after the american french victory at yorktown in october 1781 and the treaty of paris two years later, the states saw a little likelihood of foreign invasion. the glue that had once held the fiercely independent states together was gone. without it, the american confederation began to come apart at the seams. weaknesses, as in the articles of confederation, became increasingly obvious. one serious physical shortcoming was that under the articles only the states had the power to tax or to print money. article eight, for example, stated all charges of war and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defense shall be defrayed out of a common treasury. to fill that common treasury. congress had to request funds from the states due to a growing economic crisis, which ultimately developed into a full fledged depression. the states could not or would not provide the congress funds to pay off the charges of war. one of many government debts was backpay for the officers and men of the continental army. during the two years between the victory at yorktown and the departure of th

after the american french victory at yorktown in october 1781 and the treaty of paris two years later, the states saw a little likelihood of foreign invasion. the glue that had once held the fiercely independent states together was gone. without it, the american confederation began to come apart at the seams. weaknesses, as in the articles of confederation, became increasingly obvious. one serious physical shortcoming was that under the articles only the states had the power to tax or to print money. article eight, for example, stated all charges of war and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defense shall be defrayed out of a common treasury. to fill that common treasury. congress had to request funds from the states due to a growing economic crisis, which ultimately developed into a full fledged depression. the states could not or would not provide the congress funds to pay off the charges of war. one of many government debts was backpay for the officers and men of the continental army. during the two years between the victory at yorktown and the departure of th

do lohrs rein yorktown, virginia, republican line, did i get your name right? caller: um, hi, i'm not opposed to a little bit of a speaker fight on the floor. i don't really like how they keep going off the floor and -- i would rather see it all out in the open. but my frustration with the holdouts on this is that they'ry articulating what their opposition points are. what we saw in january were well-articulated rules changes and some other sort of logical and understandable points to restore, you know, regular order to the floor. so what i'm frustrated with watching is, i'm not seeing any real argument being put forward against jordan versus just voting him down so those are my points. host: do you think jim jordan could be an effective speak her caller: i think he could. obviously there are a lot of people who are supporting him. you see mchenry and mccarthy, you see the leadership of the house armed services committee, rogers and wittman supporting him. so i think that there are powerful people within the caucus who should be persuasive to some of the people

>> if you love history, go to williamsburg, yorktown where the revolutionary war was one. come to richmond. if you like the outdoors, go to the mountains and explore the shenandoah valley. you can go on skyline drive which is one of the most visited highways in the world. you can go to the beach and the great oceanfront. we have fabulous hotels and our wine country is as good as it gets. virginia is in the top five in one production in the united states and one of our vineyards was named by an inspector about one of the best in america. there are wine trails all over and i guess i can't wait out distillers on craft beer folks so finally, i know there folks in here, you can visit or season and raising and corneal downs which a horse britain virginia one the secretary of state will you can come to northern virginia area and joined gold cup and the races we have so how about that for coming to virginia? [applause] >> virginia is one of the leading states in the united states cybersecurity and the pentagon being in virginia helps, i assume but is that one of the biggest growth

victory at yorktown effectively ended the revolutionary war. george washington wants leadership. we will get to that some other time. tomorrow on "special report" we look to whether congress would act if it could on biden's emergency funding tonight. martha mccallum and i will anchor coverage 7:55 eastern. fair, balanced and unafraid. here is laura aurora lawyer hi everyon

victory at yorktown effectively ended the revolutionary war.here is a good book about all of that and george washington wants leadership. we will get to that some other time. tomorrow on "special report" we look to whether congress would act if it could on biden's emergency funding tonight. martha mccallum and i will anchor coverage 7:55 eastern. fair, balanced and unafraid. here is laura aurora lawyer hi everyone i'm laura ingraham on a busy news night. in one hour joe biden will speak from the oval office. he will make the case for sending aid and support to not just israel but to ukraine as well. well, lumping the two conflicts together is a typically swamp tactic but it should never be allowed and we will tell you why. as the president makes his case, we see the rise of an anti-israel sentiment, especially in urban areas across the united states, more protests tonight in american cities. meanwhile, as americans feel more unsafe at home, americans abroad are being warned by the state department to exercise increased caution. americans in leb

it is the president of the yorktown institute, israeli victory is critical to u.s.ine. a timely shelve american strength would deter russian meddling in chinese -- and chinese opportunism. from usa today, ingrid rights, this is israel's equivalent of our 9/11. it is easy to say stand with israel but it is good question our politicians when they say those words. a mark of which truly stand with israel. there is no excuse, she writes, to abandon our allies when they need us most. this is clarence out of arlington, texas on the line for democrats. good morning. caller: good morning. first of all, thank you as always. you have a great staff. i want to remind our republican colleagues -- and you mentioned 9/11 -- our 9/11 terrorists came over to the united states. we have problems in many other have problems in many other areas when they play politics about the southern border. none of those terrorist that attacked just on 9/11 came through the southern border. they all came with valid visas. we have to start working on those areas. there is been too much divisive politi