the experience of washington politicians helps us to understand this second aspect of the washington fraternity and that is politicians could be isolated from what was going on back home. although some nehr and brooks were from the north and south, respectively, the difference between the two places was not as stock in washington itself. when senators and congress men came to washington was almost impossible to avoid becoming friendly with people from other sections. washington community operated in such a way that politicians were forced into a regular series of parties, balls and dinners that are overwhelmingly cross sectional. both men and women, the few women that came to washington were required to participate in the system of washington socializing as part of the etiquette of the day so if you were for example a member of the house of representatives it was your duty to call on members of the senate, cabinet members, justices of the supreme court and the president. you had to call on each of them and they had to call back on you. the results of this was that you had to get to k

is washington to bake, is washington not doing enough? -- is washington too big? think about where you see washington and your life. dial in on one of those numbers or sunday tweet, @cspanwj. we will begin taking those calls in just a minute. ♪ >> watch our program on michelle obama saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span/ monday night, we conclude our series with a special program from marshall washington to michelle obama. >> she brings financial resources, makes a mount vernon a successful operation, makes it possible for washington to be away for 8 years. >> there was something about abraham lincoln that she help develop. lessons in etiquette that helped polish him for washington society. the political parties that they had, they invited important people. theparties talking with wives of very important gentlemen, she wielded a lot of power. both over mr. lincoln and where he was:. >> the involvement of mrs. roosevelt is right from the beginning. she becomes much more active in her role after 1921, when franklin roosevelt contracted polio. she would encourage f

and much to george washington surprise, martha washington went in at the smallpox and occupation. and so he was able to say to the troops, look, the girl did it and then they then followed suit and they had far fewer cases of smallpox and the british army did. so it was just one of the many things that women did during the time period that was really significant. and i kept learning things like this as i learned about these women. benjamin franklin's wife, for instance, i knew nothing about -- does anybody know anything about benjamin franklin's wife? see what i mean? there it is. what we know about benjamin franklin? i know enough about the kite and all of that, but what else do you know about him? over here. >> i know he married someone who had a child. >> young. >> he signed the declaration of independence. >> he was one of the authors of it. over here. [inaudible] >> he went to france. yes spent he opened up the first library. >> he opened up the first free library, that's true. go ahead. fire department. one more. go ahead. [inaudible] he was a cartoonist spent a cartoonist.

that was with washington. he told congressional leaders he would quit if they refused to give him full control of every executive department including the right to fire the department heads. the constitution gave the president and executive power, d he was not about to receive thae two congress. the congress new and as a sort t of backed off and passed the bill giving him and every future president the right to fire executive appointees with any executive rights from congress. washington's victory in the dispute ended only one of what would be many conflicts between the president and congress over the years, decades and even centuries. since the founding, the three branches of the government had been in a constant tug of war for power as we just saw in the budget crisis and all three branches have violated the constitution almost as at will but one or two of the branches had brought the government back into compliance and into constitutional balance. .. the same first year of washington got presidency in 1789

and the british came and did what washington? [inaudible] they let a lot of the city on fire as it was and she saved with? george washington's portrait. and lots of government papers as well. here is the burning of washington. and then she escaped. madison was not with her. she wrote today that it was happening i am still here within the sound of the canon she wouldn't leave until the picture was secure. her friend was there to get her away and kept saying you have to leave now. finally the british came in and she had kicked a dinner because she was expecting madison to come back to the cabinet. so they sat down and made her dinner and then she came back a couple days later even though the city was a disaster and started convincing the congress to keep the capital here because they thought of it al if it's ad out what's not do that anymore. and she also started with some other women in washington and orphanage for the children who lost their fathers as a result of the war and that is the beginning of something that we see a lot i

