why did you decide to never went down to washington, d.c.? musgrove: we wrote it about d.c. because there were all -- there was a need. there hasn't been a good book on race and washington, d.c. in about 50 years. the reason we made it 400 years was most of the books about the reallyglected the important racial populations in the city, particularly the native american population, so we wanted to start in the prison records, when john smith came up and went to aver native american village on the banks of the annie kuster river. >> let's talk about the early period. what was the racial makeup at that time? prof. musgrove: it was 20% african-american. large black population in the area. folks building the capital decided to employ slaves, and in some cases, free blacks on the construction project of building the capital. that remained fairly constant. about for african-americans, and he were free as opposed to enslave? initially, when congress comes to town, the vast majority are in slate. and thepens rapidly, -hostings the tobacco soil was not supporting plantations like it co

washington, d.c. why did you decide to narrow it down to washington dc and why not give yourself a more narrow window of time? prof. musgrove: we wrote about d.c. because there was a need. there were a lot of new residents who wanted to know what they were getting into. a lot of older residents were city slip away and wanted to understand and make sure that other people knew their story. there hasn't been a good book on race in 50 years in d.c. we wanted to fill that void. the reason we made it 400 years is because most of the books about the city have neglected some of the important racial populations in the city. in particular, the native american population. we wanted to start in the historical beginnings, the first time we have written records in that was ind.c., 1908 when john smith came up from jamestown and went to the native american village on the banks of the anacostia. >> let's focus on the early american period. what was the makeup at the time? prof. musgrove: once congress got here in 180

the convention went on all week here in washington, d.c..esterday, the hud secretary spoke to the group. tonight's dinner will honor former education secretary william bennett. this is live coverage on c-span area. welcome to the faith and freedom coalition 2019 award gala.

last year, we surpassed 22 million people visiting washington d.c.f the reimagination of this area. with the southwest waterfront on the wharf and the national mall, we are breathing new life into this historic area. so please, on behalf of all 7,000 -- 700,000 washingtonians, my economic development team, we congratulate you and we look forward to telling everyone around the world that the spy museum is back. thank you, everybody! [applause] [spy music] ♪ >> thank you mayor bowser, so much. you're right. this museum presents a very important opportunity for continued economic development and tourism in the nation's capital. and we know it's going to succeed. it's now my pleasure to introduce an individual who works tirelessly on issues of international security and intelligence for the united states. the former governor of virginia now the senior u.s. senator from the commonwealth, mark warner. he's known for the bipartisan approach to leadership. that we need. this is especially true in his role as vice chairman of the senate select committee on in

washington, d.c. hosted this event. >> it is my pleasure and honor to be back with you as we stream as well, we are looking back on 50 years. where we were 50 years ago at the stonewall riots and how far we have come. at the changes that have been made and the changes still to come. i would like to introduce our panel if we can. starting with david carter, the author of "stonewall." and a film which won the peabody award. downey.ective brian also is lieutenant brett parson, district native. manages the department andian gay transsexual bisexual department. thank you all for taking part in this today. i am looking forward to learning a lot and looking back with you through your eyes and perspectives on where we were 50 years ago. it is kind of hard to believe. david, i would like to start with you if we can. like, what wasrk before thee stonewall riots? what was it like for the lgbt community. is counter intuitive. there is a common tendency in this country to assume that the further we go back in hist

washington, d.c. is not just capitol hill. while the people who dominate that scene are overwhelmingly white men, the city has proud black leadership and problems like any other city. unlike most cities, d.c. is not allowed to solve them on their own. washington, d.c. is a federal district which means it's not a state, but it's not in a state. >> we would like statehood. >> when d.c. decides to legalize marijuana or hand guns, the federal government said not today, black folks, not today. i'm going to talk to these folks. >> your name? >> lamont tomson. >> you did it like a rapper. what's your name? >> pierre richards. >> mischa. >> so how did you end up here talking to me? >> we saw you outside the window and tried to gather more coworkers, but the white coworkers were like ooh! >> thanks for that ego boost. there is something about d.c. people with a chip on your shoulder. is that true? >> you say that about a couple of things. >> like d.c., some cities -- >> very proud. >> we sometimes don't get the

