i think washington was that way, i think washington was fundamentally honest. he dealt straight with people, he was honest that and that honesty in government, he admitted his limitations. he knew he wasn't infallible, that's why he used to cabinet. that's why he drew on others. but that sense of virtue character, he not only projected but he had to live it. >> thank you so much. lindsay, last word to you that, have you had a chance to think about the henry adams question. was washington a paragon of virtue or a paper saint or something in between? >> i kind of want to stand by my original answer, he was neither and both and that's for the nation is. it is this great idea and this great possibility and experiment, but then it is also deeply flawed. that does not mean there is not incredible potential for innovation and growth and improvement. as we have talked a lot about today, that is what washington wanted to pursue himself, constant betterment, somewhat better legacy to lead for the nation and constantly wanting to be better and more virtuous. >> thank you

that is never happened for me with washington. it is the same thing, i felt like it's a surprising decision to make because two of the books. there are quite ari few. but i felt like i had to do something to the bookshelf . needed something. >> and in the introduction you talk about how these washington biographies all not just mothers a lot of them but they also had a similar kind of cast. and in the beginning you begin by a group by going to historical sites and livedre in virginia. and i thought allca the sounds like something else. tet could you talk about more about what you're trying to kind of responding to in the exit world of washington biographies. alexis: i found that and i joked that when these men other contracts, that they had to often say that i will proceed the exact same manner. and i will have singles. not do the same way. and it didn'tl take the oath. jennifer said that it was sort of funny. they all say that is too marbled to be real. and they do talk things that i joke about. it seems inappropriate . it is fun

george washington didn't remarry after george washington 's father died.eorge washington was only 11 years old at the time. so she really gave him a tremendous strength of character. she taught him very many things about how to manage a state. she was herself known to be very religious. i think it's very clear that she read to him books, not only the bible, but books on religion. she had to be a very strong woman. i think george washington was probably rematch quite like his mother. she seemed to be a no nonsense figure herself. now she has had a interesting reputation thrown american history. on the one hand, in the 19th century mary washington was held up as the great model of women had in america because she was the one who raised the greatest citizen. so in this democracy in the 19th century we want to have great citizens, we need to have grandmothers like mary washington. in fact the first national monument to a woman in this country was graded from mary washington in fredericksburg before the civil war, i think the 18 thirties. by the 20th century, i

washington hardly spoke. franklin famously said at the end, i always wondered if the chair was a rising or setting sun. now i think it's setting. franklin did have a greater role behind the scenes, especially in helping to broker the connecticut compromise that led to the balance of the house and the senate. i guess focusing on washington in particular, because he is our central hero here, what were his constitutional contributions to the convention? >> i agree very much with how lindsay set it up. he believed in a strong executive, democratically elected executive, one who would serve with terms that would be limited. but he did believe in a need for a strong executive, which is one of the two places that franklin disagreed with him. franklin had written the constitution of pennsylvania, which has a weak executive and strong legislature. when franklin was governor by the strength of his character and will, he made it work. everybody listened to him. that was the situation we have going into the convention. y

i forget washington. well, the monroe's argument with washington. and i think with washington in particular he said washington did not appreciate what he had done in monroe was nearly killed the crossing of the delaware. and taken out of action. it is not given the commission that he thought he deserved. in all of this things i think made him feel as though that washington was turning his back on him. so the word go back to monroe into washington of course that there were opportunities for the glory. it was also tough thing. one of the things that i've would say about him is that no matter how tough the law, he conveyed their, and aura of competence. none of the beginning. it's very interesting. at the beginning, his troops were worried about his indecisiveness. but as the war went on, and the people came to understand and better, it was that rock hard confidence. for the ability to appear confident. i was very important. jay: more broadly and speaking of confidence, all four of them had a very distinct and with the right word is. the public appeara

