of washington college. now, washington college actually had a very real connection to george washington. it had been endowed very early in history by george washington but the college had been destroyed during the civil war. union soldiers had run all of over the campus, smash the facilities command it was in bad shape. most people thought this offer was very beneath. and lee takes a different attitude. for four years i have led the men of the south and more. now i have a responsibility to help them for piece and the help them rebuild the country. and so he accepts the author he goes out he goes out to lexington, virginia and becomes president of washington college. today, of course, we no washington college as washington and lee university because it is immediately renamed as soon as you guys. now, he did go out to the greenbrier a lot and there was -- he did participate in the greenbrier document that you named. so that was an example of where he was trying to be joined the politics and was often reluctan

george washington does always refer to it as mrs. washington's chamber.nd it's clear that it was kind of the center -- her nerve center for mount vernon. so the sort of daily routine was that when mrs. washington got up she typically spent time in , that chamber doing her hour of spiritual meditation. perhaps later in the day writing letters, talking with her cooks to plan menus for the day, giving assignments for what was to be done that day. when her grandchildren were young, we know she also used that room for teaching them, reading them stories, sewing in the afternoons. so you can really imagine how wonderful it would have been in that room. one the most notable pieces is the bed that is in that bed chamber. that is the bed on which george washington died. but we also know from martha washington's will that she had a personal role in acquiring that bed, which is a bit larger than the typical dimensions for an 18th century bed. so it seems perhaps that she's getting kind of a custom-made bed for her quite tall husband. another piece in the room that h

i have spent a lot of time in washington. i was there five years, but i never partied in washington. i have come to work. but you know, we're only a day and a half in and frankly, i'm a little exhausted. we don't do it this hard in hollywood. you think i'm kidding, i'm not. >> are you going to the dinner tonight and as whose guest? alfre: i'm going tonight as a guest of "u.s.a. today." >> who have you met? are there politicians that you have met or want to meet tonight? alfre: i think i spent a lot of time here over the decades, first as a protester shouting and chanting and marching around because democracy survives. i came inside, we were encouraged to come in and start to talk, people were yelling trying to change policy around. i worked on a lot of issues concerning women, children right now, i'm really concerned with the criminal justice system and policing nationwide. and whatever, i have just been an activist all this while. so the people i know, i know lots of people over the years, but i have access to them, everybod

but yes. >> great houses of that aim remain now in washington? >>ing in washington?>> i mean the brew master's castle, this house. how many of the houses are still here and not have not been bulldozed and made into office buildings? >> well tonight i focused right around dupont circle, but if you go up new hampshire which was the prime spot after the leiters had fers built at the foot of new hampshire, there are still grand boex arts mansions up there. coming out this way, probably five or -- well not the grand grand beau boux arts palaces but some very significant brick houses still stand like the phillips house. so i'd say tens. and anything south of du pont is gone basically. so -- >> one more question. i'm wondering how the higher risks did fit in with the society around here? were they accepted everywhere too or part of the par venues or the old the cave dwellers? >> that's a good question. christian technically i guess you could say he was part of the smart set. but also is he was a foreigner. he wasn't part of the diplomatic set and he tended to be a workaholi

washington, d.c. became the capital of the united states. his lecture examines how the location was chosen and the figures that shaped its creation. including the story of the plan architect peter charles lals font presented to president george washington in 1791. this session from the smithsonian associates and historical society of washington, d.c. is about an hour. >> i don't have net visuals and i could claim that that's because i don't know how to do it. but the truth is, i never know what i'm going to say and how i'm going to say it until i get here. so i hope you will forgive me for the lack of visuals. my title is "dreams nightmares and neglect." and i'm going to start earlier than 1783. i'm going to start with the beginning of european of exploration, the early part of the 17th century. so it's going to a almost 200-year dream. and but it will go fast. because i want to concentrate on what happened once the dream was the realized. in 1607 john smith entered the seven mile wide mouth of the po

