winchester made washington and washington made winchester. so, george washington, with the cherry tree he did not cut down, the famous story that is woven about -- "father, i cannot tell a lie, i did cut down the cherry trade." of course, that is an apocryphal story but with those there is often a grain of truth. and in reading, as i have i think, everything george washington wrote during the 1750's, the guy really was a straight shooter, you know? he was not manipulative. what you saw is what you got and i attribute that to him being a surveyor. when you run straight lines and honest corners and you make accurate observations, you don't tell lies. a liar cannot make a surveyor. is anyone running for president that is a surveyor, by the way? was george our last surveyor? so, he came to winchester in 1748 as a surveyor. famously only 16 years old but this was in march of 1748 so he was just barely 16 years old. here is what he said. wednesday, march 16, we set out early and traveled up to fredericktown, the standard name for winchester at that

washington understood that. he understood their frustration and their anger and on march 15, washington would go there and meet with officers. there was a letter that have been floated and they suggested and the officers rise up march on the civilian government and seize control. , afact, a year before continental kernel named lewis nicola had written george a letter in which he suggested and georgie is the army seize power and make himself the king and make himself a dictator. washington read that later and was mad and wrote a scathing goty and when he washington's apply, he sent three others -- three letters back apologizing for such a suggestion, that he was loyal to his commander and loyal to his 15,rnment, sans march george spent the entire day crafting a speech, agonizing over every word that he was going to say to those officers and that evening, he went to the officers meeting and as he came in, these were battle trained soldiers, men who had served with george throughout much of the conflict and as he w

washington. he believed there was the personal man and then there was the public man. those people who had the personal relationship would not display that personal relationship in public. the private man had a public persona and you stayed outside of arm's reach. this is a george washington who enjoyed playing cards, he enjoyed cockfights, horse races, this is the george washington who loved to dance and it was reported that george was the best answer in all of virginia. this is the george washington who loved to hunt and fish, loved going to the theater. in fact, his favorite play was a tragedy. it is a story of a young, selfless patriot who sacrifices himself to the greater patriot cause. maybe because washington felt he was that guy. he also liked hamlet, julius caesar. those were a couple of his favorites. this was the george washington who had an eye for the attractive women. in the 18th century, she was considered an attractive woman. not only was she an attractive woman, she was the widow

head of all the way to washington dc. they arrive on july 11, the same he marches to washington dc. they were supposed to reinforce around petersburg. i spent a lot of time on that. we got reinforcements coming, but will they get there in time? it will divide the union army and the federal capital one full day. walls will have to make every exertion to save washington and baltimore. 1864, there is a half-hour pitch battle along the banks of the river. strongll fight a very self-defense. towards evening, they will be driven off the field. if you can see in this image james is going to be covering the left flank. think about this. he is retreating towards baltimore, there is nothing in the way of washington dc. i want you to listen to this as his army isu, retreating towards baltimore. and what it -- what do you think about this. from 9:00 a.m., to 5:00 p.m., when they overwhelm the numbers, attered, forces of at least 20,000, they do not seem to be resuming. you will have to use every exertion to save baltimore and washington. i think the troops of the six core fought magnificently.

when george washington we talked a lot about george washington today. when he ordered suits from his london taylor, he included the language, delivered suits must be taken with must be delivered with measures taken of men of similar size that you judge. these are simple instructions that were essential communications to a tailor, if you are expecting him to construct a handsewn fitted garment. until the very recent past, handsome clothing was not a luxury item, it is a simple fact of clothing restriction clothing construction. handsewn remained the standard mode for production for any garment. whether it was a middling artisan or slave. the men and women in the 18th century weren't familiar with needle and thread and they can make simple repairs on household items. fuller garments required the knowledge and skills of men and women who learned their trade through apprenticeship. coats and waistcoats, they sit closely and precisely to the body. they require the skills of a tailor to construct. a tailor skill lay in his ability to fit, to measure and cut g

