to some it up, as the george washington -- is a george washington alumni board member, we know it is hard to look at, but we really believe in education and history, and that is why we would like to keep the murals up. thank you. [applause] >> we just got news today that thomas campbell, director of the fine arts museum of san francisco has written thus to us , while i respect the concerns of the protesters and understand the problematic issues, i do not believe that san francisco will be well served by the destruction of the mural series. the piece was originally intended to promote the whole discussion around these exact issues. and while intent does not allay impact, it could have incredible value as a teaching tool for the generations. please listen to this. i would be happy to volunteer our staff to assist in the next steps following tuesday's meeting. last week, they presented a reasonable defence for george washington high school. a motion one today. i'm shocked that the board is considering squandering public funds to cover over the murals. and i would expect the exact same p

theou decided to cowrite story about race and democracy in washington, d c -- washington, d.c. why did you decide to never went down to washington, d.c.? musgrove: we wrote it about d.c. because there were all -- there was a need. there hasn't been a good book on race and washington, d.c. in about 50 years. the reason we made it 400 years was most of the books about the reallyglected the important racial populations in the city, particularly the native american population, so we wanted to start in the prison records, when john smith came up and went to aver native american village on the banks of the annie kuster river. >> let's talk about the early period. what was the racial makeup at that time? prof. musgrove: it was 20% african-american. large black population in the area. folks building the capital decided to employ slaves, and in some cases, free blacks on the construction project of building the capital. that remained fairly constant. about for african-americans, and he were free as opposed to enslave? initially, when congress comes to town, the vast majority are in slat

kismer from the state of washington -- kilmer from the state of washington. mr. kilmer: thank you, mr. chair. i want to thank my good friend, mr. carbajal, for his leadership on this amendment. i'm proud to co-sponsor this amendment which would prohibit future oil and gas sales off the west coast, including my beautiful home state of washington. the fact is the people of washington state don't support drilling off our coast. our commercial and recreational fishermen who generate billions in economic impact for our state don't want to see our fisheries compromised by another disaster like the 1988 spill which released more than 230,000 gallons of oil and affected over 110 miles of our coast line. the 17 native american tribes who have fished throughout the pew jet sound watershed -- puget sound watershed don't want to see this. our shell fish growers who support roughly 3,200 jobs in our state don't want to see their jobs threatened. they saw how the deep water horizon spill devastated louisiana's coastal economy. coastal towns, including ocean shores, westpor

next said like to turn to washington and the voice. of the international crisis group mr bass is the project director on iran there and known around washington and undoubtedly in tehran for an opinion piece headlined the u.s. should strive for a stable iran instead it is suffocating it well he won't there's so much discussed peace in the washington post with a former iranian foreign minister and ambassador to the us from before the iranian revolution all right and mr vi as i'd like to welcome you to the program you noted in your op-ed that you are from the post iranian revolution era but you and ambassador to haiti are united basically in calling on the u.s. to stop threatening iran you heard our previous guest probably shouldn't iran stop its recent provocations in the gulf region the attacks on the oil tankers shooting down the drones. look one has to understand the sources of iranian conduct on why is it that the iranians are now engaged in this kind of pushback i think it's if you look at the last time that iran interrupted shippin

you can have input in washington. you can have input through the way in which these bureaucratic structures affect the various things that you do. if you're an economic interest, you have some ability then to influence the bureaucracies that make the rules that regulate your industries. >> is that why since the 1960s you have an explosion of lobbying firms? >> of course. >> and you got the chamber of commerce, this group, that group and another group because all attention is focused now on washington and even more so on the bureaucracy. >> right. >> because the average person out there has no idea who's doing what. >> no. and the government works perfectly well for organized interest. and to get to your point, if you went to washington before 1964, you would have found no real lobbying in washington by any of the interests because the federal -- the state still regulated -- if you were a business in california you lobbied sacramento, new york albany. when you centralize administration there's only one place you need t

they returned to washington on friday. c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up monday morning, bob discusses the week ahead in washington. and brookings institute amanda slope will be with us to discuss u.s. british relations, and what to expect from president trump's a visit to the united kingdom. launches c-span's washington journal live 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion. >> next, john perko, the speaker of the british house of commons, talks to the parliament. another chance to see q and a with kate bowler, talking about her memoir, "everything happens for a reason." the british parliament has been in recess, so questions will not be seen tonight. john burkeon the world of the british parliament, theresa may's resignation announcement, and how brexit changes the way he talks about parliament. he also talks about inviting u.s. presidents to speak to parliament after disregarding president trump in 2016. president trump is scheduled to be in london t