in terms of washington's life.ms to be a very big part of his life and something he was very invested in. >> they really married to this narrative that he had no biological children, our conception of children has really changed over time. it wasn't uncommon to marry a woman who had children. that was a really good sign that she could have more. it was so strange to me we spent so much time because it doesn't further the understanding to talk about 10 pages of what he couldn't have children. instead what it would look about the fact that he was lousy with children. they were everywhere and always going giving people problems. that's what the archives tell us he wrote so many letters finding a better tutor giving unsolicited love advice and that was a part of his worldview. that's what he saw every day. you don't read those letters and think, he's not really interested in this. he so angry and it's not like there just like us but when he lectures his grandson he doesn't say step grandson, we say step grandson. when

in terms of washington's life.emed to be a very big part of his life and something that he was very invested in. >> they're really married to this narrative and which is that, you know, he had no biological children. our conception of children has really changed over time. it wasn't uncommon to marry a woman who had children. that was a really good sign that she could have more, and he's certainly not the only founder. dolly madison had a child and there were nere do well, and they spent so much time, again, because it doesn't further their understanding to him to talk for 10 pages why he couldn't have children, instead, why don't we look at the fact that he was lousy with children. they were everywhere and always giving him problems and that's what the archives tell us. he wrote so many letters every single day, you know, lecturing, you know, finding a better tutor, giving a lot of unsolicited love advice and that was a part of his world view. that's what he saw every day and you don't read these letters and think

and remember, i came to washington in the immediate aftermath of watergate. so, i saw what could happen to careless people when they go up there. that's a tough environment. and chief of staff at the white house, i was the longest serving chief of staff in the white house in history, up until my successors came along. and i tell people, it is the worst job in government, because you walk around with a target on your front and on your back. when people cannot get to the president, they want to get to the chief of staff. and the press particularly want to. so, my training as a lawyer was invaluable to me in my second career in politics and public service. talmage: now in this day and time, with social media everywhere as well as television, multiple cables, newspapers, everything there is, the media seems to be a bigger part of our attention span than maybe they have been before. and susan and peter in the book talk about how during your time in washington, you, "courted the media assiduously. always, for the most part, with great results." so, for all these la

washington, d.c. was my mother's home. we went there -- going to washington, d.c.as something we did every summer. for summer to do it vacation so we could be there for the march. earlyived at the march because my aunt was a red cross volunteer. early, went tose the red cross building, picked up a truck, then proceeded to the grounds of the monument. we had an advantage. we were there early before the buses started rolling in and people were arriving on train. when i got there, i could see the grass and the ground and the flags surrounding the monument. like an houremed or so, you couldn't see anything but people. and to hear music and paul mary started off at lincoln memorial. there were people that i was accustomed to hearing. it was a good moment. one that i have lived with as a moment of honor every year since. course, getting a picture made it more special. being a civil rights activist is what i was destined to be. >> that's incredible. derek, how did you become interested in the history of black activism in our nations capital and what aspect of the march, t

and so when we look at george washington, right here on the mall, right here in washington, on the mall, you see there is no simple iconography and essentially it depends on when and where. where the artist came from. what the artist knew of george washington or didn't know of him that we see everything from a very realistic general george washington on horse back to the heroic figure who has put aside his sword and now is resigning his commission to now the almost god-like figures that show up a generation and two generations later. the civil war. had an artist create civil war art. the civil war to president abraham lincoln and the courthouse in 1865, where lee surrenders to grant. it's a failure and that failure in part to in forming the controversies that we're now seeing on university campuses and in richmond, virginia and elsewhere over the use of these images and the story they tell when they were built just after reconstruction in that period of time when the loss cause was being promoted by the daughters of the confederacy. we have an interesting and quite beautiful relief scul

george washington. this bronze statue was given to the capital by virginia in 1934. however, the original stands in the virginia state capital in richmond. it was a statue done of george washington. of course, he came from virginia, by famous french sculptor of the 18th century. so the bronze in the capital building is a copy in bronze. here you see george washington is depicted in his military outfit standing against a post made of the 13 rods that indicate a symbol of power and also unity. when houdon began this work, he started with a bust. it was modeled in part by a death mask may directly from george washington. but what did he dress him in? he dressed him in a roman toga. if you know about the founders, they were always quoting the ancients, the romans in particular. they were creating the modern version of a roman republic. they would refer back and read wet the ancients said. the idea here was to make an allegorical reference to george washington as a great republican in the tradition of the an

