this then is washington at 22. a young giant whose social status has yet to catch up to his imposing physical stature. by then he was a celebrity, based on the reconnaissance of the french and indian territory. lawrence's death in july 1752 had opened the door to the military career his younger brother coveted. with no practical experience, george was appointed a major. in the southernmost of virginia's four military districts. he pulled every string within reach to be transferred to the more prestigious command of the northern neck. his jockeying for position paid off in the autumn of 1753. that there was more to this ambitious youth than mere place seeking is evidenced by the decision to entrust washington with an assignment that would test the mettle of one many years his senior. stoked by the alarmist reports of an impending french invasion, london wished to know more about the enemy's presence in the disputed ohio river valley. 21-year-old george washington was to be its unlikely emissary. his orders were plai

washington grew. i mean, the classic example, i think, of that would be his attitudes not only about slavery but i think about race. and again, i don't want to exaggerate, you know. washington is not one of us. he's not a 21st century figure, and i know there's always his tendency to want to humanize washington in ways that often

this is washington. all possess alike, he's speaking of americans, all possess alike liberties of conscience and immunities of citizenship. for happily the government of the united states which gives to bigotry no -- to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens. there were of course as yet no formally organized opposition party or parties but there was certainly no shortage of anti-federalists whose earlier suspicions of the constitution were confirmed by hamilton seeming disregard for the rights of states and the interest of those farmers whom jefferson called god's chosen people. washington's principles and his political skills were severely tested in the first weeks of 1791. of the hamiltonian system, jefferson and randall opposed the idea basing their stance on a narrow reading of article one, section 8 of the constitution, which authorized congress to quote, may call laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying

wrong to be sure, but trying to draw washington in now. washington was cautious. the fact of the matter is at this particular moment he could not trust his army. could not trust his army. but there was one thing that washington did know, that generals may plan, but it is the line officers, the lieutenants, the captains, the majors, the men in actual command, two control the troops. he in conjunction with his staff, colonel brooks, who later becomes governor of our commonwealth, so he colonel brooks, his secretary jonathan tremble begin to lay out a plan. and the plan is they will all call of these officers together, that is the lieutenants and captains and the majors, and speak to them directly. they must also prepare an address, a speech. several days now spent in writing what is probably the most important speech ever given in american history. all in secret because, of course, washington has already announced that he's not coming to the meeting. noon saturday, the 15th of march, about 30 officers crowd into the temple of virtue. the building by the way, the rec

taking pains to appear above partisanship, washington em employed the washington national rather than federalist to label the new regime. with every decision, no matter how seemingly trivial he helped to establish the natural character of which he spoke. there was the question, for example, of what to call him in his official capacity. members of the senate favored the high toned, his highness and president of the united states and protecter of liberties. the house of representatives urged he be addressed as the president of the united states, vice president adams was appalled. what would common people think of such a title, they will despise him to all eternity. washington with a far surer grip on public sentiment much preferred the less ornate of mr. president. no one in 1789 had the slightest idea of what a president was or what he did or how he should comport himself while striving the high wire during affordability and accessibility. he fired off a list of painfully earnest inquires. the first attempt to define a working presidency. would it be appropriate, he asked, for the exec

and washington knew this, of course. later general gates was given command of the army in the south. and there in the south general gates fought the battle of camden, one of the worst defeats the american army ever suffered. what made it even worse was when the smoke cleared from the battlefield at camden, general gates was not there. he had retreated about 50 miles to reorganize. he was replaced. general green took general gates's place in the south. gates was in disgrace. washington disliked him intensely. but gates was a powerful politician. and he managed to get reinstated as the commander of the army at newburgh without washington's consent. the congress simply appointed him and sent him to newburgh telling general washington, you may use him as you please. so general gates arrived to be the actual commander of the army. washington, of course, commander in chief. but gates being the general in charge at the encampment. the men in the encampment, of course, bored, not much to do. about 7,000 soldiers. there they bega

washington grew. i mean, the classic example, i think, of that would be his attitudes not only about slavery but i think about race. and again, i don't want to exaggerate, you know. washington is not one of us. he's not a 21st century figure, and i know there's always his tendency to want to humanize washington in ways that often inadvertently trivialize him. but in any event i don't think are accurate. what i tried to do when i wrote the book is to transport us credibly into his world to immerse ourselves in that and to understand up close both the very human aspects of washington and the larger than life elements of washington. and i think, you know, it is the process of evolutionary growth, it is the realization, as i said tonight there are interests greater than self-interests. washington, in many ways, outgrew the narrow culture that produced him, and that is something that i think is the essence of what we'd like to think of as the american success story. got one more? >> as we approach the than

