lindsay: i met matt, we were both at mount vernon as follows. we were there for an extended period of time. i was working on my dissertation on washington, a different aspect. we stayed friends and touched base occasionally about what we were up to. i had a postdoctoral fellowship at the presidential history in dallas. that was coming to an end. they happened to have an opening. matt called me and said hey, we have this position coming up, would you like to apply? i said sure. it all worked out and i started in february. i was very fortunate that that, as many historians know, the job market is not particularly great. i feel fortunate to be able to do history work for a living which i love. and to work in a place that is really fantastic. susan: how many historians does the association have on staff? matthew: you're looking at them. susan: the two of you! matthew: we do have a fellows program with american university. during the academic year, one of their public history masters students will work with us as a research assistantshiop. p. it is l

vernon burton is the judge matthew j. parry distinguished chair of history and professor of pan african studies in -- and computer science at clemson university. which is to say he is mostly the entire university at this point. i could read all of his distinguished awards and honors and then he wouldn't have time to talk. i can only say that he has written a number of very important books. he has given major lectures at many institutions, most recently the annual lecture and southern history at the university of arkansas. his books have been in the book of the month club and other clubs. i had always hoped he could be in the club -- i could be in a club that vernon was a member of. i am delighted to introduce him to start this morning's program. >> thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you to everyone who made this possible. it is a wonderful group of people who work so hard to bring this together. i will not try to name everyone but thank you for all of your hard work. my mother used to always tell me fool's names and f

his body was not stolen from mount vernon. it was interesting that the -- allegedident incident caps on much press coverage in the north and south. washington is not only a founder . he is the preeminent founder. he had the greatest symbolic importance in the civil war generation and since. keeping custody of his remains mattered to people and when the union army captured mount vernon in 1861, there was rejoicing in the north because of the symbolism. much deduction -- dejection in the south, because of the symbolism mother that the enemy now had custody of george andington's body and house there were still objects in the house that had belonged to him and his wife. the symbol of these objects is tremendous. >> i made the mistake of advancing the slide too soon but what john is talking about is a great segue into understanding when we think about the relationship between people and the things in which they interacted and the ways in which things could shape experience and things could shape people's about thenking importance o

his brother, billandjoe vernon, did proud of what my dad and his brother, bill and joe vernon, did ongetting older. we will see less of them and it isjust nice to see these guys and hearthem it isjust nice to see these guys and hear them talk about their escapades. a bit of remembrance and a bit of sadness and a time to rememberfamily and a bit of sadness and a time to remember family and other veterans. the ones that didn't make it. sam, hello from a salford studio. what does it mean to you? well, it is a mixture of sadness and emotion and relief, really, that in 1944, 11 days before d—day, my mother and her family were deported to auschwitz. they arrived there 11 days before d—day. tragically my mother's family we re d—day. tragically my mother's family were all sent to the gas chambers on that day. they didn't know what was happening in normandy but to me looking back the start of the liberation of europe seems to me now very, very dramatic and very moving. had the allies not done what they did on that day, i don't think that i would be here and certainly lots of my extended family

max: vernon silver is the foremost led zeppelin copyright artist.wrote about a dispute over "stairway to heaven." he stumbled on a quirk of u.s. copyright law which is full of these weird quirks which is that before 1978, a piece of music to have a copyright had to have the sheet music filed with the u.s. copyright office. and if it did not, in theory, according to some legal interpretations, that would mean that a lot of guitar solos which were improvised where the record label did not file a deposit copy with the government are basically open season. vernon went to the copyright office and started pulling all of these well-known, iconic pieces of music including from bruce springsteen, leonard skynyrd and started putting together this frankensong as a demonstration of the absurdity of u.s. copyright law. and we have this amazing will on bloomberg businessweek's website which will allow you the reader to assemble your own frankensong with public domain riffs. jason: some of the best-known parts of the best-known songs are free game. max: exactly. t

