washington tried. the horse stayed in the sling for about two days but then it wrestled itself out on -- washington had no choice but to put the horse down. and it broke his heart. but i got all of that from one entry in his diary and then evidence of the checklist of books that he added to his library and suddenly, i was able to put together this whole story of george washington after the accident and the horse breaking its leg and george looking through his most recent book about treating horse diseases. not finding anything in the new book and then going back to the old library and following that recipe -- or that prescription as closely as he could only to be disappointed in the results. the biggest addition to his library after his marriage was when he acquired the books of martha's husband's library. daniel custis. the custis family had generations of book lovers and daniel's father was don custis who was a friend and brother-in-law of william burke. greatest library in the south. after the death

listen to washington's words. "the alternate domestic nation -- domination of one faction over another sharpened by the spirit of revenge is itself a frightful despotism, and opens the door to foreign influence and corruption which finds a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions." thus the policy and the will of one country subjected to the policy and will of another. no action of washington's did more to avert dictatorship than his voluntarily retirement at the end of two terms. the poet robert frost said he was one of the few in the whole history the world who is not carried away by power. power. the man who could have been king insisted ultimate sovereignty lay with the people, however imperfect their judgment. the 1796 campaign to succeed washington did little to encourage the friends of democracy. long before the first negative commercial hit the nation's airwaves thomas jefferson was branded a coward and infidel, whose election warned one connecticut newspaper would

george washington. and so, i started working on it. and now, i remember one time when i was working on this, i told a friend of mine what i was doing. they said -- what is a literary life? if you are writing a biography of an author, that is, of course a literary life, but if you are writing a literary life of a statesman or a scientist or someone in any other field, then a literary life is looking at how that person interacted with literature, how they read, what they wrote, and all of the things about their life that concerned books and writing. that's what i have tried to do with george washington. my book is subtitled -- "a life in books." i am looking at george washington not only as a reader, but also as a writer. i think it is something that has not been fully understood or appreciated, was that george washington really was a good writer. not just a letter writer, but some of his pamphlets are really of very fine literary quality. what i thought i would do today is give you a general overview of

chief cartoonist for the washington post. seven years later, he was hired i the washington evening star, the rival newspaper. at the time, that was the most widely circulated paper in washington. clifford berryman continued to draw for the washington evening star for the next 42 years. his cartoons appeared almost daily, usually on the front page. he had quite a illustrious career. he won many awards, most notably in 1944, he was awarded the pulitzer prize for editorial cartooning for a world war two related cartoon he had drawn. a wide rangerew on of subjects and he drew a lot of different people and he often gave his cartoons away to the people he drew. there are many collections that have berryman cartoons. in 1945, he gave a collection to the library of congress and that was the largest collection up until the 1990's and our collection came to us in the early 1990's when his daughter, florence, who lived in the family home passed away. when they were cleaning out her house and preparing her possessions for auction, they d

john ross is talking about washington. washington is no longer president. andrew jackson is president. a very different set of propositions. john ross calls one of his sons george washington. the things that has intrigued me in getting at this story is not that it could be a simple story in which george washington was everybody's hero. merely just a bad guy, and instrument of white imperial aggression. which perhaps he is. there is a lot more going on there. what it gets us to is wrestling with this dilemma. this dilemma that the brits had. and that the united states had. 1790, congress passes the indian trade and intercourse act. it says, you can't trade with an indian country without a license from congress. it is the proclamation of 1763 over again. washington railed against homeroclamation and now that held the south indian people as a new era of government will protect your interest in secure your future. the challenge of american history has been the government in washington by trying and wanting to do in indian country played out very differently. th

washington was part of that washington was part of that expedition. there have been lots of accounts and pictures of washington, and much of the myth and mythology -- many soldiers were killed and wounded, but not washington. there were accounts from people there, which said, we try to kill him, but we couldn't. shots and arrows missed their mark. this was seen as an indication of future greatness, which is what biographers described. if indian people did think that, it is probably not that much different than how washington described it. he attributed it to providence. the british colony is destroyed by a multi-tribal indian army. it is not french troops, the forts they built in the west. those sports are only viable -- viable if the indians who live around them defend them. the frenchdefeating in ohio country is not so much to engage them in battle. away fromin indians french alliances, to neutralize them. washington is involved in the next expedition, which succeeds in capturing the force in the ohio. this is assisted by the scottish expedition of

