and next to washington the greatest. he was the last president to have fought and lived through the american revolution, and as president he transformed a tiny nation that washington had created and to an empire that stretched from sea to shining sea. it was he, not jefferson, who bought louisianan. it was he who wrote to florida from spain and it was he, james monroe, who stretched america's frontiers to the pacific ocean. back to the battle of trenton for a moment. as i said, monroe didn't cross the delaware on the same boat as washington. he crossed earlier with a squad that landed on the jersey shore to the north of trenton and circled behind the town while washington landed with his troops on the riverside below the town. now what makes trenton so important is that the british had almost won the war by christmas of 1776. their troops had overrun on the island, new york, westchester and most of new jersey. thousands of american troops had deserted and the british had chased the remnants of washington's army across ne

an icing call against washington. on the toyota league leader board, don't look very far to see alex ovechkin shots on goal. >> craig: look at those shots coming into tonight's game. even tony. the toyota league leaders, ovechkin, carter, seater berg and nash. he had 5 already so he has 109 on the season for ovie. >> joe: 18 goals in 20 games for ovechkin. earlier he told the media, they said to him alex, 17-19. he looks and goes not bad. could be better. he's improved upon that tonight. >> craig: he is tied with heatley for the lead. and they trail by one goal. >> joe: he has been a major hit on broadway, marin gabarek. brooks laich digging one out of the corner. metropolit his old bud. gorges keeps it moving. erskine throwing his weight around. morrison on his bumpy way there and price the pads down. >> craig: i don't think he saw that at all, joe. >> joe: in front for a moment brushed away bypass rita. >> craig: i think -- by pacioretty. >> craig: i think he was going for that butter fly and it hit him because he w

washington caps.com.an, the goal scorer for toronto, in the sin bin, that's a great opportunity for the caps to go i a head on the power play. >> craig: morrison moves back to the point even though he is coming in for the faceoff which would put ovie on the half wall on this first wave against the leafs. >> reporter: mike green, 31 goals last year, 18 of them on the power play. and the in the alleyway for ovechkin. that pass gas arye. brendan morrison is there for ovechkin, to the front, stopped by toskala. primeau will send washington packing >> craig: that's what they needed. wasn't delivering early on notice sea son, still look looking for his first victory of the season, that was a beauty. well done by the caps' power play breaking down the penalty killer >> joe: backstrom, morrison to green, vague away, more antiochison, green gets it again, does not unload yet. nice look by backstrom who got spun around. niklas backstrom to tomas fleischmann. they over load this side. toskala flashes the pads. leafs

washington by 8. here is daequan cook. >> phil: cook last year, one of the team's best three-point shooters. he, somehow, is struggling this year, especially from three- point range. >> steve: nick young against chalmers, fading jumper by young is good. looks like he has the feel >> phil: he has the ability now to elevate and give that quick release off. o'neal, taking a couple of stems and he got fouled on the play >> phil: i like the way brendan has been playing here. i think brendan has gotten up close to him. that's only his second personal foul. he is not giving him anything where he feels comfortable. that's a tough shot, stayed away from the contact. this time, he gets the call >> steve: he made a nice hesitation move that got brendan off his feet and o'neal to the line, 69% shooter coming into the game. this is that first one -- misses that first one. javale mcgee will come in for haywood who has two personal fouls. michael beasley takes a seat. o'neal, his second attempt. played his first fou

washington a 2-0 advantage.h for a game on monday night on the interchange fehr back to point poach. wyatt squelched the pothier bid. he will transition. pyatt turning, losing erskine as he bracketed in the corner. lapierre overskates. backstrom has it softly for ovechkin and away comes d.c. alex ovechkin down the wing. a little bit of interference there. >> craig: yeah. and this will be giroux going off to the box. the montreal canadiens have a power play upcoming. >> joe: a shout out to moore cadillac, a proud supporter of washington hockey. the premier cadillac dealer in the area. where fairfax beats loudon on route 50. you are strongly encouraged to visit them online as mr. giroux grabs a celt. >> craig: a penalty at the far blue line. he takes away spacek knocks him down. he just didn't hold up in time. he was trying to stop, still took out their d and that's why the referee nicked him with a minor for interference. >> joe: canadiens power play near the bottom of the heap in the nhl. they were 1-2 in the ga

