indeed washington had. who is this, uttered george who was a diligent in his own time and ever since that he actually managed to invade the feverish dream world of the deranged royal george? i had this question when i wrote my hamilton biography and one day i was reading a series of letters that hamilton wrote after he had a quarrel late in the war with washington that led to hamilton quitting washington's staff. in these letters, hamilton described through washington's a washington was moody, irritable and temperamental. even something of a powder keg boss as he informed his father in law with more than a touch of youthful bravado. the great man and i have come to and open rupture. he shall for once recant his bill humor and i remember sitting there stunned. ill humor that hamilton mean to imply that the saintly father of our country was this sulky, volatile boss? needless to say is this was far from the whole truth about george washington and i hope in this book fat idea though lavish and sufficient prais

washington said know i have not so the chief said we will show you what it is like and brought washington into the bay and and when around and around and he was allowed to go all-around and afterwards he said i wish i had been with you on this party because you only captured one and i would have liked to have seen all little more blood. [laughter] so i think i enjoy looking at the maps because with the comments by washington, this is wilderness and he reacted. thank you for your time. >> what services did you use from this library since we are here? >> from here is a collection of washington's rating is published for the bicentennial in 1932 her keira in the digital age, one kn search the web some papers were digitize or a facsimile, transcription facsimile, transcription, it is a handy tool but there is something that you can crack open and page through and of course, is disappearing but to do what year was a tremendous asset to search through on your own terms, a very different than working digital. washington's ratings edited by fitch -- fitzpatrick are a wonderful jewel but not every

and washington, of course, that was june 17th, and washington arriving in a column that's drawn very beautifully over here. in fact, you can see that there are columns coming down from from new hampshire, up from connecticut all converging in this great congregation of citizen soldiers to besiege the british. and here just one detail you can see, the march of general washington with his virginia, virginian horse, his riflemen and the new york grenadiers. so there's an encampment, just a really enchanting map. now, once he'd arrived, washington had to size up the situation, and this map of boston harbor gives some tremendous detail of the situation. and i think perhaps you, like myself and most americans, think of the siege of boston as a fairly static affair. that washington was encamped in cambridge with americans pinched off the neck of the boston peninsula at rocksbury and the charlestown peninsula at the neck here and that they sat and ghaired at each other for 13 months which is pretty much what happened. but if you have washington's maps in hand, which i did when i went to read

we will focus on hu jintao's visit to washington. this is a "washington journal." host: on capitol hill, the republicans in the house began debate yesterday over whether or not to repeal. this morning we want to hear from all of you and whether or not you changed your mind on this health care law. what has been your experience? do you still believe it should be repealed? the phone numbers are on the screen. "the baltimore sun" headline -- a new poll says 46% of those believe the law should be repealed. 40% say it should not. when you break that down by party lines, a 78% of republicans want the health care law repealed. 15% of republicans do not. 64% of democrats do not want to see repeal. 24% of democrats want it repealed. independents, 43% say repeal. 18% of independents have no opinion. we want to hear your thoughts. what do you think about this health care law? "the new york times" talks about the debate and the different aspects of its that you probably heard if you tune into c-span yesterday. here is the news analysis section of "the new york times ." "the co

welcome to "washington week" year in review and preview. turns out elections do matter. >> there's a reason we have two parties in this country. both democrats and republicans have certain beliefs, and certain principles that each feels cannot be compromised. >> on january 5, the american people are going to watch their congress do something differently. gwen: the democrat majority has eroded and the new comers are about to arrive. >> if we can't deal with the issues of earmarks, how are we going to deal with a trillion dollars? >> we will stop the out of control spending and tax increases and repeel and replace obama care. gwen: efforts to revive the economy. >> the land of opportunity has become the land of shrinking prosperity. gwen: promises to cut the budget deficit. >> american people know we can't borrow and spend and grow our way back to a country. gwen: and as one combat mission winds down, another one drags on. >> our goal isn't to build a 21st century afghanistan. our goal is not a country that is free of corruption, which would