washington's mission, washington's first foray into the ohio country, comes with a command of militia to defeat the french, which is a disaster, and resulted in the murder of a french ensign. it is described as if washington is orchestrating these events and is given credit for the skirmish that started the war that made america. i and other scholars believe the person who really orchestrated that event was the half-king. he had boasted to the french he would drive them off the land. he had to the indian peoples of the ohio country behind him -- had the indian peoples of the ohio country behind him. this didn't happen. i assumed this was primarily to bolster his declining influence. in the course of the skirmish, in which virginians squared wtih the french, george washington, who is usually pretty meticulous about military engagements, describes this. but according to other accounts we have, french officers were wounded, and there are documents of the one -- is similar to the one washington had carried, asking the english to withdraw. he woke up to him and spoke to him in french sayin

he has spoken at george washington's mt. vernon, valley forming, yorktown and historic sites in boston, new york, philadelphia, and washington, dc. mr. unger is a graduate of the yale university and was a editor at the new york her herald times beforecoming an author. you can find books on his web. he'll discuss "furniture founding father." >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. nice of you to come out in this rain and it's always an honor for me to stand in the footsteps of george washington here at fraunces tavern museum. as the lady said, my views may not reflect those of the museum, and nor do they reflect the views of the president or the members of congress. actually he don't know whose views they reflect other than own. >> america hat many founding fathers but unknown, william withel, joseph hughes, 56 who signed the declaration of independence, each of them of enormous importance to their community and state in the 1770s, '80s and '90s. most of them are forgotten today along with the 39 founders who signed the constitut

he wanted to make it clear that george washington had profited from slavery. in the mural in which he depicted the march of the white race from the atlantic to the pacific, that's a quote of his, he put those gray pioneers literally walking over the dead body of an indian to demonstrate that the settlement of the west was an act of conquest that involved the slaughter of native americans. that was a very bold effort on his part to counter the kind of textbooks that students were seeing and we hope -- i hope he won't be penalized for that in the future. >> thank you. thank you for the public comment. commissioners, no comments? okay. commissioner walton. >> so the things that we're being asked to separate here tonight, one of the very -- one -- thank you to the planning staff for your report this evening and for coming out and explaining the details. one of the -- there are a few major issues i have with the landmark designations. one as a district, regardless of whether or not state rules apply to -- city rules apply to us as state entities, we all know their

washington county you got 53%.county got 58% if you round that pup impressive at first glance, underperforming president trump in each of the three most republican areas of the district. here is the issue. when you count the absentee ballots to make up that 847 -- again ball park still waiting for a precinct or two here so the numbers could change. but sick cone needs as high as 63% among the absentee ballots when you add them up. if it drops down to 60% you didn't get 60% here. got 57. got 53% here. he got 58% here. if the count of the absentee ballot ongoing now, ongoing now not clear. i believe they will do tomorrow. we haven't heard if they're changed. ongoing, ongoing. rick saccone has to get 60% perhaps as high as 63%. he has to overperform among the absentees over the live vote. >> we are told the absentee ballots in west moreland could come in the half hour. >> you spoke to the gentleman who said he is counting. they take an oath and count them. that's again 57% in the vote count. said at the beginning of t

>> no, that was washington county. washington county we knew came in,al ganl allegheny we knew ca we were waiting on two in westmoreland. i say the other possibility here, and i'm trying to get word as fast as i can. the other possibility here is that westmoreland and allegheny are going to be counting their absentee vote. there is the possibility we just got something from the absentees but i think this might have been the last two precincts we were talking about. that might be the election day vote. if that's the election day vote, then what we were just talking about goes doubly because the lion's share doing well in allegheny, the democrats doing especially well in the absentee ballots. >> i have to ask you graphically over your other shoulder the viewers can see, it says 98% in. is that us? will that automatically update, and is 98% kind of the dead top of election day? are the others absentee? >> yes, we're looking at a total here, just some quick math, 53, 55 -- we're looking at about 6,700 absentee ballots here