it will be washington ball with a new 24.season in oklahoma city, the thunder had a record of 23 wins and 59 losses. miller challenges, and gets the short jumper. nicely done. of course this is the former seattle super sonics, and the team has missed the playoffs four consecutive seasons. last post-season appearance was '04-'05. durant for westbrook, gets by gilbert, gilbert holds him. franchise has won the nba title in 1979. they were in seattle for 41 years before moving here to oklahoma city last season. >> phil: no knock on oklahoma city, but i know you and i both feel like we kind of got cheated up in seattle. >> steve: you know, you can make those kinds of comparisons, anytime a team leaves for another city, how about vancouver moving to memphis. >> phil: at least you had seattle, so you weren't far away. completely taken away from the north pacific now. >> steve: thunder 14 of 18 from the line. wizards 6 of 11. gilbert's pass not able to be handled, it was tipped out of bounds by oklahoma city, with 11 to shoot. >> phi

boyd gordon out of the line up for washington. we have addressed, tom poti, last night. offsigh, just crept out to the neutral zone beforers kin brought it back in. toronto under the direction of general manager brian burke. he has a very interesting chore ahead >> craig: i would like this to be my last job in hockey. i just hope it's not the next month or two. that was mid-november there is a lot of pressure on burke there is a lot of pressure on wilson and the coaching staff. bottom dwelling. in toronto, they are not going to stand for it. the fans will let them know. this' heckle -- they'll heckle the players, the team. the writers. they will not stand for it. >> reporter: this is alpha and omega in the eastern conference. leafs at 3-11-6. mitchell tosses one back behind the net and wind up getting it himself. delayed penalty called coming up against the capitals. toskala on his way to the bench. wrister deflected wide. the caps go short handed >> craig: it's going to be an interference call, called by bill mccreary. the leafs'

there are busts of washington. washington is the single most represented person in the art collection. the city is named for him, he picked the site of the building. he laid the cornerstone. he is so connected to it. >> after choosing a site, and then laying the cornerstone in 1793, of it was washington's -- it was washington's desire that it be completely done in 1800. >> washington's vision for this building was something large, magnificent, and would command respect and would make americans of every state love their country better and would be in the affections of all americans. that is his legacy. >> while washington's aspirations for the building and the federal city that it looks out on have been realized, his hopes for what he called a congress house on the banks of the potomac being finished by 1800 would go unfulfilled. that was due to construction, labor, and weather delays. as you look at the capitol as it is today, it does not resemble at all the building in its early years of occupancy the house, senat

washington post live presented by the green turtle starts right now. >>> thanks for tuning in to washington post live weekend, presented by the green turtle. a sad start to the week, as a dc icon passed away. ieb poland's death was felt throughout the entire city. as the news broke, we caught up with some of the biggest names and more on hissing. >> porter: phil, you played for the man, knew him well. what were your thoughts today when you got the news? >> actually i got in my car on the way to the game and i heard on 980 sports, talking about mr. poland and what he had done and when you hear those kind of, that kind of news reporting, you just -- you get gut wrenched and you get that feeling and then finally, they made this statement, that he had passed earlier today. and i guess just a slew of memories just goes back that you think about from the first meeting to all of the interactions in between. >> reporter: one of the things that stands out is loyalty. we know that if you were an abe guy, you're an abe guy for life. you played with him for several years, battled injury issues s that w

there are busts of washington. washington is the single most represented person in the art collection. the city is named for him, he picked the site of the building. he laid the cornerstone. he is so connected to it. >> after choosing a site, and then laying the cornerstone in 1793, of it was washington's -- it was washington's desire that it be completely done in 1800. >> washington's vision for this building was something large, magnificent, and would command respect and would make americans of every state love their country better and would be in the affections of all americans. that is his legacy. >> while washington's aspirations for the building and the federal city that it looks out on have been realized, his hopes for what he called a congress house on the banks of the potomac being finished by 1800 would go unfulfilled. that was due to construction, labor, and weather delays. as you look at the capitol as it is today, it does not resemble at all the building in its early years of occupancy the house, senat

as i said, monroe didn't cross the delaware on the same boat as washington. he crossed earlier with a squad that landed on the jersey shore to the north of trenton and circled behind the town while washington landed with his troops on the riverside below the town. now what makes trenton so important is that the british had almost won the war by christmas of 1776. their troops had overrun on the island, new york, westchester and most of new jersey. thousands of american troops had deserted and the british had chased the remnants of washington's army across new jersey over the delaware and in to pennsylvania.

