washington's conflicting feelings. robert lewis described the departure which finally took place on may 16, 1789, as an emotional moment for the slaves and the first lady. quote, after an early dinner and make all necessary arrangements in which we were greatly, it brought us to 3:00 in the afternoon when we left mount vernon. the servants of the house and a number of the field negroes made their appearance to take leave of their mistress. numbers of these poor wretches seemed pretty agitated, much affected. my aunt equally so. betty, ona judge's mother,, must've been one of those agitated slaves. not only was she losing her 16-year-old daughter, but she is also losing her son, austin, who would serve as one of the washingtons waiters. austin's wife charlotte and their children would have joined in the morning. betty watched her children leave mount vernon, reminder of what little control slave mothers had over the lives of their children. children. if she found any comfort in that day, it would have been that brother

the most prominent ladies of washington were present from ms. hamlin, daughter of the vice president, kate face, a striking, politically powerful daughter of salmon p chase, lakeland treasury secretary, it's interesting to think about powerful government dollars right now, i'm dropping that in their and mrs. hill bound, hail girl for the daughters of the center from new hampshire but these women were not the reason or washington's letter to his sister. last but not least was miss emily warren, sister of the general who came specially from west point to attend the ball. it was the first time i ever saw her and i am very much of the opinion that she has captured your brothers heart at last. it was a real attack in force. it came without any warning or previous realization on my part of such an occurrence taking place and it was therefore all the more successful and i assure you it gives me the greatest pleasure to say thati have succumbed . what they said to each other that night, the way they danced, what she was wearing, the gleam of the candlel

so he clicked and spent his life here in washington. -- he quit and spent his life here in washington. all the commission were scots. scots were all over the area. to findt to scotland stonemasons because by reputation, the scots were the greatest stonemasons on earth. they were not as ornamental as the italians, who worked on the capital later, but they were great stonemasons. they were on jobs in russia and france and everywhere. lucky, behold, they were and edinburgh, they were on hard times. newtown was being built, in the adam brothers decided. and a stone mason could buy the lot and he had to build the plan butke adams' could fit anything behind it. they were kind of real estate people, too. a moratoriumlished on buildings and skilled workmen were not allowed to leave the country because of the impending trouble with the french during the french revolution. cots were prominent businesspeople, they were found through their masonic lodge in edinburgh, the oldest in the world. lodge werelives -- working still nations -- still nations -- stonemasons. seven slipped out from scotland,

worked at the "pot -- "washington post." in the senses more that people recognize you for winning a pulitzer. my career, i was already doing what i wanted to do at the "washington post." my assignments with the post did not ever really change. it did not affect me in the sense of my career. i think it did, but it was not obvious to me. because i kept doing what i always did. but that was a very important story for me, because as you mentioned, we spent four years with that family. with four generations. of the family. it was an eye-opening experience the issues that poverty, illiteracy, drug abuse, not only a family, but in a in america, and why it is so difficult for people to break out of these cycles. of the, they may track family, had a two children. two of those kids did break out had normal night -- normal lives. in their own families -- and their own families. in both cases, it was because of teachers who they looked up to and who motivated them to do something better with their lives. out, sheas it turned was a drug

until then a little more from today's washington journal. continues. host: once a week we focus on "washington journal" on your money and what that federal money is being spent for. $2 y we're looking at the billion plus spent so far this year on fighting wildfires. the studio is in robert bonnie, a former department undersecretary for natural resources. this you for joining us morning. explain your role at the agriculture department when you forest re, you oversaw service; correct? guest: yes, undersecretary for agencies t at two under the u.s. forest service and conservation service. ost: what do you make of what you have been seeing out in california recently? uest: it's terribly tragic, we've obviously lost a lot of lives, a lot of homes and resources, as well. but it's part of a larger trend that we've seen over the last bigger fires, , more catastrophic and deadly ires and that is very concerning and it means investments at the federal level are critically important, both firefighting aspect and to do more work, educe threat of catastrophic fire

