody get in the holiday spirit.ds of people out and that's the grinch being nice did you see that i know with the dog wearing a santa suit. oh that's funny. >>pretty pretty good time out there and obviously people finding ways of enjoying themselves even during this pandemic we socially distant time i was going to say because picks and thing we do here have been canceled. we're going to fast or whatever you santa and we had to cancel its all this and it is so close but in this case, yeah like you said james they're farther out the great outdoors and it's ok love it. storm there you have it 6.56 is the time right now we've got a lot ahead on the kron 00:00am morning news, california hospitals. >>we really need nurses and doctors so bad that there were actually seeking them from other countries that. >>filling up across the bay area closer look at how many beds are currently available in. how many more we might be able to get. >>hospitals in california are experiencing a staffing shortage coming up in a live report. i

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international economist with the economic policy institute is joining us live via skype from north potomac in maryland it's good to have you with us on al-jazeera thank you very much indeed let's talk about the unemployment numbers 1st of all is there anything in these numbers which is actually a surprise well i think the surprise is the rate at which the job growth decelerated has slowed down from about 600000 jobs in october to just around 250000 jobs in november and that suggests that with the rapid increase in the code pandemic that hospitals filling up and businesses shutting down around the country we can well look forward to the possibility of a return to recession in december and in the 1st quarter of 2021 that would have documents on the forgive me for interrupting you the background to those numbers is also the fact the unemployment rate actually fell from 6.7 percent to 6.7 percent from 6.9 percent but i'm reading that one of the concerns is that that's because a lot of people having been out of work for so long that essentially giving up all effort to try and find work how legi

book conroy discusses his jefferson's white house, monticello on the potomac, which examines the physical state of the white house during jefferson's presidency. a course onpart of the american road trip, professor christine henry talks about the history of roadside attractions. i will turn it over to john. i want to start with something i read in the introduction. absolutely fascinated by. it is about your father. it is really a lovely story. he wrote a book, published a book. diehard civile a war buff. kind --ot that nina: he did like to sing the songs. i have a question about your father. this is what you wrote. this book is not about my father civil war. it is partly about the people who created the civil war my father came to love as well as those who created the kind of civil war he despised. what did you mean by that? how cannot help us frame your book? ofa: in terms of the kind civil war he came to love, i guess i would say that was the civil war -- it was the civil war created by the popular front. of civile coalition rights organizations, int-wingers, some people roosevelt admin

chose this painting of mount vernon because it does not focus on the portico looking out over the potomac river, which is always where you see portraits of washington standing with lafayette or others, contemplating the vastness of nature. he wanted the slave quarters. every single person who shows up in this painting is black. for humboldt, what he wanted to understand was how we could sanction slavery, how we could not understand that this could be the fatal flaw in our makeup. will write 1825, he in despair to one of his friends in germany that if we cannot get this figured out, if we cannot become a truly free nation, it will probably tear us apart from within. he is a little ahead of his time, but kicking the can down the road on this is something humboldt feels does not have a happy outcome. so, this painting and this visit i think are disproportionately important to our understanding of humboldt's position on abolition. so, what happens after that? well, what happens is in an intersection of exploration and politics and abolition, we have john see fremont. fremont is the american p

lots of folks from texas, fort worth, austin, houston, the greater washington area, potomac, alexandria, california. they have a presidential library there. beaverton, oregon, we've got ohio covered, let's see, wisconsin, new jersey, the state of washington, a couple of places there, so welcome to all of you. and lots of interest in 43, and love to get the questions going. i've got a couple here. we usually get some questions that are regulars with the presidential library folks so i will go ahead and take the lead on one of them. what we are very fond of the archives of washington and laura bush and michelle obama resented in the theater but in 20 team she was the records of achievement award winner for the foundation and was very gracious that evening. can you talk to us a little bit about her work now and what she has been i know we sort of touched on some of the themes, but is there more you can share with us about the first lady? >> several years back we talked about the work on the african continent. currently right now the foundation was working on health clinics on the african c

she says i'm the soldier caregiver for my parents, they were with me in my immediate household in potomac where my daughter and her family reside as well. she says she normally celebrates thanksgiving with 30-40 people and only went to delaware to prepare her home for possible sale. shannon: update on a lot of stories. we will have that coming up as well. the nation's surgeon general confident a new strain of coronavirus in the united kingdom will not impact vaccination efforts in the us. several countries imposing travel bans on british citizen over fears about the new strain, the latest tonight from london. >> covid-19 chaos in the uk, a new mutant strain has been detected in england thought to be responsible for as many 60% of new cases and it could be more contagious. a tough new lockdown in london. >> given the early evidence we have on this new variant of the virus, the potential risk it poses it is with a heavy heart i must say we cannot continue with christmas as plan. >> reporter: included in new move the ban on foreign travel. 40 countries have issued their own travel ban, thous

