the -- the 19th century, i wanted to see things from m vernon, you did not go to mount vernon, that is where the largest number of them were. he welcomes people to come in and tell them stories. the other disciplines have what if you objects as well. they are using them in their daily lives. even the example of patty and her husband got george washington's bedpan at the auction. this is something women would use when they were basically staying in bed after having a child and she probably used it that purpose. it does go along with the other family relics. it is thicker with numbers and catalogs. the bedpan was among them. everything from this to mundane things like a bedpan. they told they were giving significant items away to carry clinical failure. what struck me was they got to the point and this might have been where he was cutting individual words out of george washington's levers. you might get one word written by washington and using that as a token to curry favor with people or one of the daughters was cutting up george washington's breaches. these totems really mattered i gue

you mentioned the nephew inherited mount vernon itself. the family staged an auction of their grandparents belongings so furnishings and paintings and all that sort of thing after martha washington died. the family scripted all up. it is interesting because these items seem to be a real key to their ongoing celebrity. >> i think you're absolutely right. this option is part of martha's will. -- auction is part of martha's will. she wants to raise money for her nephew's education. by the time the public gets there, the catholic grandkids have bought all the good stuff. it seems clear they realize there is going to be power and having these objects. these are civic relics. to be able to type something that george washington touched, you see people writing about experiencing -- encountering these relics as a way to encounter george washington and certainly the grandkids use them that way. they go into quit a bit of debt buying objects for what he calls his washington treasury. the -- the 19th century, if you wanted to see things from mount ver

he had inherited mount vernon, which was basically on the brink of well, it was a money loser. let's say and he didn't really have the means that george washington had used to keep mount vernon going and also bush road washington was a lawyer and not a businessman of any skill so he had a harder time with that anyway, so, of course eventually he sold some of his enslaved people in part to be able to pay debts and such and this really enormous criticism because of course one he was a city supreme court justice too. he was george washington's nephew. how could he do such a thing? and he wrote a public letter. it kind of a defensive slightly guilty letter in which he said. well, look, i tried hard not to break up people's families and but you don't understand all the problems that i have because of the financial position that i'm in. um, it's definitely he you know, he was george washington's heir both in his in washington's virtues and in his vices. his virtues were commitment to country sober temper temperament dedication to building up the institutions of the new united states,

say that maurizio, through his incredible leadership and vision, was the first one to get the mount vernon ladies association of an international conference in their 160 year history. and we did it in turin, italy, and we celebrated on on common ground, walking in george washington's footsteps. it was all about the creation of nation states in the 19th century. and of course, turin was the original national capital of the first nation of italy. and we had an incredible conference of scholars. but i remember best was the extraordinary food in turin, and there were restaurants that have been around since 1720 something, and they were 14 courses. and there was maybe there might have been a glass of wine drunk on that trip, but it was an extraordinary thing. and richard put this incredible conference together. we were delighted to partner with him and it led to great things. we did a conference in paris in 2019, and then we just got back from an incredible conference in madrid and 2025. keep your eyes peeled. our next international conference will be in london. so thanks to maurizio, we've got

department of agriculture under secretary homer wilkes and mount vernon, new york mayor shawyn patterson-howard talked at the african-american mears association conference. >> secretary wilkie's, can you start off by telling us a little about the work you do. >> thank you. we at the usda, 190 thousand acres of public land and 20 million acres, part of the park folio. the urban community forest program we talked about early on we want to take full advantage of. >> please listen closely this morning because he will tell us how to access these resources. >> where the priorities is advancing racial equality. tell us how you are working with state and local governments to make this an everyday objective. >> the meat tell you, i will tell you 40% of the funds the usda puts out need to go to underserved communities. we have a responsibility to make sure you are getting those funds. whether the watershed program, the tree program, housing, we have state responsibility that 40% of those funds go to communities of color. >> last month of biden-harris administration announced $1 million to help farmers an

and at became clear that while there were nieces and nepws who inherits mount vernon, they did not sellelves as george washington's heirs in the next generation family. it was those related to martha and not george because these four children who basically made careers out of being george washington's family. >> cassandra good with her book first family sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a and all our podcast on our free c-span now cap -- app. >> order your copy of the 118th congressional directory at c-spanshop.org with access to the federal government and information for every house and senate member and important information on congressional committees, presidential cabinet , agencies and state governors. scan the code at the right to order your copy today or nine dollars 95 cents plus shipping and handling and every purchase supports our nonprofit operations. ♪ >>>> a healthy democracy does not just look like this, it looks like this, where americans can see democracy at work and citizens are truly informed, a republic thrives. get informed straig

