"the nation grew out of the civil war. it was started by republican abolitionists who were concerned about the state of the freedom. we like to gloss over the first 50 years. "the nation" was against workers right, immigrants, and it did not break free of the republican party until world war i. we think of it now as a version of the left of the democratic party. i hope it is much more than that, but you could caricature it that way and some circles. "the nation" that we know now really took off in the 1930's. that is because of the new deal. that was one of the apogee's of the influence, it's flourishing, and its power. >> we give thanks that the economic disaster that confronts us has made men and women think has made multitudes realized that our institutions are not perfect, that there is something radically wrong with the situation under which even at the height of prosperity, many are on the ragged edge of starvation, while others literally roll in wealth. we believe the republic to be in jeopardy, but we have not lost

they look to the united nations. the united nations cannot handle this alone. we need collective power solidarity. otherwise our world will have more and more troubles. ladies and gentlemen, millions of people continue to suffer from the devastating consequences of government failures, injustice, inequality, violation of human rights and unbearable poverty. now let me just mention several cases. what i am going to say is not -- but serious situations. let us think about syria. this is the fifth year with the syrian people have been killed and displaced. meanwhile the parties continue to show little or almost no willingness to solve this through dialogue. this is why i've asked my special envoy to do maximum efforts to relaunch a political dialogue as a way to implement geneva convention. if anyone is truly serious about engaging in meaningful negotiations to end this nightmare he has to walk on this matter. i would like to make a special plea on the palestinians in the refugee camps. they are caught between the military civil government and the brutality. they

the lantern stays lit during the national cherry blossom festival. it i'm bol lieses the friendship between the u.s. and japan. that's today between 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. >> don't blink. >> i know. they'll be gone in a second. >>> a car with two kids inside hooked up to a tow truck in arlington. an angry father talks to news 4. >> how the towing company is defending itself. >>> tomorrow is opening day at nat's park. things will be different. the changes being made to keep you safe during the game. thank you, cable for taking longer to upload our family movies. for the slower internet upload speeds. for taking longer to upload my files to the cloud. for making me wait longer to share my photo albums. and for never upgrading to 100% fiber optics thank you cable... thank you cable, because if we never had you... ...we wouldn't know the incredible difference verizon fios makes. in customer satisfaction studies, fios is rated #1 in internet speed and reliability - 8 years running. plus, fios has the fastest wi-fi available from any provider, and the most on

and the role of the united nations. the secretary-general also addressed iran's nuclear program, combating isis, the syrian civil war and u.n. efforts with climate change. this is just over an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> good evening and welcome. my name is john hughes, i'm an editor for bloomberg first word which is our breaking news desk here in washington, and i am the president of the national press club. we are the world's leading professional organization for journalists. we are committed to our profession's future through programs just like this and we fight for a free press world wiewd. for more information visit our web site press.org. to donate to programs offered new our club's journalism institute, visit press.org/institute. on behalf of members worldwide, i want to welcome you all here in our live audience to today's newsmaker dinner. i'd also like to welcome our c-span and pluck radio audiences. you can follow the action on twitter by using the hashtag npcdinner. remember, the pluck attends our dinn

what has it meant to you, the nation. >> the nation has meant, the nation was where i learned about journal subpoena where -- journalism, it was a boot camp it was a school what you don't learn in a university. it's a a an america that you don't learn about in school but a sense of coming in at age 19 and there was the great andy copkind, christopher hitchens had just arrived from london in an exchange. the pulitzer prize winning, christopher came to the office. and there was just a lot of whirling discussion and argument. and it was a place where you learned about debate, civil, uncivil. and you learned about dissent and you learned about rebellious voices. it was a space, literally a physical space for such. for three thinkers for dissenters and then of course the pages were spilled over edited and thought through. it was a great school and much more it was fun exciting literary political place. you talked about civilyou talked about corporate power. but it has a great literary tradition too which one was steeped in it with betsy and the literary editor taking on norman mailer. >> rose: j

you know what in the nation of iran that's correct. if someone in iran disagrees of the supreme leader they'll take you and shoot you. but one of the great blessings of the united states of america, is we don't have a supreme leader in this nation. and so on msnbc when they asked if i regretted signing the letter my response was, my only regret is like john hancock that i didn't make my signature bigger. so the ayatollah can read it without his reading glasses. you know, i'm so grateful to be back with each and every one of you. it was 58 years ago that my father fled cuba. he'd when he came to america, he could not speak english. he was a teenager, 18 years old. he was washing dishes making $.50 an hour, and he was filled with hopes and dreams. the same hopes and dreams that everyone of us, everyone of our parents, everyone of her grandparents had and have. that is the miracle of america. no nation in the history of the world is allowed so many millions of people to come with nothing and achieve anything. it is why we will turn this c

