washington's birthday, the institute has gathered political thinkers to talk about the legacy of the first chief executive. among the topics discussed are washington's farewell address and including the precedents he set for the predecessors including the last legacy, the decision to relinquish power after only two terms in office. this program is 90 minutes. >>> i am amy cass senior fellowt ta hudson institute. on behalf of what so proudly we hail at .org and aie citizenship, i want to welcome you and our viewers around the country courtesy of c-span to this event in honor of washington's birthday. this is one of the series of events and discussions we're sponsoring on the american national calendar. built around selections from the recently published anthology what so proudly we held in story, speech and song. our purpose in the series is to revive interest in and attention to our national holidays seen as important tools often neglected for shaping american identity and encouraging zefk understaci. and we are to talk about the contribution to the nation, and the people who have cr

scientists from george washington's mount vernon estate set out to better understand what the first u.s. president looked like at different moments in his life. >> nonfiction books on the wide variety of topics from george washington to the x-rays to an american holocaust rescuer to the titans like bill gates and steve jobs and others. so when i began a project i really know very little about my topic, and as i begin to do the research, i sort of go on a treasure hunt. that's the way i like to look at it and i use primary sources in order to get through the material that i made to write nonfiction books that not only inaccurate but hopefully interesting. i began to look into a book about george washington and decided to write this book i began with george washington in the very same way. i knew very little about washington to the i had heard of course that he had shot down a cherry tree, which he didn't, and i had heard that he wore a wig which he didn't come and i heard that he had wooden teeth, which he didn't. so i found out very quickly the things i thought i knew about george washi

washington. a wise people behaves like a shovel full of dirt or a spritz of water tamping down the partisan. of course thus american politics becomes a less than candid competition to appear above politics. having made explicit his theme of public opinion, washington declares that of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion, morality are indispensable supports, calling these the great pillars of human happiness, washington makes a case for political as well as pious attention to them. he concludes the way to foster religion and morality is through education. the first positive command or prescription of the address states promote then as an object of primary importance institutions important the general diffusion of knowledge. washington anticipates no conflict between religion, morality, and enlightenment. the next rule of conduct is to cherish public credit. follows signed advice on debt and taxation. although the execution of these maxims belongs to the elected representatives, washington points out that it is necessary that public opinion sho

george washington's birthday the american enterprise institute hosted a gathering of political thinkersthe presidence neigh's first chief executive. among the topics discussed are washington's farewell address and the many precedents set for his successors including what many historians consider to be his most lasting legacy, his condition to relinquish power after only two terms in office >> i am amy cass, senior fellow from the hudson inci stcit stci incity tuesday. on behalf of the american citizenship i would like i don't welcome you and our viewers around the country courtesy of c-span to this event in honor of washington's birthday. this is one of a series of events and discussions we are sponsoring on the american national calendar. built around selections from our recently publishes anthology, what so proudly we hail the americans' soul and story speech and song. our purpose in this series is to revive interest in and attention to our national holidays seen as important tools often neglected for shaping american identity and encouraging civic understanding and national

washington's birthday, the american enterprise institute hosted a gathering of political thinkers to consider the presidency and legacy of our nation's first chief executive. among the topics discussed are washington's farewell address and the many presidents he set for his successors, including what historians it to be his most lasting legacy. his decision to relinquish power after only two terms in office this. program is 90 minutes. cls par. >> i'm amy kass, senior fellow at hudson institute. on behalf of what so proudly we hail aei's program on american citizenship, would i like to welcome you and our viewers around the country courtesy of c-span to event in honor washington's birthday. this is one of a series of events and discussions where response oregon on the american national calendar. built around selections from our recently published anthology "what so proudly we hail, the american's soul in store i had speech and song." our purpose in this series is to revive interest in and attention to our national holidays seen as important tools often neglected for shaping american

amongst these men. somehow washington dug into the reserves of his character and found the strength to try again. and he had with him another extraordinary figure, who was the journalist, as we would say, embedded in the continental army. it was thomas payne. he soldiered beside them in that campaign. they called him the common sense man. and as they were in their camps retreating in new jersey, he decided that it was time to write another pamphlet called "the american crisis." this was the one about the times that try men's soul. it was truly so. and this was one of the first literate armies in history. they read these writings of thomas payne and it helped to remind them of that cause. and of its importance. even as they weren't all of one mind as to what it meant. so washington led his forces across the delaware, gathering all the boats as he crossed, and then he began to try to reorganize the army to try to undertake and invent a new way of leadership. he wrote back home. he said he discovered something with these new england men. he said he discovered "people unaccustomed to restr