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he said today he's in washington but spent the night at home because he lives kind of outside of washington. >> he does. gwen: this is the attack mitt romney is mounting. he's earmarked, he's defended it and he's one of the same. >> he is vulnerable to that. mitt romney is hammering on him voting five times to raise the debt ceiling. he's vulnerable to that i think in term of earmarks, something like a billion dollars. and his defense is there are good earmarks and bad earmarks. gwen: that's an argument. >> right. that's an argument but i think you're going to see obviously romney ramp up the attack machine against santorum. but they think they're ready because they have this message of him being the true conservative. gwen: thanks. there was a code to thaffle this week, three-judge panel in the u.s. court of public appeals lifted a ban for same-sex unions, met by glee in some corners and profound worry on some sides. sounded like a victim we one day and the next day people thinking twice. it wasn't as clear as it seems. >> victory in some sense but kind of limited to california because it

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i am the publisher of "washington business journal." i think it is troubling that we have this growing disparity between the very, very highly- paid people, and the rest of the workforce. >> josh boak, do you think it will carry into the election year? >> this is something that is on thmiddle class that are not protesting. median incomes are down by 10%. we have two different economies. for the vast majorityf americans, to some degree, they are in a recession. >> peter morici you save the obama administration is too opmistic. >> last august, the president told us the deficit would be less than $1 trillion. now what will be closer to $1.30 trillion or $1.40 trillion. surprise, surprise. >> they projected growth. >> in the last four years of their budget, they are projecting 4% growth. if we accomplish that, i will be playing point g guard for the detroit pistons in 2017, and in that year i will be 69 years old. >> lockout jeremy lin. after the break, the number of the week. >> welcome back. some good news for our number of the year. -- w

took too many troops out of washington. we're unsafe here. you can't have mcdowell because this fellow jackson that we read about, he's already attacked the union force near kearnstown and no telling what he'll do next. he may sweep down the potomac and attack washington, we've got to keep him here. what this meant for mcclellan was not that they weren't going to attack to siege richmond, but they weren't going to be able to do it through strategical point maneuver, they'd have to rely more on a pounding, slow process starting at yorktown and he thought to bring along a siege artillery, so in early april his forces arrived near yorktown. the whole revolutionary war entrenchments now much improved by the confederates but lightly manned and began actual siege operations near yorktown that would last throughout the month of april. and while this was going on, mcclellan, being a thoroughly modern major general decided that he was going to use all the enhancements that technology could bring to him first off, he hired professor

"good morning washington" continues now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. it's monday, february 20. like we dodged another one outside. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. no major problems except for school delays. culpeper county schools, orange county schools, and spotsylvania county schools in virginia will close two -- will open two hours late. >> watch for possible iic patches, anyone on the boaroads -- icy patches. adam caskey first period >> a little breezy this morning temperatures in the low to mid 30's. it feels like the 20's on this monday morning when you factor in the wind on this president's day. morningside, 34. 33 in alexandria. fairly similar temperatures out there, low to mid 30's for the most part. 29 in berkeley springs. breezy through lunchtime. 48 today, sunny. barlett cloudy tomorrow with a few isolated sprinkles possible nor trust of the metro area tomorrow afternoon. seven-day forecast coming up. back to you. >> thank you. let's hit the roads and check in with john gonzalez, tracking condi