there is one gold and vernon in newport and another person, i believe. and oliphant.nd then another i don't know her name of, but they are writing to him in a very flirtatious way, which is quite funny and especially and vernon writes to him that she wants to be his end. the goal. and she says, unfortunately, as a woman i can't. but i'm sure that if that would have been possible, all american women would want to be. your article said sake and then they continue. but then apparently he does something with this and oliphant and then and vernon is very upset by that. and so she writes to him that she is very just mad at him for going with the other. and so it's all quite traumatic and of course, most of the or not most sure a lot of them also did not. i think caution bow for instance was not really interested in that kind of things. but most of the younger officers are very well known, have had a lot of girlfriends around during this campaign and that might sounds a little sort of just funny, but it also is quite important because some of these women were very influentia

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vernon baker was a lieutenant in the 92nd infantry. he took out three machinegun positions and led a battalion charge through headed through heavy fire and enemy minefields till the allies captured german stronghold the mountains of italy. in april 1945, he demonstrated extra heroism, even though it took the army 50 years to recognize that fact. when i favorite quotes from baker, he said i was an angry young man. we were all angry, but we had a job to do and we did. there are other troops are profiled in the book, including the man four marines were at the battles of jima and saipan, the 761st tank battalion who fought for. 160 days consecutively across four major campaigns, including the battle of the bulge. they're nicknamed the black panther tank battalion. and, of course, the tuskegee airmen were the well-known black troops during the war. but of course, most black troops are not in frontline combat roles. and so one of the things i try to show in the book is that the roles that black troops played behind, the front lines, were equ

us business leaders to at make overtures, to be on the phone in the us from me on the team here in vernon, thanks for watching. take care and i'll see you again up the top of the . every jenny is full of surprises. allowed to give you some of the right people in your northern most count the police the free time, but still very much alive. your guy to the special recognizes where exactly it was fun. i have learned a lot of our culture history. travel extremely worth a visit. the chinese presidents, aging pain welcomes microsoft co finder bill gates in beijing. their musing follows a number of reasons. high profile. china is visits from american theos, we ask a quad, are they talking advice? also coming up, high romania is economic boom. has left the country in need of a 100000 workers from abroad. this is need of the business on kate ferguson. thanks for joining me. a microsoft co signed or bill gates is in beijing for talks with chinese presidents. she's in pain. it's the latest in a string of high profile, but not widely publicized visits from american business leaders. tesla boston must

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the year lee vernon newbie jr.go. >> i was living a quiet life. >> reporter: not so quiet. in 1942 at the onset of america's entry into world war ii, newbie made history. he was drafted into the u.s. marine corp. when he was 18 years old, making him one of the first african american marines. >> i was nervous, yeah. i didn't know what i was getting into it. i was -- i wanted to serve my country. >> did you feel extra pressure because you were one of a few? >> yes, i did, but i was thankful for the opportunity. >> reporter: he was assigned to the monford point marines, a segregated unit in north carolina. he headed to the south pacific. >> it was time for america to take the offensive. >> reporter: to fight an enemy overseas while coping with racial barriers at home. >> blacks were over here and the whites were over here. >> they kept you segregated? >> yeah. >> reporter: it was that mission in the solomon islands where he was badly injured during an accident when gasoline exploded in a hole. >> all of a sudden somet

sure and it became clear that while there were plenty of nieces and nephews come who inherits mount vernon, those people didn't go around selling themselves as george washington's errors in the next generation of family. it was -- these for my children who basically made careers out of being george washington's family. >> cassandra good with her book first family sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcast on a free c-span now out. >> c-span chopped out or just c-span's online store. browse through her latest collection c-span products, apparel, books, home decor and accessories. there's something for every c-span fan and every purchase helps support our nonprofit operations. shop now or anytime at

it became clear that while there were nieces and nephews who inherited mount vernon, those people dido around selling themselves as george washington's heirs in the next generation of the family. it was the family related to martha and the four children who basically made careers out of being george washington's family. >> cassandra good with

