washington accepted this plan. after careful preparation, the continental soldiers moved on to the peninsula on march 4. as i said, the general already wanted to leave. but when he saw a canon pointing down at him, he left earlier than he land. washington expressed in a letter home the disappointment he felt that there was no major fighting. but he accepted congratulations and this metal from the continental congress for pushing the british out. he realized the attack would have been very difficult. washington recognized the war was not over to them he quickly moved resources down to new york and he followed in april. he left this house in early april 1776. the massachusetts government confiscated the house. as far as we know, general washington never went back there. during his progress through the northern states, he rode through cambridge that he did not even stop you and the early 1790's, the house was sold to the chief pharmaceutical supplier to the army. the expanded the mansion, added porches, and started pa

washington and rollins meat cured he sends the design to washington approved the design. time for the work to be executed. and there is a knock on the front door, and the door opens, and the guy says "hey, general washington, i'm richard tharp -- " and he is the irish plasterer. washington was not very happy by that at that point. he wanted rawlins to do the work. is back andndence forth. it is also thought up. ultimately, washington accepts that rawlins is incapable at this point in his career of doing the work. i don't know what his age was, but he got by the end of the 1780's, and he might have been in ill health by this point or a clearly, washington got his money's worth. >> ok, thank you. mr. reinhart: thank you. [applause] >> c-span history, a tweet from across the water, asking about what still resounds today. his question is about how many people were fathered by gis, in vietnam. how are they treated 45 years after the u.s. departure? >> can be featured in our next live program. join the conversation on facebook at facebook.com/c-spanhistory, and on twitter. >> m

this is fundamentally who we are in washington. we create, we invent, we build and the people of washington are ready to create an event and build the carbon-free future our children and grandchildren deserve. these clean energy jobs belong here, not just in china, not just in germany, not just in b.c., here. washington employees some of the most influential climate scientists in the world. our universities and businesses are on the cutting edge of clean energy technology. in the pacific coast region, clean energy jobs have grown -- and this is kind of interesting to know, clean energy jobs have grown more than twice as fast as jobs in the overall economy. home to the inventors -- mose's lake is home to one of the world's largest carbon fiber manufacturing plants for electric cars. our state is home to the inventors of bio fuels. it is our states destiny because of who we are to defeat climate change even if the white house walks away from the global effort now embraced by every single nation in the world except the united states,

but washington did not know that. he was constantly worried that the british would learn about his armies shortages of gunpowder in august, or shortage of fighting men at the end of the year. he was very worried that there would be some sort of attack. however, his army was pretty safe. as result, in this headquarters, general washington had the time to learn about his army and his command style and what worked best. he had the luxuries of making mistakes. he stayed in cambridge over eight months from july 1775 until april 1776, longer than he stayed at any single headquarters during the entire war until newberg, new york. he felt his job was to drive the british off by force, to sour london on continuing the war. he tried to a concept by bringing on a second bunker hill battle, inflicting lots of casualties on the british. not quite acknowledging that the first battle of bunker hill, the americans technically lost. he took a very aggressive approach. he brought land after plan for attacking the british to his council

when washington, d.c. takes away that protection, we must protect net neutrality for our people, for our businesses and for the virtues of free speech. [ applause ] >> and at a time -- and at a time when women's health care rights are under attack throughout our nation, let's leave a legacy that ensures full access to contraception and allows women to chart their own course, that includes access to long-acting reversible contraception and reproductive parody. and not all of our work is in passing bills. right now let's all, elected leaders and employers alike, commit to inclusive workplaces where everyone is safe from sexual harassment and assault. this is one of the persistent wrongs that our society must make right. this session -- [ applause ] this session, let's also continue our outstanding legacy on education. legislators can take pride that you've passed a plan that will fully comply with the mccleary decision. i want to commend senators john brawn, representative pat sullivan, tim ormsby in david t