george washington does always refer to it as mrs. washington's chamber.nd it's clear that it was kind of the center -- her nerve center for mount vernon. so the sort of daily routine was that, when mrs. washington got up, she typically spent time in that chamber doing her hour of spiritual meditation. perhaps later in the day writing letters, talking with her cooks to plan menus for the day, giving assignments for what was to be done that day. when her grandchildren were young, we know she also used that room for teaching them, reading them stories, sewing in the afternoons. so you can really imagine how wonderful it would have been in that room. one the most notable pieces is the bed that is in that bed chamber. that is the bed on which george washington died. but we also know from martha washington's will that she had a personal role in acquiring that bed, which is a bit larger than the typical dimensions for an 18th century bed. so it seems perhaps that she's getting kind of a custom-made bed for her quite tall husband. another piece in the room that h

probably at washington's behest.and a nearly end less collection of memorials written after 1800 to various bodies of congress, airing his grievances regarding his shoddy treatment at the hand of the city commissioners demanding what he felt was other over to payment for his services. many with his 34e moral yals and closer to his death, which was quite sad. but the struggle with the language paradoxical, for 30 years, his message as they would say in media, his message stayed on point. expressing a set of rationales so convincingly, so consistently, that the readers left a little doubt about what did and didn't make up his vision of the federal city. even when his mind seemed to be letting go. each time, bearing a summary of his thinking. we still have those. the first conversation took place in georgetown, march 28th 1791 less than three weeks after he arrived on site. the text contains about the european baroake tradition of city planning, if only implicitly as he outlined the real grand and truly beautiful. and h

washington, d.c. is about an hour. >>> i don't have any visuals and i can claim that that is because i don't know how to do it but the truth is i never know what i'm going to say and how i'm going to say it until i get here. so i hope you will forgive me for the lack of visuals. my title is dreams nightmares and neglect. and i'm going to start earlier than 1783. i'm going to start with the beginning of european exploration, the early part of the 17th century. so it's going to be an almost 200-year dream. and but it will go fast because i'm going to concentrate on what happened once the dream was realized. in 1607 john smith entered the seven-mile wide mouth of the potomac river and headed north. whether he got this far north we are actually not certain but the people living here called the place petomek. it translates as a place to which something is brought, a trading place, a place to which tribute is brought. it was a beautiful area in which the tide water from the ocean stopped. the river narrowed

this is washington.ioned in this town to our biggest event being this is just shocking to me. it's a level of pessimism that i don't think gets us anywhere. reporters and politicians of have a 10% approval rating. for us to say sure, the rest of the country hates us, it just as to that. we should take pride in how we are viewed outside this town. we have to. we are here to represent others. for people in this town to say this is not working, unless some worry about it. but people in this town should care about how they are perceived outside. that was a criticism that was depressing. >> that was margaret and patrick talking about some critiques of the white house correspondents' dinner. she is a woman you see talking with the president from time to time. one of the things that the correspondents' association does his hand out scholarships. she talks about some of the efforts she made to bring the dinner more in line with the actual mission. >> i wrote a letter saying please invite your correspondents to t

once again, live from washington moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening, political news is breaking out all over the place, but where to begin. in washington, the buzz is all about hoint and this weekend who -- hillary clinton and she is running for president. rand paul is in the race, ted cruz is raising money, and jeb bush is hiring and marco rubio is expected to jump into the pool. listen to what rand paul had to say this week. >> i have a vision for america and i want to return to prosperity a true economic boon that lifts all americans, a return to a government restrained by the constitution. [cheers and applause] >> a return to privacy opportunity, liberty too often when republicans have won, we have squandered our victory by becoming part of the washington regime. that's not who i am. gwen: let's talk about the washington machine. is that who he is? and what is the washington machine that he is running against? >> what he is running against is the machine that pinches your liberty, the machine that overspends and taxes you too mu