a pretty common thing in washington. there is a lot of violence, but it is part of the regular experience. it happens and then it is over. and this is the context in washington in which the caning of charles sumner. happened. it's not a situation where washington politicians then become so angry with one another they can't speak to each other. they're over it. about three days. not true elsewhere in the country but in washington. the experience of washington politicians with the sumner-brooks scandal helps us to understand the second aspect of the washington fraternity. that is that politician could be isolated from what was going on back home. although sumner and brooks were from the south and north respectively. the difference between the two places was not as stark in washington itself. when senators and congressmen came to washington, it was almost impossible to avoid becoming friendly with people from other sections. the washington community operated in such a way that politicians were forced in to a regular series

yeah we see it all the time now in washington it just got a mature we saw it for example on the pacific trade agreement is left right now saying we're not going to go for fastrack we saw it on the syria issue we saw it on the n.s.a. surveillance recently and you see it in a lot of other ways outside of congress where on issues like corporal welfare the military industrial complex of empire the patriot acts saw on civil liberties and cracking down on wall street that's ripping up main street you see that i everywhere now and this book is coming out really takes it to a new level of possible reality everything you've written i'm anxious to read it rob every american president elect this is eight hundred fifty two when lincoln was a lead to is either been a republican or democrats what do you think will ever break that pattern. well i think you know surprises it may seem there's going to be a couple two or three billionaires who have a modestly enlightened background are really fed up with the the gridlock and the pair alice's of the two parties and their increasing similarity campaign con

on this valentine's day, why is there no love for washington? could it be because everything seems so partisan? this was vice president biden, speaking to house democrats at their retreat today in maryland. >> i wish there was a republican party. i wish there was one person you could sit across the table from, make a deal, make a compromise and know when you got up from that table, it was done. all you had to do was look at the responses to the state of the union. what were there, three or four? no, i'm not being facetious. and so i think we should just get a little focused here. gwen: and here's senator john cornyn, earlier this week, talking about the health care law -- but not really. >> it's the president's responsibility to enforce the laws that congress makes and that he signs into law, but this president and this administration enforce the laws they choose to enforce and ignores the laws they want to ignore, for political expedience. this is the very definition of lawlessness and something that the american people do not tolerate and will

washington, d.c.ashington, d.c. is the one recession-proof economies the last several years unfortunately you do see type of crony capitalism in our national capital. obama administration continues to give favors, breaks to favored industries and companies, out in the real world, you see republican governors balancing their budgets and growing their economies. >> schieffer: what do you think of ted cruz and impact he's had on your party? >> i think he's passionate. i'm not one that wants to engage, woe don't need to beat each other up. there are tea party and other conservatives active. think what he's trying to bring to the attention of the president and leadership of congress. our debt was $9 trillion when the president took over. he criticized president bush now debt is over $17 trillion. not projected to be balanced at any point over the next ten years. our children and grandchildren have to pay that get back at the state level. in maryland and louisiana and other states we have balanced budget re

sixteen presidential race but now joining me from washington the five time candidate for president ralph nader we go back a hundred years he was a green bloody nominee in nineteen ninety six in two thousand and independent candidate in two thousand and four and two thousand and eight is the most recent book is told us so the big book of weekly columns and his next book is unstoppable the emerging left right alliance to dismantle the corporate state ralph first you actually see a left right alliance here we see it all the time now in washington it was government tour we saw it for example on the pacific trade agreement left right now saying we're not going to go for fastrack we saw it on the syria issue we saw it on the n.s.a. surveillance recently and you see it in a lot of other ways outside of congress where on issues like corporate welfare the military industrial complex a vampire the patriot acts saw on civil liberties and cracking down on wall street that's ripping up main street you see that i everywhere now and this book is coming out really takes it to a new level of possible rea

