washington has a fight both washington had tempers.part of legendary stoicism and can be contributed to lifelong effort should say to control his temper and present himself so hamilton comes out and jefferson wrote he never seen hamilton so dejected is going to move quickly. invites hamilton to dinner at the next night he's going to get him while they have a rift he bites his right-hand man madison with the great intellects. they have to resolve a couple of prescient issues just to among them. one to be the location of the capitol. the other will be the question of the debt as they called it federal debt assumption. so where should the b-uppercase-letter? no hamilton was it in the north and at one point new york. jefferson is southerners one in the south. star near nonnegotiable previous south could walk. more and their beloved virginia leaving adams and others to joke only in virginia are all geese swans, right? to jefferson and madison surprised it seems that, no we don't have a lot of sources for this, we have secondary sources. jef

for george washington? >> because it shows up the first continental congress in 1774 and he is the man. he has learned how to be a political actor. any have to figure that out somehow. look at the 16 years he spent an awesome burgesses, which is longer than the military officer. i think he really sat at the feet of fine political actors. as the colonial capitol in williamsburg. people like henry lee, peyton randolph, john robinson, they're not big names today patrick henry. and he figured out how they lead. and he figured out the best course for himself. the house of burgesses tended to feature the star of people like patrick henry. they would give great speeches and fire up the world. george washington was never going to do that. he was not that lib or fancy of a speaker. he did not have a terribly good voice. as i said he was shy about his modest education. i think he figured out how to be a quiet leader. there were a few ways, extraordinary talents he brought to that, which he can take advantage of. one

thomas paine after the war in the 1790s wrote a pamphlet attacking washington but argued that washington slept in the field as he put it and the real winners of the war were generals horatio gates and nathaniel green. washington was generally enacted during much of that time in the clinton was far more active and i think that the most devastating thing, the most devastating attack or appraisal came about almost 75 years ago but was still read by scholars today and many still accepted that it was a study made by clinton's biographer in conjunction with a clinical psychologist. but that they had a deep subliminal psychological problems that prevented him from acting on the power that he had and frankly i think the argument is malarkey not that i am a particular photo of the history but they were obviously unable to put clinton on the couch it would have opened up a window to so i think clinton's reputation suffered from that. [inaudible] i closed the door so mine can to get in the room but anyway, i think that study should be filed away. he certainly made mistakes. i recognized that in the

washington is frank and open. he suffered terrible losses in his life all eight of his siblings died before he did. his two stepchildren died young. and when he writes about those losses it's straight, is unadulterated. period is very powerful. he went. . and it is gift of silence which is what john adams will is gift john.wh it was, his ability to draw other people to get them to talk to. and it allowed him to see non-manipulative. he wasn't out there moving in , lbj -granting you my lapel and saying this way and how you you. he was following identified client approach. it was quiet for leadership was very ultimately is how he was in you rise, 60 continue to be a hero. what are we to some years later. >> one of my favorite stories about washington's is when comes up to him to let you? he will do something you never do to someone washington's center at the time. something we would do today something you would never do that and he said washington turned and looked at seth astaire, a stony silence that governor morr

washington channel is a narrow waterway the between the shoreline of washington dc. and what is today east potomac park? sediment and silk builds up and to keep it navigable they developed this tidal basin so that twice a day 250 million gallons of water is released from the tidal basin down through the washington channel. flushes the sediment away. there are two bridges that give access to the tidal basin. there is the inlet bridge where the water comes in and there is the outlet bridge where the water goes out. each of those bridges has gates on the underside of them. title action closes the inlet gates in the morning when the tidal basin is full at the same time the title action opens the outlet gate and lets the water go out and as the tides change each day a day day in and day out the title action opens and closes the gates to let the water in and let the water out. the cherry trees were the inspiration of washington writer by the name of eliza skidmore. she had visited. pan in 1884 and seen the cherry trees there had seen what a what a wonderful scene they crea

and washington's army was the american center for gravity could destroy washington and washington's army thatnd would end the rebellion. he offices not able to accomplish that is not able to get his decisive victory he beats washington a couple times but he cannot get that final decisive victory. after that the war goes into that different phase were ultimately goes down to the south and then you really have a much more of a counterinsurgency like conflict. i think by that point again think only the americans could beat themselves at that point. that is my personal assessment of a that. when you look at how the search of the campaign played out, one of the options which actually does present he presents and a throwaway afterthought manner, is, one thing we could do would be to use the navy, load up the troops who are up in canada, sell them back around too new york and now how would have this immense army and that army -- that i think that army could have been big enough to track down and destroy washington in the philadelphia campaign. that does not happen obviously. but he think t