stage washington. why do live in baltimore? >> guest: my wife and i left washington in 1986 before the the resolution before our older child started grade school because we have been in washington all our lives and figured if our kids started school we would stay here the rest of our lives and really all we knew, the only people we knew were in politics and that it wasn't a representative sample, real enough place to raise children. we looked all over the country and also decided we weren't going to romantically -- we weren't as role romanticists as we thought to live in the berkshires or the hudson valley that we couldn't be as far away from washington as we like and we like the architecture baltimore because we were orioles fans in driving up there so we move to baltimore. we know friends and relatives and jobs. we enjoy living there. >> host: as you began -- you were already well under way in the kean trilogy of the time and. >> guest: as i was. started in washington and finished in baltimore. >> ho

"the washington post" is the host of this 30 minute interview. >> host: cecilia kang of "the washington post," what is the goebel book settlement? >> guest: de google book settlement is part of a yearlong legal battle between google and publishers and authors over how we will all access and purchase books online. the way we are going to do that is going to change. the wind has changed everything. coming to your local library, go into your local university library in getting a book off the shelf is going to be altars in many ways by the web. you will still be able to do that but the web provides the opportunity in some ways the internet does for someone in kansas to get a hold of the really arcane companero book that recites some place in england within seconds over the web. and the idea that google had in the first place was to make every single book in the world universally accessible. and they want to do that by scanning every book that exists in the world. there is a very ambitious project. they want to create the world's biggest on-line library. what i mean my library is on line you

private residence called the elms in washington, d.c.. some friends are over and he finally goes to bed around 12:00 at night and johnson was never went to sleep a lot. he changed into his pajamas, gets into his king sized super sized king bed and invites three aides to join him and johnson is sitting in the head propped up with pillows with leedy byrd tossing and turning to sleep next to him lead out his vision of the great society. the great society was born within hours of the kennedy assassination. you get a sense of lyndon johnson as a visionary leader who had a clear sense where he wanted to take the nation and this in great compassion for the poor, his desire to push along the stalled civil rights legislation to do things for senior citizens. so there is you see i think it visionary johnson and also johnson who is a brilliant tactician. but he also see in these 24 hours the fall that would become the fatal flaw of the johnson presidency. lyndon johnson was devious and manipulative. he was so concerned and worried about the reaction

. >> james hogan was george washington's man. think it is important in understanding the white house today to understand where it came from. there are so many things that are there and unique about white house life and usage that really come from that time. >> it was george washington, who never lived there, who created it, who laid the cornerstone. >> with the nation's capital scheduled to move to a new federal city on the potomac by 1800, in 1792, washington and thomas jefferson announce a design competition to build a president's house. after the selection of james hoban as the designer and architect, problem soon are risrise before the cornerstone s even laid. >> do we put it to the north, south, east, or west? washington came and took off his jacket and cited the white house, and drove the stakes into the ground for where it stands today. he also had a certain taste that was very out of style. the white house is loaded with carving, and washington ordered that. he wanted it. if you go out the north door, there is a 13-foot g

and johnson have been around washington for a long time, remember this days of joseph mccarthy. whether oswald was part of a conspiracy or not, simple biography. the fact that his life could produce the same result, which is tremendous public outpouring and desire to go to war with cuba or with the soviet union. yes, over here? >> as far as the continuity, wasn't lyndon johnson in the house of representatives on april 12, 1945, an experienced the unpreparedness of the present takeover power, what i want to ask you regarding that is, just put the words together, sadly, for presidents have been assassinated several others, other than the immediate death of president kennedy can you compare or compare the other? >> that's a great question. i think it's one of my questions i ask in my exam. there's a couple of different dimensions to your question. let me discuss about the issue about what happened when franklin roosevelt died. what's interesting, when roosevelt dies, the people who are with roosevelt in warm springs contact the white house, and the first person they tell is eleanor

john adams was constantly compared to george washington unfavorably.hington was received in a black velvet suit, and adams had a black velvet suit may. he would stand in front of the portrait that now hangs in the white house of washington. he did not have many teas, and he smoked his pipe and smell that way. he would stand beneath that portrait. >> the backdrop to the adams river occupancy of the white house is one of political defeat and personal tragedy. within days of moving into this, the president learned that his tendency was going to be very brief indeed, because he had been defeated by his former friend, thomas jefferson. to make matters worse, he learned within days that their alcoholic son had died. it was a house of gloom for the remainder of the term. >> i pray heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house, and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. may none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof. john adams, november 3, 1800, written on his second night here. it is john adams lasting gift to thomas jefferson and all pre