washington times, zero. washington examiner, zero. washington times, 52,000. host: we will go to alexandria, louisiana, republican. you have a question? sayirst, i just wanted to that guy is just nuts. look, i wish you would put on a pardons, and this is my question for the times man because he is doing a fine job. i was a military police officer and stuff and i had top-secret clearance in the 80's. bioweapon,his was a this covid-19 to destroy president trump in the u.s. i would like to think, does he think this is a bioweapon engineer to strictly to destroy the west and stuff? yeah, i have written extensively on this. i have interviewed senior officials with access to a lot of the most sensitive intelligence information and i can tell you there is a lot of circumstantial evidence that this does link covid-19 outbreak to the chinese military. the problem is that the chinese government has stonewalled international community for nine months now, trying to figure out the origin of this virus. and on top of that, the chinese communist party has launched a massive

her sister married george st steptoe washington. a nephew of george washington. this is still in the home, and they would go back and live in philadelphia. there is a lovely set of charcoal portraits. dolley still in her quaker bonnet. in their house, their house still stands, so they live in philadelphia full-time even though he is in congress. madison doesn't like john adams and did you want want to be part of the administration. i should add they come home to montpielier. they have a lot of french furnishings send to them by james monroe who is the american ambassador to paris. they have a very fashionable french form of a bed. car p carpets and art in their home. so they move home with madison's parents. when we last saw them they're living in the sort of brick, the rectangular brick house. very, very important and ambitious building, but he realizes that they need more space because they have the two of them, dolley's son, and dolley's little sister, who she calls her sister-daughter. so madison adds sort of a wing on to the house and the grand cortico. he a

that week of december 21 in washington state. we will be able to get that vaccine to a much broader reach across the state. my final sentiments are that the indoor normandy of this success cannot be overstated. february, you could have become a very rich person betting that this was going to become available in december of 2020. it is an enormous scientific achievement. it is a gift. it is a gift of intellectual capability, entrepreneurial zeal, and a lot of hard work, a decision by the federal government to invest in this. at the same time it was being approved, to manufacture it. . all of these combined in a tremendous achievement. and to not use it, we just can't allow that opportunity to go. -- to go unanswered. i most hopeful that we follow the science. we receive the vaccine. and while we are waiting for it, a total application that we are all faced this holiday season. it is a wonderful holiday season in the sense that in the darkest of the year, we have this bright light of recognition that we have the end in sight for us

or washington in the roman toga. that's a sculpture. >> washington in marble looking like a cesar with his toga. >> right. so the worship-ing attitude of people in those early days was a remarkable. but i think it is also important, i mean, you understand washington better. what's happened was he lost that tooth in his second term and no longer had anything to tie his false teeth to. so they were very uncomfortable and made his face swollen. while it gives us a wrong image of him at his peak, it helps us to understand him as a human being. >> it sure does. so madison being the most challenging all your books, did you find one -- i mean, riding is never easy, but was there one that was the easiest of all the books you've written? >> probably my autobiographical one, blue skies, no fences. it was just a treat to write about growing up in wyoming and having an excuse to get back in touch with old friends. someone i knew in fifth grade and find out what linda was up to. that was the most fun. >> what's the difficulty abo

even washington has to sign some of these.he does not seem to think it is a big problem sending property back. throughout the war african-americans in arms captured could be summarily executed on the spot. more often than not they are sold into slavery somewhere else. sold into the west indies. put on ships. privateer vessels. there is a salt and lead mine in western pennsylvania where they send black loyalists, virginia does to work there. it is even more horrific than for the white british soldiers. >> -- >> yeah, it's a real problem. the reason washington does not want to touch it is if you are born of the states, you are considered a citizen of that state after july 4, 1776. if you are caught in arms against that state, that is insurrection and treason. it is punishable by death. washington cannot override the treason laws of the individual states. that is what he does not want to touch that whatsoever because he doesn't have the power to do that effectively. he is constrained. in reality, most loyalist prisoners are retur