they are told to go to washington. in order to get to washington they have two options. they can take steamers and go around fortress monroe and up the chesapeake bay or the river. or they can go by land utilizing the railroad network that comes into washington. that is what most of the soldiers going into washington are going to do. the problem with that is there is no direct rail link between baltimore, say philadelphia, new york and washington, d.c. everything has to go to baltimore and change trains. soldiers who are assembling and preparing to go to washington, when they get to baltimore, they have to get out of there trains, walk a mile through downtown baltimore to the next train station. baltimore was the most rapidly secessionist part of the state of maryland. many of the citizens of baltimore were not pleased to see troops in union blue marching through their city. on april 19th, a group of massachusetts soldiers from the sixth massachusetts militia going to be attacked on the streets of baltimore. in total, 4 massachusetts men are killed or mortally wounded. m

but churchill's influence was not appreciated in washington. in december 1953, churchill met eisenhower in bermuda and was shocked when ike described the soviet union as "a woman of the streets." according to churchill the president then added, under her dress was the same old girl despite a bath, perfume or lace. this was clearly not churchill wanted. he traveled to washington in 1954, but the american response remained unchanged. churchill told dulles that he might meet with the russians himself, preparatory to a meeting which would include the president. dulles told churchill that that would be dangerous, adding, and illusion of success would be bad and a failure might create the impression that the only alternative was war. churchill left washington for the last time as prime minister on june 29, returning to britain on the queen elizabeth. he lobbied for his own meeting with the soviet leader in vienna, despite opposition from the united states, but the idea came to not when the soviets refused. perhaps they recognized churchill's waning i

in washington, d.c., just over a mile from the white house. next on american history tv, historian alan mcpherson on his book "ghosts of sheridan circle: how a washington assassination brought pinochet's terror state to justice." mr. mcpherson gives an bus boysed talk at and poets in washington, but first, we visit sheridan circle with the author to see where the crime took place and the memorial there for the two victims. dr. mcpherson: so, we are literally at the scene of the crime. this is a memorial that was put here by the institute for policy studies to memorialize the assassination of orlando letelier. at the same time, ronni moffitt, a u.s. citizen, was also killed. bomb, and all of this happened at sheridan on embassy row in washington, d.c. on that morning, september 21, 1976, orlando letelier was an employee of a think tank in washington called the institute of policy studies. he was driving his car to work. he lived in that direction. he came down embassy row, massachusetts avenue, lined with several embassies. the car with him wer

matt morrison, bbc news, washington.oday, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: the nationals touchdown back in washington after making history with a first—ever world series win. a blow for golden state warriors. their star man steph curry faces a spell on the sidelines, with a broken hand. and wins for barty and bencic as they move into the last four at the wta tour finals in china. the washington nationals have made a triumphant return home after winning the world series, for the first time in their history. this was a team, remember, that lost 31 of their first 50 matches of the season — and there were calls for the coach to step down. this was a team, remember, that lost 31 of their first 50 matches of the season — and there were calls for the coach but the nationals‘ astonishing change of fortune culminated in winning 6—2 at the houston astros, in the world series decider on wednesday night. for the first time in the history of "the fall classic", the visiting team won all 7 games. the bbc‘s

washington has grown accustomed to this method of voicing dissent. this was an organized demonstration with parade permits, marshalls, and responsible leadership. the demonstrators'position on the war and dissemination and other issues were made known. officers of the metropolitan police were directed to maintain a low visibility profile. their role was, as always, to protect the constitutional rights of citizens, intervening only to meet emergency situations. there were few laws broken, few arrests. most who came in the name of peace returned to their jobs and schools. but some who came to break the peace stayed on in west potomac park. for them, the april 24 rally was only a prelude to mayday, an opportunity to advance their own well-defined aim, to shut down the federal government. >> the country should respond from coast w to coas coast to coast with demonstrations across this country. >> these members of the new left decided the discipline and tactics of peaceful assembly were no longer acceptable. as early as june, 1970, strategy conferences we