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to all worshipers because george washington was a slave owner. charlie heard, opinion editor and columnist for "the washington times" and fox news contributor joins us now. the search of the case of the church. what do you know? >> after 250 years, nearly 250 years, after george washington helped found christ church in alexandria, the congregation has decided, the vestry has decided, i imagine there will be discontent of some of the parishioners, they have decided to take the markers down. i don't know if they just discovered he was a slaveholder or if they, you know, because of the news that has been in the media lately, sort of brought attention to a higher level. whatever the cases, they have made the decision to take that markers down. >> shannon: months ago, president trump predicted this. you have to give him credit. heat a couple of his tweets. he said, "i do see the history of our culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments. you can't change history but we can learn from it." who

the washington times today. mueller's first strike is the headline they went with for the front page of usa today. russian inquiry takes dramatic steps forward. former trump campaign chief and associates are indicted. to the front page of the new york times today, malingering unveils charges and a russia link. in terms of those charges the washington post has a breakdown of the 12 counts in the indictment facing gates and manafort area they include charges of conspiracy against to united states, conspiracy launder money, failure to file reports of foreign bank and calendarsaccounts for 2011 three 2014. seven different counts involving that. agent of unregistered a foreign principal. false and misleading registration act statements and other full statements. when it comes to george he was arrested over the summer. he pled guilty to making false statements to fbi investigators were asked about his contacts with a foreigner who claimed to have high-level russian connections. we will talk about all of it this mornin

washington and jefferson and lincoln. caller: he is not president -- has, "trump slams corker." is that acceptable? caller: it is not right. he is president. he was elected. all of you,you and thanks for your calls and comments. what makes this program work is the cross-section of your points of view and that is what it is all about. yournt to find out what thinking and have a balance and interesting conversations. we will keep it up in the next few hours p coming up, the former -- white house responders association. o'connor, a radio talk show on wma all here in the washington dc area. are listening and watching c-span's "washington journal" as we mark 20 years on the air today. a short break and we are back in a moment. ♪ >> all this week, booktv is in prime time on c-span two. tonight at 8:30 eastern, finalist for the national accord with frances fitzgerald, author of "the evangelicals." tuesday night at 8:00 eastern, cyber warfare and security with , andkaplan, bill gertz john you and jeremy rapkin. 8:00, a lookht a

when that happens, it finds its way to washington. ms. casey: should we watch out for more collaborations? mr. rosen: yes. >> yes. [applause] ms. casey: anything else you want to say about that? mr. rosen: we will not be doing the chicago cubs. thank you so much for sharing your insights. we have been talking with ira rosen, responsible for the "60 minutes" story. am and lennyigh bernstein. you can follow all our events at tonpostlive.com. thanks, guys. >> it look now at the u.s. senate floor. -- murkowskicaskey talking about the budget proposal, talking about an amendment dealing with the drilling in the alaskan national wildlife refuge. the senate today debating that resolution. that is a measure that would set the stage for the senate to pass legislation that would rewrite the tax code with only a majority vote, not the typical 60 votes needed to pass legislation in the senate. we expect a long day in the senate, and a final passage vote late tonight. final coverage of that debate on c-span2. at the white house, sarah sanders will brie

the united states and israel are pulling out of the united nations cultural organization unesco washington says it's anti israel and hasn't made sufficient reform and president trump could move to scuttle a landmark nuclear agreement with iran a look at what that would mean for the countries who helped broker it. and well iraq it's a pleasure to have you with us we start off in the u.s. where thirty one people are now confirmed dead and wildfires raging across northern california making the deadliest in the state's history and sadly the death toll is expected to rise even further with hundreds of people still missing while the blazes have been burning since sunday in wine country north of san francisco and firefighters haven't been able to bring the worst of them under control of dry conditions and fierce winds have hampered their efforts and new evacuation orders that have been issued with conditions forecast to get a whole lot worse over the weekend. since and earlier we had the opportunity opportunity to speak with mike the well too is a journalist with the k.s.r. radio in sonoma county

it's also a significant shift in the culture of washington. there's always been potential relationship between, i i mean, it's a myth, i was the washington bureau chief of the "new york times" for five years and i never met barack obama the entire time i was the washington bureau chief. there was a notion of papers i could post at the "new york times" had a cozy relationship. i don't want to the cozy relationship with any president. i don't go to the christmas parties. i don't go to the white house correspondents' dinner. .. i want to tell you a story. back in 1947 when jackie robinson broke the baseball barrier on color he still faced a great deal of prejudice and got into a lot of fights. his boss pulled him aside one day and said jackie, don't punch back just beat them on the field. turn that into journalism now. how do you adjust to the almost daily taunts and jabs and insults of the president without punching back? you are making it seem as if this is the same in your principles are the same and you don't touch but everything is with the