a rare night in washington for us. featuring two of the very pillars upon which the newspaper of mrs. graham and mr. bradley currently rests. is that an overstatement? ashley parker, white house reporter for the "washington post." phillip rucker, white house bureau chief for the "washington post." we are also so happy to welcome to our broadcast one of the best-known and most widely read journalists in this city, susan page, washington bureau chief for "usa today." susan, we'll begin with you. you wrote today about -- asking the question whether today was a show of rising confidence or a rising sense of peril. >> or both. because i do think we see the president trusting his instincts, going with his gut, getting rid of people who tell him you can't do that, you shouldn't do that, that's not a smart thing to do, and surrounding himself increasingly with his legal team, his economic team, and his national security team with people who will say you're exactly right, trust your gut, do what you think is the right thing to

once again, fr washington, moderateor robert costa. robert: good evening. the friction between russia and the west is escalating.af r the trump administration and a number of u.s. allies moved to expell russians over a nerve agent attack on a former rushingen satisfy inside the kunitedgdom. russia announced it would expel 60 u.s. dip lo malts and close the u.s. consulate in st. pierce. burg in retaliation for a similarhiove by wton. so far more than 20 countries have kicked out more than 00 russian intelligence officers in solidarity with the u.k. the back story, the kremlin is believed to be behind a chemica poison attack on a former russian spy and his daughter who are living in england. a bo now recovering. yet tensions flared on friday new rusha tested its missile. president putin claims the new mitche o is capablef reaching any point on the match. studying s we've been the president and reportsing on him in russia for over ar now. and now this new chip. what to make of it? andrea: the president is sendsing mixed messages. i first of alls been more than

saturday, c-span has live coverage of the march for our lives rally in washington. activists and participants join politicians to rally against gun violence and recent mass shootings. see that live saturday starting at noon eastern. >> this sunday on 1958, america in turmoil, the president election of 1958 began with eight -- 1968 began with eight candidates. by the end, the sitting president bowed out, aren't kennedy was assassinated, television coverage was dominated by protesters at the democratic national convention and richard nixon won a decisive victory. joining us, pat buchanan, author of "the greatest comeback," and barbara perry, co-director of the presidential oral history program at the university of virginia. watch "1968 america in turmoil" live sunday at 8:30 a.m. eastern on c-span's "washington journal" and on american history tv on c-span3. >> next, today's white house briefing with budget director mick mulvaney and legislative affairs director mark short. they awe a -- they announced president trump will sign the $1.3 trillion government spending bi

a big number out of washington county. i think he's got to do probably better than he did in the election day vote there. he's got to probably improve on that 53%. you could get a big number, multiply it into the 1,200 outstanding ballots. maybe he could start to eat into it. it is a massive stack against him but you can understand why he's not questioning up yet, it's an exciting hour, it's early morning, you're awake with me. we've got an election coming down to absentee and we get to watch it together. don't go to sleep, what would be the point of staying up this late and going to sleep now? i know you're supposed to work in the morning, so am i, who cares, we're going to be talking about this 50 years from now. joining us now, kaitlin huey burns, national political reporter for "real clear politics." jason johnson, politics editor at the root.com and nbc contributor. jason, let's go bigger context to start with. whatever happens tonight, we've seen a 20-point swing in this district from the 2016 result won by trump, it

washington had been beaten out of new york city. he had lost a battle in white plains in upstate new york. he had retreated across the state of new jersey and across the delaware river. the british had reconquered southern new york and new jersey, and they expected in the spring they would cross the delaware, take philadelphia and wrap this revolution up. but at the end of the year, washington and his troops turned, recrossed the delaware and attacked the hessian these were hired soldiers from germany who were fighting on the british side. they attacked the hessian outpost in the city of trenton, captured 900 soldiers and went on to win the battle of princeton. this wasn't the beginning of the end of the revolutionary war but it was the end of the beginning. it meant the cause would not be itsled in his cradle -- in cradle, that meant the americans could fight and fight back and win and the struggle could go on. speech to the's new jersey legislature, he mentions the crossing of the river, the hessians and the cold and suffering of

