sponsors of the washington prize. thank you to our friends the gilder learning institute. especially to mount vernon for posting this. one that has been more than three years in the making g. it's pretty great to be able to be back here tonight,isn't it ? [applause] washington college is proud to have been associated with george washington since the year 1782. when the general's are as our trustee, made a generous donation to the founding of the college graciously allowed us to adopt his own name for our institution. the first college fact that was chartered after america's independence our founding was a visionary group of patriots and educators we have some other guests with a very special connection to that 18th-century history. seated with me my table right here are members of the london family who are direct descendents of doctor john scott. john scott alongside george washington among our very first donors trustees in 1782 . last year, london's renew that remarkable ancestral legacy by establishing the london's

that is washington. he would just think about things and it had a lot to do with how our cultures have changed. we are in the twitter world where things, no one has any kind of ability to concentrate on anything. washington had this incredible ability to dial up the static and figure out the most important thing for me to do. that is incredibly in any age but it gets back to his lack of formal education. this is a guy who as a young surveyor spent countless nights out there in the wilderness just thinking. that is how he got through the revolution and would be a big part of his presidency. >> to sit under his fig tree and thing, you would think it would be all great but it is not. you have this scene of him thinking in mount vernon towards the end when he is troubled. talk to us about that. what is he troubled about? >> guest: throughout three books about the revolution i kept wanting washington to have a high five moment where he said yes, i did it. it never comes. never gets that sense of satisfying ac

but i think it was a part of washington -- washington was hugely ambitious. and he was playing the longest of games. it was posterity. he didn't have to have the power now because he wanted to be remembered in future generations. and, that's a deep game. most of us want it now. we don't have enough faith in the future or in ourselves to do the right thing because it is right. so i think with washington, yes, he is doing it for all the right reasons. yet, there's a part of him. i'm not saying he is manipulative, but there is a part of him that knows, well, you know, if i want to come off the way off i come off, i need asked -- people to ask me to do it. >> all that experience in the revolution that you wrote about so well played a long game. he's not winning battles, but he is staying alive. and he's playing a sort of rope a dope strategy with the british on staying one step ahead of them, waiting for his moment, basically waiting for the french to arrive. but, whatever, you know. he stays alive. and it's just incredible patience when all the others wanted to

washington internalize that. one of the reasons the senate has a six-year term is supposedly to make them more likely to vote in the long term interest of the public it's the most partisan portion of the government now. i will shut up but public, public, public he represents them. >> he mentioned the aurora and i know you wanted to say something very quick so one quick thing i want to sort of highlights when joe was talking about how personally wounded washington was that was really quite intentional on the part of the newspaper editors. the editor of the aurora would deliver three copies of his newspaper every day to the front steps of the president's house. even though washington is not a subscriber. he did so intentionally to get under washington skin. we know it works because he rants and raves about in cabinet and jefferson took careful notes. this political warfare in the partisan or wound they were trying to inflict was quite intentional. >> let's get a taste of washington on parties and we can further exp

so boyfriend washington was a federalist like we'll send and george washington indeed. just talking about the 11th amendment bush rod called sacrifice to state pride. he wasn't a big fan because he was more interested in asserting national authority as they kind of important structural protection for liberty. you know, it's while bush roy washington did study under james wilson. you have to say that george washington was probably a far more important influence on bush rod simply by virtue of his family leadership as well as just the fact of many years of kind of close interaction between them correspondence that really began it when bush rod was set up with james wilson by george washington george, washington page james wilson's princely some that someone described it that he demanded to be bushrod's mentor, but in other words, it's hard to imagine bush rod washington taking a much different philosophy toward the constitution then george washington or would have taken some of very incredible intellectual independence and fortitude maybe to do that. so i think that he th

washington college's proud to have been associated with george washington since the year 1782 when the general served as our trustee made a generous donation to the founding of the college and graciously allowed us to adopt his his own name for our institution. the first college in fact that was chartered after america's independence. our founding was the work of a visionary group of patriots and educators and tonight. we have some honored guests with a very special connection to that 18th century history. with me at my table right here our mem. of the london family who are direct descendants of dr. john scott, john scott stood alongside george, washington among our very first donors and trustees back in 1782. last year the london's renewed that remarkable ancestral legacy by establishing the london scott family washington prize scholarships providing financial aid to washington college students without standing achievement in history and in american studies. yes. we're incredibly grateful. these scholarships were created under the leadership of dr. jack london a long time friend of bo