washington sided with hamilton almost on everything. and hamilton's idea was a strong central government. people like madison and jefferson would call him -- and so that was the fight and jefferson and madison did not want that, they wanted more power to the states, and so that was the fight and in the course of that fight, the first political parties were created, but a great enmity grew up as well. >> one of madison's high points, some of his high points and some of his low point all occurred at the same time and that was the war of 1812, as you alluded briefly to, i am wondering if you can expand on that, madison was initially opposed to this, and a couple of hawks who came in on the 1810 election, pushed him in that direction, yet in the end in analysis his handling of it was incredible, could you talk a little bit about the war president madison? >> it is interesting, adams, in the adams administration, there was a half war with france, and presidents in that time thought that they should dress up and put on a sword and a hat with

serving together in washington, d.c. think about it.ago we inherited a military that had been hollowed out by reckless budget cuts. an economy struggling to break out of the slowest recovery since the great depression. terrorism was on the rise. and we witnessed the steady assault on our most cherished values. but with the strong support of david perdue and kelly loeffler, under the leadership of president donald trump, we rebuilt our military. [cheers and applause] we revived our economy. we secured our border, stood with law enforcement, and fought for life and liberty and the constitution of the united states of america! [cheers and applause] i mean, just incredible progress. fort benningome to , i couldn't be more proud to report to you, with these senators' strong support, we've restored the arsenal of democracy. president trump has signed the largest increases in our national defense since the days of ronald reagan. we're finally giving our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and coast guards the support they need. it's true. and n

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was the importance of him flirting his way through washington? >> that's a great question because we have to first start with the assumption that buchanan was sincere in all he did. engagedne hand, he was to her and the engagement was broken. what i sorta look for, were there any other women in his life that he had as serious an engagement toward? and the answer is no. someone on one hand, flirtation became a way for him to play the field. without having to commit to marriage. i think he was more serious about marriage as a younger man, and we find evidence of that in the 1830's. 1850's, he's and in his 50's and into his 60's. i think he's using flirtation almost as a way to fit within the social circles of washington life, to almost placate these powerful interests, whether it be sarah polk, dolley madison, or others who have been his white house. i think he was instrumental in the same way that he used male friendship, white friendly, that he used these flirtatious relationships with women as a kind of way to paint him in the best possible ligh

susan, peter, talk about jim baker and how, he came to washington.campaign against ronald reagan for george h.w. bush and yet ronald reagan chose him to be his white house chief of staff the scene is probably the most successful person at that job of this modern time. how did he do it? >> that's a great question because he didn't have a background that would necessarily suggest he is going to be successful. he had been a lawyer until -- he ran, ended up running gerald ford's campaign 76 coming in from nowhere in the wreckage after watergate were no republicans left of his generation. the previous group had been convicted, sent off to jail in the nixon scandal. it opened up a world for people like jim baker, dick cheney, red skull crop and holy generation of people who came to the floor. in this case an example of a president that is ronald reagan seeing what makes sense for him. he was an outsider coming into washington but he wanted to get things done so we didn't pick ed meese with his confident. jim baker. another present president woule guy who r

we need senator david perdue back in washington dc.e] president trump and i support your two senators because of who they are but we w also are here like you are because we served in washington dc together. four years ago we inherited a military that a been hollowed owt by reckless budget cuts and an economy struggling to break out of the slowest recovery since the great depression and terrorism was on the rise and we witnessed the study assault onva our most cherished values. with the strong support of david perdue and kelly loeffler under the leadership of president donald trump we rebuild our military and we revised our economy and secured our border, stood with law enforcement and fought for life and liberty and the constitution of the united states of america. [cheering and applause] we made incredible progress and being here in muscogee county, home to fort benning. [cheering and applause] i could not be more proud to report to you with the senators and their strong support we restored the democracy and president trump signed the