i have worked in washington for about four years. of guy and my wife and i are raising our three kids less than a mile from where i grew upand if you think where washington is where value is creat? we don't believe that a nebraska. the center of the world of small-town and the founders believe that everyone should think that other state because the private sector is the heart of america. john: ere is nothing small town about ts new expensive medicare part d. he wrote an op-ed in the u.s. news report that it is the answer to health reform. this is another exploding entitlement reform that is wealthier than youre age group and you're giving us more money? >> you are certainly right. we are guilty of generational theft in america and i have always opposeunfunded entitlement expansions. and i have opposed it from the beginning. but what it ha a part in the do not is at the very least i has a market mechanism as opposed to just eurocrats setting prices by fiat. but every unfunded expansion is a mistake ande need to get back to budget hone

library in washington.'m going to show you the original territorial collection which was brought in october and was selected by pierre original the first territorial governor of washington. stevens was born in each team each team on the east coast to a fairly prominent family over there and then was appointed in 1853a by the governor of the territory. so this is where we house to the collection. it is a very secure fire her group fault and i will take you in their right now. this is what remains of the state library of the territorial collection. these volumes were selected between 1853 to 1857 many of them personally selected by governor stevens. if not, he was at least the final word on the selections, and it's a very diverse offering of materials and covers many foreign languages. we have things that are written in german and dutch and latin and italian. there's histories, discoveries and voyages, encyclopedias, philosophy, poetry, you will find shakespearean also political papers such as the works of th

go ahead jump in go ahead go ahead jump in washington. this is not a matter of preference with all due respect this is not a matter of preferences first of all that russian offer came after refusal to sign the european union treaty because the math was wrong because european union demanded several billion euros in reform costs versus six hundred million it offered in return it was simply a math problem that wasn't going to work out after the riots broke out after this democratic opposition tried to storm the government the russians made a counteroffer to present a coach but it's not a matter of who prefers what it's see issue of the russians giving the elected government which was elected in elections and there are another elections coming up so if one really believed in democracy one would venture to well replaces government in a vote on the street but it's a very good point ok good united states is exactly that it's up alexander the word was mentioned democracy so it's new in believing in democracy or is he just want to throw five billi

said george washington won. in the way it made shirts and then made 2,000 shirts, but the way that they showed the men that it was something special from the women of america for them was that each woman who made a shared sewed her own name into it. so when the soldier got the shared a new and somebody cared about him especially. and it boosted morale tremendously, and there are letters about that are quite wonderful, of the soldiers responded to it, the women of america were supporting them. kendis captain going until the french showed up. so it was a very important part. well, of course, finally we one. it took awhile. yea. right. yea. took his eight years, but we won and then there was a country to raise. and that was a very easy either. george washington, of course, became the first president. martha washington the first first lady. she had to figure out how to be first lady hillary and there were all kinds of rules and people trying to figure out, she should do as she shouldn't do. it was hard to make it al

finally in olympia, washington, we visit the washington state capital museum. there in the museum's replicate of david douglas is workroom we spoke with jack nisbet, author of "the collector." >> david douglas was a scottish man of modern means and little village north who was terrible at school and that led him to this path that putting into the plant world. he was sent here in 1825, exactly 20 years after lewis and clark. the only people who have been here since were from europe were for trade guys. mostly british and french canadian fur traders. the company is the northwest and american company called the pacific fur company but they had all been amalgamated out and purchased, so they owned the whole place. so it was a very closed system. they didn't want people snooping around so they could not let anybody who is not on the fur trade able to coming. the boundary settlement is coming up in the way the roles of imperialism are played in those days. teaches some point so they let douglas in to collect natural history, and fauna, think about what his future cou

not so fast, though, because it's not just democrats in washington pressuring republicans in washington issue. it's not just members of congress pressuring each other. there's also a big movement here, a big and under-covered and very energized movement for immigration rights. and they're still very, very fired up and very, very ready to go. this is them in phoenix this weekend. again, more than 500 people marching through the capital to the local detention facility demanding an end to deportations. this was them in tacoma outside seattle this morning. protesters chained together. their arms are to those big sleeves. they're chained together inside the pvc piping sitting in the pouring rain blocking entrances at a detention center calling for an end to detentions. this is them last week. this is them last week praying and getting arrested in front of the white house. a number of faith leaders getting arrested. today another immigration reform group kicked off a bus tour targeting individual members of the house of representatives. in a way that shows they are just not taking no for an a

