reflects on george washington at the age of 43. he looks at how washington's life experience up to this point, including his command of the continental army and his marriage to martha dandridge custis helps shape him. this lecture is the second of a three-part series taking a closer look at the evolution of president washington's character throughout his life. this is about an hour. [ applause ] >> well, thank you, gay. i don't remember that last sentence. anyway, thank you very much for that more than generous introduction. and i want to thank everyone beginning with its namesake responsible for the lecture series, not to mention those joining us via c-span. i recognize many a returning face from last month. this means one of two things. either a, you're a student of all things washington, or b, you are a glutton for punishment. but in any event, i'm delighted to see you. character, said mark twain, is the architect of achievement. it was twain, after all, who famously declared himself to be a greater man than the father of his country for the simple reason whereas george washingt

. we must make the best of mankind as they are to clear the adult washington since we cannot have them as we wish. his fatalistic attitude did not extend to how others saw him. deprived of adequate transport and supplies for his latest foray into the wilderness, major washington moved swiftly to protect his flanks in the press if not in the woods. he complained to governor dinwiddie of 24 wagons impressed at winchester, we've got ten after wasting a week and some of those so illy provided with teams that we could not travel with them without the soldiers assisting them up the hills. i doubt not but at some points i may have strained the law, washington confessed, but i hope as my sole motive was to expedite the march i shall be supported in it, which at present i don't apprehend will, unhe's some busy body intermedals. do you think the governor got the message? a month later promoted to a lieutenant colonel it was in a different tone of voice that he addressed his excellency. the south carolina company whose royal commission entitled its members to higher rank and pay compared to washi

regularly each weekend here on c-span 3. tonight, the life of george washington. historian richard norton smith gives a three-part series of lectures on our first president. it begins in just a moment. >>> at the 1968 olympic games, john carlos and tommy smith raised their fists in the black power salute. >> they said black power, they intimidated so many people, white people in particular by using that phrase, black power. because when they use that word or that phrase black power, it made many people think that black power meant destruction. blowing up the statue of liberty or ground zero. destroying america. it wasn't anything about destroying america. it was about rebuilding america. and having america to have a new paradigm in terms of how we can be what each and every one of us did the pledge when we were going to elementary school and the land of the free, the home of the brave. we all wanted to be great americans, but we found that something was wrong. something was broke and we wanted to take our time to evalue yet and take our initiative to fix it. >> discover more about african

alexander hamilton was given the task to write to general washington. hamilton and washington had a tortured relationship. alexander hamilton arrived in america just before the revolution, timing is everything. went to college, became a lawyer, and then the war broke out. he joined the army, became a captain in the artillery. distinguished himself, very fine soldier. came to the attention of general washington who invited this young man to be his secretary, which he accepted. and he served washington until one day at headquarters washington was going up the stairs, colonel hamilton was coming down the stairs. the commander in chief said to the colonel, colonel, i wish to see you immediately. the colonel responded, i'll be with you in a few minutes, sir. not the right answer to the commander in chief. washington turned on hamilton, berated him in front of his fellow officers. hamilton then resigned as secretary, returned to the army, and later distinguished himself at the battle of yorktown, which brought him back to some degree in washington's good graces. hamilton had then left the

particularly hurtful. hamilton then suggested that washington talk with general knox. a very, very dangerous game now was underway. both knox and washington had an inkling what was going on in philadelphia and now they were being drawn in. it seems to me entirely likely, probable, that general knox and general washington did in fact talk. their headquarters were 12 miles apart, washington was in newberg, knox at west point. i'm sure they did. they probably shared letters. the one from morris to knox, the one from hamilton to washington. these two men then replied to the men from philadelphia. knox replied first. to governor morris. he told governor morris "i consider the reputation of the american army as one of the most immaculate things on earth. we should even suffer wrongs and injuries to the utmost verge of toler ration rather than sully it in the least degree. i hope to god that the army will never be directed that against the enemies of the liberties of america." a few days later, washington replied to hamilton "the fatal tendency to involve the army in political matters wou

in command only to his wartime commander from mexico, old general winfield scott in washington. as someone who moved at a considerably more sedate pace up the scales, i can tell you moving from captain to major general in that short of time's really moving at warp speed. and it was major general u.s. army and the commander of the department of ohio that mcclellan would lead union forces across the ohio river into there around clarksburg, virginia. today if you look for it on the map you'll have to look over in west virginia. clarksburg, virginia, on the 27th of june, 1861, so the summer of '61 sees him moving into action assisted by his old antebellum army friend william rosecrans. they would bump into forces from john peagrum and they would defeat the confederates in july of 1861. although it was rosecrans that did the heavy lifting in this campaign it was mcclellan's name that had access to all the reporters. it was mcclellan's name that got into all the newspapers, and immediately after the union defeat at manassas junction, first bull run as they called it in the northern paper

