washington's mother. that is what you are going to hear her talk about tonight. please join me in welcoming dr. arthur saxton. martha: thank you so. much for that kind introduction it is just such a pleasure to be here and to see such a wonderful audience to celebrate women's history month. it is a great honor for me to be here. i have been back and forth for many years, but this is my first time trying to get back some of what mount vernon has given to me. mary belloss washington as i was researching a book. i was surprised to find that george washington, like many sons in 18th-century virginia was aggravated in his dealings with his widowed mother over dealings with money. i was surprised because he was so wealthy and he was so famous for being well behaved. i didn't know a great deal about what washington and certainly nothing about his mother. this just sort of the not seem the picture, it did not seem quite right. in looking for more context, i quickly came across a handful of incidents that come fro

and martha washington? >> it is not a question i can fully answer. they saw each other from time to time. when george sort of made that happen. he saw his mother much more then they saw each other as a trio. as far as i know, she never went to mount vernon. at least after the marriage, there is no record she did. she did not go anywhere. i do not know that she was not welcome there, but she also did not go anyplace else either. she was very happy george got married. she helped him prepare for the wedding and when there was an emergency and his luggage did not arrive on time, she made that happen. they were very different. martha was from a different class in some ways. mary was -- she spoke her mind. elite. the gentry in this time became more and more gentrified. george and martha are in a class that is becoming more and more rarefied from mid to late 18th century. mary does not dress well. george talked about it. he does not like that she is using an old-style of wearing kind of a house dress and hi contin

center washington d.c. and in london we have jonathan steele he's an international affairs commentator originally cross-like rules in effect that means he can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate joe lauria let me go to you first in washington i'm titling this program stumbling into war you know the more i think about the events that are unfolding in front of us are so many different angles to look at how a possible conflict could come about what worries you the most in the wake of the drums decision to walk away from the nuclear deal with iran go ahead joe lauria in washington what worries me most are two words john and bolton yes john bolton the national security advisor has been has been making speeches and writing articles for years about regime change in iran he backs this group which was on the terrorism list state department terrorism list he now is in the passenger seat with a very unsteady driver and netanyahu has one hand on the wheel netanyahu has been able to manipulate trump very ea

with the deal this is why there's been so much hysteria in europe and they tried not grown came to washington they all failed he pulled out why they pulled out one could only imagine it's because they are planning a regime change in iran i think we're seeing all the signs of that you know one hour after trump made that speech in which he said he was getting out of the deal the israelis massively bombed iranian targets inside syria according to time magazine one hour later that's the message that was sent so while the attacks made against iran maybe just in syria now there's no question in my mind that when the military directive that trump also gave to the defense department to prepare against any threat by iran they were going down a very very dangerous road here ok it's go to their second joe and why he didn't how do you assess what joe lauria just said right there because it all of the hallmarks of you know i feel like we're back in two thousand and three looking at the how the media is dealing with this here i mean the massacre of palestinians of the last few days and the way the media de

mr macron had a wonderful repeating in a washington a. few weeks ago where mr buck broad has probably decided to become washington's pimp in the paris however the other european union countries particularly germany is in no mood to listen to washington on the business relationship that they have developed with. iran over the years it's not in the interest of anyone to create huge distances between iran on the nuclear deal. the longest bridge in europe linking mainland russia to crimea was officially opened on tuesday it took only two years to build and will reduce the region's reliance on sea and air transport and allow more tourists to visit. well the first pedestrian to use the new link was full footage of this current which lives in the area but the line has its own social media account where this video was posted and that enjoys a strong following. the russian president was soon to follow in the cat's footsteps making the journey from the krasnodar region to use in southern russia to coach on the crimean peninsula. so you believe that

nuclear deal when you were in washington why did you fail . i think the most important thing is to maintain stability and peace and middle east i'm in washington and i have said this by the way i had understood that president trump wanted to. leave agreement from two thousand and fifteen and during our joint press conference i had suggested that we work on a broader framework and i am very sorry about his decision i think it is a mistake and this is why we europeans have decided like we reiterated yesterday to remain within the agreement from two thousand and fifteen as i reminded president of wanny we negotiated and signed this agreement and it allows us to control the nuclear defense activity in iran until two thousand and twenty five but this equipment needs to be completed on nuclear activities until two thousand twenty five ballistic activities in the region and regional activities of iran in iraq or yemen and syria when i was in washington i said to president trump don't tear everything up but if something were you let strengthen this fr