the washington post, new york times, the washington examiner, the washington post is a newspaper of over 100 years old, millions of subscribers, with 69 pulitzer prizes. the new york times -- host: can we get to the story about chinese influence operations? caller: i have waited for months to say this. the new york times, one hundred 30 pulitzers. the wall street journal, 37 pulitzers. the washington times, zero. host: we will go to alexandria, louisiana. a republican. do you have a question for bill gertz? caller: i just wanted to say, that guy was nothing. look, i wish you would put on a show about the pardon board. this is my question for the times, because he's doing a fine job. i was a military police officer. i had top-secret clearance. in the 1980's, the russians tried something like this. weapon,e with this bio with this covid-19, to essentially destroyed president trump and the u.s. i would like to know, does he think this is a bio weapon engineered simply to destroy the west and stuff? have written extensively on this. i have interviewed senior officials with access to a lot of

george washington lived in washington betsy ross lived in philadelphia, but she was his friend.sy ross is sitting because when she is sowing, she can't stand, her legs would hurt. george washington has again because he was only a soldier. >> ♪ ♪ >> even small children can use to learn -- can learn to use the animators camera. and when they film their drawings, frame by frame, their own liveliness makes the pictures grow before our eyes. >> this is george washington's flag made by betsy ross. this is george washington's cherry tree. this is an american flag. this is a boy scout when bad weather comes, then you should take the american flag down. that's a rule about american flag. when you see a parade marching with american flag, you have to take the hat off your head. american flags should not be pasted on cars, they should be flying freely on and antenna. >> why are the stars in a circle? >> because many states came to america because it was the last day of the old american flag. >> the first flag and the american british colonies was the english flag of st. george. it arrived

washington was a big fellow. but if you were to extrapolate, he would be about 14 feet tall from some of the paintings. >> my favorite painting, i think he was joe ellis who was in your series said, it was important that we be worshipful of our great men in the early days of the republic. it helped knit us together. there's no better example of this than in washington. is this in the capitol? it shows washington being taken into heaven. it's a religious kind of symbol. washington in roman toga. >> looking like a cesar with a toga. >> so the worshipful attitude of people in those early days was remarkable. but i think it's also important -- you really understand washington better. what happened was, he lost that tooth in his second term and he no longer had anything to tie his false teeth to. so they were very uncomfortable. made his face swollen. while it gives us the wrong image of him at his peak, it helps us to understand him as a human being. >> madison being the most challenging. was there one that you found

didn't understand washington. jim baker did.ther president would pick the guy who ran not just one two but two campaigns against him in as his chief and staff and ended up being a smart choice on his part. >> and susan what was that quality in jim baker that got him chosen for that job, that made him a successful also he was. went on to be treasury secretary, pulled off this big bipartisan tax plan which as we know -- we haven't seep anything the likes of it since back during the reagan years. but what was it about him that pulled it all together? >> well, judy, jim baker will give you this sort of folky twang and tell you, my family has aned aage, prior preparation prevent poor performance, but we all know pretty well that washington is a city full of ambitious lawyers who do this homework and stay up late and certainly it's true that jim baker was asued use to the point of obsessive when it came to getting the job done and was famous for staying see white house in the reagan white house until he returned every phone call from

let's start in pittsburgh, where the steelers are no longer undefeated, and the washington football team is in playoff contention. there's a sentence. pittsburgh quarterback ben roethlisberger tossed two touchdowns in a dominant first half, but the steelers let a 14-point lead slip away. quarterback alex smith's lone touchdown, a 15-yarder caught by receiver logan thomas, ties the game in the fourth quarter, and a field goal gives washington the lead with almost three minutes to play. but roethlisberger is picked off on pittsburgh's next possession and the washington football team hangs on for a 23-17 upset victory. the steelers miss a chance to clinch a playoff berth as they drop into a tie with the defending champion chiefs for the best record in the afc, while washington takes a share of the lead atop the lowly nfc east. wow. >>> let's go out now to glendale, arizona, where the bills are now a step closer to

