this is fundamentally who we are in washington. we create, we invent, we build and the people of washington are ready to create an event and build the carbon-free future our children and grandchildren deserve. these clean energy jobs belong here, not just in china, not just in germany, not just in b.c., here. washington employees some of the most influential climate scientists in the world. our universities and businesses are on the cutting edge of clean energy technology. in the pacific coast region, clean energy jobs have grown -- and this is kind of interesting to know, clean energy jobs have grown more than twice as fast as jobs in the overall economy. home to the inventors -- mose's lake is home to one of the world's largest carbon fiber manufacturing plants for electric cars. our state is home to the inventors of bio fuels. it is our states destiny because of who we are to defeat climate change even if the white house walks away from the global effort now embraced by every single nation in the world except the united states,

the washington did not know that. he was constantly worried that the british would learn about his armies shortages of gunpowder in august, or shortage of fighting men at the end of the year. he was very worried that there would be some sort of attack. however, his army was pretty safe. as result, in this headquarters, general washington had the time to learn about his army and his command style and what worked best. he had the luxuries of making mistakes. he stayed in cambridge over eight months from july 1770 five until april 1776, longer than he stayed at any single headquarters during the entire war until newberg, new york. he felt his job was to drive the british off by force, to sour london on continuing the war. he tried to a concept by bringing on a second bunker hill battle, inflicting lots of casualties on the british. not quite acknowledging that the first battle of bunker hill, the americans technically lost. he took a very aggressive approach. he brought land after plan for attacking the british to his co

washington and rollins meat cured he sends the design to washington approved the design. time for the work to be executed. and there is a knock on the front door, and the door opens, and the guy says "hey, general washington, i'm richard tharp -- " and he is the irish plasterer. washington was not very happy by that at that point. he wanted rawlins to do the work. is back andndence forth. it is also thought up. ultimately, washington accepts that rawlins is incapable at this point in his career of doing the work. i don't know what his age was, but he got by the end of the 1780's, and he might have been in ill health by this point or a clearly, washington got his money's worth. >> ok, thank you. mr. reinhart: thank you. [applause] >> c-span history, a tweet from across the water, asking about what still resounds today. his question is about how many people were fathered by gis, in vietnam. how are they treated 45 years after the u.s. departure? >> can be featured in our next live program. join the conversation on facebook at facebook.com/c-spanhistory, and on twitter. >> m

when washington, d.c. takes away that protection, we must protect net neutrality for our people, for our businesses and for the virtues of free speech. [ applause ] >> and at a time -- and at a time when women's health care rights are under attack throughout our nation, let's leave a legacy that ensures full access to contraception and allows women to chart their own course, that includes access to long-acting reversible contraception and reproductive parody. and not all of our work is in passing bills. right now let's all, elected leaders and employers alike, commit to inclusive workplaces where everyone is safe from sexual harassment and assault. this is one of the persistent wrongs that our society must make right. this session -- [ applause ] this session, let's also continue our outstanding legacy on education. legislators can take pride that you've passed a plan that will fully comply with the mccleary decision. i want to commend senators john brawn, representative pat sullivan, tim ormsby in david t

washington accepted this plan. after careful preparation, the continental soldiers moved on to the peninsula on march 4. as i said, the general already wanted to leave. but when he saw a canon pointing down at him, he left earlier than he land. washington expressed in a letter home the disappointment he felt that there was no major fighting. but he accepted congratulations and this metal from the continental congress for pushing the british out. he realized the attack would have been very difficult. washington recognized the war was not over to them he quickly moved resources down to new york and he followed in april. he left this house in early april 1776. the massachusetts government confiscated the house. as far as we know, general washington never went back there. cambridge that he did not even stop you and the sold 1790's, the house was to the chief pharmaceutical supplier to the army. mansion, addede porches, and started painting at yellow. he hosted parties, invested in local development. he went bankrupt. a

