washington fathered no children. henry fathered 18, who gave him 77 grandchildren of henry's friend said that he, not washington, is the real father of our country. [laughter] there are probably more than 100,000 henry descendents in the country today, enough to populate the entire city of gary, indiana. but henry was much, much more than a founding father. he was america's greatest courtroom lawyer. lord byron, the english poet who could only read henry speeches, called him that hamas cities at his age. john adams who did here in the state agreed. in the courtroom, he sliced opponent argument to shreds using ever rhetorical device he could find or invent. humor, passion, hope, fear. on clear days he embraced the sunshine and lifted yours hearts. on grey daisy pointed to the clouds and rain and provoked jurors to tears began on stormy days he saw homeland of destruction in every thunderclap and every bolt of lightning, and called it the wrath of god. one opposing lawyer said that whenever henry rose to speak, althoug

lawrence riverto try to intercept ships coming from washington to resupply the besiege washington under general howe. washington was also using a fleet of oil boats, small craft that were plying the waters in boston harbor and sending them to burn the lighthouse, like in ways to disrupt the berger stealing sheep, birmingham a small islands in order to starve them. and the robust of course with their shallow draft could escape onto the shoals, onto the slot to get away from the deep british ships. so what the map in hand, we can to washington really creatively using the topography to its advantage and of course the dorchester heights would be the key to ending the siege, placing the guns from ticonderoga here on this command is thought that would renter boston untenable for the british. and again, the sense of washington spontaneously using maps. this is his own drawing of the boston area in case anyone would be confused, it was water, water, makes a great to show with boston and a grade for cambridge and this he folded up and put in a letter to his brother, john augustine, saint had jus

before washington, d.c., george washington hometown, tell a lot of anecdotes, the revolutionary war through the civil war, then go right into the present day situation and the problems we are having in iraq today. >> 18,000 items. >> i have written, i figure, i have been writing the column now going on 13 years, about 18,000 anecdotes, and thousands of columns. in fact, when i compiled everything, just for research purposes, of what i have written only with regard to the inside the beltway column, i had so many books sitting on my floor that could have been written. it was very difficult to choose the best material to put in narrative form in this book. >> someone who has never been here, what does inside the beltway mean? >> inside the beltway is obviously the beltway, 66-mile ring of heavy traffic that encircles washington, d.c. none of us local folks, i am sure yourself, like to even get on the beltway. it's a treachetreacherous drive, usually standstill, i might add, but also expression in washington, and i have written an entire chapter about what inside the beltway means, by g

washington said know i have not so the chief said we will show you what it is like and brought washington into the bay and and when around and around and he was allowed to go all-around and afterwards he said i wish i had been with you on this party because you only captured one and i would have liked to have seen all little more blood. [laughter] so i think i enjoy looking at the maps because with the comments by washington, this is wilderness and he reacted. thank you for your time. >> what services did you use from this library since we are here? >> from here is a collection of washington's rating is published for the bicentennial in 1932 her keira in the digital age, one kn search the web some papers were digitize or a facsimile, transcription facsimile, transcription, it is a handy tool but there is something that you can crack open and page through and of course, is disappearing but to do what year was a tremendous asset to search through on your own terms, a very different than working digital. washington's ratings edited by fitch -- fitzpatrick are a wonderful jewel but not every

and washington, of course, that was june 17th, and washington arriving in a column that's drawn very beautifully over here. in fact, you can see that there are columns coming down from from new hampshire, up from connecticut all converging in this great congregation of citizen soldiers to besiege the british. and here just one detail you can see, the march of general washington with his virginia, virginian horse, his riflemen and the new york grenadiers. so there's an encampment, just a really enchanting map. now, once he'd arrived, washington had to size up the situation, and this map of boston harbor gives some tremendous detail of the situation. and i think perhaps you, like myself and most americans, think of the siege of boston as a fairly static affair. that washington was encamped in cambridge with americans pinched off the neck of the boston peninsula at rocksbury and the charlestown peninsula at the neck here and that they sat and ghaired at each other for 13 months which is pretty much what happened. but if you have washington's maps in hand, which i did when i went to read