washington's conflicting feelings. robert lewis described the departure which finally took 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 arrange.s, and which we were greatly retarded, it brought to us 3:00 in the afternoon when we left mount v. this servants of the house and a number of the field negroes made their appearance to take leave of their mistress. numbers of the poor wretcheds seemed greatly agitated. much affected. my aunt equally so. betty ona judge's mother, must have one of the agitate slaves. she was lowe's losing her daughter also losing her son austin who was one of the washington's waiters. austin's wife, charlotte and their children, would have joined in the mourning. betty watched her children leave mt. vernon, a reminder of what little control slave mothers had over the lives of their children. i she found any comfort in that day, it would have been that brother and sister were traveling together. austin was o

washington -- one of the courses washington tried, he was in correspondence in ireland. he said "i have got this guy. he's really good. he's a plasterer. you can bring him over." washington decides not to do that. washington and rollins meat cured he sends the design to washington approved the design. time for the work to be executed. and there is a knock on the front door, and the door opens, and the guy says "hey, general washington, i'm richard tharp --" and he is the irish plasterer. washington was not very happy by that at that point. he wanted rawlins to do the work. the correspondence is back and forth. it is also thought up. ultimately, washington accepts that rawlins is incapable at this point in his career of doing the work. i don't know what his age was, but he got by the end of the 1780's, and he might have been in ill health by this point or a clearly, washington got his money's worth. >> ok, thank you. mr. reinhart: thank you. [applause] you are watching american history tv, all weekend every week and on c-span 3. to join the conversation, jonas c-span-- on

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it is time to pass the washington voting rights act. [applause] speaking of a stronger democracy, let's leave a legacy that supports our modern democracy and our modern economy by ensuring equal access to the internet for all washingtonians. when washington dc takes away that protection, we must protect net neutrality for our people, our businesses, and the virtues of free speech. [applause] >> at a time when women's health care rights are under attack, throughout our nation, let's leave a legacy that ensures full , allowso contraception women to chart their own course. that includes access to long acting reducible of contraception. none of all -- not all of our work is in passing bills. let's elect the leaders and to commit toke inclusive workplaces where everyone is safe from sexual harassment and assault. this is one of the persisting wrongs that our society must make right. [applause] this session, it's also continue our outstanding legacy on education. we can take pride to pass a plan that can fully comply. commend some of our sena

after washington died, madison introduced special legislation in honor of washington.helped put money aside for a monument. in fact, he and jefferson believed that washington had become part of the federalist. they thought in washington's farewell address, the thing we we all loved so well was a totally partisan performance and was not something that should be valued for the ages. brian: you come to washington, there is a big statue but there is not a big one for medicine. why is that? noah: the constitution is madison's monument. forhat way, the monument medicine is all around you and washington, d.c. the three structures of governments. the way people speak to each other, the exercise of free speech, all of that is his monument. sort of as the case in st. paul's where he said look around you. if you are looking for madison's monument in washington, d.c., it is all around you. madison did not have a single author document in the way the declaration of independence was written by jefferson. he did not have jefferson's love of the crowd. he did not have his incredible g

and so we got to tacoma, washington that way.n they told us we were going to washington to fort lewis, we didn't have a clue of where that was. but here it was all detroiters, all young black men coming from detroit to washington and by the time we cross montana, we had the feeling we weren't going near d.c. so now we started trying to figure out what was in washington stated and we got here. so that's the beginning of how i found tacoma, washington. the first issue for me was i was still in uniform just from detroit. one of the things i did in detroit every saturday was roller skate. and roller skating was big. we had, in detroit like i say, you had had the paradise bowl, black. i don't know what they call the other one but it was white. we roller skated to down home blues. they roller skated to i don't know what they did. but we played our music and they played an organ. just that difference. i was on my way downtown just to see the city, get out and before i got married and i saw skating rink. man, i got off the bus in uniform

the washingtons word travel to new york but onie judge would go with the washingtons one out of ninee enslaved people that were going to head south actually. pretend you see the presidents house. [laughter] it was an image of a f lithograph which actually right now the house is right there.e. watching the pre-election coverage former president barack obama andac hillary clinton smack in the middle of the courtyard of independence hall. and off to the right is where the presidents house to and i thought here we a are, watching this moment and onie judge is right there she will not let me go. she is everywhere. february, 1796 bringing the unease the executive mansion a thick tension prompted onie judge and her enslaved companions to tread lightly around george and martha washington. slave men and women moved about their days with caution not knowing what event sour or sweetening owners mood. a slave that was in the same household could m be like a landmine like the accidental breaking of a dish or bad weather could alter a decision of an owner although the president did not earn the rep

