the mount vernon is a captured german jet vessel. in world war i, we had very little american shipping. it was diminished. it was almost at civil war levels in some cases. there was a great need for shipping. we needed to take the american troops and army over to france. there was a race to quickly build ships, but another thing that is curious that isn't really documented in many places is there were a number of german vessels that tried to find safe harbor in the united states at the beginning of the war. they knew the united states was a neutral nation. they were afraid of france and england's navies as they crossed the atlantic, so they tried to find safe harbor in the united states. one of those was the ss crown prince cassell. it was a german vessel that was nearly the size of the titanic. it was an ocean liner, but the german vessel also had a hidden secret. it was carrying millions of dollars of gold bullion from germany. they captured -- the ship goes into bar harbor, maine, and it is seized by the government. the crew and p

, the mount vernon ladies association on this remarkable occasion. commemoration of an important event in our nation's capital's history and our nation's history. as the executive director of george washington's presidential library, i'm thrilled to be here and excited to witness a ceremonial re-enactment of the laying of the cornerstone, the foundation of the foundation. on the building that houses the representatives of the american people. on september 18th, 1793, george washington, a man already long-known as the father of his country presided over this event with great hopes for what the capitol would become. when washington and others marched to the future site of the capitol to lay its southeast cornerstone in september of 1793, they knew it was important, and like many americans they believed precisely because free masonry symbolized and even helped to instill self-less virtue, moralality, equality and, of course, brotherhood, it could provide the right kind of sacred foundation for what this building would become. president washington came h

professor vernon, thank you very much for coming onto the programme.oted against the immediate suspension of lord lester after an inquiry found he'd groped a woman and offered her a peerage in exchange for sex. lord lester said the allegations were completely untrue but the lords' privileges committee recommended that the veteran human rights lawyer should be suspended for three—and—a—half years — which would have been the longest suspension in modern times. the deputy lords speaker defended the report by the conduct committee, and the work of the commissioner for standards: she appplied the process set down by the house over a code of conduct. she should not be criticised for doing exactly what the house asked her to do, and the criminality for, the house asked her to do, and the committee for conduct found, she had done properly. but the leading lawyer, lord pannick, proposed that the case be sent back and examined again — arguing the process had been unfair if you're going to assess the credibility of competing intentions over what happened 12 years

he stops at mount vernon for the first time in six years. no one knows what has happened. but zero my goodness in the history of naval warfare the british always seem to win. given the consequences this is the most important battle in the history of the world the french are victorious. washington and rochambeau arrive and thus begins the siege that force is cornwallis to surrend surrender. soon after the battle of the siege of yorktown washingtons son comes out with a fever and washington is at his bedside this means the country is celebrating. for two more years the negotiations are going on and washington is fearful that he will lose his officers. they didn't have the ability to tax the american people and the states are showing no interest they are stationed on the hudson river at newar newburgh and he's forced to put down the conspiracy which is officers pretending to march on philadelphia and force congress to pay them by gunpoint. this would have been a military coup that would have destroyed the revolution. he gets through that and his army is dispersed as the briti

q&a, we visite an the washington library at mount vernon, featuring historians edna green membered, douglas brinkley, discussing what it means to be american. >> one nation indivisible in a sense was, we are all together, right? that is somehow elemental to what it means to be an american. the american character, what it means to be american is to be able to improvise. by that i mean when you look at george washington in the

the national library for the study of george washington here at mount vernon. [applause] >> thank you. i think you can sense i needed that encouragement. i have been on the job for five weeks. [laughter] i am thrilled and excited by it. i want to thank you for your support of washington library and being here tonight. we had great events like this on a regular occasion -- regular occasions. we have lecture series called the george washington lecture series. we've already had one, but there are two more coming. we had one of the world's greatest legal authorities. she will be back again on october 11. i promise you i can get you up to speed if you want to know what you missed. we have great offense like that all the time. but opportunities to have a variety of viewpoints. historians and journalists and in one place, on one evening. those only come every now and then and i am excited to be here tonight. i wanted introduce the second panel, but i will not introduce every person on the stage. our moderator will do that. this will be recorded for a program on seriou

conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> sunday on q&a we visit the washington library at mount vernon for the 2018 founding debates program featuring edward greene medford, douglas brinkley and russell shortoh discussing what it means to be american. >> one nation indivisible with the kind of we are all together, aren't we all? that is somehow elemental to what it means to be an american. the american character should be able to improvise. by that i mean when you look at george washington and the dark days of december 17, '77 at valley forge, the ability to improvise, to be almost a guerrilla fighter, to live off the land, to be able to do what we need to do to get the job done. >> from the very beginning that is what an american is. minority groups in certain religious groups were not and women were not really considered citizens. that changes over time. overtime more and more people are brought into the american family. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> a senate hearing on the world bank looked at the role these institutions play in us foreign policy and relations

walters, former general vernon walters acting as a kind of emissary visiting the vatican, in range of one dozen times. all of that happened, the coordination is constant, and at that level there's a lot going on between the reagan white house and the vatican. >> yes. >> all right. >> yes, well, >> if you feel the urge to elaborate give into it. >> it was a logical follow-up, to do this, to provide ways in which without using military force, we could strengthen those forces that were combating marxism, and which were constantly moving towards, organizing people in the various countries under the oath of the soviet union, and organizing resistance, and only organizing a situation, where it would not be possible for the soviet union to continue, particularly with their aggression, let alone just to maintain where they were at that particular time. it was a way in which to carry out the strategy that ronald reagan had. moral engagement, making it very clear through the diplomatic contact with the soviet union that we would not stand for any more aggression. even without using military for

. >> sunday on q&a, we visit the washington library at mount vernon for 2018 founding debates programing historian, douglas and russell discussing what it means to be american. >> one nation invisible in a sense was a kind of we are altogether, right, aren't we all in so that is somehow elemental to what it means to be an american. >> the american character of what it means to be american is to be able to improvise, when you look at george washington and the dark days of december 1777 at valley ford, the ability to general washington to improvise, to be like a guerrilla fighter and live off the land and be able to do to get the job done. >> in the beginning not all groups were not included on what americans were minority were not and women were not considered citizens at least, that changes over time. over time more and more people are brought into the american family. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> watch live coverage next week as congress faces a december 7th deadline to fund the federal government. 7 spending bill congressional action to avoid partial shutdown,

he did it as the general and in a second term he wants to go back to mount vernon and they teach them how to say goodbye he wants to go back home because the center of the world is supposed to be your mount vernon. they will build a new app. >> this is the lesson from george washington t today the progress that we need to make there is something i can and should be able to build that i can go home to that is not my work, that is not my career or cable tv. we talked about this a lot during the first hour prescription number two. number one was become americans again. number two, it seems like setting technical limits. >> guest: is an amazing tool but if we don't figure out when you wan want to box up so you cn focus on the dinner table sitting with your kids and when you are actually hosting your neighbors into serving some fatherless kid in your community that you're going to make a part of your extended care enough network if we don't get that right, then all of the outside of the technology will be not negative. the technology outside of looking through the digital revolution that i

would lay down power yet again and now at the end of the second term he wants to go back to mount vernon teach them how to say goodbye and how to go back home because the center of the world should be the place where you love your spouse and raise your kids. >> but this is the lesson from today i did not have fremont nebraska but there should be something that i could build to go home to not my work, not my career, not television but thicker than that and more meaningful than that. >> host: prescription number one was become americans again. number two is a non sequitur. why is this up there in importance with medicine and washington? i think i know but tell me, why is this so critical? . >> if we don't figure out as an amazing tool where you actually sitting with your kids and hosting your neighbors if there is a fatherless kid in your community you invite him to make part of your extended network come if we don't get that right then all of the upsides of technology will be net negative that technology upside of living through the digital revolution with more total economic outpu output