biden: welcome to washington, d.c..ince the early 1800s the city has been the capital of the united states. it is where the federal government does its work, and where students just like you to keep -- come to see historic monuments, museums and parks. this year we are bringing washington, d.c. and some of it special places to you. one of those special places is where i am right now, the white house. i am standing at the north front door and here is fun fact, did you know that there is no backdoor to the white house? so whenever you walk in, whether it is from the north, south, east, or west doors, you are always walking in the front. we have a lot more fun facts in store for you during this discovery education virtual field trip. so that you and other students can go behind the scenes and learn more about our capital city, the city of us. ♪ what do you think about when you picture washington, d.c.? how about the president of the united states? >> congress and the supreme court? >> how about the monuments, famous americ

not just washington but other figures including glover. is there a leadership trait of individuals who are willing to sacrifice their very lives and their fortunes for their cause, for their country. it is mind boggling in many ways to to describe this at the end of the war many of these individuals were penniless and they were broken men. physically as well as emotionally and to thank is and allowing me to really conduct research on one of the finest facilities in america and i've never found a better place than here. it's a special place and i'm just extremely grateful for the opportunity to be here to conduct research and to write the book. >> the book is "the indispensables". this is the official look release and so thrilled to have you here to talk about this book. buy it now. we have available and thank you so much for being here with us tonight. patrick o'donnell. >> thank you. it's an honor kevin, thank you. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪

he was counting on skyler in washington was much more focused but had he gone up the hudson washington would have been compelled to follow. >> it would have been very interesting to see what the military results would have been with something like that. great question. host: this is a complement from a member of our audience. david says your book is excellent. i will be using it on age of the hudson this summer as a guide in the campaign with your accounts of the battle. and that is the finest i have read. thank you. >> i made my week. >> greetings from troy a new york as a lifelong hudson valley resident with an interesting presentation and to be complementary. something that we have not covered with the role of militia. as the people who emphasized with the british defeat and then they argue a lot of military battles in your account is an excellent example. and then to be very effective and to understand them better so this is a mess perpetuated with that conventional battle and that plays into the idea of that armed citizenry so how do you see them militia? >> i think they are criti

i [noise] >> predawn washington was quiet. i >> will start working, on the back very shortly. >> keeping the bridges clear of demonstrators was assigned to federal troops, allowing more policeman to be assigned to strategic demonstration targets. at 4:30 am, in bound commuter traffic on washington bridges was heavy but flowing normally as federal employees sought to avoid rush hour disruptions. ♪ ♪ ♪ [noise] >> then at 6 am, police protesters, and commuters converged. 1000 demonstrators blocked the pond circle. 1000 swarmed onto washington circle. over 1000 more hit georgetown. some saw in busy intersections, taunting police. some threw trash or slashed tires. others eight push cars into the street alarming innocent bystanders on. i thank >> lawrence roberts, you wrote a book about that day. what did you learn about what that was like for the protesters? that interaction with the police? a >> i think what you're watching before was essentially the police version of what happened that day. they released that fell not long after

you could see the washington monument in the distance.as very much a feeling of being near the heart of washington. when the police deployed and the military deployed on the morning of may 3rd, rush hour, they were sent all over the city. now this -- you may have noticed in the film that the police produced to show what a great job they were doing, they had a picture of the -- this manual, this tactical manual that was no in way secret, it was handed out to the protesters by the organizers of mayday. it was reprinted in college newspapers. so the police had a sense of where -- a very good sense of where people would go and they deployed their forces accordingly. 10,000 military who came to town were primarily used to guard bridges and to guard the mass of prisoners who the police took to -- first to a practice field outside robert f. kennedy memorial stadium, which had a chain link fence around it and they packed thousands of people in there and they were guarded by the military. later on, as john said -- the caller john said, people were

host: why did you come to washington?caller: i learned the government had lied to the american people, lied about the basis of the war, and i was terribly angered by that. i educated myself and decided that i had to go. host: what was it like when you got here? i stayed -- caller: i stayed with friends at georgetown and got to dupont circle as a new yorker. i had the model that people would be warned. if you do not leave you will be arrested. it was nothing like that. police just swept in, grabbed us up before we knew what was going on. host: when you were grabbed by the police, tell us about that. where did they put you? caller: they initially put us in the prison yard at the d.c. prison. it was a rather surreal - filled every jail in the city. nobody could even sit down and we were kept in there for hours. many were taken to the yard that neil described. the overflow was taken to this football practice field and ultimately many ended up inside this arena. thousands of people, maybe most of them were swept up while they

