washington. up to this point the state lines had used slightly different manuals. it wasn't so much they were loading and firing in different waysba if you can imagine, you are trying to get a brigade or hundreds of thousands of men to go from a column into a line facing an enemy and they all do it a different way, absolutely disastrous. so von stoiben created a uniform set to get those men to move. and this is a plate from the 1779 so-called the blue book because of the blue paste board covers just about every nco and officer would have owned a copy of this. and here with the arrows you can see where he's depicted two of what they called grand division flags. so unlike the british system of having a national flag and a regimental flag and those were the only flag, these with the small maneuver flags and they were for a company or two companies working together in concert during an action. and that is a good setup for the first flag you'll see today known as the mulenberg flag. it is now a fade t

joined general washington. one of the rarest objects in the collection i will share with you now. this is a volume that was actually owned by martha washington. it is -- see her signature. m. washington and it's an early edition printed in england. it was known as a help and guide to christian families, published in london in 1752. quite likely a book that she may well you can imagine would have taken along with her to camp to spend the winter of valley forge p the top of the page is missing. almost certain it was clipped by an autograph collector in the 19th century. her name would have been written out there as well. and it was probably clipped by a collector. if any viewers have been in the collection, we would love to reunite the book in the autograph, but there is her signature -- martha washington. that is a book that spent the winter at valley forge along with the general and his suffering soldiers. few other objects, again, an object that quite likely was also used at valley forge -- the soldiers cantee

i am able to show you a portion of washington's tent. we are doing the final conservation work on the tent for display in the museum. michelle and i will carefully reveal part of the wall of general washington's tent. what you are seeing -- this is an image that is showing the way the tent will actually be displayed in a museum. it will be in an object theater and the tent will be in its own climate controlled case not unlike the star-spangled banner at the american museum of history. the tent is composed of a roof and a sidewall that hangs from the roof, not unlike a tent you would rent for a party today. in a lot of ways, it is a very contemporary style. what you're seeing laid out here is the linen wall of that tent. this is what was known as a sod cloth so this is the bottom of the wall that would hang them and that would fall to the inside of the tent to try to keep rain and dirt and critters from coming into the tent very easily. there would have been a line of little iron hooks and eyes along the top of that wall. as you can see,

we're on m street southeast in washington, d.c. you can see behind me the navy yard is a couple blocks in the distance. the police presence is as high as it was more than an hour ago when we first arrived on seen. but there's no confirmation that there was a shooter inside. there were just reports of a shooter inside. you can see by the response here how on edge this city is and in fact how on edge the country is as we head into this holiday weekend. we've talked to witnesses who were inside this episode this morning. they were told to leave. they were told if you the couldn't shetlter in place -- some for actually running out of the building. but again, no reports of anyone we could find who actually heard a gunshot. the police presence has not diminished at all over the last hour or so. still investigating this. still a very serious situation here in southeast washington. >> jeff and of course everybody is very alert when you talk about place where such a tragic mass shooting happened two years ago. stay with us on the scene, jef

with washington he painted washington as a moody and temperamental man.e wrote, the general and i have come to an open rupture. he shall repent of his ill humor. i remember sitting there, actually stunned. george washington, ill humor? this is not conform to the saintly image i had of george washington. it got me thinking that perhaps this most familiar figure in american history was in many ways the most unfamiliar. charlie: what do we know that makes the unfamiliar familiar? guest: i discover that washington under the service was a passionate, sensitive, complex man. he was a man of many moods and fiery opinions. he was a fierce, hard-driving perfectionist. it was cloaked under this command is reserved and stoic aura that we know. there was a fierce, hard-driving personality under that facade. charlie: could you make that case with these, without george washington, the revolution would have failed? guest: the earlier biography is the phrase, the indispensable man. what you find during the revolutionary war, eight and a half years he is the commander in

she embodied washington. the problems of washington.he's handled the "clinton cash" issue. >> i'm going to mention names. one word answers. donald trump. >> he can speak for himself. >> that's a good answer. i don't think he has any trouble. barack obama. >> i think a failed president. >> talk about some of your competitors, rand paul. >> i appreciate his focus on trying to reduce the size and scope of the federal government. i share that. i don't share his beliefs when it comes to the defense of the country. >> rick perry? >> i love him. we ride harleys. >> you're the only two that ride harleys. >> my wife won't help me. maybe you can help me negotiate that deal. marco rubio? another friend? >> i like marco a lot. i have a preference towards governors. i like him a lot. >> john kasich? >> we're good friends. we like to have a challenge between ohio and wisconsin. >> if you had to pick a vice president today you won the nomination. >> who knows? >> what's wrong with that question? that's a fair question. >> i think it's a little presump

