for war and washington. the rebels, the next verse, -- so does washington. these cheeky lyrics are printed on a side, with a pair of portraits, assumedly washington on the left and on the right major general under artemis ward one described as heavyset and highest looking. [laughter] george washington, patient wellness, to pose for artists produce for future generations multiple portraits made from life to help us understand that minimal anchors so much of the nation's history and will examine many of the porches and sculptures over this symposium. my goal today is to take you beyond those artists, discerning eyes to suggest another view of washington that circulated through all levels of society during his own day. what these images lack in refinery, they make up for in patriotic fervor. what has interesting implications to the nature of washington's leadership and the dissemination of his fame way before the posthumous mythmaking began. after the beginning of the revolutionary war, pictures of emerging heroes were eagerly sought, even for inexpensive publi

washington's cabin. at their confrontation, washington insisted that the seeders lease the land from him. they refused but offered to pay a modest price to, as washington put it, to avoid contention. now, washington favored renting over selling of his frontier property because he wanted to oversee its development. as the seeders recounted their hardship in clearing the land and explained their religious convictions against leasing it, at least from anyone who wasn't of a similar religious view, washington softened somewhat. he offered to sell, but then the sides could not agree on a price. rather than pay much, the seeders would fight the validity of washington's claim in court. washington devoted considerable time over the next two years to assembling evidence to substantiate his warrant and survey. both were shaky. in the end though, thanks to a good lawyer, washington won the case and the seeders moved on with the frontier. it did not hurt that the judge hearing the case was a signer of the declaratio

washington didn't need to. ever since his 1783 circular letter, which was then the country's best-known public document other than the declaration of independence, read typically at all fourth of july ceremonies around the country, washington stood as the personification of nationalism in the united states. his daily presence at the dais spoke louder than speeches of anyone in the hall. it gave weight to the virginia plan, which implicitly bore his imprimatur. and what randolph drafted a broad delegation of the general powers, it included every single power that washington had publicly endorsed. and by the way, dropped many of the ones that madison had wanted. no issue mattered more to washington than president new government's supreme power and sovereignty. there were other topics for members to address. some so divisive as to nearly derail the convention others that everyone knew would directly impact washington should he become the first president. they would look to him on these issues, too, and he in turn

i knew very little about washington. i had heard of course that he had chopped down a cherry tree, which he didn't, and i had heard that he worked with which he did it. and i heard that he had wooden teeth, which he didn't. so i found out very quickly the things i thought i knew about george washington were absolutely not any of them correct. so as i began the book which i described as csis meets the biography channel, as you will see why as we go along, it has been a treat for me to replace all of those myths with the facts about george washington. the premise of the book is did george washington really look like his image on the one dollar bill? when mount vernon did some research and found that most americans would describe this image of george washington taken from the portrait as old, boring and grumpy, and of course they realized they were going to have to change their way of looking at the father of our country. they devised a plan in which they would create three life-size figures of george washington and show hi

washington's hometown. and young robert didn't have to look far for reminders of george washington. he saw them everywhere. robert e. lee as a child worship at the episcopal church where george washington had owned up you. robert e. lee attended school at the alexandria academy which george washington had endowed, and robert e. lee ran errands for his mother in the marketplace where george washington had drilled troops during the french and indian war. the descriptions we have of robert e. lee's childhood described him as almost anything but a boy. they describe in as a nerd tending to his mother was always sick. they describe it as a housekeeper running errands for his family. and no one understood what drag down her really better than his wife jimmy choo that tragedy did not repeat itself in robert e. lee. from the early said she taught young robert to put a duty before desire. she thought him how to control himself. and for those of robert e. lee's life he had an almost compulsive regard for her. he woul

but washington you get a lot about george washington. then you get, then you have a couple days or one day when you're talking about the confederation. you talk about the utter collapse of the con confederation how everything's going to hell in a handbasket, how the states are falling apart, the frontier's being lost as i mentioned between the friend and the british and the spanish vermont is actively conspiring to join british canada, a debtors' insurrection in massachusetts, the property rights are in danger in georgia and in rhode island where they're printing paper money like it's going -- like they would have done in greece when they can, when they can print the drachma, and you have this massive inflation that's draining property rights, new york's exporting all its taxes into connecticut and new jersey like they'd like to do today if they could but they actually could do then. because there was no -- the central government didn't control interstate commerce. every state could print us own money, could impose tariffs against other