>> washington and the white house are bracing for a bomb shell. the first criminal charges reportedly imminent in the special counsel's investigation of russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and possible collusion by the trump campaign. >> it's not a good thing. obviously any white house. >> abc news confirmed that a senior prosecutor from robert mueller's team was at the federal courthouse in washington friday where a grand jury was in session. sources he tell abc news an arrest could come as soon as tomorrow. with the special counsel's office won't comment. so who is the mystery target? abc news has reached out to former trump campaign chair paul manafort and former national security adviser michael flynn. both are known to be under investigation. manafort's team says he has no indication of any charges coming out against him right now. so far no response from flynn's team. >> typically the reason you keep it secret is you don't want the defendant to know. >> believe me, if you're the person, you know. >> the president has long dism

-- h -- host: that's this morning from "the washington post." the column cyst joining us live on the phone. thanks very much for being with us. guest: good morning. host: and i guess i just have to say, wow. where do you begin with something like this? this is an early supporter of donald trump and a key ally on capitol hill that the president is going to need for the next year and a half. guest: that's right. it's a pretty extraordinary development. you know, it started with trump picking this fight with corker on twitter yesterday morning. and really attacking corker. and it just -- it unleashed a lot of comments that i suspect the senator had been holding on to for some time, waiting for the right moment to go public with. noip case our audience missed what the president tweeted yesterday morning, let me share with all of you, and there are three of them from the president -- host: phil rucker, your response. guest: yeah, you know, that's quite a charge from a president, and it's worth noting that senator corker's chief of staff has gone on t

and this leads me in another way to washington' arrival. his first son was lawrence washington. the reverend lawrence washington of not onlycused stealing wine from the communion altar, but also serving it while drunk. [laughter] now, this was obviously a politically-charged accusation. him prettynt after hard, and he had to move from one parish to another, and his reputation was sallied. sullied.putation was his son, john, decides to become a captain. he bought a ship called it the seahorse and it embarked from a little town in denmark called elsinore if anyone knows where that is. i do like ask this audience. he arrived in virginia and he purchased some tobacco and when he was off of the potomac river that we are next to hear his ship runs ashore. it runs ashore and loses the cargo. he gets away safely. the potomac river is not that fast, a flowing river. he comes ashore, and, long story short, in the course of two years he falls in love with virginia. he falls in love with virginia and falls in love with a young lady named and help. her mother is a wealthy business man. he ne

reporting tonight from washington d.c. this is the news on r.t. america. good evening friends we start tonight with action on obamacare but the trump administration frustrated with congress is lack of action the president signed an executive order today chipping away at obamacare the signature legislation of the last administration the order directs agencies to develop rules to expand cheaper less comprehensive insurance across state lines the president believes the move will help small businesses first we aim to allow more small businesses to form associations to buy affordable and competitive health insurance this would open up additional options for employers to purchase the health plans their workers want i'm also directing secretary acosta to consider ways to expand these associations and these health care plans all across. state lines earlier today i spoke with north dakota congressman kevin kramer about the impact of the president's executive order here's what i think it does for it's going to be it's going to be interesting to see our insurance com

there has always been a tense relationship, i was in the washington bureau chief of the washington bureau of the "new york times" for five years and i never met barack obama the entire time. there was a notion that papers like the "post" and the "new york times" had a cozy relationship but i actually do not want to have a cozy relationship with the u.s. president. but president trump turned up the volume, there is no question, he dramatically changed the culture of washington. i know that this is not the sexiest answer, but i actually think that it calls for us to stick to our principles even more. it calls for us to hold on to the same values, the fairness, the toughness, but especially -- there are these traditional journalism standards that i think have been threatened in the digital age, even before the arrival of donald trump. i think the last year has been a call to hold onto those and to hold onto them tightly. kalb: back in 1947, when jackie robinson broke the baseball barrier on color, he still faced a great deal of prejudice and he got into a lot of fights. his boss. pulled him