historical itol society held this event, held on the george washington university campus in washington, d.c. >> i'm thinking maybe once the speaker hears my voice, he'll wander -- i know lee had a lot of ground to cover so i don't want to waste too much time. everyone knows who churchill is, of course. >> who am i, is the question? >> who is lee pollock? he's been a wonderful friend to the historical society and i think the d.c. scholar society in gentle. ee pollock was a trustee and driesor -- advisor to the board for the international churchill society for almost nine years and was executive director for six years before that the tame d of that since, he launched this wonderful center where we're meeting today. the national churchill library and center here in d.c. it opened in october of 2006 and in case you don't know, the -- 2016 and in case you don't know, the international church him society -- do you have any? >> i can get out a magazine. >> yes, he can get out some progress gabbeda -- gentlemen we call it information. >> dedicated to preserving the thoughts, words, and deeds o

trump: the last time washington, d.c. home to the world series champs, the president was a gentleman named calvin coolidge. that's a long time ago. nearly a century later, the nationals have brought back the trophy to america's capital, and you've won it. this is the first world series in franchise history, and it's going to be, really, the first of many, i predict. [applause] pres. trump: i want to congratulate the terrific owners of the team. your principal owner, mark lerner, ted lerner. great people. the lerner family. [applause] pres. trump: a man who's become very famous. i think he's much more famous than me right now, general manager mike rizzo. you have become very famous, huh? [applause] thank you, sir. a manager, and you watch all the mistakes made in baseball and other sports, and then you watch what this man did as manager. he didn't make any. he didn't many any. dave martinez. [applause] pres. trump: and all of the incredible coaches and players, they're all here. and we really just want to thank you, and i

washington will celebrate, of course.hat they have learned anything from the exercise, will the 2016 elections have changed their minds or the priorities at all in any way? or they continue to convince themselves this is some weird operation run by russia and racism in the heartland. something that they could safely ignore and return to a kind of arrangement that looks very much like 1978, for that matter. we know the answer to that. if the people in charge are capable of learning anything, the country would not look like it is today. congressman matt, the floor the key watching carefully today, if you were to sum up what we learned today from these hearings and they were touted throughout the day as pivotal. a bombshell, ied, blowtorch! what would be your summary? >> donald trump is skeptical of foreign aid and washington loves foreign aid because it allows politicians and ambassadors and government bureaucrats to do our favorite then, give away other people's money. donald trump was especially concerned about the ukrain

run starred washington.ense story of a mixed race florida whose son is mississipng after traffic stop. what it means to be black in america. the broadway role in americ"ame son" was washington's next tv series after "scandal," the actress has a habit of playing smart, strong woman including anita hill in "confirmation." kerry and i got together here in new york for a sunday sit-down and a little lunch. >> my gosh this looks incredible. >> oh, it is my favorite. >> i love it. >> wow. >> do you put this out everyday or because kerry is here. >> now you are showing off. >> kerry washington loves to put on a show. but over the course of her career she has strive to do more than just entertain. she want to make us think, too. >> keep your hands-on the wheel, boy, look straight ahead. would not want to make the man in the bullet proof vest nervous when he walks up to your window pointing a glok at your head. >> "american son" is a raw look at race and policing in america. >> what do you hope someone who has not ha

castro al-jazeera washington roslyn jordan joins me now from washington d.c.ust which is the same 2 story there and saying that democrats assign look it doesn't necessarily mean that impeachment is now a foregone conclusion but just how does this change the choir that's on the way. well stan it doesn't really change the inquiry at all if anything this is a political measure taken on thursday in essence so that the house speaker nancy pelosi can basically show up congressional republicans who have objected to the impeachment inquiry which started in the last week of september the interviews behind closed doors are going to continue the democrats say they are doing it this way so that witnesses can't compare their testimony so that there is a bit of freedom for them to was speak frankly to both the congressional democrats and republicans who are sitting on this panel doing this preliminary work but democrats say their plan is to eventually get to open hearings hearings where anyone in the public can watch or sit in the gallery and they're hoping that they could