max: vernon silver is the foremost led zeppelin copyright artist.t is written a couple of memorable stories about a andute between led zeppelin spirit over "stairway to heaven." he stumbled on a quirk of u.s. copyright law which is full of these weird quirks which is that before 1978, a piece of music to have a copyright had to have the sheet music filed with the u.s. copyright office. and if it did not, in theory, according to some legal interpretations, that would mean that a lot of guitar solos which were improvised where the record label did not file a deposit copy with the government are basically open season. vernon went to the copyright office and started pulling all of these well-known, iconic pieces of music including from bruce springsteen, leonard skynyrd and started putting together this frankensong as a demonstration of the absurdity of u.s. copyright law. and we have this amazing will on bloomberg businessweek's website which will allow you the reader to assemble your own frankensong with public domain riffs. jason: some of the best-kn

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county investigators will be back out to check the structure of this apartment building in mount vernon. a car slammed into it yesterday on groombridge way. one person had a minor injury. we are trying to find out who was injured and why that driver crashed into the building in the first place. >>> d.t police arres a man who allegedly tried to grab someone off the street. corbett turner is charged with kidnapping and stalking. police say turner waullked up a grabbed the victim by the arm. the victim was able to get away and alert police who quickly took turner into custody. >>> the man convicted of killing a woman during the charlottesville protest in 2015 is pleading for mercy.ds fielasked a federal judge friday for mercy and a punishment shorter than a life sentence. his attorneys argue since he is 22 years old andhad a traumatic childhood the judge should not sentence hinge to life. prosecutors said he showed nor mecy after he killed heather heyer with a car. >>> the bells tolled saturday for the nine victims of metro's deadliest plane cash. nine years since the crash. >> amazing it'

vernon, this car slammed into late this morning. one person had a minor inwhry, ile working to find out who was injured and why the driver crashed into that building. fairfax county public schools say they're changing the way they educate children under sexting. sixth graders will be taught about the dangers of it. ninth graders will learn abrnut po and how it impacts relationships. they're using ao platform t stop cyber bullying. >> a girl hopes duct tape will win her a contest. she's now a finalist in the stuck at proms scholarship contest. dresses and tuxes were made out of duct tape. $10,000 will are awarded to the best dress and tux. voting ends next friday. >> the news 4 team won plenty of awards. news four and our ial team took the awards home here. chief photojournalist was singled out in north bethesda. that goes to someone who hs demonstrated outstandingro pfessional and personal qualities. ea> looking at the wer tomorrow, they could have had o the ceremonyutside. >>to night some of us are going down to 50s, a few of us sh

he says he lured her from her mount vernon home to a nearby park.sister she was going to a party in orfolk, virginia. when she didn't come home her family reported her missing. police first treated it as a run away. ebrahim had previously been convicted of assaulting her by slapping her and once choking her to the point she passed out. she said he was angry she was trying to break up with him. weeks r body was found after she disappeared, ebrahim was arrested and confessed to a police detective he killed her. >> i'm glad he wasto able admit his guilt in a court of law. a lot of families don't get that. i'm blessed that i received that. >> reporter: ebrahim could get life in prison, when he's brought back here to court for sentencing inpt ber. reporting from the fairfax county courthouse, chris gordon, news4. >>> we cou be seeing a scene similar to this carried out on the out for of july. anti-trumpst pros plan to bring in a baby trump balloon. the presidentill be giving an independence day speech at the linco memorial. more on the changes we will se

county investigators will be back out to check out this structure of this apartment building inount vernon. a car slammed into it yesterday on groombridge way. one person had a minor injury here. we're still working to find out who was hurt and why that driver actually crashed into the building in the first place. >>> and today ise th last day of the national capital barbecue battle. we want to remind you that there is going to be a lot of street closures this downtown d.c. take a look at this map right here. it highlights r theds and shutdowns. several are around constitution and pennsylvania avenues. he battle begins later this morning in just about an hour at 11:00 and goes all the way to 7:00 tonight. z. > d an unconventional promress isea turning more than just for one local teen. christina mellott isa 17-year-old sr. at freedom high school. she is a finalist in the stuck at prom scholarship contest. that's becausend dressesuxes are made entirely out of duct tape. 10,000 bucks will be awarded to thee b dress and tux. voting ends on friday.a now, dressa i could see. ux would be hard be