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." -- "good morning washington." ryan: we are still seeing d.c. police and campus lease monitoring the area very closely. it started with the shooting in montgomery county with the armed suspects getting in a car, driving down the street and crashing into that tree right here near campus. least tell us that it was just 1:30 this morning when a 50-year-old man was shot in silver springs in an apparent robbery outside of a home. the suspects drove off, setting off a police chase. nissan when a dark slammed into a tree here on campus across the street at the athletic center. the university then telling students to shelter in place and get inside a bui the woods. crime scene techs, going through the car in search of evidence. abc cameras were rolling as one suspect was it on campus that a we are told, remains on the run. the shelter in place warning being lifted at 3:30 this morning. to getare still trying to the bottom of what led to that shooting. again, a 50-year-old man shot. d.c. police still searching for that seco

tonight, on "washington week." >> keep your heads down! go! >> a lone gunman armed with a stockpile of weapons turns a music festival into a killing field. as investigators search for a motive, both parties and the powerful gun lobby may come together to support new restrictions, focusing on the device the gunman used to turn his rifles into fully automatic weapons. >> we all know and believe that fully auto weapons are illegal and so is this a big gap that needs to be closed? and if so, how to close it? >> i do think there will be bipartisan support coming together to pass a bill, to make it illegal to sell those. >> will the worst mass shooting in history change the stalled debate? plus, president trump stands by his secretary of state, following reports of tensions and name-calling. >> total confidence in rex. i have total confidence. >> and he prepares to abandon the iran nuclear deal. we cover it all, with eli stokols of the wall street journal, kimberly atkins of the boston herald, erica werner of the associated press, and reid wilson of

who is mary washington? is it a, george washington's mother. b, george washington's sister? or c, george washington's daughter? >> that's cheating. >> write it down and show the camera. you ready? >> a. big ding ding ding ding. >> george washington's mother. >> yes. second question. founded in 1908 the university of mary washington began as an all girls school. in what year did it become coach educational? or c, 2006? >> ut-oh. >> what you got jamal. >> excellent. >> excellent students. >> i think it's going to be tie. come on. >> the third question kevin. >> one third of umw students do this before graduation. a, pour food coloring into the hall mary fountain. b, borough dean tucker winnie the pool halloween costume or c study abroad? >> oh. >> right now we're tied. >> oh, my gosh. >> the answer is c study abroad one third umw students before graduation. next question umw has been ranked a top producing university for more than decade by which international organization? is it a, the peace corps, b, the association foreign 93 sw or see the therapeutic humor association? >>

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i mean, you go to places like the washington examiner or washington post or any other organization and they don't go around hiring politico oppo research firms to do work for them. this is unusual situation. >> clearly if they're investigative reporters, they wouldn't just subcontract someone in opposition research to give them their information. but byron, stay with us. i'm also going to ask a few more joining us. fox news contributor charlie kirk and the american -- charlie hurt and the chairman of the american conservative union, matthew schlapp. what's your take on the information that byron has just released this evening? >> there's been a lot of smoke around this for a long time. i give byron great credit, because it just seems like there is almost an axis of political evil here, people who are willing to do almost anything to stop donald trump and there's some familiar names involved, bill crystal who we've all debated throughout the last two years who was a prominent never-trumper. paul singer who put his money with his mouth is to do everything to stop him. you know, judge, th

you know if you read everything that's coming out of washington or if you're in washington the consensus that is so pervasive it's so powerful that russia was involved in somehow manipulating the american election or that it's extraordinary difficult to contest that and i think a lot of that has crossed the atlantic. and to russia a story has been making headlines for months now starting with alleged moscow meddling in the u.s. election and it moved on to the french and german votes that we've been suggestions that russians hanks' the catalan independence vote on the loudest complaints is coming from the politician who claims that russian interference lost the presidency . many members of parliament have been asked by russia. and france crown campaign with help by happen after cyber attack just before their president. now the evidence that russian hackers r.q. e-mail supports and more is not possible to so you've obviously a story to tell with your criminal good people really can be anyone in the attack itself the simplicity of the technical part. think it's just a simple person who crea