he tells washington, you have to organize a prisoner exchange and washington agrees. the deal was, he does not escape, dring tells stoat -- you are going to die. sooner or later, you're going to get the disease and died. now, an angry mob is going to come to port and an angry mob is going to come so let me off the ship and let me negotiate a prison exchange. maybe you can live through this. george does not want to do it so they arrange an exchange. the prison warden deal is if you do not return to the ship, i will kill everybody. dring goes back on the ship. he holds his promise. he is dying of a disease. as i was reading this, i went, please do not die. he makes it through. it is an extraordinary story. what i tried to do in addition to telling the story of the ship and the story of the war, is how far the british were willing to go in total war. which is a story you could substitute the name of any battle or any war for this. i also tried to follow the lives of these guys on board and how they managed to live through this and tell their story. they are the protagoni

washington -- one of the courses washington tried, he was in correspondence in ireland. he said "i have got this guy. he's really good. he's a plasterer. you can bring him over." washington decides not to do that. washington and rollins meat cured he sends the design to washington approved the design. time for the work to be executed. and there is a knock on the front door, and the door opens, and the guy says "hey, general washington, i'm richard tharp --" and he is the irish plasterer. washington was not very happy by that at that point. he wanted rawlins to do the work. the correspondence is back and forth. it is also thought up. ultimately, washington accepts that rawlins is incapable at this point in his career of doing the work. i don't know what his age was, but he got by the end of the 1780's, and he might have been in ill health by this point or a clearly, washington got his money's worth. >> ok, thank you. mr. reinhart: thank you. [applause] you are watching american history tv, all weekend every week and on c-span 3. to join the conversation, jonas c-span-- on

obama and washington trump. it's true that there were a lot of different terms and you have to understand that these hurt the ears of benjamin eids and william mcclay. they hurt the ears of people that were of a more pedestrian, you know, the revolution that makes everybody equal. nothing besides mister and the name of the president will do. but in the end, what -- you know, the senate, even though they capitulated with the house and agreed that there would be no title other than the title of president, which was mentioned in the constitution, the senate went on record to say that what they thought was that it is their opinion that he should be addressed as president. his highness, the president of the united states of america and protector of their liberties, his highness. >> so, we're really glad we don't have that today. thank you all so much. >> real quick. >> the cartoon. >> real quick, i will say that you think this was just outlandishness of a few people, specially john adams and his cronies or his best f

all as he makes his sales pitch to the world, tonight on "washington week." president trump: very excited. robert: president trump's debut at a global summit is overshadowed by bombshell reports that he demanded the firing of special counsel robert mueller. president trump: fake news, folks. robert: one of the president's confidante's, news max c.e.o. chris ruddy, told the "pbs newshour" last june, that mr. trump was actively considering firing mueller. >> i think he's considering perhaps terminating the special counsel. i think he's weighing that option. robert: and there are new reports that at least 20 current and former white house staffers have spoken with mueller's team. it all comes as the senate intelligence committee prepares to release transcripts of interviews with donald trump jr. and jared kushner. some republican critics of the russia probe are raising questions about the integrity of the f.b.i. the democratic response to reports of a secret club of anti-trump agents -- >> paranoia, delusion. why? robert: plus, president trump strikes a more inc

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after washington died, madison introduced special legislation in honor of washington. he helped put money aside for a monument. in fact, he and jefferson believed that washington had become a partisan federalist. they thought washington's farewell address was totally and was not something that should be valued for the ages. brian: you come to washington, there is a big statue but there is not a big one for madison. why is that? noah: the constitution is madison's monument. in that way, the monument for madison is all around you in washington, d.c. the three structures of governments. the way people speak to each other, the exercise of free speech, all of that is his monument. sort of like the case in st. paul's where he said look around you. if you are looking for madison's monument in washington, d.c., it is all around you. madison did not have a single author document in the way the declaration of independence was written by jefferson. he did not have jefferson's love of the crowd. he did not have his incredible gift for expression. jefferson was a true genius of exp