the street when they thought the, you know the average people the ministers the nation of islam, this other group called the 300 or whatever when they saw that these other people were taking control of the block, the police moved out of the way. so they have given these -- they have given people room to breathe, but it is clear that they're not taking as much as they did a couple of nights ago. >> joe, let me -- i want to zero in on something you brought up. i think it is an important point and we have seen it throughout the day now, since this violence began in the afternoon, we have seen a number of times where members of the nation of islam, i believe members of the nation of islam, wearing suits, bow ties pastors from local churches there is a group i think as you said there called the 300 men standing between police and people throwing bottles, throwing rocks and not just standing but actively going in going after guys who are throwing things not with any weapons, but trying to get them to stop doing that. even saw them standing and blocking access to several businesses that were

nats park as you know hosted the national league playoffs national league east champions and the winter classic and now they will host the all star game. how about the world series in 2015. come on stop it. hey, folks. this will be the fifth time the mid summer classic has been held in d.c. twice at griffith stadium and once at d.c. stadium once at r.f.k. and now at nats park. >> i think commissioner selig regarded one of the greatest accomplishments of his tenure was returning baseball to the nation's capital and we both felt that it was important to continue to nurture that relationship. >> something we've wanted since day one. it was a high priority and this gorgeous ballpark that's funded by the citizens of this city they deserve to have an all star game. tim: way to go. congratulations. incredible day down in south capital street, big announcements and the smell of freshly mowed grass and the excitement of spring baseball in the park itself and robert burton has been enjoying this all day long. what do you have down there on a beautiful day in the nation's capital? robert: we're ri

of the united states was on the transportation security we made the note that 85% of the nation's cyberis in the private sector. this legislation is a real approach, the national cybersecurity advantagement act of 2015, clearly puts the department of homeland security where it needs to be and provides the national cybersecurity and communications integration center as the anchor of the information coming into the federal government and the vetting entity where americans can feel that their data can be protected. and our civil liberties are protected. mr. chairman, my amendment deals with the industrial control systems, all of us know them. i have seen the impact that a cyberattack could have. the electric grid. all of these are in the eye of the storm and they are in the private hands. attacks against industrial control systems doubled last year, according to a new report from dell. we have over a million firewalls sending data to us on a minute by minute basis that the director of product marketing for network security at dell. we analyze the data and see interesting trends. in particula

the national guard, i place that call to the governor. the governor did comply. we had them mobilized and ready to go at a moment's notice. i am hearing some very vague language when i hear that the governor has the national guard on alert or on stand by. i don't know what that means. when i talk to the general who is head of the national guard in wisconsin, he told me about two weeks before this situation potentially it was going to be two or three days to mobilize the national guard. give me two or three days leeway so we can have them ready and then he mobilized them. when i'm hearing words like standby and on alert, i don't know what that means. >> sheriff, as always. we appreciate your time and expertise and hopefully this ends peacefully. thank you. >> thank you, bret. i hope the same. >>> well as you look live at baltimore, we'll bring in our panel and discuss this. we'll also talk about the other stories of the day right here on "special report." life begins with a howl, we scream, shout shriek with joy. until, inhibition creeps i

we've won the war, we will now run the nation. so grant's generosity of spirit enero was a generosity not only of a general, but of a man who a thought he stood for the future. sto a future in which the south had the sacrificed its place of authority.ed its in the united states. now, lee and grant privately expressed their profound expres disappointment in each other over the next few years. that was one reason that grant became more devoted to black rights as president in 1868 than he had been on this day in 1865. t he thought that the white south had not fulfilled the spirit of the surrender that he struck here. when he s saw the black codes he s written within months of this time, when he saw the riots in e memphis and new orleans when he saw the ku klux klan rise up, grant said that is not the spirit of appomattox. that is a spirit of revenge.hat's that is a spirit of retaliation.revenge. it's a spirit contrary of what we agreed upon. lee, for his part, burned with resentment, that even though he had surrendered in good faith

how to remake the nation. part of that remaking of the nation was transferred to the west. these states, we make them wait decades before they can come in. >> is worth mentioning there are multiple different narratives going on. there are things created by the end of the civil war in the union victory, and they removal of violence. there's one narrative policies that have little to do with the civil war, including the land-grant act. the third narrative is if you had no civil war, you have the technology moving along anyway you still would have had movement west. the timing tells us one story. it is not all clear that is about the civil war. prof. gannon: the republicans became dominant because the democrats left. they were not going to pass a homestead act. >> the republicans set the stage for western development. prof glymph: the debate over the secession, what took place in kansas and nebraska, over whether the country would be open for free labor or slave labor, free labor was a motivating factor in this war and a very important component of the platform. they were eage

