george washington. and who is sent out to take back harper's ferry to reassert federal control? robert e. lee, i lieutenant colonel robert e. lee. so lieutenant colonel robert e. lee goes to harper's ferry, and can he's already known at that time as one of the military's finest soldiers. he had earned that reputation during the war in mexico. he proved to be a brilliant soldier. he had a unique understanding of topography. he could see things other people could not see, and he quips himself quite well. he performs well, he puts down the insurrection he reasserts federal control. and what becomes known as john brown's raid adds another laurel to an already impressive military resumÉ. but it also does something else. it heralds the coming of the american civil war. now i want to take you to one final place on this potomac trip just a little up river from harper's ferry. it's a quiet national park today where you'll find a cornfield, you'll find a sunking road, and ask you'll -- sunken road, and you'll fin

washington. that was fortunate for me because one of those reminders was the majority of his papers are in driving distance of washington. i was able to go to the archives and see the letters lee himself wrote to. when writing a biography, requires more and looking at old letters. also requires getting out and seeing the places where history actually happened and robert e. lee's history took place all around where i live to. during the course of my research on this book i traveled the full length of the potomac river from its source to its mouth. for those not familiar with the potomac it starts in west virginia at the fairfax stone flows down through the appalachian mountains past the city of washington and empties into the chesapeake bay. i really did drive my wife along the potomac. so all the things you need to write a biography and understanding a spouse. if you ever take this journey that i just described you will learn some things. you learn that the potomac is much more than a stream of p

vernon to observe washington. while he was there, he created the life mask that you see on the right side. and he also created the bust that you see on the left side and gave the bust to washington as a parting gift when he left. when he wrent back to his studio in paris, he created this beautiful marble statue that is still at the virginia state capitol in richmond. so there's no doubt that these three pieces of art showed what george washington looked like at the age of 53. so these were the gold standards for this whole project. from there, the prison laboratory at arizona state university and they devised a way to scan all of these priceless artifacts in a way that would not damage them. so, as you see, this is actually the washington bust being -- done with the laser scan there. and on this bottom left you can see where all of that information is fed -- was fed into the computer system and it sort of made a match that was an exact replica of that bust. so they did many of the artifacts this way. and as they d

, washington's hometown. congress would do that after playing hardball with the president for the first time in american political history forcing him to sign the bank act. so at last, the dream is realized. there is going to be a seat of federal government. but immediately, the nightmare begins. [laughter] commissioners could not get along with engineers and artists. l'enfant lasted one year. the plan was brilliant. 6000 acres, larger than london or paris, an immense city. but he quit because the commissioners did not support the plan. they did not support him. washington did not fire l'enfant. in fact, washington groveled at l'enfant's feet begging him not to resign. it is a familiar story of politicians overseeing what the artists are doing. they control the money and timetable, if you will. l'enfant quit. others quit. the lots did not sell. there were big speculations. speculators went bankrupt. the buildings were not built. provisions like all buildings have to be brick were struck so that they could bui

fort washington is an example. he certainly could not fathom the prospect of motorized vehicles used as bombs or something called restricted airspace. [laughter] protecting against underground biochemical attacks. other silences do less to sort of debunk misconceptions and create an open space for our own readings two centuries later. we are on our own when we consider the character of the current memorial mall. l'enfant wrote about it as a democratic gathering space punctuated by an equestrian statue of george washington. he never envisioned a treasury building blocking the reciprocal view between capital and the white house. he never imagined turning around the white house and capitol so their front faced away from the mall. he did not imagine that. of course, he could not imagine the narrowing of the potomac river as well. given these silences, to return to the original question, what allegiance do we owe to l'enfant, the answer is between none and total. this is the mcmillan commission's story and a paragraph.

"the washington post" describing the annual dinner this way. along with hokey musical numbers sure to be heard, there will be another familiar tune, "hail to the chief." the president is set to headline the white-tie event marking only the third time in his tenure he has attended. the other guests, the club traditionally invites one republican and one democrat, governor scott walker, the republican, and governor terry mcauliffe, the democrat. they include susan davis neil king, and michael shearer. that from "the washington post," as we watch some arrivals for the gridiron club dinner here on c-span. [indiscernible conversations] we are live it and renaissance hotel, the lobby of the hotel in washington d.c., catching some of the arrivals for tonight's gridiron club dinner. the dinner is closed to cameras but we are bringing you some guest arrivals for the next hour or so on c-span. the gridiron club founded in 1885 is the oldest journalistic organization in washington, d.c. just 65 members, reporters, editors, and bureau chief that work in the