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wright is definitely not from the washington state area because in washington state and seattle, king county, they think we have all the money in the world -- billion,ty metro, $53 open-ended. thented to know also about federal gas tax. is that in a lockbox like our social security was? host: thanks, caller. guest: yes, the federal gas tax is dedicated to transportation and specifically to surface transportation investment. right now it is an 18.4 cents per gallon tax. the 18.4 cents covers the part of the program that supports the federal contribution to investments in highway and transit. that has not changed in 125 years. we have been operating at the same level. the cost of virtually everything else in our lives has increased substantially over that 25 years. it would not be unreasonable to be -- for there to be adjustment in the federal user tax. one of the things we like to point out is that while 18.4 cents per gallon might seem like a large number, that equates to one dollars per year per driver. it is not a hugely substantial investment by individuals to support the infrastru

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 making all necessary arrange.s, and which we were greatly retarded, it brought to us 3:00 in the afternoon when we left mount v. this servants of the house and a number of the field negroes made their appearance to take leave of their mistress. numbers of the poor wretcheds seemed greatly agitated. much affected. my aunt equally so. betty ona judge's mother, must have one of the agitate slaves. she was lowe's losing her daughter also losing her son austin who was one of the washington's waiters. austin's wife, charlotte and their children, would have joined in the mourning. betty watched her children leave mt. vernon, a reminder of what little control slave mothers had over the lives of their children. i she found any comfort in that day, it would have been that brother and sister were traveling together. austin was o

well i think that it's clear that the officials in washington believe that that's a possible outcome and they're warning of grave consequences of course the nato alliance is not a defensive alliance it's an office of the lions that's headed by the united states and which so many more countries now belong to since the fall of the soviet union but turkey despite that expansion continues to occupy a very important place in nato and so again here we have what appears to be a somewhat intractable contradiction between the u.s. interest in syria and the u.s. interest in nato and so this is something that they're trying to find a way out of but it's very difficult given the fact that it was the united states along with turkey saudi arabia france britain which caused the destabilization of syria and led to the present circumstances and we'll leave it there we should back away from the anti war all it's a combination thank you for your time thank you well auntie's washington correspondents american takes a closer look at the highly charged situation between the u.s. and. no matter how many ti

we are a bipartisan political reform group in washington dc. we saw this tremendous opportunity to make the point that american democracy, the perfection and improvement of the republic is not a -- is not a conservative cause, but everyone's cause. we have three bills cooking on capitol hill. we have recruited several members of congress to work on them. roughly 100 republicans and 100 democrats. we willthree bells that talk about later, and our support of a caucus which was created on the hill on the house side, by 10 republicans and 10 democrats. when we do our work around political reform, we pursue it really, in this bipartisan fashion. we think it is essential for all kinds of reasons that we will discuss. let me rewind the tape's a little bit. when i was your age, this book came out called "the end of history." it was written by a philosopher and historian. you might have heard of it. it was written by francis fukuyama. the end of history was near. that was what he proposed. what he meant by that was not that the end of the world was near

and so we got to tacoma, washington that way. when they told us we were going to washington to fort lewis, we didn't have a clue of where that was. but here it was all detroiters, all young black men coming from detroit to washington and by the time we cross montana, we had the feeling we weren't going near d.c. so now we started trying to figure out what was in washington stated and we got here. so that's the beginning of how i found tacoma, washington. the first issue for me was i was still in uniform just from detroit. one of the things i did in detroit every saturday was roller skate. and roller skating was big. we had, in detroit like i say, you had had the paradise bowl, black. i don't know what they call the other one but it was white. we roller skated to down home blues. they roller skated to i don't know what they did. but we played our music and they played an organ. just that difference. i was on my way downtown just to see the city, get out and before i got married and i saw skating rink. man, i got off the bus in uni