supplies of washington washington sends money you have to you have to talk washington sends money to what a billion dollars in humanitarian assistance how much is russia spent on in the humanitarian assistance. billion dollars where where is how did it get into syria if you can't have it cease fire christophe go ahead. book it went so principally to sending arms via turkey to syria and spending billions on it and they are even training troops in jordan this is all opened read all american press it's in the official so this is one part the second part is this we cannot have peace in syria without the arms flow to rebels and of course you know at a certain stage when we see the seriousness of those who started this war this was not started by syrian people this was started an organized by cia agents dislocated in the area in our countries of the arab world in the last two years before two thousand and eleven. the liza rice and two thousand and eight she virtually no she threatened democracy on the area and the us made up for that and that's not going to tell you have never say it's a h

they're meeting here in washington, d.c. and the next session is about to start in seven minutes, scheduled for 11:00 eastern time. we will be hearing from jeffrey ofelt, the ceo and chair general electric. later today about 3:00 eastern time, the homeland security and public safety committee will talk about defense in the states with some of the representatives from american red cross and a general of the national guard. before this first session of the day begins in about six minutes, we're going to take a look at president obama's remarks to the democratic governors who met here in washington. he spoke with them in the white house as they gathered in d.c. this week. >> all good? it is wonderful to have america's governors in town. hosting with their spouses, our governors reception here and dinner. it is always a great opportunity to exchange ideas and hear what is happening at the local level. today, we did bring our democratic governors to the white house to spend some time talking about a couple of issues to oure criti

in washington dc. they were highlighting the lighter side of capitol hill. pelosi, included nancy jonathan there and, donna senator,and arizona jeff flake. it started with the awards, including the lifetime achievement for nbc news radio correspondent ann compton. this is one hour. [applause] >> thank you, david. thank you so much to my friends at the washington press club foundation for the honor of being here tonight. i want to get right into the presentation of awards, starting with the david lynch award for regional reporting. this is an award recognizing a reporter who provides coverage from a regional perspective, making sure that what happens in washington gets translated into the way real people speak. david lynch covered washington within apposite is on congress for the buffalo news. daily newspapers and new england, alaska, and south carolina. later he ran a one-man bureau with newspaper clients and i was and alaska. his wife is here tonight. if you would give her a round of applause as she s

it's very popular here in washington, d.c. to say washington is broken. washington, d.c.not broke . washington, d.c. is a finely tuned machine that aimed at expanding government's power, picking winners and losers in the economy and making sure those have access -- those who have access to the corridors of power, those who have access to the lobbyists who run this town, get the kashouts in the tax code, get spending in their favor, get the regulatory regime written in a way that allows them a competitive advantage over those who might want to break in and disrupt incumbent businesses. washington, d.c. is a town where good ideas go to die and until we break the status quo bias, conservatives will never have victories. that's the second condition for conservative victories. the third is bold ideas. americans are desperate for bold ideas. they're desperate for bold ideas that are not about left or right but about uniting americans and making life better for all. that's what we're here to talk about. we have a fantastic roster of people talking about issues from school choice

>> booktv is on location in washington, d.c. joined by the under secretary of the smithsonian who has a new book out. s smith sonnian's history. first of all mr. kern, what's your day job? >> great question, peter. well, my day job is helping take care of the smithsonian and the legacy that the american people give us. you know we host over 30 million people to the museum. my job is to help make the museums work help the directors do their job. i have to take care of budgets and politics and public relations and things but also the content of the work what we do what we show the kind of ways in which we want to help americans and people around the world understand the american experience. >> how long have you been with the smithsonian? >> i first worked here in 1976 for the bicentennial of the united states, and then permanently since 1994. >> as the under secretary, are you the coo in a sense? >> well, we have three under secretary, one a earth science one is finance administration, and i'm for everything else. i have a ph.d. i

