i moved to washington dc in 1970. and for nearly as long as i can remember the tidal basin in the cherry trees have been an important part of my springtime ritual from my earliest memories with my family are coming down and seeing the trees. i volunteered for the national cherry blossoms festival parade when i was in high school and continue to look forward to cherry blossoms season unlike any other time of the year. the emergence of the cherry trees every spring signify the end of a long cold winter. and the emergence of spring in washington dc's grandes springtime tradition when the cherry trees are out. there is no blue. there is no red in washington. everyone is pink. i was born and raised in a small town called gettysburg, pennsylvania, very historic place very small town. my whole family was there aunt's uncle'snd

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

our camera is at the national mall in washington dc. ur camera is looking out along the wall of the vietnam memorial with a view of the washington in the background. . guest: you talked -- you talked about camping out. where was extra law enforcement put in washington dc? guest: the campground was not far from where the vietnam war memorial is. it is essentially in this area of west potomac park between the jefferson end lincoln memorial's between some parkland along the rivers edge. you could see the washington monument and the distance. it was very much a feeling of being near the heart of washington. when the police deployed and the military deployed on the morning of may 3, rush hour, they were sent all over the city. you may notice in the film that the police produced to show what a great job they were doing they had a picture of this tactical manual that was in no way secret. it was handed out to protesters by the organizers of mayday. it was reprinted in college newspapers. the police had a good sense of where people would go pick

terrells 1923 fight against plans to erect a black mammy statue in washington, dc. welcome back to the emerging civil war virtual symposium. i'm chris mackowski editor in chief. thanks so much for joining us. it's my pleasure now to introduce my good friend steward henderson who i have known it seems like forever and ever we started out as volunteers with the national park service 16 years ago and since that time stuart has joined the staff at fredericksburg and spotsylvania national military park as a historian. you can find him in summers giving guided tours on all of the areas for battlefields, but his real passion. is telling the story of the united states colored troops, he's really made this a passion project has helped co-found a group of reenactors that tell the story of the 23rd united states color troops the unit that first encountered robert e. lee's army here in the eastern theater in the summer of 1864, and he's also done some work with this in massachusetts guys, that folks maybe have heard of who have done a little work in the movie glory who are thos

thomas was a part of the washington dc color school a group of abstract expressionist known for their work with colorful shapes and on the next slide. we'll see her 1966 work resurrection. it hangs in the family dining room in this photograph and it came to the white house during the obama administration and honor of black history month next slide. and now i'd like to talk about a fascinating woman sculptor who's featured in the white house collection named adelaide johnson. now johnson has a very interesting back story. she was born in illinois in 1859 and she trained as an artist and a woodworker at the saint louis school of design. as a young woman. she moved to chicago to further her education at the chicago school of art, but she lost the money that she had saved to attend school to a pickpocket now. luckily a freak accident saved her career adelaide johnson fell down an empty elevator shaft and the insurance settlement for her accident provided 15,000 which she used to study art in europe. when johnson returned to the united states in the 1880s, she became a proud supporter of w

regimen united states color troops as well as company b of the 54th, massachusetts volunteers out of washington dc and washington is my hometown. so have to be loyal to those guys. in this slide, you're going to see the combined group. as just a small portion of both the 54th and the 23rd 23rd started in 2011, but those guys in the 54th has been there since 1988. and some of the guys that i work with there were in the movie glory. now this picture was taken at the grand opening in 2012 of the museum of the confederacy and appomattox, which is now the american civil war center of appomattox. and this was we were the honor guard for general us grant. now we were just supposed to bring him in and introduce him and next thing, you know, he asked for us to stay for the surrender ceremonies at the end of the day. but the 54th mentors the 23rd. now many americans were not aware of the service of the us color troops and i guess it was until 1989 when the movie glory came out. and it was a story of the 54th. and then in 1990 ken burns came out with his series and that released more information of the unite