influence around the world today russian foreign minister sergei lavrov accused washington of refusing to recognize the multipolar geo political world that is taking shape lavrov pointed to trump's promise to torpedo the iran nuclear deal as an example of a trump white house that wields only ultimatums and dictates and then there is turkey today turkish president erda one warned that he will use military force against a planned the us backed and kurdish led border force in syria along the border with turkey or one considers the kurdish piqué party to be terrorists and armed confrontation could potentially see two nato members clash something unheard of until today. syrian government forces fired on rebel fighters in and that this some verified footage was posted online by the syrian government the syrian observatory for human rights say the army has captured dozens of villages in the past three days and is closing in on rebel forces for the new rules turkey has threatened to attack the kurdish held a town with a free monitoring group say shelling has already begun ankara had been hopi

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"washington journal" is next. happy new year. it is the first "washington journal program. calls,ours of your phone plus discussions with talk host and bloggers. here is what we want to hear from you. instead of asking you to make political predictions, we want to hear your message to washington. the white you say to house, congress, republicans, democrats, what message would you deliver for 2018? here is how you can let us know. democrats, (202) 748-8000.. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. you can post on twitter, @cspanwj, and on our facebook page. either for discussion on front. your message to washington in 20 as we wait for your calls. this is from the observer website. this is the political predictions for 2018. the author is bradley talk. -- bradley tuck. he says the presidential race will start far earlier than usual. -- the soonerg to they jump in, this could be five to 10 declared, serious presidential candidates by the end of 2018. adding hert mueller would not decide the result of the mid-term election, saying perhaps he will release the

. >> "washington journal" continues. joining us from new york city is david rudenstine, a professor of law at the core does a school of law -- core does that -- or does out -- cordozo school of law. he is also the author of "the day the presses stopped: a history of the pentagon papers case." thank you for joining us today. thank you. i am delighted to be here. phyllis coming up that focuses on the washington post coverage of the pentagon papers. remind us of what the pentagon papers work. papersthe pentagon totaled 2.5 million words, 7000 pages, and it weighed 60 pounds. it was a history of how the united states got involved in totnam from roughly 1945 1968. "the washington post" covering the made it to the supreme court. explain what happened. guest: that is a complicated question. given to there "new york times" in 1971. , 1971, "the new york series"pushing a 10-part publishing the papers. the papers were classified top secret. later, a judge enjoined with the going forward publication pending a hearing because the go

tonight, on "washington week." president trump: there's never been a better time to hire in america, to invest in america, and to believe in the american dream, than right now. robert: president trump marks the end of his first year in office, celebrating the strength of the economy. and faces a potential government shutdown as the friday deadline looms. >> we could get this done in a few short days and not kick the can down the road. this is the fourth c.r. we have done and accomplished nothing. >> democratic senators fixation on illegal immigration has already blocked us from making progress on long-term spending talks. that same fixation has them threatening to filibuster funding for the whole government. robert: we discuss it all with dan balz of "the washington post," kelsey snell of npr. kimberly atkins of "the boston herald" and jeff zeleny of cnn. >> celebrating 50 years, this is "washington week." funding is provided by -- >> their leadership is instinctive. they understand the challenges of today. and res

what that is like today in washington, i have to confess i am in new york and not in washington, i am a law professor and not in government. i am not sure if the relationships in washington today are like what they were in the 1960's where there was a lot of coming and going and back and forth. host: marcus calling from boston on our independent line -- mark is calling from boston on our independent line. you are on with professor david rubenstein. caller: "the washington post" published the pentagon papers. what is the difference between that and what julian assange is doing? and why is there such a 100-80 degree turn from people on the liberal left for what he is doing? it seems whoever is in power is theatened by people like "washington post" at that time. i think it is a very different organization now. i want to get your thoughts. it seems totally the same thing. host: what do you think, professor? guest: that is an interesting question. the dramaticpon changes in the country with media to traditional outlets and social media. let me bring you back to 1971. we did not have twitte