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washington indeed had. who is this commodore judge who was such a legend in his own time and ever since. that he actually managed to engage the feverish world of the royal george. and hamilton after a quarrel lake in the war that led to hamilton quitting washington's staff. in these letters hamilton described working for washington saying he was moody, irritable and temperamental and a powder keg. he said the great man and i came to an open rupture and he shall relent his ill humor. ill humor? that hamilton meant to imply this saintly father of our country was the sulky, volvo boss? this was in -- and lavish phrase to washington's courage and fortitude, integrity and a thousand other wonderful traits. this is not a debunking the book. is an effort to recreate for the magnetism that so excited washington. having said that, hamilton became perspective for people, keep a window into george washington's in motion. kept in check with formidable self control. i came to learn george washington was not this kind of

>>> on our broadcast tonight from washington, changing of the guard. republicans take back power in the house. there's a new congress, a new speaker. and some other changes are coming. >>> whose fault was the worst environmental disaster in history? tonight, there's been leak of a final report assessing blame for the gulf coast oil leak. >>> rewrithistory. a few choice erased from one of the great american novels. should the classics be changed for modern times? >>> and the gift of a golden voice. a homeless man with talent and an incredible story that just got even better. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> and good evening. following what was a big day here in washington, the 112th congress is now under way, and there is a new speaker of the house. republican john boehner of ohio was today joined by 10 of his 11 siblings. the ten-term congressman from humble beginnings and blue collar roots today became the 53rd speaker of the house in u.s. history. he received the gavel from now former speaker nancy pelosi,

not having washington, d.c. mandating from on high this one-size-fits-all whether it's health care or education or transportation policies. those can best be addressed at the state level. frankly, they can be done more efficiently, more effectively, and we can help save washington substantial amounts of money in that process as well. yes, sir, in the back. >> hi. my name is sam stein, i'm with the huffington post, and george w. bush be is doing a round of media tours for his book right now. i'm wondering if you could reflect a little bit on the man who was your predecessor at the governor's office, but also the head of the republican party for eight years. you talk about the need for republicans to reclaim the lost opportunities of the past. does that extend to missteps in the bush administration? >> look, i don't -- i want you to read the book. [laughter] first off. so i'm going to refer you to that. >> i will. >> republicans are not unscathed democrats, republicans, the supreme court, they all get on my radar

are living it up preassure either r t washington d.c. . it's also easy to see why so many americans feel a strong contempt for wall street and washington these days one in six americans are living in poverty yet seven million dollar homes are selling just outside the beltway i have perhaps the most important thing is that those who live in the recession proof bubbles of america don't quite get that they live in that bubble the legislation the public discourse that they shape doesn't reflect the average person's needs wants or. interest so is there any way to turn it around or has this division become irreversible joining me to discuss it is david sirota political journalist nationally syndicated weekly newspaper columnist and best selling author david thanks so much for joining us thanks for having me now when we say that there's this huge divide between america and washington or wall street these days do you think that this is divide that getting worse getting bigger or is it just more apparent to us because we're in a recession because s

indeed washington had. who is this, uttered george who was a diligent in his own time and ever since that he actually managed to invade the feverish dream world of the deranged royal george? i had this question when i wrote my hamilton biography and one day i was reading a series of letters that hamilton wrote after he had a quarrel late in the war with washington that led to hamilton quitting washington's staff. in these letters, hamilton described through washington's a washington was moody, irritable and temperamental. even something of a powder keg boss as he informed his father in law with more than a touch of youthful bravado. the great man and i have come to and open rupture. he shall for once recant his bill humor and i remember sitting there stunned. ill humor that hamilton mean to imply that the saintly father of our country was this sulky, volatile boss? needless to say is this was far from the whole truth about george washington and i hope in this book fat idea though lavish and sufficient prais

ne junpei yoshioka, washington. e junpei yoshioka, n washington. junpei yoshioka, nh washington. junpei yoshioka, nhk washington. >>> thanks to its robust growth, china is moving toward becoming one of the world's most influential nations. only in the last few days, it has become more certain that china will this year overtake japan as the world's second largest economy. some are finding their way into an unexpected part of japan's real estate market. its forests. >> reporter: the chinese economy continues to thrive. at a luxury hotel in beijing, a recent trade show featuring overseas properties attracted a large number of investors. they are mostly middle class business people and public sector workers. chinese are not allowed to own property under the country's socialist system. for them the japanese market is especially attractive, as japan has few restrictions on foreign ownership of land. >> translator: i don't think $2 million is expensive. our place is about the same price too. >> reporter: chinese people with deep pockets are buying up japanese properties. their cash is n

life in washington d.c. thank you. we can hear from. on wednesday to see the people there paying their respects. people have been gathering here in fact laying flowers since yesterday but today of course was the day of mourning so there were a lot more of them coming in and laying down flowers lighting candles and taking their time just standing there praying or taking a moment to remember the thirty five victims of monday's terror attack we spoke to john byerly american ambassador to russia who said it does accusations in western media which say that russians have begun brigida cold hearted and continue to go on as if nothing happened are in stock to biased and do not have any basis in reality whatsoever. i think that the best response that we can give to the kind of people who are capable of carrying out attacks like this is to show them that they're not going to change our laws but of course we're going to be more vigilant we're going to have better security but we're not going to stop living. we're not going to become like they are.