washington -- mir rad other matters. washington -- myriad other matters. washington wrote privately, the men who oppose that are in my opinion narrow minded politicians who are under the -- local views. hamilton most vocally defended an open-ended grant of power to the central government. after new jersey proposed a limiting list of powers in its alternative, hamilton exploded. "the general power must swallow up the state powers. other wirse it will be swallowed up by them," he declared. between the national and state legislatures, he said, the former must therefore have indefinite authority. wilson was more discreet, distancing himself from hamilton's extreme rorks -- remarks. he still arked that the states should only survive as lesser jurisdictions or subdivisions of the nation. washington didn't need to. ever since his 1783 circular letter, which was then the country's best-known public document other than the declaration of independence read typically at all fourth of july ceremonies around the country, washington stood as the personification of natio

becomes president of washington college, and today, of course, we know washington college as washington & lee university because it was immediately renamed as soon as robert e. lee dies. now, lee did go out to the greenbrier lot and there was -- he did participate in the greenbrier document that you named, and -- that was an example where he was trying to be drawn into politics and he was often reluctant to do this at least openly, because he felt that he had voiced some politics at least openly was not very useful. a couple other examples of people trying to draw him into politics. he was called to washington to testify before congress shortly after the war and he was asked all kinds of question and they want him to speak for virginia, and he didn't wasn't to do that at this point. but he does answer questions. and he says, i don't even read newspapers anymore, which isn't completely true. he still has a very firm understanding what is happening in the country so he is slightly pulling a fast one and in his private correspond yeps he remains extremely engaged in politics, very opposed

the washington code. and i think that is where some of the division exists. there are some examples of people before who are willing, but most especially the republicans who come to washington after the civil war have not been in congress so , they don't know these guys, which does have an impact. other questions? no? >> all right. thank you very much. [applause] the book "washington brotherhood: politics, social life, and the coming of the civil war" is available. >> thank you for coming. i appreciate it.

washington had created? what would we think about our country? how would that change your outlook? there is no better place to ponder that question the arlington. if you go past the graves of the men who died defending the union and you go up to the arlington heights which robert e. lee's father-in-law built as a memorial to george washington but is now a monument to robert e. lee the national robert e. lee memorial and you stare across the potomac river at the city of washington you will see the washington monument in the distance. before the washington moment -- monument as lincoln memorial and that's it powerful symbol for a country because for all of property lee's connections to george washington he is no longer the american that most folks associate with george washington. that honor belongs to the son of kentucky who was born without a single connection to george washington. that honor belongs to abraham lincoln. herman melgar once wrote that who exactly must think of washington and deep with grievous

confidant of washington for many years. in the foreground is a not very good likeness of martha. the pretty girl is nelly, the granddaughter. they were there to keep washington interested because as was said of him, his demeanor was reported to fall into dullness when his mind was not engage. who wants to paint a picture of a guy who looks to be board. it is no wonder that he would be kind of board -- bored. it was all worth it because a portrait meant something. it conveyed the image of a man not only of prosperity that his two -- but to his conspiracy -- but to his contemporaries [indiscernible] they were the only means of seeing the man except for in person. as you can imagine it even with the many copies that stored made, -- stewart made, he made over 100 images, we do not know exactly how many. a finite of citizens were able to see. they saw slowly over a period of decades, the copies and prints made their way into various cities and territories. this for example is a collection here at mount vernon painted by stuart.