but washington you get a lot about george washington. then you get, then you have a couple days or one day when you're talking about the confederation. you talk about the utter collapse of the con confederation how everything's going to hell in a handbasket, how the states are falling apart, the frontier's being lost as i mentioned between the friend and the british and the spanish vermont is actively conspiring to join british canada, a debtors' insurrection in massachusetts, the property rights are in danger in georgia and in rhode island where they're printing paper money like it's going -- like they would have done in greece when they can, when they can print the drachma, and you have this massive inflation that's draining property rights, new york's exporting all its taxes into connecticut and new jersey like they'd like to do today if they could but they actually could do then. because there was no -- the central government didn't control interstate commerce. every state could print us own money, could impose tariffs against other

brian lamb: george washington at the end? david stewart: washington had money. he was a good is listening. he was a fine steward of his plantation. he left a great many slaves, and a great many of them were his wife's. he married her when she was a widow. he left in the will that his slaves should be freed when his wife died. that turned out not to be a good situation. it made mrs. washington very nervous because the slaves had a vested interest in having her die. so she just freed them herself. there was a tradition, of slaves poisoning their masters. that was something she was afraid of. ironically, madison's grandfather was poisoned by a sleep. -- sleeve. --slave. brian lamb: when you look bad it -- back at it, and most of them could not financially do right, and most of them could not free slaves. when you talk to african-americans, they say that we were put e-this beginning -- behind from the beginning and we are supposed to be created equal. david stewart: the hypocrisy is visible. we have to be honest about it. but we also have to be fair about it. i some

fort washington is an example. he certainly could not fathom the prospect of motorized vehicles used as bombs or restricted airspace. [laughter] protecting against underground biochemical attacks. other silences do less to sort of debunk misconceptions and create an open space for readings two centuries later. we are on our own when we consider the character of the current memorial mall. l'enfant wrote about it as a democratic gathering space punctuated by an equestrian statue of george washington. he never envisioned a treasury building blocking the reciprocal view between capital and the white house. he never imagined turning around the white house and capitol so their front faced away from the mall. he did not imagine that. of course, he could not imagine the narrowing of the potomac river as well. given these silences to return to the original question, what allegiance to we 02 -- dow we owe to l'enfant, the answer is between none and total. this is the mcmillan commission's story and a paragraph. guest speaker

he was brought up and raised in the city of washington washington, d.c. his residence now was natchez, mississippi. his occupation. information on his wife and children, julia. when asked about his father he says he does not know. he does not know the status of his father and did so on -- ditto on his mother. he was recently sold away. another person to your right is another person from washington d.c. who was raised in washington, d.c. but is now in natchez, mississippi. again indicating that the internal slave trade. prince george's county maryland. frederick, virginia, state of virginia, now in mississippi. so essentially most of the individuals that we have here or family historians and genealogists. we also have historians who come here to examine these records in order to glean some of this information and to reconstruct build some type of idea or knowledge of what was occurring at that time and documenting it was actual records. -- with actual records. before we close i would like to open the floor to questions if anyone has any questions. up here.

he was brought up and raised in the city of washington washington d.c. his residence now was natchez, mississippi. his occupation. information on his wife and children julia. when asked about his father he says he does not know. he does not know the status of his father and did so on -- ditto on his mother. he was recently sold away. another person to your right is another person from washington d.c. who was raised in washington d.c. but is now in natchez, mississippi. again indicating that the internal slave trade. prince george's county maryland. frederick, virginia, state of virginia, now in mississippi. so essentially most of the individuals that we have here or family historians and genealogists. we also have historians who come here to examine these records in order to glean some of this information and to reconstruct build some type of idea or knowledge of what was occurring at that time and documenting it was actual records. -- with actual records. before we close i would like to open the floor to questions if anyone has any questions. appear. --

and maybe around 6 inches or so right here in northwest washington. but generally less than that maybe 4, 5 inches in the blue zone. including prince george's county fairfax, southern prince william into charles county and parts of calvert. st. mary's and northern neck lighter amounts, generally 2 to 4 inches. look at this big zone under winter storm warnings from dallas all the way to new york. and we are under this winter storm warning all the way into this evening our entire region that's the pink zone there. after we get through this snow tonight, it will get cold. tomorrow morning down into the teens. so snow wouldn'tone be going anywhere. we'll have icy conditions tomorrow morning. teens again saturday morning. finally above freezing saturday afternoon. then we move our clocks forward one hour saturday night. quite a bit of melting going on on sunday. temperatures should make it in to the 40s. and then maybe near 50 on monday with sunshine. it will be beautiful next week. payback is nice. we'll be into the 50s on tuesday and again wednesday. wed

