this leaves me in a way with washington. his first son was lawrence washington. the reverend lawrence washington who was accused of stealing wine from the communion altar and then serving it while drunk. [laughter] this was obviously a politically charged accusation. they went after him pretty hard and he had to move from one parish to another. his reputation was solely. his son john decided to become a captain. he bought a ship called it the seahorse and it embarked from a little town in denmark called elsinore if anyone knows where that is. i do like ask this audience. he arrived in virginia and he purchased some tobacco and when he was off of the potomac river that we are next to hear his ship runs ashore. it runs ashore and loses the cargo. he gets away safely. he comes a short and long story short in the course of two years he falls in love with virginia. he also falls in love with another young lady. her mother is a wealthy business man. he needs to get out of this ship wreck and get on with his life. he asks his future father-in-law to help them. nathaniel

and this leads me in another way to washington' arrival. his first son was lawrence washington. the reverend lawrence washington of not onlycused stealing wine from the communion altar, but also serving it while drunk. [laughter] now, this was obviously a politically-charged accusation. him prettynt after hard, and he had to move from one parish to another, and his reputation was sallied. sullied.putation was his son, john, decides to become a captain. he bought a ship called it the seahorse and it embarked from a little town in denmark called elsinore if anyone knows where that is. i do like ask this audience. he arrived in virginia and he purchased some tobacco and when he was off of the potomac river that we are next to hear his ship runs ashore. it runs ashore and loses the cargo. he gets away safely. the potomac river is not that fast, a flowing river. he comes ashore, and, long story short, in the course of two years he falls in love with virginia. he falls in love with virginia and falls in love with a young lady named and help. her mother is a wealthy business man. he ne

washington's conflicting feelings.ert lewis described the departure which finally take place on may 16, 1789 as an emotional moment for the slaves and the first lady. quote after an early dinner and making all necessary arrangements in which we were greatly regarded it brought us to 3:00 and the action in when we left. the servants of the house and a number of them made an appearance to take leave of their mistress. numbers of these poor ratchets seemed greatly agitated, much affected. my aunt, equally so. betty, ona judge's mother must have been one of those agitated slaves. not only was she losing her 16-year-old daughter but she was also losing her son austin who would serve as one of the washington's leaders prayed austin's wife charlotte and their children would have joined in the morning. that he watched her children leave mt. vernon, a reminder of what little control slave mothers had over the lives of their children. if she found any comfort in that day it would have been that brother and sister were traveling

the most prominent ladies of washington were present from ms. hamlin, daughter of the vice president, kate face, a striking, politically powerful daughter of salmon p chase, lakeland treasury secretary, it's interesting to think about powerful government dollars right now, i'm dropping that in their and mrs. hill bound, hail girl for the daughters of the center from new hampshire but these women were not the reason or washington's letter to his sister. last but not least was miss emily warren, sister of the general who came specially from west point to attend the ball. it was the first time i ever saw her and i am very much of the opinion that she has captured your brothers heart at last. it was a real attack in force. it came without any warning or previous realization on my part of such an occurrence taking place and it was therefore all the more successful and i assure you it gives me the greatest pleasure to say thati have succumbed . what they said to each other that night, the way they danced, what she was wearing, the gleam of the candlel

so he clicked and spent his life here in washington. -- he quit and spent his life here in washington. all the commission were scots. scots were all over the area. they sent to scotland to find stonemasons because by reputation, the scots were the greatest stonemasons on earth. they were not as ornamental as the italians, who worked on the capital later, but they were great stonemasons. they were on jobs in russia and france and everywhere. lo and behold, they were lucky, and edinburgh, they were on hard times. newtown was being built, in the adam brothers decided. and a stone mason could buy the lot and he had to build the facade like adams' plan but could fit anything behind it. they were kind of real estate people, too. england established a moratorium on buildings and skilled workmen were not allowed to leave the country because of the impending trouble with the french during the french revolution. so our scots were prominent businesspeople, they were found through their masonic lodge in edinburgh, the oldest in the world. within the lives -- lodge were working still nations -- st