bowman says he's tried to get answers from washington gas. >> i'm just clearly in the dark with washington gas. >> reporter: bowman says washington gas told him exactly what they told news4. the district of columbia municipal privacy regulations prohibit washington gas or any other utility from disclosing information that reveals the status of any individual's account. we're saddened to hear of the passing of mrs. harley. d.c. councilman yvette alexander has now gotten involved and washington gas has acknowledged to her that they're also looking for answers as to what happened. i spoke to an official at washington gas who told me he couldn't answer specific questions, but he said they have started their own investigation. >> what happened? i just want to know what happened here. >> reporter: mark seagraves, news4. >>> new tonight police are looking for the owners of a small dog, although they may not recognize it now. he looked like he had been on the run for quite a while when neighbors in animal control officers caught him. wow, look at that. he was in fairfax along rolling road and delo

another person, to your right another person from washington dc, raised in washington dc but is now in natchez, mississippi. again, indicating that internal slave trade that occurred. maryland, eastern shore. prince george's county maryland. state of virginia, now in mississippi. essentially, most of the individuals here are 10 -- family historians and genealogists. we also have historians who come here who examine the records in order to glean some of this information, to try to reconstruct and build some type of idea or knowledge of what was occurring at the time, and documenting this actual -- with actual records. i can't go any longer. before we close, i would like to open the floor to questions. up here? excuse me? we don't have an actual genealogy website. on archives.gov, we have a page that gives information on all events we have within the national archives. throughout every week, we have different presentations such as a note your records program that talks about and examines records, we have a genealogy fair every april that is virtual. it used to be a big fair we had outsid

gloria: let's move outside of washington. if you were lucky enough to be outside of washington this week where you were in iowa with hillary clinton, where she had what i would call sort of a soft launch of her campaign. mrs. clinton: i think it's fair to say as you look across the country, the deck is still stacked in favor of those at the top and there's something wrong with that. gloria: that's the newer more progressive hillary clinton doing one-on-one meetings, small groups. kind of getting to know you, listening tour. again? >> yes it's hillary rodham clinton 2016 versus hillary rodham clinton 2008. she announced through social media, through a video, a video in which she didn't appear for more than a minute. it was about other people and things they were getting ready to do and she finally came on and said i'm getting ready to run for president, i'm going to run for president. she went out to iowa in a van. she didn't go out in a private jet. gloria: what's it called? >> scooby van, a van driven by secret service becau

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. excuse m

the folks ha done a remarkable job gilding washington -- job ilding washington. alall of ournductees have played an integral p part and that in making washington what it is today. respect when i h have the opportunity to think about some of the folks in the hall of fame -- it just reminds you that this is washington -- washington and this region are the big leagues whenen it comemes toto business and commercece. anandy: we had some excellent inductees. this community and the people who have put a lot of efforort into making washington a vibrant communityy -- they are the very best in this country. bruce: december's event has a community conntion. andy: this ishe largest fundraisinevt. we raise $1.2 million to o support our ucational efforts, kindergarten through 12th grade. we teach students financial literacy, , work readiss, and entrepreneurl skills. we have one open in fairfax a second one oning in prce gege's in the fall and another one coming online in montgomery countyty in a year and a half. this support that the community shows us a allows us to provovid

it's not just the "the washington post." the "new york times." , "new york times" and "the washington post," too. >> look, the author of this book, peter sweitzer is a very meticulous, detail or yented person. he has a good reputation as a ton shut researcher and a careful writer and my suspicion is that when this book is fully revealed on may at&t. this going to cause a the love indid indigestion. >> i'm a little cautious because i haven't seen the book. the people put out the books always put out the most salacious things ever and take it like red meat base. everybody ceases upon it. even if they are even 20% accurate there is a problem here. >> look. the question is going to be this: was there a pattern of the clintons receiving money eaves at the clinton foundation or in their own personal pocketbook in a time frame that causes you to look at official actions being done meetings being taken decisions being made that would benefit those -- the people who gave them? that's the first question. but the second question is one