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good 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

if the job says i need to move to washington state, i move to washington state. and it's just depending on fining that job. >> reporter: and when you hand out that email, you never know who might lead you to your next job. >> all right. >>> spring training is about to get into full spring for the washington nationals. next, an update from florida. >>> and the stars came out in miami for a little basketball. linsanity verses king james. highlights next. >>> a first in major league baseball. he was the 1st base ballplayer to challenge a drug related grievance. he tested positive for elevated testosterone levels but insisted he did not violate the policy. a sample was taken on a saturday and not sent to the lab until 48 hours later. >>> now spring training is underway for the nats in florida. pitchers and catchers had two practices and full squad workouts start tomorrow. >> reporter: and greetings from nationals spring training. where everybody associated with this club is optimistic. why wouldn't you be? they may have the best pitching in the national league. and o

they don't like what washington is doing. this issue has now heated up suddenly around trying to deny women access to basic health care coverage and what i'm suddenly seeing is lots of people are coming for example to our website, elizabethwarren.com and they are saying wait a minute i need to pay attention. there's an even bigger threat here. senator brown wants to roll back the clock. he wants to go back to a time when a handful of men decided what kind of access to health care coverage women were going to get. he wants to roll back to a time when it's the employer who gets to pick and choose who is going to have health care coverage and what kind of coverage they're going to have. and folks around here really don't like that. and so there's a lot of activity around this really in the last 48 hours. >> elizabeth warren, democratic senate candidate for massachusetts, thank you so much for your time. it's always a real pleasure to have you here. >> thank you. always good to talk with you. >> thank you. all right. for the reco

politicians don't stay there too long and washington didn't do it washington general washington didn't do it and neither should lamar smith now richard you know i want to go back to the reddit community the online community for a second here to how much have they helped you out in terms of donations since you got you know i guess you could say some attention from them from following from them then are you also getting a lot more money. well they've been numerous more huge as far as amounts go a lot of people who don't need it and. it's still coming in and read it still is asking for more audience with me and i'm thrilled with that and i really hope that this will continue and again this has been because of what maher smith but i want to make something really clear i'm not trained to play to the red audience my record is already there i'm not going to go against my record i'm going to stay true to the constitution the bottom line with me is follow the constitution or go home and it's obvious that it's way for them are smith to go home he makes a bunch of money off his position he's got

this is washington today in the washington baltimore area, wcsp. we're streamed on the web at c-span radio.org and heard on xm channel 119. a former executive of the now collapsed brokerage firm mf global testifying today he warned the then ceo jon corzine a year before the company went under about the risks of making large bets on europe's government debt. michael roseman told a house oversight subcommittee that he raised the concern back in october of 2010 about this issue. mf global has been a topic of debate and discussion on capitol hill since it went under. of course, the former head of mf global is jon corzine. kiko canseco asked michael roseman about his dismissal from mf global and the issues surrounding his dismissal. >> mr. roseman, you were told that you were no longer needed as chief risk officer of mf global in january of 2011. is that correct? >> yes, sir. >> okay. so the cro is an important job. i imagine in order to replace you, it would require at least a few months of a search process. do you know when mf global began to search f

esta noche la policía metropolitana de washington está tras la pista de unombre que asaltó sexualmente a una mujer el mes pasado y mostrar un video para que ayude a dar con su paradero. angelica herrera nos informa. >> reportera: este hombre aparentemente hispano es el que las autoridades creen que asaltó a una mujer sexualmente al noroeste de washington. >> estamos investigando un asalto sexual que ocurrió en la cuadra 3200 de la calle el 16 enero las horas de la madrugada a las 2:30 ahí mi. >> reportera: el video captado por la cámara de seguridad muestra el momento en que el sospechoso se acerca al intercomunicador y después de intercambiando palabras con residentes del edificio hasta que finalmente logra entrar o fama de la víctima estaba entrando el edificio el sospechoso se le acercó y entró detrás de ella, ya adentro el hombre abusó de ella. >> reportera: los hechos ocurrieron dentro de la sesión, la víctima describió el sospechoso como un hombre hispano de 30 años de edad 15 pies y seis pulgadas de estatura las autoridades esperan que con este video logren dar con