watson: was washington aware of this? yes. i am a big george washington fan. it is difficult to read that he did not conduct many prisoner exchanges. the british would not take prisoner exchanges more often than not. many times washington was forced to bite the bullet. if you do 500 for 500, the british are getting back 500 men who are freshly trained who are , well fed and have been eating. and we were exchanging for weak prisoners. the more exchanges washington would conduct, the more it cap the british in the fight. representatives, multiple people, to the british, to those evil wardens i mentioned earlier, to please take this money. buy food, here is clothing. washington was always asking the british to improve the conditions and the answer was always no. by the end of the war, you can tell washington has had enough. he writes back and says need i remind you that i have a lot of british prisoners and i am willing to start treating the m the way you are treating our prisoners. after yorktown, we have generals. the british do not want their officers to be he

i want to support staff and the conversations at washington. we do all we can to quickly remove the mural and to the extent we can have restorative circles to discuss the impact and the trauma it's had on our community. so thank you for bringing it forward. i look forward to working with you more closely and reporting next year. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. [applause] our next item is appointments to the advisory committee. i know student delegate ang and commissioner walton have appointments. >> thank you. the student advisory council is making an appointment to the public education enrichment fund community advisory committee. we'll nominate a junior from mission high school, zariana reeves. the next meeting will be february 7 at 6:00 p.m. at 555 franklin. >> thank you. commissioner walton? >> thank you. i would like to appoint tracy brown gallardo. >> any other appointments? seeing none, next is our consent calendar. i need a motion and second. >> so moved. >> second. >> thank you. i have no public comment on consent items tonight.

people are coming back to cities in america. -- myage to washington message to washington is very clear. we are here to save you. politics dividing itself fromat they can take away the american people and what they can do to divide us. we judge our success by what we add or how we multiply our successes. we share the stories. i am excited to bring the summer games back to america for the first time in 30 years and los angeles. while washington is finally talking about infrastructure, we have been passing 250 billion dollars worth of infrastructure and our cities on our own. it is time for washington to match us. sure our tax dollars come back to our cities. today,ove forward here we may see some people who send out tweets, but we are fixing the streets. we are going out there and taking politics seriously. we want to see things get done. we have often helped each other out, sometimes even build each other out. eachother out. these threats are nothing short of a distraction. when you're threatening people with things that are not going to happen, if you do not listen professionals, if yo

this as pakistan also backs away from its alliance with washington. extreme hardship in france thousands of migrants continue to sleep rough despite president it's a promise to find them all shelter before the end of two thousand and seventeen we hear from some of their stories. and this man i. mean we know the story is this the life he still she would tell. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our team international and whether you're watching from washington d.c. or california or even traverse city michigan we're glad to have you with us had an emergency u.n. security council meeting to discuss the mass anti-government protests that engulfed iran has finished up in new york the session was called by washington which was voiced which has voiced its strong support for the demonstrators are to scale up and tells us what was said during the meeting. the meeting was called by the united states an emergency meeting of the fifteen member body that leads the un the security council and essentially the usa spoke and then many other cou

too is going to be i think he's planning on spending a lot of time in washington d.c. because he now owns the washington post he wants to be like that kay graham or whoever that woman who owned out the washington post and she said hold the salons and have all republican and democrat senators and and legislators all at her house and have these private salons and control the narrative right well you know it's free market com competition basically which is what you want you want competition that's the greatest thing you could ever achieve in our economy is free market competition and let america craddick cream rise to the top centrally planned governments do not work we've seen that time and time again and you know basically the animal spirits have been unleashed by john paul krugman it was number one on trump's list of fake news sources over there at the york times deserves that award prognostications about trump dead wrong again the guy doesn't understand technology doesn't understand politics doesn't understand economics and he's done it's right for him to be number on