not far from washington, d.c. it has a lot of the slogans we associate with the revolution or movement. most recognizable "liberty or death." these words reported be spoken by patrick henry at the beginning of the war. i will lift this carefully out of the amount. you can see "kill or be killed," which is a contemporary sounding slogan. and appeal to heaven. which was something that appeared on new england flags at the time and was also a very popular slogan at the beginning of the war. the date, 1775. and curiously this crown. if you will remember on that havana powderhorn, also a crown with g.r. iii. sometimes people who see this horn are confuse. this guy was a virginia fighting in the continental army. why would he have a crown on his powderhorn? in 1775, these men are still fighting to restore the rights as ingush men within the empire. so it's purposely -- perfectly consistent to see the king as the person who is going to intercede with parliament. that parliament is the group that is oppressing and trying t

he became something of a confidante of washington. washington trusted him.m a little bit as a spy within the camp to tell him if other people were being defeatist or gossiping or whatever. and then washington entrusted him to go in a sense on a lobbying mission back to france. you know lafayette's motto was "why not?" so he had this sense of nothing is impossible. an enormous sense of self-confidence. that spirit, that can-do spirit is something like in my view of the american spirit, the american dream. so he operates at a number of different levels at the kind of more normal level but also something a little bit spiritual about what sort of person he was that he could defy all odds in a way. ♪ he had a checkered life after that. he was a personality in the revolution. and in some senses, he was quite famous and admirable. he is the one who was present at the bastille. he sent george washington a key which is still in the hallway in mt. vernon. but another point in the revolution, he kind of bottled out, i would say a little bit and he trimmed and he wasn't

that i will bring to washington dc.applause] anyone who wants to see the federal government even bigger and even further removed from those that it is supposed to serve, the other party will be offering that option. as for me, i am offering a different agenda altogether. it will be my intention not to preside over the establishment but in every way i know to disrupt that establishment and make it more accountable for the people. [applause] the ultimate disruption is to reject as i do the whole idea that governments are forever growing more, borrowing more, and spending more beyond anyone's ability to comprehend. i have no illusions about what reform really takes. the next president has to confront the spending culture in washington and i promise you, i will do it. [applause] i think we have learned by now that you can have a fast-growing economy or you can have a fast expanding government. you can't have both. you have to choose as i did when we worked together when i was governor of the now third-largest eight. in my t

it depicts washington's troops crossing the delaware before the battle of trenton. this is an example of one of our ongoing efforts, in addition to raising funds for the museum, we are conserving our collection. this is a painting that lived for decades and decades in an unheated outbuilding in a park and suffered through the years. you can see areas of over painting. these are some test patches from the conservatories. once the painting is cleaned and there is some filling in, it will become quite right instead of looking like a modern washington, d.c. snowstorm, it is kind of yellowish brown it will look like an 18th-century snowstorm. there's actually a second painting behind this one, same size. it is depicting the troops marching into valley toward. -- valley forge. we are working to complete the conservation of these painting so they can be put on permanent display in the courtyard of the museum on the second floor as you enter and exit the core exhibition. the museum will continue the story be on 1783, the demobilization of the continental army, through the c

i can tell you how it works in washington.you want to be with the cool kids you want to be liked by the media, you want to be invited to the right cocktail parties, you have to accept there are things in washington you just cannot do. they say you cannot reduce the size of government or the number of bureaucrats. oh you might be able to cut the rate of increase here and there but they say you cannot actually cut government spending. but we can and we will! [cheers and applause] governor jindal: they say the $18 trillion national debt wasn't really be addressed. it's just a part of doing business so it's better not to talk about it. but we can and we will! [cheers and applause] governor jindal: they know social security and medicare are going bankrupt but they're afraid to do anything about it so they deny the math, they pretend everything is fine. but we can reform and save these programs and we will! [cheers and applause] governor jindal: in washington they say term limits is a quaint idea that we are naive to believe in. the