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 then left the army and was a congressman from new york. so hamilton then is given the assignment of addressing washington. i doubt that anyone really expected that general washington would join in any plot, but at the same time, they needed to test him out. how did he feel? hamilton warned washington that the army was on the brink of mutiny. he suggested to washington that the general might wish to control, direct the turret was his exp

expert on swords. the sword was correct. presentation sword to washington that the artist was aloud to borrow. the expert on swords said he made a mistake. it is buckled on backwards. the man behind him its another future president of the united states, james monroe. lieutenant of infantry and was in fact in this event. he is struggling to hold up an american flag that hadn't been invented yet. it would be coming in 1777. there are, many people in the boat, who have, inspired some debung id debunking. the interesting figure, bending over an oar in a long red shirt in the foreground behind the flag. and i got a letter from a radical feminist debunker. i had speculated in my, book as to whether that was a woman. and it might well have been a woman. there were many women in these armies. general howell kept records. 10% of -- of his armies were, army were women on the ration. it was probably something like that number in the, at least in the later stages of the war for the american -- the american army. but, the feminist said, about that person -- yes it is a woman. look again. she is

. >> nonfiction books on wide array of topics from george washington to x-rays to marie curie to varian frye, an american holocaust rescuer to tech titans like bill gates and steve jobs and others peered so when i began a project they know very little about my topics and as i began to do the research, i sort of go on a treasure hunt. that's the way like to look at it. i use primary sources in order to gather the material to write nonfiction books that are not only accurate, but hopefully interesting as well. so when i began to look into this book about george washington and decided to write this book, i really began with george washington in the very same way. i knew very little about washington. i heard of course that he had shot down a cherry tree, which he didn't and i heard you were a week, which he didn't. and i heard that he wore wooden teeth, which he didn't. so i found that very quickly the things i thought i knew about george washington were absolutely not and have them correct. so as i began this book, which i describe as csi needs the biography channel and you'll see why as we go

the one modern episode that illustrates the forgetfulness of our appreciation of washington's generation and his republicanism. it came when ronald regan replaced thomas jefferson's portrait in the room with calvin coolidge's. people were outragerd at this. they couldn't believe that reagan would do such an obviously silly thing. mark shields wrote in the post, don't try to tell me that calvin coolidge could ever substitute for thomas jefferson. that's almost a national sacrilege. the irony was coolidge was the most 125u7b much supporter. when you compare him to wilson and wilson's successors, it turns out it would have been liberal presidents who would have wanted to remove jefferson's photo. that's an interesting trend lost in everyone today. one might have thought he was going to eliminate silent cal. modern presidents simply talk too much. they would benefit from a certain rhetorical min mimp. it's nearly forgotten one of the bills of impeachment against andrew johnson, when you strip it down it was that he was talking too much and in too partisan of a way. here's the lang

. >>> next, william fowler on his book "american crisis, george washington and the dangerous two years after yorktown 1781-1783" he details washington's struggles as he dealt with ineffective congress and continental army on the verge of mutiny. the 50-minute event was hosted by the social law library in boston. >> can i ask you to take your seats, please? 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 and also delighted to welcome back william fowler, who will talk about his new book "an american crisis, georgia washington and the dangerous two years." let me first ask you to silence your cell phones. let me also invite you to stay for a reception and book signing following professor fowler's talk. and in that connection, i want thank one of the great independent bookstores, porter square books, for coming over to cambridge whenever authors appear at the social 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 distingu

