i thank you, my dear, for bringing general washington to everyone's general washington. and to me was in many ways like a father figure. and did i have just mentioned, sadly, i had lost my father one month shy of my second birthday. and of course, his excellency general washington did not have any children of his own. madam washington course had been married prior and did children. and of course, the general would raise them. but he had none of his own. so he was the father that i did not know. i was the son that he had never had. in fact, washing ton his what we call in french, an it to measure his stuff. washington called it his military family of young gentlemen that would serve him and help to conduct his activities. men such alexander hamilton, john laurens of south carolina, tench tilghman of maryland and others, all very much like his sons. when i met washington for the first time, it was in city tavern. oh, what a joyous occasion that was. i recall when he walked the room, so i knew precisely who he was before he spoke, even though i had never met him before, it

asnd part of the reason i'm goig to washington. said let me just say something about thatwa>> as well for all e that are here many of them behind me we have the toughest fight leaves dean in the -- seen in our state in a long time. i can assure you i would not be sending anyone to washington for the same things we stood up and belief are not only life at conception but all through life. when it comes to adoption reform foster care reform and the elderly. this is aboutat our values thate believe in georgia that make up the greatest state in the country. [inaudible] well. i know kelly believes that. i think one interesting things that i learned through this due diligence we did in this process was she told me i grew up on a family farm in southern illinois. when they tried to my brother still calls me on advice on how to fix it. she told me that i learned about she said i knew more about commodity pricing in the future is that i did about math when i was a child because my mother would write this down on the kitchen table napkin ever

, lafayette, to live with the washingtons. so that was they were he was nervous about accepting it because he thought it would be seen as like a statement against france. and and so that was his way of kind of protecting a part of lafayette. but there's no grand sweeping kind of statement from the american government. i think i think hamilton's letter is kind of like at least the federalist point. that's where they were standing. jefferson very much disagreed with this and he thought we should do something. and when when he was at liberty in 1797, we were just on the brink of that unfortunate a conflict during john adams administrate should be two united states and france that quasi war on the high seas from 1797 to 18. i wondered, is there any evidence of lafayette's, you know, reaction to that or wistfulness or anything like that? i'm not sure off the top of my head, but now i will go home and look it up immediately. thank you. yes i'm i'm pascale. i am a french citizen coming here on my own to celebrate with you the the far

washington in 1782. i will say that and not withstanding the older color scheme, the uniforms worn in saint louis in 1804 likely adopted a somewhat sleeker silhouette like what you here from we florida in 1804. last year continued his order in 1804. can see here, addat each man was quote, to conduct himself as to uphold the so justly acquired and extolled for ages. time that they remain at this post, their conduct will be such as to earn for themselves the respect and esteem of the american troops come to take the place as it was an earlier, spanish governor had managed to just that and at the height of the american revolution all wearing a uniform that was white with blue facings for fernando, label offers a comlling to anglo-american histories, military life and early american soul fashioning. other scholars and will continue to debate labor's efficacy as an administrator, a military strategist. the nature of his friendship with george clarke. i will leave that to them. but what i hope to have you all

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i can assure you would not be seen in what washington, d.c. who doesn't believe the same things we stood up and believed for, not only life at conception and slasher but also all through life. r-value of life when it comes to adoption reform, foster care reform in protecting the elderly. that's what this fight is about. it is about our values that we believe here in georgia that make us the greatest date in the country to live, work and raise her founders and that is exactly what kelly will be fighting for in washington, d.c. [applause] [inaudible question] thank you for asking that. obviously being raised on a farm i am very close to my family still who continue to farm. i'm very supportive of fair trade and being tough on china. and making sure we get usmca past and that all farmers have fair treatment under our trade law. >> i'll just say this about farming and aggie. we've been in a really tough fight. i have great appreciation the more i learn about the trade fight with china, with the fight the president has taken each and every day prob