, washington invited hamilton to refute his detractors. using ridicule where logic did not suffice, the secretary of treasury pointed out the inconsistences of strict constructionism. a government empowered to build lighthouses to promote commerce could hardly balk at a bank to collect its taxes or pay its salaries or service its deb salaries or service its debt. hamilton's plea for the bank did not convert washington, it reinforced his nationalistic outlook, all the same, it did not endear hamilton or washington to jefferson and his followers. by this time, the secretary of the state was imploring a poet named phillip chernotto make war on the government for which he reportedly worked as a state department translator. it is astonishing that members of the cabinet were conducting newspaper wars on each other. clearly right in front of the president, that these wars often spilled over into the cabinet meetings and that they were not above as in jefferson's case, hiring their own champions with taxpayer dollars to conduct these wars. he began by assailing washington for the supposedly roy

water aristocrat, but an american. this is how washington reasserted the nationalist creed to which he had devoted 40 years of his life. like other thoughtful men, he struggled to reconcile his ownership of human beings with his country's professed love of liberty. he had indeed hoped that virginia's lawmakers would take the decision out of his hands by providing for gradual emancipation. the chances of such action all was faint, grew still more remote, as richmond lawmakers talked openly of defying federal authorities. and so it was left to washington to free his slaves on martha's death after making certain that the aged or sick would be fed and clothed by his heirs. he took an even more radical step. in challenging his state's legal ban on educating negros. directing that all under the age of 25 should be taught to read and write, and, quote, brought up to some useful occupation. and i do hereby expressly forbid the sale or transportation out of the said commonwealth of any slave i may die possessed of under any pretense whatever. as if to reinforce his determination, washington

. no one i think comes close to washington's capacity to effortlessly combine the two roles. throughout his presidency he traveled extensively and carefully choreographed tours to the devotion of the heroic leader and untried government over which he preceded. essentially before he developed the bully pulpit, i was recently in newport, rhode island and leading a historical tour and we went to the synagogue, which is one of, if not the oldest synagogues in america. and a place immortalized because of washington's visit during the his first term. rhode island, you may recall, had held back from joining the union. washington referred to rhode island's conduct as infamous. many people have said that about rhode island over the years but in any event, once rhode island joined the club as it were, washington was sure to include it on our extensive tour. in newport he went to the synagogue and his response to the congregation's readings remains the classic statement of american pluralism. this is washington. all possess alike, he's speaking of americans, all possess alike liberties

of willpower triumphing over everything else. so, washington discovered that his was to be a war of attrition, a test of political endurance as much or more than military might. in other ways, washington, the military chieftain, bore little semblance to the aspiring officer of his youth. he lost more battles than he won, to be sure, yet he bested his enemies in the critical struggle for public opinion. he recognized that it was part of his job to appeal endlessly to his civilian superiors for trained soldiers in place of raw militia, for supplies, ammunition and money worth more than the paper it was printed on. he kept his grumbling to himself, maintained a brave front in public and remained with his army throughout its greatest travails. martha, of course, joined him. showing concern for his men, he saw that they were inoculated against smallpox, preventing an epidemic that might well have destroyed the tattered remnant of an army that trudged through the jersey hills and retreated from philadelphia. which brings us back to general washington astride his mount here in the educatio

washington at age 57, the year he became president of the united states. it's about an hour and 15 minutes. >> thank you, kay, for that excessively kind introduction. thank you all of you for making the effort to be here and thank you, kay, and the marvelous staff on mount vernon and all of you who have made the long match with me across this trilogy. i also want to say a special word of thanks to c spanned the c-span audience for taking such an interest in our first president. most of all, i feel indebted to the mount vernon's ladies association for sponsoring this lecture series and giving me a second chance, as it were, to spend some quality time with the greatest of americans. almost 20 years have passed since the book that gay was kind enough to mention first appeared. i had forgotten what pleasurable company the president can be. you don't have to quite a book about washington to find him both fascinating and elusive. for any watchful visitor that mount vernon can attest, just when you think you've got his measure, the hold man will challenge your assumptions. case in point,