of washington and jefferson and those in washington was elected for two terms. he was united unanimously chosen by the electors. there are half dozen of them and the rest of them had less than half the number of votes that he had and the one that came in in second place is john adams. so he was the vice president. washington was the first and only president who didn't want to be president. he only did it because the nation desperately needed him. he was the only person that everybody trusted and respected and that was obvious. it's obvious why he had won the revolution against all odds and then he had relinquished his military power, which amazed the european observers. so he was he became at that point. he was the most renowned and respected man in the western world, so he had nothing to gain from being president and accepted position because he was desperately needed and no one else could be was so admired and what you're looking at now, is this incredible button in our collection? this is part of the allen freight collection dr. alan frey is lives in our in o

a rugged wooded 1700 acre park, that runs through the heart of washington.s problems with such a sight, the department of justice and interior limited the assembly permit to the west potomac mark area. the ♪ ♪ ♪ although the permit prohibited camping, the may day manual advise people to bring tense, blankets, food and communication equipment. the list of essential, included wirecutters, for fences, water bottles for tear gas, and gulp to share with fellow demonstrators. >> by early saturday morning may 1st, armies of blue denim and khaki pants had streamed into botanic park. hippies in high school students, freaks with drugs and agitators, with their newspapers, and subsequent arrests showed 75% of participants, came from outside the washington area. ♪ ♪ ♪ some came for a widely publicized weekend marathon rock festival. some came to get high. some came for some action. and some came to stop the war. during the rock festival, hundreds of cases of drug overdose and excessive drinking were reported. a mobile unit, set up to disseminate drug information, quickl

washington. and show him to be instinctively a racial egalitarian. anyhow, so one of the chapters that book deals with one of the most controversial. chapters in lincoln biography and that is his august 14th 1862 meeting in the city of washington with five black leaders whom he had summoned to the white house. he was the first american president to invite black people to come to the white house to consult on public affairs. now he was to do that later again in the in the civil war, but the initial meeting. and he had summoned. the leaders to talk about a an appropriation that he was given by congress. to spend money $600,000 which would be like maybe 20 million today. to promote colonization when congress passed the dc emancipation bill in april of 1862 it included a provision. a hundred thousand dollars for helping black people in washington who wish to leave and to resettle to help facilitate that and then in july of 1862 when congress passed the second confiscation act. congress appropriated 5

it wasn't just washington, d.c.earson had people all over the country who were telephoning him tips. he had regular people he would check in with, newspaper editors, lawyers, politicians, pat brown in california constantly leaking, especially after he lost ronald reagan. continue to leak about the reagan administration to pearson. quite often the columns dealt with particular states and in 1939 a former governor of louisiana showed up on pearson's doorstep with evidence that the current governor was corrupt and that they were taking money from a young pa for private uses. pearson's columns exposed to the situation. not only did the governor of louisiana go to jail but so did the president of lsu. the head of the wpa in louisiana as well. there were a lot of local issues as well as national issues and a lot of things about agencies, much of which i couldn't cover it not only the speech but in the book i couldn't cover it because there was so much going on. elizabeth: it sounds like it in books -- we never have enough

asked back on street protests in washington dc. we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal is next. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] host: welcome to the washington journal. if you think the government should do more, dial in at (202) 748-8000. if you disagree, dial in at (202) 748-8001. if you are not sure, call in to (202) 748-8002. text us and tell us what you think about the government solving our nations problems or send us a tweet. you can also go to facebook.com/c-span and post comments they. take a look at a recent headline. big government is back. in the article they say in a new pull, finding that many americans say that the president should do more to solve the country's problems. others say they are doing too much. on these numbers, they note this is essentially unchanged from the trump era when the ma

a party that believes washington has to be taken on and washington has to be changed. think all that is true. part of it relates to trump. but candidly, part of it is bigger than trump. he may not want to hear that but it's true. >> pete: i believe it. >> this is a long term national movement that goes all the way back to goldwater and continued to build momentum. on liz's part, look, the cheneys are very smart, very experienced family. they have a remarkable record of serving. i thought she had every right as an individual member to vote her conscience. she had no right to use the chairmanship of the conference to exploit her position when, in fact, the conference by about 200 to 10, that's 20 to 1, was on the other side. that's why i think from an internal legislative standpoint she simply can't be chairman of a conference that she refuses to listen to. this is -- this business is about listening, not just about speaking. and she clearly refuses to listen. >> pete: representative jordan, you are in the middle of it. you are in the conference. do you believe thee she

"washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning.sident biden returns and will deliver remarks on the vaccination program. we will have it live on the c-span network. also an address to an academy wednesday and will meet with a president at the white house on friday. congress in session. we want to begin the first hour with a wall street journal opinion piece. the title, democrats are killing the american dream, based on the unappointed

headlines from inside the "washington post co. republicans balk at the security bill, the price and use of funds. three opposed the legislation. no republican supporting this $1.9 billion security bill. both sides in just a moment, beginning with congress and tim ryan. [video clip] >> we're trying to do this in a bipartisan way. it is what the american people want and deserve. and this bill here is largely based on the recommendations from general honore, who went to great lengths with four or five or six other generals to analyze what happened on january 6 and provide us with recommendations. the time is now. we have to act. we hear about the rank-and-file of police officers here that her 12 hour shifts, 16 hour shifts, do not have the equipment they need, securing of the capital, the trauma that happened here. and none of us are going to forget those events, but this is a narrowly tailored bill to provide long-overdue support -- here we are working ourselves into the end of may. this is support for direct costs incurred by the a

reaction in just a minute and whether or not you see perhaps a change in stance from washington in the coming days but 1st just looking at the situation on the ground right now neither israel nor hamas shows any sign of backing down how do you see 1st situation evolving over the next few days you think it's going to get worse before there is any talk of a cease fire. i i do think that i think it's all following a very grim script we've seen this horror movie before i think congresswoman emotion it's entirely justified and i think everyone shares it so we've seen this this horrible film before you know it basically what has happened in the past and has happened just now is that a spark catch is usually in jerusalem and how mass quickly iran's to seize the mantle of national leadership the leadership of palestine leader you know the defenders will start firing rockets at israel and israel responds with an overwhelming set of aerial bombardments followed by a ground incursion and what usually ends up happening is israel goes too far at some point there is an atrocity that just is so offen

washington has grown accustom to this method of voicing dissent. though larger than most, this was an organized demonstration with marshals and responsible leadership. the demonstrators came. their positions on the war, racial discrimination and other political issues were made known. throughout the rally, officers of the metropolitan police were directed to maintain a low visibility profile. their local was as always to protect the constitutional rights of citizens, intervening only to meet unusual or emergency situations. there were few laws broken, few arrests. most who came in the name of peace returned to their homes, jobs, or schools. but some who came to break the peace stayed on in west potomac park. for them, the april 24th rally was only a preview to may day. an opportunity to advance their own well-defined aid. so shut down the federal government. >> the country should respond from coast to coast with demonstrations and universities and communities and across this country. >> months before the militant and violence proned members of the

susan: george washington's footsteps. i am wondering what you are thinking about george washington's contributions to our country. neil: is fascinating. i totally welcome and upload our way more nuanced, wide-eyed understanding of what these people were, and it is a reality that washington was a major slaveholder and not a particular benevolent one, even though in his will did free his slaves. the thing that fascinated me were not things that i knew that much about washington. when the revolutionary war started in 1775, he left mount vernon and that the confidence army -- continental army without once going home, he was gone perpetually for six years, trying to keep that effort going, which is really quite amazing. we look at him as the ultimate founding father, and i think most people would make the argument that had it not been for his stubbornness and keeping that small band of patriot soldiers together, particularly in the first six or seven months, they could easily have fallen apart. that aspect of it i came to unde

i was in washington.as a 19-year-old college student, and i was part of the mayday demonstrations, a participant not in any way, shape, or form as a leader, and police launched the dragnet sweeping through the streets, arresting not only people actively engaged in blockading the streets but anyone who looked like a demonstrator, who had the dress at the time, long hair, as i did we were swept up as well. and jailed. host: did it change the course of direction of your career or interest? mr. roberts: certainly, i think being involved in an event like that makes you much more interested in politics and constitutional law. it definitely had something to do with my decision to become an investigative journalist. and i should say after many years looking back on this event, you start to wonder what was behind all of the different decisions that were made? what were people on all sides of the issue thinking? you see these historical events from your own point of view, and i decided to try to investigate to find

