read the new york times and the washington post.nservatives -- [indiscernible] you said that there is a legal voting. -- there was illegal voting. >> [indiscernible] >> your comparing me to a nazi. >> no, i am not. >> i'm glad you are here. [talking over each other] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> we are waiting for former president to address cpac. a straw poll was held responding to the question, if the 2020 four republican primary for president in your state were held today, among the following candidates, would you vote for? here is the unveiling of the poll results. >> this is the warm-up act, folks. despite the fact that the national posters cannot seem to ever get it right, people still love polls. all of you have been the star of the cpac poll this week. you are about to hear the results from donald trump's poster. -- pollster. >> we are going to hear from tim from the washington times. i have one question from all of -- one question for all of you. was the decision to bring cpac 2021 to orlando a good one? [applause] ladies and gentlemen, tim c

the washington times today notes that the latest moves come on top of inauguration day changes including a halt in construction on the southern border wall and a 100 day pause on almost all deportations. although that deportation clause is before a federal judge now. the rash of orders underscores the focus mr. biden is placing on that issue and the amount of work it will take to unwind mr. trump's signature policies. and one of the key players in that work now will be alejandro mayorkas, the new secretary of the homeland security. he was confirmed last night and sworn in last night. this is the story on his confirmation vote yesterday in the senate. he was actually in the oval office yesterday when president biden was making those statements. usa today noting he'll become the first immigrant and latino despite opposition from republicans. it was a 56-43 vote, the closest vote so far for any of president biden's nominees. mayorkas arrived in the united states from cuba in 1960s as refugees from fidel castro's regime. he's been deputy secretary of the department of homeland security and h

alternative to donald trump like many thanks for your time tim constant state constant taking the capitol hill so i write a program and a columnist at the washington times thank you. full coverage of the question is ahead plus myanmar's military rulers to give themselves more palace as they face intensifying anger at the last week scale. and how rio de janeiro's that he known for youth and energy is finding itself ill equipped to protect itself from its aging population. we got some very nasty weather coming in across much of north america over the course of this week and by the end of the weekend some parts could see as much as 30 centimeters of snow fall loss of cold air still in places tongue of colder air than across was spinning out of canada that arctic blast are going to write down all the way down into the deep south and we have got weather warnings in force anywhere from the pacific northwest right down to the mexican border as we go on through the next couple of days here is that cold air then the purples they're going to make their way further south which is because on through saturday sunday going on in some monday gradually seeing tha

the washington times was reporting that of the $113 billion that was passed for schools from previoushere is the list on your screen. you tell us what applies to covid and what does not? if you look at the breakdown "wall street journal" does a good job earlier today of showing what applies directly to covid. loosely you could define it, i think, dana. and what seems to be clearly outside the bounds of what you can consider covid relief to be. >> dana: the phrase membership has its privileges? that's true if are you a member of the senate. chuck schumer has a big project that he wants done in the bill. in the covid relief bill. $1.5 billion for sea way international bridge connecting new york to canada and a priority for new york state. you can debate that and say can we spend the money on that? it shouldn't be in the covid relief bill. >> bill: why don't i argue that bridge should be saved for an infrastructure package? >> dana: maybe they're afraid of the infrastructure package. a lot of expansion of government here, possible permanent expansion. $350 billion for state and local gov

[cheering] ladies and gentlemen tim constantine from america's newspaper. >> the washington times haseen doing the cpac poll for as long as i can remember and integrate major every year of where conservative america stands and you're unlikely to get much of this information from the mainstream media a matter of fact before we get to the straw poll results let's do a quick poll right here when you are trying to find information. john: as we listen to them explaining what's going to happen during the straw poll let's go back to charlie hurt and alyssa pharaoh, charlie i thought it was interesting that jim jordan said that president trump is a leader of the conservative movement and the leader of the party and one of the questions in the straw poll are you more likely or less likely to vote for a candidate for congress knowing they voted to impeach president trump? >> it's really interesting, that could cut either way for republicans on the one hand that can have all kinds of divisions for the party. if the party goes in the wrong direction but i think what president trump and former pre