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going on in washington, that is spent in washington, is geared towards things not getting done. if an immigration bill passes tomorrow, it would be despite billions of dollars being thrown into thwarting it, and the day-to-day business, lobbying fields wind bell realized. shouting matches on cable is not going to occur if consensus is made and a bill passes itch guess -- this always sounds a little polly janish -- pollyannaish. candidates can appeal to hope to movements that can appeal to some kind of reform. i think so much as rand paul has support on the right or within the republican party, i think part of the appeal is that he is selling a different paradigm. i think elizabeth warren on the left, the hankering for her, i think she represents something different from in the case of the democrats, the clintons. and gun control got close a couple of years ago. the reason is there was a level -- you can talk about gun politics and gun lobbying forever and that's a very depressing topic, but especially in a mails like tucson, which experienced is in a very, very palpable way. unf

tonight on "washington week. the president's protectors under fire again, with new revelations about their behavior on duty and off. on capitol hill, 47 republican senators stage an international rebellion, sending a warning letter to iran. >> iran's leaders need to understand that under our constitution, congress plays a critical role in approving international agreements. >> my reaction to the letter was utter disbelief. gwen: and in a single press conference, hillary clinton plays offense. >> i did not email any classified material to anyone on my email. there is no classified material. gwen: and defense. >> when i got to work as secretary of state, i opted for convenience to use my personal email account. gwen: but will questions about transparency complicate her bid for president? covering the week, carol leonnig, national reporter for "the washington post," peter baker, chief white house correspondent for "the new york times," and jeff zeleny, senior washington correspondent for cnn. >> award-winning report

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of washington in state budgets. our guest star david miller, the tennessee state >> i have decided that we will maintain our current posture of 9800 troops through the end of this year. host: president obama standing beside the afghan president. this comes after every was from the afghan president to remain in the country to ensure the region does not become a safe haven for terrorists. he will address a joint meeting of congress this morning. we will be there live at the house. let's begin with the decision to retain troop levels in afghanistan. democratyou can also send us a tweet or go to facebook.com/cspan or journal@c-span.org. let's show you a friend pages of the pages. obama the slow troop withdrawal from afghanistan. the u.s. will maintain current levels. two will be out by 2000 -- troops will be out by 2017. what are your thoughts on this? the phone lines are open. let's hear a little bit more from the president yesterday. [video clip] president obama: you cannot minimize the sacrifices that our military fa

georgetown playing eastern washington at 10:00 p.m. first game of the day, 14 seed northeastern versus 3 seed notre dame. >>> and you don't have a lot of time if trying to get your bracket in today. in fact some websites are already locked in now. if you're trying to get ahead of your opponent "the washington post" put up three upsets. it says you should consider terps fans. sorry. but you are first on their list and the game against valparaiso tomorrow because of the crusaders strong defense. uc irvine over louisville potential upset. 7'6" center could stop louisville's ability to score. austin with their shooting also a team to consider here over fifth seeded utah in their game today. all right. the hash tag trending today that could make you lo >>> we told you art sol other eclipse rapping tomorrow night with some islands in norway promises a view. star gazers gravitating to the region. one man got more than bargained for, attacked by a polar bear camping. he'll be okay. some friends camping with him shot and killed that bear. >>> a

it did not come from washington. washington despised ronald reagan. if you see a candidate who washington embraces, run and hide. [applause] cruz: it came from the american people and swept up as a tsunami. and turned the country around. we went from stagnant growth to booming growth at 7.2% a year with millions lifted out of poverty and into prosperity and the american dream. i want you to imagine for a second, for some of you who might think some of the things i am saying are audacious. abolish the irs, really? >> yes! >> really! cruz: in washington, that is viewed as out there. repeal obamacare, really? i want you to imagine we are all in the room in 1979 and ronald reagan walked up to the podium and told each of you, we are going to take the top marginal tax rate of 70% and cut it to 28%. we are going to take the stagnant economic growth for four years, averaging less than 1%, and bring it to 7.2%. we will bring hostages from iran. they will be released when i am in office. we will end the cold war rebuild the military, and tear the berlin wall to