is because a very conservative blogger at "the washington post" posted that interview today and wrote a column about how unelectable rick santorum is because of his anti-contraception views. for all of that aspirin between the knees stuff out of this guy today, actually kind feel bad for him. did nobody warn him about rick santorum? if this guy is going to spend millions of dollars to elect rick santorum president, does he not know that this whole contraception thing might be in the way of rick santorum's election? when you look at the polling on this, it's devastating. from cbs/"the new york times" poll out this week when asked about the president's current plan for contraception coverage and health insurance making private health plans cover the cost of birth control, 66% of americans support the policy but 68% of moderates do. 64% of independents do. even 50% of republicans do. republicans support the president's policy on birth control even when asked about the pre-revision policy and asked about the original obama administration policy, the one that required religiously aff

actually martha washington's. it's not on display right now. it has been on display for a long, sustained amount of time. so it's having a rest right now. in this gallery, when we round the corner, the oldest dress will be dolly madison's. >> fast-forward to today. michelle obama. she donated hers personally? >> actually, mrs. obama came and presented the dress and the jewelry and the shoes. but they were actually donated. and she -- it's interesting. this is the first time we had the designers donate, and mrs. obama had them donate these pieces. so jason wu and jimmy chu and lori rodkin actually donated the pieces. and they are donated -- when you see the label it will be donated by jason wu in honor of the first laity, michelle obama. and mrs. obama came to present the pieces to the museum. >> what goes into deciding which dress to wear? and are they thinking about the influence that will have on their husband's administration? >> i think we like it to maybe be a little more political than it probably is. when we did -- there's a video playing in this exhibition. we were luck

william fowler on his book "american crisis:george washington and the dangerous two years after yorktown." the author details general george washington's struggles as he dealt with an ineffective congress and a continental army on the verge of muteny. it was sponsored by the associate law library in boston. >> may i ask you too take your seats police. welcome to the social law library. my name is robert brink and i'm the executive director. we're honored to have all of you anze also delighted to have back william fowler who will talk about his book george washington and the dangerous two years after yorktown 1781 to 1783. let me first ask you to silence your cell phones. let me ask you to stay for the signing and proffers's talk. and in that connection i want to thank one of the bookstore for coming over from cambridge whenever the authors appear at the social law library so thank you very much. i also want to thank the william m. wood foundation and its trustee the bank of america. william wood was a distinguished and grateful lawyer who relied on the social law library throughout his c

work with people across the aisle, as george washington. and so tonight, as i conclude this series, i don't know whether in term of lectures we saved the best for last but i know in terms of presidents we saved the best for first. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. we've got a few minutes for questions and i have been asked, very explicitly to point out that we have a microphone here from the folks at c-span. there it is. so if you are a question thrust your hand into the air where she can see it and wait until she reaches you and then everyone can hear it. >> is this on? why are there no great unifying leaders like george washington today? >> first of all, read the farewell address. washington never believed that the united states would be without political differences or political parties, factions, whatever you want to call them. what washington's whole presidency was about, whether it was staying out of european conflict or trying to avoid as n of these intense partisan differences, washington's whole presidency was about buying time. washington was enou

taste for ceremony or patience with adulation. few knew how reluctant washington was to accept the presidency. in the months preceding his inaugural, he had but one wish, quote, to live and die in my own plantation. it is said every man has his portion of ambition. he explained to his earliest biographers david humfries, i may have mine as well as the rest but if i know my own heart, my ambition would not lead me into public life. to henry knox, he went further likening himself to quote, a culprit who is going to the place of his execution. washington found consolation in the possibility of resigning halfway through his term after having went the new regime the legitimacy that only he could bestow, could you imagine if he followed through on that fantasy. how you would have transformed not only the presidency which might very well become a prime ministerial position at which the government is nominally the head. this fantasy does nothing to elevate his mood on inauguration day. i fear i must bid adieu to happiness on the eve of his presidential oath taking, for i see nothing but cl