washington fathered no children. henry fathered 18, who gave him 77 grandchildren of henry's friend said that he, not washington, is the real father of our country. [laughter] there are probably more than 100,000 henry descendents in the country today, enough to populate the entire city of gary, indiana. but henry was much, much more than a founding father. he was america's greatest courtroom lawyer. lord byron, the english poet who could only read henry speeches, called him that hamas cities at his age. john adams who did here in the state agreed. in the courtroom, he sliced opponent argument to shreds using ever rhetorical device he could find or invent. humor, passion, hope, fear. on clear days he embraced the sunshine and lifted yours hearts. on grey daisy pointed to the clouds and rain and provoked jurors to tears began on stormy days he saw homeland of destruction in every thunderclap and every bolt of lightning, and called it the wrath of god. one opposing lawyer said that whenever henry rose to speak, althoug

mira, ella estuvo en washington. regresÓ a su distrito igual que los congresistas que aman lo que estÁn haciendo. estamos en contacto con nuestros constituyentes. no nos podemos separar de nuestra comunidad. tenemos que hacer este tipo de cosas, es nuestra responsabilidad. siempre es un riesgo. >> despuÉs de esta entrevista, usted se va a una fiesta de los reyes magos. >> un desfile de la calle 8. >> cÓmo cambia su actitud despuÉs del ataque? usted llega con mÁs seguridad? >> bueno, yo creo que... >> no sÉ si puedo preguntar. >> uno tiene que vivir la vida normal y corriente. esto es un desastre. una tragedia. nos duele mucho. pero no podemos dejar que cambie nuestro modo de vida. esto es un paÍs libre. todas las personas se deben sentir seguras en ir al supermercado, en hacer las diligencias. >> usted se va y no tiene seguridad extra. >> no tengo seguridad. tengo fe en mi comunidad y sÉ que todos vamos a estar calmados y siempre hay seguridad donde uno va, va a haber policÍas, pienso yo. pero tenemos que s

tonight on "washington week. it was just one shot right after the other. just bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. i mean it's just an absolutely >>profane act. it's shocking. it's been surreal. >>we didn't feel like we would be picking out caskets at 9 years old. gwen: moments of chaos in a supermarket parking lot morph into a week of debate, self-analysis, and mourning. >> our hearts are broken, but our spirit is not. >>words are inadequate at a time like this. but nonetheless i hope it is a comfort. gwen: as a member of congress fights for survival, her colleagues debate gun rights, security, the cost of incivility, and the cost of laying blame. >> journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn. gwen: as a president seizes the moment -- >> i want our democracy to be as good as christina imagined it. i want america to be as good as she imagined it. gwen: we examine the event, the investigation, and what it means for the national political discourse with the reporters c

before washington, d.c., george washington hometown, tell a lot of anecdotes, the revolutionary war through the civil war, then go right into the present day situation and the problems we are having in iraq today. >> 18,000 items. >> i have written, i figure, i have been writing the column now going on 13 years, about 18,000 anecdotes, and thousands of columns. in fact, when i compiled everything, just for research purposes, of what i have written only with regard to the inside the beltway column, i had so many books sitting on my floor that could have been written. it was very difficult to choose the best material to put in narrative form in this book. >> someone who has never been here, what does inside the beltway mean? >> inside the beltway is obviously the beltway, 66-mile ring of heavy traffic that encircles washington, d.c. none of us local folks, i am sure yourself, like to even get on the beltway. it's a treachetreacherous drive, usually standstill, i might add, but also expression in washington, and i have written an entire chapter about what inside the beltway means, by g

leaving hawaii behind and coming back to washington, aboard air force one, the president said he hoped to return to republicans ready to work together. >> my expectation and my hope is that john boehner and mitch mcconnell will realize that there will be plenty for them to campaign for 2012 in 2012. and that our job this year is to make sure that we build up on the recovery. >> reporter: republicans take control of the house tomorrow. ohio congressman john boehner will take back the speaker's gavel from the democrats. on her final full day in the job, speaker nancy pelosi said she had no regrets. >> i don't really look back. i look forward and we look forward to, as i said before, being a willing partner and solving the problems of the american people. >> reporter: house republicans are already looking to make their mark and gearing up for battle. a vote next week to repeal the president's health care law. a message to cut congress's operating budget by 5%. and about to slash the federal budget by tens of billions of dollars, back to 2008 levels. but a showdown is increasing over the a