they took the investigation away from the washington, d.c. police as soon as they realized who the victims were and who the potential, right, criminals were. and so then they had the resources, right, to find people in latin america to help them investigate this. put some pressure and find allies in the state department. and that's eventually what they did. and within about a year and a half, they found the bomb-maker. they found the cuban americans who were guilty. some of them went to jail. some of them didn't. some of them went for very little time. but eventually this case through the years ended up really bringing his terror state to justice in that the chilean government dissolved d.i.n.a., dissolved the secret police once this crime became public and it became clear it was the chileans who had done it. they fired the most important sort of torturer and killer in chilean history, who was the head of the secret police, and eventually it created a lot of momentum for the u.s. government to put pressure on him to step down and it created m

washington will celebrate, of course.l they have learned anything from the exercise, will the 2016 elections have changed their minds or the priorities at all in any way? or do they continue to convince themselves this is some weird operation run by russia and racism in the heartland. something that they could safely ignore and return to a kind of arrangement that looks very much like 1978, for that matter. we know the answer to that. the people in charge are capable of learning anything, the country would not look like it is today. congressman matt, the floor the key watching carefully today, if you were to sum up what we learned today from these hearings and they were touted throughout the day as pivotal. a bombshell, ied, blowtorch! what would be your summary? >> donald trump is skeptical of foreign aid and washington loves foreign aid because it allows politicians and ambassadors and government bureaucrats to do our favorite thing, give away other people's money. donald trump was especially concerned about the ukraine

accompanied to washington. she disappeared from everyone's radar and spent most of the 1980 suffering from debilitating alcohol addiction, druggism and schizophrenia. on april 17th, 1990, the chileans woke to a dramatic front page headline in that morning's newspaper. i aim liliana walker, it declared, accompanied by a 1976 passport photo. at this point the reagan and bush governments had turned against pinochet. the democratic opposition led the way. the press felt free to criticize the regime and as a result pinochet lost the referendum on his rule. in early 1990 a new democratic government was in power. because of the fernandez and g lagos confessions, it could be re-opened in court because there was no evidence. three years later they found fernandez and contreras guilty. contreras spent the rest of his life in detention until he decide in 2015. espinosa is still in prison. the letelier affair stands as one of the most consequential assassinations of the cold war. in chile, the letelier quest for justice br

everywhere you go there are plaques and monuments, george washington sub tier, he spent a couple couple hours here, he spent more honest and getting his suits here walking the streets, russia being here so it's really a great place to have this in addition in washington literally serving the streets when you walk out of this building, there is a lot of other revolutionary war stories, you have the car little house where young george william carlo was killed in the battle utah spree asked, and ate the camp and it was also the when he lived here later in life and there's probably more things today of being the father of a confederate general but he was a great revolutionary war soldier and he coined the phrase furniture in washington for being first in more in the hearts of this country. and the building are actually constructed and 1839, this was constructed for this purpose, knowledge about an important subjects, this is an awesome place to hold the symposium and talk about this, so i think you all everyone learned a lot and the topic was interesting but this symposium was calls before

he gives a talk at busboys and poets in washington. but first, we visit sheridan circle with the author to see where the crime took place and the memorial there for the two victims. >> so we are literally at the scene of the crime. this is a memorial that was put here by the institute for policy studies to memorialize the assassination of orlando letelier. at the same time, ronni moffitt, a u.s. citizen, was also killed in this car bomb. all of this happened here in sheridan circle in the heart of embassy row in washington, d.c. on that morning, september 21, 1976, orlando letelier was an employee of a think tank in washington called the institute for policy studies. he was driving his car to work. he lived in that direction in bethesda, maryland. he came down embassy row, massachusetts avenue, lined with several embassies. in the car with him were two colleagues from ips, ronni moffitt and her husband michael moffitt. they turned the corner over here and unbeknownst to them, following them was a gray sedan. in that gray sedan were two