the washington free beacon has never disclosed who its owners are.n 2012 from being a non-profit to being a for profit organization two years later >>. >> martha: and chris stirewalt we spoke to him about the originses of the washington free beacon and the changes that have gone through. they have a bit of a battle ahead of him. they've got a lot of questions to answer in terms of why they would have been paying for this research if they continue themselves to be ale journal his stick organization. >> if i could add one point. cbs news paid richard nixon's ex chief of staff $100,000 for an on camera interview with wallace. checkbook journalism is nothing new. >> martha: we have to leave it there. see you next time. the . >> good evening and welcome to tucker carlson tonight. another mystery solved. less than an hour ago we finally learned who began funding of the trump dossier here in washington. an amazing and maybe not surprising tale. first the avalanche of propaganda continues here. you can tell when the democratic party's pr apparatus feels it h

lenny bernstein, health and misreported at the "washington post." scott, pesky reporter at the "washington post" and iver, produce at 60 minutes the made this happen from the 60 minutes perspective. we will will talk about two things in the next little while. where we go from here but also want to start with how this collaboration came to be. the posts in 60 minutes have worked together on something like this. in nearly a decade. so let's start with where the reporting story starts. how did you get the idea. we sit in result 18 months later. when did this start? >> the beginning of 2016 that a project launched on the national desk post and the idea was to try to 20 people why so many people were dying w of opiate overdoses, taken in middle america, particularly middle class whites, and i had an editor who saidte to me i want u to explain how all these hundreds of millions of opioid pills get on the street. it doesn't make t sense to me wy we can't just keep them in the supply chain. and so i started reading up on it at the start calling around and,

i'm libby casey with "the washington post." i'm one of our on-air reporters, and i am joined by the team that made this story happen. it is great to have you well on -- guys on stage and get to hear from you in person. lenny bernstein, health and medicine reporter here at "the washington post," scott higham, investigative reporter at "the washington post," and ira rosen, producer at "60 minutes," who made this piece happened through the "60 minutes" perspective. we will talk about two things in the next little while, where we go from here, but also we want to start with how this collaboration came to be because , the post and "60 minutes" have not worked together on something like this in a nearly a decade. so let's start with where does a reporting story start? lenny, how did you even get the idea? you know, we see the end result 18 months later. where did this piece start? mr. bernstein: in the beginning of 2016, we had a project launched on the national desk at the post, and the idea was to try and explain to people why so m

when you run against washington and you become president, you are washington.t all his cabinet, it's about clean up the swamp, but look what has happened, five cabinet ministers have argued been shown -- charlie: used private planes and the rest. sally: spending government money. the white problems is house is the center of power, so access is everything. never went out, ever. i don't know anybody's house they went to in eight years except for their close friends. they were not part of the washington scene, but the people around them went out, so you had some sense they had access to power. one of the great things in washington is people -- he went back to delaware. sally: he did, but he knew people. one of the things that has been so vital about washington is having people in the congress, senate, administration, journalists, diplomats, military , have been get together and know each other. that is one of the bigger problems now, no one knows each other. it is easier to be vitriolic if you don't know them, so that is what is happening. the other thing with the

good morning washington. toss to vj frost advisory: most of the area until 9am this morning taste of fall this week, milder weekend continued dry, next rain late monday abnormally dry resulting in more muted autumn color today: sunny, warmer & more comfortable highs: around 70 winds: ssw 5 mph tonight: clear & not as cold lows: 39-49 winds: light sunny & gorgeous highs: 71-75 winds: ssw 5-10 mph this morning president trump is facing more heat made about fallen service members. a florida congresswoman says he told a pregnant widow that her husband quote "knew what he signed up for" its the latest in a series of controversial comments - so our question of the day - do you think the president's comments are offensive. go to wjla.c/votenow ryan hughes is live on capitol hill with more. now to other headlines from the now to other headlines from today - a bipartisan group of senators will meet with president trump to talk tax reform. meanwhile..the president has given tentative support for a bipartisan deal to re