>> well, wolf, this comment has really dominated washington since the washington post first reported about this just a short while ago. but inside the white house this comment is being received much differently by staffers because they actually believe that this isn't going to cause a problem with the president's base because they believe the comment that he made will actually resinate with his voters like in middle america and what not, instead of turning them off or alienating them in some kind of way, much like his attacks on those nfl players who protested by kneeling during the national anthem did. so the white house isn't in a flurry about this as you saw in that statement, from the deputy press secretary raj shaw, they did not deny that the president said that this and they actually in a way defended what he said and the white house staffers, the people inside the white house believe that this is not going to be a big problem for them. >> very interesting. let me get senator cardins reaction because they think it won't hurt him with his base. >> the president says what he beli

they seem impervious to what's happening in washington. i think earnings will probably be the story of the day, even if you do get a golf. shutdown let's be clear, if you have a shutdown, it does have a consumption effect, you will see it a quarter later so you may not see an immediate reaction, the kind of selloff over multiple days i think it causes a bit of volatility and it's ab coshed ba absorbed back into the market over a day or so >> that seems to have been what happened in the past with a bit of a pullback, then markets digest it and move on. as we talk about down the road what do you think equities are shaping up to look like for the first half and the second half of the year, if earnings are strong and economic fundamentals continue to grow >> so, we actually see it exactly the way you just described it a year of two halves the first half will continue to see momentum, we'll see strong earnings, as we get into the second half of the year, we have a few things we're keeping our eye on that could make it difficult for equities to

anything outside the mainstream anything you know but what like the new york times in the washington post which is by the way also owned by jeff bezos the washington post what they want you to know right i mean the very slogan question more offends them because it really means question them a question there isn't the only thirty seconds it's like i can call it the american officials when they accused you would be big he was also they sat there so when dollops same bad things these enemies in country but wasn't so indulged a european thing seems the times i'm still critics called me in his life that's what dowe that's what the whole outfit was about gentlemen we're going to jump in here i want to thank my guests here in moscow and thanks to our viewers for watching us here this is the end of our broadcast segments stay with us for the extended version on our you tube channel see you next time and remember cross talk rules. for the stand. for what. i know that i know a lot of rather you know that i thought was yeah i think yeah. i'm going to let them battle but i'm going to. keep an. e

washington is finally talking about infrastructure. it is time for washington to match us. we need to make sure we rebuild our bridges, streets, public transportation, and electrical grid. as we move for here today, we may see some people who send out tweets but we are fixing the , streets. we are going out there and taking politics seriously. we want to see things get done. we have often helped each other out, we may have to bail each other out. -- thank you. these threats are nothing short of a distraction, because when you are threatening people with things that are not going to happen, if you don't listen to the police professionals of this nation and understand how best areerve communities, if you -economy to stop the entrepreneurs. sure, distract this country from your lack of work, but the mayors are getting back to it. spanish] i am very happy with my colleagues here, because in this moment, we need to have action. not only words, but action. ofse words are reflection this country and this world. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you mayor landrieu for your l

washington doesn't know that. and, oh, we are 24-7. when something happens in our community, they don't call washington. they don't call the legislators in our state. they call the mayors. so we get things done. and i'm so proud to be standing here with my colleagues to work together for the good of the people that we serve. and for the good of this nation, and economic vitality and for each and every person who lives in this great country of ours. god bless america. god bless america's mayors [ applause ] >> mayors thank you for all of your comments h there did an elephant in the room and i'm going to address it now. one thing that the people of america should understand clearly about the people standing around me is, number one, we represent the totality and the beauty and diversity of the united states of america. we are republican and democrat. we are rich and poor. we represent every corner of this great nation. the second thing is this, is that mayors run to the fire. we never run away from the fire. because people's lives depend

part of the problem with the predictable voices in washington is that they have been in washington too long. they basically have their hand out to lobbyists for money. i don't know who i am going to hear, but bernie sanders has been around in politics forever. even find vermont on a map, and he showed up with the right voice at the right time. maybe there will be a voice that shows up at the right place at the right time. this is a year of change. inequality, the events of 2017 and climate change, and between the deregulation that leads so many americans vulnerable in health feeling,feeling -- now -- now failing, is this government responding and respecting you? you better change it. don't wait for the democratic party to knock on your door. put your name out there and start making the change, because you are the change. when it comes to the opioid crisis, overdoses what do you see in the coming year? opioidme explain the crisis in new hampshire. new hampshire is the seventh richest state in new hampshire -- written just state in the country. guess where we went when it comes to eating