think you think this signing here this mutual cooperation between moscow and washington d. . if you could set an example to other countries could they also start to make efforts to reduce their nuclear stockpiles. well i think that the good thing is that both moscow and washington demonstrated that they're serious. about reducing their nuclear arsenal so they're committed so other. countries probably know vilified fewer excuses not to make their own steps in the direction of did all nuclear world of course arsenals us to much bigger than other euclid's states but different the demonstrated that we're headed to call were all part of the distance you mentioned a few moments ago to this signing between moscow and washington and the fact that medvedev has now signed it today as well the new ratified start treaty it's a good sign for the mean time with relations between russia and america but what does the future hold for the two biggest boys on the block off to the start is is properly and officially adopted. well i think that what we did was start we schemed the milk or we reach

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what better place than the march on washington? it was a march on washington for jobs and freedom. this was a march to get america to reclaim its conscience. that is what this march was about. there is something in the book which i talk about, a little background about who is going to be speaking before the actual speakers occur. there is a lot of background, especially about who is going to speak first. i can say it. there were some people who did not like -- who did not want martin luther king to be the last speaker, for a combination of reasons that can best be described as ego. [laughter] north dakota. it had very little to do with politics. -- envy. it had very little to do with politics. the only thing that worked with randolph and others was talking to some of the other preachers and representative organizations. they asked a question, "you don't really want to follow dr. king, do you?" tavis: who would want to do that? >> i said, do you really want to follow him? i don't think so. >> as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the king holiday this year, with all due respect to

>> emily schmidt, in washington. thanks, emily. >>> we heard emily mention that senate majority leader harry reid did not attend last night's state dinner. in fact, reid had some pretty strong words for the guest of honor. calling hu a dictator. >>> the first votes of the 2012 republican nominating process are just over a year away. but that's not too early to check on the candidates, thanks to our new abc news/"washington post" poll. 21% of republicans favor former arkansas governor, mike huckabee for their party's nomination. he's followed by sarah palin, former massachusetts governor, mitt romney, and former house speaker, newt gingrich. as always, name requisition counts a lot in early polls. the three, leading candidates had plenty of exposure in the 2008 race. >>> republican lawmakers in the house have made good on a campaign promise to repeal health care reform. the 245-189 vote was largely along party lines. gop senators have argued the law would cut american jobs. >> this new law is a fiscal house of cards.

la medicina ideal para el problema real. >>> noticiero univisión continua desde washington dc ()m >>> continuamos en noticiero univisión, el hispanic center, uno de los principales centros de estudios hispanos, dijeron que en las pasadas elecciones el voto hispano fue decisivo en las próximas elecciones del 2012, el voto latino será determinante para saber quien será el próximo presidente de los estados unidos en los Ángeles, nos hasblan de este nuevo estudio, y nos dicen las enormes influencias y repercusiones del voto de ustedes, los latinos >>> cada 10 años con los resultados del último censo de población, se re-distribuyen los distritos en todo muestra que los hispanos fueron responsables del crecimiento en aquellos estados, que ganarán más puestos de representación >>> los estados con más crecimiento, son los estasdos donde el crecimiendo e los latinos son más fuertes >>> están texas con 4, la florida con 2, así como arizona, nevada y utha con uno adicional >>> 2 estados tienen algo en común, el incremento de la población latina >>> en estos estados hay 3 veces

the lavish mansions and gourmet restaurants of washington d.c. but not for everyone as government work is enjoyed bonuses and pay rises it's the point that states are bearing the brunt the reception. on schoolchildren in india run kashmir assaulting the winter break for classes in defiance of separatist militants. a very warm welcome see this is r.t. line from moscow on maleness habits to all of the world's oil giants are russians that b.p. are joining forces to explore the potential energy treasury of the arctic sea bed the companies have settled a multi-billion dollar strong planning to the reserves thought to be buried results at continental shelf well or editor falls from london where the historic deal was signed. this is a deal they've been discussing for months after b.p. all calling this a groundbreaking strategic global alliance and it's the first major equity linked partnership between a national oil company rosneft and an international oil company like b.p. and what's happened is that they've done a share swap ross nast has got five per