d.c.is paul in washington, paul, good morning. caller: good morning and thank you for c-span. , and in washington, d.c. was 46 when the wall came down. byecall, vividly, a cartoon the cartoonist herblock that road for the washington post. herblock was quite a good artist. not quite at the level of daumier, but not bad. he did a picture of a young german couple, the man was representing the west, the woman was representing the east, and they were looking at each other , and it wasze absolutely no doubt no words were necessary except for the caption with an indication of reunification happening. do you recall it and can you show it? host: i don't recall it, paul, but you mentioned the washington post. we have a long time washington post correspondent and reporter up next in just a moment. a stick around for that discussion. later, we will be joined by another author to discuss the history of germany post-berlin wall, but first, before we get to those interviews, more from nbc news special report that aired 30 minutes ago today. the

it is just past 9:00 in washington dc -- washington, d.c.f you are listening on c-span radio, we are focusing on the impeachment inquiry, two weeks of hearings that wrapped up yesterday. we covered all of it live on the c-span networks. it is archived at c-span.org. more of your calls, comments, and reaction for the next hour. i want to share what is the next step as the washington post has a headline of the gop eliminating -- limiting the trial to two weeks. here are the details. a group of republican senators and senior white house officials said privately yesterday they would map out a strategy for a potential impeachment trial for president trump, including rapid proceedings in the senate limited to about two weeks. that's according to people familiar with negotiations. the prospect of an abbreviated trial is by several republicans as what they call a favorable middleground. substantial enough to give credence without risking greater damage to the president by dragging on too long. even a two week trial could run counter to what trump ha

then they came home to washington dc.looked as though they might lose the series if they did not win another game. when you aggregate the runs across all seven games, does the theer -- the person who has most runs, should they win? no. the electoral college says essentially it is the most states. >> thanks to the washington nationals. we are now in the age of moving images. we are going to show one from 1912. an important year because the incumbent president, taft, was challenged by theodore roosevelt. what happened to the process when theodore roosevelt ended up challenging his own president in that year? he ended up running as a third-party candidate. what happened to the process? dr. brown: what was so fascinating about 1912 is you have a former president saying i want to run again and i think my party should let me run again, and the party says, no. we are going to go with the current president, taft. roosevelt mounts this run really because he does not win his party's nomination. in doing so, he divides the party and

the breaking story from t"the washington post". white house review showing extensive effort to justify trump's decision to block ukraine military aid. one of the authors is on the phone with us right now. thanks for jumping on the horn, the story just coming out authored by you. give us the summary. i read the headline but this is just coming in to us through your reporting. >> yeah, thanks for having me. the story we have been hearing for a little bit of time privately at the "washington post" was that the white house was doing an internal records review to figure out what happened with the way they had handled ukraine's military aid and the president's decisions. there was a protective move but what we learned is in the white house records review there is the chief of staff, mick mulvaney and the omg discussing after the president had blocked aid to ukraine trying to figure out how do we justify. what is our legal reasoning and public justification for holding up this aid? the timing is interesting, too, because the search for a

you know the bureaucracy in washington d.c. has not been challenged in quite some time and i think that's why you see president trump having such a tough challenge in d.c. i mean it's really been since ronald reagan was there the bureaucrats in washington had any sort of challenge to them and we need a regen moment in this country where he grabbed the microphone and said you know please turn back on this microphone we paid for this microphone and we need a bunch of people to go to washington d.c. and take back the microphone because the fact is whether you're peter stroke or andrew mccabe or any of these deep state folks they serve at the pleasure of the american people who pay their salaries with our taxpayer funds and i think that been reversed for too long they think that we work for them no no it's the other way around take a look at your paycheck it's the american people that you work for and that revolution is coming if they don't in all of this deep state activity i think that's why peter the upcoming i.g. report i think