and it's cold in washington. it's warm at mar-a-lago. he really didn't want to be in washington. he was suppose to be headline a gala fund-raiser to mark the one year anniversary of his presidency. tickets started at $100,000 a pair that pays for dinner and a photograph with the president. for $250,000, the couple would be able to take part in a round table with the president. because of the shutdown he decided not to go to the fund-raiser. maybe because he had to be in washington to negotiate. maybe because it would look really bad. he is still in washington but the party is still on. for more on that we turn to nbc news white house correspondent who is down in palm beach, florida close to but not at the party, unfortunately. that would have been a fun way to spend an evening. what's going on? the party is going on. $100,000 a couple of $250,000 a couple and the president is not

it's it only full length statue of washington that he personally posed for. and it was shortly after it revolution, he was 53 years old. he had voluntarily resigned his military powers to go them to private life on his farm. and the statue that visitors see today is the most accurate depiction of george washington available. inside that room where you see george washington are marble busts of the other virginia-born presidents. we have a total of eight. we also have a surprise guest. s there rr an additional statue of the marquee delafayette who was a major general in the american revolution fighting on our side against the british, a french volunteer. outside our building we have a pediment style, temple style a-line roof but once you're inside the building and you enter the hall ofprises, you suddenly discover a dome, which is what you had been expecting all along and our dome has a oculous or sky lite and directly above that dome sky lite above it is an additional sky lite on the outside roof. we are now inside the old hall of the house of delegates, usual

i'm going to pass and it was just in that scale and that out of washington. that i was in and out of. the from that i saw for. the first of it to have that oh . yeah. that's. a cool when i walk. around what i saw and know in their own budget and no women on the. block and i saw . at the head leave it all to father and i love this one. time job and i'll cry i thought i left schaffel i know what kind of it's not that. everything that goes to iraq must be approved by a special sanctions committee this committee has consistently blocked the restoration of basic services in iraq power light and clean running water you know what. all of it. but next a lot. of the. model of the old so was the for the. when lawmakers manufacture consent instinctive the public will. when the ruling class is protect themselves. but the final merry go round lives only the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick. the four page memo detailing extensive. change the course of what is known as russia also does the trumpet ministration syria policy makes any sense. if you look. ten ye

don't be friends with kurds if you want to keep good relations isn't the only signal washington missed. the coup attempt back in twenty sixteen made things worse there's the local way and turkish cleric living in exile in the us and grow things cool when orchestrated and demands that the us extradite him. and recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital didn't do their relations any good either and it even created an opening for air to want to grab the throne as leader of the muslim world to assistance to wash. look good out of. why you backing israel whether it's ok patient torture and terrorism is that what you were defending one would think that the us would take the theory of their ally into consideration before making any rash decisions but instead of treading carefully washington to cut aid to all of the countries opposed to the jerusalem solution the most important problem between that stares and talk is that is that there is no you know nobody you know trusts their other one this is the main problem for tricky especially to talk to people on government never rely on never trust in

authorities charged president to one's body guard with attacking protesters in washington well middle east expert ali risk thinks the turkish leaders latest words should be taken seriously. this isn't the first time that the turkish president of russia or you were given makes such fiery statements when it comes to something i think yes it's very possible that in the midst of it do all these disagreements with the americans has responded by for the sprinkling fives with countries like russia and iran you do have this anti uranium iranian atmosphere which is prevailing in washington and so i think that pushes the entire thing anyone who could be associated with being close to iran if you take it from that perspective it could be politically motivated maybe something more important which we could refer to is this the downward spiral we have in u.s. ties with the muslim countries in general we already have this mostly muslim anger from the from the street now from politicians. america's relations with pakistan look to be turning sour as well protests have broken out in islamabad with acti