in fact, became like a surrogate son to george washington. we see that in this wonderful depiction of the brandywine battle which, by the way, was an american defeat but never a defeat where washington would lose his army, and he would go on later to win independence. we often think of george washington as father of the nation, both as a military leader, and then later as president of the united dates. not only do we have this wonderful painting of the battle of brandywine with washington and lafayette, but we are so fortunate to have these busts of washington and lafayette in the collection. both of these were done from life. a great french sculptor came to the united states after the revolution and did castings of washington from life, and then, a few years later, back in france did this magnificent scope -- sculpture of lafayette. many french art historians consider this the best work the sculptor ever did. amazingly, thomas gilcrease was able to acquire this bust of lafayette from the lafayette family. later, in thomas gilcrease's collect

it is great to be here at the washington helton. it is something that a prostitute might say to a congressman. [applause] the washington hilton. man, if these walls could talk they would probably say, clean me. [laughter] it is crazy to think that our president is right here in the ballroom of the washington hilton. it is even crazier to think our vice president is in the ball pit of a washington chucky cheese. [laughter] seriously, the washington hilton is great. i bet that when a president boxed in -- and salt walked in and saw the bellhops thought finally some decent security. i'm getting. let's give it up for the secret service. [applause] i don't want to be too hard on those guys. they are the only law enforcement agency in the country that will get in trouble if a black man gets shot. [applause] are you saying, true? tonight brings together so many different ways of delivering the news, but you are all in this together. from the networks to the internet and cable in the back all the way to the print journalists who are busing

but seriously, the washington hilton is great. i bet that, when the president walks in his on the bellhop's, he thought, some decent security. [laughter] i'm just kidding, let's give it up for the secret service. yeah. [applause] they are the only law enforcement agency in the country that will get in trouble if a black man gets shot. are you saying "boo?" or "true?" you are all in this together, from the networks at front, to the internet at the back, all the way to the print journalists who are busing the tables. [laughter] msnbc is here. i love msnbc. even their call letters are long-winded. just a great variety of shows. rachel maddow, locked up abroad lock up suv lock up en espanol. fox news is here. fox news has been losing a lot of viewers lately, and may they rest in peace. that's nice to say. it's all just hot blonde ladies and all dues. it looks at a party scene from weekend at bernie's. you've got to give it up for cnn. it's comforting to know that whenever a big story breaks, i can turn to cnn and watch anthony bore da

sarah: the funeral train that took the president from washington mdc -- washington -- washington dc tois final resting place in illinois was captured in many photographs in moving ways. one of the images we have on our site is from columbus, ohio. this is a true victorian funeral. take a look at this image from columbus and you will see many horses pulling a cat assault with the coffin in the middle, black draft -- draped fabric tassels. this was going through town so it could be set in its own special place waiting for a crowd of people in columbus to come and pay their respects to the president. david: in many cities there were these day long funeral processions. when lincoln's body was put in the main square and people lined up for miles, even along the train tracks as the train passed through, people lined up all the way to springfield. this president was buried on may 4 and oak ridge cemetery in springville, illinois. sarah: but many people say that these funerals were not just for president lincoln. they also represented the morning of the boys and men who never got their own fun

[applause] i have been to washington.et me tell you, there is no monopoly of knowledge in washington. i ran for office because i thought we had too many career politicians. i believe that now more than after we need -- limit the president to two terms, why don't we limit all of congress? [applause] and while we are at that, we need more commonsense rules in washington, the place is crazy topsy-turvy, upside down, common sense is a rarity. that is why i have introduced something truly extraordinary a, the bills act. [applause] the bills are thousands of pages long often put on her desk with a couple of hours to reach. we actually have rules that they can give them to us without 48 hours to reach them. i got one bill last year, on my desk for four hours, 1000 pages long, you what they did? they voted to override their own rules for there is a disrespect in washington for the role of laws. the freedom we have fostered in america is something extraordinary. it has on leash genius and advancement like never before. yet our gre