it did not run in the "washington post." the post pulled the curtain because it was a pro eisenhower paper. mr. block was pro stephenson. they felt that mr. block's opinion of eisenhower failing to control mccarthy and nixon went too far. might perhaps persuade voters not to vote for him. it didn't run. it did run in the areas where mr. block was syndicated in the other newspapers. what you need to know about this cartoon, "washington post" readers missed it. they knew a cartoon had appeared elsewhere. it hadn't appeared their home town paper. they are angry. "washington post" ran every single cartoon that mr. block chose to draw after that. he had a lot of power at the post as a cartoonist. web see that mr. block's art style evolved from that midwestern pen and ink drawn to very loose drawing style. he used whiteout both as a way to control his mistakes and enhance his i believe. on this canoe being guided by president kennedy, he's got budget written in whiteout on top of the ink and pencil so that it stand out in his cart

for george washington, we were strangers mustered around your flag. we supported the cause of american freedom from the very start and we shed our blood to help make it a reality. the united way, states helped build modern ireland, one that is prosperous and at peace, self-confidence in our place in the world, no longer an island on the edge of europe, but an island at the center of the world. in my own office i keep and i treasure a small collection of speeches and letters by one of your greatest presidents, president lincoln. there is a crisis or controversy and there is no obvious solution to it, i find wisdom in the words of that first great republican president. resident lincoln believed as he said, when we talk we are only repeating what we are already knowing. but if we listen we may learn something new. president trump and i had a good meeting earlier today and by talking and listening we both learned things that will help our countries move forward together. president lincoln was memorialized in verse for all time by the poet walt whitman. wr

she also spoke at today's march in washington. they both marched in washington today. from parkland, florida is another of their fellow students, junior adam bookwall who spoke in parkland, florida. edna, you were up on that stage today. >> i was really nervous. who wouldn't be? >> can i say something about that? you did not appear to be nervous. fl none of these high school speakers up there in washington today appeared to be flefrs. i've got to tell you, we were all standing out there when you would be introduced with your ages and grades. when we were juniors in high school, we couldn't do this. >> i was very nervous. i asked for god to give me the strength and make sure my voice is loud. now i'm here sitting with you. >> some of the people stayed in parkland. how did you make the decision about whether to come here or stay there? >> well, i made a discussion or had a discussion with my advisor. we made the decision that it was best for me to use my skills as a journalist and my passion as an activist and someone that wants to create change to come here where the ac

tonight on "washington week." president trump: i say to congrs i wil never sign another bill like this again. robert: a defiant president trump pushes back against signing a budget bill. the threat of a government shutdown capped off a wild week of staff shakeups and surprise resignidions. the prent continues to reshuffle his foreign policy be , n john bolton t his third national security advisor. does the appointmentfolton, a hardliner who supports a preemptive strike agait nor korea and iran, signal a cad -- radical shift in foreign policy? and theepture of john dowd, the president's lead attorney in the russia probe and t addition of the hard-charging federal prosecutor joseph digeno. we discuss it allith geoff bennett of nbc news. nancy youssef of "the wall street journal" journal. jackie calmes of the los angeles times and dan balz of the ton post." >> this is "washington week." rporate funding is provided by -- >> their leadership is instinctive. they understand the challenges of today and research the techn

finally, it's tough to be in washington as we've already heard.nd i'm not talking about those shrinking budgets. the president has called journalists the opposition party. there's confusion caused by fake news, reporting mistakes, social media bots, social media vitreeal. we don't really understand all the complexities and psychologies of communicating in the digital world. and we're a little bit stuck. the country's broken into tribes. there's no clear path forward towards a unified front. and in these times the country needs good and reliable journalism more than ever. today i'm more of a news consumer than a journalist, but i've come to deeply appreciate how wise the founding fathers were to give the press the protection they need to fulfill the absolutely necessary and essential role in our democracy. [ applause ] i remain a very optimistic american. there are so many good people who are determined that we will find that way forward in this chaotic time in our national life, whether it's the ladies marching in their pink hats or the sheer numb