and washington, d.c. became a bit of a laboratory for many of the things that have spread throughout the united states and the world. one of those that we're pretty proud of is the emergence of our liaison unit. then we proudly changed the name to become the lgbt liaison unit just several years ago to be more inclusive. what with we did back then in just 1998, 1999, was re recognized that while geographic policing and community policing works all over the world, and sir robert peel when he created it back in london the idea of places police officers in geographic areas was a great idea for management and accountability. that sometimes you need to police and manage differently. that's what we do. we look at communities dem grambingly. we have an lgbt liaison unit. ergeant brown heads that here. one of our officers is working in the jewish community. we are in the asian, latino, deaf and hard of hearing community. not that we are aren't doing the same work but we're focusing our attention on specific commun

but he's a fighter and he's fighting for us in washington, d.c. he is fighting to defend this country and he is going to talk to us about something that you know and he knows and history has proven and that is the cost of socialism. so please welcome our senator from georgia, senator david erdue. cheers and applause] mr. perdue: thank you, thank you. i bring tidings from the president. he called me the other day. he was so pumped up. he bet me i couldn't talk longer than an hour and a half. so sit back, guys. [laughter] we're going to have a little fun this afternoon. it is truly an honor in all seriousness, for me to be here today. i want to thank ralph reid and the whole team at faith and freedom for all the good work that faith and freedom does in my home state of georgia and indeed around the country. i think we have a few georgians here again, don't we? cheers and applause] folks, unfortunately what i have to talk about today is very serious. we should all agree today that we're in an ideological war for the future of our way of life here in

associate deputy attorney general joining us live now also from washington d.c.brace yourselves on the various different administrations and you've watched different administrations come and go and i know everyone does things differently but presumably there is some sort of usual process especially when it comes to the formation of foreign policy. well the yes and what's troublesome here is not only that. you have the secretary of state blindsided but because of the trumpet ministrations position that anybody who works in the white house not only gerrard questioner but also is a former communications director hope picks as white house counsel donna began and now is communications director kellyanne conway cannot appear before congress they're not confirmed by congress they can't oversee any of these officials it means that he's running not just dual diplomacy but secret diplomacy that is shielded from the american people in congress we don't know what's going on now the last time something like this happened in the united states was when henry kissinger was the n

if it were not for the false tactics used by the democratic washington d.c. and the false information that was put out. i think there was so much opposition because they don't want the truth. thankfully, we can change it. kim. [inaudible question] >> you have to speak up. [inaudible question] >> they wouldn't know what they're standing for, quite frankly. them.n't seen i haven't heard from them. we have a case going and i the womanen seen involved. we can't question her. where are they? taken a lie detector test. i've taken polygraph tests. i've done everything i can do. these are false claims, false information. next question. [inaudible question] >> well, i think doug jones it pretty well. he recognized there was a false operation worth $750,000 according to reed hoffman who that and so much for george soros, did the same thing and they put false information out over and over. 650,000 alabamans with false information. they brought people in from out of state. there are many reasons i could say it was not correct. when a senator of the united states from the

six years in the house, 12 years in the senate is more than enough time to make your mark in washington, d.c. if you cannot get your job done in 18 years, you have no business in washington. limits drainurn the swamp? guest: absolutely not. when you are elected and don't know how to run the country, you don't know how to appropriate such a large government budget across a host of government programs, which i admit a lot of them are broken, if you come in with an expense, you are going to do what we all do, ask someone else for help your washington, d.c., is a culture of information sources who help people govern, and those come with partisan agendas. you ask these people that you trust, and that comes with a partisan agenda. that is why we turn to special interests. studies have shown that deference outside the chamber to special interest groups, to the governor, to the executive, to the federal agencies that congresses passing goes up and harms the public because bureaucrats are not elected. those are the cases against and for term limits. you will hear more about it today if you tune into

