you read about woodrow wilson. he said many sexist and racist .hings i had my ups and graphs region in -- i had maps and graphs. the fictitious people and the real people like a graph with intersections, so you can see where things are moving in .hronological time tavis: does it in any way to disservice to the faction? >> many historians weaves fiction in. been biased.have there are anti-semitic historians and racist historians who write about the south and are not about critical of slavery, but others are very critical. criticism. objective shakespeare and many other writers use history as material. a novel called "blonde" about norma jean baker. it uses the material as if it were a myth. in maryland and wrote is this middle -- marilyn monroe is this mythical creature. i am not writing a biography. i am writing an epic about someone who stands for something, so i call my novel "blonde,"meaning it is about a myth rather than a person, but many people write about war. if you did that as a fiction writer, you would h

so woodrow wilson was especially effective.feeder road to of course was very effective in doing this kind of thing but wilson really get content to appear in wilson pushed through an extraordinarily, extraordinary list of things. what they were doing, but what roosevelt and wilson were to were responding to internationalization in estate and organization. the country was getting more and faster, and people were unhappy with the domination of the country by big business. so what they were doing, what roosevelt was proposing and what wilson was very effective in doing was pushing for a program that got things under control but so this is what was known as the progressive period and progressive legislation, exerts the role of the federal government in controlling and directing the economy in various directions. and then both of them also of course, the need for a major new role for the united states and the world. and roosevelt pushed very hard for that, and woodrow wilson of course had a very important role in designing america's

woodrow wilson bridge to the american legion bright green as well. a few patches of yellow on those off ramps and merges, but really no big delays or closures. fourteenth street closures. they have been doing the roadwork northbound. it is closed. southbound is now open between 10 sylvania avenue and new york avenue. it will probably still be a mess. you can always get more information follow me on @gridlockgoddess. >> the holiday weekend is here, but that does not mean you will have to not experience delays on metro. >> welcome back. it may be tough to get around using metro this immoral day weekend. red line straight -- red line trains will not run between shady grove and twinbrook. orange line will not run between vienna and ballston. they will be free shuttle buses available, but there will be no work on the blue, yellow, or green lines. >> northern virginia's million- dollar winner in last weeks record powerball drawing. a woman matched five of six numbers on a tickets sold at a food lion in lorton. the winner of the massive $590 million jackpot

woodrow wilson was especially effective. are you nervous about was very effective, but wilson gave content to it and wilson pushed through an extraordinary rule, an extraordinary list of things, what they were doing. but what roosevelt and wilson were doing was responding to industrialization and urbanization. the country was getting thicker and more investor-owned people were unhappy with the domination of the country by his business. so what roosevelt was proposing and wilson was the fact that doing was to push to bring it under control. this is the progressive area, the progressive legislation with the role the federal government in various directions. both of them saw the need for a major role for the united states in the world that roosevelt pushed very hard for that and woodrow wilson had a very important role in defining america's place in the world and its responsibility for maintaining peace around the world and that's something we'll think of when they think about the league of nations. so this is a real transforma

currenthave a look at conditions on the woodrow wilson bridge.ooks like a little volume along the outer loop, but barely. both directions looking fine. but you do have lights out in alexandria along the george washington parkway, so that may slow you down. you definitely need to make sure you treat those as a four-way stop if you have to go through alexandria this morning. back with another look at your morning commute in 10 minutes. from the wtop traffic center. back to you. >> thank you. 3, 49 degrees. >> coming up, how you can attend a book signing for first lady michelle obama. quick several events are being held to mark the national day of prayer. it's the first thursday in may. they invite people from all faiths to pray for the nation. it was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of the u.s. congress and signed into law by president truman. >> first lady michelle obama will sign copies of her book "american grown" at the politics and prose bookstore in northwest d.c. on tuesday. >> you will need a wrist band to get inside. those are being g