tonight on "washington week. it was just one shot right after the other. just bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. i mean it's just an absolutely >>profane act. it's shocking. it's been surreal. >>we didn't feel like we would be picking out caskets at 9 years old. gwen: moments of chaos in a supermarket parking lot morph into a week of debate, self-analysis, and mourning. >> our hearts are broken, but our spirit is not. >>words are inadequate at a time like this. but nonetheless i hope it is a comfort. gwen: as a member of congress fights for survival, her colleagues debate gun rights, security, the cost of incivility, and the cost of laying blame. >> journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn. gwen: as a president seizes the moment -- >> i want our democracy to be as good as christina imagined it. i want america to be as good as she imagined it. gwen: we examine the event, the investigation, and what it means for the national political discourse with the reporters c

there's now a tea party establisinent hm washington. most of those tea party members, by the way, are going to vote against the debt ceiling compromise, but the trick will be touset j gt enough republicans to vote for it to pass it. chris: so there will be a divide. >> there will be. >> i think there will be a divide. in the primary season, you run right. that's an interesting conundrum for mitt romney. >> how will the eventual nominee come back to the center after he spent a lot of time bashing washington? >> there absolutely will be a divide, probably a good thing for the 2012 presidential nominee. they don't want to be tied -- the american people don't like the republican people in congress. chris: it's going to be hot a week in tampa, florida. howard, katty, cynthia, and nora. before we get -- go, a word about sargent shriver. he died this week. he began the peace corps. i want to pay tribute to this great man's leadership and vision. one greatme rocket scientists! you gave us the space age... but your savings accounts are stuck in

the nuclear arms reduction deal the start treaty between moscow and washington d.c. has now been ratified more details to come right here on out here. so. well for more details now we can talk about a very very broad subject here with alexander like gordon the our political analyst and a vice president of the association of political experts and correspondents here let's just talk about the main story we've been covering here for the past twenty four hours not of the dumb idea of an apple blast it's being said that. the airport the lax security was what was allowed this bomb to happen what what's your take on that . oh it's generally a very correct assessment. with a lack of efficiency on the part. port authority is i can witness to that even my it's because i use this airport so many times you're going to answer it quite freely but the whole situation goes far beyond the inefficiency of the airport authorities because it shows that you know if you should see. security agencies of russia and that poses a big question to the political authority it's now when it when w

the meantime government workers in washington d.c. are taking home on average double the wages of their private sector colleagues according to the newly received a revised rather u.s. census meaning the very people in charge of getting the nation out of its financial hole are living the high life artie's preassure looks at whether they're really working twice as hard. across the united states unemployment lines and lines at food pantries and homeless shelters has marked what's been called one of the worst recessions in u.s. history but there is one special place that remains untouched welcome to washington d.c. the city full of power players pundits and politicians outpace nearly every other city in the country when it came to job growth this past year one thing is sure about this recession is that the public sector employees have been relatively sheltered compared to the private sector so just how well are federal employees doing according to the latest census numbers the average federal employee made a whopping one hundred twenty th

the lavish mansions and cool may rest rooms of washington d.c. but not for everyone and government workers enjoy bonuses and pay rise this is the private sector that is bearing the brunt. and school children in indian run kashmir as warping the winter break for classes in defiance of separatists finds. a very warm welcome see this is r.t. live from moscow with me alice had this to all of the world's oil giants russia's rosneft and b.p. are joining forces to explore the potential energy treasury of the arctic sea bed the companies have sealed a multi-billion dollar stocks war and are now planning to. be buried off russia's arctic continental shelf there were met reports from london what the historic deal was signed. this is a deal they've been discussing for months you have to be p.r. calling this a groundbreaking strategic global alliance and it's the first major equity linked partnership between a national oil company rosneft and an international oil company like b.p. and what's happened is that they've done a share swap ross nast has got five p