at the foreground is high school math teacher vernon johnson. he has been teaching for almost 16 years, the last three, here at college prep. >> they see you are black. they are like, okay, that is kind of cool. he is a math teacher, that is different, i don't like math but i like him. >> reporter: he grew up where most of his teachers looked like him. that is not reality for his students. he is one of three black male teachers, knowing they are under represented he works harled building bonds with every single student. some bonds are just naturally stronger. >> the bonding is crucial if they don't like you they will not do work whatsoever. you have to build the bond with them. >> reporter: a bond this high school junior will never forget. >> it felt good, like i can be represented and understand who i could be because like you said we don't have many people of color or men of color representing us. to have somebody be my educator it really helped me. >> reporter: he says he has been more successful academically because of mr. johnson and feels

vernon glenn will have a live report from there coming up in sports. >> thank you, anne. >>> san francisco marking the 150 years of the cable car. >> the city leaders riding the oldest cable car up california street today. i love the cable cars. the cable car known as big 19 riding on the original cable car line, taking leaders through the financial district, chinatown, and over knob hill. the mayor says the invention of the cable car in 1873 holds lessons for today's challenge of bringing the city back to life after the pandemic. >> this is not unfamiliar territory, dealing with the challenges of this city. the thing that we know in san francisco that most people don't know this is where the innovation happens and where the creativity happens. >> starting in july, there will be a special $5 all-day pass to let riders hop on and off the california cable car line, and that will last through the end of the year. >> when is the last time you actually road a cable car? for me it's been years. actually it was last week. >> oh, okay. you were playing tourist in your own town. >> i was. it was a

high school math teacher vernon johnson. he has been teaching for almost 16 years. the last three were here at san francisco college prep. >> they say you are black and it is like okay, that is different. >> reporter: johnson grew up in detroit where most of his teachers looked like him, but that is not reality for his students. he is one of three black male teachers. knowing they are underrepresented, mr. johnson works hard building bonds with all of his students, but some bonds are just naturally stronger. >> bonding is natural. if they don't like you they will not do any work whatsoever. so you have to bond with them. >> reporter: it is a bond that terry morgan, a high school junior, will never forget. >> i finally understood who i could be. we don't have many people of color were presenting us . so to have somebody like this be my educator, it really helped me. >> reporter: darian says he has been more successful academically because of mr. johnson and feels like he can connect with him even outside of the classroom. >> he was a really supportive teacher. if any

were plenty of nieces and nephews come who inherits mount vernon, those people didn't go around selling themselves as george washington's errors in the next generation of family. it was -- these for my children who basically made careers out of being george washington's family. >> cassandra good with her book first family sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcast on a free c-span now out. >> c-span chopped out or just c-span's online store. browse through her latest collection c-span products, apparel, books, home decor and accessories. there's something for every c-span fan and every purchase helps support our nonprofit operations. shop now or anytime at c-spanshop.org. >> now house republican conference chair elise stefanik speaks about the state of the pro-life movement as the one-year anniversary of the supreme court's reversal of the roe v. wade decision approaches. she also address other issues including child tax credits and the baby formula shortage. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. and so encouraging to see all of you.

and it became clear that while there were plenty of nieces and nephews to inherit mount vernon, those people didn't go around sort of selling themselves as skwrorblg washington's -- george washington's heirs and the next generation of family. it was the blood-related to martha but not george, it was these four children who basically made careers out of being george whington's family. >> cassandra good with her book, first family, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on our free c-span now app. >> a british historian, 57, lives in london with his novelist wife and their two children. he's written 12 books, nine nonfiction and three novels. his latest effort is called the world, a family history of humanity. including the index, it's 1304 pages. in his preference he write, i have always wanted to write and intimate human history like the world. in some ways, a new approach in some ways, a traditional one, which is the truth of a lifetime of study and travels. >> book note. book notes plus is available on the c-span now free mobile a

next, spicer for me and the entire new team here in vernon, thanks for watching the really profit tearing, instead of responsive the global business of as best as the knowledge of the people that are in don't deserve to be treated with any kind of courtesy by the governments of the world, the never ending story of asbestos starts june 21st on dw the since the beginning of time, melting glaciers in the himalayas had been feeding countless rivers. they pour out of the mountain range, running like veins throughout the south asian continent. one of the most powerful is the drama tow truck which travels thousands of kilometers before crossing bangladesh and flowing into the bay of been go here the river is known as the the gym. lunar creates and floods many islands and its course. in ben gully, these ever shifting islands and bars are called chalk, derived from schroeder, which means wondering the 3000000 people who live on the i and call themselves child. but we don't migrate, they say the islands do. we just have to wonder along from june to september during the month to the rivers tides was