george washington used to confront challenges. he spoke at a university of oklahoma symposium on the founding of america. this is 50 minutes. >>> good morning. how are the acoustics? loud and clear? i have two mikes on me. i think that might be one too many. i'm here to tell you a story you heard before. we're going to talk about george washington. and in light of the frame that everybody else has been bringing to this occasion, that is the troubles of our time, i wanted to talk about washington and some of the troubles of his time and how he dealt with it. and i want to do it by story telling. the great attraction for me to history are these wonderful stories. i think of arthur snobl who sat down to play beethoven and he stopped and turned to the audience and said, this music is better than it can ever be played. i think that's the way it is with these stories. they are better than they can ever be told. i want to do that also with regard to a picture that you've seen before. this is washington crossing the delaware. and next time you're in new york city, go to the metropolitan muse

washington, d.c. beginning with the 1894 march calling for public works programs for the unemployed and continues through the 1963 civil rights march and aebt vietnam war protests. >> thank you steve. thank you all for coming here. i'm very glad to be here at catholic, where my good friend john sweet has been teaching for many years and i have learned much about him and much about this institution so it's interesting to finally see the place since i've only heard about it from the distance. of course coming to washington is not so unfamiliar for me. i have did many years of research, obviously, in connection with this book. but i am also, someone was asking me just before, about whether or not i had washington ties. and i am someone who came from a family that is tide to washington on my father's side, both his parents came from washington and lived here. and that also ties into a question that i think is very pertinent to, and is asked all the time these days, is why write a book on the history of marching on washington. and the way i think about that now is, there's two answers. one p

washington didn't. but that is very rare. even someone like james madison who didn't particularly white and wasn't great at it, he screwed himself up and wrote 29 federalist papers which were op-ed pieces in newspapers. these men know that they have to put themselves out there for the american public which is their constituency. noels. no it alls. they were well-educated. the colleges we have, we have a handful of colleges. they are tiny. harvard or king's college of, columbia or yale or princeton. they have a few dozen students like the thousands that they have today. most of these men were college graduates. those who weren't made sure that they read all their lives. they felt that they had to be up on the news of the day and the political theory of the day. if you listen to there debate you would have fought the first two names were the celebrated. he is always called the celebrated montesquieu and they knew their ancient history. they knew their english history. their recent english history and their ancient history. history of the classical world. history of rome. history of greece. th

the one modern episode of that -- illustrates the forgetfulness of our appreciation of washington's generation and his republicanism. it came when ronald reagan replaced thomas jefferson's portrait in the cabinet room with calvin coolidge's portrait when he became president in 1991. they were outraged at this. couldn't believe that reagan would do such a -- obviously silly thing. mark shields wrote in the post, don't try tell me that calvin coolidge could ever substitute for thomas jefferson. that's almost a national sacrs l sacrilidge. it would be liberal presidents that want to have removed jefferson's picture from the cabinet room if they paid faith to their ideas. that's -- interesting trend that's seemingly lost in just about everyone today. one might wish more presidents saw fit to emulate coolidge's accurate nickname of silent cowell for one malady of modern presidents they simply talk too much. and would benefit from embracing a certain minimalism. it is nearly forgotten today that one of the bills of impeachment against andrew johnson when you script it down essentially he

adams' famous quip from george washington to ulysses grant single-handedly disproved the theory of evolution. but this isn't really right. although you can mark out the evolution of the office and things -- you know, shadings that -- brought to the office by jefferson and jackson, of course, lincoln, and especially theodore roosevelt, i think that woodrow wilson marks out a clear dividing line from previous presidents for two reasons above all. the first was his open disdain for the constitution. professor mansfield noted some time ago wilson notable for being the first president to criticize the constitution. and that was merely of a piece with his dismissal of the founding which we thought was no longer relevant to the 20th century. his second original sin of the modern presidency was his conception the president should be someone who ought to be a leader with the capital "l," not in the ordinary sense of, say, sports team coach or even a chief executive of a company or military commander but someone of lofty transformative vision we might say today taking the american people to

battle of princeton. a meeting engagement. and again another victory. so washington had won four victories. in this very short period. and they were very different. one from the other. and frederick great looking on all of this. and, the greatest military feat he had ever seen. in the conduct of the campaign. it went on three months altogether the american army and militia fought something like 80 engagements. they were very small. mostly foraging party. but what they did was slowly wear down the british and the troops who were in new jersey. it was a heavy blow on that force. then as the the revolution went on, there were something like 24 campaigns. washington and his two lieutenants who commanded in the same open way, that screen in lafayette, commanded in ten of them. and they lost many battles but they won nine of the campaigns. nine campaigns. there were all the other campaigns maybe something like -- 13 or 14. depending on how that one counts. where, commanded by other officers, who didn't -- master that same method of command. and the americans lost all but two of those c