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for washington's army. in fact, in battles around philadelphia, washington's going to lose, and the capital is going to be occupied by the british army. this is one of the major low points of the war and it's going to force washington to go on the defensive as a retreat. meanwhile, further north, the british have a plan. it involves this man, gentlemanly johnny burghley. ok, so he gets the name gentlemanly johnny because of his love of fine wine, fine clothes. he's a ladies man and a playwright. so, the mission is for him to march south from canada. another british force to march north from new york city along the hudson and cut off new england. problems with this are it's a long march through treacherous terrain, now means forests, and he has exceptionally long baggage, meaning he's lugging a lot of stuff. he has a cart dedicated just to his champagne. that may sound ridiculous, so why dragging your champagne through the woods of upstate new york? it's not as ridiculous in the period, and that's because br

especially true in washington. you mentioned a minute ago some of the arguments that are frequently raised in argument to against term limits one it's not a panacea. it's not solving every problem. as if to suggest we if we can't solve every problem let's not solve this one. what can you tell us about your persons about how individual members might behave differently if the term limits were on the books and imposed by the constitutional amendment? >> well, we've talked a lot about it. but if -- again, the freedom that comes from being able to act for your constituents and not to act towards getting a future position on a committee or chairmanship, and most of you know sitting up there you rock the boat, your first year up here, which you did, the chances of you going into elected leadership in the conference go down dramatically. it would surprise me. so, again, if you come up and you want to get to be a -- the prize when i got here was to be a senior member of appropriations. once the earmarks went away it was not

washington, d.c. is not just capitol hill. while the people who dominate that scene are overwhelmingly white men, the city has proud black leadership and problems like any other city. unlike most cities, d.c. is not allowed to solve them on their own. washington, d.c. is a federal district which means it's not a state, but it's not in a state. >> we would like statehood. >> when d.c. decides to legalize marijuana or hand guns, the federal government said not today, black folks, not today. i'm going to talk to these folks. >> your name? >> lamont tomson. >> you did it like a rapper. what's your name? >> pierre richards. >> mischa. >> so how did you end up here talking to me? >> we saw you outside the window and tried to gather more coworkers, but the white coworkers were like ooh! >> thanks for that ego boost. there is something about d.c. people with a chip on your shoulder. is that true? >> you say that about a couple of things. >> like d.c., some cities -- >> very proud. >> we sometimes don't get th

feels compelled to go to war washington's obsession with iran is hardly over. brags that it's not that i like the e.u. but it without the mollifying influence of the e.u. the brits are going to be exposed face on head on to people like boris johnson and jacob riis mog who are who are certifiably and see. what. they put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and you. want to be. to going to be 1st this is what before 3 of them or can't be good. interested always in the water . back the race to be britain's next conservative party leader prime minister is in full swing but the sky news debate between the 2 remaining candidates has been counsels the front runner boris johnson failed to reply to the invite and if the foreign secretary does get the top job a new poll has found his premiership could have huge consequences for scotland. expects. he's had to dodge all sorts of questions in relation to bragg's it because his own says leave a lot of wiggle room as to that halloween departure date from the e.u. and also his pr

is no longer interested in regime change in tehran washington is not interested in war against iran which is that is that of evil careful in the way they position themselves because it absolutely is it is from washington absolutely no the soldiers have to be have to tread carefully board to do and that's what they're trying to get as much support as possible by arab and muslim countries because for the time being that's the best they could do thank you very much al jazeera senior political analyst moran bashar bringing us the latest on that conference as it gets underway in mecca i just want to bring you more then on our top story this hour the possibility of president trump opening up another front in his trade war he has threatened to impose tariffs on mexican goods we were just speaking to alan fischer before so let's get back to allan and so allan tell us more about reaction to this in washington because we know that the markets were not expecting this has been a great deal of concern about the economic and political ramifications of such a move. well if you're a supporter kelly