worsened already tense ties between both ankara and washington and kurds in washington we look at the deepening divisions. total troubled times before the globalization downfalls economic forum but instead of supporting the party he launched a charm offensive to your big business to america. supporter the russian opposition figure alexina valley are gathering in a number of russian cities to protest against the upcoming presidential election. and throughout the week afghanistan has seen a wave of deadly terror attacks which have been claimed to claims more than a hundred lives. very warm welcome you are watching the weekly here on r.t. international or the latest headlines and a round of the stories that shaped the week. well it's been a little over a week since turkey rolled its first tanks into northern syria and dispatched its first helicopters into its neighbor the moves all in a bid to tackle local kurdish militia which ankara considers terrorists who threaten border security. i. know. these are the latest pictures from the ground operation in syria turkish troops have seized con

washington is blaming the s syrian rege and russia. only yesterday. word for the civilians both of them children were victims of a parent chlorine gas attack. the reason the taxes grew the racers concerns of a sharma five syrian regime id continuing issues. with him or what was it is its own the whole. whoever conducted the attacks. so all the repairs responsibility for the victims in these gruta. and callous other syrian parted with chemical weapons. russia is a key ally all assets government on has regularly blocked u. n. vetoes demanding action against his regime. now the united states is looking for alternative approaches. in p paris tennyson and his french counterpart announced a new organization that will identify and punish anyone found to have used chemical weapons. the whole missiles result. all information about the architects of chemical attacks will be made available. traders face the consequences of their actions. the owner told us so. we planted contributed case filed against the perpetrators of such attack. viewed for prosecution of you

david: i am david westin in washington. the white house surprised the business and political world yesterday by announcing president trump will join the world economic forum in switzerland. this is the first time an american resident has been at the meeting since bill clinton, 18 years ago. here is bloomberg's washington correspondent here with me. what is he going to face? >> the president will see a very skeptical audience. obviously, the president campaigned on being a populist and an america first president who derives this idea of wealthy people have gathered in the house talking about localization. the america first message over to davos but he may have things they may like as well. tax reform, deregulation, business leaders and other countries might like what he has done thius far. potentially taking on iran and north korea and really having the bellicose language. those of the types of things that scare international investors and world leaders. it could be a very interesting discussion of the president will have wi

for the snowstorm coverage, head to the nbc washington app. everything you need to know to get you ready for today, the weekend. >>> it is 6:52 right now. it's been a tricky morning in several places because of the cold weather. water main breaks. it's been rough. >> melissa mollet has you covered in traffic. >> breaking news in northwest washington. take a live look at megan mcgrath's camera here this morning. ice-covered roadway. let go to my map, show you what's going on near the kennedy center. the repairs northbound rock creek parkway, westbound virginia avenue, southbound 27th street. lanes blocked through that area because of this water main break. drivers cannot use the ramp to westbound 66 or get from whitehurst freeway to rock creek northwest this morning. chopper 4 over this problem. southbound gw parkway at 123. earlier crash there causing big delays as you head inbound. in northwest, inbound canal road at arizona avenue. icy conditions reported there. kind of the story all over the area. inbound memorial bridge, left lane blocked.

. >> after a cruise up potomac, we reversed course back toward washington, where the colonel and i reflected on the beauty of the nation's capital and its landmarks that are so rarely accessible by air because of washington's no-fly zones. you tapped me a few times. i tapped you a few times. we're looking out like we're kids enjoying the view out there. >> that's exactly right. >> do you have a favorite when it comes to flying over washington? >> when i see the capitol from the air, when i see the white house from the air, when i go through the tidal basin and see the jefferson memorial and the washington monument and the white house, i pinch myself. >> the white house looked almost small from the air. the low profile of the city buildings became more evident than ever from up above. but the u.s. capitol still