morning washington, on your side. >> there are no winners in this case. there is nothing but lost everywhere. >> a guilty verdict in the murder trial. door to leave will serve 26 years in prison for the murder of his eggs grow friend. >> it is thursday february 23. we begin with a traffic and weather every 10 minutes. we will check in with lisa in a moment. first, adam caskey. this the day we have been looking for. >> it all come in at a bit of a cost. it is breezy at times. you noticed the wind pick up. it is that chilly windy and dusty. that'll be the headline the next few days. we're seeing some areas of light rain. in the potomac highlands, we can have a few isolated sprinkles. otherwise, partly cloudy. 47 in marten's fur. 49 in lexington park. -- martinsburg period's 49 in lexington park. western maryland, is 63. down sotuh of the metro 72. we will have high temperatures in the 60's to start the day. it will drop into the upper- 40's. lisa? >> we are fabulous on the beltway. they are pulling overnight construction barrels out of the way. it looks like we are in a pretty good

and on gay marriage. we explain it all tonight on "washington week." >> it became clear that spending months hammering out a solution was not going to be an option. that we needed to move this faster. gwen: the white house suddenly ensnared in a fight over who pays for birth control gets yanked into the culture wars. a fight already under way on the republican presidential campaign trail. >> i know that this president will never get it. but we conservatives aren't just proud to cling to our guns and our religion. we're also proud to cling to our constitution. gwen: rick santorum with three victories on a single night surges as the latest anti-romney. >> the other thing we should recognize, as conservatives and tea party folks, that we are not just wings of the republican party, we are the republican party. gwen: and california just adds to the stew, as federal judges reject the state's ban on same-sex marriage. covering the week, ben reinhard of "national journal." john dickerson of "slate" magazine and cbs news. nia malika henderson of "the washington post," and pete william

you on today's "washington journal," is it the supreme court's decision to take on a case of affirmative action as a factor in college entry? if you're a ren, dial -- -- republican, dial -- host: joining us on the phone is adam liptack who covers the stories for the "new york times." front page this morning justices take up race as a factor in college entry. adam, give us some background on this case. let's begin there. guest: the best way to think about it is 10 years ago in a 5-4 decision, the supreme court drew a line that a lot of people have learned to live with. that line was at public universities, you can't use quotas, you can't assign points based on race but you can take account of race as one factor of many unquantifiable holistic and that's ok. and that's the admission system that we've been living under. the fact that they took this new case suggests that if they have another look at that and the majority may well and there's a different set of justices on the court than 10 years ago that they court may say you can't take that kind of as race period. whatever it'

superinteent rivera ? or councilman washington ? wait a minute. why is that so crazy ? well, because-- well, it's just that-- i don't know. why is that so crazy ? what are you talking about victor ? i have no political experience. yes, but you were a manager with the post office. - you care about people. - and you are an excellent chess player. i have no experience operating a political campaign. - we could all help. - definitely. - yes, absolutely. well, thanks for your vote of confidence. but i'd rather continue reading my newspaper and drinking my coffee. speaking of which. i can smell the meat loaf cooking from here. it just needs your final touch. i hope you don't want any water to drink with your dinner. at $30,000 a month, i'm thinki champagne would be much cheaper. don't get me started, carol. i've had it up to here with this city. yeah, me too. you won't believe this, but some of the people over at crossroads cafe had this crazy idea. - yeah ? - they can be so silly sometimes. - so what was their idea ? - they think i should run for city council. what's so crazy about that ? - you'

tackle it all tonight on "washington week." >> governor romney supported the bailout of wall street and decided not to support the bailout of detroit. gwen: those might be fighting words in michigan. except -- >> my feeling was that we should not support the -- the government should not be involved in bailouts period. gwen: running to the right. can rick santorum outpace mitt romney? >> senator santorum is getting his moment in the spotlight now. which is a good thing. i hope people take a very close look at his record. if you want a fiscal conservative, you can't vote for rick santorum because he's not. he's not a deficit hawk. gwen: while in washington, congress grudgingly extends the payroll tax holiday. >> the only reason we're even talking about a payroll tax break or an extension of unemployment benefits is because of the president's economic policies have failed. >> this is make or break moment for the middle class in america. and for folks who want to be in the middle class. gwen: as republicans reject the president's budget blueprint, out of hand. >> dead on arrival. it's d