washington, d.c. why did you decide to narrow it down to washington dc and why not give yourself a more narrow window of time? prof. musgrove: we wrote about d.c. because there was a need. there were a lot of new residents who wanted to know what they were getting into. a lot of older residents were city slip away and wanted to understand and make sure that other people knew their story. there hasn't been a good book on race in 50 years in d.c. we wanted to fill that void. the reason we made it 400 years is because most of the books about the city have neglected some of the important racial populations in the city. in particular, the native american population. we wanted to start in the historical beginnings, the first time we have written records in that was ind.c., 1908 when john smith came up from jamestown and went to the native american village on the banks of the anacostia. >> let's focus on the early american period. what was the makeup at the time? prof. musgrove: once congress got here in 180

i'm in washington, d.c. today because injury it's time for the federal government to relieve us all ofciyness state by state and recognize it's time to reconsider the prohibition against marijuana. mayor lagarde yackia back in the 30s in new york said in a society has ha law on the books it doesn't intend to enforce consistently, the existence of the law erodes respect for law enforcement. that's what we have. chaos, inconsistent laws appear and it gets worse because we are not able to roll back this rising tide of -- of sensible marijuana policy from the states and i'm excited that the federal government is seeing now might be a good time to reassess the ration. >> becky on that line from texas. deck becky go ahead you're on with rick steeves. >> yes i'm just totally appalled at all of this. they groip and gripe and groip about the smokers, the secondhand smoke. and the medical costs. well what are we going to do when all these people are smoking all the marijuana what about the medical cost. >> we're talki

less imposes sanctions on iran supreme leader in the wake of a drone shooting look at how washington stands on the country seems to be pulling in different directions. trump administration's middle east peace plan is rejected by palestine critics accusing washington of trying to bribe our absence making concessions to israel. the parents of critically ill palestinian infant taken from gaza such a better equipped hospitals that israel said they're being denied access to that shows. a very warm welcome you're watching out international with me. it was foreign minister job and serif has tweeted that america despises diplomacy and wants war that's all to washington introduced major new sanctions on to wrong including against the country's supremely leader ayatollah khomeini the escalation comes in response to wrongs downing of a u.s. military surveillance drone which the islamic republic claims violated it says space. today's action follows a series of aggressive busy behaviors by the iranian regime in recent weeks including shooting down of us from. the drovers busy i guess everyone saw

. >>> and later a new beginning for the catholic church in washington. d news4'soreen gentzler sits down with archbishop wilton d. gregory for his local tv interview. >> welcome to news4 this week. hello, everyone. i'm leon harris. we're going to begin with a consumer investigation that you saw only on here on news4. ew accusations against the maker of a controversial guardrail that's being blamed for a number of deaths here i our region and across the country. this particular guardrail is called the xlite. it's been the center of an investigation for nearly two tars. here arehe new details. >> reporter: steve, his daughter died in 2016 after hitting an xlite. he believes the product is defective, and he is on a mission to get the guardrails removed from our nation's highways. so we traveled te his h in tennessee earlier this year to give you a firstooand inside his ground zo where he says he's made some sprising discoveries. it's aic typ wednesday morning at their home. melissa pulling double duty as mom and teacher for seven of her kids. fore leaving f

so they could happen their first winter in washington, dc. so i always think put that, the compassion kindness shown to my cuban side of the family when they get to the united states. >> host: howdy -- how did your dad and you become citizens? >> guest: well issue was born in northern virginia. was born in fairfax county hospital, right outside the beltway. >> host: howdied you family become -- how did your family become citizens? >> guest: well, they have been in this country for some 50 years. my dad had to go through the immigration process. and it is one of those things where i feel as though my family story is a lot like the other stories of other immigrant families mitchell dad worked as a freshry store worker for 40 years until he couldn't stand anymore. paid into social security and medicare, and how to a lot of hard work, earned his retirement, my mother is an american and worked in the restaurant business. me parents split up when i was five years old and i was essentially raise by a single mother, although my dad stayed in the pict