washington is just lost. washington allowed the capital to fall.maybe washington isn't right for the army, some say. this is going to be during this period of victory in the north and defeat in and around philadelphia will lead to an attempt to unseat washington. before we come to this, the winter in valley forge is crucial in one reason it is crucial his armies in the 18th-century don't fight in the wintertime. you have campaigning seasons, you fight in spring or fall or summer but not winter so it is during the winter that the army is able to actually train itself. they had a hard fight since the war began. and who helps train the army? washington is performing plays in their off time but something i should correct, this man, responsible for bringing in european drill masters concept. the problem is he doesn't speak any english. most americans don't speak german so he would create one model unit and basically yell at them and berate them in german and show them what to do and one model unit would then show the other units what they need to do and

he's literally hunting washington. washington is literally running and hiding. he's using these tactics not as a cowardice but using it because he wants to maintain the army. and then when the situation is in his favor such as here crossing the delaware he is able to swing is very elaborate difficult silent night crossings of rivers, the delaware, attacking hutchings and really successful battles keeping and preserving the war but giving americans is big moral boost and commissions are running out. it is from fighting this warin fighting defensively rather than make ultra- aggressive. the idea of the older model of attack, attack, attack. and washington views army very differently. he was so i hope every post will be deemed honorable which gaveho them an opportunity to serve his country. and by this he doesn't mean soldiers he means officers pretty anyone conserve. he also expands it to anyone in the military that could be civilians providing food or clothing could be women taking collections to feed the army. that could be african americans who are joining the

washington is not doing enough. remember, washington, the government has repeatedly the committee. this is why cannot principle, which means i want to bother trying to, but after it we are doing another quality with the behavior. so this is, you know, i think it probably can never cross us government. that's simply not trustworthy. i think the chinese are to be the better prepared for the worst. and whatever happened a, the content of the us publication. washington says it needs to strengthen is resilience with so called friendly allies and to cut other countries out of supply chains that says, washington accuses some countries of failing to comply with the u. s. dominated world order by developing relations independently from the western agenda r t. rachel marston comments. the u. s. government is acting like a jealous partner who wants to be in control and know where the other is and who they are with at all times. it's the kind of behavior that stems from deep insecurity in relationships. sanctions are one instrument of control imposed through the us treasury department. if a co

washington no longer controls its conventional allies. now that they have other options in a multi polar world, india, for example, has refused american requests to ban russian ships from its ports. the south pacific seems more interested in dealing with its regional partner, china, even close us, ally, and next door neighbor, mexico has insisted on maintaining neutrality amid the ukraine conflict and latin america has seen a popular shift in recent elections away from us friendly establishment parties. while bolivia, cuba el salvador, nicaragua, and venezuela have refused to criticize russia over ukraine. but as they say, you can't make someone love you. and all the strong arming by the us treasury as it feels its control slipping away, is not likely to win it too many hearts and minds. india's prime minister says his country is planning to become a major arms exporter by developing its own weaponry industry. as a so called defense echo system. currently, india largely relies on imports from other nations for its military needs. or india

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington from washington reserves.he gentleman from washington is recognized. >> i yield representative speier. ms. speier: thank you to my great friend from washington. it gets more painful every single day when you think about it, you have an a.g. in indiana who has smeared a health care professional in that state who did exactly what she was supposed to do but he was going to bring charges against her and a colleague on the other side of the aisle putting down $20 bills that we are going to answer his question. i mean what are we doing here? have we lost it. this bill simply codifies what is interprets #-d in the confusion in the fifth amendment. we have a justice kavanaugh who was asked a question, state bar a citizen from traveling to another state. the right to travel, those words are not in the fifth amendment-f we have an organizationist court we have to pass this bill that has been introduced by congresswoman fletcher and other members because women should be able to travel. and right now, we cannot even guara