. - my name is vernon wilder. i drive up to 11 hours, that's all the law allows you to drive. snow, rain, it doesn't matter. it pays bills. when it comes to flatbedding, it's pretty demanding, physically. you sit down for up to 11 hours a day. i was pretty much in pain from the neck down. after years of chaining, strapping, and tarping, it took a toll on my joints. it pretty much hurt just to drive the truck. i saw a commercial on tv, and decided to give it a try. omegaxl has made my job easier. i mean, of course, with less pain. if it wasn't for omegaxl i would've had to move on down in the road to another profession. i would give the product a try, cause it worked for me. thank you omegaxl, you got me back to work. - larry that's what makes me passionate, that's what just gets your heart pumped. - it works. - it works. - we're telling all of our stories. mine is simple. i knew the heart healthy benefits of omega-3's, but had never experienced the pain relieving benefits of omega-3's until i started taking omegaxl. the health benefits i've experienced from this omega-3 super

vernon home to a nearby park. she texted her sister she was ing to a party in norfolk, virginia. when she didn't come home, her family reported herin miss police first treated it as a ibrahim had previously been convicted of assaulting her by slapping her and once choking her to the point she passed out. he said he was angry she wasg tryi break up with him. when her body was found after the disappeared the confessed to a detective that he killed her. he will be sentenced here for first-degree murder in september. he faces the possibility of a sentence of up to life in prison. coming up at 5:00, we will hear from jholie moussa's mother as she sat in court t hear her daughter's ex-boyfriend admit he killed her child. that's the latest from the courthouse. back toou. >> thanks. reporting live. >>> breaking news out of prince george's cnty where the former mayor of upper marlboro has just spoken about her abrupt resignation we first told y about. tonga turner's decision. tracee wilkins is live nown upper marlboro with what turner had to say this afternoon. tracee. >> reporter: pat, t

vernon home. >> >> reporter: on tuesday night, a school board meeting gathered public opinion. native americans object to the panel showing white settlers stepping over the body of an american indian. >> why do we have to explain the pain caused by the visual sense what we see in that building that is supposed to know an institution for learning? >> reporter: those who want to preserve the murm say it was drawn by artist victor arnitoven, not to glorify slavery or the killing of native americans but to illustrate history. >> the mural tells in part story of the conflict and colonization of the united states, including the genocide of native americans. it reminds us that this nation was born in blood and gore. >> we should be teaching about the mural and what it means. notorious r as a half native american indian i see no problem with the mural. it depicts what happened. >> it's not in the museum. it's in the entire school. >> reporter: the school board will consider three options in deciding the fate of the mural. covering it up with curtains, covering it with panels, or painti

ring video shows the 16-year-old mount vernon high school student stepping out the door on the last nightn her body was found ibrahim became the chief suspect because he alreadyrg faced cha for a previous assault on her. in a five hour long interview he calmly describes in great detail the night he ended her life o after the ended up in a county park. he started choking her after he flew into a blind rage. >> you're in a blind rage. >> as detectives pressed for tails he shows them how he applied what he called an mma style choke hold around her neck.h he toldem he knew he could stop the attack, but didn't. >> i stngted choki her out more and more to the point where it was just like - >> reporter: once she lost consciousness and ibrahim realized she was dead he carried her body into the woods and covered it with leaves, never lling for help. >> you can't call and be like, i just killed somebody. >> reporter: the victim's mother, now looking for justice when ibrahim is sentenced. >> i want him to be convicted to the full extent of the law. the maximum time. i think he needs to learn his les