products in retaliation for tax hikes on steel another 1000000 by washington. 2 sisters and saudi arabia played for the international community for asylum after reportedly suffering years of abuse of the hands of their parents in the kingdom they join a growing number of women looking for a way out of the gold monocle. monday morning of moscow welcome to the program my name's kevin owen here with the latest from the out international newsroom for the next 30 minutes for you washington is once again putting all options on the table with the rand including military action u.s. secretary of state might pompei a reiterated his belief into runs direct involvement into an attack on oil tankers in the gulf of oman. the american people should rest assured we have high confidence with respect to who conducted these attacks as well as half a dozen other attacks throughout the world over the past 40 days we are confident that we can take a set of actions that can restore deterrence which is our mission so you say a full range of options does that include a military response force. iran in turn vehe

washington times frames the senator's speech yesterday in washington this way. sanders proclaims democratic socialism as answer for america, compares arotech time of hitler rise and -- compares hitler's rise and fdr's new deal. [video clip] >> we now have an economy that is fundamentally broken and grotesquely unfair. even while macro economic numbers like gdp, the stock market, and the unemployment , millions ofng middle-class and working-class people struggle to keep their heads above water while at the same time the billionaire class consumes the lion's share of the wealth that we are collectively creating as a nation. in the midst of a so-called booming economy, real wages for the average worker have barely risen at all and despite an andosion in technology worker productivity, the average wage of the american worker in real dollars is no higher than and millionsrs ago of people in our country today are forced to work 2 or 3 jobs just to survive. host: we are asking all of you do you support or oppose democratic socialism? tom in maryland, you support the ph

today'she lead story in "washington journal washington journal," the threats, u.s. and mexican fficials are set to meet wednesday for negotiations on immigration issues. you know when we know more about who will be in that meeting and we'll discuss that our program today. e asked if commencement speeches are too political. not shy away did from politics. division and discord is the president's bestows omments as he hate red to have those who questioning thout his motives. ultra c terrorism by conservative hate groups and taking te supremists refuge in the president's words programs to for contain and fight them is reduced. secretaries benefit from industries they regulate, misuse tax dollars, and worse still dismantle programs and reverse that has been achieved dedication.des of instead of fixing problems, the attorney general is the president's own fixer. instead of oversight and accountability, the senate ajority leader, republican mitch mcconnell, wants to sweep the mueller report aside. he has the audacity to declare said, andally over, he case closed. the presi

feels compelled to go to war washington's obsession with iraq is hardly over. the smooth some of the mothers who. seem to use these. as you know. the size of the stick this is part of it is he is a she. and i would go to the zoo and he. gets to go.

in retaliation by washington. and 2 sisters in saudi arabia to the international community for asylum after reportedly suffering years of use of their parents in the kingdom join a growing number of women looking for a way off the gulf monarchy. just gone to 5 am in denver 7 pm in manila 2 in the afternoon right here in moscow this money june the 17th a warm welcome to r.t. international. iran has announced it's to boost its production of low level enrich uranium and surpass the stockpile limits set by the 2015 nuclear agreement in the next 10 days. in 10 days time on june the 27th we will exceed the 300 kilogram limit on reached uranium under the nuclear deal after that we will continue to increase the speed of production drastically. well the move comes after tehran stopped complying with some of its commitments under the agreement that was in may and it was in response to the u.s. unilaterally pulling out of the deal. or not make sanctions on the islamic republic a year ago back in may there are also set a 60 d

police slapped with 18 criminal counts by washington now faces extradition to the u.s. and potentially a 175 years behind bars now coincidentally or not at the same time acquittals bank account got an almighty boost with a $4200000000.00 loan from the i.m.f. the international monetary fund where the u.s. has huge voting rights we all know friendships about give and take so at the end of the day what's a small national treasure when your allies go deep pockets whereabouts are among the news round up for now i do join me in just over 30 for all your there's the newsroom just behind the camera there is beavering away to make sure you do not miss a thing this is our 2 international. still seems wrong. but i. just don't. get to see power does the attic. and indeed it was betrayed. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics small business i'm show business i'll see you then. i mention are times are we going underground ahead of tomorrow's 3