action of the police towards the protesters and how that changes the image of washington? >> um, yeah, that is a -- that is one of the things that i would argue that partly because in washington i think particularly there has been this creation of a tradition of marching on washington that much more depends on the notion that there's a large, peaceful march that when people do plan these more disruptive charges, there is almost in some ways more leeway for the washington police or is it the park police depending on the area to crack down harder. even in some cases it's not within the bounds of legal process, i understand there's litigation still going on about the 2000 world bank protests here. but it still seems like there's a fair amount of sort of general support for that notion that that's not the right way to protest in washington. smaller groups -- i mean what i call ridge wall disobedience when you're not really intent on disrupting. where you go and you sit in front of the white house and you know if you sit there for 20 minutes, the police will come up to you and arrest you.

government. now, washington admits that partisanship is both natural and inevitable. it is, e he says, a fire not to be quenched. his object is by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it. so the disgust that americans often express at extreme partisanship and maybe even their longing for bipartisan ship or post partisanship was encouraged by washington. a wise people behaves like a shovel full of dirt or a spritz of water, tamping down the partisan flames. of course, idealogues are inventive and have kiss covered they can employ partisanship against opponents as a means to further their own partisan agenda. these the great pillars of human happiness, washington makes a case for political as well as pious attention to them. he concludes the way to foster religion and morality is through education. the first positive command or prescription of the address states promote then as an object of primary importance institutions important the general diffusion of knowledge. washington anticipates no conflict between religion, morality, and enlightenment. the next rule of conduc

, consider the aesthetic height of said from washington, three buildings crammed into a small area. the surrounding urban plan includes an open space, uses a variety of spaces in relationship to people. this creates a wall between the current neighborhood and the waterfront. it does not consider the impact on the neighborhood and its poor urban planning. thank you. >> hello, i am christine. i have been living and working in san francisco for five years. so here to support the 8 washington project your i am speaking on behalf of daniel solomon today, who was not able to stay for the remainder of the hearing. he is a professor of marriage is in architecture at berkeley and principal at daniel solomon design partners. i have been the architect for a number of the city's affordable housing projects including one build and one proposed, immediate neighbors to 8 washington. i believe 8 washington wash -- the city and in this neighborhood in particular needs to be home to affluent people, poor people, old, young, families, singles. the broader the mix, the richer the city. the embarcadero shou

supports calling these the great pillars of human happiness, washington makes a case for political as well as pious attention to them. interestingly, he concludes that the way to foster religion and morality is through education. the first positive command or prescription of the address states, promote then as an object of primary importance institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. washington anticipates no conflict between religion, morality, and enlightenment. the next rule of conduct is to cherish public credit. there follows sound advice on debt and taxation, although the execution of these maxims belongs to the elected representatives. washington points out that it is necessary that public opinion should cooperate. who abandoned their fiscal responsibilities first, i don't know, but we are so far from what washington describes that this paragraph makes for very painful reading, particularly his warning against ungenerously throwing upon postert the birthen which we ourselves ought to bear. finally, there is a lengthy treatment to foreign policy that begins with the

washington, d.c. a look at the rise of a free black family residing near president's park in downtown washington and difficulties surrounding their lives. followed by a discussion on when the first invitations to the white house were extended to african-americans and the circumstances surrounding their visits. this is 1:10. >> as we learned this morning, many did not enter service at lafayette square vounl taele vv. jefferson, madison, monroe, jackson, tyler, polk, taylor, owned slaves and brought them to the white house and from their plantations in the south. until 1862, when slavery was abolished in district of columbia slaves worked alongside paid black freemen and european servants at the white house. for most of the 19th century, the structure of the white house staff remained generally the, the same. at the top was a steward, federal employee who was bonded. the congress created this position to safe guard the silver and furnishings in the white house. the steward was on the government pay ll lroll. it required patience, strayed tiff -- administrative ability and great sense of