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 pow

good morning washington continues right now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. it's wednesday, february 15. i'm steve chenevey. cynne simpson as the day off. it's a wild morning, but there could be changes on the way. adam caskey as the forecast in a moment. first, lisa baden has a check on the roads. running nicely in virginia on

robert rode on the train from washington to baltimore but then he returned to washington to be with his mother. and he then later came out to springfield for the funeral. mary never rode the train and she did not attend the funeral. she was too distraught with grief to attend part of the ceremonies. the flag is significant in that it only hat 34 stars. we think that this obviously was an older flag but we think it probably came from a fort somewhere or a garrison and it was one of many flags that draped his coffin along the way. as we step out of the train, we're stepping back onto our train platform where we come to our first interactive, which is a really great opportunity for visitors to look in depth at this fer and to try to get a better understanding of why something like this -- nothing like this ad ever happened. never been assassinated before, but a mourning train journey like this had never happened and a lot of historians figure that the reason the whole united states took such an interest in this unusual circumstances of the assassination of abraham lincoln but also because

this is the obama washington. it is not the washington of our founders but the washington of the permanent political class. it is something that our forefathers never envisioned, and they would have sworn their lives, their fortunes, their sacred honor to change. this washington, it boasts seven of the 10 wealthiest counties in america. it is now home to the highest per-capita income. here, there is even a lamborghini dealership, not that there is anything wrong with hot wheels. but this is the playground of the government rich, and they are hoping that you all work very, very hard to keep her going, so the people need it and demand urgent reform from this growing out of touch government. it is for freedom's sake, and it is to grow our small businesses and hire more people, and though we know that things must change rapidly in order to change rapidly, friends, there is no such sense of urgency here in the obama washington, because live around here is really good, materially. our permanent political class is conten

she lived in northwest washington. the family hopes for answers about her disappearance. >>> and -- >> a newspaper says how police calculate the d.c. success rate at closing murder cases is misleading. d.c. police chief kathy lanier says there is a 94% homicide case closure rate in washington. according to the "washington post," police records show the city had 108 homicides last year. 62 were solved as of year's end. that is a 57% closure rate. the paper says d.c. police also counted 40 cases from other years that were closed in 2011, giving it that 94% closure rate. lanier says the department followed fbi guidelines in calculating its case closure rate. >>> in decision 2012 this morning, rick santorum is trying to clear up a controversial comment he made about president obama. the republican presidential candidate made the statement at a campaign appearance in ohio. >> it's not about you, not about your quality of life, not about your jobs. it's about some phony ideal. some phony theology. >> critic say santorum cros

a deadly avalanche in washington state. a survivor talks about the equipment that may have saved her life. >>> plus making that next visit to the dentist is a little bit easier for parent and child. stay with us for >>> we have a developing story in north korea. country says live fire military drills by south korea could prompt "total war." this is video of the last time south korea conducted live fire drills back in march of 2010. they conducted the drills despite threats from the north and said they were prepared for any retaliation. north korean officials said these drills will lead to a complete collapse of ties between the two koreas. >>> right now nuclear inspectors from the united nations are in iran inspectors want proof that iran does not plan to use its nuclear program to develop a weapon. israel has said military action could be needed to prevent that from happening. the united states and britain are urging israel to be patient to allow international sanctions to work. >>> three men are dead this morning, killed

"good morning washington" continues now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> rise and shine, washington. 6:00 a.m. on this thursday, where 16. i am cynne simpson. >> i'm steve chenevey. another mile day, but you might want to keep the umbrella handy. adam caskey will have the forecast in a minute. let's start with a check on the roads with lisa baden. >> we go directly to newschopper 7 flying over maryland into crofton southbound 3 at wachapel road with an accident that happened earlier this morning. a fatal crash with a detour. forcing them to exit onto wachapel road. southbound 3 b closed for an undetermined amount of time. >> off to the west, a few sprinkles in luray and in west virginia there's some light rain. all that action is moving to the northeast. especially through harrisonburg and towards culpeper. clipping no. fauquier county. not all of what you see there is hitting the ground at this time. a few reports of rain out west. it's 36 degrees in leesburg. temperatures will climb to nearly 50 today with areas of light rain especially midday a