washington d.c. . and so they had. teaching separatists a lesson schools in indian administered kashmir defy warnings to close as they choose to make up for lost time and. feast your eyes on a super fast you have a crop capable of speedy travel what the weather. has to restore to come but first a tour of iran's nuclear sites is going ahead despite many keep powers including russia declining to iran's imitation moscow refused along with experts from the e.u. china and other members of the un's nuclear watchdog iran's main allies turkey and brazil also not taking part while the u.s. was invited foreign minister sergey lavrov said such visits should not be substitutes for official inspections all six party talks the west expects iran's building a nuclear bomb well to run since it's only working on peaceful atomic energy at a crucial six party talks on its program iran is being accused of trying to create a rift in the members by inviting some towards facilities while clearly snubbing others but experts believe any such at

washington d.c. . a little later this hour here and he will show you how one event of russian is rewriting the rules of winter travel. this pond skater can spice up the cold season for you with speeds of up to one hundred fifty kilometers per hour or land ice snow and even mud. before that a russian journalist at a white house briefing asked cause something of a media stir with a question some half compared to the cold war rhetoric after offering his condolences over last week's arizona shooting rampage under a seat off asked if the spree was an avatar bowl byproduct of american style freedom press secretary robert gibbs responded firmly that the actions of the gunmen were totally on american saying the nation's values never allow for violence and a gunman is in custody after opening fire at a political rally in a two song grocery store alas saturday six people were killed and thirteen more injured including representative gabrielle giffords sit off told r.t. he thinks the u.s. is oversensitive when fo

it's washington your way. the c-span networks, created by cable and provided as a public service. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are talking about regulation and job creation with diana fuchtgott-roth, who is the director at the center for employment policy at the hudson institute. welcome to the program. in the previous segment, we were talking about the legacy of ronald reagan 30 years after his inauguration. you bring up the connection between his statement on regulations and a statement that the current president just made. guest: in 1981, ronald reagan issued an executive order that the cost of regulation has to be lower than the benefits. in order -- in other words, the benefits have to exceed the costs. this was one of the beginnings of regulatory reform. jimmy carter had moved in the direction of looking at the cost benefits of regulation. ronald reagan continued that with his executive order. president clinton also had an executive order in 1993. host: taking a look at the executive order

are living it up preassure either r t washington d.c. . it's also easy to see why so many americans feel a strong contempt for wall street and washington these days one in six americans are living in poverty yet seven million dollar homes are selling just outside the beltway i have perhaps the most important thing is that those who live in the recession proof bubbles of america don't quite get that they live in that bubble the legislation the public discourse that they shape doesn't reflect the average person's needs wants or. interest so is there any way to turn it around or has this division become irreversible joining me to discuss it is david sirota political journalist nationally syndicated weekly newspaper columnist and best selling author david thanks so much for joining us thanks for having me now when we say that there's this huge divide between america and washington or wall street these days do you think that this is divide that getting worse getting bigger or is it just more apparent to us because we're in a recession because s

washington indeed had. who is this commodore judge who was such a legend in his own time and ever since. that he actually managed to engage the feverish world of the royal george. and hamilton after a quarrel lake in the war that led to hamilton quitting washington's staff. in these letters hamilton described working for washington saying he was moody, irritable and temperamental and a powder keg. he said the great man and i came to an open rupture and he shall relent his ill humor. ill humor? that hamilton meant to imply this saintly father of our country was the sulky, volvo boss? this was in -- and lavish phrase to washington's courage and fortitude, integrity and a thousand other wonderful traits. this is not a debunking the book. is an effort to recreate for the magnetism that so excited washington. having said that, hamilton became perspective for people, keep a window into george washington's in motion. kept in check with formidable self control. i came to learn george washington was not this kind of

lawrence riverto try to intercept ships coming from washington to resupply the besiege washington under general howe. washington was also using a fleet of oil boats, small craft that were plying the waters in boston harbor and sending them to burn the lighthouse, like in ways to disrupt the berger stealing sheep, birmingham a small islands in order to starve them. and the robust of course with their shallow draft could escape onto the shoals, onto the slot to get away from the deep british ships. so what the map in hand, we can to washington really creatively using the topography to its advantage and of course the dorchester heights would be the key to ending the siege, placing the guns from ticonderoga here on this command is thought that would renter boston untenable for the british. and again, the sense of washington spontaneously using maps. this is his own drawing of the boston area in case anyone would be confused, it was water, water, makes a great to show with boston and a grade for cambridge and this he folded up and put in a letter to his brother, john augustine, saint had jus