sunday washington would hang out with his wife and make enslaved people rowboats and race across the potomac like what he did on a sunday. i want to know that he went to church sometimes but i also want to know that he did that. >> a big part of the book and what to me i never thought about as washington goes as this patriarch as not just with enslaved people but a large number of young men and young women, some related to him through various connections although part of a washington post old and washington as a keeper. it's something traditional biographers don't deal with at all. in terms of washington's life. but seems to be a very big part of his life and something he was very invested in. >> they really married to this narrative that he had no biological children, our conception of children has really changed over time. it wasn't uncommon to marry a woman who had children. that was a really good sign that she could have more. it was so strange to me we spent so much time because it doesn't further the understanding to talk about 10 pages of what he couldn't have children. instead what i

. >> ashley, back over to your beat and how it extends across the potomac into northern virginia specifically the pentagon. if indeed he is confirmed retired general lloyd austin will run the department of defense and his hundreds of thousands of employees. what kind of a situation -- in english how big a mess is he out to encounter upon arrival at the pentagon if confirmed? >> well, just in terms of, you know, handling the coronavirus and vaccine distribution it's an incredibly daunting task in the best of circumstances. and this is not the best of circumstances. this is a pandemic that has been allowed to rage out of control. we're seeing sort of new records, the sort of records you don't want to be setting every single day. and because of the lag time there's a sense that december is going to absolutely be the worst month yet followed by potentially several more grim months of a very dark winter. and this is also being hampered by a transition process that was late to get started in part what we discussed earlier in this segment which was the president's reluctance to admit defeat and star

lots of folks from texas, fort worth, austin, houston, the greater washington area, potomac, alexandrialifornia. oregon, ohio is covered, wisconsin, new jersey, the state of washington, welcome to all of you. lots of interest in 43, and love to get the questions going. i have got a couple here. we usually get some questions that are regulars with the presidential library. i'm going to go ahead and take the lead on one of them. we are very fond of the archives of washington of laura bush. she and michelle obama have presented in the theater, but in 2018 she was the records of achievement award winner for the foundation and was very gracious that evening. it was a terrific event. onkie roberts n interviewed her. can you talk about her work now? you touched on some of the themes. is there more you can share with us about the first lady? brig. gen. mordente: to some degree, yes. several years back, i talked about work being done. currently, right now, the foundation is working on health clinics on the african continent. you know, the aftermath of once -- -- and i am not a doctor but once yo

santa was along the potomac river in virginia. there doing a little water is key because you never know where he's going approach right so what if they touch down a water and then they go to the lake house they don't know where the kids are alright, this is absolutely true and we know kids are awfully. >>worried that santa won't be able to write either come to their house or find where they are because people been moving around during this pandemic no no remember fauci city vaccinated santa personally called our full you can see in training now in force of the grinch's training be looks lot nicer than used to be a yeah, his heart has grown in size. yes that's the way it goes is in much better spirits very cute. i don't know how it the reindeer are doing right now probably just eating out rudolph is get ready, i got to tell you that santa claus wrapped up in electrical lines kind of did scarier okay chance it all worked out kids that service. >>the 23 right now and has more covid vaccines are being distributed health care workers a

, i what pennsylvania did, but also what virginia did because the boundary was supposed to be the potomac river going west. so, it resulted that both virginia and pennsylvania, claimed what is now pittsburgh. the french were there. so as, the french had attacked all settlers, both pennsylvania and virginia, so franklin had to go west, leading the troops. and he turned out to be really good at it. he had to defend pennsylvania. washington has to go west, as head of the militia, and defend what is now western pennsylvania. so they started to work together. both worked with barack, when he went into his defeat. both warned barack, don't do it. these native americans are going to cut you to slices. which they did. and famously brought said back to franklin, they may cut your poor colonial militia, but they will not beat up the british army. and they did including bra top, which washington carried back and buried. so here we have the two people working together then, and they realized that we can only win by working together. and the states, these colonies cannot work independently. they have

she says i am the sole caregiver for my parents and they live with me and my immediate household in potomac where my daughter and her family reside as well. she says she normally celebrates thanksgiving with 30 or 40 people and she only went to delaware to prepare her home for possible sale. shannon? >> shannon: all right rick, lots of updates on lots of stories and we will have more on that coming up as well. thank you. the nation's surgeon general to make confident that a new strain of coronavirus in the united kingdom will not impact vaccination of its right here in the u.s. several countries impose travel bans on british citizens over fears about the new strain. greg palkot has the latest tonight from london. >> covid-19 chaos in the u.k. following the news the strain of the coronavirus has been detected in england. it's thought to be responsible for more than 60% of new cases here and it could be more contagious prompting on tough new lockdown in london and surroundings. >> given the early evidence we have on this new variant of the virus, the potential risk it poses, it is with a very