one of the ways is through memorials and monuments, particularly in washington, d.c.we have an educational program that will be on the national park service website that will be hosted by the eisenhower foundation in abilene, this. we will have teaching resources. i think you just look over here and say who are those guys, and what is not giant stainless steel thing. you come over here and listen to the audio chores. maybe you are here as a student group and listen to your teacher. you learn about a guy who came from abilene, kansas. his family was not well known, he figured out how to go get an education by going to west point and then went on to serve his country for the rest of his life, until after he retired from the presidency in 1960. it is a great story. it is an american story. >> near the beginning you say over the past decade and almost in ftevery step from the desig competition to the groundbreaking in 2017, the project was dogged by controversy. why is that? >> i think there were two reasons. one was that the design idea proposed by the architect, frank

. >> the governor of washington give an update on the vaccine. it began shipping around the country earlier today. the workgroup comprised of experts from washington, oregon, california, nevada have been meeting to review the data and the analysis that has been released by the centers or disease control. we know that after months of , we can this virus begin to use this vaccine against the virus. and add to our totals that we have been using. this cannot come soon enough. is closing in. we are approaching the loss of thousands of people to this disease. ising this vaccine tremendous news for estate. we granted the initial authorization for this vaccine. am pleased to announce that our western states workgroup gave our unanimous recommendation to the vaccine last night. they communicated that to me this morning. that group is encouraging the immediate use of this vaccine. have expertise in and biostatistics and formic political sciences and epidemiology and we appreciate their efforts. they communicated this recommendation to me and the other gove

you could probably not find a site in washington, d.c.hat is more suited to dwight eisenhower to have a memorial. this square is sounded by health and human services, which used to be called health, ed kaegs and welfare, which was started during the eisenhower administration and then behind you have the department of education, former, hew and started during the oinds hour administration. the federal aviation administration started during the eisenhower administration and the jewel in the crown, full, the air and space museum and, of course, nasa wimp began during the eisenhauer situation as we walk into the memorial from this corner, we have the, coulder here with five stars which was the insignificantia of the five stars for general eisenhower and others dugard world war ii. when there was a commission, it called for him to be rec noise the not only at the 34th person of the united states but expedition rather and the fact that it's clad same avon bar from spain, recognizes this role that he has as five-store general and commander of al

we have to sort of wait and watch how both washington and gauges -- washington and engages. mark: to your point, you just laid out for our viewers just how big these decisions are and how important it is to get it right early. i am overstating it, that it is really important. a final point, i remember you mentioning this to me at the white house, it dovetails with president-elect biden's being a pragmatist and his advisers. pragmatism takes time to cause you have to sift through the issues, come to independent conclusions. there is an anchor point. exponential factor for the work cut out for the incoming administration. but good people up to the task, i will say that. let me bring in victor, you have been sitting in the sidelines, warming up, got some gatorade, all right. let's take a couple of these threads a little bit bigger in terms of northeast asia. korea, andia, north some of the points on the alliances. what do we have to do early as a country? what does divided administration have to do early in terms of those bigger pieces in northeast asia, so one sets the tone in

her sister married george steptoe washington. a nephew of george washington. this is still in the home, and they would go back and live in philadelphia. there is a lovely set of charcoal portraits. dolley still in her quaker bonnet. in their house, their house still stands, so they live in philadelphia full-time even though he is in congress. but when john adams becomes president in 1797, madison doesn't like john adams and doesn't want to be part of the administration. i should add, tay come home to montpellier. in their townhouse in philadelphia, they have a lot of french furnishings that have been sent to them by james monroe, who at this time in the mid 1790s, is the american ambassador to paris. so they have things like this very fashionable french form of a bed. they have french carpet and decorative art in their home. so they move home to montpellier with madison's parents. so when we last saw nellie and james, sr., they're living in the sort of brick, rectangular house. one of only two brick houses in the entire county. a very important or ambitious bu