worked at the "pot -- "washington post." in the senses more that people recognize you for winning a pulitzer. my career, i was already doing what i wanted to do at the "washington post." my assignments with the post did not ever really change. it did not affect me in the sense of my career. i think it did, but it was not obvious to me. because i kept doing what i always did. but that was a very important story for me, because as you mentioned, we spent four years with that family. with four generations. of the family. it was an eye-opening experience the issues that poverty, illiteracy, drug abuse, not only a family, but in a in america, and why it is so difficult for people to break out of these cycles. of the, they may track family, had a two children. two of those kids did break out had normal night -- normal lives. in their own families -- and their own families. in both cases, it was because of teachers who they looked up to and who motivated them to do something better with their lives. out, sheas it turned was a drug

let's devote resources to this and when that happens here is hw it works in washington. people at home call their congressmen and senators and a look at the mail and the incumbent list and says i better do something about it and do so with the legislation is then proposed to remedy it in a proper weight and ultimately goes to the executive branch that says this is going to be a big voting issue and so in many ways it begins in the media coverage and finds its way to washington. [applause] away wel will be dealing with te chicago cubs. >> thank you so much for sharing the insight of your reporting and let me remind you we have been talking with the producer of 60 minutes, responsible for the story command reporters at the "washington post," scott and lenny bernstein. thank you to all of you for joining us today. and i've been remind you you can follow all of our upcoming events at "washington post" live.com. thank you everyone. [applause] mr. merkley: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon.

until then a little more from today's washington journal. continues. host: once a week we focus on "washington journal" on your money and what that federal money is being spent for. $2 y we're looking at the billion plus spent so far this year on fighting wildfires. the studio is in robert bonnie, a former department undersecretary for natural resources. this you for joining us morning. explain your role at the agriculture department when you forest re, you oversaw service; correct? guest: yes, undersecretary for agencies t at two under the u.s. forest service and conservation service. ost: what do you make of what you have been seeing out in california recently? uest: it's terribly tragic, we've obviously lost a lot of lives, a lot of homes and resources, as well. but it's part of a larger trend that we've seen over the last bigger fires, , more catastrophic and deadly ires and that is very concerning and it means investments at the federal level are critically important, both firefighting aspect and to do more work, educe threat of catastrophic fire

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to all worshipers because george washington was a slave owner.nd columnist for "the washington times" and fox news contributor joins us now. the search of the case of the church. what do you know? >> after 250 years, nearly 250 years, after george washington helped found christ church in alexandria, the congregation has decided, the vestry has decided, i imagine there will be discontent of some of the parishioners, they have decided to take the markers down. i don't know if they just discovered he was a slaveholder or if they, you know, because of the news that has been in the media lately, sort of brought attention to a higher level. whatever the cases, they have made the decision to take that markers down. >> shannon: months ago, president trump predicted this. you have to give him credit. heat a couple of his tweets. he said, "i do see the history of our culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments. you can't change history but we can learn from it." who's next? washington, jefferson,

washington and jefferson and lincoln. caller: he is not president -- has, "trump slams corker." is that acceptable? caller: it is not right. he is president. he was elected. all of you,you and thanks for your calls and comments. what makes this program work is the cross-section of your points of view and that is what it is all about. yournt to find out what thinking and have a balance and interesting conversations. we will keep it up in the next few hours p coming up, the former -- white house responders association. o'connor, a radio talk show on wma all here in the washington dc area. are listening and watching c-span's "washington journal" as we mark 20 years on the air today. a short break and we are back in a moment. ♪ >> all this week, booktv is in prime time on c-span two. tonight at 8:30 eastern, finalist for the national accord with frances fitzgerald, author of "the evangelicals." tuesday night at 8:00 eastern, cyber warfare and security with , andkaplan, bill gertz john you and jeremy rapkin. 8:00, a lookht at

for 27 years, he was a staff photographer for "the washington post." he won the pulitzer prize for covering three generations of poverty in washington, d.c. and also the rest of the -- refugee situation in kosovo. then we also have the collection of david valdez, who did an interview with us as well. david was george h. w. bush's white house photographer. he published a book of those as well. then we have diana walker, a "time" magazine photographer for 20 years. she is especially known for her work covering hillary clinton. but she covered the clinton white house really broadly and deeply. she also covered the reagan administration, and george h.w. bush. david valdez and diana walker are actively involved in our program. they both belong to our advisory council here at the briscoe center. >> what do you hope viewers will take away after watching these interviews? dr. carleton: the importance of photojournalists and news photographers, documentary photographers, they go by various names. they self identify in different ways. they are all photographers.