the bull pen did not implode. the nationals hung on. time for a check with your weather with bill karins. >> you played it to straight. your didn't even throw in everyone grab your orange juice before this or anything. >> he's great for the game i hope the national's bats are alive. >> he's great for the game did you say? >> that'll take a half hour toexplain.toex explain. >> we're looking at rain and storms in texas. not so bad right now. if traveling through tennessee and kentucky a few storms. this afternoon larger storms maybe even super cell storms. those are the ones that can give us tornadoes. if we're going to see that it will be in north texas. a few tornadoes. there's 14 million people at risk of severe storms. dallas spared today. tomorrow you're dealing with storms. still rainy weather in the southeast. talk about beautiful weather. finally getting a reward from minneapolis to the great lakes. another beautiful day for you. a lot of storms from houston to new orleans. and further to the north, it's beautiful. this is just se

we have won the war, we will now run the nation. grant's generosity of spirit was a generosity not only of the general, but of a man whose thought he stood for the future. a future in which the south has sacrificed its place of authority in the united states. lee and grant i really expressed their profound disappointment and each other of the next few years. that was one reason the grant became more -- than he had been on the state agency five. he thought that the white south had not fulfilled the spirit of the surrender that he struck here. when he saw the black vote in months of this time, when he saw the rights in memphis and new orleans, when he saw the ku klux klan rise up, grant's says, that is not the spirit of appomattox. that is the spirit of revenge unit that is the spirit of retaliation. that is the spirit of contrary of what we agreed upon. lee, for his part, burned with resentment, that even though he had surrendered in good faith breaking the board and its purpose is to an end grant and the north continue to present fo

the lantern stays lit during the national cherry blossom festival. it symbolizing the friendship between the u.s. and japan. that's today between 2:30 and 4:30 pest at the northwest corner. >>> it was the upset the ncaa tournament is known for. the favorite university of kentucky lost, right, adam? >> they did. >> take a look at how the students reacted to the team's loss in lexington. the wildcats went undefeated all season until last night. it was a very different scene, of course -- >> that's wisconsin. >> it was a very different scene in wisconsin. madison, wisconsin fans rushed to the streets to celebrate. tomorrow night the wisconsin badgers will take on coach k. and the blue devils from duke for the championship game. >> amazing. >> heartbreaking for kentucky. >>> developing right now, new video of a search for bodies in the germanwings plane crash. the new questions being raised after revelations about the co-pilot. >>> when you think of nike you think of shoes, right molette? >> i do all the time. now how the company is getting people in the

again, the president addressed the nation. in the presence of nations, fdr ask for broader powers and had ever before it been given to any american president. president roosevelt: the first and fundamental effect is what started as a european war has developed as the nazis always intended it should develop, a war for world domination. therefore, with a found consciousness of my responsibility to my countrymen and to my country's cause, i have tonight issued a proclamation that an unlimited national emergency exists and requires the strengthening of our defense to the extreme limit of our national power and authority. >> with the world racing the greatest conflict of all-time, with the rights of all free people in danger, roosevelt met winston churchill on the high seas, gave a pledge to the world -- and the right of all people to choose their own form of government. history of records this meeting as the first of the atlantic charter. ♪ >> december 7, 1941, a day of infamy burned into the pages of american history. [explosio

well half of the nation wasn't the confederacy. there's a dpramatic difference in terms of who he's talking about. >> people have asked well are there other copies in the second innaug ral. i'm only aware of him writing out one paragraph, but again, people didn't know how short of a time he had left. >> and how did the library of congress come to own these two copies? >> well, we know exactly how the manuscript draft came to us. that on the reverse of the fourth page, it's actually inscribed by lincoln in april, 1865 to his secretary, john haye. it was through the haye family that the man ewe self-incriminate came into contact.