what better place than the march on washington? it was a march on washington for jobs and freedom. this was a march to get america to reclaim its conscience. that is what this march was about. there is something in the book which i talk about, a little background about who is going to be speaking before the actual speakers occur. there is a lot of background, especially about who is going to speak first. i can say it. there were some people who did not like -- who did not want martin luther king to be the last speaker, for a combination of reasons that can best be described as ego. [laughter] north dakota. it had very little to do with politics. -- envy. it had very little to do with politics. the only thing that worked with randolph and others was talking to some of the other preachers and representative organizations. they asked a question, "you don't really want to follow dr. king, do you?" tavis: who would want to do that? >> i said, do you really want to follow him? i don't think so. >> as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the king holiday this year, with all due respect to

that washington would see this. the administration is pushing democracy in the world in the hole but particularly the middle east. this kind of philosophy was part of his receiving of the nobel peace prize. the tension between the two things and mixed signals coming out of washington over the past couple of days. >> what do you make over the a arrival of -- his arrival could change the nature of the protests. would the west be inclined to support him? >> that question has been put it to white house officials. he refused to be drawn on individual personalities. certainly one of the fear is -- questions that is being asked is and who or what is this opposition? are we talking about a democratic movement? are we talking about a pro- islamist faction waiting in this action. or does -- represents some kind of democratic opposition. people will be watching very closely on friday as these protest take place. if you look at the rhetoric, on wednesday, many people here thought that the white house was leaning slightly to the

the first test in washington now. arizona senator john mccain praising his one-time opponent, president obama, on his push for greater civility. but what will last? >>> climbing back. the congresswoman and her remarkable recovery. what doctors have done here this weekend, and why this next week is so crucial. >>> the town hall. after that meeting outside the safeway was cut short one week ago, the survivors and the heroes who saved them, determined to continue that conversation, all together for the first time. >> this is the hero. if i'm a hero, he's a super hero. >>> the family feud. why one of ronald reagan's children is now lashing out at another. >>> and, here in tucson, christina's gift, to the friends she left behind. the boy in the stands, the girl on the field. tonight, their simple message for our country. >>> and good evening from tucson. where tonight, a community so tested, having endured such pain is clearly trying to move past this. this morning, a special town hall on "this week." so many of the surviv

two other notes from washington. defense secretary robert gates announced plans to cut $78 billion from the pentagon budget over the next five years. among other things... by among other things, rather, reducing ground forces and raising health care premiums for troops. and at the white house today, president obama introduced a washington veteran as his new chief of staff. william daley was commerce secretary in the clinton administration and is now an executive with j.p. morgan chase. now to a developing story in maryland where danger came in the mail today at two state office buildings 20 miles apart. packages ignited when they were opened, slightly injuring two employees. homeland security correspondent bob orr is in washington. bob, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, katie, sources are telling us now the mailings in maryland are not believed to be connected to any domestic terror group. instead, investigators now suspect the small devices were sent by someone who's angry over those maryland road signs askin

washington d.c. . you know with good to have you with still ahead this hour teaching a separatist lesson schools in india that is that kashmir to find warnings to close if they choose to make up for lost time and. thank. their eyes on this super fast new hovercraft capable of speeding travel whatever the weather. now a tool of iran's nuclear scientists going ahead despite many key powers including russia declining to rounds of its haitian moscow refused along with experts from the e.u. china and other members of the un's nuclear watchdog iran's main allies turkey and brazil also not taking poland while the u.s. was not invited russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said such a visit should not be substitutes for official inspections or six party talks the west expects around building a nuclear bomb shelter one systems only working on peaceful atomic energy ahead of crucial six party talks on its program iran's being accused of trying to create a rift in the members by inviting some of the to tour its f

washington d.c. . well to talk a bit more about the relations between these two global giants let's bring to the picture now rick ross offseasons national affairs commentator manager of the engine called stop nato good evening thanks for being with us once this visit done for elations do you think would it help ease long running tensions or help keep the status quo. i mean it's a very good question i suppose it's to be to decide to be decided but i think we have to recall if we were speaking a year ago we saw a worsening of us chinese time shuns arguably low ebb. at the lowest ebb brother and several decades referring of course to the decision by the white house in january of last year to complete a six point four trillion dollar arms deal with taiwan which included interceptor missiles i for one remain skeptical about whether a better state to state in geopolitical. interests between the united states and. we're going to improve in the in the year there's too much at stake and i think washington is ha