, washington d.c. theodore white gave perhaps the best contemporary summary of the period between the national consequence -- convention through the houston speech. he noted that round one of the general election had begun for kennedy with euphoria over the victory in los angeles, but it had swung to almost despair over the peel meeting. but it rose to a point of cautious hope in houston, texas, and here's what white wrote in summary. when he had finished, that is when kennedy had finished, he had not only closed round one of his election campaign, he had for the first time more fully and explicitly than any other thinker of his faith defined the personal doctrine of a modern catholic in a democratic society. how much earth, how much effect he had that evening no one could tell. he had addressed a sullen, almost hostile audience when he began in houston. he had won the applause of many and perhaps sympathies of more. the meeting had closed in respect and friendship, but how far the victory in this hall

washington, d.c.. and bird watchers have already recorded that eagles on the potomac or fledging two weeks earlier of the past compared to fight for ten years ago. so there is this personal understanding involvement that the doctor spoke of in his presentation. i would also emphasize that infectious diseases have a very demonstrated seasonality, and there is an increasing abundance of evidence showing that malaria are shunning extended seasonality and moving further north and south in the case of what american countries. in a study that we carried out with our colleagues in england we showed a very dramatic seasonality for a water-borne disease with a distinct spurring occurrence increase in that water-borne disease. and the introduction today, the remark was made that dirty water has led to 90% of the children in a country where water sanitation is lacking being subjected and infected with parasites. i would like to point out that water-borne diseases are directly a result of increase in a result of c

and he met with oxman on a couple of times in washington d.c. he became a supporter. so they did reach out to some of the liberal leaders. you think you'd be democrat, but turned out not to be because they were still wary about the catholic church. so the answer is yes, there were some very prominent folks. they worked in their circle and i were trying to persuade people to join them. but people like the christian century which is one of the leading liberal christian magazines to the date was anti-kennedy and there were a lot of liberal protestants who are deeply troubled by kennedy. some of those people moved to kennedy by the end of the election. they try to persuade them to stay in the democratic party. so i could go into detail on that. very interesting. well, thank you very much. i appreciate your questions, time, and attention. [applause] did you know you can view booktv programs online? go to booktv.org. type the name of the author, book him our subject into the search area in the upper left-hand corner of the page. select the watch link now you can view the en

"washington journal" is next. . host: he will be telling us what we learned about how it is used and how much it cost. former senator david pryor has published his biography about his life in politics. we will be talking with him. he is also the father of senator mark pryor. as we open, we will focus on the president's decision about afghanistan. yesterday during a press conference, he said he is fouling to finish the job there. we will show you the headlines. good morning. lots of discussion about the president's decision on afghanistan. michael shear of "the washington post"joins us. we also know that he is prepared to talk to the nation next tuesday. what else are you and your colleagues finding out at this point? guest: we expect a speech to be on tuesday. we expected to be a prime-time address. he has a key, central challenge to somehow talk about the escalation in troops. we keep hearing the number of 30,000 as the target they are settling on. to explain to the american people his decision to escalate the work

he met with him on a couple of occasions in washington, d.c., and they flip to. he became a supporter. so they did reach out to some of these liberal protestant leaders who you would think with the democrats would turn out not to be in this case, because they were still wary about the catholic church. so the answer is yes, there were some very prominent folks. they work in your circle and networks trying to persuade people to join them. but people like the christian century which was one of the leading liberal christian magazines of the day was anti-kennedy and pro-nixon. there were a lot of who were troubled by kennedy. so i do talk about that a bit in the book that very interesting. thank you very much. i appreciate your questions and your time and your attention. it's been a great pleasure. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]

politics and prose bookstore here in washington is the host of this hour-long event. >> i fear i should begin with an apology because i spent the best part of three years the last two intensively to reading and researching and writing about a masterpiece of work and there is on the face a very little good to be said in favor of general james wilkinson. on the face of it i emphasize what else can be said you would save for a man who combined a career as commander in chief of the united states army, and that was how congress does it made him commander in chief with his second existence as agent 13 in the spanish secret service. 11 years he commanded the nations forces, he dowson its forces, patrolled its frontiers and for most of that time, he also said america's military secrets to the largest power in the hemisphere. and if spain had acted a little more vigorously on the warnings of agent passed on they would have carried the lewis and clark expedition and put a halt to the expedition. and they did heed his advice about fortifying the border with texas and so they kept the united states