join the nation. thank you. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >>> a decade after the civil war jesse james continues his reckless fight against the union but pushing the battle north into minnesota proves disastrous and puts him in the cross hairs of the nation's largest man hunt. to increase their chances against the massive search party the gang splits up. >> jesse and frank go one way but the unders are apprehensive. what has been a successful part of the gang has reached a dead end. >> they ride through the dakota territory getting away with $26.70. and eventually returning home to missouri. >> frank ultimately thought the way this is going it is going to be a bullet for them but jesse was die hard. >> square heads. too bad younger boys couldn't keep up. yeah. get them next time. >> we continue down this path there will not be -- maybe for you. we'll see. >> frank is concerned with the attention jesse's eradek behavior attracts in the papers while a small time missouri criminal is following jesse

that the nation has. the issue of water is foundational. it runs across all of our hopes and aspirations for the future. >> david, i'll ask you the same question i asked bob son ford. -- sam ford. we don't have a lot of time. but can we afford to fix this. the world is so burdened at the moment. going after water seems too big an assignment. >> but the payoff is tremendous. there are opportunities to increase our efficiency, the ways that we use water through policies, institutes, governance. as i said before, most of the water we use around the world produces the food that we eat. only about 20% of the farmland around the world is irrigated. it's that irrigated farm land where water is used more efficiently that produces 40% of our food. if we expand irrigation, we could produce more food with less water. even here in the united states, where we are an agricultural powerhouse, according to the u.s. department of agriculture, half the farm land in the united states uses the most efficient modern techniques. there's scope for improvement and

the reunification of our nation. think about the fact in united states capital today are seven statutes to man supporting the rebellion against the federal government during the american civil war. they don't do that in syria, libya. they do it here. that's remarkable. now there are lots of ways and the reconciliation scholars have shone is buried and incomplete in some areas and in some ways. how did that come to pass? part of the answer is when you want to make up with somebody you find common ground. place where you can both be comfortable. to some degree we did it on a national level. in the aftermath of the civil war -- few things everybody could agree with or most people and that was that the american soldier be he dressed in gray or blue was amazing phenomenon. in our search for common ground we found that ground literally on the battlefields. all of the great battle movement for preservation was initiated in the 1880s and 1890s when the veterans were at the height of their power in government and industry lea

you though this is a national antagonism all of the national guard here. if they weren't here the people wouldn't be out here. >> which is the tail and which is the donkey? i'm sure that's true. the message i urged to adopt is the mom who smacked the teenage boy on the son and said get off the street and get the mask off your face. get home. are you 16 years old. >> they would do that if it wasn't so much poverty here. those mothers would do that if there wasn't so much despair here. they wouldn't do it if there was not so much police abuse here. so really they have lost touch with the generation. i haven't lost touch with them but they lost touch with the generations. so this is a systematic and societal problem. it is an eternal problem in our community. >> geraldo? >> let's be cool. >> let me ask you this, don't they look like the palestinians? don't they look like the palestinians? >> good grief. >> don't they remind you of the palestinians? >> are you saying the baltimore police are an occupying force here? >> certainly. >> what would happen to this n

but today that honor rests solely on the shoulders of the nationals. the first pitch is at 4:05 when scherzer takes the mound. expectations could not be higher for the team that finished best in the national league in two out of three years. game one of 162, we are ready >> nick: what are you doing here? >> sage: what? what are you doing here? you're supposed to be at noah's wedding. >> nick: it got postponed. >> sage: oh. >> nick: what's behind your back? >> sage: nothing. it's a surprise. >> nick: it still is. >> sage: it's not done being assembled, but...oh, well. welcome to the new and improved underground! >> nick: wow! look at this thing! it's so much better than the one we used to have. >> sage: yeah, and that one's probably in a thousand pieces by now. >> nick: maybe more. i mean, this is -- this is great. >> sage: ohh. >> nick: you shouldn't have. i mean... >> sage: why? >> nick: after the way i treated you the other day -- >> sage: no. no. we don't have to talk about that anymore. you already apologized. >> nick: it's important to me that you

it's not only about the lenders but the borrowing nations. for example, various infrastructure projects may not be sustainable. it may have too much of a burden on the environment. if this is the case, this will be a very negative -- bring negative results for citizens in the countries. it will prove to be a burden and so in that sense a proper review as to whether lending the money to countries will be a benefit to the country. vigorous review is very important. so from such a standpoint, the two points to be secured i believe is very important. so from such a standpoint japan and the united states should cooperate and we need to continue dialogue with china and it is my intention to do so. president obama: let me agree with prime minister abe when it comes to the asia infrastructure bank proposal that's been made by china. asia needs infrastructure. there are a lot of countries that have difficulty financing infrastructure, but if they got that infrastructure put in place and developed, they can grow much more rapidly and that's good for ev