meanwhile, washington is coming back by a different route, so the papers don't catch up to washington. but arnold sits down to breakfast the next morning and gets a letter from the guy down below saying, "we have captured john anderson carrying incriminating papers, and the papers have been sent to general washington." he puts that note down and gets another note immediately saying, "general washington is on his way here to breakfast." he was expecting him for breakfast that morning. "he's examining a few redoubts up above here, and he'll be here in 10 minutes." arnold, of course, thinks it's over. i mean, "he has the papers. he knows. he's going to get me." he raced upstairs to his wife, who was having breakfast in bed, and tells her what's happened very quickly, dashes downstairs, jumps on his horse, goes to the bottom of the hill and jumps in his barge. he has a barge with eight bargemen down there because he is across the river from west point, living in a house off the point. they start to row up towards west point, and he says, "no you idiots, downriver," because he thinks that

washington alleghany charles, st. mary's and calvert all starting two hours late. >> howard, anne arundel also two hours late as are paparappahannock king george. birkly jefferson, mineral and morgan county starting two hours late. >> frederick county virginia and clarke county schools on a one hour delay. for the complete list check the nbc washington app or watch the scroll at the bottom of the screen. >>> be sure to take your time walking out the door this morning. ice is covering sidewalks and side streets this morning. heavy ice on trees bringing down branches this morning and causing power outages, as well. megan mcgrath is live in northwest washington to show us some of the slippery conditions there. >> reporter: we go have some power outages. just a couple hundred though. you can see the accumulation of ice here on this tree branch. we got about a quarter of an inch of ice. and unfortunately it is really coating the sidewalks, people's front steps and the lying. very very slippery conditions out there this mor

to say the union george washington forged.and that was hard an exaggeration because after all he was the son of george washington's famous eulogists and the so of george washington's adopted child. and so now only one word separate robert e. lee from the pinnacles and profession from command of what would be the largest american army ever raised, from glory perhaps that no american since george washington had known and what did robert e. lee say? well, he said he opposed secession, and he did opposed secession. he thought it was illegal. and equally significantly he thought george washington would've opposed secession and that was no given at the time, because people both sides of the conflict claimed george washington for the own. secessionists said george washington was a rebel rebel against a union with the british. on the other side unionists will say, george washington in his farewell address said the pride the union about any exceptional allegiance. and actual robert e. lee's reading biography of george washington in the

it is time to begin this responsible accounting in washington. you can lie about the numbers but the numbers never lie. the worst kept secret in america is this administration is spending more than ever, and taxing more than ever. the federal government should spend tax dollars wisely and responsibly and give you the freedom to pursue your future, the way that you choose. hard-working taxpayers deserve a government that is more efficient and more accountable. it should be something that both parties could agree on, because nobody wants an ineffective government. runaway spending habits over the past six years have created a dangerously growing debt because the habit of spending now and pain later is deeply ingrained. federal revenues have hit record highs. yet we are on track to overspend. to put that in perspective, we will spend a billion dollars and the more that the government spends, the more debt we oh. and that is debt for future generations. today, the debt totals more than $18 trillion. in fact, every man woman and child those -- owes th

what world is washington played? >> guest: the specific message is we don't want to see the interest on those bonds tax. if we do that it's going to mean we can invest less in her structure. >> host: what is the impact overall in the state health? >> guest: the impact on the state's health will be quite significant. if we tax the interest on those bonds that would add hundreds of billions of dollars to the cost of infrastructure built over the last decade. >> host: david lillard your thoughts on this? >> guest: as david mcintire pointed out if the president postal has kept the interest rate on bonds a deductibility of 20% would have been in place. citizens would have paid more for the cost of infrastructure and as he pointed out we have built higher education buildings in our state. many states use them to build roads and others build essential government service buildings and provide services to the public. it's a very important thing and what he think about the citizen to the k-12 school that their child goes to pr

it did not come from washington. washington despised ronald reagan. by the way, if you see a candidate who washington embraces, run and hide. [laughter] [applause] it came from the american people and swept up as a synonymy from the grassroots, and it turned this country around. we went from stagnant economic growth to buy 1984, booming growth at 7.2% a year. millions of people lifted out of poverty and into prosperity and the american dream. i want you to imagine for a second, for some of you who might think some of the things crews is a are pretty audacious -- cruz is saying are pretty audacious. abolish the irs, really? but you know in washington, that is viewed as pretty out there. repeal obamacare, really? i want you to imagine for a second we were all in this room in 1979. i want you to imagine that ronald reagan walked up to this podium and told each of you we are going to take the top marginal tax rate of 70% and cut it to 28%. we are going to take the current stagnant economic growth for four years averaging less than 1% a year and in less th