shows, we have kerry washington from "scandal." megan boone will be my date from "the black list." >> what about some of the big heavy hitters in hollywood. "american sniper" was huge this year. bradley cooper, will he be here? >> we found out yesterday he's coming. >> they always ask who is he taking because he had an all take young girlfriend recently and i think they parted ways. >> i kind of hoping he takes his mom. sometimes he takes his mom and i think that's really sweet. if he's single, i would like to see him take his mom. >> any other big name stars you've heard? >> rupert friend on "hopeland." he's in town. i'm a fan. i hope i'm saying this right. nicolai custer waldo from "game of thrones ." and then i think you'll see a ton of familiar faces from all the network shows that are coming. >> which are some of the parties that illicit -- elicit some of the big stories and there are parties that are so exclusive that a lot of people can't even get into them? >> vanity fair after the dinner on saturday night with bloomberg is

donald trump, jane fonda, "walking dead" cast members, and washington themed shows stars like kerry washington of "scandal." if you'd like to see what's the latest on what's happening, we'll be updating and posting on the nbc washington app. >> so what's your tip? you want to get a picture with somebody? >> you need to get there early. if you're going to any parties, get there early because the celebrities show up early. "walking dead," a lot of actors from there out last night. >> don't be pushy though. >> no selfies a lot of these say no selfies. >> and no selfie sticks. >>> coming up it's the jaw-dropping video that's hard to watch. >> high school students falling through a stage during a performance. we're hearing how witnesses describe this scary moment. >>> and it's going to be a rain boot and umbrella day. don't forget that chuck is timing out how long lets say this is your tv and these are the channels you pay for with cable but these are the types of channels you actually want to watch what if you could pay for what you want, and not for what you don't so you could get kids channels s

i got this in washington, d.c. both washington, d.c. and montgomery county are on the front end of this now prince george's county will follow suit. they'll have an introduction practice session on the first of the year in 2016 and it goes in full effect july 1. reporting live in prince george's county, zachary quiche back to you guys in the studio. >> police in california searching for the driver behind the hit-and-run that hurt an 81 5-year-old woman. this video may be tough for some. it's surveillance video taken at a mcdonald's. you can watch as a dark gray dodge challenger backs up and hits an 85-year-old woman, she was knocked to the ground here. the driver and passenger did get out of the car for just a few minutes. the pair eventually jumped back into that car and took off. you can see that happening here. fortunately, that woman was not badly hurt. she was treated at the hospital and then released. >>> a case before the u.s. supreme court could change the way several states put inmates to death. lawyers for death row inmates ar

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manassas is all the way down to 35 and washington down to 54. there is a freeze warning for the areas here in purple. this includes frederick and parts of loudon county and a frost advisory for the counties here in light blue. this includes prince williams, fauquier fairfax, all of montgomery county. if you have sensitive plants in these areas, either want to cover them bring them indoors as temperatures dip into the low 30s. if you don't have sensitive plants what, it means, it's just going to be downright cold when you step out early tomorrow morning. right at freezing in gaithersburg and frederick and washington dips to 38. leesburg at 33. areas by the water not as bad. 41 for a low in annapolis. your impacts tomorrow travel looking good and dry for the day. exercise cooler and low humidity and a great day to go for a run and go play some tennis golf whatever your plans are and heading out and about if you have dinner plans for saturday night. you do want to bring the umbrella and the jacket. it's going to be chilly. temperatures will only wa

washington can't be fixed from within. and that i've been to washington. i'm like you're a senator. like you've been -- i hope you've been to -- that's where you work. >> they've all said that. barack oamaadehat int. trasfor ameca ou h to osi the beltway. he's the senator of the misgivings. he's compelling. he has a market share within the republican primary field. he will be around for a long time. there are troubling aspects of his domestic security platforms to someone like me. i don't necessarily think he ultimately becomes the nominee. but he will demand a lot of that market share in this debate. >> i agree. he's an interesting character who will make the debates very interesting indeed. remember he's got an interesting approach that not a lot of the other republican contenders do. he has a pull from young people. because he's against the nsa. millennials are really attracted to that. also, he has tremendous outreach approach. he goes into black communities, latino communities, communities that don't traditionally vote republican, andrite t and we shouldn't as a moral matter. s