regardless of what happens in the g. 20 and how concerning is it for somebody like yourself sitting in washington and you hear the u.s. president seeming to to mock this question that he was aust when he was sat down with the russian president about a possible election meddling in the 2020 elections what was your view on that. yeah it's not the 1st time and i think it's likely to cause another political firestorm here in the u.s. today. the reality is that trump does not take the election interference from russia or really anyone else particularly seriously and in that sense he's apart from certainly democrats but most republicans as well he sees it as undermining the legitimacy of his victory in 2016 and clearly believes that this is just something that his opponents use against him. it's i think going to be sort of a replay of what happened in helsinki last year in which he stood beside putin and sided with putin over his own intelligence agencies so it's not a particularly new theme but it is ready concerning for almost the entire congress and as you mentioned the russian president has been me

coming up this morning, we will preview the week ahead in washington with "washington examiner" white house reporter stephen nelson and "national journal" senate reporter zach cohen, then a discussion on the legal and oversight battle between the white house and congress over the molar report, with james schultz, a former associate counsel in the trump white house. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal," life at 70 clock a.m. eastern this morning. here is a look at our live coverage monday during on c-span , senator mark warner will discuss the strategy to control technologies of the future, including 5g wireless and artificial intelligence. that gets underway at 12:30. the u.s.5 p.m., it is global leadership coalition's annual state leadership summit in washington, d.c.. former mission governor jennifer granholm and former pennsylvania senator rick santorum. on c-span two, the washington post posts a summit on free speech. ted cruz is among the speakers. in 1979, a small network with an unusual name rolled out a big idea. let viewers make up their own minds. c-span opened the

>> aimee cho live in northwest washington. thank you. >> it's been five days since a gunman killed 12 people inside a virginia beach government building. while the community mourns, the issue of gun violence has again taken center stage. this morning, virginia governor ralph northam will address that ssue. he is expected to speak at 10:00. details of the investigation into the gunman have been made public. we know the suspect e-mailed a resignation letter the same bay as the shooting. that e-mail has been release itted. the suspect wrote -- released. the subject rote that due to personal reasons, i must relieve my position. he confirmed his last day would be june 14th. >>> 6:50. em have a first 4 traffic alert. >> a big probl for a lot of people. chopper 4, northbound continue after benning ad. left side is blocked by the crash. we had all lanes shut down and everybody pushed to nanny helen boroughs. you're getting around to the right, but a slow northbound and southbound in the area of benning roads. other big problem here as

washington journal continues. host: for more of your phone calls on the washington journal, a discussion about transparency when it comes to health care in america. we want to hear your experiences when it comes to figuring out the cost of medical procedures or your medical issues. if you are in, the eastern or central time zones, 202-748-8000. mountain or pacific time zones, 202-748-8001. setting aside a special line for doctors and those in the medical field, 202-748-8002. we would be interested in hearing your thoughts on price transparency theory -- transparency. having this the morning after president trump it -- signed a set -- signed an executive order when it comes to price transparency by showing prices to patients. the idea is that if people can shop around, market forces may drive down cost. president --s, powerful companies have denied the public access to the real cost of health care services. this lack of price transparency has enriched industry giants greatly, costing americans hundreds of billions