next washington journal we'll talk with rob woodall and chris van hollen about the latest congressional budget office report. and later, robert jones of the public religious research institute joins us to discuss politics and religion. "washington journal" airs each morning at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >>> republicans have introduced bills in the house and senate that would revamp the federal budget process. the legislation would make it more difficult for congress to pass spending bills without first having passed a budget. some of the bills gop supporters spoke to reporters about the legislation. >> a good group, isn't it. thank you all for coming. the american peopleot happy with how congress and the administration manages their money. and i have concluded that they are basically right. first and foremost, we are borrowing 40 cents of every dollar we spend. that's so irresponsible as to produce no real argument in return that this is legitimate. second, in our budget process, we've known for years it's filled with a whole lot of gimmicks, techniques and methods that have

, the cbo headlines in the papers this morning, here is the washington times. no sun in the cbo forecast. this is a tweet from joseph ramirez. representative ryan, the cbo saying spend more now, save later? explain. >> well, i think at this point politically that having investments coming from the federal government wouldn't even have a committee hearing in the house of representatives. and i think the most reasonable economist would say in this kind of liquidity trap that we're in, you spend now to get us out, and then have long-term deficit spending. and i think doing the buffett rule, getting some money up-front or even in the next ten years from the top 1% in investing that money in the infrastructure spending now would be a good thing. but the key is long-term. we've got to deal with the long-term deficit issue. there is no doubt about it. but if you don't get revenues up, you don't get people back to work, you're not going to have the revenues you need to have long-term deficit reduction. >> the cbo director may provide more clarity in what he was trying to say yesterday. he'll be

slaughter in syria and the upheaval in afghanistan tonight on "washington week." >> while i was fighting to save the olympics you were fighting to save the bridge to nowhere. gwen: mitt romney punches back. >> who do you trust? who is authentic? who is believable? gwen: and it's a two-man race again this time with high stakes in romney's native state of michigan as both sides and even president obama spend like it's going out be style the >> fiscal coiffes? really? how can mitt romney beat broke where on the vital decisions player -- they're not much different. >> man who helped save my daughter was mitt romney. >> every reno candidate every republican candidate turned their barks said let detroit go bankrupt. not him. gwen: and abroad, the brutal crack boun in syria continues. what can the international community do? >> we will be discussing a range of options from tightening sanctions to increasing humanitarian relief to helping the opposition. gwen: and afghans express fury over the burning of korans at a u.s. military base. covering the week, michael duffy of "time" magazine, jeanne cum

, george washington university dealt with an outbreak, and last week the virus closed an elementary school in westmoreland county, virginia. >>> our temperature, 55 degrees. the thermometer no doubt stunned by yesterday's activity. what a delightful day that was. wow. >> spent all afternoon outside, as much as i could. >> yeah, you and about everybody else, too. the toe path was packed. the hiking and piking trails packed yesterday. today is going to be a day of some wild weather changes. look at the radar right now. we have some showers and, yes, thunder and lightning in west virginia. that area of orange and yellow. that is some thunder and lightning now coming through western and north central west virginia. now it's advancing to the east. the leading edge of rain coming into the shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, into washington county. moving to the east. so over the next couple of hours, we may get showers coming toward the metro area and quite likely we will. maybe even with thunder and lightning. ahead of that, temperatures now are in the 40s to near 50 degrees.

conservative political action conference are holding their annual convention in washington. most don't think romney is conservative enough. susan mcginnis is in washington with details on that. good morning, susan. >> good morning, betty. the thousands of conservatives that are here in washington right now for this huge conference may not be rallying around mitt romney right now, but they are unified in their goal of defeating president obama and their latest rallying cry, the president's policy on birth control. it's one of the biggest events on the conservative calendar. >> we must outsmart the liberals. we must outsmart the stupid people that are trying to ruin america. >> this morning, thousands are expected to pack this ballroom in washington, d.c., for day two of the annual cpac conference. conservatives from around the country will hear from three of the four gop contenders, including front-runner mitt romney. romney's ability to rally conservatives came into more question after rival rick santorum swept three gop races. in oklahoma thursday, santorum cast up his attacks. >> governor