vernon high school student declined the plea agreement th had been in the works for some time.ns jackie been was at that hearing and she joins us live with a closer look at this shocking twist today. >> reporter: jim, this had to be so difficult for them. the judge's surprise announcem jt came asly moussa's family was already in the courtroom expecting this ea. now they have to prepare themselves again for the agony of a trial. >> the suspect in the courtroom and the prosecutor told the judge he h a history of rtuctuating back and foh. with that, the man chared in the murder of 16-year-old joely moussa was sent back to his jail cell to await ial again. joely disappeared under mysterious circumstances from her home in early january of 2018. her family including her twin sister were beside themselves with worry because it was so very out of character for her. >> she was doing my hair, then she stopped for a good minute to text some more. then out of nowhere, she was, like, i've got to go. >> after the discovery of joely's body in a fairfax county park almost two weeks later, her then 17-y

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vernon area, par alexandria now starting to see some light rain starting to fall there.in as we head farther down to the south, south of fredericksburg. a lot of the lightning in the storm karlg licaroline county. and here is future weather. notice where it is and it not raining. counties up around the mason dixon line to look to stay mainly dry. really don't think that you will see thundersrms. and fredericksburg i think that you are mainly dry as well. but right in the metro area back new plins william and s th 66, you are seeing extremely heavy rainfall. look at 8:00 p.m., this is over the dis lict, a of fairfax county back through manassas and parts of fauquier county out into culpeper county, we hit 9:00 p.m., still the potential for heavy rain inside of the beltway. this could lead to flooding issues northern prince george's county, anne arundel county .eeing heavy rain as we so flooding tonight is the biggest concern that i'm seeing. if you are out driving during the evening hours, w could see some hydroplaning issues. and then next up maybe gusty winds and hail.

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for his service, sergeants mann, a native of mount vernon, indiana, received three purple hearts and seven bronze stars while serving in the fifth infantry division of general george s. patton's third army. . in fitting fashion of a true hero, sergeantman was laid to rest in -- sergeant mann was laid to rest in arlington national cemetery on june 6 of this year. today, i take the moment to honor the selflessness that he and the greatest generation made so that we and future generations of americans may enjoy boundless freedoms. my prayers are with his children and grandchildren that carry on his legacy. your memory will forever be a reminder of a day of great tragedy but also of triumph. rest in peace and god bless. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from new mexico, mr. lujan, for five minutes. mr. lujan: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm here to speak on the importance of the planning programs and condemn the trump administration's misguided efforts to prevent patience from making fully informed health decisions. is week, the house will -- the speaker

vernon area.e've gotten reports of small hail out in the franconia area, and speang of the flooding concerns, look at this flood warning here, this is in effect until 11:15 tonight, and this includes the weston area and herndon and oakton area as well. here a look athe storm team 4 ten-day forecast. 94 tomorrow. maybe an isolated thunderstorm and maybe storms hot and humid or the weekend. >> looksik, doesn't it? >> yes, it does. >> thanks, amelia. >> and this looks bittersweet. >> we're joined by our friend barbara harrison who is beginning a newhapter after almost 38 years he sharing her time and talent with all of us and all of you nbc 4 viewers. >> barbara is moving on from full-time work here but we're not saying good-bye tonight becau she will continue to a contributing storyteller and happy.kes all of us tonight we celebrate barbara's legacy and the incredible variety of great work that she's done over the years there are so many reasons why everyone in washington loves barbara ha rrison. >>

so is adam driver who stars in vernon this. you can watch the tony awards tonight at 8:00 right here on kpix 5. >>> a very special get-together in san francisco today. a picnic for all dogs but especially our furry friends with three legs. some call it the tripod picnic. >> we've been doing it for 9 years, something we have never heard about. melissa came track them down and it was all part of our hot weather coverage. it got hotter tomorrow. looked toward daly city, and pedro point and a lot of people went out to cool down. he will need to do the same tomorrow. highs managed 91an d san jose 93, santa rosa 96, you will notice there are no hundreds at least not there but there will be tomorrow. right now it is still as warm as 93 at concord and livermore is at 92 degrees. san francisco has cooled all the way down to a wildly uncharacteristic 84 degrees. here it 6:50. tomorrow will be as warm as 105 in livermore. san jose will reach 100 degrees, concord 104, high pressure is another way of saying heavy. there is lot of errors sit