>> be sure to watch t ends washington journal live that seven time and join the discussion thursday morning. >> the reviews are in for c- span the president's book i recently talked to the new york times new and noteworthy column. they call it a milepost in the evolving reputation of our president. from the new york journals at the president makes an engrossing read. with father's day this weekend, this makes a great gift, notice how historians rank the best and worst from george washington to barack obama, explore our leader, the challenges they face and the legacies they left behind. this is now available as a hardcover or e-book today at c- span.org/the president. or, wherever books are sold. >> joining us now is the editor- in-chief of the fulcrum. >> what is the full? >> this is the newest news site based in washington a nonpartisan nonprofit news space devoted entirely to the issues of democracy and those who fix them. >> how are you different from others? >> we narrowly focus on the issues and we feel like we are niche publication addressing an undercovered story in washington and ar

coach washington was born on february 12, 1939, in selma, alabama, to saidy and otis washington sr. he graduated from r.b. hudson high school in 1957 where he was class president and a star athlete. he then graduated from xavier university in new orleans where he was captain of the football team and an all-conference guard and linebacker. coach washington's resume speaks for itself. as the head football coach, he led st. augustine high school in new orleans, louisiana, to three state championships and in his 11 seasons there, he guided the purple knights to 11 consecutive winning seasons and seven district titles. in 1979, coach washington became the first african-american football coach at l.s.u. when he joined the staff as offensive line coach. later, coach washington was hired as the head football coach at southern university, where he led the jaguars for six seasons. because of his many outstanding football achievements, coach washington was inducted into the louisiana sports hall of fame in 2015 and st. augustine hall of fame in 2017, among many, many other honors. his success

and it is president washington. even though he did not live in the house, he built a house, like he was going to live in it. that is not to suggest washington wanted to be president forever, it is to suggest he thought the president's house needed to represent the head of the state for a strong new republic. that was the vision he had for that house. even though he had no intention of living there. it was interesting seeing the dynamic go back-and-forth between him and jefferson. jefferson had a different idea of what the house should look like. as lindsay alluded to earlier there was not much in , washington, d.c. it was mostly farmland, swamps, marshes. to put this incredibly striking stone building in the middle of the national capital was to send a message to the rest of the world that the united states president should be respected and it should be a symbol that is treasured by its people. susan: while we are on the subject of george washington, you mentioned your dissertation which is on his tomb and the creat

peace between palestinians and israelis bought cushion a once a palestinian leadership to accept what washington is willing to offer he was speaking at a conference hosted by bahrain where several regional leaders are present the palestinian authority those boycotting the event in israel is not invited. my direct message to the palestinian people is that despite with those who have let you down in the past tell you president trump and america have not given up on you this workshop is for you the vision we developed and released if executed correctly will lead to a better future for the palestinian people a future of dignity prosperity and opportunity you can change your course for the positive if we are willing to try new things and think outside of the traditional box rather to correspondents on this job in the in jordan in washington 1st and it's good to read matheson who is our correspondent in gaza and we knew that the palestinians were known in the least bit interested in getting involved with the plan but we've also had some of the leadership coming out and speaking as the conference got u

us imposes sanctions on the wrong supreme leader in the wake of a drone shooting look at how washington stance of a country seems to be pulling in different directions. the trumpet ministrations middle east peace plan is rejected by palestine with critics accusing mortenson of trying to bribe arabs into making concessions to israel. parents of critically ill palestinian infants taken from gaza to better equipped hospitals in israel say they're being denied i chose. a warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me to. iran's foreign minister job ads a reef has tweeted that america despises diplomacy and wants war now it's off to washington introduced major new sanctions on to iran including against the country's supremely leader ayatollah common way the escalation comes or in response to wrongs downing of a u.s. military surveillance drone which the islamic republic claims violated its airspace . today's action follows a series of aggressive behaviors by the iranian regime in recent weeks including shooting down of u.s. roads the drovers i guess everyone saw that one. many other

other than places like this and people like yourselves go ahead medea in washington. unfortunately i think people are so consumed by domestic issues and there are so many important issues in the mainstream media in this country is super hyper focused on domestic issues and on partisan issues and there is very little coverage of what's going on in the world i think for the most part people are unaware of all of these global wars that are still going on 2 decades afterwards and the new threats that are happening so we have an educated public and those who are educated in terms of being active and wanting to get involved tend to be involved in issues related to the environment to the terrible issues of racism. the issues around things like homophobia islamophobia and partisan politics ok but walter is the lack of knowledge the ignorance an intentional ploy by the media because when it comes to these foreign policy issues and i'm thinking of b c c n n i mean that in some degree with fox obviously they're just an auger a 1st for power i thought they said they would never d