he tells washington, you have to organize a prisoner exchange and washington agrees. the deal was, he does not escape, dring tells stoat -- you are going to die. sooner or later, you're going to get the disease and died. now, an angry mob is going to come to port and an angry mob is going to come so let me off the ship and let me negotiate a prison exchange. maybe you can live through this. george does not want to do it so they arrange an exchange. the prison warden deal is if you do not return to the ship, i will kill everybody. dring goes back on the ship. he holds his promise. he is dying of a disease. as i was reading this, i went, please do not die. he makes it through. it is an extraordinary story. what i tried to do in addition to telling the story of the ship and the story of the war, is how far the british were willing to go in total war. which is a story you could substitute the name of any battle or any war for this. i also tried to follow the lives of these guys on board and how they managed to live through this and tell their story. they are the protagoni

. >> "washington journal" continues. joining us from new york city is david rudenstine, a professor of law at the core does a school of law -- core does that -- or does out -- cordozo school of law. he is also the author of "the day the presses stopped: a history of the pentagon papers case." thank you for joining us today. thank you. i am delighted to be here. phyllis coming up that focuses on the washington post coverage of the pentagon papers. remind us of what the pentagon papers work. papersthe pentagon totaled 2.5 million words, 7000 pages, and it weighed 60 pounds. it was a history of how the united states got involved in totnam from roughly 1945 1968. "the washington post" covering the made it to the supreme court. explain what happened. guest: that is a complicated question. given to there "new york times" in 1971. , 1971, "the new york series"pushing a 10-part publishing the papers. the papers were classified top secret. later, a judge enjoined with the going forward publication pending a hearing because the go

particular because washington has been arming this group for many many months now it did appear late last year that some sort of agreement had been reached between the two presidents where the turkish president claimed that donald president donald trump had agreed to end the arming of the scaling back its support of this group now this this proposal of a thirty thousand strong front here force that was going to be mainly made up of syrian kurdish fighters has caused absolute outrage it does appear the uncle has been shocked by this and they do thi this as another case of what they see is washington typography if not outright for trail and what about the role of russia in this does it ever want does he have moscow's support. well that is a big question because moscow has been playing very much a double game here on the one hand it has been only too happy to see this deepening route between two nato allies and in fact our own crap being gravitating more more towards moscow causing more alarm in washington on top of that moscow has been supporting quietly behind the scenes the same syri

washington obama and washington trump. so it is true that there were a lot of different terms, and you have to understand that there were hurting the ears of william mcclay, and a lot of what hurt the ears of the people that were of a more pedestrian, and the revolution makes everybody equal, and nothing but besides mister, and the name of the president will do. but, in the end, what the senate recapitulated with the house, and agreed that there would be no title other than the title of president which was mentioned in the constitution, the senate went on record to say that what they thought was their opinion that he should be addressed as preside president. his highness the president of the united states of america and protector of their liberties. his highness. >> so we are really glad that we don't have that today. [ laughter ] thank you all so much. real quick? >> yes, the cartoon. >> oh, and i will real quick, i will say that, you know, you think that washington, and this is just the outlandishness of a few people, an

my message to washington is very clear. washington, we are here to save you. [laughter] >> we are here to make sure the values and progress of this nation are matched and are met. unfortunatelyave politics defining itself by what they can take away from american people and how they can divide us. they want to divide us appear, but we won't be divided. we judge our success by what we had, and how we multiply our successes. we share those stories. i want to share the stories in los angeles. i am proud to bring the summer games back to los angeles. i am excited to talk about while washington is finally talking about infrastructure, and we welcome it, we had been passing $250 billion of infrastructure, number larger than what they are going to start with in our cities on our own. it is time for washington to match us. to cap our tax dollars coming back to our communities to make sure we rebuild our bridges, streets, public transportation, water systems and electrical grids. today,ove forward here we may see some people who send out tweets. but we are fixing the st