this is what hit washington state, the season's first big snow storm. this heavy snowfall shut down several highways and caused problems for drivers, but not everyone was complaining. >> just moved here from texas and we don't get snow in texas at all. so, we're planning on coming skiing and sledding and we just wanted to bring the kids out to play. >> looks like a lot of fun. the first big sheet of white for some people is a reason to celebrate. >>> we're talking about snow in the west, meanwhile we also have some serious weather we're talking about in the southeast. let's chk in with meteorologist reynolds wolf for the latest on that. >> keeping a very sharp eye on this storm. of course, this is hurricane ida, category 1 storm with winds 118 miles an hour, expect ed to move into the gulf of mexico. latest parting we have at the national hurricane center shows interesting, the storm actually veering to the north, gaining strength, becoming a category 2 hurricane, moving off the coast of louisiana and then staying off the coast as you get into wednesday

that's according to this morning's "washington post."n his view it's necessary to protect the economy. >> we will end for all time, i hope, too big to fail. those words should only be used again in historical context. we cannot allow the collapse of a few firms to threaten the entire economy of our own nation and others around the globe for that matter. >> remember, the fed -- i think a lot of people think of it as the government but it's not. ben bernanke, the chief of it, he is appointed by the government but it's really a body of bankers essentially. so dodd is saying, look, bankers aren't going to split up big banks. maybe we have to get the government to do that. i'll tell you, though, the white house still trusts the fed so this plan puts him at odds with the white house. they have not said let's shift everything to the government. they're okay with the fed just stepping it up. >>> if you've got a home, listen to this. you're going to like it. home prices may be bottoming out. look, we've had a lot of little signs here about housin

in the washington, d.c.to new york market, just as one little example, you can ride the bus from washington, d.c. to new york city for as little as $1, sometimes as much as $3530. on amtrak you might pay $250. host: do buzz companies make money? guest: absolutely. we've been doing it for well over 100 years. we are the successor to the stage coach. we know how to move people efficiently and do it with very little or no subsidy ats all. host: your current campaign features, talks about the bus service but also has a picture of a bus and next to it pentagon wins. why is that? guest: we are are environmentally friendly. there is a study that came out two years ago by the union of concerned scientists. totally independent study. they looked at transportation of all modes. and by virtually every metric that came back and said the bus is the most fuel efficient way to travel, whether it's two people going 200 miles or five people going 1,000 miles, bus service is the most efficient travel mode. so that's our campa

washington is grounded for now. an airline spokesperson says that united's policies is among the strictest in the industry. we have no tolerance for violation of this well established policy. >>> the mastermind before a sniper attacks that terrorized the nation in 2002 said nothing before his execution last night. john allen mohammed died by lethal injection at 9:11 eastern. this the ambulance that took away his remains. some witnesses, relatives witnessed the prosecution. so did the prosecutor who won the death penalty conviction. >> he died very peace fully, much more than most of his victims. i felt a sense of closure and i hope they did, too. i think they looked for to that and i hope they have solace by virtue of his execution. >> mohammed got the death sentence for the shooting death of dean harold meyers. but actually the d.c. area attacks left ten people dead. mohammed's accomplice lee boyd malvo is serving life in prison. >>> the suspect in the ft. hood shootings army major hasan is refusing to answer quest

they were carried to washington by a confederate of general wilkinson's.and when they were received, it was said that they were so badly sorted that no idea could be given them by any means of general description. in other words, his papers had been ransacked. what did merriweather lewis accomplish during his term as governor? lewis was remarkably good administrator in the 18 months he was in residence. he personally paid for and brought a printing press and printer, a man to start the first newspaper west of the missouri. he published the territorial laws. he started in saint louis masonic lodge. he negotiated a major treaty with the osage indians. he was a hard-working, honest administrator working under very difficult and challenging circumstances, and he was surrounded by enemies. in may of 1809, louis adopted the teenage son of an interpreter. jessen and his family were returning home to the man dan villages with the man dan chief. his son wanted to stay in saint louis and attend school. lewis site indenture papers for him agreeing to provide for his

he was traveling on the natchez trace on his way to washington d.c. and arrived at grandeur stand a roadside inn and tavern located 78 miles from nashville where we are today. sometime during the night he died of gunshot wounds. was it suicide or was it murder? after returning from the lewis and clark expedition lewis was appointed by president jefferson to become governor of louisiana territory. he had moved to st. louis the capital of the territory and was going to washington to seek reimbursement for bill see have paid personally. bills for the territorial loss of louisiana and other government expenses, totaling almost $2,500. they were more than his years salary. he was accompanied by his dog, who traveled with him to the pacific coast and back in by his servant,. the was not a slave. he was a free man of the african and french descent. he had been a wide house servant while lewis was serving as jefferson's private secretary before the expedition. he was present on the night of lewis's death. he brought the news of his death to lewis's mother in