cultural agency in esco washington says the organization is anti israel and has not made much needed reforms. and president trump is set to torpedo the iran nuclear agreement he's expected to decertify what he's calling the worst deal ever germany says the move could undermine berlin's relationship with washington. i'm brian thomas welcome to the show thirty one people are now confirmed dead and wildfires raging across northern california making them the deadliest in that state's history and the death toll is expected to rise further with hundreds of people still missing the blazes have been burning since sunday and wine country north of san francisco firefighters have not succeeded in bringing the worst of them under control dry conditions and fierce winds have been hampering their efforts and now new evacuation orders have been issued conditions are forecast to get even worse over the weekend. let's go now to a sonoma county where the fires have hit especially hard we're joined by mike the waldo on the line he's a journalist with k.s. r.-o. radio a mike you've been taking a tour in

i'm libby casey with "the washington post." i'm one of our on-air reporters, and i am joined by the team that made this story happen. it is great to have you well on -- guys on stage and get to hear from you in person. lenny bernstein, health and medicine reporter here at "the washington post," scott higham, investigative reporter at "the washington post," and ira rosen, producer at "60 minutes," who made this piece happened through the "60 minutes" perspective. we will talk about two things in the next little while, where we go from here, but also we want to start with how this collaboration came to be because , the post and "60 minutes" have not worked together on something like this in a nearly a decade. so let's start with where does a reporting story start? lenny, how did you even get the idea? you know, we see the end result 18 months later. where did this piece start? mr. bernstein: in the beginning of 2016, we had a project launched on the national desk at the post, and the idea was to try and explain to people why so m

moderator of "washington week" on pbs'. ashley parker, white house reporter for the "washington post." both are co-authors, by the way, of "the post" piece we quoted earlier. headlined "upstairs at home with the tv on, trump fumes over indictments." both cia and pentagon, former council to the house intelligence committee. welcome to you all. counselor, you get the lead question because i need legal ease translated into english. three people today mentioned. who has been charged with what? >> manafort and gates were charged, indicted by a federal grand jury with multiple counts, 12 counts of money laundering, tax evasion, conspiracy to defraud the united states. all linked to a covert russian influence operation to lobby washington and other capitals, secretly hide the payments and exert influence over policy. manafort has been doing this for about a decade. let's go to the other legal case, that was a case against george papadopoulos in which he pleaded guilty so he is now a convict. he's been convicted of a crime. 18 usc

liz: gerri, "the washington post" had an op-ed bringing up the point. when will the mainstream media get over this hate-fest of president trump? >> washington post is considered a fabulous source inside the beltway, right? the left loves "the washington post" and, yet, you remember that in the jetsons, that character that says, does not compute, you can see the journalists thinking this makes no sense to me. really, really? they can't get their arms around what's really going on here, that this information is bogus, that it comes from the russians and the dossier should be thrown out. liz: michael, give me your thoughts on this. >> i don't think it's a coincidence that the reports are coming out at the same time. that the mueller investigation is starting to ramp up. "the washington post" reported on this and also reported on don, jr. the new york times reported on this and reported on rather, the dossier, there has been consistency. one story don, jr. admitted to and the other stories doesn't

it never happened before in washington. we have done in her of these situational walk-ins and frankly most of the time the congressman come out and try to make the best of it. this is extraordinary in terms of the reaction. >> we made numerous attempts to set up an interview with the congress. we contacted his office had sent over e-mails. so, this is kind of our last-ditch thing it's not like we wanted to and watc ashamed, e felt like there was an explanation to the public for why he introduced the legislation and we felt as a public official that he should be held accountable for this legislation, and he refused to talk about it. so, we went in to pay him a visit. >> let's talk about what happened since the broadcast and "washington post" piece aired sunday. the job isn't to decide what change is effective, it has a life of its own int if the publc decides where to go from here we dipsy president of trump as well as on a radio show talked about tom marino and the president said what if there's even a perception or conflic