fight against the united daughters of the confederacy's attempt to erect a black mammy statue in washington, dc. she describes how ms. terrill a civil rights activist and suffragists organized opposition and successfully prevented the construction of this lost cause statue. in march 1832 the uss peacock left, portsmouth, new hampshire on a secret mission for the us government. it's objective was to set up trade agreements in the east in one hour andrew jampoler describes the two-year mission and the role it played in the future of us trade. he's the author of embassy to the eastern courts. america's secret first pivot toward asia 1832 to 37. and in two hours on reel america a 1959 film that sets out to answer the question. what is jazz? hello, i'm allison parker and i teach at the university of delaware. welcome to this session of history. 633 my graduate course in modern american history in this course, we've been reading and thinking about race gender and social protest movements including those for women's rights and civil rights. today. we're going to be adding the issue of representations

they settled in here part, maryland a suburb of washington dc and they had five children two boys and three girls and jack wilpers one about settling into a kind of a typical suburban american dad's life coaches. little league teams took his kids to ball games in washington. there were summertime cross country trips. there were trips to the family event will presently got a home in maine summer home in maine and it would make trips there and in wrote they would stop in saratoga. so jack could see his sister and his parents when they were still alive and so he could also go to the racetrack. um, and he pretty much didn't talk about his wartime service with anyone including his wife and children his wife of course would have known you know what he had done with the whole tojo thing, but wasn't something that was brought up for discussion and his kids didn't even know until the 1970s when son michael came home during a college break and said, hey dad. i saw your name mentioned in a book about the capture a tojo

. >> [♪♪ ♪♪] >> en horas de la mañana en el hotel trump en washington dc hablaron sobre la situaciónotel trump en washington dc dicen que la administración biden revocó políticas de la administración trump que controlaban el flujo de inmigrantes >> insentivas que cientos de miles de personas salgan este día peligroso >> en marzo más de 170 mil inmigrantes fueron detenidos en la freo sur >> el trabajo la mano de obra de los hispanos es importante para la economía y lo que tenemos que hacer es mejorar los programas legales que tenemos para no estar comentando la inmigración irregular >> el presidente electo de estados unidos, joe biden dice que su administración trata de arreglar la situación que dejó la anterior administración y aún busca los separados de sus padres en el mandato de donald trump >> sienten que se están perdiendo por lamanera que la administración de joe biden maneja la frontera donde joe biden ha invertido más recursos para ayudar alas familias en la frontera >> algo que ambos lados comparten es que el sistema migratorio del país está roto >> un proyecto ñlegislativo

. >> walking from washington dc to new york city, former reporter neil king reflects on his 300 mileourney. >> doing it a year later with all that has happened, all of us being shut in, all of us being behind masks, that long covid winter was pretty horrific. the events we saw play out january 6 at the capitol, which i live right nearby, the contested election -- there is bad blood in the air overall. i think it was the fifth day of spring, just walk through a spring and see it unfold and look up close and slowly at the country and meeting people along the way, trying to understand where are we as a country at the moment? >> neil king, on his nearly 300 mile journey, walking from washington dc to new york city on c-span's "q&a you can listen as a podcast where you get your podcasts. there with steven horsford who is a member of the ways and means committee. on the conversation we were just having on the mask announcement yesterday by the cdc, your reaction to it and what it means for increasing the numbers of fully vaccinated americans acss

whereas in 1913 white women had unsuccessfully sought to keep black women out of washington dc's national suffrage parade a decade later. they tried to fix them permanently in a subordinate though ostensibly celebrated position on a monument in the nation's capital to make sense of this. i'll be taking a couple of steps back in time from 1923. first let's go back to 1894. that is the year when the united dotters of the confederacy was founded the udc raised funds to build confederate memorials and not coincidentally they often placed loyal slave plaques side by the confederate memorials. these celebrations of the loyalty of formerly enslaved people implied that they had been happier in subordination. we're still unequal and so should be segregated and treated as inferiors. in addition to these loyal slave plaques many formal monuments to faithful slaves were proposed three were actually built including the faithful slave monument in fort mill, south carolina. noting the timeline of 1895 including the udc's 1894 founding it really exposes the untruths of those who describe confederate monu