diane: the national park service says the cherry blossoms are still on track to reach peak bloom from the 11th through the 14th. diane cho, abc 7 news. kimberly: diane looked a little chilly down by the basin. steve: peak bloom is a 70% of the trees. getting better out there right now, the grass is getting greener. take a look at our roof camera and rosslyn overlooking the city. you can see the cherry blossoms, the tidal basin. just a matter of a week or so and it will look a whole lot different great if your allergies are bothering you, just wait until next week. karen temperatures 66 degrees at reagan national airport, winds south-southwest at 13 miles per hour. with guests around 23. we are going to look for those windy conditions to stick around for the overnight hours, 69 degrees. average for this time of year, 63. 86 setback in 1910. a minute and a half of daylight as we move closer to summer. 64 dulles. 65 in petersburg. not a tremendous amount of supercold air out there. look at syracuse. terrible maine -- caribou, m aine, 22 degrees. really nice day for the baseball game. lat

the nationals had the very improbable win, 13-12, the largest comeback in the history of the nationals. the orioles will lock the gates at camden yards tomorrow. the orioles will play the white sox, but no fans will be allowed in the yard. not only that an even worse, the week and series against tampa bay has been shifted to tampa. instead of all those fans enjoying the inner harbor and camden yards friday through sunday, that business will now all go to florida. the baltimore community is cannibalizing itself chasing businesses away, and former linebacker ray lewis is not happy about it. >> we know what the issue is. there are enough of us in the streets trying to change with going on. baltimore, get off the streets! kids, go home, stay home! tim: the caps open against the new york rangers. the schedule is now set. madison square garden saturday afternoon, 12:30 before coming back to the phone booth monday and wednesday. alison: still ahead -- a citywide curfew in effect right now in baltimore. alison: today, voters in ward's four and eight cast ballots in the special election. it app

here we are in the matisse tower gallery in the east building of the national gallery of art. we are surrounded by 5 superb paper cutouts done by henri matisse towards the end of his career in the early 1950s. this is a sky-lit gallery, and what we have done is to cover over the skylights. there is no uv in this room. we use artificial lights that have no uv coming out of them. all light is damaging, but uv is probably the most damaging, particularly to works of art on paper. we can lower the light levels, which we have done to about 5 footcandles. now, 5 footcandles is about the lowest reading that you will see in a museum setting. if you were to go down in a painting gallery, you might see a footcandle reading of 30 to 40 footcandles. the difference is, with works of art on paper the light is much more damaging. this is an illuminance meter. actually, we call it a footcandle meter because it takes readings in footcandles. 363 days of the year you can come here and see matisse's cutouts, but you can only see them for 4 hours per day, not 7 or not 8. that means that we have ef

in the nation. it is not attractive for our country in an era of global competition where you have a national labor relations board that is imposing upon small businesses, which is not own by mcdonald's, its own by an individual, requirements the have to meet which makes him uncompetitive in respect of the rest of the world. it's one more example of how the regulatory state is making america uncompetitive in an era of global competition. [applause] >> hello, senator. from the college republicans. you spoke a lot about the future in your speech, and i think if you could speak a little bit about entitlement reform or how you plan to keep america prosperous in terms of the budget? sen. rubio: even during my senate campaign, i have campaigned on entitlement reform. i'm in a state with there's a lot of people on social security and medicare, including my mother. i would never do anything that would be bad for her. i recognize to fundamental truths. unless you regulate entitlement programs, they will go b

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he could have played for the nationals. and the cap start their chase for lord stanley's cup wednesday night at the verizon against the islanders, and the phone booth will be rocking. it's round, it's not football-shaped. alison: still to come -- the invasion nobody would want to miss. leon: the manhunt for a person accused of killing his wife inside of a dunkin' donuts is our top turning story yet wjla.com. the free range parents getting new attention from the police, and steve's forecast, including the potential for range tomorrow. although stories right now at wjla.com. some 500 corgi dogs invaded a southern california beach feeling the sand in their paws. alison: owners and fans of the breed celebrated the annual corgi beach day. it included costumes, a sea of all adorable photos trending across social media. organizers say that the next gathering will include a corgi beach contest and a kissing booth. leon: shouldn't they have a butt-kissing alison: the rain is coming to washington the pollen for you steve. steve: dolb