county investigators will be back out to chec out the structure of this apartment building in mount vernoncar slammed into it yesterday on groombridge way. one person has minor injuries. were still working to find out who was injured and why the driver crashed into the building. ce >>> d.c. poli have arrested a man who allegedly tried to grab someone off of the street. corbett turner is charged with n kidnapping stalking. this happened friday afternoon along benning road in northeast d.c. police say turner walked up and grabbed the victim by the arm rmt that per n got away and alerted police and the police quickly took turner into custody. >>> the man convict of killing a woman during the charlottesville protests in 2017 you remember pleads james alex fields jr. used his car to plow into counter-protesters at a white nationalist rally. fields asked a federal judge friday for mercy and a punishmenthahorter t life in prison. his attorneys argue since he is just 22 years old and had a il traumatic chhood that the judge should not sentence him to life. the prosecutors say fields showed no merc

vernon. we'll continue to track isolated showers and thunderstorms this afternoon.ing heavy rain andil potentially h as well. i also can't rule out strong wind gusts with these storms. here's a look at the bigger picture. m you can seet of us are mainly dry and where the storms have developed with the high at and increased levels of humidity, they a really utcking a punch. one now just of 66 out in fauquier county. our temperature coming in now at 91 degrees. we're going to stay in the 90s through 7:00 p.m. only in the low 80s by 11:00 p.m. so it's warm and uncomfortable out there this evening. you factor in the humidity, it's feeling about 98 degrees right now in washington. about 91 up in fre rick, and the heat index in quantico right now coming in at 100 degrees, so when we get this kind of heata nd stagnant air we likely see our -- our air quality go down, and it is poor today and will likely be poor out there tomorrow, and as we take a look your four-day forecast and ten-day forecast in the 5:00 hour, it's all about the 90s into the weekend. doug, saturday 97 a

board from three years ago, which is just a way too long for an investigation, whether it be policy, vernonvestigation. the district attorney investigation goes very long, and we don't have any control over that. i am just wondering why it shows six months, i understand sometimes they are complicated, but sometimes they are not that complicated. >> when it was all said and done , it was felt by everybody that that six months was reasonable and realistic. our track record has been much longer than that, and we know that that has to be shortened. we, the police department, don't have much control over, you know , what the district attorney 's investigators do with the investigation. that is really their timeline in terms of the investigation subject to this m.o.u., but that was discussed and negotiated, and it was felt by all parties that that was a fair timeline, at least for these types of investigations. these are complex investigations , for the most part. >> i think we short shorten that it says shall endeavour within six months, it doesn't even say it should be done in six months. when

county investigatoill be back to the scene to check out a structure of an apartment building in mount vernonslammed into it yesterday an groombridge way. one person has minor injuries. 're still working to find out who was injured and why the driver crashed into the building. >>> we hope you enjoy your day. rain will be returng this week. a check on your forecast is we are sisters. and we just moved in together. why alissa and aleah chose fios. we stream sooo much. a lot of times alissa is watching tv on her laptop, using her phone,lso using her tablet. i am really good at multitasking cause i'm awesome. a little. the best internet is even better at our best price. switch ow and get our fastest speeds available. plus, a free samsung chromebook on us. that's fios. >>> welcome back. today we're in store for a beautiful day. it seems like it. lauryn ricketts is standing by. we might get some rain? >> yeah, later ontomorrow. day no issues. perfect out there. if you are headed to the pool, a-okay today. afternoon thundstorms. could lead into the late evening. tuesday we dry back out. hot and humi