washington has been encouraging the housing boom. there's no there's no downside to that are there ok ok you got me there but so how are american supposed to deal with this how is this supposed to sink in right now to tell people they oh you think that we're going through a recession that this is just a crisis mode actually get used to it because it's going. yeah i mean if you if you've ever been unemployed you know it's a wrenching experience and it's nothing that you want for anyone and it's hard to say you know buck up but what we're seeing now i think actually are are some signs of hope so in december we had about three hundred thousand jobs and what i think this is the result is that people are starting to retrain are starting to basically align their skill set with what the consumer wants and that's that's what is needed and it's just take some time so i dabbed or i don't know live with no money that's unfortunately all right michael thank you so much for being i think for having me i'm sorry still to come tonight too hot for t

this is "washington journal." host: good morning and welcome to "washington journal" on this friday, january 14, 2011. house republicans are in baltimore today for their retreat, which they are calling the congress of tomorrow. and the republican national committee will select its new party chairman at its meeting today. president obama speaks with the president of pakistan and later on today, both president and vice president will go to the funeral service for ambassador richard holbrooke. a question for you this morning as reflected on the gifford shooting in tucson, ariz. and the public discourse, as well as in the media, should there be a fairness doctrine that balances political speeches on the airwaves? the numbers are on the screen. you can also e-mail us and we are on twitter. let's take a look at what the fairness doctrine is. this comes from the museum of broadcast communications. back in 1949, the fcc took the view that stations were public trustees and have an obligation to afford a reasonable opportun

it is washington, your way. but now a discussion on congress and politics in 2011, as well as the 2012 presidential election. from today's "washington journal," this is about 30 minutes. minutes.

washington d.c. area which is causing prices to actually have stability and it's not just stylish digs that d.c.'s fat cats can afford. this upscale restaurant in georgetown the reservation list for a weekday dinner is fall connelly's the right side of the same table mrs clinton you know who is now secretary of state came many times just a lot. people come from the hero and big big law firms while one in seven americans rely on food stamps at me shall be shared citron now an average couple isn't shy to shell out what most couples make in a month on a meal or the types of attributes of the six hundred dollar range or whatever it may be and some nights we do as many as forty fifty. people over at a time when most are struggling to survive it seems like the lucky in washington are living it up preassure there are t. washington d.c. i will later this hour we'll show you how want to vent and russian is rewriting the rules of winter travel. and this pond skater can spice up the cold season for you with spe

so it's not just a washington, d.c. issue although expenditures of the department of education have gone up dramatically. what i think secretary duncan has done a very good job of is saying we need to look at how teachers are trained, how we evaluate teachers and sort of open this up and bring in new thoughts. we applaud that. >> host: um, what are tech companies doing privately to support education? we had the ceo of qualcomm in for an interview, and he talked about a program that they were developing with the school system in north carolina. are tech companies doing this on a private basis? >> guest: there are so many exciting things going on with technology companies. you have social innovation work that's being done, cisco has been doing work for years through the cisco academy. you have intel with the intel clubhouse. you have hewlett-packard. there are a number of companies that are increasingly doing more. we have formed a nonprofit at technet called technet works. and our goal is to promote some of the work that

>>> on our broadcast tonight from washington, changing of the guard. republicans take back power in the house. there's a new congress, a new speaker. and some other changes are coming. >>> whose fault was the worst environmental disaster in history? tonight, there's been leak of a final report assessing blame for the gulf coast oil leak. >>> rewrithistory. a few choice erased from one of the great american novels. should the classics be changed for modern times? >>> and the gift of a golden voice. a homeless man with talent and an incredible story that just got even better. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> and good evening. following what was a big day here in washington, the 112th congress is now under way, and there is a new speaker of the house. republican john boehner of ohio was today joined by 10 of his 11 siblings. the ten-term congressman from humble beginnings and blue collar roots today became the 53rd speaker of the house in u.s. history. he received the gavel from now former speaker nancy pelosi,