good idea to raise the minimum wage normally but this is the worst time to do it coming out of a pandemic. >> bill: we got a story from the washingtonmoney ear marked and spent. it will stun a lot of people. the washington times reports $6 billion of the $130 billion earmarked for k-12 is slated to go out the door before october. hang on. most of the $113 billion for schools from previous relief packages hasn't even been spent yet and we've been told we need $170 billion for schools in america, austin, for ventilation. in the bill and in the story here, most of this money would not be spent until the year 2028. so what gives? because i don't think covid is here in the year 2028. >> yeah, let's hope that's right. if they truly cannot get the money out until 2028, they should spend it in a different way. i'm a little skeptical of that report, however, in that what they're proposing for schools now is quite different types of money than what was in the cares act. if they can't -- let's revisit the shovel ready. >> bill: republicans in the senate estimate of the $68 billion congress authorized a year ago, only $4 billion has been spent.

that is from the washington times. g about that attack in the opinion pages of the wall street journal, they write this. the headline says "joe biden gets tested in iraq." "the world is watching how he responds to an attack on u.s. forces. iraqi forces launched rocket attacks on u.s. forces. their goal is to drive out the 2500 u.s. troops that assist the iraqi military, provide intelligence against the return of the islamic state, and limit malign iranian influence in the country. retaliatory strikes won't put a complete stop to such aggression, but the right retaliation can degrade the malicious abilities and action that invite more brazen attacks." in texarkana texas, good morning to james on the republican line. we lost james. we will go to sparta, illinois and hear from nancy on the democrats line. caller: hello. i was wondering, is joe biden going to build our military, and will he respond to this issue that is going on now? host: ok, to tim, republican line in st. paul, minnesota. we are asking about the covid res

apple was sponsored by cpac and the washington times. here's the former president's comments in their entirety to cpac from a short while ago. [crowd chanting "usa!" ] mr. trump: thank you very much. hello, cpac. do you miss me? a lot of things going on. so many wonderful friends, conservatives, and fellow citizens in this room, all across our country, i stand before you today to declare that the incredible journey we again together, we went through a journey like nobody else. there has never been a journey like it. there has never been a journey so successful. we began it together four years ago and it is far from being over. [crowd cheering] our movement of crowd heart and you know what this is? the hardest working people. hard-working american patriots is just getting started. and in the end, we will win. we will win. [crowd cheering] we have been doing a lot of winning. as we gather this week, we are in the middle of the historic struggle for america's future, america's culture and institutions. future, america's culture and instituti

washington. which if you have read it, you remember the title. the man who would not be washington. all but robert e. lee and the legacy of washington and defining his times. he now lives with his wife caroline, but the staff, maryland. he's here tonight to discuss his, book washington's, and the final years and forgotten struggle. joining him to discuss this book with general david petraeus. he served as the professor at -- usc. a program with which mount vernon has a long and fruitful relationship. he served for over 70 years in the u.s. military and has a dedicated life of public service. please welcome jonathan horn and david petraeus. [applause] thank you very much kevin. thank you for the kind introduction. must more -- much more importantly thanks for your leadership of what is washington's library. they don't have the back in those days. thanks so much for being here. we were told that this is a sell out. we weren't sure whether this would be a sellout in the end. the intrepid souls are with us here tonight. not risking handshakes i am sure. but will be a much more enjoyable evening than sitting at home and calculating how much you lost in the sto

shannon: i want to ask you, reporting to the washington times the number of former administration officialsth iranian officials during the trump administration, these relationships, high-level -- allow the iranian regime to bypass mister trump and work directly with obama administration veterans they were hoping would return to power in washington. >> if we were dealing with tables being flipped, former republican presidential administration officials doing this during a democratic administration there would be calls for those individuals to be prosecuted. they would say you're engaging in ongoing acts of diplomacy outside of the structure of the united states government without authorization. this is disturbing to me that they would continue to do this and i'm not saying that should necessarily be criminally prosecuted. this is something people in the obama administration actively investigated, people, for doing. that is really disheartening. in a word, really uncool for them to do this during the trump administration, actively undercutting the then-current administration in charge of the