i can't remember where the apotheosis of washington is, but it shows washington being taken into heaven and, you know, it's a religious kind of symbol. or washington and roman toga, that's a sculpture. who did that? >> the washington in marble, looking like a caesar. >> whith his toga. the worshipful attitude of people in those early days was remarkable. but i think it's also important, you really understand washington better, what happened was he lost that tooth, in his second term and he no longer had anything to tie his false teeth to so they were very uncomfortable, made his face swollen. while it gives us a wrong image of him at his peak it helps us to understand him as a human being. >> sure it does. madison being the most challenging of all your books, was there one that you found particularly -- it's never easy to write a book, is there one that was easiest of all the books? >> probably my auto biographical, blue skies, no fences, it was a treat to write about growing up in wyoming and having an excuse to get back in touch with linda lad, you know, someone i'd known in fifth gra

they were in washington's cabinet. hamilton was secretary of the treasury, jefferson was secretary of state. pretty good lineup, and they went at each other every day at cabinet meetings. jefferson once said that they were like two fighting cocks in a ring. after he became president, jefferson did -- again this theme recurring here, but he did everything he could to dial back that sort of regal atmosphere, both in the way he conducted the government, and also in the way he presented himself and was kind of determined to defeat it.ltonisn, as he saw and the irony i think, with things different than they are now, jefferson kept a bust of hamilton in his study at monticello the rest of his life. so even though they were blood enemies, he respected him and knew what a brilliant man he was and that he had a very respectable point of view, it just was not jefferson's point of view. rather than demonize each other, they actually respected, if not, admired each other. colleen: dolly madison famously held a lot of social events

slap sanctions washington invades washington spies washington wants washington and washington washington. kills looking around for problems when everyone knows the us is a democratic haven nothing to see here over the years our fran base here in the us has grown not just bigger but louder becoming a belting chorus among the rich and powerful propagate their vote television again the machine works but the russian propaganda machine propaganda machine russian propaganda on steroids perhaps part of the reason they love us so much over here is that we never shy away from america's uglier side violence and chaos continue to rage on the streets of the us suburb of ferguson where protesters and police are squaring off over the killing of an unarmed black teenager the abuse of prisoners in secret cia prisons has been into sharp relief following the release of a report called how america tortures protests over the death of george floyd while being detained by minneapolis police have raged for the night it was revealed that the n.s.a. had been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of

before returning to washington's cap. rochambeau recalls -- i as soon as lafayette returned to washington's headquarters he wrote me the most depressing dispatches and urging me to join him immediately, to attempt an attack on the from island of new york. as letter finished with a species of summons, founded on the founding of the country, implying that the campaign was the last effort of his, washington's patriotism. we were the more displeased by this dispatches as by the same career, i received letters from general washington himself, and not a single sentence alluded to the proposed plans of lafayette. rochambeau ascertained that lafayette was perhaps more than washington anxious to strike a decisive blow by attacking the center of the enemy position. rochambeau wrote back to lafayette in french and to washington in english in order to explain his perspective on why this attack was ill advised and that all communications between him and washington be direct and without the interference of a third person. lafayette's e

the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. smith: thank you, mr. i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from connecticut, mr. courtney. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from account kled is recognized for two minutes. mr. courtney: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of the 2021 mac thornberry defense authorization act. i want begin by congratulating chairman smith and mr. thornberry for their persistent team work for bringing this bill to fruition. it's the way congress is supposed to work. the sea power and projection forces subcommittee made a significant mark in this year's bill. last february the president's budget out of nowhere cut the navy shipbuilding budget by 17%, including the removal of an entire virginia class attack submarine with no rationale or 30-year shipbuilding plan as required by law. our subcommittee led the way in fully restoring that submarine having listened to the combatant commanders who are articulated the need for that repeatedly and adding a fast transport ship br