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] host: now we bring you to the house. live coverage on c-span. aptimade possie the nionaptiong insttute, c. coopetion th thenited states hou of presentativ any usof the ccaned coveragef e hous procdings for potical commercial purpos is expresohibity the u.s.ouse opresens.] [captiinade poiby natl coning insti, inc. cperation with the united states hous reprentativ. any usef th clod-captione covera oth h preegs for picalr mmcl rpose presohibit by e u.s. use eseves. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., april 30, 2015. i hereby appoint the honorable earl l. carter to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 6, 2015, the chair will now recogni

the figures represent the mohawk nation and the seneca nation as the keepers of the eastern and western doors. then, the 13 figures associated with that represented the 13 colonies. a belt like this was commissioned by none other than george washington to mark the entry of the united states into this treaty relationship with the tribes. this was no small matter. this is not a trinket, not jewelry. this is a diplomatic exchange. this was protocol. this is how one nation entered into an agreement with the tribes of that part of the world. we go into the removal policy and focus specifically on the potawatomi in this case. most people have heard of the trail of tears. we come back to that. a lot of people don't know that the policy was quite thorough going. it extended to the great lakes and ohio valley and it was intended to remove all indians east of the mississippi to west of the mississippi. we tell them about this removal journey referred to as the trail of death. we then go into the civilization regulations. the creation of boarding schools. this is a class of indian students at carl

and that can fly for awhile the stuff can effectively stay off of the national radar as long as the scott walker campaign for president or rick perry campaign for government is just a probability. it will be harder to talk to the national press out of covering those stories once these guys are formally running for president that has to affect their decision about when they're going to announce their formally running for president. they wants many stray hairs talked away before that bright light hits them in the national spotlight. this year so far there is one guy officially in the race already. senatore eror cruz started running the first presidential campaign had of 2016 i mean 15. it is very religion centric. he started running it this weekend, specifically on easter sunday during the "killing jesus" plan. and at "a.d. the bible continues." next week we were told to expect a big announcement from marco rubio. i'm making a huge announcement on monday april 13th. looks like he will make his presidential campaign announcement a week from tonight on monday. bobby jindal bucked the tide and

did the national guard as a result of that violence directed at the police maybe the national guard, did they have justification for using those words? >> absolutely not. i would have thought our country would have learned from the kent state massacre. but to see that type of language being used to refer to american citizens and peaceful protesters is unexcusable and it is absurd. i thinkle real person who needs to be held accountable for this quite honestly is governor jay nixon. as you know the national guard was deployed in ferguson before the announcement was even made. they didn't even protect the businesses that were most vulnerable along west florissant in that particular area of the community. so this yet again, is yet another blunder primarily on his part due to his lack of leadership. in the community. >> i think that the problem here is that yes we have american citizens exercising their rights. and at times in this incident during those couple of days we had people committing arson. we had them discharging firearms. we had them throwing rocks, bottles, bricks molotov cock

down the block from nationals park the countdown to opening day is nearly over. few people have waited for tomorrow afternoon with as much anticipation as joe gonzales who opened the big stick bar and restaurant in december. a relay throw away from the stadium. he has built it. tomorrow fans will come. >> it's all of our excitement built up into one day. >> reporter: the baseball wise men expect that to be true. the nationals return one of the best rosters in baseball and have added ace max scherzer who will take the field tomorrow for the first time as a nat. fans will notice metal detectors at every entrance. plan to arrive an hour before the first pitch. >> we realize people in washington, d.c. are probably familiar with motel detection, but still until you get used to the process, please, come early, take your time. >> reporter: tomorrow's biggest hit could also come off the field. tonight there are multiple reports that mlb's commissioner will announce the 2018 all-star game will be held in washington, something gonzalez says the whole city should cheer. >>

[applause] senator cruz: and the single greatest national security threat facing america today is the threat of a nuclear iran. this deal the president is pushing forward is a terrible deal. it is a historic mistake. and any candidate for president who is fit to be commander in chief must be prepared in 2017 to repudiate any deal that undermines american national security. [applause] senator cruz: it is unacceptable and profoundly dangerous for a nation whose leaders lead the people in chants of "death of america." by the way, that is a holiday in iran. we have christmas and thanksgiving. there every year they celebrate death to america today. it is the anniversary of iran taking americans hostage. the supreme leader does out to the masses and together they ch ant death to america. if history teaches any principle, it is that if somebody tells you they want to kill you, believe them. [laughter senator cruz: a few weeks ago i was proud to join with 46 other leaders signing a letter to the nation of iran. [applause] senator cruz: one of those senators was new hampshire's very own senato

the national guard is on the ground. they arrived here in bigger numbers a short time ago, the governor promising a heavy police presence tonight to keep the peace, to avoid a repeat of what happened yesterday and citywide curfew goes into effect tonight at 10:00 until 5:00 tomorrow morning. christian leaders joining the nation of islam and gangs to try to help stop some of the violence here to prevent the violence from happening today. a pastor jamal bryant, gave the eulogy at freddie gray's funeral yesterday. >> last night, pastors met with gang leaders so that we can start rebuilding our community and give some safe haven. to burn down a c burn down a senior center community center does not reflect the legacy of freddie gray or the movement that we've been a part of over the last week. >> reporter: bryant says the looters had taken the baltimore police department the wrong way and things have gotten out of control here. and that is what really people are trying to prevent from happening today, another loss of control