. >> i certainly edith wilson woodrow wilson was laid up with what was probably a country. walked into him where he was with him and would come out with documents or instructions she said were from him and tell the cabinet what to do. wisdoms. for example the league o nations. >> one of his most important priorities after world war one was to get the league of nations established so there would never again be a global conflict. unfortunately he botched the politics of it the speaker of the senat came to -- the senate majority leader came to hi and told him he needed to compromise with the republican isolationists i he wanted to get the leagu of nations treaty ratified. wilson didn't want to compromise but edith wilso did and she told him, yo need to do this if you want to get this treaty approved. unfortunately for him he didn't listen to her advic and the treaty failed t pass the senate. so his most important domestic priority international priority in the second term was lost. >> which one of the first ladies shared the power of the presidency so there was a distribution

woodrow wilson had a stroke in the country did not know about it. eisenhower was in terrible help. kennedy had injections all the time. if the guy wants to have surgery to reduce his weight, leave him alone. >> as a doctor, how effective is this type of treatment? rather, and it works well. he had the least invasive. it was done leftist topically. you are just shrinking the size. you're not cutting out part of the stomach as you would in the other more drastic procedure. it is irreversible, but it is none of our business. >> congratulations to the governor. that is the last word. we will see you next week. >> welcome to "skyweek." let's see what's happening in the sky from monday, may 6, to sunday, may 12. turn to the south as the sky grows fully dark in the evening and look high in the sky. you can't miss ultra-bright arcturus, the planet saturn, bright spica in the constellation virgo, and splendid leo, the lion. nestled among these bright lights is the faint constellation coma berenices. if your sky is good and dark, you'll see a delicate cloud of light in its upper-right corner

aaron more, i spoke with david miller, mideast analyst at the woodrow wilson center. i want to get to those israeli strikes in a second. do you think that, given the confusion surrounding chemical weapons usage in syria, it was a mistake for president obama to say it was a red line, if he is not prepared to take action? >> the reality is -- i am not going to fault the president for what he said. the reality is, if you are going to create a red line, your credibility is at stake if you do not enforce it. that does not mean you need to proceed recklessly into a conflict. but it is really elemental that we get this right. in view of the iraq experience, where the international community came to doubt intelligence assessments, which were wrong, about weapons of mass distraction in iraq, if we are going to use chemical weapons as the pretext, justification, or reason to use military force in syria, we better make sure who used them. that suggests a certain amount of caution and investigation. >> that is the investigation taking place at the moment. but there is so little a

woodrow wilson had a stroke in the country did not know about it. eisenhower was in terrible help. kennedy had injections all the time. if the guy wants to have surgery to reduce his weight, leave him alone. >> as a doctor, how effective is this type of treatment? rather, and it works well. he had the least invasive. it was done leftist topically. you are just shrinking the size. you're not cutting out part of the stomach as you would in the other more drastic procedure. it is irreversible, but it is none of our business. >> congratulations to the governor. that is the last word. we will see you next week. >>> from washington, the american original for over three decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. the group is brought to you by semens. across the country we're building them to last. >> we need to check and make sure we're on schedule. >> the first technology of its kind is now

woodrow wilson had a stroke in the country did not know about it. eisenhower was in terrible help. kennedy had injections all the time. if the guy wants to have surgery to reduce his weight, leave him alone. >> as a doctor, how effective is this type of treatment? atherry, and it works well. he h the leastnvasive. it was done leftist topically. you are just shrinking the size. you're not cutting out part of the stomach as you would in the other more drastic procedure. it is irreversible, but it is none of our business. >> congratulations to the governor. that is the last word. we will see you next week. >> hello from brussels and a very warm welcome to "european journal." good to have you with us. here's a look at what is coming up in today's show -- back to basics. alternatives for unemployed spaniards. europe applauding -- a prestigisrize for lithuania's president. bulgarian's looking -- the backlash against anti- immigration blitz. immigration blitz. when it comes to health

come to life totally and yes indeed, the kind of creativity you can nurture within a school, if woodrow wilson could be an incubator for a new curriculum ideas that could spread elsewhere i think that is great because it is a school that does represent the highest expectations and there is no reason they can't be more broadly applied. my experience in whether you are teaching preschoolers or grad students is that kids won't rise the level of expectation you set for them. that is for the district is doing and the continuing challenge for the district's even as imus celebrant time also -- i hope you keep pushing that. >> i am one of the educators a union city high school as well. your book has definitely captured the essence of union city education. but while we are basking in the glow of your book with all the other books about education that have been proliferated over the past several years you feel that your book and perhaps yourself are making any inroads with the government processes that control the educational system so that perhaps this can continue in the district will follow as well?