our founders washington and robert e lee, and they removed images of george washington and robert lee from diplomas. and then finally, adding insult to injury, they removed plaques marking the stall and the final resting place of. lee's beloved horse traveler. those have since been replaced, thanks in part to pressure alumni brought to bear. so lee was effectively canceled by the university that he saved the faculty, the administration, the board they acted as if they were embarrassed by or ashamed of their affiliation with lee. i've never felt the need. apologize for lee, but i do recognize a very real need need given the gross misrepresentations about lee, a very real need. explain lee to tell story, to tell the truth about lee i've read countless biographies of lee and i'm very well acquainted with his with views. and i know that the truth is often completely at odds with the popular narrative of him. the truth is that lee, opposed to slavery, he called slavery immoral and political evil. and after war he said that he was rejoiced that slavery had been abolished. the truth is that

that was the class by washington itself to have being defeated all the way back in 2019. we are in contact with the s d f, as they are one of our key partners on the in, during the feet of isis mission. i won't speak for the s d f or talk about their potential future operations other than to say that again, we will continue to coordinate closely when it comes to the threat devices and ensuring that they're not able to research throughout syria or into a rock. that says russia has been pointing to the us itself as well as washington's allies in kip full who is really putting the strings of the terrace defensive in northern syria, which is a bit of sort of the enemy will be defeated regardless of the support it receives. from external forces and there are undoubtedly such forces according to available information. the terrorists are supported to a greater or lesser extent, primarily by the americans and their allies. in this context, we should draw particular attention to the visible trace of the main intelligence directorate of ukraine in the organization of combat activit

kind of -- >> 26 years in washington. what are you most proud of? rep. napolitano: represent my district. under the best that i can. >> and what legislation would you point to as your legacy? rep. napolitano: water replenishment. the transportation bill in california. then the authorization, and working on the challenge. >> talk to me about your district and the people you have are presented over the years. rep. napolitano: very engaged. the councilmembers -- we should not read here about it. i asked them what the priorities are for them. >> how would you describe them? rep. napolitano: they are very fine people. they are a mixture. but they are all in tune with what the needs of the district are, not themselves. and they do very well for it. >> if you go to the district, what would you point to as initiatives or money that you have brought back to the district because of your time here and your seniority in washington? rep. napolitano: listen to the last three years. they got their priorities addressed. >> millions of dollars. rep. napolitano: we includ

live from washington, this is bbc news.ve been killed fighting for russia. the un and syrian rebels ask for sanctions to be lifted as the country starts to rebuild. and the us says talks on a ceasefire deal in gaza are making significant progress. welcome to the programme. a united states military official says north korean forces fighting for russia against ukraine have suffered severe casualties, several hundred people now killed since going into battle. the official said the casualties included all ranks and ranged from light wounds to being killed in action. the north koreans had little battle experience. some un estimates that 12,000 north korean troops have been sent to fight for russia, many in the kursk region. ukraine says it was responsible for a bomb that was responsible for a bomb that was hidden in a scoot that are killed general igor kirillov. kyiv claims he controlled russia's nuclear and chemical weapons and was a legitimate target. being filmed from a car opposite, a russian

i mean, to me about sounds like there's no concert in washington. the equation has a lot outlining itself with people who will crowd with iso patches. but yeah, and is what we've got is we've got a terrorist group in syria. and we've got an illegal government in ukraine who are claiming they're fighting for freedom into my receipt. but what kind of free that is, the democracy or the 4 statements from ukraine are mainly propaganda. so you have to kind of wash your hands of that to begin with. you know, we have 3 years of those statements going on. but any time that they or so i think we might have to go back by the united states funded by either n g or sorry, we loved to that for a moment. that was the cabinet cabinets, a full let us pence, good contract to giving us his thoughts on everything that's happening in that. sorry, complex of cool. so many threads to what's going on in syria. it seems like a huge do political background. many thanks, have them for you in absolutely like or a crack so continued for when the shaky is phase 5 range between as