and — at long last — the museums in washington dc are open — and after a year of lockdown, the crowds get in. violent clashes between israeli troops and palestinians have spread across much of the occupied west bank, following days of hostility in gaza. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned that israel's biggest offensive against hamas in gaza in years is not over yet. it's estimated ten thousand palestinians have had to leave their homes to flee the israeli bombardment. rockets were fired by militants towards israel from the territory for a fifth day. at least 122 people in gaza have been killed, and 9 have died in israel since fighting began on monday. from jerusalem here's our middle east editor, jeremy bowen. the sectarian crisis nobody expected is deepening. tonight arab protesters are on the streets of northern israel. this was nazareth. they are forced back into the wider conflict that includes gaza and jerusalem. it is ugly and angry in a town shared byjews and arabs. violence between citizens could be a bigger crisis for israel than gaza. this was a burnt o

the incredible people in new york city and washington dc.h schools the significance of what happened i cannot say across-the-board every school is like this but and the significance of that and in the entire world. i don't think we remember enough what happened and how a tragic end devastating it was for so many families for our country. mike: also the spotlight on the korean conflict they always thought they did not get much attention so what about those components quick. >> my dad served in the navy but was also in the korean war. we had a truce that no piece in be lost upwards of 39000 servicemembers in that conflict we have men and women serving today protecting the south from the north it is a significant conflict in our nations history and we went to make sure we paid tribute to all those lives lost during that conflict and the families that were affected. mike: into that great work of gary sinise foundation one of your programs is called rise? >> yes restoring independence, supporting empowerment. we have so many wounded from these wa

the big four meeting the president of the united states in washington dc later today. we will catch up with the team down in washington later. from new york city, this is bloomberg. ♪ >> i'm ritika gupta. colonial pipeline knows -- colonial pipeline says i will know later today whether it can restart gasoline flows. shortages spread quickly across the eastern u.s.. even if colonial can restart today, it will take days to ramp up operations. s rail stepped up its attacks on the gaza strip overnight -- israel stepped up its attacks on the gaza strip overnight. israel warplanes pounded gaza with airstrikes. five have died in israel. it seems to be the most serious escalation sends a 2014 war in gaza. there was a reason -- christopher miller well tell a house committee today he thought the deployment would heighten speculation of a government to. he will testify -- a government coup. it is then another tax receipt -- they have won a court fight over the 3.3 million tax fight. apple successfully challenged a record $15.8 billion eu tax order. powered by more than 127 journal

it did participate in march in washington dc in august. and when he was asked on the questionnaire or whether he had participated specifically in any protests over police brutality, he said no. so that may be one of the grounds, although i don't think that has any merit either. but this is a standard motion that defense lawyers would typically make after a conviction at trial. this was of course, such a high profile case. the verdict was so consequential, not just for the family, but the, for the country. the whole. is that something that the judge would take into consideration when examining this appeal that he has to take into consideration? and if you look at the, the grounds itself, it talks about the judge abusing his discretion. and so trial judges have a why i way to make decisions. it's not just if they got it wrong, it's if they abuse their discretion. he's already ruled on almost all of these motions. this was a really intense trial. it took many days to do jury selection. there just isn't any way that the judge is going to grant

to mark martin luther king's washington, dc to mark martin luther kings at the anniversary of the and that has led some observers and a lot of people on social media in particular to question his impartiality in that case, but needs be noted that mitchell and all the otherjurors were asked during the process, the screening process ahead of the trial that took more than two weeks whether they supported black lives matter and whether it took part in any protests. and mitchell, a 31—year—old african—american man, not surprisingly said that he supports black lives matter. in interviews with other media here in minneapolis said does rally that he attended in washington, dc he was not specifically a black lives matter rally, but one to commemorate that historic march 57 years prior. commemorate that historic march 57 years prior-— 57 years prior. thank you very much for _ 57 years prior. thank you very much for coming _ 57 years prior. thank you very much for coming on _ 57 years prior. thank you very much for coming on the i much for coming on the programme. much for coming on the prog