captain washington? >> that's the only thing that's going to change things, when there's enough blacks and women and people of color in the firehouse. when you come in in my firehouse, there's always 13 firefighters on duty. when three or four are black and three or four are hispanic, you have a whole different atmosphere. when it's just one lone person of color or one woman, it's a lot harder. that's what's going to change it ultimately is enough of us coming on to the job. >> there's been some blowback as well. there's stories in the new york post fairly regularly in the last few months about people who they say got in because of the lawsuit who shouldn't be on the job, and they quote a steady stream of anonymous folks who were supposed to, allegedly, are your fellow firefighters who say they've lowered the standards now. there's another guy they called tragic johnson who doesn't want to fight fires. what's going on here? is this stuff that's ?real should i be concerned as a citizen that there's people

the marquis pestered washington to please accept the presidency, while washington insisted that the officef the presidency "has no enticing charms." [laughter] governor mcauliffe: if they only knew. there were letters welcoming the marquis's new son who was named george washington lafayette. in another letter, washington admitted he was reluctant to visit his friend in paris because he did not speak the language and feared the french women would find him awkward. the two men even corresponded over their experience and subjects of the famous french sculptor rodan. and today, both of those priceless works are in our rotunda in the capital in richmond. the two men debated serious issues confronting our new nation. the marquis tried to persuade washington to free his own slaves in an effort to encourage a national emancipation. washington agreed with the goal but did not believe the country would accept it. he let this crucial opportunity pass without acting. the marquis was brave enough and wise enough to see in his new friend a greater good than we were able to see in ourselves. we settled f

washington's lead. some of us in london like myself who are very frustrated with this and think perhaps david cameron should show some, demonstrate the kind of leadership that tony blair did so effectively during the past decade in iraq and afghanistan. but for the moment david cameron seems to be tucked in behind president's slip stream and taking his lead from the white house. because of this recent terrorist atrocity in tunisia where we have 30 british dead i think that is changing the political climate here in london. today there has been a very sort of lively debate in the house of commons about whether britain should now take part in airstrikes against isil targets in syria, which until now we haven't done. martha: yeah. interesting piece. conn, thank you very much. good to speak with you today. >> pleasure, martha. >> we're awaiting this. what did the police find inside of the washington, d.c. navy yard. how did this all start three hours ago? we are waiting for answers as i know you folks are wa

washington. >> mt. washington. jeb bush that he takes on the role of being a successful governor, the only one to have two administrations there, and be so be loved by reporters there. how is it that he keeps beating that drum? >> i think it's important. two top contenders, i would say ohio governor john casey who gets in tomorrow. the republican party is pushing the idea of a governor will a better governor be more effective. bush has to show that walker knows republicans that was a bold leader. bush was last governor in 2007. he'll remind you of his record and what he did. a lot don't know what bush did where they know scott walker blew the numbers. >> he got some to come along with him. none of the other candidates took the bait here. who gets the voters so excited, at least in the early polls that wii been seeing? >> you mean who gets the voters like trump has? >> that's right. >> i think you're looking at ted cruz or some of the more socially conservative guys in the field, guys like rick santorum, ben huckabe

, we're so fortunate to have the two busts of washington and lafayette in the collection. now while the painting was done after the fact in the 1820s, both of these busts of washington and lafayette were done from life that the great french sculpture 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 sculpture of lafayette. in fact many french art historians consider this the best work that he ever did. and amazingly, thomas gilcrease was able to acquire this bust of lafayette from the lafayette family. later in thomas gilcrease's collecting experience, he came in contact with the artist of the tause school of art in new mexico. and one of my favorites is this wonderful work of a hunt there at the pube lo area. the title of the work is "too old for the rabbit hunt." and we see this older pa web lo indian in the foreground looking wisfully at the young men on horseback as they're hunting. this is a work for me that transcends time and culture that all of us at some point in