>> emily schmidt, in washington. thanks, emily. >>> we heard emily mention that senate majority leader harry reid did not attend last night's state dinner. in fact, reid had some pretty strong words for the guest of honor. calling hu a dictator. >>> the first votes of the 2012 republican nominating process are just over a year away. but that's not too early to check on the candidates, thanks to our new abc news/"washington post" poll. 21% of republicans favor former arkansas governor, mike huckabee for their party's nomination. he's followed by sarah palin, former massachusetts governor, mitt romney, and former house speaker, newt gingrich. as always, name requisition counts a lot in early polls. the three, leading candidates had plenty of exposure in the 2008 race. >>> republican lawmakers in the house have made good on a campaign promise to repeal health care reform. the 245-189 vote was largely along party lines. gop senators have argued the law would cut american jobs. >> this new law is a fiscal house of cards.

tonight on "washington week." s at the white house, pomp, circumstance, designed to accommodate an important ali. >> the currency is a part of the problem. gwen: trying to turn the jobs picture back around. >> try to turn the economy from the brink, now our job is putting our economy into overdrive. gwen: on capitol hill. >> i don't want rationed care. gwen: a vigorous effort to roll back one of the administration signature accomplishments. >> our goal is to stop the job destroying health care bill. >> what does it do when you look at it? it blows a hole through the deficit. gwen: washington's political chess game turns three dimensional as senators retire. >> i have decided that it is time for turn the page to a few chapter. gwen: who is likely to go next? covering the week, david wessel of the "wall street journal," peter baker of the "new york times." doyle mcmanus of the "los angeles times." and carol tumulty of the "washington post." gwen: good evening. it couldn't have gotten any fancier in washington this w

lisa myers, nbc news, washington. >>> also news from washington tonight of a new white house press secretary. he is jay carney, former "time" magazine writer, currently press secretary for the vice president. he takes over, of course, from robert gibbs who has manned the podium from the start of the administration. >>> and former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel will be allowed to stay on the ballot, continue his campaign for mayor of chicago. the illinois state supreme court cleared the way for that late today. >>> when we come back here tonight, we go inside rehab to look at the journey ahead for congresswoman giffords. >>> and later, the mystery of the piano on the florida sandbar gets better. the kind of stuff you just can't make up. >>> arizona congresswoman gabby giffords had her first full day of rehab today in the houston hospital that will be her home for what's expected to be several months now. we've learned a lot of rehab lessons these past few years, sadly because of the number of brain injured returning veterans from our dual wars overseas. and tonight nbc's robert bazel

>> we are in the washington center. we are attending the seminar. [laughter] >> how many people are here? >> 130. >> how long have you been in town and what have you been doing? >> we have been here two weeks and we are here to listen from people like you and everyone's experience as. >> tell me something you ever someone you have talked to in the last couple of days that has made an impact on you. >> honestly, every time it is impressionable when someone speaks to us. we have p.j. craowley, speaking about the difference between the media and how much has changed as influenced by the public. that was a very interesting to hear about. >> you are from the university of san diego. what is your home town? >> new york. i wanted to change and i thought the west coast would broaden my horizon and give me an idea of what is out there. >> i want to thank you for for opening of. i'm going to melissa over here who liked fortunately met earlier this year in your high school. tell the high school and now the college. >> john ferguson senior high school and now i

washington d.c. . and so they had. teaching separatists a lesson schools in indian administered kashmir defy warnings to close as they choose to make up for lost time and. feast your eyes on a super fast you have a crop capable of speedy travel what the weather. has to restore to come but first a tour of iran's nuclear sites is going ahead despite many keep powers including russia declining to iran's imitation moscow refused along with experts from the e.u. china and other members of the un's nuclear watchdog iran's main allies turkey and brazil also not taking part while the u.s. was invited foreign minister sergey lavrov said such visits should not be substitutes for official inspections all six party talks the west expects iran's building a nuclear bomb well to run since it's only working on peaceful atomic energy at a crucial six party talks on its program iran is being accused of trying to create a rift in the members by inviting some towards facilities while clearly snubbing others but experts believe any such at