in washington they are celebrating the washington nationals, their first huge major league baseball worldpionship, and it was a nail-biter the whole way through. you see how many dozens, hundreds perhaps, thousands of people have descented on the nation's capital to celebrate. some on a bus, some walking. people are excited. it's happening. it's a day in which all sides are coming together to celebrate major league baseball team. we'll go back. natasha chan is out there. we'll check back in washington in a moment. >>> iowa is the center of the 2020 campaign trail and the democrats remaining in the race for the white house are crisscrossing the state to pitch their messages to potential voters. right now several of the top contenders are attending a fish fry in cedar rapids holding town halls and events in des moines there. heirlet signs is on the trail and leyla santiago is in cedar rapids. lael law, tell me about the event you are attending or are reporting on i should say. >> listen they're just getting started. fish fry as well as cupcakes, everything ready to go. what we're expecting

join us is the white house correspondent for the washington examiner. what do we expect this week with the house in recess and the president in new york today. he has a campaign event tomorrow in kentucky. as you say, he is up in new york. everything he is doing now, he is gearing up for campaign events. there was supposed to be a criminal justice that. -- event. it was complete with his campaign music. everything is about the fight ahead. host: let me share with you what oncy pelosi said yesterday saturday evening. it's a letter in which she outlines the agenda moving ahead. she double down on the impeachment inquiry. .he said the facts are clear with richard this nixon in 1972 with the break-in of the dnc headquarters. saidobservers have president sins offenses pale in comparison to what president trump has done. can you elaborate on what the white house is responding? one of the things he said about the three previous president to faced impeachment, he said he had done nothing. shifty clear in trying to that. they are going after the process. say the

i wish it was more broadly familiar in washington. start out every year every item in the budget, starting presumptively at zero, depending on how it performed last year. let's say there was a preventive health measure in the budget that created a lot of good health outcomes and saved a lot of money and did not do anything wrong. you might want to take that appropriation and multiply it by five, because you want to promote those good outcomes. at let's say, and this is not counterfactual example, let's say there is a bureaucracy in there that no one can quite tell you what it does, except that it is very popular because it was associated with some highly popular senator two generations ago who set up the whole program, yadda, yadda. guess what? that goes to zero. that is why it is called zero-based budgeting, so you make the cuts where they are not being productive. [applause] gov. weld: it is the same mistake that people make throughout government a lot. they measure inputs instead of outcomes, and we should always keep our eye on th

bring in our correspondent public fully aliens he's in washington good evening to you. have we heard anything coming out of this meeting i know of members of congress weren't happy about it what about the 2 presidents how how did they get a law. hi brant well i've just got one eye on seeing the press conference because it looks like it's a bag to begin any 2nd and like you said there were actually 5 republican senators taking part also in at that meeting today and you mentioned that they're one of the big topics of course was purchased by turkey of the russian s 14 missile system which really enraged washington over the summer and actually led to. turkey being kicked out of the f.s.a. $35.00 fighter jet program and particularly actually angered those republican senators some of which actually were at the meeting today obviously also a discussion of syria was expected to be brought up president trump being at under a lot of pressure over his handling of that situation in fact just last week he received a letter in which that was from the house foreign affairs committee w

well let's take that full out from today's hearing to both washington and kiev in the u.s. capital jonathan katz is with the think tank the german marshall fund of the united states and our correspondent in ukraine nick connolly good evening to you both jonathan firstly to you what struck you about the good evening testimony today from memory you have on of it the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. well 1st i just want to say that i had an opportunity to work with mushy ivana bitch and she's one of the one of america's top diplomats so there's deep deep disappointment in washington both sides of the aisle and her treatment and today's hearing where she again provided i think very telling testimony about an effort 12 to ouster a shadow effort by the trump administration to conduct policy that's not in the interest of the united states but to further donald trump's political own political agenda and so i think the testimony today particularly the moment where the chair of this committee adam schiff read out a tweet highlighting the president once again trying to intimidate mu