much as harry lee admire george washington he couldn't quite copy george washington's example. he couldn't imitate what he knew is george washington's greatest virtue and what was that the virtue? it was self-control and self-command. if the revolution were harry lee cycled into a cycle of tragedy. he bet almost all of this land, all this money on land and the loss very badly. in fact he lost so badly that he ended up in debtors prison and eventually had to go into exile in the caribbean. he left his family during the war of 1812 and he never saw his son robert ever again. so robert e. lee didn't grow up on a big plantation because of his financial problems. if you want to find where robert e. lee grew up you have to have a potomac river to to the time of alexander where robert e. lee lives in modest houses belonging to friends and relatives who took pity on his mother. today we know alexandria as alexandria virginia but back then it was alexander in the district of columbia and the reason for that was george washington when he laid out the original border in the district of co

do those things and you'll change washington forever. do those things, and the people will get their government back again. and as president, the 17 percent flat tax will be only the beginning. i will continue to cut taxes from the bottom up, expanding family exemptions dollar for dollar for every cut in the budget. that will make it dramatic for all america to see -- that every dollar congress chooses to spend on a pet project is coming right out of america's families pockets. so i want not only a flat tax, but a flat tax that is a tax cut. and let me caution my party that we must beware of the 'er' candidates -- those who put the letters 'er' at the end of every word, like "i want a tax that's flatter, fairer, simpler." the 'er' candidates will end up putting our country in the emergency room. another pillar of a family-friendly policy is sound money. that is, low mortgage rates. the house your parents or grandparents bought in the 1950's or '60s was probably bought with a 4 1/2 percent mortgage. but in the mid-1960s, the washington po

becomes president of washington college, and today, of course, we know washington college as washington & lee university because it was immediately renamed as soon as robert e. lee dies. now, lee did go out to the greenbrier lot and there was -- he did participate in the greenbrier document that you named, and -- that was an example where he was trying to be drawn into politics and he was often reluctant to do this at least openly, because he felt that he had voiced some politics at least openly was not very useful. a couple other examples of people trying to draw him into politics. he was called to washington to testify before congress shortly after the war and he was asked all kinds of question and they want him to speak for virginia, and he didn't wasn't to do that at this point. but he does answer questions. and he says, i don't even read newspapers anymore, which isn't completely true. he still has a very firm understanding what is happening in the country so he is slightly pulling a fast one and in his private correspond yeps he remains extremely engaged in politics, very opposed

porches of washington, copies -- portraits of washington copies from peale, trouble wright in gilbert stuart proliferated. here's one example of tobias mullet's history of english -- history of england. it is a modest but exudes gravitas through the embellishments beneath the portrait. the knife, helmet, sword, and baton. a symbol of military strength. as well as all of and oak branches -- olive and oak branches which symbolize peace , and strength. together, these emblems supplied washington leadership enabled to come through military strength. the inscription on this piece indicates the designer of the print was john james, and eccentric irishman who arrived in america and took up the embellishment of washington portraiture where john norman had left off. slightly earlier, he had designed a handsome framing print of washington based in a -- on a major. -- on a miniature. the oval frame porcher from the -- portrait from the back of the "hampton eagle" which would bear the scales of justice and a ribbon. he didn't stop there. military banners, the palm branches of liberty, the liberty

but washington took it very seriously and washington enforced it very vigorously. i can give a variety of examples but one that is captured. it was captured by one of the delegates from georgia. he wrote extensive notes on all the delegates and he wrote that washington came in one day absolutely furious. he said that one of the plans that had been distributed of the proposal within the convention was being raided, had been found outside in the hall. it had been left outside in the public area of what was then the state house, now known as independence hall. even the aides to the convention were not in session. it was literally kept quiet. it had been brought to him. he made this speech. washington had an incredible force, and he stood up there and he said how offended he was and how dangerous this was, and how you all swore to secrecy, and he threw the paper down and said whoever it is, come back up and pick it up, and then he walked out of the room. the delegate wrote this down said no one -- [laughter] --no one went forward. this delegate ran back to his own room

historic designs, llc, in washington. he also served as a trustee for the committee of 100 on the federal city and authors the monthly column, what was once in washington d.c. for the newspaper. mr. hansen. [applause] >> thank you for coming tonight. and i'd like to start saying it's a major honor to be able to talk about my book in the ball room of the anderson mansion. would like to start off talking about how this book came to be. initially, i didn't want to write this book. i was writing for the in-towner monthly newspaper, a monthically column, and i was writing about areas all over the city but when i wrote about people in the dupont circle or history related to dupont circle and events i got a lot of positive feedback and i realized i was having a lot of fun writing articles about dupont circle, so i was writing more and more, and eventually colleagues and friends had said, you've already written a book on the history of the triangle, why don't you do it on the dupont circle which i thought it was a big task. you c