he served under george washington.was lighthorse harry who eulogized washington as first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen. his mother was ann carter. the daughter of one of the largest landowners in virginia but to to harry's financial misadventures, the family grew, ran into hard times. when robert was 2 years old, his father was sent to debtor's prison and when he was 6, his father left home for the last time and died abroad. so at a young age, he was raised mostly by a single mother and her health was rapidly declining and he became her primary care giver and young man of the house when he was only 9 years old. so his mother had a profound impact on him. given lighthorse harry's shortcomings, she drilled into young robert the importance of self-control and self-denial. frugality and honor. she couldn't afford to send him to college so he applied to west point. when he left home in 1825, his mother dreaded his leaving. she said how can i live without robert. he's been both a son and a

at that requires is moving them out of washington, d.c. and that's exactly what we need to be doing. >> i would ask you, did you guys talk about speed we can talk about pardons at all. never was brought up. >> you mentioned about firing christopher wray. why'd you think he should not serve out his f full term? >> look with the fbi is done director and thatld would answer all the questions you need to know. if anybody in this room thinks the fbi hasn't been weaponized, just let's go back a look at the way he treated donald trump and the classified material that he had versus president biden and the class sitemeter that he had. that, just those two cases alone will tell you the fbi is compromised because of director wray. >> concernss about, speculation about them potentially -- [inaudible] publish a a list of people the called deep state actors and suggested that they worthy of investigation. you just talk about how you felt that fbi was weaponized against donald trump. if you were to do that about the names -- >> the name to the index? w >

how about washington state?d the pac-12 era, 8-1 before faltering down the stretch losing the final cree. much of the success goes to the recently departed coach, and quarterback john mateer. mateer, the offensive coordinator, head coach, defense coordinator got fired. 30 players in the transfer portal. washington state will still field a team so it's washington state and syracuse trying to win 10 games. what are you looking most forward to in this year's holiday bowl? >> the quarterbacks, in particular, washington state's new starting quarterback. we don't know a lot of things but a few things. he's from a local high school, threw for over 10,000 yards there. and then went to bryant university back in rhode island. threw for 10,000 yards again so the guy can throw it. i'm anxious to see what he can do. the one thing we know about washington state, they pick quarterbacks well. cam ward. >> yes. >> mateer, and you can go further back. they always have somebody who can throw it. i'm anxious to see mr. eckhaus go.

is, is it's a washington's interest. the timing for me is really interesting that it's taking place now as the. now we're getting ready to change it. ministration stays both to 12008 weeks as well as medicine groups fight the way across syria claims of the cosy relationship with she if have resurfaced their ring and deputy foreign minister has called on you quaint ended political support of the and such and it's not for those long standing out just ation was the key of has those trained and armed terrace in the region? much talk about the menchie lu. deputy foreign minister has brought attention to reports of it listed as trade from the us to certain ukrainian officials and ukraine support for recognized terrorist organizations in syria. he condemned these actions as direct violations of international obligations in combating terrorism and judged and immediate cessation meant to describe the exploitation of such groups to destabilize the middle east as morally objectionable and didn't conflict with a stablished legal loa

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jim, what's your message to washington? caller: my message to washington basically is that they need to get the job done. we got the wrong people being punished with a shutdown. and who needs to be punished is the congress itself. they shouldn't receive a dime of a paycheck if they are not going to approve a budget before the deadline at the end of the fiscal year. that's basically my opinion. host: all right, jim. sue in lima, ohio, democratic caller. sue, good morning to you. what do you say? caller: yes, thank you for taking my -- call. we had a bipartisan, republican, democrat agreed upon bill to be taken to the floor that had the votes. had the votes. agreed upon by president biden who is the president. and elon musk came in there like a tiger and said shut down the government. don't vote for it. it's none of his business. it's none of trump's business. they sign nothing. they are not legally obligated to anything. so we need to put that bill back on the floor. it did not require the deficit to be raised. and this is d