smith goes to washington" he calls it the right to talk your head off. don't worry about party lines. pass everything with a majority vote. presidents would like that. they've said so. they get their way more easily if we allowed the passions to roar through the senate like they roar through the house of representatives. so if the democrats are in charge, we could abolish every right to work law, repeal all limits on abortion, and pass restrictions on guns. very appealing for the moment. but what about if the train roars in the other direction? and republicans say let's impose a right to work law on every state and pro-life laws and gun rights laws. is such back and forth and back and forth what we really want as a country? the framers didn't think so. they created this cooling saucer for those passions that washington talked about and the filibuster, the right to talk your head off, is the preeminent tool we use to force broad agreements on tough issues that most of us will vote for and that the country can live with. alexis de tocqueville, the remarkab

now he knew that washington's presence at the convention could make all the difference. washington was so admired, so loved by the american people by this time that if he were there, the convention would have a greater chance of success than if he weren't. so he wrote letter after letter urging the general to attend. he also traveled through a snowstorm, a blizzard, really, to the confederation congress in new york to be sure that the congress people were on board. and while he was twisting arms there in his own subtle way, he spent hours in a boarding house in maiden lane studying the issues that were bound to come up. he worked really hard. he also left for philadelphia early from new york. in fact, he was the first out of state delegate there. that meant he could great the other delegates as they arrived and in particular, the delegates from virginia. because madison was there early, he brought them all together. and all together, they produced the virginia plan which, as you all know, set the agenda for the constitutional convention. during the convention, madison wa

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within hours, washington was on fire. the rains on the capitol steps with sandbags, automatic weapons with live ammunition. advised to leave the beltway, i thought i could get to my parents apartment house. this was before frankie. to take the rock creek park way. no traffic was moving. tear gas in the air shared random gunshots. i decided to jump the curb and drive on the sidewalks and eventually on the mall itself. i was in a little volkswagen. the police told me the parkway was closed when they focused on the next drivers, i jumped on the curb and took off on the parkway. as bad as that time was, it was not as bad as the military march on thousands on world war i veterans demonstrating on the mall and setting up camp in the mid-1930's and demanding bonuses. president hoover ordered them removed by the military. led by none other than douglas tank,hur, complete with a horse cavalry with swords and armed troops. the bonus veterans were quickly dispersed and rounded up. the 1968 chicago riots. kent state, the horrible sho

it will have a tremendous impact on joe washington.forward. in terms of voting in person, it looked as if trump was going to win georgia. but ultimately, he didn't. what about mail in voting for this? we are actually seeing for georgia right now the request for mail—in ballots is very similar to what took place in the general election. it appears as though the fervor and excitement for voting in georgia isjust as high excitement for voting in georgia is just as high as excitement for voting in georgia isjust as high as it was when donald trump was on the ballot. 0f was when donald trump was on the ballot. of course we know donald trump lost the election by 12,000 votes. and here's what's interesting, joe biden actually won the primary buy more votes than what he got in the general election. and many attribute that to the fact that during the run—up to the general election, donald trump was actually saying that the election would be rigged and that the process would be invalid. and so many believe that tamped down on the number of peopl

he lived apart from his wife for much of the time he was in washington. he and buchanan establish something as a bachelor's quarters. he lived with buchanan in the white house for a. of time. residencept his own in washington where buchanan would spend time, and commentators pointed out this was a particularly intimate male friendship. the difference was, they were not equals. william rufus king and james buchanan were both in the senate, they lived in the same boardinghouse, they were on the same political standing. the secretary of the treasury is clearly a subordinate of james buchanan. which differs from king. om friendship,s the relationship was an intimate male friendship, but it did not have the same level of equality. this explains how complex of loyalty and commitment to buchanan as his presidency unraveled during the succession -- secession crisis. wellnk i see a hand as from jackson. do you want to ask your question? i was interested in the writing process for your work. i got you spent several years on it, you traveled across the country. abou