> clearly iran is not isolated diplomatically if we are to believe reports in fox news and the washington timesut the dialogue iranian officials have had with us citizens that were not officials in the last administration. iran is clearly calling the shots. we are absolutely lunatics if we think that iran is going to unwind its enriched uranium and reduce its centrifuges which all exceeded the limits from the outset. additionally the united states made a great error in 2015 with iranian human rights, to get them to pull back, to get rid of the rainy and influence in syria, yemen, iraq, totally undermined by iran at this time and this is retaliation for the united states targeted -- the spymaster soleimani and leader of all kinds of mayhem in the world on the behest of iran. so i see diplomatic impasse. if the united states gives an inch, iran will run with it and we are triggering a regional arms race because of iran's emboldened this. it is almost a material as to how the united states engages with iran unless we return to maximum pressure that was the policy of the previous administration. >>

jim constantine of the washington times. e the fact that the national pollsters can't seem to have her get it right, people still love polls. all of you have been the star of the cpac poll this week and you are about to hear the results from donald trump's pollster, jim mclaughlin. he is one that does get it right. before we hear from him, we are going to hear from tim constantine of the washington times. i have one question for all of you that wasn't on the cpac poll. was the decision to bring cpac 2021 to orlando a good one? >>[cheering] >> ladies and gentlemen, tim constantine of their washington times, america's newspaper. >> the washington times has been doing to cpac poll for as long as i can remember and it is agreed, every year, of where america stands. and you are unlikely to get much of this information from the mainstream media. as a matter of fact, before you to the results, let's do a quick pull right here. when you are trying to find information that is what people in the heartland of america think, how many of

george washington which if you've read it you remember the title, "the man who would not be washington," all about robert e. lee and the legacy of general washington and defining lee and his times. he's written for the "new york times," "weekly standard" and now lives with his wife carolyn in bethesda, maryland, and is here tonight to discuss his book "washington's end, the final years and forgotten struggle." joining him to discuss this book will be general david petreus. he now serves at the saul price public school public policy at usc, a program with which mt. vernon has a long and fraughtful relationship, and he served for over 37 years in the u.s. military and has a dedicated life of public service. please welcome jonathan horn and general david petraeus. [ applause ] >> well, thank you very much, kevin. thanks for the kind introduction. much more importantly thanks for your leadership of what essentially is washington's library even though they didn't have those back in those days. thanks to all of you for being here. we were told that this was a sellout. we weren't sure whether this would truly be a sellout in the end, the bold and treppied souls are all here with us to

one more for you from the "washington times." stand firm gop is what the editorial board of the times said. your political future dependsrin it. if you want to read any of those had to the editorial pages. this is silver spring, maryland, democrat you are next. >> caller: i think we need to step back for minute and understand 190 republicans still believe that donald trumpth won the election which means they believe a lie. is lie. what we have is a gasoline nation. these are people, friends, neighbors, who believe something that is not real, and the problem is, how do you bring these people back to reality? how do you convince them that what they think is just not true? in my mind, i think what is happening is that they are honest people, people who would never deceive somebody, who know that lying is wrong, so they cannot believe that somebody would intentionally lie to them and keep spewing things that are simple enough true. if you've ever tried to convince someone, one of these people who support trump so vehemently but they c

cnn was the first to report, then the washington times and -- "new york times" and the "washington post" left his legal team. apparently trump wanted them to make the case that he was a victim of election fraud. butch bowers, who was set to lead the defense team, told him he could not mount the defense that he wanted. so butch bowers and the other four lawyers on the trump team, they were all lined up for trump, they all quit this weekend. as i mentioned, the first filing for trump's defense in the senate impeachment trial is due tomorrow. as of saturday night, he had no lawyers. the president has hired two new lawyers as of yesterday. they have their work cut out for them and their first filing is due tomorrow, they need to act quickly. but remember what he's being impeached for, right? president trump is being impeached for inciting against the u.s. government by leading a mob of supporters to riot the capitol. he told them the election was wrong, it was a fraud, and if they didn't march the capitol, they wouldn't have a country left. the president is now demanding his defense to that

host: the washington times highlights it was after those opening arguments that a vote had to take placen the constitutionality of it. six republicans voted in favor of the trial, including susan collins of maine, bill cassidy, mitt romney, and pat toomey of pennsylvania, also noting the fact that bill cassidy voted two weeks ago against the idea of putting a former president on trial. we will hear from him in a bit. but we will hear from you in this hour on the opening arguments and proceedings from yesterday. 202-748-8001 for republicans. 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8002 for independents. go ahead, caller. caller: i do not want to be cut off. i just want to make one comment. this country will not heal until it resolves its major problem. the major problem i feel in this country is the problem of race. i do not see a lot of people in the news media actually speaking to that, not identifying the people involved in the insurrection as white supremacists, which is exactly what they were. i keep hearing them called sedition nests, rioters, but they were actually white supremacists w