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then we will talk about the mayday anti-vietnam street protests in washington dc that occurred may 3 rough fifth, 1971. with author lawrence roberts. watch washington journal. live seven eastern, sunday morning. be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> sunday night on q&a. investigative journalists lawrence roberts talks about his book mayday, 1971. which examines the spring offensive when tens of thousands of anti-vietnam protesters, including veterans, came to washington dc. in an effort to shut down the federal government. >> the story we told is a much larger one. it is a story of how we as a nation, as a people, as individuals, dealt with a periodic emergency in american democracy. to deliver justice to people. it is a story of the clash between an embattled president, richard nixon, who confronts a social movement on the streets just as he is fighting to get reelected. what constitutional lines did he cross an effort to stay in power? >> lawrence roberts, sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> now homeland

that's what happens when you spent 50 years in washington dc with absolutely no idea how the economyl, and then to make you realize where this comes from the minute he made this announcement or they made the announcement, aoc was out there saying that is fantastic that is what we wanted. that's another example how much they are driven by the left wing activist part of the party they are in control. >> absolutely. the democratic party right now is 80 percent progressive. if you think about it, think about the future and obviously for a democratic race you have to lean to the left and to make you believe it's just a republican party that goes through change but it is not the democratic party is in a way were situation hearing things that are completely absurd does not seek to the value of this country whatsoever this is why a look forward to 2022 and the republican party will do well because the normal people are not for this extreme left agenda agenda. steve: that is such a deep point and we will come back to next week i was trying to squeeze it in this week but the narrative that you

on may 23rd and 24th of 1865 two military processions in washington dc called the grand review of the armies drew thousands of spectators to pennsylvania avenue. president andrew johnson cabinet and government officials and general ulysses' s. grant watched from this reviewing stand in front of the white house. on may 23rd an estimated 80,000 soldiers of the army of the potomac led by general meade took about six hours to pass before the reviewing stand on may 24th, general william t sherman led about 65,000 soldiers of the army of the tennessee and the army of georgia on the same route up next on american artifacts a reenactment of the parade that celebrated the end of the civil war. shoulder oh. my name is dr. malcolm beach, and i'm president of the united states colored troops living history association, and i'm from north carolina. today. we're having a reenactment called the grand review parade. this in fact is a reenactment of the victory parade. it was held at the end of the civil war 150 years ago. down, pennsylvania avenue however at that particular parade the united states c

despite their numerous travels to washington dc throughout harry truman's political career. they would always consider this home and independence, missouri as their permanent home. best arranged harry truman steadfast wife and partner an advisor behind the scenes never one to like like the limelight. however, she loved referred to to be behind the scenes, but harry truman consulted her regularly for a variety of different reasons throughout his throughout his career. okay, next slide, please. this is our this is a photo here of where harry truman conducted a lot of his business during the 1920s. he wanted you after his haberdashery failed. he turned politics and that's an interesting story that i wish we had time to get into as well, but he won his first election in 1922 and he won election as judge of eastern jackson county and that was considered a not a judicial position. it was it was an administrative. akin to a county commissioner and so is defeated for re-election in 1824, but in 1926, he was elected as presiding judge of the entire county jackson county four year ter

not find but yes now that i think about it i can come up with them some happy ones from judy in washington dc. she has a very good question. when did the term first lady start? the term first lady we still argue about the first. evidence i saw of its use was in 1861 when somebody wrote about the wife of the president of the confederacy, verena davis. she's at the writer said she is the first lady of our land, you know just in descriptions other people have said it was probably used in letters, but it emerges in the literature after lucy hayes. i mentioned she took the trip across the country the first one to travel cross country. and so she's becoming a national figure and first lady comes into use in the 1930s it got capitalized. and now we're back to not capitalizing and of course my theory is that very soon is going to go out of style entirely and we won't use it, you know as soon as we have a male in the job. we certainly can't call it the office of the first lady. so i predicting we'll say something like east wind the east wing did this or the east wing did that, you know, we're first or