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once again live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. for us fire surprises are the best surprises. by that measure, senator leader harry reid won the day, announcing he will leave the zphat when his term ends in 2016. the 75-year-old reid, who suffered a greivis injury to his face and eye earlier this year in an exercising accident, said his forced recovery gave him time to think but he insists that is not why he's stepping down. he posted this video online. >> these bruises i have on my face, on my eye, are an inconvenience but trust me, they're nothing compared to some of the bruises i got when i was fighting in the ring. gwen: went reid was once a boxer, something that surprises no one that has run against him negotiated him or covered him. manu raju is one of the latter. what do we know about why he really skepped down? manu: he was facing a really typical election next year. there's a very good chance he could have won but he would have toou fight aggressively to keep his seat. gwen: doesn't he fight all the time? manu: he does fig

washington at 39 at that point. tomorrow morning, on social media and records coming into our newsroom hearing a lot of the main roads are okay so i think that will continue to be the case tomorrow morning, just some isolated slick spots. of course you want to be careful with the on and offmuch ras, if the sidewalks have not been treated, they will still be icy tomorrow morning. so here's your hour bihour planner, washington is at 35 but the suburbs still an or below freezing. that means icy spots. the sun breaks out around 9:00, 10:00 a.m. you need the sunglasses 39 degrees, and when we factor in the winds, the high tomorrow of 44 degrees will feel more like 30 then we deal with refreeze tomorrow night into tuesday morning, a as the temperatures do drop below freezing and then another storm system. tuesday, a high temperature of 38 degrees, rain likely moves into the area later in the day. we can't rule out some sleet. that could tall problems for the tutenes commute. rain is likely on wednesday. relatively balmy,

washington. jim hayford predicted his team would win and he was wrong. georgetown won 84-74. the hoya play again term tomorrow. my vcu rams a short run. saw my facebook. devastated losing to ohio state in a crazy overtime thriller. a lot of you posted condolences. appreciate that. ram fan, looking forward to a great next year with smart and halve ig havoc, add virginia takes on and maryland and valparaiso. >>> and developing now from the live desk a heartbreaking discovery in hollywood, florida. the body of a 3-year-old that had been missing for about a day was just discovered outside his father's home. police had been searching for him about 24 hours. the boy's mother saying that the boy had been with lis father and stepmother on thursday morning. that was just before he went missing. yesterday the mother made a frantic plea for help then this morning police saying that they no longer needed help from the public shortly after announcing they discovered his body. that 3-year-old, there is a crimi

washington still away 30. as we get into the evening hour will is this is when the snow is winding down 24 in annapolis. we'll have very cold temperatures tonight as well as friday night. but right now, again, just tracking some rain out here on our storm team 4 weather deck. but we expect sleet to start to mix in within the next couple of hours. >> and it's only just a little north and west where it is mixing with sleet. by the time it all ends 6 to 8 inches of snow in this zone here including montgomery county northwest washington, northern prince george's county howard frederick, as well as thornnorthern pan of west virginia, much of the shenandoah valley and especially higher ridges will get up to 8 inches. down in the valley, around 6 inches. right in washington points south and east generally around 4, 5 inches. charles county calvert and southern anne arundel as well as southern fairfax, southern prince william, spotsylvania may get about 4 inches or so as that is going to be passing on through this aft

washington 40 degrees with a clear sky.ratures climbing nicely into the low to mid-50s by midafternoon. just a few clouds coming in. and another neighborhood herndon, 39 there thousand. a clear sky. and then later today, too, a lot of sunshine there with temperatures in the mid-50s. montgomery county silver spring now at 38 with a clear sky there. very light wind this morning away the region. then later today just some clouds building in the afternoon, there ought to make it into the mid-50s right in washington should make it in the upper 50s by later this afternoon. got your bus stop forecast coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:41. melissa has had a couple crashes this morning. >>> still crash this will damascus, chopper 4 over the accident clarksburg road at bethesda church. looks like an overturned vehicle and folks are alternating lanes to get past the accident. in frederick, 75 at price road an overturned vehicle again with all lanes blocked. and orange line delay to vienna. overall, looking quite good. 9