state comes along indeed plenty of questions remaining john hendren that speaking to us from washington d.c. thank you john. well joel rubin is the president of the washington strategy creep and was a deputy assistant secretary of state during the obama administration and he also joins us now live from washington d.c. joel you were very involved within the state department and i know you think the different with every administration but talk us through how the formation of foreign policy is meant to or usually does work yeah well this is why we have nepotism laws in this country because this should never happen in the state department there is a process internally and the process externally internally all the work eventually filters up to the secretary of state externally the secretary of state meets with his or her co-equals the principals the secretaries of treasury of defense other agencies to hash out foreign policy and provide recommendations to the president who really that's not what happened in this case it's been not just dysfunctional but damaging to american national security wel

this year well let's speak now to alan fischer his in washington d.c. allan talk us through what more we know at this stage what are we hearing more from officials. well the police chief has just given a news conference in the last 15 minutes he's confirmed that the number of dead has no reached 121 victim on their way to hospital died in the ambulance that are 4 people currently undergoing surgery there may be more injured because a number of people have taken themselves off to hospital the police are trying to collate numbers even as we speak what they will tell is is that 11 of the victims were shot in the building itself there was another victim phoned in a car outside the building not entirely sure how that happened but they're working on that at the moment they tell as to the gun battle preceded came after 4 police officers confronted the gunman he had by that stage already walked through 113 floors killing a number of people the police then engaged the gunman there was an extended gun battle we are told that a gun 100 gun was used with an extende

it's nice to be in washington, d.c. when the floor of the house and the senate are actually working. right? so go ahead and grab your seat, everybody. so our next visitor frankly

well let's bring in our panel from washington d.c. david shinn a former deputy chief of mission at the u.s. embassy in sudan from kill in the u.k. we're joined by our will alow a senior lecturer at q university and also joining us from washington d.c. allie verjee a visiting researcher at the united states institutes of peace gentlemen thank you all for taking part in this discussion my 1st question goes see you ali verjee in washington d.c. my 1st question is was this inevitable in some way that we would see a cracked zone from the military after out after weeks of stalemates and. no progress being made on the transition of power. the warning signs have been there the military council has itself warned that it wasn't going to tolerate further disruption and in the last few days before today there have been several killings on the streets of khartoum so what's happened today in khartoum and also in other cities beyond the capital wasn't entirely surprising it is unfortunate it does suggest that the military council has been stalling f

saudi war and yemeni heechee joins us from washington d.c. as we just heard from passy call here in this effort to delay these weapons sales to yemen to saudi arabia and we'll clee b.v.t. suits so what's the next step how confident are you have efforts to end this war when donald trump is so closely aligned with the saudi crown prince on prince on. so i think the idea that you know putting forward standalone legislation that can be vetoed by the president is not the best way to go about this what the congress has to do this summer one of her main jobs is to pass the national offense budget and in that budget they this is a must pass bill that they can insert everything that the war powers resolution could have done and prohibit the transfer of arms sales so again using this you know having the resolve to actually push trump as far as it will go using the national defense budget to you know totally cut off u.s. support for the saudi war in yemen is absolutely critical we are working on putting pressure on both the house and senate in particula

here in washington d.c. there are 177 foreign diplomatic missions or embassy is within the city limits and greater do you see we have over 400 international association about 100 academic institutions and over 1000 foreign aren't companies and every one of those foreign national. foreign born or foreign employed people at those places could be a spy that's right according to the international spy museum there are at any one time 10000 spies in the u.s. capitol however these aren't your grandma's shaking their martinis and hiding in shadows brian to going to system special agent in charge of counterintelligence for the f.b.i.'s washington field office told w t o p news a spy is nondescript a spy is going to be someone that's going to be a student in school a visiting professor your neighbor it could be a colleague or someone that shares the soccer field with you. are a lot of. probably isn't this cloak and dagger some would have you believe in fact most of these guys aren't the 7 of your dreams and nightmares