washington, lincoln, frederick douglass, george washington, on and on. what is there to be learned from those who don't aspire to that kind of greatness on a global state or national stage or even local stage, those who just want to live their lives? is this a look for them too far is it directed by those who aspire to that kind of greatness that the figures in your book achieved? >> is a self-help book for all of us who are struggling to achieve happiness. and the most liberating take away i got from it, is the radically liberating power of of deep breathing. it was a habit that i took away from that odd covid schedule. and it just blows my mind that i was able to write the whole book sitting on my couch at home. because all the books in the world are now online. when i was a kid, i went to the library of congress with my mom in that beautiful thomas jefferson building which i still think the most beautiful building in d.c. i was so filled by wonder at the thought that all the books in the roads are there. and now they are in my iphone and all they need

live from washington, this is bbc news. first statement since losing power. an alleged chinese spy with links to britain's prince andrew is officially named as china rejects the spying accusations as baseless. relief efforts are under way after a devastating cyclone ripped through the french island territory of mayotte. hello. i'm helena humphrey. syria's former president, bashar al—assad, has issued what appears to be his first statement since he was forced out of power a week ago. in what is believed to be a telegram post from moscow, the statement explains how he left after rebels took over, and that he never intended to seek refuge in russia. it's not certain that the post was written by him. here's our russia editor steve rosenberg. where is bashar al—assad ? he hasn't been seen since he fled syria. today, a statement purporting to be from him appeared on the social media accounts of the former syrian president, dateline moscow. it's unclear who controls the accounts and whether assad wrote this:

james hoban was george washington's man. i think it's important in understanding the white house today to understand where it came from, because so many things that are there and are unique about white house life and white house usage really comes from that time. the white house was sanctified by george washington. it was, after all, george washington who never lived there, who created it, who made the cornerstone, who had a major say in its design and its location. with the nation's capital scheduled to move to a new federal city on the potomac by 1800 in 1792, washing john and thomas jefferson announce a design competition to build a president's house after the selection of washington favorite irishman james hoban as the designer and architect, probably soon to rise between our first president and the commission chosen to help oversee the construction of the home before the cornerstone is even laid, washington came himself very impatiently with the commission. they said, we don't know where to put it. it's got this huge ce

also known as henry washington, who was enslaved to george washington. henry became a member of lord dunmore ethiope men regiment, doing trade over 100 formerly enslaved men in the basics of muskets, information marching. he had specialrms made for them. and there's an illustration. those uniforms on the screen and on those uniforms he had embroidered the insignia, quote, liberty to the slave dunmore is proclamation created one of the first mass emancipation of enslaved blacks historians have estimated it that 80 000 slave people fled the british lines during the war. women, children among them. and they were seeking their freedom. here we go so the frank brothers were able to enlist after a change in american military policy at the beginning of the war, general washington banned the use of black soldiers in the continental army. the militia troops that fought at the initial battles at lexington and concord and bunker hill were diverse. they had white, black and native american soldiers serving together. but washington believed that you could not have a

. figs makes a difference in washington.- makes a difference in washington.washington. as you are | completing that answer, washington. as you are l completing that answer, i washington. as you are - completing that answer, i also noticed that the reuters news agency is saying that donald trump wants a 5% nato defence spending target, he is of course talk to many many times about how the europeans needed to do more and all the worries about the us walking away from nato, peter, we have to leave it there, but thanks for joining us on bbc news. thank you for your time. around the world and across the uk, you're watching bbc news. us diplomats are making their first official visit to damascus in more than a decade, for talks with syria's new islamist leadership. the diplomats are meeting representives of the group hts, which is effectively in charge of the country, after overthrowing president assad. washington still designates it as a terrorist group — but delegations from the un and countries including the uk, france and germany, have already been in damascus

denzel washington, have a great night. see you tomorrow. >> lou: from hollywood, it's y "jimmy kimmel live!" tonight -- denzel washington. phillipa soo. and music from dwight yoakam. with cleto and the cletones. and now jimmy kimmel. [ cheering and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: thank you. hi, everybody. hi, i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thank you for clapping. thank you for watching. thank you for joining us after a monday night of football here on abc. relax, relax, everybody. tonight we had the houston texans versus guillermo's team, the dallas cowboys at at&t stadium which is still recovering from the fight on friday night. was that a fight? or was it a disagreement? did you watch this tyson? according to netflix, more than 60 million households streamed, or attempted to stream, what is being called the most-watched instance of elder abuse since joe biden debated donald trump. 58-year-old former heavyweight champ mike tyson was very rusty against 27-year-old jake paul. did you see this fight, guillermo? >> guillermo: it