allies that are with washington on you know on this whole thing of pointing the finger of blame at iran and saying yeah tehran had something to do with it when it comes to europe they're known as the trust the not as trusting i should say as saudi arabia and israel and we call upon sober assessments and wait for some credible evidence to be presented which it is bits ridiculous to cite secret data in this case ready in the last days we called for the maximum restraint the world cannot afford another crisis especially in an area like that 1st of all we need to investigate who is responsible for the attacks so we can say this or that country was responsible without providing any evidence run by the way they said that if they indeed want to see something going on in the gulf of oman if they wanted to block trade to block the strait they wouldn't have needed a diversion to do so they would have done an opening saying yeah we're blocking it they're saying that rain in military is strong enough to do it out in the open you know when they play by the rules so we can clearly see that there are

washington 295 closed down there. travel timehere. we will talk more about this issue on bw parkway coming up. listen to wpot when you hop in your car for the latest on any problems. good morning, chuck. >>> a good tgif to you out there. sun is coming up. officially it's been up about ten minutes now her on t longest day of the year. summer solstice occurs before noon today. what is that? the sun's northernmost extent north of the equator. starting tomorrow, it begins its trek back southbound and believo it or not toow three seconds less daylight than today. come on now! you'll never notice the three seconds! 14 hours and 54 min of daylight today and compared to six months from now, only 9 ho/ s of daylight. in washington 4añ degrees. wids have not come around to the northwest but a breezy day today. it brings lower humidity and lower temperatures just in time for the weekend. your commute today will be unencumbered by raindrops. rain chances down 20% or less. much more active weather out across partssof the grate plain this morning

and his or casters joining us now from washington d.c. and some congressional leaders heidi are very concerned about the escalating situation. that's right and following a classified briefing at the white house that invited bipartisan members of those congressional leaders house speaker nancy pelosi spoke to the press she didn't divulge any details of what she heard but said that it did convince her that this u.s. spy drone was shot down in international airspace but she emphasized that deescalation is still key here and that the white house cannot take military action against iran without obtaining congressional authorization that point was echoed by fellow democrats like chuck schumer the senator who also pointed to past mistakes in u.s. foreign policy like the invasion of iraq that began after receiving faulty intelligence. the president may not intend to go to war here but we're worried that he and the administration may bumbled into a war we told the room that the democratic position is that congressional approval must be required be

the trump of ministrations middle east peace plan is rejected by palestine critics accusing washington of trying to bribe arabs into making political concessions to israel. more critically ill palestinian infants taken from gaza to better equipped hospitals in israel being denied access to the children with exit permits much harder to obtain for adults. thanks for joining us here on r.t. international. iran's foreign minister javad zarif tweeted that america despises the plug and wants war after washington introduced major new sanctions on tehran including against the country's supreme leader the ayatollah. escalation comes in response to iran's downing of a u.s. military surveillance drone which the islamic republic claims violated its airspace . today's action follows a series of aggressive behaviors by the iranian regime in recent weeks including shooting down of u.s. . drone as i guess everyone saw that one and many other things and many other things aside from the individual drone you saw the tankers and we know of other things that were done also which were not good. these don't

other than places like this and people like yourselves go ahead medea in washington. unfortunately i think people are so consumed by domestic issues and there are so many important issues in the mainstream media in this country is super high.

in fact there is a great story shortly after he arrived in washington from the washington post. woman cames up at a reception and says i love your book. you are a household name and saying i'm out with my father and says she says you are much too modest and the article in the post and the headline was holmes side. now i've already forgotten your second question. lincoln? he told several in particular louis einstein many years late later, like many people from massachusetts had a very low opinion. i thought of myth was constructed. but i have since read things that made me realize i was probably wrong about that. >> i have a question after he was nominated but before he was confirmed he went around boston to say farewell and did one at the tavern club band in that address he was given a resume of his life and said talking about the civil war it was perhaps the great war experience of his life and then said perhaps a greater more experience was the first ten years of a profession becoming a lawyer. what are your thoughts quick. >> a consistent strain in his view was using the mili