i'm joined by my guest michael kugel a man in washington he is a south asia associate at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars and in new york we cross to george simulations he is a fellow of the global policy institute of london metropolitan university and author of the upcoming book bombs for peace nato is humanitarian war on yugoslavia or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it you know michael things go to you first we're calling this program the imperial presidency and i'm thinking back to richard nixon and that's what he was accused of but do you think when we compare like nixon to bush obama there's really not much of a comparison we do have something like an imperial presidency now well i don't know if i'd go that far i'd say obama you know he was swept into power in two thousand and eight as a you know on change on hope he was very idealistic so originally he had foreign policies that were very different from one. what would had happened in the past and he was saying we should engage with so-calle

talk about deficits and the debt crisis with peter schiff in a bit and one hundred years ago woodrow wilson to sign the federal reserve act with four gold pens a clear being i'm drawing on the gold reserves but yesterday representative kevin brady called for evaluation of the fed he said when the house isn't on fire we want to discuss you know what role the fire department said play with this review shut down the quantitative easing firehose that spraying eighty five billion dollars in cash per month we'll have to see if this proposal can pick up steam when bernie replacement is announced a later this year. and to mark another milestone as been one hundred days since the president's second term in a press conference this morning he warned of serious probable use of chemical weapons while cautioning that more evidence must be gathered before taking. action he did warn that the regime has crossed the red line we'll take a look into the fine print of military spending in a special segment today and here's what's in your interest. it's been a four and a half years since the federal reserve laun

woodrow wilson. that is another one. the first president to ever received a major league professional team was in the johnson administration. the andrew johnson administration in 1867. the cincinnati red stockings. as long as we have had professional sports there have been politicians trying to exploit professional sports for their own means and their own gain. when athletes themselves have attempted to use professional sports on issues they care about, when fans of attempted to do that, that is when the hammer really does come down and that is why i wrote this book "game over" because i feel like since 2008 there has been a revolutionary change in the world of sports, revolutionary change in terms of the way politics have shaped this for so many of us care about. but you would never know that by reading the traditional sports media. if anything you read the sports media it reminds me of the 0 reporters on the raise beef for the new york times in the 1950s and they would cover the civil-rights movement in montgomery, ala

in one nine hundred eighty seven from princeton university woodrow wilson a school of public and international affairs betray us was rapidly promoted at first service in the middle east from bergen. general and two thousand to the rank of general in two thousand and seven some have criticized for lack of a direct comeback record in relation to the many awards he received his bronze star of medal with valor award was questioned by several former army officers according to business and cider but betrays did suffer a major injury in the early ninety's when he was shot in the chest during a y. fire exercise but he was reportedly released early after doing fifty push ups just a few days after the incident. in the middle of two thousand came known for using discretionary funds for public works as part of nation building during a visit by coalition provisional authority director paul bremer petraeus quit money is immune mission but the liberal use of discretionary cash would become criticized it was revealed the new york federal reserve had shipped as much as forty billion dollars in cash and seize s

debt crisis with peter schiff and a bit and one hundred years ago woodrow wilson to sign the federal reserve act with gold and tens of quid being i'm drawing on the gold reserves but yesterday representative kevin brady called for a revaluation of the fed he said when the house isn't on fire we want to discussion of what role the fire department should play with this would you shut down the quantitative easing firehose that spraying eighty five billion dollars in cash per month we'll have to see if this proposal can pick up steam when bernie replacement is announced a later this year. and to mark another milestone as been one hundred days since the president's second term and a press conference this morning he warned of serious probable use of chemical weapons while cautioning that more evidence must be gathered before taking action he did warn that the regime has crossed the red line we'll take a look into the fine print of military spending in a special segment today and here's what's in your interest. and in the four and a half years since the federal reserve launched the first qu

president and attorney general are going after press freedom white noah administration since woodrow wilson. joining us now is christian adams former key part of justice attorney and author of the book did justice. good to have you with us. the talk about going after the press with the press meeting our organization did not participate but others did your reaction? >> this was a sham and never buy eric holder to get behind closed doors off the record to spin these that decided to go he did not do anything wrong and there is a respect for the press and we know actions speak louder than words with his administration and they clearly don't respect the free press. lou clearll isn't this a discussion between the eight officers and a bank robber of security of a branch? this is peculiar stuff he expresses regret but does not apologize and brings in access but no on the record reporting but it is almost clumsy to almost nonsensical >> it is desperate. things are going so badly lately that you have to do something. what doo-doo do? you call your friends and a lot of the people who went there today

we will show you a beautiful shot of the woodrow wilson bridge. the sunrise and clear skies. moderately ining both directions along the beltway. we also have a shot of the american legion bridge so you can see current conditions. coming from maryland at 270, beautiful. starting to get moderate traffic at the american legion bridge. getting reports of construction on new york avenue. i will give you an update on that and tell you what lanes are closed, coming up in 10 minutes from the wtop traffic center. back to you. >> thank you. 5:41.rees, >> coming up, the fur will be flying this weekend. [ male announcer ] fact: the 100% electric nissan leaf... is more fun than ever. sees better than ever. ♪ charges faster. and will charge. cool. and heat. from your phone. fact: leaf never needs gas. ever. good for the world. built in america. now, leaf's an easier choice than er. ♪ shophot choosenissan.com. ♪ >> imagine having to lock up all the food in your home because your child is always hungry and cannot stop eating. tonight at 5:00, a rare eating disord