the washington post." but the washington times promised to standby it and this week there are reports it was going to sell.depends on the local owner you have. some of them are better, and some of them are not. >> what about this idea that, you know, there should be some way to have facebook and google support the local news ecosystem, that it shouldn't just all be hedge funds or nonprofit status. i know you are going the rupert murdoch blackmail, but is there some model that would work? >> if you want to tax google and facebook straight out, fine. but who is to say that newspaper owners are the entitled recipients of that money. if you are going to tax the platforms more because they make a lot of money, fine. why wouldn't that go to education or to internet access for people or to our health care? why are newspaper publishers so entitled? you and i watched this industry for many years and i'm a journalism professor. i have worked in it. but i have also seen how the newspaper society failed miserably to update for this current reality. it is their fault. >> interesting. jeff, thank you so much for coming

. >> jackie was working as a photo journalist for "the washington times herald" when she was introducedmatically thought they'd be good for each other. he was fun, he was very good looking, and she was intelligent and fun to be with. >> jackie kennedy took one look at jack and saw the main chance. >> but when jack proposed, jackie agonized for four weeks before accepting. >> she could see the prospect of adventure, but she could also sense danger. she knew that he had the capacity to be unfaithful. but she decided that life with him was worth it. and that she loved him. she was being interviewed three years into their marriage, which was really when their relationship sort of hit rock bottom. >> you're pretty much in love with him, aren't you? >> oh, no. >> jackie kennedy knew jack had been a playboy, but she had not banked upon the sheer scale of his infidelity. >> i said no, didn't i? >> yes, do you want to do it again? >> she couldn't say anything other than an honest reaction in that moment? >> you are pretty much in love with him, aren't you? >> i suppose so. >> by 1958, jackie had

we will start tonight by talking with charlie hurt of "the washington times." lie, great to see you. >> great to see you, tucker. >> tucker: that is the question. i don't think any decent person seeks inventions for its own sake, but i think it is important to illustrate what is right and what is wrong. and that malicious bad decisions have consequences and the people made those decisions somehow held accountable for them but when and where will that happen? >> i don't know but you look across and you see a sea of incompetence and failure by the government. i challenge you to find one single thing, one single decision or government has made for people in power have made that has done anything other than a mass more power and more money for themselves. take power and money from us and give it to them. and they can counter and say what about the stimulus checks? we give you $600. first of all, the $600 was mine to begin with someone not all that grateful for it. but that $600 pale in comparison to the billions and billions of dollars, trillions of dollars that the

the u.s. geological survey or a collection of relics that was associated with george and martha washington that was owned. as the article noted, mrs. kennon was at the time the closest living descendant of martha washington. her only surviving great granddaughter. the article described how britannia lived at tudor place surrounded by a collection of objects that had been used by the president and mrs. washington at the executive mansion they inhabited in new york as well as the one in philadelphia and later during their retirement at mount vernon. the article also described the important archive of family papers that britannia owned including two of the only known letters written from george and martha washington. at the time the article was published, britannia was 75 years old. aside from her importance as a member of custis washington family, she was a lifelong resident of tudor place and the georgetown neighborhood of washington, d.c. during her long residency, she bore witness to many of the significant events that occurred and into the first decade of the 20th century. the article in the century magazine made britannia somewhat of a celebrity, thre

. >> shannon: i want to ask you about this reporting to the washington times a number of former obamathe trump administration. and intel sources say they allowed the iranian regime to bypass mr. trump and work with obama era veterans in a hope of returning to washington. a comment from you, senator. >> looking if we were dealing with tables being flipped, if you had former republican presidential administration firms doing this during a democratic administration, it would be calls for those individuals to be pros cuted. they say you're engaging in on going acts of diplomacy without authorization, this is disturbing to me that they would continue to do this. i'm not saying that that should be criminally prosecuted but remember, this is something that people in the obama administration actively investigated people for doing. i think it's really disheartening. in a word, really uncool for them to do this during the trump administration. actively undercutting then current administration in charge of the united states government. >> shannon: senator mike lee, thank you. good to see you. >>