susan: why did he come to washington? kamal maclarin: he came because he established, and his final newspaper, he wanted to use his voice and pen to advocate for african americans a transition from slavery to freedom. he also wanted the year of all ar of allicians -- e the politicians in and around washington. because in 1872, the home that he purchased was not too far from the actual nation capital. susan: this was the period of reconstruction in the south. how was he able to influence policy at all? kamal maclarin: i would say that he did, because we saw that the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were passed. but what we find is that as the reconstruction era was winding down, we see douglass becomes jaded by the whole reconstruction experiment in many ways, because there were all the things, all the advancements that were made during that critical period were pretty much being undercut or rolled back. susan: is it true that when he arrived, president rutherford hayes helped his finances by giving him an appointment, a fe

dick tut at this moment yes mr macron had a wonderful meeting in a washington. few weeks ago where mr mark ron has probably decided to become washington's pimp in paris however the other european union countries particularly germany is in no mood to listen to washington on the business relationship that they have developed with. iran over the years it's not in the interest of anyone to create huge distance between iran on the nuclear deal. africa has long promoted itself as being a safari holiday destination catering to high end travellers through such as this. but it appears that the reality on the ground is somewhat less rosy safari parks have been looking to expand their territory and that according to a new study at the government of the east african state of tanzania to evict it didn't indigenous communities and on a huge scale evictions began in the early two thousand but tensions rose after some twenty thousand people were reportedly left homeless last august and september alone nearly six thousand homes were said to be deliberately damaged and some of th

washington bureau chief. welcome alexander to tell us more about about the us is twelve demands well there is a long list of demands as you said twelve among them requiring man steps could have been expect for example calling on the run to stop the end richmond of the randian something that was now it's on to the previous iran deal under strict limitations the u.s. is also calling upon iran through these all the citizens held in iran it's calling for on the iran to allow nuclear on qualified access to all science throughout the country and it's also demanding that iran would stroll all its troops from syria and stop its activities in the region in yemen or enough ghana's down and that is indeed something that was not addressed by the deal and it is something that you ask is very concerned about what response is this likely to bring from iran. well the u.s. government is convinced that that's the right strategy because they're pointing to their maximum pressure campaign against north korea saying look this can

this is the news live from berlin tonight washington wings it's a tough new law to reign in iraq. you know what britain. no more symptoms of missiles landing in the bowling heights no more cost for expansion. u.s. secretary of state my compañero adding to the u.s. will impose its toughest sanctions yet on iran's also coming up in the least populous coalition nominates just because they were prime minister meaning that the country could finally see a new government sworn in we'll bring you the latest from home and to russia facing a new doping scandal with less than four weeks until the soccer world cup begins german journalist of uncovered suspicious test results from the russian soccer squad member it's. good to have you with thoughts tonight the united states is threatening to impose its toughest ever sanctions on iran that is unless tehran ends its nuclear program and withdraws its forces from syria u.s. secretary of state my pump aoe today laid down the ultimatum signaling a new approach from washington after it jettisoned the international nuclear deal with iran two weeks ag

so again, "the washington post" has just broken this story. mueller and his team apparently threatening that they believe they have the option of subpoenaing president trump to testify in the russia scandal even if he does not want to. again, "the post" helpfully noting that whatever trump's advisers and legal team think might be legal precedent, this is very much an untested matter in the courts. i should also add, since "the washington post" published this tonight, since they've posted this on their website, nbc news has reached out to john dowd, the president's former lawyer who, according to two people, who spoke with "the washington post" said to the special counsel in that march meeting, what was the quote again, this isn't some game, you are screwing with the work of the president of the united states. tonight, nbc news has reached john dowd to comment on this new report in "the washington post." in a brief e-mail with nbc news regarding this new "post" story, mr. dowd referred questions about it to the president's current legal team. b