in 1916 they moved to washington dc. washington dc was a social world for the thorpes. betty looks back on this time with fondness. george was posted to cuba. cora decides she will pack up the family and move with him there. as she makes preparations to move to cuba, she finds she has -- finds he has been shipped to south america. this doesn't sit well with her. picture margaret dumont. she decides to stay in cuba, where she stays until 1919 george being in south america. i think that worked well for her. eventually she takes the children to florida to wait for george. they return to washington dc. betty begins keeping a diary of her day to day activities. it reads like this. george and cora move and powerful social circles. they give affairs at their home. betty observes them interacting with a social set here. she notices managed the useful -- notices manners can be useful. good manners are useful to hide behind. this is a skill that will serve her later in life. she seeks excitement. she wrote, i remember when we were very young and running races. i would always run

one of the reasons i left washington was i don't think you fix washington's problems in washington. i think you fix them with a convention of the states, with states and citizens where our constitution says the ultimate authority lies within the states and the citizens and i think you do that by putting the limit on what they can borrow, passing the balanced budget amendment. the balance between getting re-elected and getting what's best for the country are at odds most of the time, and if you try to do what's best for the country you are going to get voted out. gerri: let me interrupt you for a second. you alluded to things i want to go more in-depth on. we're interested in the republicans we have a presidential election and goodness knows where we go next. you mentioned the medicare doc fix, there was a 140 million dollar price tag. that is how much is going to be added to pay for the doc fix. they're adding more defense spending in a sneako sort of way, and it seems to me that the people that you would rely on that cut back, that trim to get rid of the waste fraud and abuse are j

in the 1960's, washington, d.c.. washington, d.c. was a social world for the thorpe family. the children liked it a lot. george is posted to cuba. as she is making preparations to follow him to cuba, she arrives to find he has been shipped to south america. wonderful. this does not sit well with her. picture margaret dumont now. she decides to stay in cuba where she stays until 1919. george in south america. that worked well. eventually she takes the children to florida. they returned to washington, d.c. betty begins keeping a diary of her day-to-day activities. went to the library of congress. it is all marble and paintings. george and cora moved and powerful social circles in washington. there was a lovely party given by vice president coolidge and his wife. betty observed interacting with the social set here. she observes that good manners are actually rather useful to hide behind. this is a skill that will serve her later in life. betty now seeks to feel excitement. she is bored. any kind of excitement. even fear. she wrote, i remember when we were very young, i always m

this is in washington 40. those of you in the suburbs in the mid to upper 30s with plenty of sunshine though we warm up quickly around noon. temperatures of about 60 degrees, mostly sunny skies, really nice sunday evening with a temperature of on monday nats home-opener temperature for the game about 67, that's also our high for the day. before we get into more detail about that i want to tell you tomorrow saturday morning at 9:30 we have our storm team 4 tracking spring special, a lot of great stories in there. chuck has one about the botanical gardens and i also am doing a story about the ice on the bay. tuesday a high of 66 the chance of showers. i'll have more on what we can expect next week and also the high temperature in your neighborhood on sunday coming up in a bit. >> thanks amelia. >>> free after 30 years on death row. an emotional reunion and why this man was released after years of fighting the charges against him. >>> filled with vibrant stores. now the boulevard of the capitol center is mostly e

sarah: the funeral train that took the president from washington mdc -- washington -- washington dc to his final resting place in illinois was captured in many photographs in moving ways. one of the images we have on our site is from columbus, ohio. this is a true victorian funeral. take a look at this image from columbus and you will see many horses pulling a cat assault with the coffin in the middle, black draft -- draped fabric, tassels. this was going through town so it could be set in its own special place waiting for a crowd of people in columbus to come and pay their respects to the president. david: in many cities there were these day long funeral processions. when lincoln's body was put in the main square and people lined up for miles, even along the train tracks as the train passed through, people lined up all the way to springfield. this president was buried on may 4 and oak ridge cemetery in springville, illinois. sarah: but many people say that these funerals were not just for president lincoln. they also represented the morning of the boys and men who never got their own