washington was a southern city. it was a city on the potomac surrounded by virginia and maryland, to slaveowning states. the aristocracy of washington at the time at the start of the war, particularly the old families and georgetown -- it only took a couple of generations to be old money at that time. you think of other families they were not that long in terms of generations, but it was a very strong -- i would say it was basically pro-slavery city. of course, an awful lot of washingtonians went south. when corcoran -- he's the man who built and donated the land for the cemetery and georgetown -- he went to paris and waited out the war. he thought it would be more congenial to him. his daughter was married to an eight who was the confederate representative to paris. there was a lot of concern about attitudes compresses session, secession, a lot of traders talk, so congress undertook an investigation and early 1861 and hurt a lot of witnesses and satisfy themselves that while there was a lot of hotheads sing with he

now, washington college actually had a very real connection to george washington. it it had been endowed early in history by george washington but the college had been destroyed during the civil war, soldiers war soldiers had run all over the campus, smash the facilities and it was in bad shape. most most people thought this offer was very beneath rubber really. he takes a different attitude. he he says, for four years i have led the men of the south and more. now i have have an opportunity to help them rebuild and peace. he accepts the offer and becomes president of washington college. today, of course, we know washington college as washington and lee university because it is immediately renamed as soon as robert ely dies. he he did go out to the greenbrier a lot and there was -- he did participate in the greenbrier document that you name. so that was an example. he was trying to be drawn into politics and was often reluctant to do this openly because he felt that his voice in politics at least openly was not very useful, and there were other examples of people tr

the washington post is the washington post. we're sitting here in the 40th anniversary year of richard nixon's resignation driven entirely by the reporting of the washington post, you can say he had made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. you know, the washington post is one of these national, international kind of cosmic universal brands, i'm just wondering what that shift for you has been like, or essentially you cover up the name plate and a newspaper is a newspaper is a newspaper. >> sure. well, i was at the globe for a little shy of a dozen years and i think we did tremendous work, i think it's important to remember the tremendous work that was done there, the investigation of the catholic church, the concealment of that abuse for decades be at this archdiocese of boston and the church at a broader level as well, that had an immediate impact but has an impact that continues to this day. so an institution like the boston globe, powerful journalistic institution can have a worldwide impact and it did in that ins

the botanic garden was first proposed by george washington in a 1796 letter. next, a visit to the grounds of the oldest botanic garden in north america to learn about the history of this plant museum. >> my name is ari novy. i am the executive director of the united states botanic garden. we are standing on union square, which is the end cap of the national mall on the east side just before you arrive at the united states capital. it is a fascinating piece of land because it has gone through many transformations in terms of what has been here over the course of the history of washington, d.c., since around 1800. it is important to the botanic garden because the first united states botanic garden was on this piece of land, even though today it is most notably associated with the reflecting pool and memorial to grant. what i would like to do today is present a little bit of the early history of the united states botanic garden, so a -- show a couple of the remaining trees that date back to the original botanic garden location, and also talk about the process by

and l'enfant had imagined an open corridor from the capitol to the washington monument. and there were many encroachments to the mall at that time. an unfortunatelyd or maybe fortunately, the u.s. botanic garden was one of them. so according to the mcmillan commission plan, which can be seen to this day -- the models existat the building museum in washington, d.c. it is fascinating. the botanic garden would have to be moved. congress cared about the botanic garden. they were not going to legislated out of existence. much, over the objection of the existing superintendent at the time, the decision was made to relocate the botanic garden just one block south. but the real casualty or the two main casualties in this decision were one the existing greenhouse structures. there was a excellent example of the gothic style greenhouse. and unfortunately, that was just razed to transfer the botanic garden to the south. and a lot of the existing vegetation was lost. and so we have seen a little bit earlier the delcova that survived from the original garden. there is also a mossy oa