throughout president trump's time and office democrats had a shadow state department work at the iranian officials to undermine the trump administration strategy. the washington contact with iranian's and relationships and blossomed into a high level national security. allow the iranian regime to work directly with obama administration veterans that say iran hoped to power in washington. this is the same iranian regime that just today said they plan to happily enrich uranium as much as they want. john kerry has denied tried to undermine the former president pay but if he did should there be consequences? and was it illegal? here to break down former cia officer chairman ceo, get your square today. it is mike baker. welcome back baker. >> thank you very much kennedy, thank you. yes this is shocking. and yes there should be consequences. but no there won't be. i guess we are done we can talk about the kardashians now. i just think this story came out a couple years ago and got almost no coverage about john kerry having these medians with the eye iranian foreign minister. these shadowy meetings and on the sidebar conversation outside events or conferences around

the office of the minister and washington's comments after several attempts failed a more eligible character and i did not perceive how the declaration of independence applied at the time with the jay treaty negotiations and washington's comments are none are so double than those who will not perceive, it goes on and on like that if this is done right now, i think there would be the initial wtf along the pages with how angry washington was about this. >> as folks may no washington was not somebody who wrote in the books, he did not do it was very rare if he were one or two words, this is guns blazing and can we backup a little bit, i want to know why washington sends munro to france in the first place, the mid-1790s pretty well known partisan of what we short handily call the republican party but the democratic -- republican, the washington a administration is trying to avoid war with france and britain why send munro to france a more committed federalism. >> he had a commendable affair and all governor mars did was worse in the relationship between revolutionary france and the united states, the french could not stand them and outside of their food and wine morris cou

shannon: the washington times reports headline biden revised claims of being shot at overseas, a dubious claim that mister biden usually tells when running for office and also talk about him walking get back or qualifying or explaining it in the past but it is getting attention because it is back. what do you as a veteran make of it? >> i have no idea why he continues to exaggerate his personal experiences but it has been a long history of them doing this, this goes all the way back to 1998 campaign when he had to drop out for plagiarism, exaggerating his academic credentials. i don't know how to explain it, there's some kind of insecurity here for never having served, maybe perhaps when you have done nothing but be a politician since your late 20s hasn't served overseas, doesn't bring anything to the table except having been a politician maybe there's some underlying insecurity to exaggerate what type of danger he has been in. shannon: there have been requests to the white house for comments. we haven't seen one yet on the latest comment from the president. want to talk about breaking n

the capital and protest. he talks about doing this. you cover this on c-span all the time, the demonstrations, the protests, the rallies that occurred in washington, d.c. in a pre-covid world if not weekly or multiple times a week some group gathers on the capitol steps on the national mall and other places in washington, d.c. and supreme court steps to highlight an issue or seek redress from the government. this happens regularly. the question is if you can find these comments and make one case or another. there is clearly in the impeachment managers brief they are making the case that while you look at these elements of the president's speech they point to ask. his defenders will point to parts of his speech where he told them to make their voices heard and protest at the capital which is a time-honored tradition in america. i think either side can cherry pick a speech and pick out things they like. the thing that is interesting to me and the president's -- donald trump pasta fenders, rand paul brought it up. and you look at the comments from the last cycle that congresswoman maxine waters made where she said you get in the face of trump offici

and he repeated the big lien more than 100 times in the weeks afterwards. he some of his supporters in washington and put them into a frenzy and directed them at the capitol. and then he watched as the violence unfolded in the capitoe was breached buried in his own vice president click for hisnd life. then president trump did nothing. none of these facts were up for debate. we sought, we heard it, we lived it. this was the first presidential impeachment trial in history in which all senators were not only judges and jurors, but witnesses to the constitutional crime that was committed. the former president inspired it direction to propel the bob and prevent the peaceful transfer of power. and illegally kept that president and power. there is nothing, nothing more un-american than that. , there is nothing, nothing more antithetical to our democracy. there isor nothing, nothing more insulting to the generations of american patriots who gave their lives to defend our form of government. this was the most egregious violation of the presidential oath of office in a textbook example. a classic example o

let's bring in our panel, opinion editor for "the washington times," mollie hemingway, and harold ford jr., former tennessee congressman. let me start with you, charlie. are your thoughts, reflections, not only on the man, but also the legacy, and the power of his voice. >> it's a tremendous legacy, to be sure. he was obviously a very bombastic guy, very entertaining guy, a guy that gave voice to millions of people. the word i would use to describe him more than anything else was one of humility. his entire world to view was one of humility. he was somebody that believed that those millions and millions of dittoheads out there, no kidding, no government, no president could tell them how to live their lives better than they could. he gave them boys. of course, a lot of people -- especially on the left, they would go crazy about this because they thought he was arrogant, they thought he was self-aggrandizing -- even the marvelous line of his about how his talent was all from god was actually a very humble statement because after all, isn't all talent on loan from god? it's just kind of u