washington apparently assumes that europe will fall in line with trump's iran policy and they have a mequon tweet to back them up. now this is the transcript from a briefing by the state department to reporters yesterday when a reporter asked how the u.s. government can be sure that europe will cooperate a state department senior official said this i mean i think we have some idea because the president and president when he was here for the state visit president called it a four pillar new deal and the reporter says but one of the pillars that was keeping the c.p.a. away the nuclear deal which he made certain to emphasize repeatedly the state department official went on to say right but he tweeted today something that seemed to indicate to me a french willingness to work with us and the reporter replied so you guys have a positive tweet out of it that's amazing yes the trump administration apparently decided that there is no need for a plan b. because of the tweet written by the french president does emanuel macro not have that kind of sway over donald trump well that is just one of

he promised to drain the swamp and clean up washington. democrats welcomed this promise when he made it. all of us here today have been working for years to promote ideas and legislation that would loosen the grip of special interests on so many arms of the federal government. but president trump, when it comes to draining the swamp, has been a complete and total disappointment. president trump has embraced the most egregious establishment republican norms, and appointed the most conflict of interest-ridden cabinet in my lifetime. the swamp has never been more foul or more fetid than under this president. every day it seems there's a new story about the swamp cabinet. just look at the swampy actions that finally forced out h.h.s. secretary tom price. e.p.a. administrator scott pruitt's almost daily scream of corruption. or o.m.b.'s mick mulvaney caught on tape saying access to him had to be bought. he wasn't even ashamed. even the president's personal attorney, michael cohen, who doesn't work in the white house, was cashing checks in excha

[cheers and applause] washington post publisher fred ryan returned to his alma mater to address law school graduates, where he talked about tech innovation, attacks on journalism, and internet privacy. mr. ryan is the former president and ceo of politico and served as chief of staff to ronald reagan after his presidency. [applause] frederick: thank you, dean. thank you class of 2018 for that warm welcome to usc. it is great to be with you on this special day. just to assure you that life continues after law school, in fact long after law school, i would like to point out that several members of my class, the class of 1980, are here tonight. thank you for joining us. [applause] frederick: and it is great to see that the home for old lawyers let you out for the day. [laughter] frederick: i will begin with two confessions, purely voluntary, so there is no need to whip out your book of rules of evidence. first, i honestly have no idea who the commencement speaker was 38 years ago when i graduated from usc. whoever he was was not especially inspiring and i take away no lasting wisdom. [laughter

washington is crucial. if there is an indispensable man and the revolution, more importantly, the first decade of the national history, in 1979 washington is the man. i do not think anyone else can of how the country together. >> without him, would not have work. drugs i think in the revolutionary war he is important, but not in disposable. i think if he was killed, something else would've happened. nathaniel green or someone would lead the war. and in the nation building nation holding, i think he was crucial. thes and his presence at national convention? >> absolutely. >> and hisnot not -- presence at the national convention? >> absolutely. >> he did not say anything. but he was just there. >> in fact, at the very end he makes one proposal. we should lower the number of people and the size of the district. he knew his own strength. if you ever intervened in debate with a point, no one would have contested that. probably privately in the tavern at night, maybe, but publicly when you read medicines notes, t

night on "washington week." president trump: i'll be meeting with kim jong-un to pursue a future of peace and eae world, for the whole world. barry: north k frees three north northwestern detainees, clearing the way for the summit with kim jong-un. president trump: our biggest achievement wh will be when we denuclearize that entire region. robert: p can tsident convince the north korean leader stop his nuclear program and what will they expect in return? plus, one week after the u.s. pulse the inian deal, a warning to iran. president trump: i advise iran not to restart their nuclearm. prog robert: but the president of iran says if diplomatic mes cannot solve -- come it with its ownea iran may retaliate.xa wene the global implications with peter baker of "the new york times,"th shawna as of vice news, anne gearan of the "washington post" and michael crowley of politico. >> this is "washington week." corporate funding is provided by -- >> their leadership is instinctive. they t understand challenges of today and r