not having washington, d.c. mandating from on high this one-size-fits-all whether it's health care or education or transportation policies. those can best be addressed at the state level. frankly, they can be done more efficiently, more effectively, and we can help save washington substantial amounts of money in that process as well. yes, sir, in the back. >> hi. my name is sam stein, i'm with the huffington post, and george w. bush be is doing a round of media tours for his book right now. i'm wondering if you could reflect a little bit on the man who was your predecessor at the governor's office, but also the head of the republican party for eight years. you talk about the need for republicans to reclaim the lost opportunities of the past. does that extend to missteps in the bush administration? >> look, i don't -- i want you to read the book. [laughter] first off. so i'm going to refer you to that. >> i will. >> republicans are not unscathed democrats, republicans, the supreme court, they all get on my radar

also have finished these procedures but his story can you arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington is becoming as real as ever after the russian president science friday biggish and documents. russia's parliament considers a new color coded warning system to prevent future terror attacks this following the deadly suicide last. monday. and as the aftershocks. roll through the greater middle east analysts draw parallels with the last decade's colored revolutions and the post soviet space. as the end of the. this year here in rather difficult one given the turmoil created by the last in the beginning of the week by now the results in twenty minutes. this is r.t. welcome to the program but it's been a long time coming but finally a key nuclear reduction treaty between russia and the us has been fully approved by both sides president dmitri medvedev signed start ratification document on friday the last step in a lengthy process. has more on this only a form of formal exchange of documents between the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov and u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is l

washington, a light snow is heading your way. we'll update you on thursday's forecast coming up. >> all right, bill. sounds good. >>> early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, the worst selling person on magazine covers. now even nor sing the blues about. >>> coming up, a hands-on approach it beat the heat. a wild karim on the ice and a finish to the sugar bowl. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm veronica de la cruz. here are some of your top headlines this morning -- just a few days after some 5,000 black birds fell from the sky in arkansas, another 500 of them have dropped to their death in louisiana. it's unclear if the two cases are related. >>> state officials speculate power line along the highways the birds were found could be involved. >>> venezuela's eccentric president hugo chavez vows to end a diplomatic standoff by suggesting it name bill clinton, sean penn to its latest ambassador. and a tit for tat rejection of expulsion of a sitting ambassado

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>> tracie potts in washington. tracies, thanks. >>> here's a look at other stories making news early today in america -- outgoing georgia governor sunny perdue declared a state of emergency. officials asked residents to stay off the roads until tomorrow. all that as a winter blast rolled through the area dumping three inches of snow, which was three inches short of forecast. the poor weather conditions will last through tuesday. further delayed flights out of atlanta and across the country. >>> folks in mississippi aren't faring better in the northern county of granada. expected to get four to six inches of snow. significantly more than the 9/10 inch the county usually averages all winter. utilities officials here, as many as 75,000 customers could lose power across the state, and with only one snow plow in the county it could take a while to clear roads once the storm passes. >>> and in california, perfect weather for the 37th annual fungus fair. fairgoers and fungus fans got to see and learn about the hundreds of

for help-- illinois, arizona, california, washington and texas. darren gersh, "nightly business report," washington. >> tom: here are the stories in tonight's n.b.r. newswheel: stocks were under a little pressure on that jobs report: the dow fell 22 points, the nasdaq six, the s&p 500 was off two. trading volume topped a billion shares on the big board almost two billion on the nasdaq. who holds the actual mortgage? that's now a key question in foreclosures. today, massachusetts' top court voided two foreclosures done by wells fargo and u.s. bancorp. the court says the companies couldn't prove they held the mortgages when they foreclosed. speaking of loans, americans are taking out more of them to buy cars or go to school. consumer credit edged up in november by $1.3 billion. but credit card debt fell for a record 27th month in a row. still ahead, how contract work helped one woman find her way back to full time employment. her story in tonight's "you're hired!" >> susie: the race is on for green cars. today ford motor rolled out its first all ele