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woodrow wilson, that's another one. the first president to ever receive a major league professional team, it was in the johnson administration. the andrew johnson administration. [laughter] 1867. the cincinnati red stockings. i mean, that -- basically, as long as we've had professional sports, there have been politicians trying to exploit professional sports for their own means and their own gains. and yet when athletes themselves have attempted to use professional sports to speak about issues they care about, when fans have attempted to do that, well, that's when the hammer really does come down. and that's why i wrote this book, "game over," because i feel like since 2008 there has been a revolutionary change in the world of sports. revolutionary changes in terms of the way politics have shaped the sports that so many of us care about. yet you would never know that by reading the traditional sports media. i mean, if anything, you read the sports media, it reminds me of the old reporters who used to be on what was call

now to the woodrow wilson center in washington for remarks from admiral william mcraven for his visionlitary. >> good afternoon. it is everyone seated? i am jane harmon, president and ceo of the wilson center. it has occurred to our speaker and me and some of you that today is the second anniversary thirty."dark left had a lot to do with that. more on that later. a special welcome to the chairman of our board and his wife, a member of our counsel, and our panelists, william forcen, and an air fellow who is where? you can sit down. working on a project of the growing relevance of high-end capabilities of special ops and is educating our board, scholars, and staff. sues also a pleasure to see ikenberry and her public policy class from georgetown day school. 20 something years ago, sue taught my oldest son brian, coached him in debate, and wrote his college recommendation. he got in. i just want you to know, sue, although he now handles a large investment fund in new york, he loves public policy and was a close adviser to my years in congress. today's event is part of a series at the wils

shared opposition to woodrow wilson eventually drew taft and t.r. together. in may 1914, they happened to meet in chicago. taft approached teddy with a spoil, teddy ease. they threw their arms around one another, all the guests in the dining room aware this was the first time they had come together since the bitter election began to cheer. sitting together, they talked warmly, and the press proclaimed in the headlines the next day, they have buried the hatchet. when teddy died in his sleep, taft was at the funeral seated with the family and the last one to leave the grave. when harding was elected president, taft finally realized his lifelong dream and was made chief justice of the supreme court. but the memories of roosevelt remained strong. i wallet to say to you how glad theodore and i came together. had he die inside a hostile tate of mind toward me, i would have mourned the fact my whole life. i loved him, and i will always which cherish his memory. .. became abundantly clear in the interview that tolstoy gave. he told of having gone to a very remote are

i'm joined by my guest michael kugel a man in washington he is a south asia associate at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars and in new york we cross to george simulations he is a fellow of the global policy institute of london metropolitan university and author of the upcoming book bombs for peace nato is humanitarian war on yugoslavia or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it you know michael things go to you first we're calling this program the imperial presidency and i'm thinking back to richard nixon and that's what he was accused of but do you think when we compare like nixon to bush or obama there's really not much of a comparison we do have something like an imperial presidency now well i don't know if i'd go that far i would say obama you know he was swept into power in two thousand and eight as a you know on change on hope he was very idealistic so originally he had foreign policies that were very different from what what what had happened in the past and he was saying we shouldn't gauge with

he comes from the tradition of woodrow wilson and so-called progressive movement that sees governments a wonderful good thing that is supposed to take care of us. >> reporter: measured per household, the federal government is spending more than any time. since 1965, spending has grown by 152%. from $11,900 to over $30,000 in 2012. critics say the u.s. is edging towards a european style econom economy. >> we're going to have the exact same problems of a very stifling tax burden that discourages productive behavior while at the same time, having an excessive public sector that lures people into unproductive activity. >> reporter: not so says lorali kelly. who sees the president's address tailored to the tech savvy younger generation. >> young people have an important role to play in very positive sense because they understand their whole world view is connected. everybody loves to beat up on the government and sound like we can do more with less. the truth is what we need to start thinking about is how to update modernize and reform our government. >> technology may not solve the harsh