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the united states and israel are pulling out of the united nations cultural organization unesco washington says it's anti israel and hasn't made sufficient reform and president trump could move to scuttle a landmark nuclear agreement with iran a look at what that would mean for the countries who helped broker it. and well iraq it's a pleasure to have you with us we start off in the u.s. where thirty one people are now confirmed dead and wildfires raging across northern california making the deadliest in the state's history and sadly the death toll is expected to rise even further with hundreds of people still missing while the blazes have been burning since sunday in wine country north of san francisco and firefighters haven't been able to bring the worst of them under control of dry conditions and fierce winds have hampered their efforts and new evacuation orders that have been issued with conditions forecast to get a whole lot worse over the weekend. since and earlier we had the opportunity opportunity to speak with mike the well too is a journalist with the k.s.r. radio in sonoma county

new york times and the washington post. you were mentioning about the news organizations in the central part of america. perhaps you were saying yourself that some of these may have to go out of business. dean baquet: i think local news is in deep trouble. i think the financial model that "the post" and "new york times" has managed their way through, the decline in print advertising, i think a lot of newspapers have cut their newsrooms to the point that ist -- that it is hard for them to charge the amount of money that are news organizations charge. i think there are entire sections of america that are not covered. i grew up in a newspaper in new orleans that is a terrific newspaper. i am sure the staff is a tiny fraction of what it was. you know, my guess is there are places like mississippi and alabama that do not cover their congressional delegations because they do not have washington bureaus. they do not have washington correspondents, and unless their members of congress are very powerful figures that become national

we would like them to be thinking about, for as, "the washington post." i don't think that they necessarily engage in risky behavior simply because they are appearing on the air. >> quite the contrary, i wanted to say i am not at all criticizing the reporters. marty baron: i am not sure they are perceived as such. dean baquet: it is not just for publicity. but i am in this business to have impact. i want, if i do and -- an investigative report, story, like i just did, i wanted to be discussed. i want it to have impact on the world. by the way, i want people to meet the reporters who did it. i think people benefited from meeting david farenthold and seeing that he is a normal, nice guy. [laughter] marty baron: just to be clear. just to be clear. >> i feel the same way about the dea story. [laughter] marvin: talking seriously for a minute. dean: do we have to? ahead.go journalists around the world tend to look to the united states as a beacon for the expression of a free press in its broader sense. they look to us for that. and i am wondering if you think t

washington obviously has that an city that's growing.and net new people a month in the district of columbia. we feel like we meet a lot of characteristics that amazon wants. >> two things when it comes down to the pitch. how deep did you have to get into this, did you have to design physical plans for this or is that something amazon takes care. >> we got deep on it. we designed physical plans ourselves. we also had development partners that also put plans together. so it was really something that we had to really work on. >> the other question financially and economically, we've seen pitches from all over the country, large cities, small towns, trying to lure amazon. amazon says it would prefer big city. washington is perfect for that. >> yup. >> we've seen a lot of different pitches financially when it comes to tax breaks, concessions that type of thing. what did we offer amazon >> some of secret so i can't reveal too much of it. needless to say in addition to sort of our financial incentives we talk a lot about investments the city wa

it's also a significant shift in the culture of washington. there's always been potential relationship between, i i mean, it's a myth, i was the washington bureau chief of the "new york times" for five years and i never met barack obama the entire time i was the washington bureau chief. there was a notion of papers i could post at the "new york times" had a cozy relationship. i don't want to the cozy relationship with any president. i don't go to the christmas parties. i don't go to the white house correspondents' dinner. .. i want to tell you a story. back in 1947 when jackie robinson broke the baseball barrier on color he still faced a great deal of prejudice and got into a lot of fights. his boss pulled him aside one day and said jackie, don't punch back just beat them on the field. turn that into journalism now. how do you adjust to the almost daily taunts and jabs and insults of the president without punching back? you are making it seem as if this is the same in your principles are the same and you don't touch but everything is with the