all was the son of george washington's most famous eulogists and the son-in-law of george washington's adopted child. and so now only one word separator robert e. lee from the pinnacle of his profession, from commendable will be the largest american army ever raised, from glory perhaps that no american since george washington had known. and what did robert e. lee's lee say? well, he said he opposed secession come and he did oppose secession. he thought secession was illegal. and equally significantly he thought george washington would have oppose secession. that was no given at the time because people on both sides of this conflict claimed george washington for their own secessionists said george washington was a rebel rebel against the british. on the other side union is will say george washington industry will address said the price of the union about any exceptional allegiance. and actually robert e. lee's reading a biography of george washington in the months before the civil war. and he is hearing these arguments and he concludes that he basically agrees with the unionist position

it wants us to take the power out of washington. washington is washed up. the power structure in washington is broken. what they believe is a top-down government knows best, go along to get along mentality isq( way to go forward. i think the rest of us, particularly our young leaders understand the way to grow the economy and the future of this country is to build the economy6v[ from the ground up, to say that if you want to start your career, start a business you shouldn't have to wait. we should get government out of the way, the left the liberals, they are the ones that want to bush you down, the ones that want to tell to you wait your turn, the ones that want to say you can't do it until you go through multiple layers of permit and other things. we should be the ones that send an open message, america, you want to lift american&Ìdream, we will make it as easy as possible to do i think that resonates only with young bell but i think with all free dom-loving people in this great country. ell but i think with all free dom-loving people in this great count

larz's moved to washington. in 1880, they contracted the famous architect to build this house on k street. this is right in the middle of cave dwellers intentionally. they became cave dwellers themselves. the house no longer stands. was lucky to find an image of the house in a book. one of the first parvenous to move to washington was anastasia patton and her five daughters. she had gotten her money from her husband. she was a widow. he had made his fortune in nevada in gold, a much more stable basis for wealth than silver of the time. she had five daughters. after her husband died, she took them to europe on a grantor that lasted eight years. when they came back, anastasia bought five or six house lots across the street from curtis hilliard and contracted architect robert fleming to build this house. when they went to tear it down it took three months because it was so solidly built. one of the things i found interesting about the five patten daughters is they were everywhere all the time and socially interchan

george washington forged and that is not an exaggeration because the son of george washington -- son in lot of george washington's adopted child. so now only one word separated robert e. lee from the pinnacle of his profession, from command of what would be the largest american army ever raised, from glory perhaps that no american since george washington had known. what did robert e. lee say? he said he opposed secession and he did oppose secession, he thought secession was illegal. equally significantly he thought george washington was opposed to secession and that was no given at the time. people on both sides of the conflict claimed george washington for their own. secessionists said george washington was a rebel -- rebelled and rebelled against the union with the british. unionists say george washington in his farewell address said to prize the union above any sectional allegiance. robbery beat is reading a biography of george washington in the months before the civil war. he is hearing these arguments and concludes he agrees with the unionist position. he believes george washing

they want us to take the power out of washington. washington is washed up. the power structure is broken. they believe the top-down government knows best. go along to get along mentality to go forward. i think the rest of us particularly our young leaders , understand the way to grow the economy and the future of this country is to build the economy from the ground up and say that if you want to start your career, start your business, you should not have to wait. you should get government out of the way. the left, the liberals are the ones who want to push you down. they want you to wait your turn. they want you to go through multiple layers of permits. we should send an open message to say that in america, if you want to live the american dream we are going to make it as easy as possible. i think as they not only with young people with all freedom loving people in this country. >> governor walker, we have been seeing in the news recently that the fcc's plan to regular the internet. what would be your plan to deal with that attempt to regulate the internet?