i know we don't need a new law when woodrow wilson.n to waiting until we are secure completely and this administration shows it is not going to treat border like they did benghazi and ignore it all night long. they are going to actually secure it and i will do anything to work with you. i know so many others that would to get the bill. >> thank you for your kind words. i think you raise a good point. that was my position. let's do the fence first. here i problem with it and why i have felt the other way may be better. the 11 million here now illegally we want to know who they are as soon as possible. we don't want that number to be 12, 13, 14. you have to be able to prove you were here by december 2011. i don't want word to get out that once they are done securing the border then they are going to legalize people because you will get a rush. with the deficit and the debt that we face the money we are using the secure the border most of that money is coming from the fees and the fines that these 11 million are going to have to pay. we a

talk about deficits and the debt crisis with peter schiff in a bit and one hundred years ago woodrow wilson to sign the federal reserve act with four gold pens acquitting i'm drawing on the gold reserves but yesterday representative kevin brady called for a revaluation fed he said when the house isn't on fire we want to discuss you know what role the fire department said play with this review shut down the quantitative easing fire pose that spraying eighty five billion dollars in cash per month we'll have to see if this proposal can pick up steam when bernanke replacement is announced later this year. and to mark another milestone as been one hundred days since the president's second term in a press conference this morning he warned of serious probable use of chemical weapons while cautioning that more evidence must be gathered before taking action he did warn that the regime has crossed the red line we'll take a look into the fine print of military spending in a special segment today and here's. and your interest. i. i. i i. i and then the four and a half years since the federal reserve la

. >>> 100 years ago woodrow wilson held the first presidential press conference. 58 years ago, dwightisenhower had the first televised presidential press conference. >> i think we're trying a new experiment this morning. i hope it doesn't prove to be a disturbing influence. >> turns out television has proven to be a disturbing influence as dwight eisenhower feared, but not on the president, on the press. these rituals are called press conferences because they're not really about the president, they're about the press. the president's job is to tell us nothing new, nothing we didn't already know, while appearing open and honest in response to the questions, which is actually quite easy because presidents are never asked truly difficult questions at presidential press conferences, they're asked about their feelings, they're asked about unprovable things like what congress might do a few months from now. they're never asked the details of any of the intricacies of the tax code they claim to dislike, never asked difficult questions about medicare part a or medicare part b or part d, each

they then contemporary american president woodrow wilson also supported the declaration. so have every president since that time. these combine described in the book are zionists, wears sinus in the original meaning of the word, they go in favor of a safe and secure jewish homeland in palestine. and since 1948 in israel itself in fact the declaration. this book explains in detail of how and why they consciously followed the probe jewish pro is wrote policies and yell the bible with such a powerful influence on their critical thinking and decisions. a few extracts from the book which i focus on 14 of the 44 presidents. that does not mean that the other 30 are not equally fascinating. one of my many surprises in working on this book is how historians of the american resolution and biographers of washington fail to recognize the importance of a jew named time solomon to the very existence of america. he is either ignored or dumped in footnote, year to the fact is he was vital to the success of the american revolution. without solomon it is conceivable that america would stil

joining me is former california congresswoman and president of the woodrow wilson center, jane harmon. just back from a trip to the region, having been it in cairo. let's talk about syria. and the russian role. you can say john kerry is trying to negotiate the geneva conference, we're hearing it might be july, not june to get everyone together. the syrian rebel groups have yet to agree on who would go. you can't have a meeting without them. and the government may not come. although they've said they would. but that said, the russian, how do you deal with the russians, they are the only game in town when it comes to changing assad's mind. but here they are, arming him with the most advanced weapons. >> absolutely. the s-300 sale was i think the payment was received sometime back. let's understand that russia sell as lot of advanced weapons to syria. syria san arms bazaar for russia, that's one of the russia's interests in the whole affair. at any rate, this sale was consummated, the payment, sometime back. but russia told the world that they were delaying the shipment. now they're doin

joining me tonight, robin wright in the woodrow wilson center. she's also the author of "rock the casbah" and the reporter for "newsweek" and the daily beast. i want to start with your reaction of the news today. it seemed to me a classic bureaucratic battle between the two elements of government, the state department and the cia wrestling over what was being told, it seemed to me each one pointing the finger@othe at the other. pointing fingers is a fairly mundane and common quality. >> it's common, but it also reflects a basic truth, and that is that the fog of terrorism is as bad as the fog of war. to expect within fife days to have all the answers of what happened in benghazi, who was responsible, was totally unrealistic. this did happen in the climate of other attacks first at the american embassy in cairo and later in the same period. this seemed part and parcel of the controversy over a film by an egyptian who was living in the united states that was particularly controversial in the eyes of muslims. and so in trying to sort out what happen