it was good enough for george washington to go to congress, so george washington can do it, i can do it. congress flip out when he came. they said this was -- someone introduced a resolution to say this was an unconstitutional interference with the power of legislation. but he was a tradition-breaker in that way. gets him into trouble today, but it's not -- sometimes it makes more sense than you may think at first. sir. oh, you need a mic. >> people have observed, and scalia often talked about justices inventing law out of whole cloth. of course you see it not only in the supreme court, but in other courts as well. this phenomenon, you must have noticed it in your studies. when did it start and why did it start? to ordinary people, it seems very peculiar. >> yeah. it fends who you ask. if you -- fends who you ask. if you ask thomas jefferson, it began with john marshall. where on earth did john marshall find a bank in the constitution? it doesn't speak of a bank. we know that some members at the constitutional convention thought of proposing a bank, but they thought it wouldn't get t

and for more on the week ahead in washington, we spoke to a pair of reporters on this morning's "washington journal." >> "washington journal" continues. on mondays, we like to look at the week ahead in washington, covering both ends of pennsylvania avenue. we're joined by erik wasson and anita kumar. anita kumar, i want to begin with the confirmation hearings for gina haspel. that is happening on wednesday it reports out over the weekend house had to push to keep her to continue in this nomination process. and of the back story here, is this confirmation still on track? right now.l on track "the washington post" reported this weekend that she wanted to get out of the confirmation, saying she wanted to withdraw. she did not want to be another whoy jackson was the quote, was the president of the doctor who was nominated to head the v.a. rand paul is against her. unclear what will happen with john mccain. have the votesl to the controversy behind her, even though she is a career cia officer, 33 years of places all over the world, the controversy is what she had to do with the torture that the

decision to leave the iran nuclear deal we'll go live to washington to jerusalem. on the ground and in an exclusive interview french president emmanuel mccall says president trump's decision to ditch the nuclear deal with iran was poco mistake but what are the next steps for the deal's european backers. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us three american prisoners released by north korea have landed at andrews air force base where president trump agreed them personally the president release comes during the build up to an historic summit with the united states the trio includes a christian. unary and two teachers arrested while working at the foreign funded gang university of science and technology. the three men spent one to two years in north korea's prisons for alleged anti state activities the president described their release as very exciting and as a gesture of goodwill on behalf of north korea. well here's what the president had to say as the three arrived home a short while ago. my proudest achievement will be this is a part of it but it will b

the end of the legislative week in washington. before lawmakers go home, a vote is scheduled on a massive multi-your farm bill on the house today. conservative republicans are objecting to having the vote because they are opposed to a group of moderate republicans thewant to protect so-called immigrant dreamers. meanwhile, the president contemplating a trade deal with china in order to move forward with that summit with north korea. and between capitol hill and the white house, some are calling for robert mueller to wrap up his investigation. all of these stories around the table this morning as we get to your thoughts on this week in washington. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independent, (202) 748-8002. websitealso go to our and go to twitter at @cspanwj or facebook.com/cspan. good morning. we will get your thoughts in just a minute, but let's begin with the mueller investigation. senate minority leader chuck floor yesterday on the one-year anniversary of robert mueller's probe. [video clip] >> we should

crosstalk in the korean peninsula i'm joined by my guest and washington he is a senior fellow at the institute for china america studies also in washington we have john merrow he is former chief of the north east asia division of the bureau of intelligence and research at the u.s. state department as well as author of korea the peninsular origins of the war and in new york we cross to daniel as our he is an author and freelance journalist who writes frequently about the middle east eastern europe and the us constitution right gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciated let me go to you first in washington if you look at the mainstream media and particularly the cable stations all the focus on the korean peninsula is directed towards this summit that may have with the north korean leader but really i think it's what's more important happening this week and if the two koreas coming together how does this change the situation on the peninsula if north korea and south korea can find some kind of meaningful and let me stress meanin

robert perry is a longtime investigative journalist based in washington d.c. best known for his major disclosures about the iran contra scandal in the one nine hundred eighty s. he is the founder of consortium news where he has reported extensively on the crisis in ukraine and the forces behind the unrest and in geo is a non-governmental organization how many n.g.o.s are quite legitimate they represent good causes that maybe they help people in a country the door deal with water problems or deal with various kinds of social problems but there are some n.g.o.s that have become funded by government entities and serve more the purpose of that government rather than trying to serve the people that they are sensibly working for one thing we saw in the one nine hundred eighty s. that that point the central intelligence agency had been largely discredited because of the scandals that had been exposed in the one nine hundred seventy s. but that being years the cia has secretly financed its overseas activities of the national student association but then there came to