now informed your interest in pursuing the history of gay washington and the secret history of gay washington? >> very much so. and i actually felt myself in a lot of these characters who are mostly men because this was a period when it was mostly men who were running things in washington. and a lot of them were around my age. a lot of them were in their mid-to-late 30s. and it was very tragic to read about a lot of these figures, very highly accomplished people who, solely because of their secret... >> yeah. >> ...which is the secret that i shared with them, had their careers destroyed, their lives ruined. and i felt that it was important to memorialize that and to collect these stories and to present them to the world. >> one review of your book notes that "the gays and lesbians in kirchick's book formed a rotating cast of forrest gumps, appearing at the center of every major political event the latter half of the 20th century." tell me more. >> yeah, i just saw a gay angle to all these stories and presidential administrations and episodes that a lot of people had missed. for instance, ther

the gentlelady from washington has 8173/-- # 8 3/4. mr.allone: i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from california, ms. jacobs, a co-lead on this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized. ms. jacobs: thank you, mr. chairman, for making sure this bill could come to the floor so swiftly. thank you to my friend, congresswoman manning, for your partnership on co-leading this bill with me. and thank you to speaker pelosi for her continued leadership in this post-roe reality. madam speaker, this bill could not be more important. because for me and for tens of millions of americans these threats from justice thomas and the supreme court to take away our right to contraception are not abstract. i have lived my entire life with this constitutional right to contraception, and it's a right i have exercised for decades. whether it was the birth control pills i used when i was a teenager to address debilitating cramps, the i.u.d. i relied on for years, or plan b i used at times that was thankfully available

the gentlelady from washington has 8173/-- # 8 3/4. mr.allone: i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from california, ms. jacobs, a co-lead on this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized. ms. jacobs: thank you, mr. chairman, for making sure this bill could come to the floor so swiftly. thank you to my friend, congresswoman manning, for your partnership on co-leading this bill with me. and thank you to speaker pelosi for her continued leadership in this post-roe reality. madam speaker, this bill could not be more important. because for me and for tens of millions of americans these threats from justice thomas and the supreme court to take away our right to contraception are not abstract. i have lived my entire life with this constitutional right to contraception, and it's a right i have exercised for decades. whether it was the birth control pills i used when i was a teenager to address debilitating cramps, the i.u.d. i relied on for years, or plan b i used at times that was thankfully available

not as washington accuses some countries of failing to comply with a u. s. dominated world order by developing relations independently from the western agenda r t. rachel margin has more. the u. s. government is acting like a jealous partner who wants to be in control and know where the other is and who they are with at all times. it's the kind of behavior that stems from deep insecurity in relationships. sanctions are one instrument of control imposed through the us treasury department. if a country poses a threat to washington's economic or political agenda, us sanctions ensure the other nations keep their distance from that country. and headed that same department treasury secretary j jaelyn is now threatening countries that break what it considers to be the international economic order. in other words, the washington and western lead world order and vows to impose harsh consequences on those that abuse it. claiming that economic integration has been weaponized by russia and referring to the need to recruit and integrate us allies into its supply chain

of washington state, jay inslee, governor welcome to washington post. live >> good morning. >> and remember, to everyone watching today, we always want to hear from you our audience. so you can share your thoughts and questions on washington post live, by tweeting at pose live. governor, it has been less than two weeks since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. you met virtually with president biden on friday. what did you discuss about the impact of that decision, and what do you want to see president biden do next. >> when we talked about how the federal government could partner with us and assist us in our states that seem to be sanctuaries. our state intends to be a full sanctuary for all american women who want these healthier services. and so we talked about the ways that the federal government could assist in that effort, and there are several. obviously, number one, we are glad that the president has come out against the filibuster so we have a couple more votes in the u.s. senate to actually pass the national law to protect the right. but

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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

washington, d.c. i hear by a point holy, holy, holy lord fill the earth with the knowledge of your glory. as the waters cover the sea, the stars inhabit the heavens, the birds fill the air with their song, and the animals who roam the forest with majesty -- forest and plains with majesty so may your sovereign presence rein in our lives -- reign in our lives in this place. lift up our eyes to the hills that we may discover from whence our help does come. you who made heaven and earth speak your creative word into our discourse. your compassion into our engagements with one another. lord, you are our keeper. you watch over us so the harshness of the day will not overtake us. the dark of the night will not overwhelm us. keep us, then, from all harm. guard our comings and goings within your eternal grace plan that we may live to sing of your praises and accomplish the work you set before us. in your merciful name we pray and by your grace we live. amen. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 11-a of