des moines washington. please join with me in giving these fellows a warm washington round of applause. i used to work with a reporter named a -- hassenbeck. he used to say live your life to avoimed cheap ironies. it's too easy. it's why you never change flights at the last minute. you hope to get home to wife and baby daughter a few hours early. the rule was never make it easy for reporters to come up with a mindless leads which appears to be a poignant fact that sums things up. when i invited our keynote speaker i ignored his rueful. jayson blair keynoting an ethics insurance tutes? why not osama bin ladena -- laden addressing bay knits? one flash perturbed writer said maybe they should not hire jourm little grads. i reported back that it would be just to punish students for the sins of their teachers. programs this blogger would like to keynote our next ethics seminar. i want to talk about this invitation on two levels. first as a journalist. i'm in the business of helping train the next generation of jo

he was a man who plotted against washington when he was president.s trying to undermine adams when he was president and he encouraged the factional divisions and brought an end to 12 years of federalist administration. so when jefferson became president, many republicans knowing how well he was hated by the federalists assumed there would be a military coup and jefferson was warned that every fort and arsenal should be placed.dú under the protection faithful officers meaning republicans in order to prevent the seizure or destruction by a desperate faction meaning federalists. this wasn't just para no, ia.ná -- paranoia because all the whigs had a professional full-time army because a government with a full-time army could make it do whatever it wanted and it could overrule and it had happened just, oh, five years before in 1799 in france when the army under napoleon bonaparte overthrew a government which was elected by a million votes just 12 months earlier so that was very clear in people's minds and so one of the first measures that jefferson did

washington battled them. i didn't like the caps' chances in this one >> craig: no, i know you told me that. it's a combination of all the factors that you guys talked about. i don't think they won any loose puck. they looked it lethargic as you mentioned. against a team that is coming, coming, coming, two games in two nights, that's not an excuse because these guys are world class athletes. this game should not even have went to a shootout. bruce boudreau was counseling everybody in the locker room that the caps can't take anyone lightly. i don't think that the caps took them lightly. they played a better game. not for varlamov, this would have been a more lopsided score. >> what was your take on all the young line-up, the hershey connection? what was your take on the line- up and minutes they provided >> craig: they played hard. that's what you're going to get from hershey. are you going to get an nhl caliber, alex semin, mike knuble. i don't think so but, again, perreault set up the caps very well, beagle a

i live in seattle washington and my question that was just asked. i want to go back to the question then, and i voted for ralph nader and i'm still recanting for that sin. >> that is

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in the five volume biography, marshall spends one page on washington's youth. and wiens devotes almost his whole biography on his early years. and it sold and still is in printer it is the most popular biography of washington ever written. that is not what people expected. in addition, the period of experienced the titanic struggle between the hamiltonian vision of a large fiscal military state like those of your. that's what hamilton's vision was. that's what he's trying to make the equal of france and britain on their own terms. and that competed with jefferson's vision, through public and asian of a limited state with little or no taxation and no standing army. nothing like a european state at all. and they have different conceptions of what worship you, republicans want to avoid war and they want an alternative to war, and they chose what we now call economic sanctions. jefferson's grand experiment, his liberal experiment with the embargo of 1807, 1808, those 18 months of that embargo was he brought a grand experiment, web offering the world an alternative

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"washington journal" is next. . . . host: in our first half-hour we are going to take a look at president obama's foreign- policy. "the economist" describes it in many ways but uses two words in particular -- subtle and not leave. what do you think about president obama's foreign- policy? for democrats, 202-737-0002. for republicans, 202-737-0001. for independents, 202-628-0205. you can twitter us at twitter.com/c-spanwj, e-mail us at journal@c-span.org. this is the leading section of "the economist." the headline this morning, the quiet american. "subtle or strategic diplomacy" the world will find out with his speech on tuesday. "a weakness runs through his foreign-policy. it looks to many that he has dithered, and of the liberated on afghanistan. managing squabbling officials and twisting the arm of, you karzai has accomplished -- twisting the arm of homage karzai -- hamid karzai, which will he be? clever or week? does this president have a strategy backed if necessary by force to reorder the world? or is he merely a

they all tell him get on the plane and fly back to washington. they tell him what they should have told him, but they can't bring himself to tell him that kennedy is dead and that he needs now to assume the powers of the presidency. this is i think what of the issues that you have to do with that talk about parkland hospital. there's another dimension to it. while people like kenny o'donnell cannot bring themselves to acknowledge that kennedy is dead and two-tailed lyndon johnson is now president. they give him the right advice, but lyndon johnson own integers are being played out at parkland hospital. john sigler has enough information. he knows from roberts that kennedy is in very serious condition and may likely to. so why doesn't johnson seapower? y. doesn't johnson assumed the powers of the presidency, having just a general understanding of what kennedy's condition is? and the problem is that lyndon johnson is so paranoid about robert f. kennedy and he is so afraid that if he appears to be overreaching that if he appears to be literally step