joking. >> it's heavy. >> washington plays hicky. a wealthy, larger than life salesman who visits a group of drunken, down on their luck bar flies. >> bring on the rat poison. >> george c wolf is the director. >> he is incredibly skilled actor uses all his skill set to disappear inside of the characters. i think there are a number of actors we see, enjoyable. compelling. seeing them play this role. this role. this role. they don't disappear. i think he surrenders to his characters in an extraordinary way. >> den gel washington group in mt. vernon, new york. with his mother who managed her own beauty shop. and his father. denzel sr. a minister who worked two jobs. >> used to sit in the driveway with his foot out. of the car. and the door open. listening to the radio. and, i used to wonder why he would do that. i think it was, he just left one boss. another boss waiting for him in the house. the only time he had to be. to be, to be. to -- be the boss. >> washington says, when he was young, his parents, especially his mother. helped pre

but as president trump left washington forallas to speak to the n.r.a. convention, those pments and challenges were over shadowed by the legal battles he and his team are waging. at times out of step with each other. and by the ongoing special counsel probento russian election interference. an investigation mr. trump has long called a cloud over his presidency. that cloud, his words, only seemed to growth week. ty cobb his lawyer on russia who preached cooperation wh special counsel robert mueller ahead of a potential presidential interview resigned. rudy guiliani, the former new york mayor, and now the president's lead outside attorney, made a stunningem stt on fox news that mr. trump made a series of payments reimbursing his personal lawyer, mhael cohen, for a $130,000 settlement with an adult film actress, ms. stephany clifford, also known as stormy daniels. that's despite the president's assertion last month thate was unaware of the payment. guiliani then issued a clarification of sorts on friday that read in part, there is no campaign violation. th

we have joe he is a fellow at the arab center washington d.c. and in london we have to. jonathan steele is an international affairs commentator originally cross-talk rules in effect that means he can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate joe lauria let me go to you first in washington i'm titling this program stumbling into war you know the more i think about the events that are unfolding in front of us are so many different angles to look at how a possible conflict could come about what worries you the most in the wake of drums decision to walk away from the nuclear deal with iran go ahead joe lauria in washington what worries me most are two words john and bolton yes john bolton the national security advisor has been has been making speeches and writing articles for years about regime change in iran he backs this group which was on the terrorism list state department's terrorism list he now is in the passenger seat with a very unsteady driver and netanyahu has one hand on the wheel netanyahu has been able to manipulate trump very ea

government itself or the constituent assembly do you think that's a fair demand by washington. well you know not not in the current situation where you have basically the institutions in venezuela go to war with each other so the national assembly is using its budgetary power to try to put pressure on the executive branch to paralyze them really and you know you need to take into account that this national assembly has basically never recognized the legitimacy of the executive branch it's not a question of them wanting to have better dialogue better working relationship it's them wanting to simply get rid of president maduro they're not interested in dialogue again they're in interested in sort of cleaning the deck entirely and you know completely dominating the institutions of venezuela and of course in such a polarized situation as venezuela is in today that's a dangerous situation really. the verge of. civil conflict lead and interesting to see how that pans out parallel to the situation with iran of course another key geopolitical issue on the table now i'll examine the mai

the campaign in washington washington, israel, and saudi arabia. there is a campaign to support the agreement from european members of the signatory, franae and germany. eventsd more, we get like last night, comments by mr. trump. this happens, the more iranians are discouraged there is hope to keeping the nuclear deal in tact. we will see what happens, calm may 12. french president emmanuel macron is doing his utmost to support the iran nuclear deal. the french foreign minister said netanyahu's comments might strengthen the need for maintaining the current iran nuclear deal. next, we will go back to armenia and the capital yerevan, where correspondent gulliver cragg is standing by. this is a big day in parliament. tell us more about what is happening and remind us of the situation. gulliverer: right now, debates e going on in the armenian parliament. is takinginyan questions from mp's. this has been going on for several hours, and expected to go on for several hours more. it is not clear what the ruling republican party position is going to be. we