in washington d.c. and toby kevin in islamabad thank you all very much indeed and thank you for watching the program of course you can see it again any time you like by going to the website if you want more discussion there's our facebook page facebook dot com for a special agent inside story and there's a twitter sphere at a.j. inside story is our handle i'm at martinelli's from the whole team here in don't house by phone. i. this is opportunity to understand the very different way where there. is a we don't believe that. this is al-jazeera. but on the cloud this is a new life and coming up in the next 60 minutes. i made a big mistake that is donald trump responds to iran shooting down an american drone we'll have the latest in a live report from washington. iran says the drone was known over international waters and it will take the dispute to the united nations. and maryanne demasi in london with the top stories from europe including a race tightens for britain's next prime minister johnson and jerem

this wednesday he will join faith leaders and religious groups and washington, d.c., for a march to the white house to protest the trump administration's attacks on the nation's most vulnerable communities. reverend barber, it is great to have you with us. talk about what happened to you on thursday. talk about this verdict and why you are protesting back in 2017, though you had many protests since. >> thank you so much, amy. even as i'mp early

whether it is washington, d.c., winston-salem, somewhere internationally, wherever it might be. here is the cool part on this god's journey that we live, we talk about the adversity, but here is the promise we see played out. it comes out of ephesians 3:20. i love this verse because it talks about how god takes us to places beyond what we could ever hope, what we could ever dream, or what we could ever even imagine. it does not make sense to the world. because here we are carrying a cross, yet at the same time god is fulfilling everything and more that we could ever be because sometimes that vessel has to be broken. in fact, i will tell you today, i'm not sure that god can use you to your fullest, until you've been completely broken. if you are willing to take that brokenness and allow god to use it, he will take you across the threshold of something you can't even imagine. paul said it best, in closing tonight. wherever you go, whatever you do, do not grow weary in well doing. for in due season, you will reap if you do not faint. god bless you. thank you for the opportunity. [a

the lady from washington, d.c. that said she sucked off the pentagon her whole life and now she is on social security disability, that is what is wrong with this country. under obama you could get social security disability for not being able to get an erection. thank you very much. area has a lot of childhood poverty. , there are a lot of summer feeding programs the government sponsored. all children regardless of income of the parents or whomever are eligible. i think it is as long as you are not older than 18. as for nongovernment programs that help with childhood poverty,, a lot of the churches give out free meals i think once a week. thank you for this subject. for: a report out yesterday the kids count report that comes out annually. that is down from great .ecession levels many children are native americans, latinos, immigrants -- this is about the report that -- 13ut yesterday citing million people continue to live in poverty despite economic growth we have seen recently and the low unemployment. the share

paris's notre dame cathedral still fresh, stone masons work to repair the national cathedral in washington, d.c., damaged by an earthquake in 2011. >> you know it lasted only 58 seconds, and when it ended we

there still dual diplomacy we simply don't know the answer to that john hendren live for us in washington d.c. across that story thank you john. i spoke to joel rubin who is the president of the washington strategy group and was a deputy assistant secretary of state during the obama administration and he says it's dangerous to have the president's son in law deciding u.s. foreign policy. we haven't had this before and i can't emphasize it enough we've never had a family member of the president of the united states running rogue foreign policy out of the white house and that's what we have in this instance this is why we have nepotism laws in this country because this should never happen and this isn't rex tillerson fault cushion or was doing this during the transition period when he was trying to set up a private channel with russia from the russian embassy so this is his pattern and it's very dangerous because it essentially means the united states doesn't have a single voice to our allies and adversaries abroad so how are we going to actually execute foreign policy when those who are hearin

tougher stance toward iran spent thousands of dollars for a 26-night stay at the trump hotel in washington, d.c. in 2019. he was considered a vip arrival. joining me now is danny cevallos. danny, good morning. in april, we all recall the president trying to throw out a lawsuit alleging he violated the emoluments clause. how does this fit? >> the emoluments clause is whether or not the president receives any benefit or profit from a foreign government and the key is how we define emoluments. the founders had a couple of definitions. one dictionary defined it as any profit. very broadly. on the other hand, another dictionary took a narrow view.