it's washington your way. the c-span networks, created by cable and provided as a public service. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are talking about regulation and job creation with diana fuchtgott-roth, who is the director at the center for employment policy at the hudson institute. welcome to the program. in the previous segment, we were talking about the legacy of ronald reagan 30 years after his inauguration. you bring up the connection between his statement on regulations and a statement that the current president just made. guest: in 1981, ronald reagan issued an executive order that the cost of regulation has to be lower than the benefits. in order -- in other words, the benefits have to exceed the costs. this was one of the beginnings of regulatory reform. jimmy carter had moved in the direction of looking at the cost benefits of regulation. ronald reagan continued that with his executive order. president clinton also had an executive order in 1993. host: taking a look at the executive order

why did you come for our two weeks to the washington center? >> i have always had an interest in politics. even though it is not directly related to my major -- i'm an entrepreneur ship major -- it is about elected officials having the power. >> how did you get elected student body president? >> well, i served on the senate fort two years, a senator for my dorm, then i became -- i decided to run for president. >> why did you get involved in the senate? >> honestly, i was looking for a way to get involved on campus. the current president and approached me as i was a freshman and told me to run. i came back all excited iwith a petition a half hour later, all filled out, and i got elected. there were nine people running for the seat i got. it was inspired to get elected. >> is not always the case, but i think if you find you go around washington, most of the people around working on staff have had similar experience when there have been involved in the government related organizations in schools, so why are you interested and oa lot of your classm

it is washington, your way. but now a discussion on congress and politics in 2011, as well as the 2012 presidential election. from today's "washington journal," this is about 30 minutes. minutes.

o deberÍa estar pasando aquÍ en washington. aqui en washington siguen, tanto los republicanos como los demÓcratas hablando de un sinnÚmero de cosas, menos... ¡ni han puesto en la agenda! el tema de la reforma migratoria. >>sÍ, es lamentable porque se siguen pasando "la papa caliente". este es un tema muy complicado, muy controversial, y entonces lo que hacen es que siguen apelando a sus bases respectivas, y no buscan una soluciÓn real. >>maribel, nadie mejor para hacer esta labor que america's voice. gracias por estar aquÍ.y le digo una cosa, yo sÉ que para otras cadenas de televisiÓn, hasta hispanas, este no es un tema de vital importancia. pero nuestra responsabilidad es con nuestra comunidad. y si nosotros no nos organizamos y no nos motivamos para pelear contra este tipo de cosas, nos va a pasar mÁs, y mas, y mÁs. ¿y sabes quÉ? esto no tiene que ver con ratings; esto tiene que ver con una misiÓn de una cadena, y representar o no a la comunidad hispana. >>exactamente. >>gracias, maribel hastings, por estar con n

welcome to "washington week" year in review and preview. turns out elections do matter. >> there's a reason we have two parties in this country. both democrats and republicans have certain beliefs, and certain principles that each feels cannot be compromised. >> on january 5, the american people are going to watch their congress do something differently. gwen: the democrat majority has eroded and the new comers are about to arrive. >> if we can't deal with the issues of earmarks, how are we going to deal with a trillion dollars? >> we will stop the out of control spending and tax increases and repeel and replace obama care. gwen: efforts to revive the economy. >> the land of opportunity has become the land of shrinking prosperity. gwen: promises to cut the budget deficit. >> american people know we can't borrow and spend and grow our way back to a country. gwen: and as one combat mission winds down, another one drags on. >> our goal isn't to build a 21st century afghanistan. our goal is not a country that is free of corruption, which would

"washington journal" is live next. host: on this january 12, 2011, flags remain at half staff in washington. president obama will address a memorial service this evening for the victims of the shooting. the white house aides said the president will steer clear of politics. lawmakers will gather for a prayer service behind closed doors. the gathering will come as lawmakers consider a resolution on the house floor to honor the six people killed and injured, as well as rep gabrielle giffords, who remains in critical condition. you will be able to watch a live stream honor facebook -- on our facebook page. meanwhile, lawmakers will receive a briefing today as lawmakers consider legislation and other means to beef up security. good morning, everyone. we will focus the conversation this morning on what, if anything, should change following the arizona shooting. the phone numbers are on your screen. the papers this morning are still talking about what happened over the weekend. here is the headline in "the washington post" th