what that is like today in washington, i have to confess i am in new york and not in washington, i am a law professor and not in government. i am not sure if the relationships in washington today are like what they were in the 1960's where there was a lot of coming and going and back and forth. host: marcus calling from boston on our independent line -- mark is calling from boston on our independent line. you are on with professor david rubenstein. caller: "the washington post" published the pentagon papers. what is the difference between that and what julian assange is doing? and why is there such a 100-80 degree turn from people on the liberal left for what he is doing? it seems whoever is in power is theatened by people like "washington post" at that time. i think it is a very different organization now. i want to get your thoughts. it seems totally the same thing. host: what do you think, professor? guest: that is an interesting question. the dramaticpon changes in the country with media to traditional outlets and social media. let me bring you back to 1971. we did not have twitte

"washington journal" is next. happy new year. it is the first "washington journal program. calls,ours of your phone plus discussions with talk host and bloggers. here is what we want to hear from you. instead of asking you to make political predictions, we want to hear your message to washington. the white you say to house, congress, republicans, democrats, what message would you deliver for 2018? here is how you can let us know. democrats, (202) 748-8000.. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. you can post on twitter, @cspanwj, and on our facebook page. either for discussion on front. your message to washington in 20 as we wait for your calls. this is from the observer website. this is the political predictions for 2018. the author is bradley talk. -- bradley tuck. he says the presidential race will start far earlier than usual. -- the soonerg to they jump in, this could be five to 10 declared, serious presidential candidates by the end of 2018. adding hert mueller would not decide the result of the mid-term election, saying perhaps he will release the

people are coming back to cities in america. -- myage to washington message to washington is very clear. we are here to save you. politics dividing itself fromat they can take away the american people and what they can do to divide us. we judge our success by what we add or how we multiply our successes. we share the stories. i am excited to bring the summer games back to america for the first time in 30 years and los angeles. while washington is finally talking about infrastructure, we have been passing 250 billion dollars worth of infrastructure and our cities on our own. it is time for washington to match us. sure our tax dollars come back to our cities. today,ove forward here we may see some people who send out tweets, but we are fixing the streets. we are going out there and taking politics seriously. we want to see things get done. we have often helped each other out, sometimes even build each other out. eachother out. these threats are nothing short of a distraction. when you're threatening people with things that are not going to happen, if you do not listen professionals, if yo

all as he makes his sales pitch to the world, tonight on "washington week." president trump: very excited. robert: president trump's debut at a global summit is overshadowed by bombshell reports that he demanded the firing of special counsel robert mueller. president trump: fake news, folks. robert: one of the president's confidante's, news max c.e.o. chris ruddy, told the "pbs newshour" last june, that mr. trump was actively considering firing mueller. >> i think he's considering perhaps terminating the special counsel. i think he's weighing that option. robert: and there are new reports that at least 20 current and former white house staffers have spoken with mueller's team. it all comes as the senate intelligence committee prepares to release transcripts of interviews with donald trump jr. and jared kushner. some republican critics of the russia probe are raising questions about the integrity of the f.b.i. the democratic response to reports of a secret club of anti-trump agents -- >> paranoia, delusion. why? robert: plus, president trump strikes a more inc

today and not pressure on from washington is expected to step up particularly as washington called on not to intervene turkish president reject the one slammed washington said they cannot be trusted and they are supporting terrorists daryn jones for us in istanbul thank you very much. germany is on political tenterhooks this weekend ahead of a key vote that could decide chancellor angela merkel's future six hundred delegates from the center left social democrats are due to vote on sunday whether to enter coalition talks with merkel's conservatives social democrat leader mohsen schultz is in favor of forming a new so-called grand coalition but he faces resistance from the left of his party especially its youth wing former coach for more formal coalition talks can only begin if scholtz gets a yes vote from the gathering social democrat delegates in bonn a no vote could lead to a minority government or two fresh elections and s.p.d. leaders had a meeting this afternoon to discuss tomorrow's vote so we're getting the latest now from our correspondent here in the studio show a lot of pots