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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, which we do have the document, is a masterpiece of understatement and humble spirit and it's wonderful. so washington comes in later to the story. this leads up to the sequel. if this book ends, there is a little more to the story. there is a war. the second book when i -- if i were not on the book tour, i would be writing right now knowing that at some point my publisher is going to be watching this. because she says, you know, can you give me a book a year? and i say, well, you know, if you stop sending me out on book tours, you know -- i'm sorry. i didn't mean that. i've been doing an enormous amount of reading and traveling. i've been all over the state of new jersey which is where the key battle fields are. i was involved in princeton and crossing of the delaware along with the stuff. vir

that does it for today "washington journal." coming up, we are going to be going to their groundbreaking ceremony to the new smithsonian the national museum of african american history and culture. the museum will have the task of chronicling more than 20 years of black life in the united states. seven levels planned to provide a sweeping history to highlight the achievements of the famous and everyday life of ordinary people. it represents traditional african architecture. for nine years, the staff has worked to build it from scratch fine manfinding donors and planning exhibits. it will focus on three areas. history, culture and community. it was first proposed by civil war veterans almost 100 years ago. president obama will be talking at the ceremony today. live coverage here on c-span. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> ladies and gentlemen our program is about to begin. please turn off all pagers and cell phones. thank you. ♪ >> the new nation

good morning washington, it is wednesday, february 15. it is another clear and mild morning but some changes could be on the way maybe tomorrow. adam caskey will have a check on the forecast in a minute. let's check in with lisa baden. >> maryland is pretty tight on route 5 and route 4 and normal volume is starting to grow. southbound is loading up on 270 which is normal. this is the beltway and rte. 4 pennsylvania avenue moving nicely from andrews air force base at let's go to newschopper7 flying over 95/virginia and 7100 is northbound and it has normal volume from dale city. metro rail is reporting that all trains are running a normal service systemwide but the entrance escalators at the foggy bottom station are out of service. >> we are taking a look at the temperatures early this morning. it is not so bad, near 40 degrees. frostburg is the cool spot at 31 degrees. it will be 53 degrees for the high today and tomorrow you want to have your umbrella handy. it will be just a few scattered light rain showers. for the most part, will avera

i have to tell you, washington -- young washington threatened to resign more often than henry kissinger. and henry kissinger had more to backre than did young washington. only the immediate danger of a french thrust into the likely defendedrom andoning their positions. on second thought, washington said he'd serve voluntarily rather than by quote, slaving dangerously for the shadow of pay. he's laying the guilt trip. indeed, he says, quote, i would rather prefer the great toil of a laborer and dig for maintenance provided i were reduced of necessity, than serv. the newly promoted washington re reiterated his -- of the pork and the bread that passed for rations. upon the whole he added i find so many cogs upon the exme dedisthat -- expedition that i despair of success and you'd honor me in the post, the duty i will cheerfully execute as a volunteer, but by no means upon the pay. the recipient of the unsettling letter might be forgiven whiplash. on the morning of wednesday, may 28, washington and a small contingent of indian allies, known to history as the half king, sniffed out an armed

this is the visitors' view of washington. but across the potomac river, there is another side to the story, a military aspect. its heart is the pentagon building. this is where the highest officers in your army perform the duties and make the decisions which will affect every soldier in uniform. surrounding the pentagon there are other military buildings. this is t-7, headquarters for the military city of washington. let's go inside for a few words from the general. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the nation's capital, and the military district of washington. i hope you will enjoy your visit with us. although we will not be able to show you all of the interesting tasks performed by our soldiers, we have selected some of the highlights which we think will have a special appeal to our big picture audience. you will find here in the shadow of the capitol, that the men and women of your army are daily performing a great variety of interesting jobs. in some cases, they are perhaps unique in the army. you will see and become fa

his body was found in fort washington. linwood johnson and i the newman have been charged and they believe robbery is the motive. >> occupy dc protesters some violent confrontations with park police on a weekend. >> on saturday at mcpherson square police officer was hit in the face with a brick. the protester is expected in court today. >> the movement is here to stay. >> were largely unoccupied sunday night. but some people are getting the message and some people don't care. >> handful of protesters and a dozen park police. they were expecting tens and making sure no one was camping out. >> this is not an eviction. our goal is to ensure health and safety. >> a far cry from the violent confrontation saturday in mcpherson square. >> one person got clubbed on the arm and another got a finger broken. >> one officer was struck in the face with a flying bridge. a dozen protesters arrested. they say they're not putting. -- not quitting. >> it is important we maintain a physical presence. >> it becomes a nuisance to the citizens

. >> 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

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