, lots of folks from texas, fort worth, austin, houston, the greater washington area here, boyds, potomac, alexandria, yorba linda, california, we have a presidential library there. beaverton, oregon, ohio, wisconsin, new jersey, state of washington, a couple places there. so welcome to all of you and lots of interest in 43. and love to get the questions going. i've got a couple here we usually get some questions that are regulars with the presidential library folks. we're very fond in the archives of washington laura bush, she and michelle obama were in the theater. she was the records achievement award for the foundation, great evening. can you talk to us about her work now and what she's been -- i know you sort of touched on some of the themes. is there more you can share with us about the first lady? >> to some degree, yes. i mean, several years back, you know, i talked about pepfar and the work that was being done on the african continent. currently right now the foundation was working on health clinics on the african continent. you know, the aftermath of -- once you -- and i'm not a

pennsylvania considered their own land, but also virginia did because their boundary was supposed to be the potomac river going west. and so it resulted that both virginia and pennsylvania claimed that's now pittsburgh. the french were there. so the french had roused up the native americans, they were attacking all settlers, both from pennsylvania and virginia, and so franklin had to go west leading the troops. he turns out to be good at it. to build a line of forts and to defend pennsylvania. washington has to go west, as head of the militia, and defend what is now western pennsylvania. and so they started to work together, both worked with braddic, he said, don't do it. these native americans are going to cut you to slices. which they did. he said back to franklin, they may cut your poor colonial militia silences, but they won't know how to beat up a british army. they did, including braddack. so here we had the two people working together then. and they realized we can only win by working together. these colonies can't work independent. they have to work together. and they learned that you can't

santa was along the potomac river in virginia there doing a little water ski because you never know where he's going to approach right so what if they touch down a water and then they go to the lake house they don't know where the kids are alright, this is absolutely true and we know kids are awfully. >>worried that santa won't be able to write either come to their house or find where they are because people been moving around during this pandemic no no remember fauci city vaccinated santa personally called our full you can see in training now in force of the grinch's training be looks lot nicer than used to be a yeah, his heart has grown in size. yes that's the way it goes is in much better spirits very cute, i don't know how it the reindeer are doing right now probably just eating out rudolph is get ready, i got to tell you that santa claus wrapped up in electrical lines kind of did scarier okay chance it all worked out kids that service. >>just seen and ground in our 2 kids and it's that time of year again did you see this fast approaching and even the pandemic is it going to stop us f

sunday, washington would hang out with his wife and make enslaved people row boats and race across the potomacat's what he did on a sunday. i want to know that he went to church sometimes, but i also want to know that he did that. >> a big part of the book, but to me i never really thought about as far as washington goes, as sort of this patriarch, not just with enslaved people, but young men and young women and related to him through various connections and part of the washington household, and washington as this keeper of many wards and you say, that this is -- it's something traditional and we don't really deal with at all. in terms of washington's life. but seemed to be a very big part of his life and something that he was very invested in. >> they're really married to this narrative and which is that, you know, he had no biological children. our conception of children has really changed over time. it wasn't uncommon to marry a woman who had children. that was a really good sign that she could have more, and he's certainly not the only founder. dolly madison had a child and there were nere

queen, executive of the black economic alliance and he asks, health and economic consequences of the potomac have exposed and amplified long-standing and deeply indebted racial and aptitudes. how can we ensure that the resources allocated to counteract inequities and filled generation help will provide opportunities for all americans? i know that just yesterday it would have released an interim report that focused on these questions in the state of michigan so how do you think about the challenge of building back in a way that has just been and provides opportunity for everyone? >> i know that when i took office it was important to me that we have a cabinet in leadership tables that were representative. it varies from the onset and have the most diverse and in doing that, it was after our chief medical executive and african american er doctor and one of the first people in the nation to see the data and release the demographic information around covid and other states followed and we saved a lot of lives here in michigan but i think that we recognize the disparate impact the covid was having

the ship is going straight to the bottom of the potomac river. who wants to get onboard, i guess, will have a chance to do so on january 6th. >> winning the metaphors, this morning. thanks so much for being with us. >> thanks, guys. >>> well, now that congress has finally passed an economic-relief bill, just when could you expect to receive a check? when will they go out? how much will those checks be for? we are answering some of the biggest, outstanding questions, next. may your holidays glow bright and all your dreams take flight. visit your local mercedes-benz dealer today for exceptional lease and financing offers at the mercedes-benz winter event. with priceline, you can get up to 60% off amazing hotels. and when you get a big deal... ...you feel like a big deal. ♪ priceline. every trip is a big deal. who invented we're car vending machines and buying a car 100% online. now we've created a brand-new way for you to sell your car. whether it's a year old or a few years old. we wanna buy your car. so go to carvana and enter your license plate