i can tell you that washington, d.c. police, they say that they are preparing for some 500,000 people. again, the march starts in about another four hours from now. we're expecting speakers to take to that stage. and we're also expecting celebrity performances, audraey hudson, all taking the stage with the same message which is that they are pushing for the stricter gun laws. organizers are very clear to say that the march that is happening here today is only the beginning. this is not by any means the punctuation at the end of the sentence. this is just the beginning of their movement. you remember yesterday the trump administration announced that they were proposing a rule to ban bump stocks which is essentially that gun accessory that allows for an individual to use a gun in an automatic manner. but the people coming out here today say that by no means is enough. they want to see the purchasing age raised, they also want to see a ban on assault type weapons. so we do know that lawmakers, some will be here, many have l

burg in retaliation for a similar move b washington. so far more than 20 countries have kicked out more than 00 russian intelligence officers in solidarity with the.k. the back story, the kremlin is believed to be behind a chemical poison attack on a former russian spy and his daughte who are living in england. both are now recovering. yet tensions flare on friday when rusha tested its new missile. p presidenin claims the new mitchell is capable of reaching any point on the match. and remarks we've been studying the president and reportsing on him i russi for over a year now. and now this new chip. what toof makt? andrea: the president is sendsing mixed messages. first of all, it's been more than three weeks since that attack and he's not said o word about it. he didn't say a word about to it vlad near putin on the phone and much of the -- to the surprise of his own advisors, he congratulated putin on his own sham ee ctions. weld that he's actually been tougher on the t phonen has been let out. saying if you wa to have an arms race, i'm

we talked to somebody in washington county. they said there are 14 military ballots in that entire county. they're going to have a week to get those in and count those, but there's a total of 14 at the most. you can expect low numbers. i think the rest of the district might be an area where saccone could cut into the lead, but again, not going to be many ballots there. provisional, let's see, the expectation, the provisional, a couple hundred by the way, low hundreds total. the expectation is maybe the allegheny portion of those are more favorable toward lamb. others more republican, maybe issues that would help saccone. that's it. you're going to have scores, dozens or scores of military votes. low hunches dreds of provisiona. saccone needs a big number out of washington county. i think he's got to do better than he did in the election day vote. he's got to improve on that 53%. you can get a big number, multiply it into that 1200 of outstanding ballots. maybe he could start to eat into it. the math is stacked against him, but

we asked if you've ever been to washington, d.c. a large number have never been to washington. what are you going to do when you come to washington? are you doing other things? that what we are finding with not just americans but tourists coming into about 15% to 20% are non-american, they are coming into the u.s. for a tour and there in washington to see museums and they pop in here. how does all of that fit together? is greatnding there curiosity about the bible no matter what faith you are. pick a faith -- they have been here, and with their friends. it is not like somebody just wonders in. they all leave saying i did not know that. could be classified as catholic or protestant or jewish , they leave saying i learned things i never knew before. i had the wrong idea about that. they can go as deep as they want. we have 72 hours of content here. spend 98 hour days, hopefully we'll find some answers. nine you want to spend eight hour days, hopefully you will find some answers. if you want somebody to interpret the bible, we are not the best place to go pretty -- we are not the

washington, to a white house dinner. a generation earlier lincoln, less famously, created a similar outcry when he received african-americans at the executive mansion. the best known episode of the color line enforcement at lincoln's white house is the experience that frederick douglass had on march 4th, 1865, later douglass memorably described how the entrance was guarded, and how the president overruled the guards and how he heartily welcomed the famed black orator. well, douglass, i saw you out there in the audience as i delivered my address. what did you think of it? i have this fantasy, that douglass was thinking, actually, mr. president, the syntax was garbled there toward the end, but otherwise a sacred effort. actually, he said, mr. president, it was a sacred effort. though douglass did not mention in his account of that event the presence of other blacks at the 1865 post inauguration levy was noted in the press, indicating that some other black people were admitted to that reception. the new york herald, for exa