debate here in washington this week. thanks for your calls and comments and thanks for listening to washington today on c-span radio. >> washington today is now available as a podcast. you can download each program individually at c-span.org or subscribe using itunes. available weekdays after 6:30 p.m. eastern. access the washington today podcast wherever you are with the c-span radio iphone app or on your data enabled mobile device. at the top of the hour, this is c-span radio washington. around the country, we're on xm channel 119 and washington today continues. >> i will stand on what i've done with regard to the criminal division, the anti-trust division, with regard to the civil division and the fraud pone that we brought in, the great work we've done on national security. if you want to say i'm a person not qualified to be attorney general, you take that into account, as well. >> there you have it, the attorney general eric holder testifying on capitol hill. a contentious meeting with the committee chaired by darrell issa as he testified before the house oversight committee. w

more airports around the country among them, washington dulles, liberty, boston's logan. the three airports where the 9/11 hijackers departed in 2001. passengers enrolled in the program won't have to take off their shoes and belts adds often as they do now. federal officials in texas saying housewives who bought assault rifles from gun dealers there are among two dozen charged in an alleged plot to smuggle arms into mexico. the squlus tis department says more than 200 weapons have been seized including ak-47s and sniper rifles. it's believed the guns were headed for mexican drug car tells. >>> josh marshal of the internet news website, our guest this sunday on q&a here on c-span radio -- surrounding the year 2000. he talked about efforts to build the website from one person to the current 28 full-time staff he has today. he tells some specific stories like the stories surrounding the resignation of republican senator trent lott of mississippi as senate majority leader in the year 2002 following comments senator lot made at a birthday party for senator strom thurmond. josh marshal,

@telemundo.com (3o5) 887-3o6o >> en washington más de una docena de adultos niños fueron llevados de emergencia por intoxicación de monóxido de carbono. -autoridades muestren un video de la mujer interrogada el momento de haber sido acusada. -luto por la familia hispana en el condado virginia. -temperatura normal en esta época del año pero puede cambiar el fin de semana. -el boca llenos de argentina están venezuela para su debut de la copa libertadores. www.atmedios.com >> sulema: buena noche gracias por acompañarnos en otra jornada informativa de telenoticias washington le salga sulema salazar. entran directo con información de la hospitalización de -10 adultos y cinco niños por la inhalación de monóxido de carbono, la fuga de gas estuvo en el sureste de washington y fue por la falla en el sistema de calefacción del complejo de apartamentos, los residentes que los afectados, pero al regresar al edificio, pero los que mostraron alto nivel de monóxido de carbono en la sangre fueron llevados al hospital y se espera que se recuperen, la policía mostró miedo del interrogat

forward. but i do appreciate you being here because you've got a tough job. >> budget week in washington. the comments of the acting office of management and budget director jeffrey zients, questions from congressman mike sim soon, republican from idaho. a fellow westerner, alan simpson, no relation, from wyoming, joining us friday morning. he of course is the former co-chair of the simpson bowles commission which looked at trying to rein in the federal debt and deficit. he'll be with to us take your calls and comments. friday morning, the washington journal, heard every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern time on c-span radio. we're asking the question, is washington paying enough attention to the year to year-deficit and the overall debt now approaching close to $16 trillion. give us a call here at c-span radio. it's our listener feedback line. here's the number. 202-626-7962. we ask that you leave a message, tell us where you're calling from, we'll use some of your comments tomorrow and friday on "washington today." 202-626-7962. >> more "washington today" in just a minute. first, other news. on

with more washington today. >>> on q and a this weekend on c-span radio charles evans jr. and victor denoble. evans is the producer and director avenue documentary which features former philip morris research scientist. it chronicles denoble's unexpected discovery of an ingredient in tobacco when coupled with nicotine making cigarettes more addictive. also talk about the company's efforts to keep the information private. charles evans jr. and victor denoble on q and a this weekend here on c-span radio. >>> welcome back to washington today here on c-span radio. some news from michigan first. governor of that state supporting mitt romney in his presidential bid. more on that in a couple of minutes. detroit economic club former senator rick santorum defending his record against a new onslaught of attacks by the romney campaign. he out lined his economic agenda before business executives in detroit. here's a portion of his speech. >> would you have voted for t.a.r.p. money in particular for the auto loans to gm and chrysler? romney has stated woe not have support the decision to bailout