contract that appears to be amazon a decision they announced earlier this month we spoke with david vernonrom bernstein, here's what he had to say, quarter itself seemed okay. guidance is for lower earnings for next year which the market has been pricing in. we also heard from deutsche bank, they say the company needs to execute a clear strategy or they believe that this stock is going to be neutral from here on brian, back over to you. >> frank, see you tomorrow morning. thank you very much. >>> let's trade this, guys >> i'll trade it for you the revenues are more or less flat, profits down 15% in express and ground and i think the company after two consecutive quarters of disappointments, i think fred smith is fantastic, i think they have a credibility issue to overcome even though this is one of the great companies in the world and actually i think it is very cheap here. >> two words for you there, sully. you want them? you want to guess? relief rally that's what this is. >> never would have guessed that. >> relief valley this guidance was, yes, they were looking for atrocious, they got

next on american history tv, clemson university history professor vernon burton recalls his experience as an expert witness for plaintiffs in voting rights cases in south carolina and texas. he also discusses the reconstruction era and constitutional amendments intended to expand and protect voting rights. this talk is part of a two day symposium on reconstruction hosted by the u.s. capitol historical society. >> for those of you cannot at the beginning, i am a historian and i also have the honor of being the president of the grants college in greater philadelphia. organizer onosium the symposium on reconstruction.

do from mother telecom about vernon, all of them saying if you can do that we will at least be talking about black presidents. it changed the game in that way. weren't that many black people doing costume work, let alone museum work. we were in a funny place with some of them. you need to be working in your own institutions. that's what created it. hadad shared experience, we respect for the work. and we were passionate about what we had to do. what we had to do. people have come in and out of this journey. it is wearing work. >> when kristi was speaking of is i name- my problem names. he said i want to do a chant for this program. she said i'm going to do a muslim champ. i said sing it for me. i say, what are you saying? she wrote it down. she started the program with it. people in the audience probably didn't know what he was saying. it's the fact he wanted to do something for his faith. jehovah witness and white folks. could have been catholics or atheists. when we prayed they held hands with everybody else. itain't their prayer, but has to do with togetherness. , the respecte had o

create delusions and things that interfere with that rational understanding, we include someone like vernon madison who has vascular dementia, creating serious deficits in his ability to understand and comprehend and remember. they said just not being able to remember the crime is not -- would not necessarily be enough to say that makes you incompetent to be executed, but with the amount, his understanding of the reason for the execution is compromised, that he wouldn't be eligible for execution. so i think that that madison opinion is a place where the supreme court has continued to flush out the standards around competency to be executed and doing it in a fairly rational way. i would say there are other opinions this term where we didn't have as helpful guidance from the supreme court. let's get to lethal injection. lethal injection has been a real point of litigation and point of much change in the last -- more than ten years. so there was a major lethal injection, last major lethal injection opinion was before this term, 2015. and this term, the supreme court again was facing this quest

ready to head into the mount vernon area and then southern prince georges county. there will be a chance for a shower or thundershower later in the day. otherwise it's going to be we're in the low 70s most of the area now. the sunshine later this morning will help get temperaeres into mid-80s today. again, late-day thowers and dershowers likely. less humid and rain free for your friday. >> all right, chuck. thank you. another local news 2update in minutes. >> for now back to the "today" show after this short break. >>> 7:30 now, thursday morning, june 6 presideth, 2019. 75th anniversary of d-day. unfortunately so many we have lost over the years. but many have made the trip and they are being honored today. >> dozens of them,ir family members, world leaders, surviving veterans. all of them coming together there in normandy. and aive look right now as they sort of after the ceremony there. 9300 crosses and stars of david that dot the beach there in >> hard to even fathom that sacrifice. but we're going to look deeply into it this morning. we start with our headlines