washington was born into slavery in 1856. he's best known as the founder of the tusk gee institute and was a prominent figure in the african-american community. up next, we learn about his connection to west virginia and how his life there shaped him s a future leader. >> booker t. washington was for 20 years the spokesman and leader of african-americans in america. and at the time, we had horrible jim crow race codes in the south. that didn't happen here in west virginia. it was a different sort of race relations. and what he observed with his boyhood heroes was the building of a black middle class, and that really became his path, his career path as he went from tuskegee to being a national celebrity. booker was born in a place called hales ford, south of roanoke, virginia, about 225 miles from here, and in those first nine years, he was a slave boy. he didn't have pants. he wore a slave boy shirt. shoes were two wooden slats with a piece of leather across each toe, across the top. he wanted very much to go to school. he sa

it is just past 9:00 in washington dc -- washington, d.c. if you are listening on c-span radio, we are focusing on the impeachment inquiry, two weeks of hearings that wrapped up yesterday. we covered all of it live on the c-span networks. it is archived at c-span.org. more of your calls, comments, and reaction for the next hour. i want to share what is the next step as the washington post has a headline of the gop eliminating -- limiting the trial to two weeks. here are the details. a group of republican senators and senior white house officials said privately yesterday they would map out a strategy for a potential impeachment trial for president trump, including rapid proceedings in the senate limited to about two weeks. that's according to people familiar with negotiations. the prospect of an abbreviated trial is by several republicans as what they call a favorable middleground. substantial enough to give credence without risking greater damage to the president by dragging on too long. even a two week trial could run counter to what trump

was all arctics aside washington d.c. is united for the 1st time in franchise history the washington nationals have claimed their title as the best in the world series. used to win the game started well for the houston astros in a winner take all final. the team were at home and put up the 1st 2 runs to change . thank god they ended up being their only brings in 76 against the nationals answered back how he can jerk an anthony ran down both hit a home run in the 7th any i mean it all came down to this 32 i was at the washington nationals beating the houston astros 62 years to the side of franchise history i was god of days. or i i just that that like the 1st 5 your team wins it is amazing the nationals are the 1st team in the world series to win all 4 of their away games disappointing this houston crowd this year. i can honestly say nothing would have surprised me i mean for more we started saurashtra a traveling boost i mean you name it we've been through a lot but like i said before these guys we stuck together if you w

he can that he can not go against washington. and he cannot go against the russian who. is a very balancing because if if he lets that washington is going to have a lot of economy for problem because as you remember donald trump brought to him a letter saying that if you stay in northern syria or if you move you do more invasion or. syria we cannot put your biggest economy called sanctions in on earth so he know this that he needs washington but at the same time he needs russia because i don't know if you remember too last year. shut down a u.s. russia irrational airplane he not this that if he doesn't he if he doesn't have russia on his back nobody's going to protect you if russia invades because near as i said natal not going to protect him if there is a russian aggression against him question lower lower and middle east analyst thank you for sharing your thoughts with us on r.t. international we appreciate it thank you very much still ahead in the program china gives a warning to washington over a bill in support of protests in hong kong one that after the break. so w

"washington journal" is next. is next. [video clip] >> is this what americans should now expect from their president? if this is not impeachable conduct, what is? would not be surprised to see all the typical signs that this is a carefully orchestrated media smear campaign. ♪ host: and with that, day 1 of the house impeachment in korea began. house democrats led by adam schiff laying out the criteria to remove president trump. nunesicans and devin calling the entire process a sham. the next round of hearings continuing tomorrow morning and for the next three hours, how the story is playing out in the news, editorial pages, and social media. we will have highlights and your calls and comments and reaction. for democrats, 202-748-8000. for republicans, 202-748-8001. if you are an independent, 202-748-8002. send us a text message, be sure to tell us your first name and where you are texting from at 202-748-8003. join us on facebook at facebook.com/cspan and on twitter at @cspanwj. good thursday morning. a lot to talk about da