it is given at mount vernon.hat was an exciting time because hamilton was so obviously a breakthrough book. well before we became -- it became what we all know now, a thrilling broadway musical. i liked the feeling that a founding father can rise a lot in currency. our past is set in stone. -- our past is not set in stone. they rise up and down in reputation. as you know, because you are so generous to us who write political biographies because he bring us on your show. hamilton was somewhat forgotten. he was not that well known. he was on the $10 bill. he died young. but he roared back to life. thanks to a single book. that night was wonderful. i talked a lot with ron about why he wrote that book. i still cannot get tickets to the show, if he is watching right now. i feel like in a small way, we helped that book to achieve a high level of recognition it has. host: how did martin van buren gets chosen to be vice president and how did he elect -- get elected president? who did he run against? mr. widmer: he was in

he did it as general when he won the revolution and as president he wants to go back to mount vernon and he wants to teach them how to say goodbye, teach them how to go back home because the center of the world is supposed to be your mount vernon, supposed to be the place where you are loving your spouse and raising your kids and building a new trap. >> host: this is the lesson today the progress we need to make is even if you don't have a freedom of nebraska there is something i can and should be able to build that i can go home to that is not my work, that is not my career or cable tv. it's something thicker than that and more meaningful. i will get to this because you get some prescriptions of how to do this in a second. okay let's go on to number two.. first, we talked about this a lot during the first half of this hour. this picture number two. number one was become americans again. number two, it seems like kind of something you would tell your kids. so, why is this an importance of medicine at washington, what is the short version of that i think i know what we talked about he

colt mccoy hooks up with vernon davis, and he's off and running. 53 yards for touchdown.hington led 13-10 at one point. former raider amare cooper takes over. makes the catch in traffic, flash, flash, 100 yard dash. this was only 90 yards, but it was a touchdown. one of two in the game at 180 yards receiving. cowboys win 31-23. >>> bears taking on vince trabi. chicago goes up, it's nap time. fourth quarter, tied at 14-14. matt stafford is picked off by eddie jackson who takes it to the house. check out the celebration, putting his defense on, and let's sprint to the sidelines. lions with just over a minute left. but stafford is picked off in the end zone. bears win 23-16 and improve to 8-3. stanford taking on florida in the bahamas. throws it down here, but stanford struggled shooting early, allowing florida to get a huge lead. johnson going straight to the hoop. the gators up 28-7. stanford starters combined for just two points. that points in the first half. they trailed 32-13. the cardinal had 20 turnovers and the ball doesn't touch the floor here. stanford falls to 2-

vernon square has been chosen aor the spot f the d.c. stop. maglev trains can stop speeds of 300 miles per hour and lelevita. it could begin as soon as 2020 and begin operating by 2027 according to the washington post. >> right now two turkeys, and i'm not talking about chuck and aaron, are awaiting their big day. the pardoning from the president. the treatment they get later this morning, they will announce the names of the turkeys and the white house will let everyone pick which turkey will serve as the national thanksgiving turkey. tada. >> we'reoting on which one to -- >> i know. >> nice way to put that. no,no, they both have the special day in the hotel. they're treated to this special food and then they go a live on turkey farm. >> both of them. >> yes. >> that's what they say anyway. for the children. so we don'tll believe the be on somebody's thanksgiving table. right chuck. >> but their cousins will be. 4:50 right now. >> we don't like to talk about those things. >> well, mean, at the end of the day, it's a good bird. >> right. >> mos

vernon square when flames were spotted just outside of the station. service had to be stopped in the area for about an hour. no o was hurt. >> developing this morning, officials in chicago are vestigating aeadly shooting at a hospital. you're looking at a view of t mercy hospital on chicago's south side. officials say aolice officer and two hospital employees were killed in yesterday's shooting. the suspected shooter was also killed. it's not clear if he killedf himsr if he was killed by police. this morning workers and patients are telling their stories. devastatin just all of this happening days before thanksgiving. wehowed you the view of the scene from the sky. here's a look at what the terrified people had to deal with on the ground. one doctor described the scene e inside hospital as pure chaos. and this morning we're hearing from another hospital worker. she's a mom and her mainwa goal to get home to her children. >> i said to my children, i'm not -- it's not that i didn't t want answer them, i just cannot -- i want to get home to them. >> well