where the governor larry hogan has deployed the national guard in baltimore amid an uprising over the death of freddie gray. gray died a week after a police encounter which his family said left his spine 80% severed at the neck. police stopped him because he made eye contact with a lieutenant, then ran away. two weeks of peaceful protest over gray's death erupted into violence monday as high school students threw bricks and rocks at police, and looting and vandalism were reported across the city. overnight, cars and buildings were burned. police said 15 officers were injured, though all are expected to recover. at least 27 people were arrested. governor hogan denounced the protesters as "gangs of thugs roaming the streets." >> everybody believes we need to get to the answers and resolve the situation, the concern everyone has about what happened in the freddie gray incident. that is one whole situation. this is an entirely different situation. this is lawless gangs of thugs roaming the streets, causing damage to property and injuring innocent people, and we're not on a tolerate that.

mike: jummy, it was a unanimous vote by the commission that meets on the third floor here at the national building they gave unanimous approval to changes of white house security around the 18 acres of the white house plus the executive office building and eventually, they say likely around the treasury department. the national parks service work in collaboration with the secret service on these proposals described as temporary anti-climb devices or temporary anti-climb features. they're described as reversible if they decide to go in a different direction in the future but they say there's an immediate need for these changes. but when asked specifically what these anti-climb devices are, the national park service declined to go into specifics and the secret service was unavailable after that vote. these are described as just proposals. that's why they won't go on further record. but when asked about reports that this is a 1/2 inch steel spike that would be bolted on the existing fence on the north and south sides of the white house, the nationalshltional park service told me that report

this is the ten-year anniversary of the nationals. so folks are geared up, hyped up but in case you need a little excitement, a little encouragement, they're all out here to get you going. now, i told teddy no funny stuff. they're all behind me. i said no funny stuff. they were cracking jokes earlier today. but listen, let's talk about getting people hyped up. the ten-year anniversary. what's your game plan for today? >> our game plan is very simple. it's a very special day us for, ten years being in d.c. we'll get our fans hyped because we know it's a big day for all of us and for the nats. we're going to bring our energy like we know how and keep the excitement flowing. >> reporter: we know that george just won the race, right? the race that they had over at the mall so george is starting off this season already a winner as always. so who are we expecting to take on and win the next president's race? i'm challenging -- let's see. with who's going to win? is teddy going to win? i told screech i don't understand eagle. he is tying to

respected the national dialogue or the electoral process. you represent a coup against a legitimate elected president. >> if you look at abd-rabbu mansour hadi when he was in power, and after the dialogue. one of the most important articles is to form a government of national partnership or a government of competency. he hasn't done so. he kept the same government before the dialogue for a year. he was responsible for the situation, and still is responsible for giving the mission or legitimacy. >> unilaterally you appointed a committee to run the country on december the 6th. that has been rejected the yemeni socialist party. the unionist people's organization the independent lock. they called it on february soth - a complyings of a coup d'etat. do you expect that you do not represent yemenies and you cannot be the authority in yemen. >> they don't represent all yemen, but a part of it. do you think the saudi represent yemeni. do you think they have the right to interfere in yemen. they should ask authorities. as a yemeni matter. they will fi

this is at the national portrait gallery. we even show you how some people had fun with social media. search outage on our nbc washington app. >>> and we continue to follow a developing story that we first told you about an hour ago. crews are testing the escalators at the bethesda metro station, but it's still not open to customers. trains began bypassing the station after the escalators went out during the rhee region-wide power outage. now that the power is back up the escalators are running but metro wants to make sure it's operating correctly. the escalators are operating correctly before allowing passengers back inside the station. this comes after reports of smoke in the tunnel this morning at the same station. montgomery county fire tweeted that there was smoke in the tunnel between metro -- bethesda rather and medical center. a metro spokesperson says crews found and removed an arcing insulator from the tracks. trains were single tracking but normal service was quickly restored. >>> turning to storm team 4. showers,

r on the nation they think it's best left to the states. that is how we come to a consensus in this country. as abortion remains an issue 42 years later in every election from president on down, it will continue to be an issue, just as the major republican candidates last night in iowa made it an issue. >> schieffer: thank you very much mr. perkins. now we go to new york and evan wolfson head of freedom to mary. you just heard what one of the main opponents to this says, what is your side of the story here? >> i would say that tony perkins is really an outlier and what should be celebrated here is that the vast majority of americans have opened their hearts and changed their minds and moved forward to embrace the freedom to mary and the courts are following where that public opinion has gone. the reason that's happened is because gay people and nongay people have talked about shared values of treating others as you'd want to be treated we've talked about our love, our commitment, real families not just stereotypes and insinew wakess and the