washington is terrible at doing everything. we are terrible at it. trying to get everything done on it. but we can't just do nothing. we have to find the something that can get done so we can at least make progress. >> politicians center themselves rather than the people. if you sent to the people you have a shot at getting the policy right pick >> what's your message to democrats? what do democrats need to do better moving forward? >> look, you've got to listen to the people. we just had an election and i think we have to take some time to listen to what the folks are saying, what the people are saying. what everyday people are saying. continue to build on our values. look, i've had success doing bipartisan work, working with people like ted cruz. we did legislation together. i worked with republican senators in alabama to defend and support farmers. a lot more bipartisan work happens more often than you think. sometimes it's not talked about. >> is on his pick >> i'm trying to be kind. >> one person doing this and one person doing this. >> we do mo

the gentleman from washington. mr. larsen: recipients have performed great acts of bravery and this bill honors those servicemembers. support this legislation and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from missouri is recognized. mr. graves: this bill honors the brave men and women who go above and beyond to protect the united states. i commend representative kelly. the transportation and infrastructure committee favorably reported the house come pan wouldion to this legislation and i urge support. so we can obviously send it to the president's desk and get it signed into law. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yield back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1478. those in favor, say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the ge

philadelphia and the great man himself general washington.is meeting i told my brother officer that i was ready and willing to fight and, if need be, die for this cause. if you ask me, why, why would you want to go and fight to die in another man's war? for france and england were not at war, at that moment. why would you want to risk yourself in such an endeavor? i believe you know the answer to that question. this had been a war like none other in the history of man. this was a war of great ideas. of the freedom, a war that embraced ideas of great thinkers, what we often referred to as the enlightened age. some call it an age of region. what do they speak of? representation and equality of mankind, that a man, no matter what class of society he might be of, whether he be black or white, rich or poor, enslaved or free, it should not make a difference simply by the way in which that person proves themselves in this world. this was my inspiration. my dear friends, 40 years have passed. i am reminded of the last time i saw his excellency genera

is a chamber washington's interest. you keep mentioning timing that i think in terms of timing, a lot of both moves are being made by the outgoing us as ministration. when from a comes into office in january, what sorts of changes and moves in syria on the why to regions you think we might expect and it's, it's hard to say and he's gonna have to 1st focus on the truck or have you set up for service on that it should be frame sponsored, as the much bigger russian sovereign russia itself, is it much bigger, bigger threat to us taller just to fly from 0 to dollar self software to russia? that's right to that. and in terms of steering, i think it's doing your focus is going to be on russian training 1st and they'll try to have no such and such or trouble pursuing a different path to find something until this point is that a lot of rhetoric, but not much in the way of action, let me get this fold. it also stated in the system by the mysterious authorized user that happens over there and go to the russian church, right. which

he has more experience than washington does. charles lee is the other one, the two of them are in the running for most experienced officers when the war begins. he's made adjutant general and the chief administrative officer of the army because he has this experience as a staff offers from his time in the french and indian war. a lot of administrative experience so he's really valued in the position so he begins his position as adjutant general and massachusetts after his appointment in 1775. during the first year of the war, gates is at the vanguard of the independence movement. he doesn't think reconciliation is possible so the still a lot of americans into 1776, and loyalists still exist even after july 4th that think independence is not the right decision. he opposes the olive branch petition in 1775 and is critical of congress when they decide to reach out to the king one last time. he's not in congress but he is a political allies of sorts of john adams and benjamin franklin, who are trying to push congress to get to indep