. >> we've been pushing out alerting on our nbc washington app and keeping you updated on news4 throughout the afternoon. >> it's not just the district dealing with this folks. the university of maryland called off classes for the rest of the day after the college park campus lost power. and we heard reports of people rescued from elevators. good afternoon to you all. whether you're watching us on your tv or streaming us right now. >> we have team coverage on the power problems. let's start with scott mcfarlane at the live desk. you have new information about what caused this. >> let's start with the good news. most of the affected businesses and build having their power back on this afternoon. nearly 900 pepco customers are still without. smeco says it would restore power at 2:00 but at one point nearly 20,000 people were in the dark. here's what we know. smeco says a large piece of equipment owned by pepco came crashing to the ground at a substation in southern maryland about 1:00. they called the result a major disturbance in electric systems. we're about to show you a picture of a burn

with reid wilson of the washington post.a discussion on the role of government whistleblowers. we will be joined by daniel ellsberg who contributed to the public opposition of the vietnam war and 1971 by linking documents to the new york times which became known as "the pentagon papers. " ♪ host: good morning it is monday april 27 2015. it at the start of a busy week in washington, d.c. that will include supreme court arguments on the issue of same-sex marriage and a state dinner at the white house with the prime minister of japan read we begin this morning with questions about u.s. efforts to deploy drones to combat terrorism. following the disclosure thursday that two western hostages had been killed in january during a drone strike in pakistan, critics are calling for more transparency and the white house i said it will review r

all tonight on "washington week." president obama: it's a cruel and bitter truth in the fog of war generally and our fight against terrorists specifically, mistakes sometimes deadly mistakes can occur. gwen: a tragic intelligence mistake kills americans on both sides of the anti-terrorism war and raises questions about whether to go from here. >> it's my opinion that we need to do more pt we should have done more and we should do more for all of these hostages. this is a complicated business. gwen: in the 2015 campaign trail, the spotlight turns once again to hillary clinton. >> republicans seem to be talking only about me. don't know if they would talk about if i weren't in the race. gwen: but it's not just the republicans talking. what do we need to know about the clinton foundation? on capitol hill t. took five months and vote on an enpyrely unrelated bill -- >> this has been a long, strange journey here to final passage but here we are. gwen: -- but loretta lynch finally wins senate confirmation. and in yemen, on

>> we've hired a number of people out of washington, and i do think that washington is moving forward, becoming more technologically advanced. i think the more technology in washington, we're going to be consistent about what the people want and what the governments want. it's important to have it. >> what's interesting, poppy, as we await the highlight of the evening and the jokes from cecily strong of "snl" and president obama, a lot of the people that we saw even just there in that piece and some of the people we saw milling around, the president will know that they are here. so if he can take a little bit of a shot at them, this is a great opportunity to do that and get the reaction. it's really one of the highlights of the show. >> and he hasn't hesitated to do that in the past. so it will be an interesting evening, that's for sure. thanks so much. if you want to know, really at the core what this dinner is all about, you need to know about the white house correspondents association. it was started back in 1914 with the sole mission of pushing for broad access for the press to th

we're at fourth and moore streets in northwest washington.his is the food distribution commercial area of the city right here in northeast washington. this is where it all started in the overnight hours. that bizarre gun battle apparently taking place between two vehicles. an ems supervisor was in this area and witnessed this gun battle and decided to give chase. now, if you're not familiar with the supervisors they drive around in marked suvs. now, that supervisor was fired upon at fourth and "k" streets. fortunately, the supervisor was not hurt. that chase continued into the potomac gardens housing complex. like you said, over on "i" street in southeast washington. at that point, the people who were in that car crashed into a parked car and then bailed out. the search continues this morning by d.c. police for all of the suspects involved in that gun battle. we're reporting live from northeast, darcy spencer. back to you. >>> molette green at the live desk with a developing story, a bizarre shoot-out with a bicycle cop in philadelphia. late