and washington promised and to pump money into the laid country however. the real power into the e.u. it's not going to be the german capital be the greek experts warn the help from brussels and then to national monetary fund may be too painful for ukraine to handle. washington pushes for thousands of troops remain in afghanistan after this year's withdrawal deadline passes as a security deal with kabul hangs in the air. and britain's muslim communities raise the alarm over their religion being used as a scapegoat for its season there and to terror policy. live on air and online this is r t international with me marina costs of our balkans to the program with ukraine's economy balancing on the verge of default the country's new leadership is welcoming western diplomats in the hope of getting urgent aid e.u. foreign policy chief catherine ashton has promised support as that washington well let's get more now from our office following developments for us in kiev hi there you go or so can you tell us more about what the new leaders in ukraine have been up to

air is a snowstorm about to hit washington. would go down in defeat, there would need to be an effort in the senate to gin up some new agreement. any change in the legislation would require the house to return to washington. right now the house is supposed to be on recess for two weeks time. house democrats have already left for their retreat in maryland. there are challenges if this does not go down. not insurmountable, but it means they are pushing harder and harder against that february 27 deadline. we know that would raise fears in the market and around the world that this is an issue that cannot be dealt with in a timely fashion. interview the french finance minister. he also expressed concerns about this. he expressed optimism that washington would address this. he could not envision that they would not address this. that is always the expectation with the debt ceiling, but this is always a tough political vote. he talked about how important it would be, if they can move past this in washington, how important that would m

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>> touted martha washington died click >> touted martha washington died? she got -- i don't remember what she got. george washington was basically killed by the doctors. but remember what she got. i mean, disease was so prevalent. i mean, that's one of the things you find about these women lives, it's really so sad because sometimes they would loosely choose children in a week disease. it was very, very difficult. but she was in her 60s and she had lived a good while after george washington. [inaudible] >> book is my inspiration to write the book? i told you already about knowing the founding fathers. i was on a first name basis with them and i wanted to know more about their lives. as you heard when i was even introduced, i grew up here with my father in congress and my mother in congress. when i was growing up, i saw how very important the political wives were at that time and what work they did in campaigns and voter registration and organizing the convention to resume there has been offices and working here with the african-american women in washington

to some degree yes but not totally washington the certainly culpable but i think washington is being ill served by brussels and the european union the primary triggers for the whole crisis came from the pressures that the european union put on ukraine and for the e use refused to play a good loser when president you look at which. decided that he could not go through with the terms the e.u. had laid down for association. washington has followed brussels lead continually on this and they should not have done so the u.s. state department is at the highest policymaking levels relatively weakly staffed bill when it comes to europe and for that matter on russia the main emphasis in recent years has been primarily on asia pacific and also on the middle east they've ignored europe and this lack of high powered expertise is now starting to tail what do you make of washington and indeed the e.u. blaming the authorities in kiev for this violence. it's a catastrophic move it's a revolutionary move there are far greater dangerous implications to this than anybody in washington or in western euro

in washington d.c.de of capitol hill. speakers included nancy pelosi, donna edwards, and arizona senator, jeff flake. it started with the awards, including the lifetime achievement for nbc news radio correspondent ann compton. this is one hour. this is one ho. [applause] >> thank you, david. thank you so much to my friends at the washington press club foundation for the honor of being here tonight. i want to get right into the presentation of awards, starting with the david lynch award for regional reporting. this is an award recognizing a reporter who provides coverage from a regional perspective, making sure that what happens in washington gets translated into the way real people speak. david lynch covered washington within apposite is on congress for the buffalo news. daily newspapers and new england, alaska, and south carolina. later he ran a one-man bureau with newspaper clients and i was and alaska. his wife is here tonight. if you would give her a round of applause as she stands. [applause] she c