chief diplomat who came out to speak after trump's announcement in washington d.c. underlined that this was a domestic affair that we still had to wait to see what the outcome the actual outcome would be in the united states whether the states stay in the agreement or not but you could also tell that she was well not in the best of moods and that's understandable given that you really had the lead in those negotiations for twelve years in that mode to really sort of was the face of this agreement and this is one important part of what she had to say right here it is not a bilateral agreement it does not belong to any single country and it is not up to any single country to terminate it it is a multilateral agreement which was unanimously endorsed by the united nations security council resolution twenty two thirty one and she insisted on that saying later again that the president of the united states had many powers but to end the agreement was not one of those powers and the bottom line in the real message here by morgan really was the agreement is working and it's

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different from washington to washington the media the media. voters elected to run this country business because. it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before . watch the hawks founded by three young americans who love their country but we have to constantly question our government watching the hawks brings the stories the give voice to the voice. we dig a little deeper we get the stories that everyone else is afraid to touch is afraid to talk about because they don't want to upset their corporate sponsors or interrupt their government access now is the time more than ever we may need to question more. this post truth world we're going to have to matter it can't get out educating people and giving them contacts instead of telling them like to take dialogue is far more about you than to make. the public. a little bit. there. on the show the view recently they were talking about the harvey weinstein's scandal and how famous people are reacting when host joy behar actually said that people shouldn't be attacking comedi

washington township hosting cherokee here in south jersey. obviously everyone is excited about the homecoming festiviti festivities. but i have to tell you, people are still talking about an incident involving racist text messages. >> the initial response to the incident was anger but students opted for peaceful protests to bring attention to the racist text messages and the use of the n word on social media. school administrators held an emergency meeting last night with parents. student leaders and the local naacp. this was the third isn't a stripping of incidents that ignited racial tensions in the region. the others members of the cross country team at coatesville high were reprimanded for having a black doll in locker room and there was also another incident with pumpkins carved with kkk and swastikas. today, coatesville students walking out in protest. >> elsewhere at a high school football game in quakertown middle school students were accused of throwing rocks at a bus and shouting racial slurs at the opposing team. ♪ >> reporter: b

be sure to watch washington journal live at 7 a.m. eastern. join the discussion. atare live now on c-span the national press club in washington where marvin kalb will be hosting. uet,guest, dean baq executive editor of the new york baron executive editor of the new york times. this is just starting. -- marty baron, executive editor of the washington post. [applause] kalb: hello, welcome to the national press club and another edition of the kalb report. on our program tonight, we are pulling guardians of the fourth estate and our guardians are our guest. , executive editor of the new york times and martin baron, executive editor of the washington post, arguably the two most influential editors of the two most influential newspapers in the country. dean has been in this job since 2014, having earlier served as managing editor and washington bureau chief of the times. the losedited angeles times and won by a pulitzer prize reporting for the chicago tribune and started his newspaper career way back when as a young journalist at the times picayune in new orleans. marti

the washington free beacon has never disclosed who its owners are. it did shift from its founding in 2012 from being a non-profit to being a for profit organization two years later >>. >> martha: and chris stirewalt we spoke to him about the originses of the washington free beacon and the changes that have gone through. they have a bit of a battle ahead of him. they've got a lot of questions to answer in terms of why they would have been paying for this research if they continue themselves to be ale journal his stick organization. >> if i could add one point. cbs news paid richard nixon's ex chief of staff $100,000 for an on camera interview with wallace. checkbook journalism is nothing new. >> martha: we have to leave it there. see you next time. the . >> good evening and welcome to tucker carlson tonight. another mystery solved. less than an hour ago we finally learned who began funding of the trump dossier here in washington. an amazing and maybe not surprising tale. first the avalanche of propaganda continues here. you can tell when the democrati