tonight a high-wire rescue attempt in washington. south korea's president meets donald trump to try to keep nuclear talks on track as both the u.s. and north korea ramp up the rhetoric ahead of their planned singapore summit. from pennsylvania, i'm joined by the u.s. former special representative on north korea, joseph yun. >>> plus, award winning director wim wenders on his new movie "a man of his word." it's a candid, revealing portrait of poperancis as you've never seen him before. >>> good evening, everyone, and welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in london. president trump has indicated that there is a chance his much ballyhooed summit with north korea may not happen after all. at a white house meeting with the south korean president today, the agenda seemed to move from summit prep to operation summit save. >> we're moving along, and we'll see what happens. there is certain conditions that we want, and i think we'll get those conditions and if we don't, we don't have the meeting and, frankly, it has a chance to be a

haidi: trading places, china's top economic advisor visits washington for round two of tariff talks. betty: and budget day in australia with tax cuts, we will be live. haidi: hello from sydney where is just past 8:00 a.m., it is "daybreak australia". is just after 6:00 p.m. in new york and over the next hour will look at how the action on wall street is going to play in the asia-pacific trading day. is quite a long time since we talked about oil prices, and that is affecting the markets. mentioned at the top that president trump is going to make his decision and announcement at 2:00 tomorrow that sent crude oil prices back below the $70 a barrel level. you can see we are hovering brent crude and trading at $76 commitment is interesting to see the takedown of u.s. stocks as well. not just energy stocks but not energy stocks also dropping, falling from the highs of the session, but still ending up and five points and the s&p higher, and the nasdaq up by seven tens of 1%. warren buffett giving his vote of confidence to apple. haidi: and we saw that driving apple's stock prices. side we

asymmetrical way this is something i worry about go ahead joe laurie in washington . first i agree with jonathan said i think they would prefer a regime change through a color revolution and not war but that that's on the cards if necessary as far as the europeans go we've saw or twice since the cold war since the on the second world war one since one thousand sixty seven one to go all pulled out of nato and then of course in two thousand and three as you were bringing up peter the europeans would not vote the germans and the french are on the security council of course the french are always on the security council they didn't vote for bush is a resolution to invade iraq and that became a big crisis those are the two main times when europe showed some independence against united states this is the third opportunity and unfortunately i agree with you and what alexander mccurry is wrote in the durand that i republished in that sort of news that the market the iranian market is much smaller than the u.s. market and the economics of it are going to determine that europe w

good morning and welcome to the washington institute. i am brought back off, director of the institute and i am delighted to welcome all of you this morning to our institution for this theory special event. our guest was kind enough to remember that events in the middle east took them away at the last moment a year ago when he was due to come and speak at this institution. and although there are no shortage of complicated and even tragic events going on in the middle east today, we are grateful to him and to his team and delegation for making time in this important mission to come and speak to the washington institute. i don't really have to list all of the issues that confront israeli security today i made him a look at the headlines, look at the map and see that on virtually every front surrounding israel commentaries red ink, the anchor challenge, taking the threat going from lebanon to syria, going from gaza to sinai. it is the responsibility of our guest today to address these issues, to lead in both the political and military sense

this is boom bust broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. i'm part children coming up today saudi arabia's unemployment rate has reached record levels causing increased concern arche correspondent mop and give us the latest and we talk trade and tariffs with alex behind all of it and authors heene plus r.t. correspondent dan cohen fills us in on the economic progress made by greece and their economy and a snoop dogg's said last week we'll put the crypt back in crypto with technology writer morgan tech all that debt ahead but first we hit the headlines. the merger mania continues yesterday was a particularly busy and big day for mergers as more than one hundred twenty billion dollars worth of deals were announced according to the market tracking firm deal logic we were ported on a couple of those wal-mart's bid to spin off u.k. grocery store locations and refocus on the fight with amazon for the indian market and the third try on a sprint t. mobile merger but there were many others and the numbers speak for themselves there have not been as m