. >> y en el informe de wi mano reich washington woch 13 países quedan mal parados. >> este es el noticiero univisión con jorge ramos y desde la capital de la nación maría elena salinas. >> qué tal bpes estamos en washington donde en la mañana el presidente barack obama pronunciorá el discurso sobre el estado de la unión en momentos muy importante de la presencia, pero antes la sexto ría de estado de estado cumple hoy visita oficial a méxico a primera horas se reunió con la colega mexicana, edgar tiene el informe, ambas reafirmaron el compromiso político entre sus gobiernos. >> veamos. >> al pisar territorio mexicana la histórica ciudad de guanajuato hillary clinton respaldoó la estrategia del presidente felipe calderón del combatir al crimen organizado que ha desatado una sangrienta guerra de narcos. >> lo que el presidente calderón ha hecho es absolutamente necesario si fuera algo fácil se hubiera hecho es difícil y lleva consigo toda clase de costos, dijo la secretaría, reconoció que falta mucho por hacer para poner un alto, pero dijo el absoluto respaldo del gobierno

it is washington your way. >> "washington journal" continues. host: welcome to the program. >> thank you. host: what are the major challenges in your mind, and threats to the u.s. in the coming year. >> as far as the middle east region is concerned, there is obviously plenty to keep obama busy. there is the issue of iran, obviously, there is israel and palestine, there is iraq, relations with syria and yemen, and obviously the more pressing issue at the moment for the obama administration which is afghanistan and pakistan. host: so the same question to toby harnden, your thoughts on the major challenges and threats this year. guest: thank you, based out of london. i would agree with all of those. afghanistan and obama initially announced the 2011 drawdown date. i think a big political challenge domestically here at home and in the region, strong feelings that things are not working well with pakistan at all, and there are a number of fundamentally flawed aspects of policy, and i think 2012 -- 2011 will be the crunch time for afghanistan. i think

all washington right now. a chance now for the carry back ahead by crosby. he looks over his options and deals one off. a big stop by varlamov. nice setup from malkin. more collisions at center. >> eddie: old-fashioned hip check by crosby on eric fehr. >> mike: played back on for malkin. ahead to crosby. has mike rupp breaking to the net. the puck deflected back out. brooks laich trying to get by. cannot do it. good defense by letang. held by perreault. back in. >> pierre: this is getting to be a lot of animosity down here. this is not an exhibition game. >> mike: john erskine pulls free and fires one that's blocked down. another try swatted at by fleury but the puck still loose. the jam play fails from brooks laich. alexander semin pulls free. caps having their way

washington d.c. . the u.s. is being accused of willfully allowing the huge inflow of drugs from south america into the country and it comes from a man who should know he's freeway ricky ross who was once one of the west coast's most tourists drug barons. the government needed this money to fight this war over nicaragua we're going to send him east is russia he gave the senate leases one hundred million dollars to fight with congress to cut off all the money from the contras so now the sandinistas had an advantage reagan and bush had made the contras they appear pete they felt that if russia took over nicaragua they would be too close to america they would be in our backyard i believe that they felt it was more valuable. sacrifice particular sector of america in a race of people in america in order to save the whole country so they let these guys open up. norman. the rest of the work. and you can watch the full interview with freeway ricky ross in the next hour here on our team well time now for some more intern

and does it change anything in washington? senator paul, first to you. >> well, i think most importantly in the initial stages here, we need to emphasize the humanity and the tragedy of this whole thing. you know, we're people like anybody else. respe representative giffords has a family and children. that's most important that we talk about the tragedy and how awful it is. before we take a step beyond that, once you do take a step beyond that, i looked at some of the writings of this young man. from a medical point of view, there is a lot to suggest paranoid schizophrenia, that this man was a really sick individual. and absolutely we need to condemn the violence. and absolutely we need to have our prayers and our thoughts with those who suffered from this violence. >> bret: senator coons? >> well, annie and i have been praying for gabby and the families and all the victims of yesterday's attack in tucson. this kind of senseless violence is never appropriate in our country. least of all when it's directed at somebody like cong

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again, my name is tony with the washington center for internships and academic seminars here in washington, d.c., an educational nonprofit organization that for 35 years has been providing internship opportunities for students from around the country and internationally here in our nation's capital. and abroad. we're happy to have our students here with the inside washington 2011 academic seminar this week focusing on politics in the media and here to introduce our next speaker, faculty director, professor of telecommunications at ball state university, professor steve bell. [ applause ] >> it's a special privilege to introduce our next speaker because he was a friendly competitor when i was here in washington for abc news, marvin kalb was the diplomatic correspondent for cbs news and the abc correspondent for the state department was ted koppel and i want to tell you that that was a great team covering the state department from the american networks. dick lariani was nbc and the three of them did remarkable things. and marvin no longer a friendly competitor but a friend and has agreed to

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