the gentleman from washington is recognized -- the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. miss rornlings: madam speaker, - mrs. rodgers: i would ask about the marginalized black and hispanic babies more likely to be aborted. abortion has had a disproportionate impact on minorities. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. miss pallone: i yield now a minute and a half -- mr. pallone: i yield a minute and a half to the gentleman mr. cardenas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 1:30. mr. cardenas: i rise today in support of the women's health protection act and lend my voice to the chorus of calls across the country for urgent action on abortion rights. when i first heard the news of the dobbs decision, i felt as if i were thrown into another country. a country without our constitution. how is it that such a fundamental right to our autonomy over one's body, one's life, future can be stripped away socalously. we are talking about far right justices telli

you couldn't buy the washington post in new york for a period only in washington. you could get it inrockville, you could get hundreds of copies in rockville . >> it's still sitting there. >> none in new york. so that sense of that cbs validated and sally again was telling the story about the cvs people were saying where are the documents and said documents, we don't have any documents. there are no documents. we are counting on the trust of our sources and reporters. >> and are too young reporters. so that's october. a month later nixon wins in a landslide and the story kind of, the trail goes cold for you guys. not just for a few days but for a couple of months you guys are scraping and you're under a lot of pressure talk about this aspect of it which is you had this story. you kept italive and suddenly there's nothing there to keep moving forward . what's the pressure you're feeling and overall, what were the pressures you felt about the need for absolute accuracy whenever possible and to keep the story moving to demonstrate that wasn't going to go away? >> it w

of washington state jay inslee. welcome. you can share your thoughts and questions by tweeting @postlive. it has been more than two weeks since they overturned roe v. wade. you met with president biden friday. what did you discuss about the impact of that decision, and what do you want to see him do next? gov. inslee: we talked about how the federal government could art in her with us in our states that seem and our states. our state is sanctuary for all american women who want health care services. we talked about the ways the federal government could assist in that effort, and there are several. number one, we are glad the president has come out against the filibuster, so we get a couple more votes in the u.s. senate to pass the national law protecting this right, but before that happens, there are several things the federal government can do. i suggested the president and the executive order to order the law or some agencies or security agencies and the federal government to not cooperate with local prosecutors o

washington posts reporting. in the next hour will discuss and examine how the heroic journalist journalist myth of watergate took hold. and why it is so tenacious. but also discuss what some of the principles of the washington post? principles that the post at the time of the watergate scandal have had to say about this interpretation of watergate. and will consider why it matters we'll consider the so what question. why debunking this myth? matters along the way we'll have some time for q&a. here are a few names that will encounter. during our class today. bob woodward and carl bernstein these are these were reporters for the washington post the lead reporters on the watergate scandal for the post. and they teamed up in 1972 and were together through the scandal in 1974. together they wrote two books about the watergate scandal. catherine graham is another name that will encounter she was the posts publisher. during the watergate period the post then was a family-owned newspaper. and she was publisher from 1969

so is this washington's game plan? oh, it, let me think died, almost forgot. congressional delegation, bipartisan said, maybe we should send advisors. i think we've all heard that before. your thoughts re go ahead. well, how much time do i have with you? i think. i think the there were 3 major events last week, one of which you mention, and that is course a city left off the russian foreign minister said look at things have substantially changed. it has to do with key are graphy. we're, we're now was limited our horizon to don't boss than it's going to go guns. are we already ends up or should, and a in other parts of more western ukraine. and we're gonna have to move our forward line still farther to the north and to the south and to the east. i mean who, who us? so what was he saying? he said, that's a wider war now. and he explains explicitly mentioning hi marsh, the high mobility or chill re rocket system that the ukrainians are bragging about, that the u. s. has given them range of 50 miles mind, you can do a lot