in landover, john gonzalez, "good morning washington." larry: the latest in the russia investigation. president trump saying he won't interview with special counsel robert mueller despite previously saying he would be willing to do so. the senate republican leading one investigation says it will not happen that republicans will take over. >> a hope he doesn't call me and tell me the same thing you said he said. deniespresident trump there was any collusion and has called the investigatio single greatest witchhunt in american history. autria: numeral two men caught on camera busting up a jewelry store along f street northwest. you can see them throwing rocks and crawling through doors. that is when they break display cases and load up. does this look familiar? this was the same store hit less than a month ago. we put the two videos side-by-side. the suspect in the december incident, david ashton, has been caught. larry: two men burst into a pizza shop in lanham to rob it. but, police were already inside investigating another robbery. the s

would be washington obama and washington trump. [laughing] >> and it's true that there were a lot of different terms. and you have to understand that these hurt the ears of benjamin, of william mcclay and a lot of benjamin eades and watson, hurt because of people that were of a more -- the revolution a mix everybody equal. nothing besides mr., and the name of the president will do. but in the end, the senate, even though they capitulated with the house and agreed that there would be no title other than the title of president, which was mentioned in the constitution, the senate went on record to say that what they thought was that it's their opinion that he should be addressed as president. his highness, the president of united states of america, and protector of their liberties. his highness. >> so really glad we don't have that today. [laughing] >> thank you all -- >> real quick. the cartoon. >> just real quick. i will say that washington, you think this was just the outlandish list of the few people, especially john adams and his

good morning washington.s oustednt strategist, steve bannon, is stepping autria: the book has been out for five days and amazon can't keep it in stock. the publisher says they initially had one edge of 50,000 copies rented but it is now rushing to fill orders for one million more copies of "fire and fury." back to work today for the virginia and maryland governors. larry: ralph northam will be sworn in on saturday. republicans will try to override the paid sick leave hill. and in virginia and maryland, there will be a focus on transfers -- on transportation. congress plan to wear all black. that is to show solidarity of the is of sexual misconduct. larry: new allegations against james franco, leading the new york times to cancel an event with him today. that thetephen colbert false. were breaking news in california. autria: deadly mudslides. adrianna: the destructive wave of mud came in the same area devastated by recent wildfires. the floods have killed 13 people and injured others. responders are in the are

watson: with washington aware of this? yes. i am a big george washington fan. it is difficult to read that he did not conduct many prisoner exchanges. many times washington was forced to buy the bullet. -- 500 for00-4500 500, the british are exchanging for men who are well fed and have been eating. and we were exchanging for weak prisoners. he sent multiple people to the wardens i those evil mentioned earlier to please take this money. buy food, by clothing. washington was always asking the british to improve the conditions and the answer was always no. by the end of the war, washington says he has had enough. he writes back and says need i remind you that i have a lot of british prisoners and i am willing to start treating the way you are treating our prison. after yorktown, we have generals. the british do not want their officers to be held prisoner. the british believed heaven and earth to have their officers out of prison. the very end of the war, there's a prisoner on board the ship and he is my favorite person i read about. his name was captain thomas dri

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>> well, wolf, this comment has really dominated washington since the washington post first reported about this just a short while ago. but inside the white house this comment is being received much differently by staffers because they actually believe that this isn't going to cause a problem with the president's base because they believe the comment that he made will actually resinate with his voters like in middle america and what not, instead of turning them off or alienating them in some kind of way, much like his attacks on those nfl players who protested by kneeling during the national anthem did. so the white house isn't in a flurry about this as you saw in that statement, from the deputy press secretary raj shaw, they did not deny that the president said that this and they actually in a way defended what he said and the white house staffers, the people inside the white house believe that this is not going to be a big problem for them. >> very interesting. let me get senator cardins reaction because they think it won't hurt him with his base. >> the president says what he beli

washington is finally talking about infrastructure. it is time for washington to match us. we need to make sure we rebuild our bridges, streets, public transportation, and electrical grid. as we move for here today, we may see some people who send out tweets but we are fixing the , streets. we are going out there and taking politics seriously. we want to see things get done. we have often helped each other out, we may have to bail each other out. -- thank you. these threats are nothing short of a distraction, because when you are threatening people with things that are not going to happen, if you don't listen to the police professionals of this nation and understand how best areerve communities, if you -economy to stop the entrepreneurs. sure, distract this country from your lack of work, but the mayors are getting back to it. spanish] i am very happy with my colleagues here, because in this moment, we need to have action. not only words, but action. ofse words are reflection this country and this world. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you mayor landrieu for your l