alison: after weeks of anticipation, the nationals' season is underway but the nationals fell to the mets in their home opener, but fans are not letting go of their high expectations for the season. >> this is the greatest day ever. jay: there is something about opening day of the national pastime. >> we have been waiting for months. jay: like nothing else. >> it is anticipation, the hope, the smells. jay: the washington nationals' star-studded lineup began playing this afternoon. under a stunning sky interrupted only by fireworks and a jaw-dropping flyover. >> great day. jay: the hard part, getting in. the lines were long because of baseball-mandated metal detectors. >> this year it is ridiculous. jay: but like spring's renewal, the fans are bullish with high expectations after last year possibly exit from the playoffs. >> it will be a fabulous season. jay: for all the anticipation that comes with the dawn of a new season, patience is also required. 161 games remaining. >> baseball in washington is back. 10 years. jay: jay korff, abc 7 news. leon: all we need now are the cherry blos

president of the national press club. give-and-go of our speaker for a moment. -- skipping over our speaker for a moment. host freelance writer and the committee meeting member who arranged it is program. eric smith, an irs spokesman and guest of the speaker. mark camera, washington bureau chief for bank rate.com and former president of the national press club. kevin, editorial director of kiplinger washington editors. a reporter with investment news, and vice chair of the nbc publications committee. [applause] mr. hughes: welcome to tax season. americans have 16 days to get their federal returns filed, but for our speaker, mr. koskinen, every day is tax day. [laughter] mr. hughes: john koskinen oversees the collection mr. hughes of $3 trillion every year. he has been on the job for about 15 months. how has it gone so far? during the first half of his tenure, he testified frequently on capitol hill. questions revolved around allegations of the irs targeted conservative groups to deny them tax-exempt status. when he wasn't

the united nations releasing 15 million in aid. >> the governor of the u.s. state of maryland declared a state of emergency in baltimore following violent protests after the urinal of freddie gray a black man who died in police custody. a curfew from 10:00 pm to 5am will be in force on tuesday. a u.n. inquiry found israel killed 44 palestinians at u.n. schools. they were used as shelters during the gaza war last year and found that three empty u.n. schools were used by palestinian armed groups to store weapons. >> to yemen where saudi-led airtrips against houthi targets. an armed blockade slowing fuel and food. fighting between rebels continues to intensify. particularly in the southern city. it near the yemeni capital, air strikes targetting houthi fighters south of sanaa. there's no reports of immediately casualties. the envoy to yemen say the facilities facilities... a targeted arms embargo could inadvertently restrict commercial goods and humanitarian substance >>> al jazeera's staff mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr are back in an egyptian court on t

for the nationals tonight, doug fister is on the mound for the nationals. cole hamels for the phillies. ought to be a great pitching match-up as they're back in town after a big win in boston yesterday. first pitch at 7:05. should be good weather for the game. the rain holds off until after midnight. love this photo. carpet of pink blossoms brought down by tuesday's rain. that was taken by alexandra givens one of our interns. a shower will move on through and late tonight, we add sun back. then a great day on saturday. great for outdoor activities. dare i say a beach day? up around 80 degrees. saturday afternoon with some sunshine. i'm hearing approval. and we will have temperatures on sunday a bit cooler though in the 60s. could get some showers. looks like sunday evening now, not during the day, some rain likely. melissa has breaking news about the metro. >> breaking news on metro. greenbelt station is now open. the green line service fully restored so those buses are going to stop running between college park and greenbelt now. now that the station is op

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to the national guard. he said in a two to three-block radius. presumably that's what you saw. what you were describing as a changing of the guard. the national guard taking over responsibilities there. >> yeah the national guard is setting up shop here. there's a bunch of vehicles that have been deployed in the intersection, police have fallen back. you got the sense that there was some sort of presence, particularly of county tactical units that had been kind of kept away from sight of the crowd but near enough to deploy if needed. but right now this line of humvees has rolled and you can see behind me, this intersection is completely cleared. it's essentially all law enforcement of various stripes. and national guard will be standing watch. we have national guardsmen in their camouflage and fatigues and their assault rifles and their helmets pacing around guarding this area right now. >> i mean, it is even in a peaceful circumstance like this, i will say as a citizen it is jarring to see members of the u