he's now vice president for new initiatives at the woodrow wilson center in washington., we have seen no outcry at all from the united states. we've seen support from the united states. secretary kerry was over at the pentagon today meeting, having lunch with defense secretary hagel. they're really the new kids on the block. if you will. in the foreign policy team. we see them over there with a portrait, a painting of a naval ship. presented to the former navy officer in vietnam. these are two vietnam veterans, they've got a lot of military experience between them. but the real issue now is what should the u.s. do. should the u.s. as john mccain has said, and martin indic, one of your former colleagues said, do a limited no fly zone and do stand off action. air strikes. that's something you've been writing about. >> form follows function. and the reality is that the military power is an instrument. it's an instrument to achieve an end game. without a clear sense of what that end game is, we have to correlate quite precisely, or as price prooe sizely as we can, what are w

and woodrow wilson in the first world war monitored all i believe communications from the united states to foreign settings. and the second world war, roosevelt i believe on december the eighth, started a very aggressive program. and so the idea that the work inherent powers in the presidency that relate to the defense of the country i think was a pretty robust idea in our culture for a long time, and there are individuals to believe that the president has inherent powers to the question i think that's worth the of his consideration is if the president does have inherent powers to defend the country for national security reasons is that power and mental if it's a constitutional power by a new statute? or can a statute only enhance what's in the constitution rather than limit the power of the president? the suggestion in an unsigned opinion which i think we know the members of the court, were unanimous in their approaches, that the powers of the president constitution could not be limited by the fisa enactment because whatever powers that were were constitutional that they could be enhan

. >> reporter: simbal khan is the pakistan scholar at the woodrow wilson center in washington. points to the enormous power of younger voters with more than 100 million pakistanis under the age of 30. >> there is this huge push and urge in the young to get the change message across. and this election is that change message, and i think that change will, with imran khan or pml-n, it is basically catalyzing this kind of a desire for change. and it is being felt. >> reporter: this election will mark the first time in pakistan's history that a civilian government hands over power to another. there's a history of military coups, but last month the army chief pledged to support the outcome, no matter who wins. >> i assure you, that we stand committed to wholeheartedly assist in the conduct of free, fair and peaceful elections; to >> reporter: meanwhile, the wide array of candidates and parties has campaigned to the wire, putting up posters. and handing out flags by the dozens. but with hundreds of candidates competing, pakistanis may have other reasons to be nervous, as andrew wilder

. >> woodrow wilson himself went around the country basically saying i think this is kind of a terrible piece of legislation, but you're forcing me to -- and daniel patrick moynihan wrote a great book called "secrecy" with a great section on the espionage act. that gives you a sense of the terrible history it has. >> in terms of the use of the espionage act, the administration has used it six teams to accuse government officials of leaking intel. you know you look back at how the espionage act was used recently. aldridge ames was an c.i.a. operative in 1994 acting as a russian spy for nine years. the kgb paid him for documents. robert hansen, was an fbi counterintelligence agent arrested in 2001 for selling highly classified documents to russia. i mean this is spy versus spy stuff. and the implication that somehow james rosen is on par with these you know, operatives i think is shocking to most people watching this. >> well the context here is that this administration has brought more leak prosecutions than any in history. using the espionage act. six times. to bring criminal prosecutio

. >> we begin sitting on the porch of woodrow wilson's childhood home and learn more about the connections to south carolina. >> born in vairs, lived during the civil war in georgia, augusta, georgia, and then moved with his family here in 1870. he was a novelty. he had been a professor, nobody thought he would be much of a governor, came from nowhere politically, and within a couple years, became governor, and hit new jersey at the same time. there was a national move for reform, and wilson pushed through a number of reforms in new jersey. people didn't expect him to be able to do that, so it was -- it was very effective, and it gave a national prominence he wouldn't have had otherwise. in the late 18 00s, the president became essentially age of the congress. congress drafted legislation, wrote it, and the president simply was to carry art the legislation. most presidents in the late 18 00s saw the role as executives of the will of congress, didn't take leadership roles themselves. the 2 # 1st century came along, presidents in the early 20th century, thee dore and wilson thought in terms