defensa del título y en la nba los washington wizards se enfrentarán a los miami heat. www.atmedios.com >> sulema: buenas noches, gracias por terminar la semana con nosotros. esta es la información más destacada. - la policía de washington arresto un sospechoso por el asesinato de una persona transgénero. el hombre de 55 años enfrenta cargos de homicidio y odio. el hombre fue apuñalado en la cabeza en una parada de autobús la semana pasada, transeúntes trataron de auxiliar a la víctima pensando que la habían robado, falleció en el hospital. investigan al sospechoso por crímenes similares sin resolver. - a pesar de las pistas el fbi no ha podido identificar al hombre conocido como el violador del río potomac. el sospechoso entre 1991 y 1998 incluye la muerte de una mujer de georgetown. el fbi ha hecho análisis de adn y los resultados están por concluir. el fbi ofrece una recompensa por información que lleve al arresto de sospechoso de quien sólo se tiene un retrato hablado. - en el ojo del huracán el ex concejal de washington. sólo ha dado seis pagos

"hoy en agenda washington". hambre remos de la lucha de los hispanos para ingresar a la universidad. reciben nuestro jóvenes el apoy necesario para culminar sus estudios de educación superior? además, todo lo que pasa en washington. "agenda washington". saludo y bienvenido "agenda washington" ajo le habla mario sol. son muchos los factores que imposible da tan que estudiante latinos tengan ingreso a la educación superior, es un tema que preocupa a padres de famili como al gobierno, los educadore que nunca es conveniente contar con un título universitario, planificar un pesupuesto, busca ayuda e informar son las claves del éxito,. >> bien vamos a tener que ir a mensajes al volver amos vamos a conversar con devora santiago, vicepresidenta de investigación y políticas de educación de la organización excelencia en la educación y también nos acompañ maría elena, directora ejecutiv del programa nacional de pasa p santo ya, de la aación hispanas universidad, ya volvemos. pasantía. "agenda washington". >>mario sol: muy bien muchas gracias por seguir con a "agend washington"

had just graduated from howard university in washington. and then a black lawyer from dallas, u. simpson tate, the naacp lawyer for texas. and they put together a lawsuit against the city of beaumont. and it was booker faison versus elmo beard versus the city of beaumont. that was in the summer of '55. and in order to set up the fasth case, several of them went out to the golf shop at the terrell, offered to pay their money. they were refused. and so they got the case set up like that. and then after they set up the case, then johns and willard and tate filed the suit papers in beaumont challenging the fact that they were not permitted to play the terrell because of their color. and the new judge, he had just been appointed recently, was lamar cecil. and so judge cecil had to handle this new case that was coming in. johns and willard and tate argued this case in the courtroom here. they brought the plaintiffs and the defendants together. and judge cecil presided there at his bench. theo johns and elmo willard and simpson tate argued that the case of brown versus board of educati

. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> you're listening to washington today. other news on wall street the dow fell 53 closing at 12,952. nasdaq was down 15. the s&p down 6. legislation to repeal cost control board also known as the ipab, the independent payment advisory board. legislation repealing that went through the house committee today. the energy and commerce health subcommittee voting 17-5 to repeal this. no amendments attached. the ranking member frank palone, democrat from new jersey and adolphos town crossing the aisle. votes not scheduled but are expected to happen by the end of the month and next month in conjunction with the supreme court. franklin graham apologized to president obama for questioning his christian faith during an interview vm graham saying i regret statements which may have cast doubt on the faith of president obama. graham is the son of billy graham. he said, i apologize to the president and any i have offended for not articulating why i am not supporting him in this election. members of the naacp accused him of racial dischord. the number o

the story, george washington is a character. it's not appropriate to bring washington into this story prior to 1775 because he really wasn't doing very much. he was quiet in virginia. he was very uncomfortable with politics. when he goes to the continental congress, the reason he's appointed is because he's essentially the wealthiest man in virginia. that's what did you in those days. he bankrolled them because he was the richest man in america. wealth got you position. washington is a veteran of the french and indian war. in fact, washington starts the french and indian war in this country. a little bit about that in the introduction. he is flabbergasted whether john adams nominates him to be commander of the continental -- of the new continental army. he actually leaves the room. and when john adams says i replace a name george washington -- colonel washington of virginia and hancock is half way out of his chair and has to sit back down again. washington left the room. he's appalled because now he has to deal with this. his response to the congress which they did write down, w