so here was george washington vanderbilt, a tall, athletic and started the civil war. went awol, he was court-martialed and convicted which did not end a career back then. returned to duty, was never designed to combat duty i found, ended up getting sick and died during the civil war of consumption for guthie didn't even diane the battlefield. sandra pelt was very broken up about it and i think contribute to his interest in spiritualism. the thing about corneil is he takes up a lot of space and the book only because he was an important part of vanderbilt's life and not only because there's a lot of material about him but because he was everything is father wasn't. he was physically afflicted. he was morally, the way vanderbilt sought, they didn't have the language for diction than that we do now, he was a real addict so he was boastful, he was a cheat, he was stealing money. >> ended up-- chorus really for some reason became his special patron and friend in horace greeley died with corneil ali cam tens of thousands of dollars. it was a source of great shame and anger f

washington's name on a couple of occasions. here, don't get beat deep, and hodge certainly has the speed to beat you down the field, but marcus washington right to there with him on that play. >> dave: that's one of those deals where you just throw one deep to keep the defense honest. here is mccluster, out to the 45, maybe a shade past the 45. shawn ferguson, sophomore out of miami, florida. >> andre: going back to that point, dave, just the threat of going down the field allows you to do what ole miss just did. hand it off to dexter mccluster. you don't need a big gaping hole for him, and he's throw and it gets you right back on schedule at third and 5. >> dave: look at the all purpose yards the past four games. up top again, looking for summers. he made the catch, but out of bounds. >> andre: just a slight bobble, but by the time he gets it in, he's out of bounds. jevan snead gives him the room along the sidelines. man, i'm -- ooh, that's close. very close. >> dave: see if we get a -- i think houston nutt might want a time-o

grab a camera and get started. >> "washington journal "washington journal continues. >> we have a senior fellow on environmental studies. host: i want to read to you from "the new york times" a call this morning. scientists are calling for a change in the studies on global warming. guest: we got to this point by not being very transparent. it would suggest that the reviewers for the papers and literatures who would intimidate the editors of journals who would publish papers that they did not like by so-called skeptics. what happened is that this is a result of the substantial bias of the scientific literature. this is bad. this information that goes into these big reports or serves as the basis for the epa proposed endangerment findings, they rely heavily on these compilations. it will now be demonstrable that the compilations themselves were biased by a group of individuals dealing with the journal editors. i don't know where this will end. there will be some kind of major resignation on this. host: is the story here that the planet is not suffering from climate change as we might have

i came to washington 25 years ago to work for ted kennedy. he talked about health care all the time. he mostly talked about expanding insurance and providing health care to every american. he did not talk about the public option but that is the focal point of debate. republicans have let democrats fight among themselves. and the republicans are watching and progressives are staying home. independents if those things don't change it could be a very, very long evening in two years and i feel that it's filled with operatives who are good to sit in the white house and they're aware of this and they're planning for it. and what you'll see is after health care reform they'll focus on getting those independents back in the fold which they need to do to hold majorities and i think that, you know, the interesting thing is going to be whether or not the progressive community which has been disappointed, continues to be disappointed and actually there's nobody who can speak to that and knows that community better than joe. or whether they kind of fall i

washington on sunday. and lincoln financial field.he challenge under the hoop and. >> michael: he is denied. right at the start of the iron. raise up. off the mark wide right. temple by 4. 6 and a half minutes in. tonight go anywhere now. wait for the time out and get a sandwich. one of the great finishes coming up. allen and missing 3. and williams is not bashful. fernandez. that was halfway down and out. green. up and down we go brooks to raise up that didn't drop. where did this come from. 3, 4 minutes the game. and missed shots and all of a sudden the energy level. saw it a moment ago. from beyond the arc. 3 of 15. allen had it snook off his hand. it will stay with virginia tech. it has been a wonderful 2009 school near. year here for the owls. for the masterful job and they did they got beat today to end the win streak. another bowl game. 9-3 they are going to a bowl game. more about that when we get back by 4. >> michael: back to the palestra with the owls. and trying the things. and the club losing the first two of the year. an