on july 4 in washington, d.c., come on down. we will have a big a. bring those american flags.

there are a variety of political influences in washington d.c. that love it when we flex american military muscle and they don't seem to care one twit about our men and women in uniform who are risking their lives and sometimes giving their lives well it is interesting to note that recently the united states did come apparently 10 minutes away from a strike against iran apparently there were 3 locations in iran that were to be hit by a u.s. military strike however trump called off the strike 10 minutes prior to it taking place now that was in response to iran shooting down a u.s. drone now this drone that iran shot down iran says it was in their territorial waters they were defending the territorial integrity of their country however the united states maintains this drone was in international waters and that it was an unprovoked attack all eyes are now on washington d.c. as many voices around the world are deeply concerned about the danger of conflict between the united states and iran. and happy we can go live now to franco frattini 2 time itali

what else has what can we hope that joins us now from washington d.c. and could we tell us more about what the u.s. president has been saying. yeah it's a to pierce the u.s. president too has been many ways in recent days downplaying the escalating tensions between the united states and iran has done kind of one of 2 things not only on twitter did he seem to escalate it when he said essentially that . you know that iran had made a big mistake but then you went to the oval office and he did continue to sort of double down on that well the same time leaving the space that this potentially was all a big accident and following that up with his sort of 2016 campaign pledge where you promised the american people that he would get the united states out of what he called endless war so it's very hard to calibrate where the mind of the president is right now what we are getting is very strong statements from the pentagon the pentagon is being very clear about the finger pointing saying that this was an unprovoked attack on a u.s. surveillance asset being very cl

it was cheaper than hiring workers in washington, d.c. after the emancipation, many presidents hired free african-americans to work in the whitehouse as well. there is a very vibrant community in this area. our goal is to tell the stories through the eyes of people and how they often worked in the white house over many presidential administrations and offered continuity even when the president was leaving and coming in. but also to tell sort of the story of the enabled and how these people had a community and really awe base here when a lot of times the politicians were coming in than a out. that is our goal and our hope and something that we are trying to do more of. we are lucky the decatur house has the only existing urban slave quarterbacks in quarters in- slave washington, d.c. that is a really good education tool and something we can use as a jumping off point. susan: this makes me think of another question and that is story telling in general. most people today will have their association with news, television programs, movies. how

this is by far the no we the worst incident of its kind this year as there is alan fischer in washington d.c. there really bringing you more on that in the coming hours thanks for that update allan now mexico's foreign minister says he'll hold talks in washington on wednesday to discuss president on trump's plans to impose tariffs on all mexican goods trying threat as simple either mexico stops the flow of illegal immigrants crossing into america or face trade taxes which could climb to 25 percent president on that as lopez obrador says tariffs are not the way to deal with the immigration issue. and. i believe this measure will be further analyzed by the united states government i believe that president trump will understand that this is not the way to solve things i think that there will be a correction if not right away at some point because these measures are neither in the interest of mexicans nor united states citizens as. has more from mexico city. if you look at mexico's borders on the north of mexico's taken in asylum seekers at the request of the united states this is a process that

representative chris shays republican from connecticut he joins me from washington d.c. let's talk about who you represent you represent i think the majority of the the center of the country which is really the majority with you would you agree with that well this is what i think i represent like a lot of other people there are people who speak to the dark side of a person like trump and there are so many people who want to speak to the good side donald trump is bringing out the bad in us he's not bringing out the good in us and that's what i hunger for i want to see someone like joe biden speak to our goodness speak to our strengths speak to our character of of wanting to be a better nation and better people when you served in the house with lindsey graham and what do you make of him now of his current devotion to trump a man that he once called a job and worse. well lindsey wants to win reelection as a republican if he doesn't do that he believes that he will be defeated in the primary that's that's really what it's all about so he's now in bed with trump to win the re