then that's not the way washington has worked. for decades -- i mean you accept the outcome of whoever has thehe power to make the decisions. because the people that are stand behind that power are those who have supposed knowledge. they migrate concern in recent years that it is not clear to me that organize knowledge or so-called rational knowledge is actuallyge genuine knowledge abt politics. i think, in fact, it is made it harder to understand politics. iby these abstractions that they've created, that has made it very difficult to understand politics, common sense -- from a practical point of view, which is the way the american founders qowld have -- >> you like trump. i don't know him at all a but i like what he was't doing. >> i thought right from the beginning -- that if he did, if he does what he looked like he was doing, he would be the first person to be political since reagan. political in the positive sense. political in the sense of trying to get people to participate many their own government. not the people who are

but he's a fighter and he's fighting for us in washington, d.c. he is fighting to defend this country and he is going to talk to us about something that you know and he knows and history has proven and that is the cost of socialism. so please welcome our senator from georgia, senator david erdue. cheers and applause] mr. perdue: thank you, thank you. i bring tidings from the president. he called me the other day. he was so pumped up. he bet me i couldn't talk longer than an hour and a half. so sit back, guys. [laughter] we're going to have a little fun this afternoon. it is truly an honor in all seriousness, for me to be here today. i want to thank ralph reid and the whole team at faith and freedom for all the good work that faith and freedom does in my home state of georgia and indeed around the country. i think we have a few georgians here again, don't we? cheers and applause] folks, unfortunately what i have to talk about today is very serious. we should all agree today that we're in an ideological war for the future of our way of life here in

he's a columnist in common a tater on the gulf region he joins us from washington mr newdow welcome back to the news how much of this is about wanting a conflict versus wanting dialogue wanting negotiations. what we're seeing right now is a clear disconnect between the u.s. intentions and how they are perceived by the iranians for a moderate trump administration's stations vantage point what they are trying to accomplish is to force iran through to negotiations table to renegotiate the so-called j c p a way which the trump administration withdrew from last year and to address iran's regional behavior that is how the trump administration sees its maximum pressure campaign from the rain inside it is seen very different and that is that the americans never want to renegotiate the deal but rather wanted to impose a regina change through economic pressure and destocking and makes explain why the iranians are taking these extraordinary dangerous moves to attack now shipping shipping lanes and ships and international waters of the persian gulf and this is the 2nd incident of its kind in a month

as politicians in washington the fights are over a border war we talked to the people at the center of the story many up then just said oh no it's very dangerous ghosts and the many guns are there and it's not it's a very safe place migrants smugglers and people who live along the border. patrol just 0. this is al jazeera. the attained this is the news that. coming up in the next 60 minutes 2 very different takes on the still feel crit u.s. middle east peace plan. israeli forces and settlers enter the al aqsa mosque compound several palestinian worshippers are detained. cattles foreign minister says dialogue not condemnation is what's needed when dealing with terror. and as the u.k. prepares for a state visit by u.s. president donald trump will tell you why some brits won't be so welcoming. now to top american officials have expressed a vaastu different views of the trumpet ministrations the long awaited middle east peace plan the washington post obtained an order recording of mike pump a 0 in which the secretary of state seems to take a pessimistic view of the still secret plan i get

and iran contradict each other over whether the drone was in international airspace washington accuses tehran of launching an unprovoked attack also coming up horse trading in brussels france and germany clash over who should become the next president of the european commission and that's not the only e.u. top job up for grabs. but our thank you so much for your company everyone. we begin with a dangerous escalation in tension between iran and the u.s. iran has shut down a u.s. spy drone president trump calls it quote a very big mistake and tells tehran you'll find out if the u.s. plans a response tehran claims the u.s. violated its airspace washington maintains the drone was in international airspace and denounces the incident as an unprovoked attack on a comes at a time of heightening tensions between washington and tehran. funding the republicans like the shooting down of the u.s. drone was announced on iranian state television. they did not immediately broadcast any pictures of the attack but showed instead a file image of the type of drone they said had been hit by an unmanned sur