>> wall street has a tighter connection to certain people in washington and more money to lobby. there is a sense of keeping with the half. there is no such thing as an ethical wall street or we will stop ourselves from making as much money as they can. >> host: that may ask you, you might have thought that the people on wall street because of the severe economic crisis, one of these guys might have gotten on tv and say i am sorry. our greed got away from us from all the suffering that because, i am sorry. >> guest: there is no contrition or awareness or connectivity to the rest of the country because honestly the people of the firm's almost have no contact. really they do not have contact with real individuals. but the results of the crisis that we sought and the bailout and the decision to open federal funding and subsidies as if that would trickle down to the rest of main street of the most has the opposite effect and fortified the people that survived during the day to seven you said it is true. i voted against the bailout but that this is not a bailout for wall street but fo

in washington d.c. mr. mayer i am sure you are aware that one in 16 african american men are hiv-positive. and if you look at just the gay men in the community, the numbers are even more staggering. in 2005 at the centers for disease control found that in five major cities almost half of all african-american gay men are hiv-positive. that's why we recently launched a $45 million hiv education campaign, it's our first federal hiv education campaign in over 20 years and it's specifically targeted to underserved communities including racial minorities, women, gay and bisexual men. we're also taking steps to make sure that americans get the care they need. earlier this year we reauthorize the ryan white hiv/aids program. which provides lifesaving care to the more than half a million americans and we will continue to work with congress to pass health insurance reform that will prevent americans from being denied coverage because of their hiv status and because they have a cap on their out-of-pocket expenses. thi

the "washington post" was told he did not order or pressure the u.s. army major hasan to hurt americans. he saw his discomfort with the u.s. military in e-mails exchanged. the cleric told the "post" reporter his killing spree is allowed under islam because it is a form of it jihad and because the united states started the battle in muslim countries. hasan is accused of shooting and killing 13 people at ft. hood and he is still in the hospital. >>> defense secretary robert gates has blocked the release of any new photos that appear to show prerns abusing foreign detainees. the obama administration told the supreme court gates is using his new howers provided by a law signed last month. the aclu sued to vep release and lower courts supported that. this would put u.s. service members in danger, says gates. >>> it's going to about huge story -- >> i absolutely agree. >>> listen to the discussion we've been having today. is it important, do you think, for the public to see these alleged abuse photos? or perhaps you agree with secretary gates that releasing

was in washington i don't think has fundamentally shifted. i think it is the truth. >> two follow-up on that, it's interesting to hear you describe tim geithner as one of the heavies in your book concerning with his move back to d.c. he has gotten a little bit of reputation in the news as been credits -- >> heavy to be fair -- heavy on the phone when he wants to press seven to do something, not necessarily -- actually has a little lighter touch. >> i guess my point is that he's very much a mover of what's going on in your book as opposed to in d.c. he is seen as summer since i've been in administration or she liber or barney frank on the hill. i do think that change of perspective is because of change of venue or something that's having influence down there that we're not seeing at this time? >> i misunderstand -- >> you seem to -- you seem that compared to your reporting what he was doing here at the event as opposed to in the treasury he has lost seven of influence may be and am wondering is that a perception or do think that is the case? >

one more washington story and then i will try to get serious. this one goes back to 1990 or so when gorbachev was visiting washington for the first time, and some of you may remember detante was in full bloom then and u.s. soviet relations were improving dramatically. when his entourage was driving down k street he actually have them stop and they got out and walked out to the sidewalk, shaking hands with everyone. it was really quite a spontaneous thing on his part because he was so excited by being in the united states and able to beat with people on the streets. so then, he had reciprocated the invitation and president bush went to moscow. flake one afternoon after they finished their formal meetings and they were just sitting around with their feet up and the interpreter and they were talking about the problems of governing. bush said for me one of the difficult things is getting the right person and the right position in the cabinet. he said that is really challenging and he said how do you you go about doing that? gorbachev said well, i ha

host: front page of "the washington times clothes, looking at the other story in washington -- "the washington times", looking at the other store and washington, the state dinner. "while the white house is mum about who will be the invitees, word is already peaking -- leaking about who was not among the eight-listed chief on the non-attendees, top republican lawmakers. john boehner is on thanksgiving break eric cantor to not get an invitation to the dinner. the president did not invite his 2008 rifle, senator john mccain, even though mr. obama the candidate pledged a post- partisan presidency." we will have more on the dinner later this morning and we will have live coverage getting under way at 9:00 this evening, showing you some highlights, including the toast from the tent is situated on the south lawn of the white house to house the 300 or so guests invited to dinner tonight. there is also a press conference that will happen at around 11:30 eastern time. the arrival ceremony will take place on the south lawn and move to the east room because it is raining in washington. les is joining us f