because the center of the world is supposed to be your mount vernon. it's supposed to be the place where you're loving your spouse and raising your kids and building a new app, or better mousetrap. >> so this is the lesson for americans from george washington today. the progress we need to make is even if you descroant fremont, nebraska but there's something i can and should be able to build that i can go home to that is not my work, that is not my career, there's certainly not cable tv, it's something that's thicker than that, more meaningful than that. we're going to get to this because you're going to give me prescriptions of how to do that in a second. let's go on to number two, we've talked about this a lot during the course of the hour. prez-ipgz number two, number one was become americans again. number two seems like a non sequitur. tech-level. set tech-level. so why is this up there with importance of madison and washington. give me the short investigators of that i think i know bull tell me why is this so critical right now. >> i think that th

vernon, new york, with the shopping frenzy. linsey, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you guys. look at this. the world is our oyster. welcome to drama-free shopping when you get inside the store just a little bit in advance of the shoppers. but, eva, you said it right, the holiday shopping season in full swing literally because some shoppers are actually coming to blows over some of these blow-out sales. black friday, not only synonymous with major markdowns but also major meltdowns. overnight, customers reveling in the super bowl of shopping. an estimated 116 million people dashing out for deals across the country. >> we did thanksgiving yesterday and we saw some good ads and we're like, you know what, we've never done black friday before. >> reporter: shoppers in this tennessee victoria's secret store got so aggressive they bum-rushed the counters. that store clerk has to jump on a table in order to get out of the way of the mayhem. customers tearing clothes off shelves. literally fighting for the deals in the aisle

nico went to prestigious film schools and apprenticed under the legendary german director rayner vernon fast binder before making a number of successful feature films but there was one prize job he wanted badly directing a big movie until late in mind and the head of german t.v. said no you can't have the job but you can make a documentary on. the to might and i said you know i you know i think that was income and i shouted at him i use the f. word very loudly and very often because i said i apply for the job you know you pay well and not a documentary filmmaker who gets all pate you know and that's so typical you know you give the disabled guy the side job you know and then i went home and my wife said what's the matter and i told her they want me to do a film about the little light. and what do i know about the little might go. and she looked at me and said they go it's time to look the devil in these. i don't know what your lives are like sometimes life can really be rough on people i understand that i get it i've been in real life alvin law is a motivational speaker who's influenced

vernon square. the metro detours will change ightly tomorrow. you can find more information in the nbc washington app. >> traffic already building at the airphet. >>> and are several events happening today to honor veterans. we are looking at the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington tional cemetery where a wreath laying is set to begin at 11:00. you can find more information on veterans day events that are happening all over t. area by going to our p. this is something they do every november 11. it was 1921 that the tomb of the unknown soldier wasedated on november 11. >> sun-splashed day as they get read that event. >> and all next week on news 4, got something special for y you. we're trying to help you find out why you can get more sleep. a look at why women struggle the most for shut eye. >> i didn't realize how much sleep is tied to so many in our body and i was having autoimmunish husband is. >> r -- issues. >> it's real >>> we'll talk about new tricks for sharing sleep solut on news 4 today. more news 4 still ahead. the time right now

vernon brown airing out for corey crawford. theau junior hng it in.game for franklin, moving into field goal range. so, two seconds 2 left, yards out. franklin wins 17-14. they are your a champions. >>> now, to the court. seventh ranked maryland women hoing georgia tech. skipping ahead, fourth quarter. maryland with a three-int ad, but here come the yellow jackets. pass inde, gets i to go. it's a 15-0 run. georgia tech down by one. but the terps answering right away. kyla charles, get a little contt. but getshe bucket an the foul, an -0 run justrom charles in the fourth. maryland perfect, they beat georgia tech 67-54. >>> and the redskins launching year two of the aspire initiative. the initiative helpsspe, educate and build confidence in young women from loudon county and fairfax county public schools. today, they got to some influential women and participate in a q and a, which is a veryool event, those young girls asking very intelligent questions. we like to s >> nice. >> all right,fhat's sort o a >> all right,fhat's sort o a ereme going h here's