washington d.c. for his inauguration as president the air is filled with rumors of an assassination plot. in maryland where his train will pass below the mason-dixon line, there are rumors that he will be shot or stabbed to or his train will be blown up at a whistle stop appearance in baltimore. allan pinkerton of the legendary pinkerton detective agency is on the scene, he is already there in baltimore and he has just under two weeks to uncover hard evidence of this link plot before time runs out. what makes the situation even more difficult and more dangerous is there is no good way to get from springfield to washington at this time. america's railroads are expanding at a fantastic rate, there is no single direct railway line, no transcontinental railroad yet. the railway system in 1861 looks as if you had taken a plate of spaghetti and throw it at a map and wherever it lands there is an independent, regional railway line. in all, lincoln took a route that zigzags, crisscrossed and doubled back on

mike viqueira a little closer to what the president calls home right now in washington. you nailed it, the president touting that this is a bipartisanship legislation. >> that's right, del. the critics of this farm bill say it supports people and commodities that don't need supporting, and it makes cuts to the food stamp program, although certainly not as draconian as was favored by the republicans. this is the latest in a string of victories for republicans and democrats coming together in washington, if you include the spending bills and budget bills. although things aren't looking so great for things like immigration and the debt ceiling. del, the president giving a mini state of the union there, hitting some of the high points. raising the minimum wage, put more money into education, and putting a positive spin on the jobs numbers, which by all accounts if you talk to the experts was a mixed bag today. certainly a far cry from the highs -- the double digits highs it was at the outset of the obama administration. one thing i thought was interesting in that regard. the

what do you want from washington? caller: i would like for washington to look like america. employer, they are supposedly working for us. why would they work 94 days and expect full pay? they don't want us to have minimum wage, they don't want us to have health care. how can they take home fantastic salaries? the guy from mississippi does not know what he is talking about. ted cruz shut down the government. if they expect us to work for $7.25 an hour, why can't they? was to have health care, why do they have it and we have to pay for it? the republicans are taking this country back. if you don't want to do your job , get out. we are the ones who are hurting. thank you for letting me speak. host: thank you for calling in. jeremy is on the independent line from hartford, connecticut. wish theykind of would stop repealing repealing laws. it is not guns that kill people, people kill people. host: are you a gun owner? can't own a gun because of the laws they passed. get one domestic violence and you can't have a gun. that is the way this country is built. for every freedom you ha

this is all just light rain in the washington area. though, there may be an occasional snowflake or two mixed in. the bulk of the rain and snow should be coming to an end about lunchtime, 1:00 or 2:00 out west. generally in the low to mid 30s in the metro. cold up here in northern maryland where the snow is sticking a touch. your saturday planner, cold and rain/snow filled start today. rain/snow for much of the morning. then, just as that comes to an end, it gets windy around here later on this afternoon. so kind of an ugly, wet start and a cold, windy finish to your saturday. we'll talk about tomorrow and your 7-day forecast. >>> this morning, many people are digging out their cars and trucks buried under piles of snow. some neighborhood streets have not been plowed. take a look in rockville in montgomery county. we could see large patches of snow that started to refreeze when the sun went down. also found an unattended car that was left running stuck in the snow and the driver and the friend finally move the car and they were able to

and washington promise it's a pump money into the turmoil play country however. the real. e.u. it's not going to be the german. experts who want to help from brussels and the international monetary fund may be too painful for ukraine to handle. also washington pushes for thousands of troops to remain in afghanistan after this year's withdrawal deadline passes as a security deal with kabul hangs in the air. and britain's muslim communities raise the alarm over their religion being used as a. and to terror policies. that are watching r t international with me marina call survivable comes to the program now with the ukraine's economy balancing on the verge of default the country's new leadership is welcoming western diplomats in the hope of getting urgent aid your foreign policy chief catherine ashton has promised supports and washington said it will weigh into an addition to an i.m.f. package and while trying to woo the donors ukraine's new leaders are cracking down on the old administration as far as he's a go to skin off now reports. the manhunt continues here in kiev former of