he migrated to new york in 1967 and attended junior high school at mount vernon's washington junior high where he received the certificate for outstanding writing presented by the actor community activists, mr. osi davis. mr. perry went on to attend mount vernon high school where he lettered in football as a quarterback and also in track. he was a voice for the student council, head school marshal. after high school mr. perry enlisted in the united states air force where he served honorably for five years. during this time, mr. perry found time to attend the ohio state university park college and rawlings college. mr. perry's passion -- first passion is as a fish monger. he's worked in the seafood industry since the age of 13, but along the way, he has worked in corporate america, sales for brack's candy, specialist for the u.s. space shuttle program at k.f.c. and financial label auditor with the lockheed martin corporation. john now works as an independent insurance counselor with the employers benefit area, a relocation specialist and a legalshield director. for the last four years, mr

i want to say a big thank you to lou, vernon, holly, teddy, to all of our fantastic labour team who workedoperly, to employ our police properly, to give our young people a future in this country. that is what this is all about. everybody, all the experts wrote lisa off, all the experts wrote labour off. write labour off at your peril! nigel farage says despite labour's when brexit is still the dominant issue in voters minds. by any measure, brexit is the defining issue of our age. over 70% other people say it is the issue that makes them decide how they are going to vote. labour won because they have data. labour won because they know who their voters are in this constituency, and they managed to turn enough of them out. we had energy and enthusiasm. but because we are so new, we had no data at all. either way, two things happened last night. one, this result, where labour snuck in by a small number. secondly, there was a national opinion poll published last night by yougov unbelievably putting the brexit party six points ahead in the national opinion polls. whichever way you look at it, s

let's go to mount vernon, illinois, jerry. who are you going to vote for? caller: i am not going to look for trump, he is a disaster. to this country and to the world. host: who in the democratic field can beat him? biden may,eally, joe trump, no, trout -- what not vote for him period. -- would not vote for him period. host: who do you like in the democrats? caller: elizabeth warren and joe biden. host: margaret, new jersey. your turn. good morning -- caller: good morning. hello? host: we are listening, margaret. caller: i would vote for trump again, the economy is booming, my sons are making more money at their jobs, more african-americans are working. i feel that the latin american people are working. i am ashamed of the democrats and their policies. they have nothing about the border crisis. not understand their logic and i do not understand why they want to impeach a man who has done all he can, he does not take a salary, they want a raise. what have they done for this country? people are living on the streets. refugees come and get an apartment all vet

he asked general vernon walters, deputy director of the cia whether the cia could use covert funds to pay bail and salary to those involved in the water gate break in. he asked the president's former private attorney to raise funds with which to make the payments to the water gate defendants. he met with jeb stewart on the campaign staff to help prepare false, deceptive and misleading testimony to give the grand jury. he asked to offer executive clemency to james mccord, another of the original defendants and asked gray, former acting director of the fbi for reports of information gained in the investigation break in. we have heard different reports from different people involved. mcgruder ended up saying after different versions that you ordered the break in of the water gate headquarters. i see you shaking your head. did you ever order or convey an order to break in to the headquarters at water gate hotel? >> first of all, on your description of my pleading guilty -- >> that came from the "new york times." you can take it up with them. did you ever order -- >> may i explain before i

and a special thank you to our sponsors from mount vernon and the capitol square foundation of which i am pleased to say is bringing david and his friend doris kearns goodwin tomorrow we would love to see you there. simon & schuster, the publisher and c-span who is recording this event on to book tv. very special thanks to the first lady thank you. [applause] and also to all of those have been very involved and i might add former governor thank you for coming. [applause] >> and to say maybe we need to draft mccullough for 2020 so we just begin putting together the days events we are both huge mccullough fans and said let us know if we can help in any way. so when mike introduced david? so i am very delighted and it is my pleasure to introduce someone in many capacities as the 70th governor of ohio. [applause] >> thank you very much. we are delighted to enjoy the 9h anniversary. if you have not been to their book festival it will come up again next year and don't miss it if you love ohio writers and went