so what are exactly washington's goals in syria a partition war for war sake or a means to sticking it to iran and russia all or poorly thought out. across talking syria i'm joined by my guest gareth porter in washington he's an independent investigative journalist and historian as well as author of manufactured crisis the untold story of the around nucular scare in london we have danny makki he is a syria commentator and co-founder of syrian digital media group and in doha we cross the mohammed show kawi he is a professor of conflict resolution at george mason university and author of what is an lightman continuity a rupture in the wake of the arab uprisings all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate dan dan let me go to you because i know you just came back from syria so you have a good feel for the lay of the land here you know i asked in my in my introduction just exactly what do you think washington's goals are because i guess it depends on who you ask in washington these days go ahead dammit. absolutely i mean was

talking to us foreign policy i'm joined by my guest michael in washington he is a professor of strategy at the johns hopkins university also in washington we have then you for achi he is the director of grassroots political consulting and in new york we cross to george there muley he's a fellow at the global policy institute in london and author of the book bombs for peace are gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated michael let me go to you first in washington you are after all a professor of strategy so given what we have seen of this administration well so they'd say there is this president to have a foreign policies strategy go ahead mr strategists. a strategy can be the thing itself or it can be a representation of the formulas and nostrums that float among the the privilege of ruling elites and thus i think you see trump speaking to the people who most enthusiastically support him right his base so-called and he is speaking for them as in their voice and in that sense much of the rhetoric and delivery of his foreign

looks at how the last deal between pyongyang and washington works act. we all know what carrot and stick diplomacy is but these these goes beyond that way beyond their will get private capital that comes in north korea is desperately in need of energy support electricity for their people we can deliver that and as i said earlier this week we can create conditions for real economic prosperity for the north korean people that will rival that of the south talk about extremes not so long ago people were seriously talking about nuclear war those with a penchant for the dramatic really made the best of the opportunity north korea best not make it work threats to the united states. they will be met with fire fury. like the world has never seen well north koreans must be sighing in relief instead of fire and fury they're now getting the carrot will they have to do is give up nukes nice let's just hope they have short memories so i think iran is on notice and they are going to have to make a choice are they willing to go down the path which i think ultimately wil

from a george washington who embodied honesty to a washington, d.c. defined by deceit. >> frank sesno, last word to you on this overall issue. lies and leaks from the white house. is it all essentially, you know -- the coverage about leaks lately, press shop seems to be leaking like a sieve. but isn't the tone that comes from the top what allows or enables that to happen? >> as was said in the reagan white house, the fish rots from the head. of course, they weren't talking about themselves. they were talking about others. but that applies. and we have so devalued honesty and credibility. which used to be demanded at the white house. when i covered at the white house, i remember the white house press secretary would walk away and say, by the way, the president just misspoke. now we have the "washington post" counting the number of falsehoods there are and maintaining a 3,000-plus list. this is very -- this is insidious stuff, as bloomberg pointed out. it devalues and debases the civil discourse across the spectrum. it enables others to follow suit. it

education commissioner brendan casillas will be the guest on the bus during washington journal starting at 9:30 am eastern. >>> and testimony from treasury secretary steve minasian and acting irs commissioner david cotter. on president trumps 2019 budget request. he will be testifying for a senate appropriations subcommittee live on tuesday at 10 am eastern here on c-span three. and former maxon president vicente fox discussing relations at the national press club in washington dc. life tuesday at 1 pm eastern on c-span two. the house next week takes up the annual defense authorization bill, we are joined by joe gould who is defense whose congressional reporter, tell us about some of the key programs and policies in this annual authorization bill. >> sure. earlier this month, the services committee marked up its version of the national defense authorization act, which is the annual policy bill, this year, adheres to the top line that was negotiated as part of the two-year budget deal, so it is $716 billion, which is a -- an increase from 2018, which is 700 billion. the mech there is a n

washington, d.c. he was a unionist. he was in office before secession. he was a firm unionist. rooted in the sense we must stay together as a union. james a close friend of buchanan. they were co-senators. they lived together in washington for 20 years before he returned alabama. there was speculation they had more than just a friendship relationship. there is no basis or proof to it. there were no letters found or anything like that. in 1852, he was chosen as the running mate to franklin pierce. they won the election. he developed a brick and was -- and went tuberculosis to cuba to recuperate. he is the only executive french official -- executive officials warned on foreign territory. he realized he would not recuperate and his health declined. he came back to his plantation and died the following day. was buried in chestnut hill. he was moved. the mazza liam is a greek revival form. it was erected in honor of his vice presidency of the united states. next to the mazza liam, we will come to the monum