washington, dc correspondent anna wiernicki reports for us. >> good morning, rea now almost immediately after the announcement that a deal had been reached. president biden in his first public remarks about the situation in the region in 8 days. he's crediting his administration's quiet and relentless diplomacy. >> after 11 days of fighting israel and hamas have agreed to a cease-fire. you know, we've held intensive high level discussions hour by hour literally president joe biden hailed the cease-fire deal addressing the conflict from the white house late thursday. i believe we have a genuine opportunity. to make progress and i've committed to working for. but as the violence escalated in the region in recent days. members of congress pressured biden to act in the last several days over 4,000 rockets have rained down on the people of israel. people are seeing the terrible tragedy that is taking place in the region and they want an end to it already. israeli airstrike in gaza have killed more than 230 palestinians, including 65 children and hamas rockets killed at least 12 israelis, inc

en washington dc, esta pablo gato para explicarnos cuales serian esos cambios y las reacciones en torno este importante anuncio.. por cierto, miles de migrantes siguen llegando a la frontera sur a un ritmo que se mantiene estable desde hace un par de meses. los datos de las autoridades dicen que unas 40- mil personas llegan semanalmente, y abril registro el mayor numero de migrantes en un mes en dos decadas con casi 180-mil. al menos el 60 por ciento de los detenidos son expulsados bajo una orden por la pandemia activada desde la administracion trump. este largo fin de semana feriado se considera el inicio no oficial del verano, y con el llega la apuesta de las autoridades del pais para contrarrestar la violencia, especialmente con armas de fuego, que este aqo se ha incrementado en las principales ciudades del pais... desde chicago, viviana avila nos habla de las estrategias de seguridad implementadas... un hombre de filadelfia llamado eric riddick volvio a disfrutar de la libertad despues de pasar casi 30 aqos en prision por un crimen del que siempre manifesto ser inocente... a los 22

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i did a kind of contract gig as researching for a an exhibit on black architects in washington dc just for fun. i took some tour guiding classes along the way i did some contract writing projects that were very much directed at a general audience and let's say i also taught the us history survey as an adjunct professor or an adjunct it our local community college and then eventually that did turn into a full-time job, but that was another place where i was having to master a larger subject, but also presenting it for very general audience and then of course i was the research assistant for doris grant's goodwin and you know that started up part time and then went into a full-time job later on and so that job sort changed my life in a lot of different ways, but one of the most important being that the sources were at the library of congress whether it was manuscript or newspapers or you know, photographs or what have and so that gave me the opportunity to be at the library of congress and getting to know the sources and getting to know, you know, particularly some of them the civil war

a live report from washington, dc ahead. plus, and this is what has become the first bay area county to enter the yellow reopening tier and with more restaurants opening the need for workers is in high demand. welcome back to kron. 00:00am morning new%. i'm reyna harvey. so whether your star wars fan. you're celebrating the region, revenge of the fit got it right. or are you celebrating cinco de mile. >> there are lots of things to celebrate. lot of people celebrating middle of the week. hump day. john has our forecast for whatever you're celebrating to know how you can do that. john. yeah, whatever it is you're celebrating today, you're getting getting a good dose of sunshine for it. >> temperatures today are still going to be warm, but a little bit cooler than yesterday and today. enjoy a little bit because we're going to calmer winds than yesterday just as much sunshine. we do have a little bit of a cool down the next couple of days ahead of us. now a look outside this morning from your berkeley cam does show clear enough

washington, dc correspondent anna wiernicki reports. >> wall street's top regulator told lawmakers onrsday that the agency is considering new rules after a group of amateur investors on reddit work together in january to drive up stock prices for the video game company gamestop taking on wall street. investors who bet the company would fail. what happened on january 27th in 8 was not good for millions of investors democrats, including california congresswoman maxine waters says it's time congress and the sec hold wall street more accountable is critical for our cops on the block at the sec to protect investors and ensure that our markets transparent and fair water says the sec needs to crack down on private funds, especially hedge funds. but republicans say more rules would only make it harder for americans to invest or exploiting high-profile situation to push a radical progressive agenda that will only further prevent every day. american investors from accessing our capital markets. sec chairman gary gensler told lawmakers his agency is examining the role of social media platforms o