washington, to a white house dinner. lincoln,ion earlier, less famously, created a similar outcry when he received african-americans at the executive mansion. the best-known episode of the caller line enforcement -- color line enforcement at lincoln's white house is the experience that frederick douglass had on march 4, 1865. famouslyuglass recounted how guards denied him the entrance to lincoln's second inauguration, and how the president had once overruled the guards, and how he heartily welcomed the famed black orator. i saw you inass, the audience as i delivered my address. what did you think of it? i have a fantasy that douglas was thinking actually, mr. president, the biblical allusion you misapplied -- you used you misapplied and your syntax was garbled toward the end, but it was actually a sacred effort. he really said mr. president, it was a sacred effort. so douglass did not mention his account of that event the presence of other blacks of the 1865 post-inauguration levy. but it was indicated in the press, indi

paulina estÁ todo listo en washington para maÑana. >>> gracias julio.scenario del pasado 14 de febrero que nos contaran con sus sttelÉfonos celulares cÓmo e el viaje por aire y por tierra hacia washington d.c. y aquÍ estÁ el testimonio. (gritos) >>> bueno ya llevamos como 15 horas de viaje, estamos sÚper cansados, estamos eh sin dormir. pero estamos emocionados, estamos sÚper, super emocionados por marchar y por hablar sin embargo nuestras voces. asÍ que seguimos, seguimos por la lucha y aunque estemos cansados y mÁs no vamos a parar. >>> mira aquÍ estamos en washington d.c. en el aeropuerto de, donald reagan. >>> hoy estamos en washington d.c., y estamos acÁ los estudiantes de douglas para la marcha de nuestras vidas saludos >>> ellos son algunos de los miles de jÓvenes que estarÁn maÑana en esta marcha. pero en estos Últimos meses hemos conocido a muchÍsimos jÓvenes latinos como lorena y carlos, que se han convertido en los rostros visibles del movimiento never a ga gain o nu mÁs?. >>> uno de ellos es precisamente alfonso calderÓn con apenas 16 aÑos.

went down to washington. and discovered that it was much harder to do anything that i and bill clinton had run on than i had assumed it would be. he had run on a platform of putting people first investing many education, and job training and infrastructure, and research basic research and development, and the notion was if you made those public investments you could grow the economy. i still thinks that's right. but it was very, very hard to do. it was hard to do because wall street and the bond traders were very frightened of deficit. remember those days when republicans and republican party actually believe it or not, actually used to talk about death and deficits, and making a big deal and they made it very difficult for us. bill clinton and there were democrats as well. the legacy of tony qalo democrats in washington who said no, no you can't spend that money. you tall it a public investment you can't spend that kind of money. well, here's the thing, i began to notice i started to look as secretary of lab

they're on the stage in washington.nd you wonder, as you watch this, everyone seems to be angry and united against gun violence and agreed, it's difficult to find anyone who is for more gun violence, everybody typically agrees that that's something that needs to end. the debate how to end it is a lot more complicated. noteworthy part of the manifesto that "march for our lives" put out, talking about demands. one is ban accessories that simulate automatic weapons, aka bump p stocks. that's something that the white house has already done in terms of fixing background checks and trying to close loopholes. the white house will tell you that that's something that they've already done as well, with the latest omnibus funding bill, trying to begin to close the crack that things have fallen through. speaking of the white house, president trump is not in washington right now, he's down in palm beach spending the weekend at mar-a-lago and then at one of his clubs nearby. that's where we find our kevin cork travelling with the pre

toward washington, etc. but what about lucy stenson from vicksburg or the private riley from frozen hours, the korean war.are those people or are they made up? >> they are composites generally. it's very rare to find a single example of a g.i. . to find a g.i. was everywhere i need him to be to tell the story. that's not saying that i make it all off but typically i will start with a real figure and then as i'm doing the research, i find out more information, more events and i felt pomposity the events into this one character so that the character can still tell you the whole story. everything happened, it's all accurate, just maybe not to this one guy or lucy spence is an excellent example. i love the character. this is in the siege of vicksburg with the union army. >> host: chain of thunder when the union army is seeking vicksburg. >> guest: the people in vicksburg, they are trapped along with the confederate army . that's really the first time i had a significant civilian character you are seeing a point