bring to washington, d.c.e who wants to see the government bigger and further removed from those that it is supposed to serve, the other party will offer that option. i offer a different agenda. it will be my intention to not preside over the establishment but in every way i know to disrupt that establishment and make it more accountable for the people. the ultimate disruption is rejecting the whole idea of government forever growing more, are writing -- borrowing more. i have no illusions about what reform takes. next president has got to confront thise spending vulture in washington, and i promise i will do it. we have learned that you can have a fast-growing economy or have a fast-expanding government, but you cannot have both. you have to choose, as i did when i was governor of now the third largest state. florida's economy expanded more than 4.4%. at the same time government spending as a percentage of the economy went down. djibouti aspirational goal for the united states in its federal budget. economic

so washington's genius is in many more ways political genius. he was not a great general i discovered. >> rose: what in his character made him famously not want to be president for more than two terms and not want to be king? >> it's an interesting story. he starts out as a young man who really wants money status and power, but then he gets more fame and power than any human being can possibly dream of. people don't realize charlie during the revolutionary war he's away for eight and a half years. he only goes back to mount vernon once for three days in eight and a half years. so at the end of the war, he feels like he has really sacrificed the prime of his life to this war. he goes back to mount vernon praying for a little piece of privacy and tranquility. but then what happens because of his stature because people feel so confident in entrusting power to him he's first pulled out and becomes the president of the constitutional convention. he does it very reluctantly. he very reluctantly becomes the first president. the office is literally his

i enabled assure you a portion of washington's tent. we are doing the final conservation work on the tent to prepare it for display in the museum of the american revolution. michelle and i will carefully reveal part of the wall of general washington's tent. what you are seeing -- this is an image that is showing the way the tent will actually be displayed in a museum. it will be in an object theater . the tent will be in its own climate controlled case not unlike the star-spangled banner at the american museum of history. the tent is composed of a roof and a sidewall that hangs from the roof, not unlike a tent you would rent for a party today. in many ways, it's very contemporary. what you are seeing laid out here is the linen wall of that tent. this is what was known as a sod cloth, so this is the bottom of the wall that would hang them and that would fall to the inside of the tent to try to keep rain and dirt and critters from coming into the tent very easily. there would have been a line of little iron hooks and eyes along the top of

embassies will open in washington and havana this month. steve handlesman has our report. >> reporter: president obama said he is resuming diplomatic relations with cuba knowing it will not change the communist government there overnight. >> but i believe that american engagement through our embassy our businesses and most of all, through our people, is the best way to advance our interests and support for democracy and human rights. >> reporter: in havana, the u.s. embassy will reopen after 54 years cuban tv carried president obama live. up 16th street from the white house crews gathered at the office of what will be havana's embassy. cuban coffee brews nearby at a cafe where most hailed the news of an embassy swap. >> i think it's a win-win situation. >> i think the relations with cuba should have started decades ago. >> i'm dying to go visit. >> reporter: in miami, many cuban-americans are outraged. >> that's not gonna work at all. >> we have gotten nothing in return and the castro regime get a lot of legitimacy they have not earned. >>

a lot of people have connections to washington, d.c. there are a number of institutions that employ black women. there is an opportunity to work as a teacher. a number of junior high schools and high schools. you have howard university, one of the most prestigious institutions at the time. and you have parts of the federal government that is already desegregated. so you have a white collar economy that black women can go into. there is domestic work available there and a long-established black community that has been there since the late 18th century. so there were already churches and businesses and doctors and all kinds of services. so even though the city is largely segregated, there were spaces that created affluent communities and new migrants and settlers were looking for those kinds of opportunities. >> were the women coming from deeper south? prof. lindsey: a lot of women were coming from the midsouth, north carolina, south carolina virginia. you have some coming from georgia. but predominantly you will find this carolina-based

it was sent to washington for approval and it was rejected. by the way, most people thought that the constitution had been lost forever. in 2013 in the national archives, they rediscovered the topeka constitution, so it is in washington, d.c., at the national archives. in 1855, there was an election for the first territorial legislature. this was in march of '55. the first governor of kansas wisely decided to do a census of the territories and discovered how many legal voters there were. he discovered there were 2900 and five legal voters and that would be white, male, and 21. voting fraud on both sides, but more so on the proslavery side. enmass missourians crossed the kansas line, walked across it or ferried a boat across the missouri river and took over the ballot boxes stuffed the ballot box and created a pro slavery legislature. it was known as the bogus legislature. they crafted the first loss in 1855 statutes of kansas which were repugnant to the free state, particularly the class that protected slave property. the kansas statutes of 18