experience and soon after that, photos of him surfaced of social media attending a rally last year in washington, dcing's 1963 march on washington. that has led some observers and a lot of people of social media, in particular, to question his impartiality in that case, but it needs to be noted that mitchell and all of the other jurors were asked during the voir dire process, the screening process, head of the trial, that took more than two weeks, whether they supported black lives matter and whether they took part in any protests and mitchell, a 31—year—old african—american man, not unsurprisingly said he supports black lives matter. he has in interviews with other media here in minneapolis said this rally that he attended in washington, dc, was not specifically a black lives matter but one to commemorate that historic march 507 years prior. matt sepic there. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: grafting in galapagos, how women are keeping a tropical island ticking over. i, nelson rolihlahla mandela, do hereby swear to be faithful to the republic of south africa. after six years of construction

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we water emphasize we in terms of collecting the sites of washington dc. thank our our database now run so well over a thousand different sites and most of you have no interest in reading a book that thick so we had to select and we've down selected to about 35400 sites that are in the book. mae west also though had a fascinating counterintelligence observation that we thought was important to share with you. there are i believe a couple of agents officers from the federal bureau of investigation here personally want to thank you for your service and this is what mais suggested. it seems to me that i've known so many men that the fbi ought to come to me first to compare fingerprints. now if i were a special agent, i think that's one of those assignments. i would love to have. casablanca world war ii film the vichy police chief captain renault is of course succumb to german pressure to close the popular rick's cafe. everybody to leave here immediately. this cafe is pose until further notice. they're the room at once happening. close me up on one ground. i'm

a weariness with a... ..with a form of interventionism, which has been long established from washington, dceariness, a retrenchment, perhaps a looking inward rather than outward, and, if we are honest, during the trump years in washington, europeans decided that they could no longer trust the united states to be the stable, permanent ally, which is why people like president macron in france talked about nato being, in some ways, defunct and how europe needed to seek its own form of strategic autonomy. that's the reality today, isn't it? and europe and the united states, never mind joe biden�*s presidency, europe and the united states are not in lockstep as they used to be. certainly, i'm worried, but i would challenge your assertion that all of europe no longer trusts the united states. germany, france, maybe some other western european countries, that might be the case, but i think the uk and the united states certainly still retain great trust and confidence in each other. and our allies in central and eastern europe still have great confidence in the united states and, frankly, high expe

there will be no peace. gabriel was on the choice for washington, dc correspond folding event, 4th gay, but we really were expecting the american president to say a lot more, but it was short. sweet and straight to the point it was he was meeting with the south korean president moon and they had a free press conference where he was asked by american journalists about the palestinian in gaza and israeli issue. it just shows you though, that how much that this has been dominating the news in the past 11 days here in the united states. the fact that he would be asked about this. but the bottom line is, is that by did not say anything, particularly new or groundbreaking, but i would say that what he did do is he pushed back against this idea that there are many within the democratic party that think that the us needs to completely rethink its relationship with israel act, the latest bombardment of gaza. we saw multiple congress, congress, people in the house of representatives and in the senate from the democratic party . all coming out to criticize biden's, specifically for not being more

i mean, there are people in washington, dc extremely nervous about chinese intentions in space.a problem. i think the fact that they landed on the back side of the moon is not an extraordinary technological achievement, but some of the things that they may learn there will be extraordinary. some of the minerals, for example, that can be mined from the backside and brought back will be very, very valuable and i think... so, we in the united states, have to worry more about china as a competitor. how we overcome that, i don't know. i don't think we do it by increased tariffs, i think we have to somehow get the chinese and the russians, who inhabit this little, tiny, fragile, little planet, to join with us in friendly, not hostile space ventures. and when history books are going to be written, maybe centuries from now, when we look back at the arc of human achievement over a very long time span, where do you think landing on the moon, putting men on the moon, and seeing them walk on the moon will sit in terms of milestones achieved by our species? i think two flights were very impo