it became clear while there were empty of nieces and nephews, people in mount vernon, those people didn't go around selling themselves as george washington's heirs. it was those related to martha but not george who basilly made careers out of being georgewashington's family . >> cassandra good with her book first family sunday at eight eastern. you can listen to q and a and all our podcasts on our free app. >> montefiore is a british historian. lives in london with his novelist wife and their two children . he's written 12 books, nine nonfiction three novels. his latest effort is called the world, a family history of amenity including the index it's 1304 pages. historian montefiore rights i've always wanted to write an intimate human history like the world. in some ways a traditional one which is true of a lifetime of studyand travels . >> simon and his latest book the world: a family history of humanity on this episode of book notes plus available on the c-span now free mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts . >> funded by these television companies and more including comcast. >> y

writing about and it became clear while there were plenty of nieces and nephews, people at mount vernon those people didn't go around selling themselves as george washington's ayers . it was those who were blood related to martha but not george who basically made careers out of being george washington's family. >> cassandra good with her book first family day at the eastern on q&a. listen to all of our podcasts are free at. >> simon montefiore is a british historian with his novelist wife sandra and their two children. he's written 12 bucks, nine nonfiction . his latest effort is called the world: the family history of humanity including an index in 1304 pages. in his preface the historian writes i have always wanted to write anintimate human history the world . in some ways it's a new approach and some ways a traditional one which is the

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it is the math teacher, vernon johnson, teaching for almost 16 years.e here at college prep. >> they see you're black and you're like that's kind of cool. >> reporter: johnson grew up in detroit where most of his teachers, they look like him. but that's not reality for his students. he's one of three black male teachers, knowing they're underrepresented, mr. john son works hard building bonds with every single one of his students. but some bonds are just naturally stronger. >> you to build that bond with them. >> reporter: it's a bond that the high school junior will never forget. >> it felt good like i could be represented and understand who i could be because like you said, we don't have too many people or men of color representing us. to have somebody be my educator, it helped me. >> reporter: he's been successful academically because he feels like he could connect with him outside the classroom. >> he's a supportive teacher. if anybody needed help, he would help. we worked really well together. i feel like he had a great chemistry with his students,

and here on the outskirts of little mount vernon.es before even talking to the jury would make his case here. preparation for his own testimony, yes probably. but also a wild bombshell of a story, and audacious claim. >> coming up -- >> i i know that i will not be standing on the side while my children's graves people are not can be padding on the back and saying there's nothing you could've done. >> when dateline continues. hen dateline continues sweetie, can you practice that somewhere else? anyway, like i was saying, it's getting harder [ somber music playing ] and harder to make ends meet and... hon, do you mind? well, on the bright side, new customers [ angelic choir singing ] who bundle and save with progressive save over 20 percent on average. sorry, we let them practice here on thursdays! sounding good, friends! protect your dog from heartworm disease every month with heartgard plus chews. digestive and neurologic side effects have been reported. for a limited time, get up to a 2-month rebate when you buy 12 doses of both hea

the year leave vernon newbie junior was born in jackson tennessee. 100 years ago. >> i had a quiet lifemerica's entry into wilbur to he made history. he was drafted into the u.s. marine corps when he was 18 years old. making him one of the first african american marines. >> i was nervous. i didn't know what i was getting into. we but i wanted to save my country. >> did you feel extra pressure because you are one of the few? >> yes i did but i was thankful for the opportunity. >> he was assigned to the montford point maghreb marines, a segregated unit in jacksonville, north carolina. not long after he's headed to the south pacific. >> it was time for america to take the offensive. >> to fight an enemy overseas while still coping with racial barriers from home. >> black overcame wipes over there. >> so they kept you segregated? >> segregated, yep. >> it was that mission in the solomon islands where newbie was badly injured during an accident when gasoline exploded in a hole. >> something hit me right in my chest and i hit the deck and got up and all the skin was just laying out. i prayed

. >> jane from vernon new jersey well at least i have another word for minaj a i would.xas, 50 million for 60 homeless people? that's 800 gs each. can we get an audit here? the same people auditing that city did the blm people. i'm watters, this is my world. ♪ >> brian: hello and welcome to fox news tonight i'm brian kilmeade and will be brian kilmeade all week long. now this former president donald trump's arrest and arraignment you saw it right here, it a turning point in american history. whatever you think of trump you may love him you may not love him the entire prosecution is unprecedented, no president has been federally indicted and arrested before. hopefully it won't happen again but that's exactly how most cable news covered it. this is unprecedented, wall to wall coverage right? according to news