tonight on "washington week." s at the white house, pomp, circumstance, designed to accommodate an important ali. >> the currency is a part of the problem. gwen: trying to turn the jobs picture back around. >> try to turn the economy from the brink, now our job is putting our economy into overdrive. gwen: on capitol hill. >> i don't want rationed care. gwen: a vigorous effort to roll back one of the administration signature accomplishments. >> our goal is to stop the job destroying health care bill. >> what does it do when you look at it? it blows a hole through the deficit. gwen: washington's political chess game turns three dimensional as senators retire. >> i have decided that it is time for turn the page to a few chapter. gwen: who is likely to go next? covering the week, david wessel of the "wall street journal," peter baker of the "new york times." doyle mcmanus of the "los angeles times." and carol tumulty of the "washington post." gwen: good evening. it couldn't have gotten any fancier in washington this w

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ne junpei yoshioka, washington. e junpei yoshioka, n washington. junpei yoshioka, nh washington. junpei yoshioka, nhk washington. >>> thanks to its robust growth, china is moving toward becoming one of the world's most influential nations. only in the last few days, it has become more certain that china will this year overtake japan as the world's second largest economy. some are finding their way into an unexpected part of japan's real estate market. its forests. >> reporter: the chinese economy continues to thrive. at a luxury hotel in beijing, a recent trade show featuring overseas properties attracted a large number of investors. they are mostly middle class business people and public sector workers. chinese are not allowed to own property under the country's socialist system. for them the japanese market is especially attractive, as japan has few restrictions on foreign ownership of land. >> translator: i don't think $2 million is expensive. our place is about the same price too. >> reporter: chinese people with deep pockets are buying up japanese properties. their cash is n

>> andrea mitchell in washington with that. andrea, thanks for your reporting. >>> up next, a monster storm that has much of the american south in a state of emergency. >>> this brutal winter is hitting home again. this time in the south where a powerful weather system is bringing snow, ice and sleet. we mentioned a state of emergency. it's been declared in half a dozen states. travel is treacherous to say the least. schools have been closed, a ton of flights have been canceled. our own ron mott is with us tonight in the buckhead section of atlanta tonight. ron, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. on a good day, this city could be a very tough city to get around. with all this nasty weather that's visited us, today was clearly not a good day. >> his engine began smoking. >> reporter: on atlanta tv, fire on ice. spinning tires erupting into flames. >> started overheating, and then that's when you guys told me that i was on fire. >> reporter: across the south from texas to mississippi to the carolinas, a major

they liked living in washington, but also -- washington got more intellectual of course, and david brooks writing columns from the washington that he remembers as a young man which was just a place of political bargaining and no intellectual life. >> host: he played pocker here? >> guest: they may be unexpected for people, but i think that was -- >> there was a couple supreme court justices and other washington types and it was a low stakes game and carefully regulated applying with all rules. i'm sure. there's a funny essay about las vegas and he was not a huge gambler by any means. i remember watching the adults -- i think it rotated among certain apartments, but it was in our house once every six months on the normal rotation, and his friends showed up, great friend, journalist types, and played what i guess is now low stakes poker game. my father was looking at a publishing house. it seemed to me or you know, pretty high stakes, enough to get people to take it seriously, a few hundred dollars. i think my father was a good player. others walked away with $200 at the end of the evening.

tom costello in washington. tom, thanks. >>> as we mentioned, president obama hit the road this morning fresh off the state of the union address last night. heading out to a state that will be crucial to him if he's going to win another term in office. our chief white house correspondent tonight exerting the better part of judgment is inside from the weather in the briefing room to bring us the story, the intrepid chuck todd. chuck, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. presidential travel the day after the state of the union to a swing state is almost as traditional as the state of the union itself. so today's stop was wisconsin. arriving in green bay packer country, the nation's most famous chicago bears fan got good-natured ribbing from the hometown faithful. >> let me start by clearing something up. i am not here because i lost a bet. >> reporter: and he stuck to the football theme to reinforce a new white house slogan. >> we're going to need to get serious about winning the future. >> reporter: ev