but washington you get a lot about george washington. then you get, then you have a couple days or one day when you're talking about the confederation. you talk about the utter collapse of the con confederation how everything's going to hell in a handbasket, how the states are falling apart, the frontier's being lost as i mentioned between the friend and the british and the spanish vermont is actively conspiring to join british canada, a debtors' insurrection in massachusetts, the property rights are in danger in georgia and in rhode island where they're printing paper money like it's going -- like they would have done in greece when they can, when they can print the drachma, and you have this massive inflation that's draining property rights, new york's exporting all its taxes into connecticut and new jersey like they'd like to do today if they could but they actually could do then. because there was no -- the central government didn't control interstate commerce. every state could print us own money, could impose tariffs against other

the commissioners right to washington -- write to washington. then washington dies in the 19th century. perhaps the second worst event in washington, d.c., history occurs. it is the election of thomas jefferson as president. thomas jefferson, a strong supporter of the potomac location for the seat of government, whose plan was to have the seat, the federal city within the 100 square miles, be located approximately the campus between 17th and third streets between what became constitution avenue and virginia avenue. there was to be merely a seat of government not a capital, not a federal city, not a federal town. jefferson threw l'enfant's plan into the trash and along with it george washington's vision of this grand emporium, this great world capital the capital of the future greatest empire in the world commercial city, cultural city, political city. no, jefferson said just a political city. build some buildings, plants and trees, don't pave the streets don't put in a water system. washington d.c., is controlled as a colony by the congress of t

first, in washington grow outside and the weather made for a bumper crop in washington. the taxes are higher. and medical pot here isn't taxed at all. many locals are not switching over. in washington the state handed out growing licenses more quickly than retail licenses cating an imbalance between farms and stores at least temporarily. and in washington they are not drawing the same number of out of state tourists that colorado does. >> there's 45,000 extra pounds floating around with no home right now. too much pot. >> reporter: watching this unfold entrepreneurs like ana gonzalez in california whose g pharma creates others like chocolates gonzalez wants to expand into other states including washington. >> we're going to be able to go in there and find facilities for pennies on the dollar. >> my dream is to stay on the farm. >> reporter: farmer toum lauer man wants to succeed where others fail by branding his own image on product. >> right now, we're facing bankruptcy and our farmers are up for foreclosure. >> reporter: he hopes to hang on long enough to put the 2015

all tonight, on "washington week." on capitol hill, the clock ticks down at the department of homeland security. >> there are concrete, dramatic consequences for the homeland security of this nation if we allow the funding of the department to lapse. gwen: but congress, divided over debates about immigration and executive power, can't agree on how to get it done. >> you know, the house, by nature and by design, is a hell of a lot more rambunctious place than the senate, much more. gwen: the isis dilemma deepens. >> this is a spreading cancer. gwen: creating instability from iraq to nigeria, and nervousness in america. >> i have homegrown violent extremist investigations in every single state. gwen: as the world debates what to do next. and republican presidential hopefuls debate existential and political threats. >> i want a commander in chief who will do everything in their power to ensure that the threat from radical islamic terrorists does not wash up on american n soil. we could have had hillary here but we couldn'

another debate in washington is what to do about the situation in ukraine. german chancellor angela merkel will meet with president obama at the white house today and hopes to convince the u.s. not to arm forces. we will start with your take on whether the west should arm the ukrainian forces against russian-backed rebels. host: the papers this morning dominating the front pages is the story of what to do about the situation in ukraine. we will begin with the front page of "the wall street journal," and their headline " the west races to defuse ukraine." "if inher assessment russian intransigence has blocked a deal, they said, germany will move to step up sanctions including broader asset freezes. separately, the u.s. is considering supplying ukraine with lethal aid. president obama has held off on position until he sees ms. merkel, who was publicly opposed weapons deliveries come on monday morning. the confluence of events has given the previously scheduled white house meeting potentially moment to. europeans cautioned that success is far from assured and u