washington d.c. thank you. can you present who or kenya has won the re one of the presidential election with ninety eight percent of the vote kenya's electoral commission says that the poll was free and fair and credible despite it being postponed in some areas but it was held without a strong opposition candidate for many questions remain about the president's mandate for me to miller reports now from nairobi. the official announcement that who kenyatta had secured his second term in office was no surprise for millions of kenyans but a low voter turnout of thirty eight percent has raised questions around the legitimacy of the selection which was ordered by the supreme court after it's an old or because presidential vote saying the electoral commission had committed illegalities. deliberately sixty. ninety percent. of the same. ones. or. it. was nothing more. than the realization. of a. state. ten. or or so. trace. the rerun was marred by violent protests when opposition leader raila odinga and his national sup

you will have to ask washington. steve: it is not washington. it is the white house. lt. gov. guadagno: i think it is washington. both sides. immigration is a problem on the federal side that has not been fixed in years because, well beyond this president and the president before that, i think it is a problem that needs to be fixed. all of us have to go to our congressional leaders and tell them what i have said. the 20,000 or so dreamers in new jersey -- we will not destroy families in new jersey. they did not have a choice in coming to new jersey. i do not think the right word is "save," but the problem needs to be addressed in washington -- steve: the immigration issue. what about the rule of law -- they are not supposed to be there. rule of law, you said. and you know law better than most. lt. gov. guadagno: i have said it many times. 20,000 people in new jersey who came here as a family member, whether it was at two or now that they are 40, that we will not tear apart. we will never advocate for that kind of jacoby and -- draconian response. are 800,000e leverages, becaus

corporations run washington washington controls the media the media over voters elected to businessman to run this country business equals power you must it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before. headlines. the u.s. state department. terrorists do chemical weapons in syria russia says it's the first admission of its sort. of allegations that only the government carries out chemical attacks in syria. a lot of it. will take retaliatory measures against the u.s. if washington continues to crack down on russian media in america. washington stresses the importance of a unified iraq. which. cambridge university you know being issued with warnings of a potentially distressing material in classic literature a movie that is seen as excessive. if you're reading literature you should expect to have some surprises with the world these days is just so much focus on being offended by everything that people are just so scared of what they can actually say oh. very well welcome to you from all of us here at the national in moscow. headlights . the u.s. state department

five or circumstance years ago they didn't have a washington presence. then started seeing there's some talk in washington about regulating companies more, and all of a sudden they beef up their lobbying prepares ten -- lobbying presencefield, and a couple of them on the list, google, and so they've seen the value for themselves in having that presence and making their voice heard. >> host: yoenis auburn, alabama. republican caller. hi, joe. >> caller: huh are you doing? my question was, always the house and the senate, there's no legislation being pushed through -- major legislation. when you say lobbies might have a lot to do with that? >> guest: well, certainly there were -- there is a lot of opposition to the republican healthcare plan that was put forward earlier in the year, various versions of that. did that have a lot to do with it? that probably certainly played role. there was also republicans have a very slim majority in the senate, not a lot of room for error, so if you can peel off two or three of them, in the senate, then you can kill a lot

washington to miss eliza wadsworth april 5, 1800." he has inscribed it with his own name and 1850, when the locket was made. this piece is the letter book of benedict arnold on his exhibition to kobach in 1775. it starts with the journal which was a copy. what is very interesting about this piece is that it was presented to the maine historical society by ehrenberg and 1831. burr in 1831. it is certainly easy to not have to qualify that. this piece is one of the treasures of maine historical society. it has been microfilmed because the book itself despite the , it has its own intrinsic value. you can see a copy of his signature there. benedict arnold was a general during the revolutionary war who is infamous for later becoming a traitor and transitioning to the british side. andelt very slighted underappreciated during the revolutionary war and thought he would get a better deal on the other side. it did not really work out in his favor. considered the most successful cohort in the continental army. so this particular piece here is an

when you run against washington and you become president, you are washington. if you look at all his cabinet, it's about clean up the swamp, but look what has happened, five cabinet ministers have argued been shown -- charlie: used private planes and the rest. sally: spending government money. one of the problems is the white house is the center of power, so access is everything. the obamas never went out, ever. i don't know anybody's house they went to in eight years except for their close friends. they were not part of the washington scene, but the people around them went out, so you had some sense they had access to power. one of the great things in washington is people -- charlie: he went back to delaware. sally: he did, but he knew people. one of the things that has been so vital about washington is having people in the congress, senate, administration, journalists, diplomats, military and have been get together and know each other. that is one of the bigger problems now, no one knows each other. it is easier to be vitriolic if you don't know them, so that