but this is the way washington works. because we provide a bill for the consumer, it is a fact -- when espn or viacomm gets paid, they do not get paid by the consumer. they get paid by rocco. the consumer pays me and that i give them viacomm. that is a very, very critical distinction as to what we are all about as opposed to everybody else. google facebook, what consumer complaints do they have? they make their money by selling advertising space. i maykeke my money by charging the consumer, which is -- i want to charge the consumer less not more. just make sure the suppliers of my content charge me less which has not been the case in the last 15 years. so, i think one of the problems, and we have seen it already and the 1992 cable act, when the government came in and said $20 rates for video is too high. today they are $75 no one complaints. why? all that is due to what we pay espn disney, nbc and so on. and the consumer has to foot the bill. the same thing is happening here. this thing really it is a question of screwing

center here in washington, d.c. for the annual aipac conference. the american israel public affairs committee is described as america's pro-israel lobby. speaks this morning is israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, czech republic president and former spanish prime minister jose maria oznar.

hagerstown at 33 near 40 in washington. total amounts of snow by the time this tapers off tonight, 4 to 6 inches metro area, southern suburbs. farther north and west, all the way into the mountain 6 to 8 inch amounts will be common. we'll be looking at the hour by hour changes on the way and timing that's coming up next weather and traffic on the 1st at 5:11. chuck bell is seeing some of the mix.\on the 1st at 5:11. chuck bell is seeing some on the 1st at 5:11. chuck bell is seeing some of ton the 1st at 5:11. ch >> reporter: we're on i-70 going west. the temperature in the last five minutes has gone from 34 down to 31 degrees and we have absolutely seen the change over from what was just light rain to a very heavy mix of wet snow and sleet pellets. so now here we are at interstate 70 west of frederick and the snow is starting to stick on the sides of the roads. the main travel lanes remain clear. they put plenty of chemical down. we went over the flyover there from 270 on to 70 near frederick and that was very well treated

do wehawk a co carolina in washington? i'm saying washington not blaming the administration. do you think we have any coherence in the country whether or not we really see alaska as a land of opportunity and abundance for the future of the nation or the other view is maybe close it off and make it all a national park. >> i'll admit and certainly in speaking and listening most importantly to alaskans as recently as last week, senator less a mccull company and senator maria cantwell held aing her on the day the government was shut down, before the energy committee in the senate. i think senator mccull ski couldn't bear the possibility of shutting down a hearing on the arctic on a day that is was snowing in washington, dc. so we're getting attention to it and there were alaskans on the panel with me, and they brought up those same concerns. and i guess what i would say is, part of our challenge i raising raising the visibility of the arctic. as we sit here right in this spot we're 3,500 mimes from barrow alaska, the northern most point of the united states, right there in the ce

the son-in-law of george washington's adopted child. so now only one word separated robert e. lee from the chemical of the profession from the command of what would be the largest army ever raised that no american since george washington had known and what did robert e. lee say? said he opposed secession and heated. he thought that it was illegal and equally significant he thought george washington would have opposed secession and people on both sides claimed george washington for their own. secessionists say george washington was a rebel who rebelled against the british and on the other side they would say george washington in his farewell address said any allegiance and actually robert e. lee is reading a biography in the months before the civil war and he concludes he basically agrees with the union position to george washington would have opposed secession. so what else did he say? he would gladly wash his hands of slavery if it could avoid the war but then he said how can i raise against my state? and hear the family tradition said

"the washington post," "netanyahu backtracks on pled ge." this topic and what it means for the united states was the subject that congressman adam schiff, top democrat on the house intelligence committee talked about in our "newsmakers" interview this week. i will -- that will air tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. later in the day. he talked about the prime minister's remarks about the two state solution and what that means for the united states. [video clip] rep. schiff: i'm very concerned about some of the things the prime ministers said during his campaign, particularly walking away from the two state solution. that has great implications for the united states as well as the region. if that was more than a campaign pledge that the prime minister does not intend to follow through on, it means there is going to be a serious breach between the u.s. and israel on policy in terms of a second state. in addition to the iranian nuclear issue, it holds out the potential of a serious disagreement between the vital allies. i think we will