can you be in washington and run against washington, sir? rand paul is shaping and revising his own political brand. from aggressive merchandising, stacks of t-shirts turned into campaign cash. >> we're selling a ton of them. >> reporter: to his message, paul opposes most foreign aid and military intervention. but threats like isis made him adjust. >> i will do whatever it takes to defend america from these haters of mankind. >> reporter: paul's stand against government spying appeals to a college crowd. why are young people interested in rand paul? >> i think they essentially embrace the civil liberties. >> reporter: paul is also courting minority communities. on issues from jobs to prison sentencing reform. >> there needs to be a credible white conservative talking about these things. >> reporter: the republican party's old guard is wary of rand paul. for now, that works for his campaign. kelly o'donnell, nbc news, louisville. >>> a program note, savannah guthrie will interview senator paul live tomorrow morning on "today." >>> in boston t

they had taken washington. the capital and the white house were burning and the people of my home city, the people of baltimore, could actually see the glow from those fires to our south. and now we knew that they were coming for us. amidst the ashes of our nations capital, the commanding british general at the time declared i'm going to march on baltimore, i'm going to dine there, because even then we had great restaurants. [laughter] and then i am going to burn baltimore to the ground. our nation was not yet 40 years old. the american dream at that moment was facing extinction. imagine what we felt at that time. anger, fear, disbelief confident shattered, trust totally gone. there are moments in the life of our country, and they are defining moments when it seems the american dream itself is hanging by a thread. and yet for america, there is always a yet. that final thread that holds us could just read the strongest. 50% of the defenders at the time were actually immigrants. one out of five of us were citizen

a giant washington machine. the biggest one there is! an aircraft carrier built by washington's defense budget, to defend the government of the united states of america and its people. "defeat the washington machine!" but pay no attention to that one. or at least think different thoughts. what's he trying to say there? like that wasn't built with federal tax dollars? that's the -- oh, that's the aircraft carrier that built with bitcoin. oh, i got it! oh, that's the private sector aircraft carrier. you know, that whole flight deck was donated by a wealthy philanthropist who was happy about his low taxes. so there's rand paul in front of the aircraft carrier, defeating the washington machine today. there's rand paul still getting the beltway journalists to write about his appeal to young hipsters, even as he gets further and further right in his anti-gay and anti-abortion policy positions. the press is still dutifully writing down that rand paul has a great appeal to the tech community. he's against net neutrality. he's even against the ba

near 50 in washington right now.ded out the door for your early morning run, early early or run wet. those are your options. rain likely after 1:00 today. temperatures in the 50s. rain should be over with hopefully before noon tomorrow. tomorrow's highs are a little milder into the low 60s. seven-day forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you. >>> a senate staffer arrested. fred pagan worked forred that thad cochran for years. what led up to his arrest. >> reporter: a man about to answer the door quickly turned away when he saw the news4 microphone. the criminal investigation began when a dhl package was found to contain a so-called party drug that can be used to make ghb, the date rape drug. the address on this package was this home on colorado avenue in northwest d.c. when u.s. customs and border protection agents showed up to the house with a search warrant yesterday after finding a quantity of methamphetamines they arrested the occupant. 49-year-old fred wesley pagan is a top staffer for mississippi senato

invented 60, they moved to washington dc. washington dc was a social world for the thorpes. the children, i think, liked it here a lot. betty looks back on this time with fondness. in 1916, george is posted to cuba. cora decides that she will pack up the family and follow him. when she arrives, she finds that he has been shipped to south america. she decides to stay in cuba where she stays until 1990, george began south america. i guess that worked well for cora. eventually, she took the children to florida to wait for george. they return to washington dc. betty begins keeping a diary of her day-to-day activity. it reads like this, went to the library of congress, it is all marvel. they move in social circles in washington again parties, one for president coolidge and his wife. betty notices that manners can be useful and good manners are actually rather useful to hide behind, a skill that will serve her later in life. betty now seeks excitement. she is bored. any kind of excitement, even fear. she wrote, i remember when we were very gone, i always ran past the finish line a