your washington nationals rocking the cuts in the windy city. lights on at nationals park and excitement in d.c. as the series comes home for one final game. adrianna: down the road from nationals park, the new with hotspot opening for business, inry smith live at the wharf southwest where they get ready for the grand opening. larry: good morning. when they finished this project, 3 million square feet of entertainment. the wharf ready to open at 11:00 today. this is a $2.5 billion project that has been years in the making. hotels, 20 bars and restaurants, 1300 residences. we are here all morning long and suzanne kennedy and kidd o'shea will talk more about how to get here and what you will see when you arrive coming up this hour on "good morning washington." will the weather cooperate? veronica: i think it will, we will have some moisture this morning, a little bit of fog and drizzle which could be similar this evening around 8:00. today, minor issues on area roads. with standing water from rain overnight. you are looking at the high mid-60'ures

the united states and israel are pulling out of the united nations' cultural organization unesco washington says it's anti israel and hasn't made sufficient reforms. on little rock thanks very much for your company. we begin in the united states where thirty one people have been killed in wildfires raging across northern california the deadliest in these states history with hundreds of people still missing the death toll is expected to rise well dry conditions and fierce winds have been hampering efforts to bring the fires under control and conditions are forecast to get a whole lot worse over the weekend the blazes have been burning since sunday in wine country north of san francisco napa valley was the heart of california's wine industry but now napa and it surrounds the scene an unprecedented disaster. these men are among eight thousand firefighters who spent the last few days trying to bring the prices under control. some houses down the street knows there's no better feeling now you know it's just there because they're everywhere you know there's little pockets there's there's. there's

are washington. and so if you look at all of his cabinet, it's about clean up the swamp but look what has happened to every single one of his-- five cabinet ministers have already been shown to have taken, used-- . >> rose: private planes and the rest. >> and government money and spending money and all of that. but i will tell you, one of the problems is that the white house is the sort of center of power. is access is everything. and it used to be that even, for instance the obamas never went out ever, i don't know anybody's house they went to, in eight years, except for their close friends. , so they were not part of the warn ton scene but the people around them went out. and so you had some sense of people would have a sense that they had access to power. and you know, one of the great things in washington is people meeting each other. >> rose: he went back to delaware. >> did he but he knew people and saw people. one of the things that's been so tal i think about washington is having people in th

who is mary washington? is it a, george washington's mother. b, george washington's sister?'s daughter? >> that's cheating. >> write it down and show the camera. you ready? >> a. big ding ding ding ding. >> george washington's mother. >> yes. second question. founded in 1908 the university of mary washington began as an all girls school. in what year did it become coach educational? or c, 2006? >> ut-oh. >> what you got jamal. >> excellent. >> excellent students. >> i think it's going to be tie. come on. >> the third question kevin. >> one third of umw students do this before graduation. a, pour food coloring into the hall mary fountain. b, borough dean tucker winnie the pool halloween costume or c study abroad? >> oh. >> right now we're tied. >> oh, my gosh. >> the answer is c study abroad one third umw students before graduation. next question umw has been ranked a top producing university for more than decade by which international organization? is it a, the peace corps, b, the association foreign 93 sw or see the therapeutic humor association? >> oh. >> oh, my gosh. >> b

so my photographs were in the washington post. but it was also one of the first stories where the photographs were running daily on the internet. on the washington post. and i was amazed at how many people saw the photographs on the ente net. opposed to the washington post. people especially in kosovo saw them on the internet. i realized how important the internet would be to the future. >> was that a contributing factor to winning a pulitzer prize for the project? >> i don't think so. that was different because that was based more on the photograph ri and how we entered it into the contest. i think what was a factor for me. that understanding that the internet was a future. and as a matter of fact it was a couple years after that, that a writer bob kizer who also worked in the former soviet union in the 70s. we came up with this idea to do the siberian diaries in which we traveled tli siberia. and every day post stories on the internet. it was one of the first sort of blogs. certainly the first blogs the post did. i think one of

washington to miss eliza wadsworth april 5, 1800." he has inscribed it with his own name and 1850, when the locket was made. this piece is the letter book of benedict arnold on his exhibition to kobach in 1775. it starts with the journal which was a copy. what is very interesting about this piece is that it was presented to the maine historical society by ehrenberg and 1831. burr in 1831. it is certainly easy to not have to qualify that. this piece is one of the treasures of maine historical society. it has been microfilmed because the book itself despite the , it has its own intrinsic value. you can see a copy of his signature there. benedict arnold was a general during the revolutionary war who is infamous for later becoming a traitor and transitioning to the british side. andelt very slighted underappreciated during the revolutionary war and thought he would get a better deal on the other side. it did not really work out in his favor. considered the most successful cohort in the continental army. so this particular piece here is an