in our superficial calculationness washington. john kerry his political career back to the 1980's has been hounded by the criticism he talks a lot but doesn't have a lot of signature accomplishments, legislative achievements. he won the democratic nomination but not presidency. for him this means a huge amount. there is a real battle now. because i don't think it's a totally foregone conclusion that this deal will survive in the u.s. congress. i think the odds are very high that it will. congress would need a two thirds majority, a supermajority to override a veto. if you had some -- a dozen or so democrats defect, they could uphold it and bring the deal down. so what's happening now, the process isn't over. there's a sales pitch under way. and when you see the president, his press conference under way or you see john kerry making the rounds of these interviews trying to make a case to the u.s. congress that says this is the best it's going to get. there's no realistic alternative. you can't tear it down now. we've gone too far. a

washington and which is called 68 square miles surrounded by reality.ughter] it is not too late. we can turn things around. [cheers and applause] >> we need threshed leadership gamboled ideas. and to know how to get things done like we have done here in wisconsin. [applause] >> we took on the unions and we won. [applause] we lower taxes is by $2 billion on individuals individuals, employers sam property owners comedy other governors can say that? [cheers and applause] since i have bank governor we have reformed to define planned parenthood with full life legislation -- pro-life legislation. [cheers and applause] re-enacted concealed carry to protect ourselves and our families and a property. [cheers and applause] we now require a photo identification to vote in this state. [cheers and applause] if our reforms can work kinabalu states like wisconsin and they can work anywhere in america. [cheers and applause] as i travel this country i hear from people who say they are frustrated with politicians telling people what they are against angelou they are agai

the embassy in washington, d.c. and he'll be speaking with john kerry at the state department. this is not symbolic but also hugely substantive. >> absolutely. you cannot over state the importance of the raising of flags here. cuba wins here. the raising of the american flag in havana, but the united states wins in the long term in some respects. diplomats in cuba will be able to travel all across the island now. previous they were able to travel in the confines of havana. >> hold on one second. this is bruno rodriguez. let's listen in to what the foreign minister has to say. [ speaking spanish ] >> okay, clearly he's speaking in spanish. we think he'll translate himself in english. but while we're doing that, let's continue with those spots of how this may benefit the u.s. in the long term. >> first of all the bruno rodriguez talking about the change and different forces in the country and the united states that brought this moment to fruition, but going back to the point of how this will benefit the u.s. prior to

washington, d.c. was a swampy outpost with 5000 citizens, total population in washington. hunters shot quayle near the capitol. there were tree stumps on pennsylvania avenue. the thing i like about washington, you know how buckingham is a name to sort of glorify the place where some people live that are attending here today? well, back in washington they had a place called goose creek and they wanted to glorify and make washington a little more important so they renamed it the tiber river. this is like -- washington was desperate to try and get a little more important than it was. if you woke up early enough you could walk over to the president's house and odds are thomas jefferson would greet you and would -- he wouldn't greet you but let new and talk to you. it's just amazing -- the whole state department was 19 people. today it's something like 38,000 people. the united states was just a string of little colonies along the coast. so you have to understand that the reason i'm kind of describing washington and the government, this mirrored the united states' power in the

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we've posted a link to that map in our nbc washington apps. search alleys and you are right there. >>> facebook has been buzzing over a maryland woman's surprising discovery of a 20-piece silver set. it was found next to a dumpster set to be taken to the trash. but what she discovered is a family treasure. she spoke with news 4's megan fitzgerald hoping to track down the rightful owner. >> life is busy. >> reporter: especially when you are a full time mom and business woman. >> i am working now. i'm checking e-mails. i have a press release that i'm in the midst of editing for a client. >> reporter: in the middle of it all, jean bunker found time to create a facebook post after finding a bag of tarnished silver stashed next to a dumpster in a parking grash. >> please share this post. >> a baby cup inscribed with anl. >> reporter: thanks to her husband, the silver got polished and he made an interesting discovery. >> you could see the markings of the three digits and two digits and four digits. >> it was a social security number engraved at the