washington to report immediately to washington. he was needed there right away. so he boarded a train that took him up through ohio over to pennsylvania. made a quick stop to visit with his wife ellen marcy mcclellan, mary ellen there in philadelphia his hometown where he was loudly hailed as a hero one and all. and then arrived in washington on the 26th of july. very, very exciting for someone in his mid 30s. this gentleman right here. i think that probably his letters describe best what it was like in washington in july 1861. because after meeting with the president, the commanding general of the army about that time quite elderly and infirm winfield scott and a number of influential members of congress, he sat down that night to write as he did almost every night to his wife at home who was waiting for him in pennsylvania. and here's what he said to ellen. "i find myself in a new and strange position here. president, cabinet, general scott and all deferring to me. by some strange operation of magic, i seem to have become the power of the land." mcclellan then set to work right away to t

morning washington continues now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning washington, it is wednesday, february 1, at about 6:00 a.m. >> some rain could put an end to the mid winter warmup. adam caskey will have a check on the forecast in a moment but let's go to lisa baden. >> we go live to newschopper7 who have been watching traffic on the maryland side of town. they run the ball like close to the baltimore-washington parkway. it looks like they're moving ok in areas of wet pavement and no problems on 295. there was a crash at landover hills but that is gone. >> 6:00 sharp, it is a damp start to our wednesday but not a washout. we will get a little bit of sunshine later this afternoon. areas of rain on the radar around the metro area especially in prince george's county. it is moving west to east and the package is moving to east prince william county and fairfax county. locations not on the screen means you're not getting rain right now. 52 degrees in clarksburg and warrenton. already, we are above their average afternoon highs will -- i

oh dear... or more on car insurance. >> you're watching abc 7's good morning washington with cynne simpson abndnd steve chenevey. >> a stop humanitarian official from the united nations will go to syria after two journalists and died in the shelling. her last report was on a baby who die during tuesday's helling. a person sent threatening letters to several members of congress including house speaker john boehner. the notes included a white powdery substance proven to be harmless. the letters had a return address from portland, oregon. the senator asked for an end to corporate money and lobbying in one of the letters. >> the president has signed a bill extending the social security payroll tax cut through the end of the year. congress approved the legislation last week. the bill also extends jobless benefits for long-term unemployed and prevents a big cuts in payments to doctors who treat medicare patients. last night we heard tough talk. the republican presidential candidates held their last debate before the big contests --before two big contests. >> jummy olabanji is in a satell

region. this is "washington business report" with abc 7 national correspondent rebecca cooper. >> thank you for joining us for a discussion of business and nance in the washington region. we will focus on the president's budget and promising economic figures. the question rememains, how will the numbers impact us? we will take it up with round- table favorites, peter morici and josh boak, but first we will talk business with who sets t the pace -- with someone who sets the pace. in addition to the leadership of "business journal," he was named a siness person of the year by the cut chamber of commerce. you have met a number of his talented reporters on the scene, and alex and joins us today. you were on our first episode one year ago, and we thought it was time to have you back. it is the 30th year of the washington business journal. >> if yes, we are really honored and humbled that we are here for 30 years i joked that people left when they met me and said you are the publisher of the washington business journalal is that not an oxymoron? we approve there is business in washi

he was under orders to do so. after capturing new orleans he had sent a message to washington implying that he was going to go after mobile next and immediately got a reply from washington to follow his initial orders that gaining control of the mississippi valley was far more important at that stage than mobile so he did it again his own wishes. >> we have plenty of phone callers waiting to ask you questions. let's go to california. hi there. >> caller: hello. >> you're on the air. >> caller: all right. unfortunately i did not get to see the scholar to nominated robert e. lee so i would like to briefly comment on that myself to at least get your response to that. >> robert e. lee in this forum has not been nominated today. >> caller: i would like to play devil's advocate. >> go ahead. >> caller: he simply was the most important figure in the war. let's not forget that he had -- i'll be brief. he had four very important battles. by not losing the battle which very nearly did happen, he saved the confederacy that could hardly live with destruction over northern virginia and had