. >> shannon: so the washington times reports it this way. ot at overseas. they say it's a dubious claim. they also talk about him walking it back or qualifying or explaining it in the past. it's getting attention because it's back. what do you as a veteran make of it? >> i have no idea why he continues to exaggerate his personal experiences. a long history of this. this goes back to 1998 when he had to drop out for plagiarism, for exaggerating his academic credentials. so i don't know how to explain it. there's some kind of insecurity here for never having served. maybe when you've done nothing but be a politician since your late 20s, hasn't built a business, hasn't served overseas, doesn't bring anything to the table except having been a politician, there's some kind of underlying security to exaggerate what type of danger he's been in. >> shannon: i know there's been requests to the white house for comments. i don't think we've seen one. want to talk to you about breaking news tonight being reported by the "wall street journal." they say ir

from the washington times it got opinion editor fox news contributor charlie hertzberg along with formerlibertarian party invites personal candidate spike : is on the party panel. an democratic pollster and fox news contributor, my friend jessica tarlov. hello everyone welcomed to the show let's do this together. ♪ ♪ >> hello. subject think you can become things are having us on. before thanks charlie hurt will start with you. democrats are talking about a minimum wage hike at being the while that will fuel economic reinvigoration. but what really reinvigorate in economy? >> well, not that to be sure. i've done a little test over the last couple of weeks for every small business that i walk into and i try to only go to small businesses. every single one of them i going to ask every one of them, how about $15 minimum wage? and they all, they turn ghost white. and the reason is, you've touched on all of it. these companies that have managed to survive, the worst downturn in the history of this country, they survive the pandemic. they have pulled out, they have done everything in their powe

the story from the washington times focusing on the democratic efforts to move the $1.9 trillion packageand joe biden's efforts to encourage those in the senate to go big on that plan. the washington post in their wrapup of the package noting that president biden spoke to senators on tuesday, saying to go big, making a case in favor of the bigger rescue package. the story noting that his comments on a private lunchtime call with the senate democratic caucus were confirmed by several people. he spoke to the washington post on conditions of anonymity. we have been talking about the republican senators going to the white house on monday to meet with the president, pitching that smaller $600 billion plan. questions this week on whether a deal could be cut. those comments from the washington post, yesterday during that democratic lunch, seem to be pointing in the bigger package direction. back to your phone calls. parlin in -- carlin in washington. is america a haven for those in need? caller: yes, i think we need to bring in more from the countries at that you mentioned. they are in dire str

washington resigned the commanding general of the forces and it's where we ratified the treaty of paris that ended the revolutionary war so we have a beautiful room down there. george washington spent a lot of time here in annapolis with the rest of the founding fathers. we have a great tribute and statue with him in the room below me. >> we are in such an interesting time right now in the country's history that room is so important. can you speak to that resignation of giving up a military authority at the end of the war to the history of this country? >> i talked about this the other day after the events in washington, the attack and insurrection on the capital and was down in the rotunda just outside of the room right next to george washington's original resignation speech and in the room where he resigned and i said it really was the first time in human history that a conquering general turned over in a peaceful way his power to the government yet to be formed. that set in precedent for the remainder of our democratic republic the way that we've always done it with every change of administration until the events of last week so i could see the history every day almost like you do but it real

apple was sponsored by cpac and the washington times. r president's comments in their entirety to cpac from a short while ago. [crowd chanting "usa!" ] mr. trump: thank you very much. hello, cpac. do you miss me? a lot of things going on. so