to me george washington. would you discover anything about him? >> i would want to see him. i would want to have that experience myself. his cards veryed close to the best. closer the older he gets. , he isly, as president the most famous man in the country. anything he says could be policy. people are listening. -- noe he has most small smalltalk, he would just sit. he would sit and look. are accounts of the dinner parties that he threw well president, hehile would make sure to invite everyone from congress. people who went to these were just bored to death. there was a gutter from pennsylvania who kept a diary, he said washington sat there and he was playing with a fork. a joke was told at one point and everything was quiet. it was because washington did not want to say anything. if it altered to silence, that was fine with him. lincoln would not be silent, he would tell stories. in an opposite way, i think lincoln would be just as difficult, could you find anything about lincoln or would it be just stories

that's a report in the "the washington post" tonight. white house has just released this tweet from the press secretary saying just spoke to potu and general h.r. mcmaster contrary to reports they have a good working relationship and there are no changes at the nsc. we will discuss that later in this hour and balance it with what we have learned from "the washington post" tonight. that is simply a tweet from the white house press secretary, so its credibility is whatever you want to assign to it. here is what the president told the "new york times" last july about the special prosecutor investigating his finances. >> if mueller is looking at your finances and your family's finances unrelated to russia, is that a red line? >> would that be a breech of what his actual charge is? >> i would say yes. >> when asked if crossing that red line would lead to firing robert mueller, donald trump said, quote, i can't answer that question because i don't think it's going to happen. well, now it has happened, so what is the president going to do? in o

visit directvnow dot com washington, d.c. >>> my name is yolanda renee king. granddaughter of martin lieu ther king. my grandfather had a dream that people would not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. i have a dream that enough is enough. that this should be a gun-free world, period. will you please repeat these words after me. spread the word. have you heard. all across the nation. we are going to be, a great generation. >> i mean, ladies and gentlemen, she is 9 years of age. that was yolanda king, dr. king's granddaughter makeing tht surprise appearance here on the stage in washington, and the message harkens back 55 years ago to the march on washington for jobs and freedom and more than 200,000 people of all races, ethnicities and ages marched here to demand a civil rights bill. and so now, joining us is the host of urban view on gshgs sirius xm, and it is so nice to see you. >> i knew that child when she was born. and i have seen her at different event, and martin have been close for a long time. >> and to see her.

but will washington lawmakers get the message? last week congress enacted some new school safety measures and made modest changes to the background check system for gun purchases. is this all they can get done in an election year? it was another head turning week at the white house. on friday president trump first tweeted out a threat to veto a massive spending package then changed course and signed it just four hours later. saying he wanted to protect military spending increases. >> i say to congress i will never sign another bill like this again. i'm not going to do it again. >> brennan: the disagreements with national security advisor h.r. mcmaster led to his ouster he'll be replaced by ambassador john bolton. presidential attorney john dowd is also out mr. trump said he'd like to be interviewed by special counsel robert mueller but dowd reportedly didn't want him to. worst week in two years as concerns about a trade war intensified after the president's steel and aluminum tariffs went into affect. $60 billion worth of tariffs

we see thousands of kids coming to washington, joining our kids from washington, d.c., demanding we get on guns, we couldn't be happier to support them. >> mayor this is not just, we talk about guns in schools, but there are kids here from cities around the country like chicago, we've been talking about, who say, let's just get smart about guns in general. it's not just in the classroom. it's outside the classroom where a lot of kids in this country die from gun violence as well. >> absolutely. we're here. not only to support safety in schools, but safety in cities across america we had a young man in our city killed, zahir kelly, whose brother is going to be here to remember him. we want to have common-sense gun laws, there's no reason to have assault-style weapons in our city, or bump stocks, high-capacity magazines. no reason why we can't have universal background checks, so from state to state, we have some unanimity. right across the bridge is virginia, we can control our laws here. we need to have a federal law that protects everybody. >> we look at this aerial view of your beauti