it seems to me that washington understands this.er dmitry last time we talked with you, just about what ukraine is talking about providing long-range missiles, as an alleged decision already made? well, apparently. and that was rhetoric just to put pressure on uh, washington, at least, i have, uh, there is such hope, but at the same time, taking one step, as if in a more responsible direction , washington takes a step in a less responsible direction, and at the same time, completely open statements are heard in washington and talk about the intention to provide ukraine with western nato. in any case, not russian military fighter jets about it. uh. yesterday, the head of staff in the united states air force, charles brown, said. stupid at the aspin institute conference, listen to his statement. is it possible to so that the united states sell or provide ukraine with fighters on some american platform there are american samples there are griden from sweden there is a euro fighter or rafael so there are a number of different weapons sy

i washed up before the washington post reporting came out tonight, and then i watched it after the washingtonmp is under criminal investigation by the justice department. and when you watch it after the washington post reporting, the language merrick garland chooses seems even stronger. >> i agree. it seems to me very clear that when lester holt asked merrick garland are you worried about tearing the country apart, all these possible collateral consequences of criminal possibly cutting a former president, there are so many ways that merrick garland could've answered. he could've said, well we have to weigh everything, we take everything into account. it is the job of the attorney general to weigh all these factors. i'm glad he didn't. he very carefully said, almost said that's above my pay grade. that's not my job. i'm the chief prosecutor. i follow the evidence where it leads and when he said that of course he had to know he had to know when he was scheduling this interview that people who had testified before the grand jury had spoken to people at the washington post. he had to know, didn't

the americans, american people expect us to be their voice in washington. it's past time we started doing what we were sent here to do and with that, madam chair, i will yelled back. >> the gentleman yields back and i recognize the gentle man from illinois for an opening statement. >> thank you, madam chair. i would like to address why we are here today. because sexual harassment remains a big problem in the workplace. even as we tackle other challenges in the country, we must and sexual harassment. each year millions including myself enjoy the nfl. nfl teams, coaches and players influence public opinion on sensitive topics. for boys and young men, that means taking cues as to how they should treat women and for girls and young women, how they should be treated. that reality is why it's so important that the nfl holds itself to, quote, a higher standard as commissioner goodell has said and why the nfl must ensure that those that fail to failed tomeet the standard are d accountable. for the washington commanders, that reckoning unfortunately has not come. by

and indiana based public relations washington 2010. robert served in the united states army from 1987 to 1990 after receiving an honorable discharge, robert earned a masters degree in history from indiana university. he also served as deputy chief of staff and communications director for indianapolis. in 2019 he launched the leaders and legends podcast he and his list of guests include george f well, randall and david who stuart and many more. let's give the guest a virtual round of applause. [applause] thank you, morgan. mr. randall, thank you for your time this evening to tell us about your new book and taking some questions. the latest book is the founder's fortune, how many shaped america. the birth of america, excuse me. his previous works include biography of washington, jefferson, hamilton and many others. let's get started right away. the closing line of the declaration of independence is, quote, for the support of this declaration with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence we mutually pledge to each o other ou

at the "washington post". my guest today is democratic governor of washington state j inslee, governor welcome to "washington post" library. >> good morning. >> remember to everyone watching today we always want to hear from you, our audience but you can share your thoughts and questions for guests on "washington post" live by tweeting at post life. governor, it has been less than two weeks since the supreme court overturned roe v wade part you met virtually with president biden on friday. what did you discuss about the impact of thatt decision? what dodo you want to see president biden do next? >> we talked about how the federal government could partner with us and assist us in our states that seek to be sanctuaries. our state and tends to be a full sanctuary for all american women who want these healthcare services. and so we talked about the ways the federal government could assist in that effort. and there are severalal print obviously were glad the president has come out against the filibuster. we get a c

we are creating a movement that will send a shock wave from washington state all the way to washington campaign for the people. jason: well, we know the democrats are scared because they've spent some $5 million raining down on your head. their -- they're obviously very scared of something. and to have a credible pollster to say your race is a toss-up is significant. stay with us, i want to keep chatting with you, because i want to talk about your husband scotty. he's a bronze star and purple heart recipient. he's also the army's first blind active duty officer, and after this, i want to discuss what july 4th means to you and your family with some democrats threatening to boycott the holiday. more with tiffany smiley right after this. every search you make, every click you take, every move you make, every step you take, i'll be watching you. the internet doesn't have to be duckduckgo is a free all in one privacy app with a built in search engine, web browser, one click data clearing and more stop companies like google from watching you, by downloading the app today. duckduckgo: privacy