in fact is one of the one of the first opposition newspapers the editor is working of part-time for thomas jefferson. who is george washington's secretary of state. so yes, there are a very interesting relationship here with the with the press and the president during this period of time and i think what's important to understand about washington is he really cares about what's being put into these newspapers? the criticisms wound him deeper than you might imagine and he's pained by them at the same time. he doesn't want people to think necessarily that he's wanting to read these newspapers, but he is and he's trying to find creative ways for them to be sent to mount vernon during his retirement. that doesn't require him to be a subscriber. but so you might be able to get through the cover of the war department or some other way. so he is a very voracious reader. he's a voracious reader of newspapers and this tension is so high that i think it's surprises many people to learn that george washington ends up supporting the alien and sedition acts, which was legislation that actually led to some journalists who were associated wi

the new york times" with the headline "try to recall him." the new york times ties this to his response to the pandemic. you can be more if you go to nytimes.com. front page of the washingtonimes has a story about a hearing that we covered yesterday on capitol hill, the headline "republicans rebuke democrats' call, even left-leaning people -- to pay a price for parroting donald trump's fourths -- false messaging. you want to watch that hearing, you can find it on our website, c-span.org. steve in detroit, michigan, we are talking about raising the minimum wage. you support that idea. good morning. caller: yes, hi, greta. i support it because two callers before me -- the only thing i can look at right now is when they do raise it, the rich cannot get ahead, and the reason is because you are digging into their pockets. you are going to say we are going to lose a lot of jobs. that is because instead of giving money to poor people, they are trying to keep up with the economy. you are losing. that is all i've got to say. thank you for taking my call. host: owen, grand junction, colorado. you say no, owen. caller: good morning, i say no. the business owners, they are going to be

abc's rachel scott leading us off tonight from the hill. >> reporter: tonight, history made in washington. the first time a president faces a second impeachment trial. and the first time a president is tried after leaving office. >> everybody in, this way! >> reporter: and today, democrats wasted no time making their case against donald trump. forcing senators to relive the harrowing moments from one month ago, sitting in the very chamber that came under attack. >> take the building! >> day or ttraitor pence! >> we're listening to trump, your boss! >> reporter: house impeachment managers playing a graphic 13-minute video, reminding senators what the president told his supporters right before the capitol siege. >> we fwiight. we fight like hell. and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore. >> reporter: trying to link former president trump's own words in the weeks and hours before the deadly riots to the chaos that then played out in the capitol. the senators watching in rapt silence. >> you ask what a high crime and misdemeanor is under our constitution? that's a high cri

the capital at that moment in time. temporarily until the structures were built here in washington d.c.. by that time, washington had been identified by the capital city, when it was under construction. the capital building was under work as was the president's house under work. he like the parties, although martha wasn't there. by the time that john adams became president he had none of. that so he decided he would have no parties at all and apparently went to his boarding house and had dinner. the first mall that we know of then that was in this town was president madison. in 1809, delhi medicine was a -- so the first on that they had and it was in a hotel. over succeeding years they had parties and sometimes they would call it a, ball sometimes they called it a, party it wasn't until the late 1840 but they really began to get into the theme of having an event of special nature here. they started to build in this square area because of that. one of the things that they're not duration. the constitution is very clear about how the president will assume power. it says very explicitly in t

the last time he spoke _ quietly into the shadows? the last time he spoke in _ quietly into the shadows? the last time he spoke in washingtonietly into the shadows? the last time he spoke in washington, was quite well got, that is our long gap but that sounds very familiar. thafie but that sounds very familiar. those familiar words, _ but that sounds very familiar. those familiar words, witch-hunt, - but that sounds very familiar. those familiar words, witch-hunt, i - but that sounds very familiar. those familiar words, witch-hunt, i did - familiar words, witch—hunt, i did not think i would hear that for awhile. let us get more from our correspondence, nomia iqbal. let us start with the statement from president trump, it does not sound like he's going anywhere anytime soon, does not sound like the republican party can put this behind him and —— behind itand move on without him. he him and -- behind it and move on without him-— without him. he is saying in that statement _ without him. he is saying in that statement he _ without him. he is saying in that statement he will _ without him. he is saying in that statement he will

when he was reelected the party moved to nifl that was the capitol for that moment in time temporarily until the structures were built here in washington dc. at that time washington was identified at the capitol city but it was under construction. the capitol building was under work and the president's house was under work. he liked parties but martha was not there because she was in mt. vernon. but john adams would have none of that. he suicided no parties at all and went to his boarding house and had dinner. the first ball that we know of then in this town was president madison. in the late 1840s they got into the theme of having an event of special nature here. they started to build temporary buildings in this judiciary square for part of that. one of the things about the inauguration is the constitution is very clear about how the president will assume power if has a -- it says very explicitly that he will do it on january 20th at noon. and there is appointed oath after office that he has, the wonderful 37 word thing that requires that he preserve, protect, and defend the constitution. >> i ronald reagan do solemnly swear. >> that