"washington journal" starts now. host: this is "washington journal" for monday, december 30 . flags are flying at half staff this morning in honor of former president jimmy carter.

a washington however, is defending israel as occupation of the syrian goal on heights. once again, citing its allies right to defend itself with respect to syria. what is real is doing is trying to identify potential threats, both a conventional and weapons of mass destruction that could threaten israel and frankly threatened others as well and neutralized those threats. that is part of its effort to protect the country in the midst of a very fluid situation. while the western media has been down playing the is really invasion of syria in line with washington's official talking points. that the trail has been in stark contrast to how the main stream news covered russia as military campaign and ukraine. and we spoke with ted rall, co host of the final countdown talk show, he says, was double standards are no surprise. the inconsistency and proceed are glaring and they've been in the past. i think it was easy for western audiences to miss it, but it's gotten so over the top in recent years. and there's really just is the, the most ridiculous example of it that i think it'

to the people of eastern washington, thank you. thank you for putting your trust in me to be your voice in congress for the past 20 years. each person i've met along the way influenced and inspired me in ways i couldn't imagine. and serving you has been the honor of my life. i also want to thank my family. i couldn't have done it without my amazing loving and supportive husband brian who has been by my side the last 18 years at least, you know, and he said that carrying the load at home was harder than anything he ever did in the navy during his 26 years there. thank you, brian. you are the love of my life and man of my dreams. to our beloved beautiful children, cole, now 17, grace now 14, and benefit -- brenn, 11. europe the love of my life and can't wait to be home with you. i want to thank my mom for being my fiercest defender of all who would dare accuse me of anything wrong. my stepdad vern white for his embracing of this journey, my brother jeff who managed my first campaign for congress in 2004 and there he renewed his acqua

policy, from washington, d.c.o across the country, coming up tuesday belonger, elizabeth, senior director of the brennan center, president elect donald trump plan of mass deportation. c-span's washington journal, join in the conversation live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning on c-span, c-span flow or online at c-span.org. >> tuesday on c-span, the lost is back at noon eastern for general speeches, followed by legislative business at 2:00. members are considering several bills from the judiciary and let row resources polities including measure to establish a task force within the justice department's criminal division. to investigate and prosecute trade related crimes. at 9:00 a.m. on c-span2, senators elect john curtis and alyssa to discuss bipartisanship and new congress. then at noon the senate returns to considers u.s. district court nominations for new york, the district of colombia and pennsylvania. at 9:00 a.m. on c-span 3, healthcare professional join law makers and government officials to discuss ways to ad

she did also point the finger out washington when you have the loading and we have repeatedly warned against flirting with international terrorists who have settled near a level. however, our western colleagues, driven by hatred of the legitimate government in syria as you have not stopped interacting with them. the militants who are waiting in the wings took advantage of the difficult situation to stab. the syrians in the back ukrainian intelligence is involved in the organization of combat activities and the supply of weapons to militants operating in north western syria. ukrainian military instructors are present in the eat, live province training fighters of career, all shop with these fighters. not only do not hide the fact of support from ukraine, but also openly flaunted ukraine has become a hot bed of international terrorism. so as the united states and its allies use every opportunity to hold ground imposing sanctions and supporting terrorists, united states has for decades for the scourge of terrorism and will continue to fight that scourge of terrorism. so the website from

washington. much and we _ to washington. thank you very much and we are _ to washington. thank you very much and we are expecting - to washington. thank you very l much and we are expecting that formal confirmation later on. just going to ukraine now, these are live pictures coming into the bbc. this is the aftermath of a russian missile attack. these are details coming in from the reuters news agency. we are being told at least one person has been killed in this russian missile attack on kyiv on the ukrainian capital. the head of the kyiv military administration is just giving us that initial information on this. this is morning in the capital and it has sparked a number of fires across the capital as well, damaging an office building. we are keeping an eye on that situation in ukraine. still in the uk, as tomorrow's deadline to qualify for winter fuel payments looms, there are calls for the cut—off to be extended, over fears that many will be made to wait for their money. age uk has warned tens