>> guest: i am fascinated by robert morris and i really really wanted to include him. but he did not leave much in the way of writing is behind him. >> that is the problem with sam adams. clearly a seminal major figure. the papers are gone. >> guest: and morris's accounts argon and everybody else's many. including $40,000 that he lent him. and he owed 20 times more than he had. >> wasn't he the richest man in the colonies? >> yes. at his peak. so i agree he is a fascinating figure and if you could suddenly go into one of these houses and find a dusty leather bound trunk in the attic and open it up and there would be morris's papers, that would be wonderful. i would love to live to see it. >> you obviously impacted by the houses themselves of these great people. would you give us a reflection on the notion that property is the rightful creation or value of what you productively do? did they understand that in creating their houses? >> guest: oh yes. for washington, washington was always being condescended to in the french and indian war by british officers with royal co

. >> i am george shea and i'm wondering why you couldn't ring in robert morris who was so wealthy and so important to and he wound up in debtors prison. >> well, i'm just fascinated by robert morris and i've really wanted to include him. but he did not leave much in the way of writings behind him. >> that's a problem with sam adams. i mean clearly a semi-mom major figure. >> the papers are gone and morris' accounts are gone. >> along with his money. and everybody else's money. >> and everybody else's including $40,000 of leaves lease that he had lent him. >> i think the figure was he owed 20 times more than he had. >> and just about the richest man in the colonies. so i agree. he's a fascinating figure and if you could suddenly go into one of these houses and find a dusty leather-bound trunk in the attic and open it up and there would be morris' papers, oh that would be wonderful. i would love to live to see it. >> my name is jim machen. you are obviously very impacted by the houses themselves up these great people. would you give us a reflection on the notion that notion that propert

. >> morris wasn't arrested but robert brown was, charged with disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor. >> he grabbed me from behind, and he said you threw a water balloon, and i said, no, i didn't. and they took me to a conference room and told me i was arrested. >> eight students were arrested that day, along with parent, kevin heinz. heinz said that after witnessing what happened to gabrielle, he entered the school to alert the principal. >> two officers got me and threw me against the wall. and they said tase him. and i said for what? he said trespassing, and i said i have daughters here. >> cops had no idea what they were walking into, and they got calls and it was hectic. >> the senior prank is supposed to be fun, and nobody is supposed to get hurt. i haven't seen anybody get hurt by a water balloon. >> just a little water, but for these families, a life altering impact. >> i want people to know, we're not bad kid, thieves, murderers, we were just put in a bad situation. >> you can see the rest of her series on education, talking about schools that send too many students to prison. t

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robert gates talks about his management of the wars in afghanistan and iraq and his management -- his relationship with the white house and congress. in a few weeks, look for women's history for beginners author bonnie morris. she will take your questions live. online for the rest of january, join our book club discussion on "the liberty amendments." looktv.org -- booktv.org. appeared on the council of foreign relations talk about the help of the u.s. economy and urged congress to raise the debt ceiling, which ends on february 7, the deadline there. the secretary spoke for about 45 minutes. >> welcome, everybody. we are going to go a few minutes later than planned, and we will have a good opportunity for a robust question-and-answer session, so please be thinking of some robust westerns as we go along in our conversation this morning. just a reminder that this is on the record. when you ask questions later on, i will be asking you to identify yourself. if you could turn the ringers off on your cell phones, just put it on stun, whatever setting veryave, that would be helpful to us. since we have a lot to talk about, let's jump right into it. thank you very much for joining us. this feels like an historic we

. >> robert gates served two presidents from 2006 until 2011 and cia director in the early 1990's. friday alive the tv of vent, -- gates talksary about his experience. connie morris will take your questions and comments february 2 at noon eastern. tv discussion on the liberty amendment. to enter thev.org chat. >> we bring public affairs of vent from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings, and offer gavel-to-gavel coverage of the house. by thec-span, created cable industry 35 years ago and funded i your local cable or satellite provider. us and follow us on twitter. >> today the house passed a fiscal 2014 spending bill. it spends just over $1 trillion 525 .5 billion dollars for defense. it keeps the federal government funded until october 1 and includes a provision to prevent the transfer of guantÁnamo detainees. this is an hour and 20 minutes. senate amendment on h.r. 3547. this is the consolidated appropriations package that will fund the government for the remainder of the 2014 fiscal year. this omnibus contains all 12 regular appropriations bills for fiscal year 2014, funding every aspect of

2, a live eventan with robert gates talking about his book and his relationship with the white house. in a few weeks, look for "women's history for beginners" author bonnie morrisline for the rest of january, join our booktv bookclub discussion on mark levin's "the liberty amendment." "washington journal" continues. virginia democrat nick rahall joins us. i want to start with a chemical spill that has impacted thousands of people in west virginia and downriver. today's headline, the first zone ok to flush. people are turning on their water again. what is the latest on the after -- effort to address the chemical spill? address thee i latest, let me begin by theending the state on response. the state that information together immediately after the spill was confirmed, and got the information to the feds and fema responded immediately with a disaster declaration. fema officials were in the state within 12 hours after that federal declaration after midnight, last thursday, i believe it was. the government has set up an interagency task force. they are doing their job in a very effective way to make sure this is safe. the latest, and of course, all of our concern is

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