the bells on the national cathedral in washington tolled 500 times to honour the victims. toll. 500,000 lives are more than were lost by the us in both world wars and the vietnam war combined. the pandemic is still claiming 2000 americans every day, and there has been widespread economic hardship. president biden has ordered flags on federal buildings to be flown at half mast for five days as a mark of respect to those who have lost their lives. just before he and the vice president led a moment's silence, he had these words for americans. as we all remember, i also ask us to act. to remain vigilant. to stay socially distant, to mask up, get vaccinated when it's your turn. we must end the politics and misinformation that divided families, communities in the country. it's costing too many lives already. it's not democrats and republicans who are dying from the virus, it's our fellow americans, our neighbours, our friends, our mothers, our fathers, our sons and daughters, husbands and wives. we have to fight this together as one people, as the united states of america. 0ur c

fact that mean stream journalists in the mainstream media especially organizations like the new york times the washington post the wall street journal have not come out in support of julian assange stats where the dangerous because of julian assange is convicted then any reporter in america doing his or her job is in danger of being charged with espionage for publishing information that is embarrassing to the u.s. government. u.s. a sold more than a 1000000 barrels of a rainy and oil sales last year as part of washington sanctions program while another vessel with to runs into septic crude sales to an american pull to the sages that becomes standard practice by the looks of it for the u.s. as punishment for to runs an alleged nuclear plants washington claims all income generated will go to its fund for victims of state sponsored terrorism but next artie's don't cotton looks at who will actually get that money. need not idea for a side hustle put sanctions on a country pirate its oil exports and sell it that's what the us did with a 1000000 barrels of iranian oil seized under its sanction regime last year

the part that he has flaws. you know that will happen. it's time for washingtony to say no and i'm glad president trump had the guts to do it. third, the democrats control all the levers of power in washington. no longer believes in the tolerance of america, that our nation was exceptional, or in the american dream. it's time for all of us to wake up to reality. they want to silence you. if they can silence a former president, what makes you think you're not next? they want to take away your freedom of speech, take away your religious liberty. want to take away your right to bear arms and get you fired from your job. they want to get your banks to drop you. they want to make you unployable in the future and you know what? they have a lot of friends in corporate america that are willing to help them. they don't typically want you to silence conservatives, they want to destroy us. and yet in the face of this mortal threat to our nation, some prefer to ban the civil war flames and it's foolish and ridiculous. we have serious work to do. we don't have time for that.

and the washington farewell address is the only speech read every year on or around washington's birthday. that tradition goes back a long timethe reader alternates between a democrat and republican but then washington was naÏve about things as he was decrying partisanship also with the constitution basically understanding human motivation in writing and the federal papers. and then to the checks and balances notion with the hamilton madison and john j but the human tendency and impression and how that needed to be set off against each other to diffuse power not to the authoritarian on one side or the other. but washington was above that and may be pleasantly naÏve. there were things in the senate to bring about more harmony. and this fact that the senate does this be of come to this very challenging impact on the capital on january 6. more than half voted to overturn electoral college results from pennsylvania and arizona. and in the senate, eight out of 51 republicans, 15 percent. so what explains the difference between only 15 percent trying to overturn objections with more than house one - - more than half of the house? a

digital project on civil war washington that's studied the transformation of the city over the four years of civil war and it's fascinating what happened to the city during that time quadrupled in size and the racial and ethnic makeup of the city changed profoundly washington, of course was surrounded by a couple of slaves states and so fugitive slaves came pouring into the city and there were many immigrants and there were prostitutes coming to the city and there were people coming in to make a buck and all kinds of things were happening. it was also a place where you can see why whitman would be fascinated by it because as as well known, he wrote three anonymous self reviews of the first edition of leaves of grass and in one of them, he said an barred at last that was the first line so he clearly wanted to be the national poet from the beginning and so then it occurred to me. well, you know, let's think about whitman's relationship to the federal city to the national capital. another thing that contributed to my wanting to work on whitman and washington is that i had the good fortune to discover 3,000 documents in the national archives. these were documents that