half an inch in washington. -- no yellen testimony today.re are the markets. $100 orude back under bear role. the top story this morning, without question, comcast cable to buy time warner cable as they go after new york city media. a lot more going on for that. no cash and stock. >> looking at advertising and media. you look at the merger and what the roberts family has done, tell us about brian roberts, his father, and what they have dubbed over the decades at comcast to get to this point. >> they have looked at it strategically, with a very strong vision. they've made acquisitions on considerable scale. .he timing has been immaculate i think this may be another example of it. this is looking at the industry overall. other words, holistically. >> there are very few media magnets that think about it globally. rupert murdoch, please still the leading person in terms of looking at the industry: sickly -- holistically. he looked at it as a whole. i think brian roberts and father have looked at it very much in that way. the apple tv box. the fa

news4's megan mcgrath is live in northwest washington now.probably just getting worse now, right? >> reporter: yeah. it is. all of the snow that we've had, the freezing and thawing cycles is creating a problem with potholes all around the area. take a look at this one here. we're on 16th street prior to upshire street here in northwest washington. and you see the size and depth of that pothole. not good to hit that at any kind of speed. take a look here. we've got a hubcap here. someone obviously took a big hit. just down the street apiece, there's another hubcap. these can really cause quite a bit of damage if you hit them. in the dark this hour in the morning, they're very difficult to see. we've actually seen a number of people really slam into that at speeds that they really shouldn't. you're going to want to take it easy, keep your eyes open especially in the dark. in the district, they filled 5,700 potholes already this year. their goal and they're achieving it is to do the turnaround. the da repair within three days of receiving the re

and washington promising to pump money into the play country however. the real. e.u. it's not the german. exports more than the help from brussels and then for national monetary fund may be painful for ukraine so handle. washington pushes for thousands of troops to remain in the governor's son after this year's draw that line passes as a security deal with kabul hangs in the air. and britain's muslim communities raise the alarm over their religion being used as a scapegoat by authorities in there and see terror policies. live on air and online this is r.t. international with call survival come to the program well with ukraine's economy balancing on the verge of default the country's new leadership as welcome in western diplomats in the hope of getting urgent aid e.u. foreign policy chief catherine ashton has promised support as that washington and more trying to woo the donors ukraine's new leaders are cracking down on the old administration as artie's a go to skin off now reports. many are calling things which have been happening here in kiev since ousted president v

ukraine's interim leadership calls on international donors to help them avoid default with you and washington promising to pump money into the turmoil plagued country however the real. you it's not going to be the german capital b. the greek experts warn the help from brussels and then to national monetary fund may be too painful for ukraine to handle. washington pushes for thousands of troops to remain in afghanistan after this year's withdrawal deadline passes as a security deal with a couple times in the air. and britain's muslim communities raise the alarm over their religion being used as a scapegoat in there and to terror policies. live from the hearts of the russian capital this is artsy international with a marina call survival comes to the program now with the cranes economy balancing on the verge of default the country's new leadership is welcoming western diplomats in the hope of getting urgent a e.u. foreign policy chief catherine ashton has promised supports and washington said it will weigh in too in addition to an i.m.f. package and or trying to woo the donors ukraine's new lea

the washington press club foundation hosted at 70th annual congressional dinner in washington d.c.. members of congress journalists and others highlighting the lighter side of capitol hill. speakers included house minority leader nancy pelosi, south dakota senator john finn u.s. representative donna edwards of maryland and arizona senator jeff flake. the event began with a presentation of the foundations awards including one for lifetime achievement for abc news radio white house correspondent anne compton. [applause] >> thank you david and thank you so much to my friends at the washington press club foundation for the honor of being here tonight. i want to get right into our presentation of awards starting with the prestigious david lynch award for regional reporting. this is an award recognizing a daily print reporter who provides excellent coverage of congress from a regional perspective, making sure that what happens here in washington gets translated into something more akin to how real people speak. david lynch covered washington with an emphasis on congress for the buffalo ne