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washington howard anne arundel county schools, charles, st. mary's calvert, king george all on a two hour delay today, as well. >> west virginia now berkeley jefferson, morgan county schools starting two hours late. all this information on the nbc washington app. let's go to tom now and see how the

netanyahu went to washington to speak there. the question now is what will come out of it and what kind of impact it will have on the ongoing negotiations with iran. >> what about in washington? democrats been responding and how will this speech affect bipartisan relations? >> we have more or less the same picture in washington. the political elite in washington is divided. several dozen democrats did not attend netanyahu's speech. one of them was a congressman from kentucky. he and houston across delivered a response saying we have heard nothing new. netanyahu was lecturing america it's congress and the elected president on how to negotiate. that's something americans really don't like, for a foreign leader to tell them what is wrong and how american leaders should work. according to a poll, the majority think john boehner should not have invited -- invited netanyahu. let me mention that the very end, a point made by senator feinstein -- what is going to happen if the u.s. does not agree to a deal with iran, but the rest of the

temperatures 40s and 50s. 51 in washington. 45 in rockville.n you factor in the winds, it feels five degrees cooler than the temperatures read. you can see, as we get into the afternoon hours, we warm to 56 by 3:00, 4:00 p.m. look at what it feels like this afternoon. 36 in hagerstown and 46 for those of you in washington. i'm going to head back inside and let you know about the workweek forecast. we have some warmer temperatures and then i'm going to track some chilly temperatures for the last week of winter. all the details coming up in a bit. >> see you soon. thank you. >>> we are following a developing story in the southern part of brazil. a tour bus plunged into a ravine killing 51 people on board. here is the aftermath of the crash in the mountains. rescue crews were still trying to get to survivors and recover bodies several hours after the bus plunged 1300 feet off the cliff. investigators say the bus driver may have just lost control on a curve. >>> in maryland a van ran over crossing the street with her grandmother. she was 2 years ol

and in washington, d.c, we're joined by david montgomery, a staff reporter for "the washington post."ear, he wrote a piece for the washington post sunday magazine called, "how miriam carey's u-turn at a white house checkpoint led to her death." we welcome you all to democracy now! david, let's begin with you in washington d.c. describe that day come the day that if we all sort of remember back, we probably have heard about, it was an amazing moment that ended with, what was it standing ovation in the floor of the house of representatives for the secret service? >> that is exactly right. it was a fall day october 3. the capital was already edgy because just a week or four so before, everyone was a little bit jittery at about exactly 2:13 p.m., miriam carey drives up to one of the one out -- one of the white house security checkpoints with her one-year-old baby in the back and goes through the kiosk. there is no gatewood barrier to rim. you asked a kiosk and was ordered by the secret service agents to stop and she didn't. she made a u-turn and tried to exit. that is when an off-duty sec

is more than washington. it is morere than washington. rebecca: everyone is wanting to haveve events. events have become part ofow you brand yourself as a company. what are the key ways any company can use an e event to brand emselves better? lynda:a: the most important thing i believe is to think through the purpe fothe event. why y am i doing it? often people will do an event anand not think through all the other things that could be accomplished during an event. first, you have to establish a real purpose and understand what it is. if it is a fundraiser, you do the event a certain way. if it is a government event, you do it a different way sometimes. corporate events have their own style. and feel -- you have your own branding and feel. rebecca: we are showing some pictures. you have done corporate even government events, big productions. one of theconic events in washington, black tie and boots, the texas s inaugural ball. you have done them all. you clearly have a big budget for some of these events. tell us the secret to having a sm

they wrapped up their trip to washington today. this evening, prince charles was honored with the teddy roosevelt conservation award. earlier today they met with leaders on capitol hill and president obama and vice president biden. the royal couple will spend tomorrow in kentucky. alison: avoiding the blast of winter. steve: the blast of winter one not -- will not last that long, but i think it will impact the rush-hour commute. i think some of the schools will be on edge, should we call the delay because of the early snow, but it will clear out quickly. a lot up in the air. outside right now, no problems mainly cloudy. the rain and snow was still to the south and west. 45 degrees at reagan national, the wind has settled down. high today 53 degrees, slightly below average this time of year but, hey, we are still in the 50's. outside temperatures, mainly above freezing, well above freezing dulles 43 culpeper 48. upper 30's gaithersburg andrews , annapolis 38. not a tremendous amount of super cold air. the temperature slowly fall. we