. >> sunday on q&a, we visit the washington library at mount vernon for the 2018 founding debates program. discussing storians what it means to be american. >> one nation indivisible in a sense was a kind of, we are all together, right? aren't we all? so that is somehow elemental to what it means to be an american. >> the american character, what it means to be american, is to be able to improvise. by that i mean when you look at george washington and the dark days of december, 1777, at valley forge, the ability of general washington to improvise, to be almost like a gorilla -- guerrilla fighter, to live off the land, to be able to do what we need to do to get the job done. >> i think from the very beginning not all groups were included in what an american is. certainly minority groups were not. certain religious groups were not. and women were not. really considered citizens at

vernon square this evening for a fire on a pocket track just outside the station. fire officials tell us they found small smoldering pieces of trash and quickly put out the fiere. metro stopped rail service in that area for about an hour tonight. no one was hurt. doreen? >>> prince george's countyec ive baker only has two more weeks on the job he's held for eight years. soon, he'll hav a n mission. inspired by his wife. news 4's shomari stone rorts tonight on the krista beverly baker foundation. >> reporter: prince george's county executive baker receives a proclamation from montgomer ounty executive ike leg get recognizing his accomplishments. he will now focus on finding a cure for a disease. >> i can't think of anything better to do. >> reporter: tonight, he officially launched the krista beverly bakerfoundation, named after his wife. she was diagnosed with an eare storm of dementia eight yes ago and she now has alzheimer's. >> this journey that she's been on has been part of my journey as county executive.w so, i k how difficult it's been for our family. >> rep

taking a look back at the last few days in the commons and the lords, and i'll be talking to professor vernonhis is the most divided parliament ever. we'll also be finding out why there's a row over renaming the welsh assembly. dojoin me then, but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there. the to the pores and a quiet note, but quiet is not necessarily mean right. —— week that began the drenching downpours. you should slowly brighten up a little bit later on that sunshine amounts will va ry later on that sunshine amounts will vary depending on where we, most places starting at under a sheet of carbon is a mist and fog patches as well. northern islands of decent sunshine and then as we go through the day, parts of islands, the north of wales, the coast of devon and cornwall should see a little sunshine. temperatures i2 cornwall should see a little sunshine. temperatures 12 to 14 degrees that will once again that turn quite murky and misty woods and fog patches as we had to friday night, into the early hours of saturday. temperatures will not drop too far, six to 12 degrees. as we

vernon. it's very cool. >>> so talk about beginner's luck. an alexandria man bought his ot first ltery ticket ever and wonfore than h million dollars. why does this never happen to me? this isre a pic of anthony and his big fat he's retired and says he has no immediate plans for his winnings. there e still two more unclaimed tickets for the power fivend prize. check those tickets. you have to play to win. >> and clearly he did. i like how he's like, yeah, you know, i'll take the check. the money, i'll put it away. >> he'll probably keep doing what he's doing. >> go back to his riding lawn mower and whatever else he's doing. >> that's probably the smart way to go. s> 4:55 right now. there target is giving 1,000 of its stores a modernov ma. we're getting a brand new store in the riv town commons shopping center. target says the remodel will be finished by 2020. all of the local stores listed on your screen here will undergo a renovation. target says it will include more contemporary design and digital ences to make your time at he store easier

sunday, on q&a, we visit the washington library at mount vernon for the 2018 founding debates program featuring historians. they are discussing what it means to be american. >> one nation, indivisible, was a sense of we are all together, right? that is somehow elemental to what it means to be an american. >> the american character, what it means to be american is to improvise. by that i mean when you look at george washington and the dark days of december. 1777 at valley forge. he improvised to be almost like a guerrilla fighter to live off the land and be able to do what we need to do to get the job done. >> i think from the very beginning not all folks were included. andainly minority groups religious groups were not. women were not. rarely considered citizens at least. that changes over time. overtime, more and more people are brought into the american family. >> some the neck, at 80 east on c-span -- at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. , icoming up next on c-span look at the week ahead on washington with npr's aisha roscoe . >> later, the u.s. security council meets to discuss russia