-- h -- host: that's this morning from "the washington post." the column cyst joining us live on the phone. thanks very much for being with us. guest: good morning. host: and i guess i just have to say, wow. where do you begin with something like this? this is an early supporter of donald trump and a key ally on capitol hill that the president is going to need for the next year and a half. guest: that's right. it's a pretty extraordinary development. you know, it started with trump picking this fight with corker on twitter yesterday morning. and really attacking corker. and it just -- it unleashed a lot of comments that i suspect the senator had been holding on to for some time, waiting for the right moment to go public with. noip case our audience missed what the president tweeted yesterday morning, let me share with all of you, and there are three of them from the president -- host: phil rucker, your response. guest: yeah, you know, that's quite a charge from a president, and it's worth noting that senator corker's chief of staff has gone on t

you go to places like the "washington examiner" or "the washington post" or any other organization and they do not go around hiring political opposition research firms. this is an unusual situation. >> jeanine: clearly if there is investigative reporters, they wouldn't subcontract someone. byron, stay with us. i also want to ask -- fox news contributor charlie hurt and matthew slap. i will go to you first, matt. what is your take on the information that byron had just released this evening? >> there's been a lot of smoke around this for a long time. i give byron great credit. it just seems like there is almost an access of political evil here. people willing to do almost everything to stop donald trump. bill kristol, we've all debated throughout the last two years. he was a prominent never trumper. paul singer, how did it move from this republican back over now to the dnc and to the democrats? there's a lot more here that we need to know. >> jeanine: do we know anything about that? the original investigation from the fall of 2015 to the spring of 2016 and then it ended in terms of the

[laughter] larry: washington. today they are celebrating with whiskeyl -- special distilling, barrel filling, and a toast. they made it just as washington would himself after researchers found the old recipe ledgers in the distillery. tradition going 31 years strong, the annual high heel race in dupont circle. runners lace up their best pumps and raced down 17th street. at 6:30.ures begin that, we have a yearly tradition, the third annual "good morning washington closed out high heel race and this is some serious stuff. the grand marshall will be counting us down and the big question everyone is talking about this morning, can this man right here, our reigning champion, brian van de graaff, we will find out this morning when we switch over to news channel 8. this year he is going up against josh. so we will see. larry: looking like another warm day? veronica: fantastically warm, really nice for getting outdoors . what a warm october we have had. month, days, 90% of this the afternoon temperatures have been above a

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liz: gerri, "the washington post" had an op-ed bringing up the point. when will the mainstream media get over this hate-fest of president trump? >> washington post is considered a fabulous source inside the beltway, right? the left loves "the washington post" and, yet, you remember that in the jetsons, that character that says, does not compute, you can see the journalists thinking this makes no sense to me. really, really? they can't get their arms around what's really going on here, that this information is bogus, that it comes from the russians and the dossier should be thrown out. liz: michael, give me your thoughts on this. >> i don't think it's a coincidence that the reports are coming out at the same time. that the mueller investigation is starting to ramp up. "the washington post" reported on this and also reported on don, jr. the new york times reported on this and reported on rather, the dossier, there has been consistency. one story don, jr. admitted to and the other stories doesn't

it's 49 in washington. 34 in warrenton.t's one of the coldest spots on the map. 42 gaithersburg. 39 in frederick. as you wake up and walk outside, around 50 degrees. many suburbs in the 40s. by 9:00 a.m., sunny and cool. temperatures in the mid-50s. big area of high pressure. that will keep us dry through the weekend. today, if you're walking the dog or need one to walk and adopt, this is poke a at the humane rescue alliance. the upper 60s. gofrj gorgeous by 5:00 p.m. look at this warming trend into the weekend. each day we'll warmer. by sunday, we're talking about 77 for a high. look at monday, near 80. then the rain approaches and moves in. especially tuesday and wednesday. that's a cold front. look at that ten-degree drop from tuesday to wednesday. going to be pretty chilly around here. even in the afternoon next week. let's check the roads with jack taylor on yours thursday morning drive. hey, jack. >> sheena, good morning. we've had trouble in virginia near hamilton station. it's off on the median. crowded in the left