we're broadcasting from washington, d.c., where history is being made today.in a major diplomatic thaw, cuba will raise its flag here and officially reopen its u.s. embassy after 54 years. hundreds are gathering for this historic moment, including u.s. and cuban lawmakers and diplomats, activists and artists, scholars and historians. cuban foreign minister bruno rodrÍguez is leading a delegation of over two dozen officials from havana, including cuba's chief negotiator josefina vidal. also among the attendees is cuban singer-songwriter silvio rodriguez and former parliament president ricardo alarcon. this afternoon, rodrÍguez will hold a joint news conference with secretary of state john kerry at the state department where cuba's flag was raised earlier this morning, joining the flags of more than 150 other countries that have diplomatic relations with the u.s. in havana, the u.s. embassy will also reopen its doors today. kerry is set to travel there later this summer for the formal inauguration ceremony where a u.s. flag will be hoisted. cubans have welcomed

washington. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome former governor jeb bush. [ cheers and applause ] >> good morning. good morning, everybody. bobby. thank you all very much for coming on a beautiful florida morning. i get to travel around all the places. last week i was in las vegas and they always talk about dry heat like it's some really cool thing when it's 110 degrees. i kind of like humidity myself being from florida. and it's good to be back in tallahassee to see so many friends. where's ed burr chairman of -- i thought he was here -- chairman of fsu's board of truss tees. i saw edward benz, former chair of fsu's board of trustees. thank you, alan. i got a chance to see your great president, president thrasher who is back there. it's good to be here. i'm really excited to be with my friends. we're in the early days of a long campaign and i'm making my case to the voters all across the country. time having a blast doing it by the way. it is with such joy that i get to campaign for the pres

right now we are getting some showers in washington. they are now moving into prince george's county briefly. they are scooting on through at about 30 miles per hour. it's fender bender weather because the beltway is wet across montgomery county into prince george's county and will be wet along 50 as well and along 95 and 29 in washington. into frederick and northern montgomery and howard counties in maryland. we have light rainier fredericksburg. right now, we're in the upper 60s, near 70. it's humid this morning, and we'll have a few of these showers around maybe lingering around 8:00. you get some sun breaking out late morning and noontime near 80 by then. low to mid 80s during the mid afternoon. heading back home we could have some thundershowers coming through. only a small chance they would be severe. the impact is fairly low to moderate from these showers. scattered storms this afternoon and evening. then showers moving back in on friday. off and on showers much of the day tomorrow, with highs only in the mid to upper 70s. then o

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breaking news out of washington, d.c. on that major security alert by the washington navy yard.all-clear for that facility despite earlier reports of a gunman and possible shooting there. pete williams reported the initial report came from someone inside building 197 who reported hearing something that sounded like gunshots. but there's no indication that there was a gunman or shots fired. we're waiting for a briefing from officials outside the navy yard and we'll bring it to you when it begins. i want to bring in jim mick krzyzewskichef miklaszewski for the latest. >> reporter: 12 people were massacred by a lone gunman there in 2013. the initial sweep of that building by federal and local law enforcement s.w.a.t. teams found no evidence of an active shooter. they could find no one who reported hearing gunshots. they found no bullet wounds no bullet holes, that bullet casings anywhere in the building. and i pretty much decided at that time that the reports were just not accurate. and that they were still, however, intent on doing a second sweep checking out every possible locati

we'll catch you up tonight on "washington week." as the confederate battle flag comes down in south carolina. >> it's a great day in south carolina. gwen: a fresh debate flares on capitol hill as democrats work to remove the symbol from most federal property. >> has this flag prevailed in war, i would not be standing here today as a member of the united states congress. i would be here as a slave. >> i do not want this to be a political football. it should not. gwen: too late. as the iran nuclear negotiations move into the final stages in vienna. >> the stakes are very, very high. we will not rush and we will not be rushed. >> i'm glad they're not trying to meet some artificial deadline. gwen: will any deadline hold? and on the campaign trail war tests grow and donald trump and his tough stand on immigration become the issue du jour. mr. trump: i will build a better world and cheaper and mexico will pay. >> the first rule in politics is when you're in a hole, stop digging. gwen: the leading democrat seizes on the disarray to tar the