anthony zurcher has more from washington. what we know is that it was kelly sadler who reportedly said this. she is a white house aide, came over to the trump white house from a local washington conservative newspaper. she was responding to the criticism ofjohn mccain blocking gina haspel, the cia nominee, said, "it does not matter, he's going to die anyway." this was a closed—door meeting but i think it is reflective of the atmosphere in this white house that word of her remarks leaked to multiple media outlets and were confirmed by multiple media outlets. when cindy mccain — sorry — meghan mccain talks about the environment here in this white house, you have to remember that donald trump himself in the campaign in 2015, early in his campaign, criticised john mccain in very personal terms and said he was not a war hero, he was only a war hero because he became a prisoner of war in vietnam and he prefers his heroes, or likes his heroes, not to be captured. the idea this was an attitude that comes down from the top, from

s washington bureau chief use of example of. an exam to tell us more about the us is twelve demands. the twelve demands outlined by my point here did not come as a surprise because although these issues are very important for the trump administration the u.s. is calling on iran to stop the end richmond of uranium that was actually allowed under strict limitations and the previous nuclear deal is calling on iran to allow nuclear unqualified access to all sides throughout the country it is calling on the iran through lease u.s. citizens held in the country my computer also said stetson iran must stop its activities in the region in yemen in afghanistan in live and on and that iran has to restore its troops from syria and that is indeed something that. the us is very concerned about and that was not addressed by the previous nuclear iran deal she when you look through this list it does seem to amount to a change of regime i don't think us really expect iran to comply or is it hoping that it doesn't. well the u.s. government says th

yes mr macron had a wonderful thing in a washington a. few weeks ago where a list of our crowd has probably decided to become washington's pimp in paris however the other european union countries particularly germany is in no mood to listen to washington on the business relationship that they have developed with. iran over the years it's not in the interest of anyone to create huge distances between iran or the nuclear deal. the longest bridge in europe linking mainland russia to crimea was officially opened on tuesday it took only two years to build and will reduce the region's reliance on sea and air transport and allow more tourists to visit. the first pedestrian to use the view link was four forty eight this cat which lives in the area of feline has its own social media account where this video was posted on how enjoys a strong following. well russian president was soon to follow in the cat's footsteps making the journey from the krasnodar region in southern russia to kurdish on the crimean peninsula. so you believe that you would. li

solve washington's problems? i have been working with people, i'm going to bring a different approach to this. i believe he did. barack obama, at the core of the strategy was not significantly different from donald trump. he ran against washington, d.c. because the american people everyday hate washington, d.c. more and more. that's what the woman at the door was saying to my wife. we love your husband, he is great, but he has a title and we are not so sure about those people anymore. we want somebody who doesn't, a guy who fires people on television, how about him? we will take him. that is my view. i think the greatest advantage trump has is that people will think the way your question sounded, right? oncewill go, it happened but it cannot happen again, can it? it cannot happen again. i think it can and it is because of the condition the country is and psychologically and because at least at the moment, the the democratic party seems to be pushing to the front. keep an eye on the midterms. look for new democrat

lobbying of washington and ten days before deadline more homes destroyed. in hawaii with the president want to expect. the army of young activists behind anti-government campaign and how their efforts could help to bring real change. vote counting is underway in evidence first parliamentary elections in almost ten years as official results are expected in the coming days but supporters of major parties are already out on the streets celebrating the interior minister has said the voter turnout was around fifty percent down from fifty four percent of elections held in two thousand and nine of the country. based on proportional representation in the hall the reports from. judd phone is among the eight hundred thousand voters who are eligible to cast their ballots for the first time lebanon hasn't had an election in nine years political wrangling and disagreement over a new alec torah law were to blame now this twenty three year old hopes his vote will make a difference. for people who don't have any money or to show them what. you need to read them go. more an