." -- "good morning washington." ryan: we are still seeing d.c. police and campus lease monitoring the area very closely. it started with the shooting in montgomery county with the armed suspects getting in a car, driving down the street and crashing into that tree right here near campus. least tell us that it was just 1:30 this morning when a 50-year-old man was shot in silver springs in an apparent robbery outside of a home. the suspects drove off, setting off a police chase. nissan when a dark slammed into a tree here on campus across the street at the athletic center. the university then telling students to shelter in place and get inside a bui the woods. crime scene techs, going through the car in search of evidence. abc cameras were rolling as one suspect was it on campus that a we are told, remains on the run. the shelter in place warning being lifted at 3:30 this morning. to getare still trying to the bottom of what led to that shooting. again, a 50-year-old man shot. d.c. police still searching for that seco

it never happened before in washington. we have done in her of these situational walk-ins and frankly most of the time the congressman come out and try to make the best of it. this is extraordinary in terms of the reaction. >> we made numerous attempts to set up an interview with the congress. we contacted his office had sent over e-mails. so, this is kind of our last-ditch thing it's not like we wanted to and watc ashamed, e felt like there was an explanation to the public for why he introduced the legislation and we felt as a public official that he should be held accountable for this legislation, and he refused to talk about it. so, we went in to pay him a visit. >> let's talk about what happened since the broadcast and "washington post" piece aired sunday. the job isn't to decide what change is effective, it has a life of its own int if the publc decides where to go from here we dipsy president of trump as well as on a radio show talked about tom marino and the president said what if there's even a perception or conflic

tonight, on "washington week." >> keep your heads down! go! >> a lone gunman armed with a stockpile of weapons turns a music festival into a killing field. as investigators search for a motive, both parties and the powerful gun lobby may come together to support new restrictions, focusing on the device the gunman used to turn his rifles into fully automatic weapons. >> we all know and believe that fully auto weapons are illegal and so is this a big gap that needs to be closed? and if so, how to close it? >> i do think there will be bipartisan support coming together to pass a bill, to make it illegal to sell those. >> will the worst mass shooting in history change the stalled debate? plus, president trump stands by his secretary of state, following reports of tensions and name-calling. >> total confidence in rex. i have total confidence. >> and he prepares to abandon the iran nuclear deal. we cover it all, with eli stokols of the wall street journal, kimberly atkins of the boston herald, erica werner of the associated press, and reid wilson of

i tell them on washington d.c.it only got and not the cable companies deal but as sublease sort of deal or arrangement with megahertz. the same thing with new york. when it actually got to new york it was through a third party that had to deal the cable but you are absolutely right. i think it's an important source in washington d.c. and one thing i write about is whether the audience sizes and most of its viewership for the largest market for it was in washington d.c. purdue is in the beltway. it was in the beltway in terms of the audiences influencing this book too i think. >> i heard it was only into major media markets in the whole nation when it was on broadcast tv. >> that's right new york city and washington. buckeye cable in ohio because the owner said i like it and i'm going to show it. this is not comcast or time warner and burlington telecom which has a story about a pet i wrote a paper about it. it was actually started in part by bernie sanders when he was the mayor are links in vermont. they had a loca

it is how washington is tried influence washington. one of the things people have forgotten about mike pence being the deciding vote is that candidate donald trump ran as the most anti-wall street candidate since franklin down the roosevelt in the 1930's -- in then delano roosevelt 1930's. he said it you shouldn't vote for hillary clinton because she is in the pocket of a wall street. he said when hillary clinton gets to wall street, she will bring all the bankers and put .hem in the administration what we have seen is the biggest flip-flop in history. candidate donald trump is anti-wall street. president donald trump has embraced wall street and a way that is unimaginable. effectively merged the white house with wall street. the president of goldman sachs president trump's chairman of the national economic council. he runs the national economic policy for the united states. it should not surprise anybody that vice president pence would go up to the senate and cast the deciding vote to deliver to wall street one of its biggest wins and