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>> washington dc is not a state. washington dc has a lot to offer, but, you know, free reign on marijuana use. >> everyone that lives there pays federal taxes. they voted to allow that, and congress says no, no, no. we don't think that's appropriate. isn't it a little big brotherish? >> looking at the constitution, washington dc is different they're not a state. and we have a role to play, and the congress passed this. and i just don't think that recreational marijuana in washington dc is the right direction to go. >> what would you say to people who say mr. chaffets, i live in washington, you live in utah. >> i spend a lot of my time here as well. >> you keep that up and there will be bus trips of people going from dc to utah. i spent some time here. >>> hear in this weird moment right now that temporarily in alaska and permanently in dc, you can smoke pot, you can have pot, but you can't get pot. it is like a radical gardening mandate. that is weird enough. but on top of that, washington dc's mayor and city council

but then, kansans have never had to look to washington, d.c. for a sense of compassion or community. as a young man in a small town my parents taught me to put my trust in god, not government and never confuse the two. [applause] something else i learned the hard way -- that while self reliance is an essential part of the american character, so is the spirit of community that reaches out to those wounded in body or soul. when i went off to war it was to defend a community of values unique in all the world. i came back sustained by the love and generosity of friends and neighbors who renewed my sense of life's possibilities. over these years, they have given me opportunities for service which i can never hope to repay. because they restored my spirit in a time of trial i have dedicated myself to restoring the spirit of america. [applause] and so today, tempered by adversity, seasoned by experience, mindful of the world as it is -- yet confident it can be made better -- i have come home to kansas with a grateful heart to declare that i am a candi

unlike laws in colorado and washington state, the washington d.c. marijuana law doesn't build in a serious legal architecture around the production and sale of the cannabis plant. there are some limits hard to police on private production and prohibitions on sale. it's a different approach to legalization from that elsewhere. i'm joined for the rest of the programme from two men who find themselves on different sides to the marijuana debate. leading up to the debate when residents of columbia voted 60-30. doctor, from the drug policy alliance, working for the passage of 71. and will jones, a movement against marijuana legalization. if d.c. had been able to go the way of colorado and washington, would it have been better for your cause if part of the art argument, is that we as a society can safely introduce these laws? >> absolutely. i think largely they are arguments we articulated in the campaign, that it's a responsible public policy to establish regulations and control the supply of marijuana, this is how you prevent access to youth, how you ens

so they can see something other than washington. we take the kids on an annual college trip each and every summer. the past two summers we've taken the kids to ft. lauderdale twice, taken them to nashville, tennessee and this year taking the kids to chicago illinois. >> what an experience. a career center is such an important part of what wte. >>>f does. >> right. many of the kids will be prepared to go to college. we want to make sure those kids who are not going to go to college are prepared. so we assess them, understand where their skill sets are. maybe they'll be firemen, policemen, electricians plumbers, we'll have them ready for a positive life path. >> talk about your path. you have come back to give back, nicole. how wonderful. you're a mentor, right? >> yes. >> how is that? >> i love it. the kids are amazing. they have a great opportunity. >> and i hear they love you. >> yes. >> you're out on the court with them every week. >> sometimes, yes. >> that must be so neat to see a child light up who maybe didn't think they would

now 7 degrees in washington that is the brand new record low for washington. last time we had a february record low in washington was 45 years ago in 1970. temperatures right now are single digits all across west virginia virginia, maryland eastern shore. just hovering in the low to mid single digits. windchills are minus 5 to minus 15. winds peak gusts now around 20 plrnhour. to walking to work, layer up. frigid chills will be with us. walking back home from the bus stop or metro, mid teens with a lighter wind and lots of sunshine. we have a winter storm watch in effect now for western loudoun county frederick, washington, panhandle of west virgini northern fauquier and all these counties in blue for snow, sleet andizing. the timing on its arrival on saturday leading edge of snow moves in to shenandoah valley and up toward the pennsylvania border panhandle of west virginia around noontime. after that moves in will to the metro area during the rest of the afternoon. continues to snow until around 6:00 7:00. pink zone that's an area where we could get sleet mix

not just between washington and wisconsin but washington and the rest of america. what i see here and have seen for years, even more so in the last few years, under this administration, is a place where, in washington, it is kind of a top-down government with a tired approach that has not worked in the past and i do not think will work in the future. what i see in the states outside of washington is a craving for something new, something fresh, something dynamic. that says and set of the top-down approach, we want something built up with bold ideas from not only state but local communities. the top-downin a way it is part of why we talked about our american revival. the next step in making the case that we need to transfer power power from our nations capital in washington back to the states and city -- cities of this country so the hard-working people of this country can holder government accountable at the state and local level more so than they can washington. i think the people of this country want a more efficient and accountable government. they will get that