arabia and this is a display that the entire world needs to see we have a similar display in washington d.c. at our department of defense and it is it is without a doubt that iran's efforts to use surrogates that they organize train and equip to attack saudi arabia and to destabilize the region needs to be countered. meanwhile iran's ambassador to the u.n. has called for the international community to demand the u.s. end what he calls its unlawful and destabilizing measures in the gulf our diplomatic editor james bays has more now from the u.n. in new york they apply their finding it on the iranians are determined to persuade the international community that they're the ones telling the truth in addition to the broadcast of this video which the iranian press t.v. says was filmed by the islamic republic's revolutionary guards the foreign minister mohammed job and zarif has been busy on twitter he said we retrieve sections of the u.s. military drone in our territorial waters where it was shot down he posted this hand drawn map which he says shows the exact flight path as well as marking irani

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there are a variety of political influences in washington d.c. that love it when we flex american military muscle and they don't seem to care one twit about our men and women in uniform who are risking their lives and sometimes giving their lives all eyes are now on washington d.c. as many voices around the world are deeply concerned about the danger of conflict between the united states and iran we talked to daoud khairallah professor of international law georgetown university he says he was constitution is open to interpretation when it comes to declaring war historically. the president has been. using its prerogative as commander in chief to to have the final say about when to go to war against iran or any to go to the congress is trying to exert its powers exist size it's off oddity by the congress especially this congress. is not known to be that well organized that courageous that consistent. in claiming cheating what it considers its own right under the constitution obviously each one is interpret thing the constitution in a way that is co

happened just in the last few hours how does there is alan fischer they have got update from washington d.c. we'll be bringing you more on that story as we get it thank you allan. well mexico's foreign minister says he'll be holding talks in washington on wednesday over the u.s. tariffs set to be imposed on all mexican goods present donald trump's threat is simple either mexico stop the flow of illegal immigrants crossing america's southern border or face trade taxes which could climb to 25 percent the tariffs are already facing opposition from politicians on both sides of the border and affected u.s. businesses like the auto industry some of the most popular vehicles sold in the u.s. are made in mexico there are concerns the move could jeopardize free trade talks between mexico the u.s. and canada but despite this trump has reiterated his plan to reach to impose the 1st wave of duties by the 10th of june let's cross now to mexico city. is live for us and many what sort of reaction since we've been hearing from officials there in mexico the reaction here in mexico has been quite measured fr

that of mowbray look see is a republican member of congress from alabama and he said that in washington d.c. there seem to be some forces that are pushing for new wars without thinking about the consequences for the military military families and others who are affected by the decisions this is mo brooks there are a variety of political influences in washington d.c. that love it when we flex american military muscle and they don't seem to care one twit about our men and women in uniform who are risking their lives and sometimes giving their lives all eyes are now on washington d.c. as many voices around the world are deeply concerned about the danger of conflict between the united states and iran well despite widespread fears of a conflict with iran there are some in the u.s. who could actually benefit our comments. donald trump and tears on air i don't really remember any other american president squeezing that many out of us t.v. anchors by whatever he says or saw trump administration officials have been sending babies and other young children. i have muslim friends who are texting me ton

everyone in washington, d.c.ds that what we've been ,aying for the last eight years this president has met the criteria for being impeached. if you have values, if you have rules, you cannot say that the president is above the law. by not doing anything about it, you are saying to every subsequent president, but also to the american people, that we may write things down on a piece of paper, but we don't mean it if you are rich and powerful. to me, this is a big question in terms of precedent. when the chips are down, do we do what is right? that is what we've been calling on for a year and a half. let's hold people accountable, including the most powerful man in the world. only ayou are not respected investor but you been involved in politics for progressive causes, advocating things. situationess that such that it is not risking losing between 20 election to put so much effort and time and money into impeachment? does the one not take away from the other? tom: absolutely does not take away from it. from our stan