merle's son scott and mark serve as fire chiefs in very owna and vernon and grandsons, am and matthew, are active firefighters. a marine, a father, a postal worker and firefighter, merle's life of service is a true inspiration to everyone in our community. his memory will live on in the hearts of our grateful community, both in central new york and in new york state. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one inute. >> mr. speaker, i come to recognize a public servant and ole model, gwinnett police officer, antoine, toney. he was a california native but he adopted my local community at the age of 30. mr. woodall: and knew he could change the world from that location. he was working not just to make the world better, to make us better as individuals, one community, one family, one officer at the time. mr. speaker, with the infectious

environment i'm joined now by former labor council for hackney and when drugs campaign of patrick vernon he's just launched a new petition to the british government stating there should be no cap limit on compensation given to people like a welder and rachelle thanks so much matter of coming on so i don't know what your immediate reaction was but what sort of confidence do you have a number rudd disgraced windrush could be returning to government overseeing universal credit as the compensation of the windows scandal continues by the. home office or obviously as minister she had responsibility for the implementation of the hostile environment she took of the mantle from theresa may and she resigned about may time because she broke the ministerial code because she lied to parliament and she admitted that she couldn't have a handle on what's happened the home office and four months later for her to be appointed as such a state for work for pensions face to all those victims of the in a scandal because for two main reasons firstly the government will be proposing a compensation scheme in the

vernon walters, former general, act as a kind of emissary. he went to the vatican in the range of a dozen times. the coordination is constant. and at quite a high level. there's a lot going on between the reagan white house and the john paul ii vatican. peter: -- edwin: yes. peter: all right. if you wish to elaborate, get into it. edwin: it was a logical follow-up to do this. to provide the ways in which without using military force we could strengthen those forces which were combating marxism and which were constantly moving towards organizing people in the various countries under the oak -- under the yolk of the soviet union and organizing resistance and ultimately organizing a situation where it would not be possible for the soviet union to continue, particularly with their aggression, let alone to maintain where they were at that particular time. it was a way in which to carry out the strategy ronald reagan had. moral engagement, making it very clear through the diplomatic contacts with the soviet union we would not stand for any more agg

. >> sunday own question and answer, we visit the washington library at mount vernon for the 2018 founding debate program. we will be discussing what it means to be american. >> one nation indivisible was in a sense we are all together, and that is somehow elemental to what it means to be an american. >> what it means to america to be able to improvise. when you look at george washington in the dark days of december 1777, and the ability of him to improvise and be like a guerrilla fighter and to live off the land and to be able to do what we need to do to get the job done. >> i think from the very beginning not all groups was included and what american was. certain religious groups are not, and women was not really considered citizens. that changes over time. over time, more and more people are brought into the american family. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> we talked about policy -- politician attacks on the media in an event at the

q&a, we visit the washington library at mount vernon for the 2018 founding debates program featuring historians. they are discussing what it means to be american. >> one nation, indivisible and a sense was we are all together, right? that is somehow elemental to what it means to be an american. the american >> character -- the american character, it means to improvise. when you look at george washington, 1777 at valley forge, the ability to improvise -- two behemoths like a guerrilla fighter and live off the land. like a guerrilla fighter and live off the land. >> i think at the beginning that everyone was included. minority corpse -- minority groups were not and women were not considered citizens, rarely. that changes over time. over time, more and more people are bring -- brought into the american family. >> sunday night, i did eastern on c-span's q&a. our final guess what the day democratic chair of the public -- democracy force task force. op-ed withy wrote an the majority leader, the speaker of the house nancy pelosi about the legislative effort you are planning on introducing f