this leaves me in a way with washington. his first son was lawrence washington. the reverend lawrence washington who was accused of stealing wine from the communion altar and then serving it while drunk. [laughter] this was obviously a politically charged accusation. they went after him pretty hard and he had to move from one parish to another. his reputation was solely. his son john decided to become a captain. he bought a ship called it the seahorse and it embarked from a little town in denmark called elsinore if anyone knows where that is. i do like ask this audience. he arrived in virginia and he purchased some tobacco and when he was off of the potomac river that we are next to hear his ship runs ashore. it runs ashore and loses the cargo. he gets away safely. he comes a short and long story short in the course of two years he falls in love with virginia. he also falls in love with another young lady. her mother is a wealthy business man. he needs to get out of this ship wreck and get on with his life. he asks his future father-in-law to help them. nathaniel

good morning washington. toss to eileen - 10-15 cooler today; breezy to windy - tuesday morning chilliest since mid may! - gradually warming late week into the weekend - ophelia (post tropical); stro ireland and the uk today today: am clouds to sun. breezy to windy & cooler. highs: 62-65 winds: nw 10-15 g 25 mph tonight: mainly clear and chilly. lows: 36-45 winds: n 5 mph tuesday: sunny. chilly start; cool afternoon. highs: 62-65 winds: nw to s 5 mph we are following breaking news overseas -- skyrocketing in somalia following a double car bombing over the weekend. al shabaab has just claimed responsibility for the attack. it happened near a popular hotel in the capital city of mogadishu. this morning-- state officials say at least 276 people are confirmed dead. and that number is expected to increase as crews sift through a nearby building that collapsed. also breaking -- a frantic search for a missing person right now after an oil rig explosion on lake pontchartrain in new orleans. police say at least hurt -

the washington post article glosses over much of this background. it does not explain the immediate suspension order is intended to be an extraordinary measure. it does not explain that prior to the bill, dea had carte blanche authority to impose this measure. it does not explain the dea has other enforcement tools including orders, which are supposed to be the agency standard operating procedure. the articlelematic, barely even mentions the patient advocacy concerns that motivated the bill to begin with. i want to quote from a letter that a coalition patient and advocacy group sent congress in support of the legislation, "federal agencies, law enforcement, pharmaceutical industries, participants, and prescribers, each player role in working diligently to prevent and diversion. however, it is also imperative legitimate patients can obtain prescriptions without disruption. addresses bothn goals by fostering communication and transparency between industry stakeholders and regulators, leading to more abuse, while protecting patients." the letter was si

our next stop is washington d.c. the american capital the site of some of the most important institutions of the united states the washington monument and all ballistic made of white marble rises one hundred and seventy meters and can be seen from far and wide it was inaugurated in one thousand eight hundred four. sixteen hundred pennsylvania avenue is the address of america's most famous building the white house where the president lives and works. our stop in washington's union station will be longer than usual because the engine needs to be switched the stretch to new york is electric before arriving we were informed that we could leave the train but we needed to stay close they don't want to leave any passengers behind an electric locomotive type eight and seven replaces the two diesel engines. the crescent leaves the station right on time it now makes its way through the northeast corridor on an electrified stretch of seven hundred kilometers between washington and boston where trains travel at up to two hundred

c-span'so watch "washington journal, coat -- join the discussion. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] we will live with the senate health committee on 10:00 a.m. on c-span3. also on c-span.org. tuesday president trump highlights his tax reform policy. 7:30 p.m.age at eastern on c-span. this runs one hour 15 minutes. [applause] kalb: hello, welcome to the national press club and another edition of "the kalb report." i'm marvin kalb. on our program tonight, we are talking guardians of the fourth estate and our guardians are our guest. dean baquet, executive editor of the new york times and martin baron, executive editor of the washington post, arguably the two most influential editors of the two most influential newspapers in the country. dean has been in this job since 2014, having earlier served as managing editor and washington bureau chief of the times. he also edited "the los angeles times"