by being here in washington -- or washington state by being here in washington, d.c. we spend 4% of the nation's education dollars through this bill we're debating today. we have a right to ask, i think, how are these children doing, how are these schools doing? take a test, report the results, let us see if children are being left behind. but we shouldn't presume then to say here is what you ought to do about it. we're going to decide who is succeeding, who is failing what the right way to fix that is. we can't do that with 50 million children, 1 hats schools -- 1 hoot schools -- 100,000 schools, all of those are better done by men and women closer to the children. one of the most eloquent statements of what i've tried to say came from carol burris, the new york high school teacher of the year. she wrote us and put it on line and this is what she said -- "please remember that the american public school system was built on the belief that local communities cherish their children and have the right and responsibility within sensible limits to determine how they're scho

meanwhile, in washington d.c.s secretary josh earnest , condemned monday's attack. >> i can take the united states strongly condemns the terrorist attack that occurred in southern turkey. our condolences go out to the families of the victims, many of whom had come to that community to assist in reconstruction effort. we express our solidarity with the turkish government and the turkish people and reaffirm our undeterred resolve to the fight against the share threat of terrorism. amy: in campaign news republican presidential candidate jeb bush has outlined his economic policy, which includes cutting 10% of the federal workforce and introducing a constitutional amendment to require the federal government to balance its budget. meanwhile, ohio governor john kasich has entered the presidential race, becoming the 16th republican contender. "the wall street journal" is reporting that new york state's fast-food wage board is expected to recommend hiking the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $15 an hour on wednesday.

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that's the latest from the washington navy yard live. chris gordon news4. >>> many of the employees inside building 197 this morning had just recently gone back to that building. news4's scott macfarlane joins us now and scott, big changes at the naval sea systems command center since september 2013. >> a lot of those work he is just returned to their offices a few weeks ago. after the shootings, the navy gutted building 197, changed the look, the layout, some of the security setup, too changed the furniture and paint cover, in part to make it easier for traumatized workers to return many of the 3,000 employees have been temporarily relocateded to an old coast guard building in southwest d.c. they did that during all those renovation renovation. the navy granted special permission for some workers to set up offices outside building 197 as recently so they never have to return to that old shooting site. the military used 400 counselors and mental health providers to help employees cope with that tragedy and some of those coupe sellers, pa

nav sea command at the washington navy yard. metropolitan police department along with united states park police, metro transit police, ncis, united states marshals, atf, and others, capitol police, all responded to that request for law enforcement assistance. many of the things we talked about in our after action of the washington navy yard respond a c couple years ago went very, very smoothly. officers were able to access the gates and get in. we were having radio communications both in my command center and in the field immediately from naval circuit of washington police officers inside of the building within 20 minutes of the first call. i was sitting in unified command with admiral halardies, police chiefs and representatives of the fbi, ncis and other federal law enforcement agencies. in just about the same amount of time metropolitan police department officers and fbi agents were able to get into and take control of the command booth and access everything we needed in terms of cameras and stuff inside of the building. so

you've been working your sources in washington. what are they saying?>> what i can tell you right now is so far nothing has been found. there isn't a confirmation that a shooting has actually occurred. people have been tweeting that calls were made that someone was seen with a gun. active shooter protocol has been activated. they're going room to room trying to see if there's any validity to this. we know park police have responded as well, fbi, atf on the scene. this is something they're going to take seriously for a lot of reasons and also because of history there. two years ago 12 people were killed in a shooting there. as soon as you hear there could be an active shooter situation at the navy yard specially with all the threats around the 4th of july authorities are taking this very seriously. we're at the stage right now whether it's fluid. there hasn't been an actual confirmed shooting but we are waiting to see what the situation is given the fact this was called in. >> jim are you still with us? >> reporter: i am. >> what security measures have c

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some wonder why i want to do it in washington? some shop at kohl's. over the years i learned if i go buy a new shirt, i go to the rack that says sale and it's 19. 9 and then get the insert or flier back at home, right, where you get 15 or 20 or if you're really lucky, 30% off right? you know what i'm talking about. [ applause ] >> then as the clerk is ringing it up tonette scoops in her purse and pulls out some of that kohl's cash and next thing you know they are paying me to buy the shirt, right? not really but seems like it. how does a great company like kohl's make money? off volume they make it off volume. they can charge a higher price and a few of you can afford it but they lower the price, broaden the base and make more off value. that's why i think about your money, taxpayer's money. the government can charge a higher rate and some of us could afford it but if you lower the rate broaden the brace, we expand the volume of the people that can participate in the economy. years ago we called a similar plan successful under regan. the laugher curve