tea party senators and their supporters even braved the washington d.c. snow for this the first ever meeting of the senate tea party caucus what started off as something dubbed a fringe movement of the republican party has now made its presence now not just at marches and rallies but all the way here to the most powerful halls of the u.s. government and that something is the tea party and its leaders de mint today are meeting last night and you know rand paul is talking he said my goal is to make the mint look like a moderate. because. the premise of the united states has been co-opted rather to parity and we among others now in a position of real power the question is what will they do with that power we've got to start coming up with real solutions about cutting spending and about what we're going to do to change things while speaking of cutting a recent usa today gallup poll actually revealed that a majority of americans oppose cuts to social security medicare and other entitlement programs so that leaves defense spending a lot to talk about excess or

life in washington d.c. thank you. we can hear from. on wednesday to see the people there paying their respects. people have been gathering here in fact laying flowers since yesterday but today of course was the day of mourning so there were a lot more of them coming in and laying down flowers lighting candles and taking their time just standing there praying or taking a moment to remember the thirty five victims of monday's terror attack we spoke to john byerly american ambassador to russia who said it does accusations in western media which say that russians have begun brigida cold hearted and continue to go on as if nothing happened are in stock to biased and do not have any basis in reality whatsoever. i think that the best response that we can give to the kind of people who are capable of carrying out attacks like this is to show them that they're not going to change our laws but of course we're going to be more vigilant we're going to have better security but we're not going to stop living. we're not going to become like they are.

shoots a bullet to do extraordinary things and it they get him within minutes not far away to george washington university and he jokes with his nurses right think hollywood couldn't have written such a script between his attempt and the air traffic leader that is the birth of freedom with ngo what consequences. it's hard to believe we are just fascinating. we could go on all afternoon. the book is called american caesars lives of the presidents from franklin a little to george bush. highly recommended. thank you so much. >> guest: it's been a pleasure. >>> coming up next, booktv presents "after words," an hour-long program will be invited guests host interview authors to read this week political pollsters scott rasmussen and dog schoen discuss their book schoen how the tea party movement is fundamentally remaking our two-party system. the veterans describe to party activists as inauthentic grass-roots movement that concerned citizens who helped to shrink the size of the federal government. they examine the impact small government proponents are having on the midterm elections and potential las

spent helping but frequently gets the cold shoulder from washington. as chinese other american leaders agree that the power to stand that it is beijing's growing influence in the u.s. is making a. profit warning is in the middle of the desert uninvestigated german it was one of the world's largest buying bases in israel after decades of secrecy. russia will offer bellerose more than four billion dollars in subsidies on its ball deliveries following a rout over prices find out more about what the sides of agreed to in our business report in about twenty minutes time. very warm welcome to you this is from moscow as the russian political position has many internal squabbles but one thing that they will have in common is that they frequently visited the u.s. embassy here in moscow fresh files from wiki leaks published by the newspaper. but all of that revealed they often requested financial and political help but washington's officials got tired of the constant please. report. authority called talks about the inability of the russian opposition leaders to

washington d.c. . and it's not just turning on twenty minutes past the hour here in the russian capital you with r.t. and the music of rap metal band rage against the machine was played for up to seventy two hours nonstop during interrogations at guantanamo bay but ironically the band has always tried to fight the system that kept those prisoners incarcerated as it's guitarist tom morello explains. when we learned that the united states government was using rage against machines music to torture people guantanamo bay we sued the state department to get to stop and we were unsuccessful in that suit and pursued over the course of a couple of years and i think it's a thing of the crime my only hope is. but that they hopefully at some point not the too distant future when the war criminals of the bush administration are brought to trial are one day wearing their yellow jumpsuits and black hoods it will be the music of rage against the machine that is popular sells twenty four hours a day. and you can see t

counterpart this week washington of the growing influence on the global stage. this is our two years midnight here in moscow welcome watching around the world muslims kevin zero in on our top story for you the polish prime minister donald tusk has told his country's parliament that political game should not affect the pursuit for the truth the investigation into the plane crash that killed the former president this comes as the country's parliament valuating the final report into the tragedy. of a report from moscow. there's been a lot of reaction of course to the investigation into the presidential plane crash that happened in april last year just outside the russian city of smiley and a lot of outrage was initially heard from poland but today's address by the polish prime minister actually comes as the voice of reason the polish prime minister. mentioning to his colleagues that it is unwise to try and politicize this tragedy but the quest for truth should be more political mind games in sight and that opposition members should keep that in mind when they sensa