. >> jane from vernon new jersey well at least i have another word for minaj a i would. thanks. >> ricky from texas, 50 million for 60 homeless people? that's 800 gs each. can we get an audit here? the same people auditing that city did the blm people. i'm watters, this is my world. ♪ >> brian: hello and welcome to fox news tonight i'm brian kilmeade and will be brian kilmeade all week long. now this former president donald trump's arrest and arraignment you saw it right here, it a turning point in american history. whatever you think of trump you may love him you may not love him the entire prosecution is unprecedented, no president has been federally indicted and arrested before. hopefully it won't happen again but that's exactly how most cable news covered it. this is unprecedented, wall to wall coverage right? according to news busters, cnn and msnbc spent 95% of their air time covering donald trump's arraignment. think about the buildup over the weekend, too. by now you'd expect the media to have learned how to cover donald trump and his family but that's the exact

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women like pamela zumba, who runs this house in mount vernon, new york. >> literally, susan changed myas my dream. she made it come true. >> hi. >> this is our resident, kate. >> hi kate, i'm savannah, nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> kate morton is a recovering addict who spent years recycling in and out of prison. >> what does it mean to have a place that is so lovely, but also the community and the support of the other women here? >> it's a huge deal to be able to have a place to call home. i feel like my life is just starting, finally. >> susan, you show the way. >> yeah. >> i understand what a miracle it is to be able to pull out of and pull through. and stand up, and reach back. >> your dreams could be fulfilled. your dreams could be reborn. i think that being able to love has allowed me the strength, the courage, to move forward. to where we are, sitting right here, me and you. >> man. two >> man do. yes. >> i'm alyssa lee, for more than 60 years, zhang goodall has deepened our understanding of the natural world by chronicling the lives of chimpanzees. at 89, she's insp

it didn't happen but the vernon jordans, bob strausss said, do you think you should resign?the country through this impeachment? bill clinton said no. there were people of stature that would have a conversation. as bob detailed in his books and recordings, he doesn't care. >> i'm listening to the fascinating conversation you had. it strikes me it is true the lesson of the nixon administration for many republicans, i think trump is one of them, was that it was a mistake to resign. it is a mistake to back down and capitulate to these types of things. i think we are living with that part of the republican party really coming into power through donald trump himself. the reason speaker mccarthy is saying what he's saying, because he knows that's the expectation from trump. trump remains the most powerful figure in the party. >> it's the expectation from trump but it's the expectation from trump voters and trump loyalists who make up so many of the really red districts that he needs, never mind the very few swing districts that exist. >> mccarthy didn't do that. if he kept silent

yeah, it seems to that, you know vernon brown, he the pursuit of dinosaurs is really what got him out of kansas. you know he lived on a farm and he hated it. he he thought staying on the farm was a form of and he went to university of and he kind of talked on to these early paleontologist, paleontological digs and he very quickly demonstrated that he almost had this innate ability he would walk into these, you know, fossil fuels that everybody else had gone through, and he'd come out with a, you know, fully realized, not t-rex, a triceratops or other, you know, very museum quality level displays. and, you know, i think as you go through the book, he's very optimistic. and he reprised it's this idea of bringing science to the masses. but he also has kind of this tragic story. so it's you know, he has kind of it mirrors how has worked so somehow in history that is very optimistic but then you start to realize the downsides of it as well. yeah you mentioned bone wars. can you expand on what those were and who who were the individual involved? and then how sort of barnum finds himself in

vernon and those people didn't go-round selling themselves as george washington's heirs in the next of the family. the four children basically made careers of being george washington's family. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the senate judiciary committee will come toatat order. this week in cities including chicago across the globe will host their annual pride parade to celebrate lgbtq family friends and neighbors. in just a short time, relative short time, a few decades or nation has made remarkable progress in protecting the rights of the lgbtq americans. eight years ago this month for incense, eight years overfilled versus hodges which made marriage equality the lava lamp in and last year on a bipartisan basis congress codify these protections into law with a respect for marriage act could well pride month is an opportunity to celebrate these milestones today we remember the pride began with an active resistance. back in 1970 the first-ever pride parade was organized to mark the one-ye