unfortunately, it is now a we are seeing very often in washington. the way we bring about this change is doing exactly what we are doing here today, coming together as americans, focusing on how best we can serve the interest of the people in our country and solve these long-standing challenges we have faced. i want to start our conversation today with aloha. it is not just because i am from oid -- hawaii. just mean hello or goodbye, it has a more powerful meeting. we start and close conversations with aloha because it means i come to you with respect. i come to you with an open heart. i come to you recognizing that we are all brothers and sisters. we are all children of god. we are all connected, regardless of where we come from, the color how we worship, who we worship, how we live our lives. all of this is set aside because we recognize each other for who we really are. we treat each other with respect. what iser of aloha is the answer to our being able to move forward as fellow americans, as a country and to begin to heal these very divisive ones

still, letelier ended up working against pinochet in washington.his work coincided with a golden age of human rights activism in the 1990's. -- the mid-1970's. more than 200 groups in the united states worked on human rights. over 50 lobbied congress and about 15 concentrated on latin america. civil rights icon patricia derian became the first assistant for democracy, human rights, and labor under the jimmy carter administration. just a few months after the letelier assassination, mark schneider, who had worked for kennedy in massachusetts on several issues. in congress, representative don fraser chaired the first congressional hearings on human rights in 1973. helping him were, among others, tom harkin, michael harrington, . these were all democrats. on china, congress's greatest achievement was the 1975 harkin amendment, which cut off aid to any government that grossly violated human rights. unless the president determine such aid would directly benefit the needy. the following year, teddy kennedy directly targeted chile. one chilean magazine cal

in 1979 patrick opened the inn at little washington in the small rural town of washington, virginia.to one of the most renowned fine dining establishments on earth. for the past two years the inn at little washington has been one of the just handful of restaurants in america to receive three michelin stars. every day patrick and his team pursue absolute perfection. they are true artists who fill us with pride in our national cuisine. patrick, as we award you the national humanities medal, a very special, very powerful award, we thank you and your entire team for the enduring contribution to american culture and i think the first lady and i will have to stop by very soon because it sounds good to me and i've heard incredible things. thank you very much. thank you patrick very much. thank you very much. [applaus [applause]. thank you, patrick. i'd like to acknowledge the extremely talented white house chefs here this afternoon, including tommy, where is tommy? you have to be around here. tommy, thank you, tommy. what a job you do. you do too good a job as far as i'm concerned. who once

washington is designed to impress, to convey not just washington is designed to impress, to convey notjuststige but permanence. solid, enduring, american power in architectural form. but behind the marble and granite, policy is always influx. the current has shifted the policy on china 180 degrees. these to be seen as a on china 180 degrees. these to be seen as a potential partner and now it isa seen as a potential partner and now it is a deaf —— deadly rival. seen as a potential partner and now it is a deaf -- deadly rival. this isa it is a deaf -- deadly rival. this is a playful global supremacy. it is a deaf -- deadly rival. this is a playful global supremacym really is as stark as that? element i believe it is, absolutely pulled up i believe it is, absolutely pulled upi i believe it is, absolutely pulled up i believe it is the most consequential threat since the nazi party in world war ii. it has been allowed to go on for decades and it is disgraceful, it is disgraceful. these two nations are locked in the world's most important rivalry. but what does america want? what is the endgame?

david grossman has this special report from washington. washington has changed its mind on china.as seen as a potential ally. now, it is regarded as a deadly rival. it's easy to see this as simply a product of the man at the top. we can't continue to allow china to rape our country, and that is what they are doing. but the shift in us—china policy goes much deeper than a few stump speeches or late—night tweets from the president's bedroom. i don't know if, with another politician, you would have seen this sharp turn. they were across everything, and there was a sense that our approach was not working. from speaking to insiders inside washington, the reason is clear — it is not just trade, but power. robert spalding was the chief architect of the us national security strategy published in 2017. how big a threat is china — do you think china is? i think it is the most existential threat since the nazi party in world war ii. i think it is a far greater threat than the soviet union ever was. it is the number two economy in the world, its reach into the governments and all the institut