and "scandal" tied to a cover featuring kerry washington. the response next. >> now abc 7 news at 11:00, on your site. >> a gun man on the loose. two teens in the hospital. gang activity may be to blame. >> the shooting happened outside frederick high school. an active investigation is underway. tom roussey spoke with a young man who was at the best ballgame when shots rang out. such terrifying moments. >> terrifying for a lot of people. what's more scary, the shooter or the shooters are still out there. this is the scene last night. you had a basketball game going on. it was right near those doors to the gymnasium where the shooting took twice. a lot of folks are wondering what is going on in their town. >> i of never heard anything as far as gang activity being up -- i have never heard anything. >> the shooting was likely gang related. many wonder what has become of a town where this was once unheard of. >> we moved here from gaithersburg. started getting rough down there. >> it seems like the crime is now making its way into the schools.

washington d.c. so imagine that this is not masterpiece theatre but you are in the suffocating wooded box. there is not a window for air. and legend there is a window and we're headed to the capital about the republic that got its independence 1783 with the treaty of paris and there has been much written about this. so eventually for what falls into disrepair but to see if you'll collapsing houses or abandoned buildings for those that have not been followed upon along with a few plantations. which civil praised during their time and especially through north america fell the fourth thing you get out of the carriage to fall into the lead up to your knees. is you are coded in this at the capitol. some buildings are falling apart. but really it is an impressive. the roads are huge 160 feet wide they are deep enough you cannot cross them you have to take a carriage in various directions. and they are wet so the creek comes from the north to make everything what and alongside is the washington city canal t

that is cleaning a situation in washington that is very problematic. again, some of that bitterness in the states, as well, but it is nowhere as near as intense. i think are able, after the elections, to be able to move past the bitterness and sit down at the table and figure out what is the appropriate compromise. i think governors are committed to trying to help congress and sit down to have discussions. in some cases, i have talked to legislators in colorado about how can i, you know, by sitting down with a different interest group, helped get a congressional representative you know, into the end zone on a particular issue and make sure that they feel there is enough backing for them in the state to take sometimes what is a difficult position? i think if that happens on a more frequent basis in all the states, maybe we can move past this kind of gridlock. but it has been tough. governor herbert: i asked a have reason to be optimistic and hopeful that as we move forward we can get past some of the partisan wrangling. partisan itself is not necessaril

they have legalized it already in washington and in colorado. this week, alaska and washington d.c. joined them. both of those places, pot is also now legal. however, unlike in colorado and washington, in alaska and d.c., there are no pot stores. there is no place where you can buy it. if you're 21 or over, it is legal to possess a certain amount of pot. it is also legal to smoke pot as long as you don't do it in public. but how are you supposed to get this pot that you can legally possess and legally smoke. you're not allowed to buy it and no one is legally allowed to sell it. and so get to know a gardener. both is technically legal in alaska and d.c., but the only way you're legally allowed to get it is to grow it yourself, or for someone that has grown it themselves to freely give it to you in exchange for nothing. not only can they not sell it to you, they can't trade you for it either. the alaska dispatch news did this handy q and a asking very basic questions. what is still illegal as of february 24th when it comes to pot? among other things, you cannot sell pot. are you sure?

much of that is because things that we see driven here in washington, the powers here in washington have taken away from some of those incentives and we'd be better suited if we put that power and that structure in many cases transfer the power back to the states and back to local governments where the people in those communities, the people in those states can ultimately hold their government accountable. there are plenty of other examples and again in discussions we can talk about that in greater detail. but i'm reminded by one of my favorite sayings from president reagan. there are many great statements that are often quoted but one of mine is that one of president reagan's initial inaugural address he said that we should all remember that the federal government did not create the is states, the states created the federal government. now more than ever that is important. i look and many ways i think the president we currently have in the white house almost has a completely opposite view. when i heard the state of the union address, he sounded like a president who wanted to grow the ec

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