watson: was washington aware of this? yes. i am a big george washington fan. it is difficult to read that he did not conduct many prisoner exchanges. the british would not take prisoner exchanges more often than not. many times washington was forced to bite the bullet. if you do 500 for 500, the british are getting back 500 men who are freshly trained who are , well fed and have been eating. and we were exchanging for weak prisoners. the more exchanges washington would conduct, the more it cap the british in the fight. representatives, multiple people, to the british, to those evil wardens i mentioned earlier, to please take this money. buy food, here is clothing. washington was always asking the british to improve the conditions and the answer was always no. by the end of the war, you can tell washington has had enough. he writes back and says need i remind you that i have a lot of british prisoners and i am willing to start treating the m the way you are treating our prisoners. after yorktown, we have generals. the british do not want their officers to be he

don't be friends with kurds if you want to keep good relations isn't the only signal washington missed. the coup attempt back in twenty sixteen made things worse there's the local way and turkish cleric living in exile in the us and grow things cool when orchestrated and demands that the us extradite him. and recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital didn't do their relations any good either and it even created an opening for air to want to grab the throne as leader of the muslim world to assistance to wash. look good out of. why you backing israel whether it's ok patient torture and terrorism is that what you were defending one would think that the us would take the theory of their ally into consideration before making any rash decisions but instead of treading carefully washington to cut aid to all of the countries opposed to the jerusalem solution the most important problem between that stares and talk is that is that there is no you know nobody you know trusts their other one this is the main problem for tricky especially to talk to people on government never rely on never trust in

everybody attended the march in washington of august 28.raffic problem even in normal times, traffic had been rerouted and acres of space had been reserved for the buses that brought the thousands of visiting demonstrators. >> we'd like to sing a song. ♪ if i had a hammer, i'd hammer the in the morning ♪ ♪ i'd hammer in the evening all over this land ♪ ♪ i'd hammer out danger, i'd hammer out a warning ♪ ♪ i'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters ♪ ♪ all over this land >> momentum for the march began slowly. by 11:30 a.m., a mounting tide of children, students, parents, grandparents, placards and banners held aloft were walking down the wide avenue named in honor of the constitution of the country. no attempt was made or thought given to strict lines of marching. the mood of the day was serious but relaxed. 200,000 strong they marched in the largest demonstration for civil rights in the history of the united states. catholics, protestants, and jews. the humble and the famous. westerners, northerners, and southerners. across sec

so while federal washington was shut down, i'm here to tell you washington, d.c. open for business and i'm very proud of that. [applause] >> so as we go through our meeting this week, let us remember that our residents, hard working americans in every city are counting on us to come up with solutions for affordable to make sure that we are being creative about ways to end homelessness in our cities. they are counting on us to make sure we're coming up with solutions to fix roads, bridges, airports and to make sure that our public transportation infrastructure catches up instead of falling behind. they are counting on us to stand arm in arm with each other to fight discrimination and counts on us to regulate marijuana and health carer systems are supporting our residents. we have the tools and skills and the abilities to work together across the lines all up and down all levels of government to get the job done for our city. so again, i want to welcome you to washington, d.c. while i know you're going to be busy filling up our hotels, restaurants, our shopping and

part of the problem with the predictable voices in washington is that they have been in washington too long. they basically have their hand out to lobbyists for money. i don't know who i am going to hear, but bernie sanders has been around in politics forever. even find vermont on a map, and he showed up with the right voice at the right time. maybe there will be a voice that shows up at the right place at the right time. this is a year of change. inequality, the events of 2017 and climate change, and between the deregulation that leads so many americans vulnerable in health feeling,feeling -- now -- now failing, is this government responding and respecting you? you better change it. don't wait for the democratic party to knock on your door. put your name out there and start making the change, because you are the change. when it comes to the opioid crisis, overdoses what do you see in the coming year? opioidme explain the crisis in new hampshire. new hampshire is the seventh richest state in new hampshire -- written just state in the country. guess where we went when it comes to eating