from dallas to washington dc. she was able to have the presence of mind to keep some notes that she then used to make that first recording. so i think she was very very devoted to keeping records from the very get-go. it was really in her dna in lbj's case. he shared that and he also had a very long political career. so by the time he gets into the presidency, especially as he becomes conscious of the the challenges and the controversy and the and the criticism of his presidency his his inclination is also to document so that down the road historians have some opportunity to to look back at his presidency in a documented way and make some some sense of it rather than very much in the moment. he also had you're talking about the lb those those secretly recorded tapes. he had massive distrust of the press and he want end of those around him his political adversely and he kept that record in order also to sort of be on the record himself and have some control over the historical record. so what does one learn about l

the gentlelady from washington state. ms. herrera beutler: thank you, madam chair. and i yield one minute to the gentleman from texas, mr. gooden. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. gooden: thank you, madam speaker. i rise in opposition to this bill, this partisan proposal would allocate over $2 billion of taxpayer resources for a wall around the u.s. capitol and spend money on other things like members' personal security at home. i don't believe the american people support that. i don't believe they understand what's in this bill. and i believe this bill would only serve to further separate the american people from their elected representatives here in washington. it's not the way we do business in the united states of america. it's not the way we should do business. and there are so many issues that are more worthy of our attention. the crisis at our border is unlike anything we've ever seen. we're recording 20-year highs in border crossings, but instead of completing a wall at our sout

fred is publisher and ceo of the washington post. he is chairman of the ronald reagan presidential foundation and trustee of the university of southern california as well as many organizations that have all benefited from his strategic vision and his depth of experience in the public and private and nonprofit sectors. he also recently became a first-time author the much acclaimed book wine and the white house a history combines fred's passion for history and wine and was published by the white house historical association in 2020. please join me in warmly welcoming fred ryan. thank you everyone for joining us today. and thank you anita for that very kind introduction. i appreciate the great leadership anita that you provide to the white house historical association and this very important symposium. we would normally hold this symposium at decatur house, but today for the most part. we're in our own houses. and all this is a disappointment to many of us. in fact, it is enabled us through our digital reach to include a much broader na

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in 1971 what were the laws and laws of gathering in washington? mr. roberts: the national mall had become a center of dissent, a place where people petitioning for a redress of grievances were together. it became a first amendment embodied on the mall. for the most part these protests, these demonstrations on the mall -- you had your permit from the national park service. most at the time groups were given that permit. in 1971 the may day folks asked for a permit to plan on an area called west potomac park between the lincoln and thomas jefferson memorials. the park granted them that. in the weekend before the protests that were supposed to begin with the blockade, 40,000 or 50,000 people showed up at this campground and camped out with tense in order to -- tents in order to prepare for this traffic blockade. that was all legitimate under the government permits they obtained. it also included the west potomac park campout. all day and all night, a rock concert which began on saturday afternoon at was supposed to go through sunday afternoon as a way to

it's amazing for small business owners to think that washington believes that these new proposals won'tbe to grind to a halt the very fragile small business recovery. maria: you know, it's interesting because you've got the same rules for big medium and small. right? it is the same regulatory framework whether you are talking about, you know, a small business catering to a lot fewer customers then say, for example, a j.p. morgan or a bank of america or, you know, procter & gamble. when you look at the big companies they have the wherewithal to hire lawyers, higher accountants and get the wherewithal that they need to deal with these new regulations but small businesses don't so they will be faced with the same tax increases but a lot bigger finds an impact than a larger business, right? >> yet, washington tends to lose sight that when you're talking about taxes and regulations they impacted small business owners very differently and having a one-size-fits-all policy just does not work for the little guys. most small businesses are typical member is five or ten employees and run by an ow

you to see but washington is spelled waggingston.n this on this document and if you think that this is an outlier, there are other documents including documents written by lafayette where washington's name is spelled waggingston. maybe it's the french pronunciation. wajah stone. it's closer to washington. and then we have this very interesting figure. right here subduing england, which is represented by the lion. in the corner this figure is a totally bizarre hodgepodge. he is quite pale and androgynous with long flowing light brown hair and is donning. not just the expected icons of liberty, but also an animal skin and a multicolored plumed headdress and skirting or belt some what reminiscent albeit in a kind of fantastical way of native american ceremonial garb i am endlessly amused by this image with its infolicitous spelling of washington's name. and this odd figure that really encapsulates what many french thought of america during the 18th century and in some ways reflects who we are today. a strange colorful and beautiful and