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. -- in washington, d.c. for about 15 minutes. susan: this is the bicentennial of the birth of frederick douglass, and ka'mal mcclarin has a role to play as a museum curator for the national arcs service facility that is the frederick douglass home in washington, d.c.. nice to meet you. ka'mal mcclarin nice to meet you. how are you doing? . susan: i was surprised to learn that frederick douglass chose his birthday and his last name. tell me about that? frederick douglass was born in maryland, and he was born frederick douglass washington bailey, but he did not know his actual birthday. he thought he was born in 1817, he wasrent scholars show born february 1818. how he acquired his name and his he onlyhat we find is saw his mother on two or three occasions, mainly in the guise of night, and his mother visited him in february, and referred to him as her little valentine. so he pretty much shows valentine's day is the day of his birth. in terms of his name, being -- being born frederick augustus washington bailey, when he left slaver

we're back in a moment from washington. i we worked with pg&eof to save energy because wenie. wanted to help the school. they would put these signs on the door to let the teacher know you didn't cut off the light. the teachers, they would call us the energy patrol. so they would be like, here they come, turn off your lights! those three young ladies were teaching the whole school about energy efficiency. we actually saved $50,000. and that's just one school, two semesters, three girls. together, we're building a better california. ♪ ♪ have you ever felt forgotten in the middle of nowhere ♪ ♪ have you ever felt like you could disappear ♪ ♪ like you could fall ♪ and no one would hear ♪ well let that lonely feeling wash away ♪ ♪ all we see is love ♪ because maybe there's a reason to believe you'll be okay ♪ >> joining us now center the city of new york, is nbc's lawrence jackson. lawrence. >> thank you so much, chris. lawrence here, continuing our nationwide coverage. doesn't matter if you're tuned into our nation's capital of

and, again, that's just washington. that doesn't take into account the other marches happening all over the country. boston, massachusetts, right now, again, that march just getting under way. a live look here above the scene in boston. i think we have that -- excuse me. this is denver. this is denver, colorado. just after 2:00 local there in denver. you can see a sea of people. similar to what we saw here, although in a smaller scale. but the march for our lives rally getting under way in denver, colorado. jacob soboroff has been on duty here in washington, d.c., for us today, as well. talking to marchers, talking to protesters. jacob, what have they been telling you? what have you been seeing? >> reporter: craig, you mentioned the number 800,000. 800,000 people will be an absolute force at the voting booth. and young people in this country, millennial generation in particular, has surpassed baby boomers as the largest potential voting block in the nation. and if they, the people out here today want to actually change

votes outside washington county. saccone, you needed to take the lion's share of the lamb -- lion's share of the lamb's lead. you needed to take that out in the votes for walling. fa washington. failed do that. legally will he try to pursue a recount? we'll see. something absolutely crazy i suppose could map with the few outstanding provisional ballots or whatever, but honestly, this is the thing. this is the thing we were waiting for. we waited all night to see could rick saccone beat that trend we've been seeing. and really get a big number out of washington absentee ballots. he did not do that. so conor lamb is the apparent winner. >> unbelievable. and steve kornacki the apparent winner as well because he gets to go home now. >> we made it. thank you everybody. i promised people when i signed off a couple hours ago, i said please stay up, you want to see the end of this. and i know a lot of people went to sleep, but i know a few people stayed awake. if you stayed awake to wait for this, i hope this is exciting to

and to talk about the tone in washington.ne of the things i have pointed a lot about since my return in september is a fact that even though we have real divisions in our politics, there are true, genuine friendships. whatever you might see up here, we do build relationships with our colleagues on both sides of the aisle. i saw that firsthand. if you look at the friends we have had that have come out in support, even nancy pelosi war on lsu hat when all members went to second base and said a prayer before the start of the congressional baseball game. [applause] thank you for that. thank joy barton and mike doyle, the two coaches for the teams, republican and democrat, and the $500,000,s about which is pretty impressive. for local charities. it generates support for a lot of people. you get about 10,000 people to come out. maybe that is a lot for a few teams that are having trouble out there. maybe the padres might enjoy 10,000 people. for us, 10,000 people, that's a big deal. after the shooting, there were over 25,000 people