wright is definitely not from the washington state area because in washington state and seattle, king county, they think we have all the money in the world -- billion,ty metro, $53 open-ended. thented to know also about federal gas tax. is that in a lockbox like our social security was? host: thanks, caller. guest: yes, the federal gas tax is dedicated to transportation and specifically to surface transportation investment. right now it is an 18.4 cents per gallon tax. the 18.4 cents covers the part of the program that supports the federal contribution to investments in highway and transit. that has not changed in 125 years. we have been operating at the same level. the cost of virtually everything else in our lives has increased substantially over that 25 years. it would not be unreasonable to be -- for there to be adjustment in the federal user tax. one of the things we like to point out is that while 18.4 cents per gallon might seem like a large number, that equates to one dollars per year per driver. it is not a hugely substantial investment by individuals to support the infrastru

until then, some of this morning's "washington journal." >> the remainder of the washington journal today. we're going to be talking with senators and congressmen on the house and senate budget committees about their budget priorities, as we hear from viewers about your budget priorities. and we begin this morning with sheldon whitehouse, senator from rhode island, democrat. and senator, as we're asking about these priorities, what are your priorities, and how are they shaping your role here, and your thoughts as this looming budget deadline is coming in about ten days? >> well, i think the overarching thing that we are looking for is some degree of parity, more or less, between nondefense and defense spending increases. with that, that enables the proprieto proprietors to go back and fix accounts. very keen to see the promised second chunk of opioid spending come through. around washington, promises sometimes aren't quite as strong as they are elsewhere in the world. and then there are the big issues that i think we want in a bipartisan fashion to resolve, but could fall apart. we need t

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although washington and fdr were much more at ease with women which i think you eluded to. who would like to do the comparison? >> i talked this way about lincoln once at a presentation i made in lincoln, illinois and jim edgar, who was a very popular governor of illinois, his top assistance was in the audience, he said "frank, do you want to get a beer?" which i'd always say yes to that. [ laughter ] he said i want to talk to you about jim edgar -- i shouldn't rat out my friend jim edgar. he said everybody thinks he's a wonderful warm person but around us he's demanding and not in the same way and our congress, ed mat b madigan because secretary under bush until clinton beat him. but ed was friendly and nice but you never know what he was thinking. he didn't come to you in the same way friends do so in answer to that question i think maybe public figures have to be more guarded in their relationships. >> i think now that i'm a roosevelt person, part of the time, the comment one hears most about fdr in our circle of roosevelt historians at hunter college is that roosevelt's

of washington d.c. . but it looks like that slump is still here and deeper than ever policy stay the same our foreign policy is the same the monetary policy in the federal reserve is the same spending as the same deficits are still rising so there has not been any significant changes in the direction of our country which i had been hoping for is that he has perpetuated so many of our deeply flawed policies especially in foreign policy foreign policy is a little bit more confusing i am very pleased he's at least made an honest effort that he's reduced the amount of regulations and i think that's one of the reasons we've had an economic boost. and that is that is good and he's made an effort to reduce taxes that's for from perfect but lower taxes less regulation is good and the marketplace is reflecting that oh and don't forget about that wall we're going to build the world we have no choice we have no choice. yeah how's that going we have some wonderful. prototypes that have been put out now despite the pr

washington doesn't know that. and, oh, we are 24-7. when something happens in our community, they don't call washington. they don't call the legislators in our state. they call the mayors. so we get things done. and i'm so proud to be standing here with my colleagues to work together for the good of the people that we serve. and for the good of this nation, and economic vitality and for each and every person who lives in this great country of ours. god bless america. god bless america's mayors [ applause ] >> mayors thank you for all of your comments h there did an elephant in the room and i'm going to address it now. one thing that the people of america should understand clearly about the people standing around me is, number one, we represent the totality and the beauty and diversity of the united states of america. we are republican and democrat. we are rich and poor. we represent every corner of this great nation. the second thing is this, is that mayors run to the fire. we never run away from the fire. because people's lives depend