this morning in 1900, 86,702 inhabitants were 31% of the population of washington, were black americans, forming the largest urban community of african-americans anywhere in the united states. nevertheless, racial segregation endorsed and enforced in the taft white house would become an accepted management and household policy in the white house for many decades. world war i and ii would deplete the white house residents staff as workers were called up for military service. the great depression meant tight wages and war rationing. affecting the types of meals prepared for the first family. although there was a moratorium on entertainment from 1941 to 1946, workers continued to play a vital role in the operations of the white house. first lady eleanor roosevelt widely known for her human rights efforts made it a point to seek out the advice and counsel of white house workers during the roosevelt administration. as a result, many white house workers encountered improved attitudes towards the household staff and african-americans in particular. throughout the century, working con

prime time. tonight, the lives of african-americans in 18th century washington, d.c. we'll hear remarks from lonnie bunch. taking place at st. john's church in downtown washington, this is a little more than an hour. >> thank you so much, neal, for that kind introduction. i can always tell when my staff works on an introduction for me because they tell you everything about me except the fact that i was president of my third-grade class. two years in a row. there's hope for everybody. i can't tell you how pleased i am to be here today, to be part of what is a very important conversation that will illuminate african-american life and work in this neighborhood, which has always been an incredibly important integrated neighborhood. but as i thought about this today, trying to think about how i felt about being here, i kept remembering a letter that i received when i was at the smithsonian, which i guess is now. and the letter said -- well, it started out dear left-wing historian, so i knew it wasn't going to be good, but forget that part of the letter. the letter went on to say that

the southwest of washington. slowly creeping to the northeast. a few sprinkles and charles county. 59 in washington. 53 in college park. look at the wider view. i'm expecting the rain to become more widespread as we go to the morning commute. near 70 degrees this afternoon. as we go through tonight, we will see clearing conditions and breezes tomorrow. back to a lot of sunshine, but a little bit gusty and cooler. this weekend it looks like we will be in the 50s for highest. >> 5:11. it will cost you more if you take a ride on metrobuses and trains. they're expected to approve that 5% fare hike. it will take effect on july 1. metro will start offering unlimited 28 day pass. that will cost to $230. there will also vote on names for new silver line stations in the fairfax county. the house is said to a vote on a bill that prevents student loan interest rates from going up. >> legislation would be paid for by cutting money from president obama's health care overhaul bill. he has been visiting campuses from around -- around the campus to push action. >> the u.s. supreme court -- on the iss

journalism. george washington didn't. but that is very rare. even someone like james madison who didn't like or was great at it, he screwed himself up and wrote 29 federalist papers which were op-ed pieces in newspapers. so these guys, these men, know that they have to put themselves out there for the american public, which is their con constitute tune si. >> host: no it alls. >> guest: well, know it alls. they were well educated. it's a little country. the colleges we have -- he have a handful of colleges. they're tiny. harvard or kings college, which becomes columbia, or yale or princeton, they have a few dozen students. unlike the thousands that they have today. but most of these men were college graduates. those who weren't made sure they read all their lives. they felt they had to be up on both the news of the day and the political theory of the day. they all knew their -- if you listen to their debates you would have thought that moscue the celebrate. and the knew their english history, their recent english history and they're ancient history. the history of the classical w

administration in washington d.c.. employees organized a conference to the spot and casino in 2010 at a cost of more than $820,000 for 300 attendees ha. this is according to a scathing report from the inspector general. agencies have stepped down. two other high-ranking employees have been fired according to the washington post. officials found many conference expenditures excessive with full, and not permissible. expenses just to plan the trip cost more than $100,000, catering $150,000. a team building exercise involving building bicycles cost $75,000. coins that came in velvet-lined boxes and the addition of more than $3,000 for a mind reader and a clown. taxpayers can't believe these revelations. >> wasting money while a lot of people are in need. it is just a shot and a bit of a disappointment. >> said the agency is appalled by these findings and a number of changes are put into place to make sure that this never happens again. additional employees involved in planning the conference have been placed on leave. >> and anne arundel county, the deputy chief faces tough questions about the indi

giant flanking attack. not a headlong assault from washington right down the telegraph road along the line of richmond, fredericksburg railroad to richmond. no. no, he would go down the chesapeake bay after touching base at fortress monroe in hampton which never, ever surrendered to the confederates, his plan was then to move up to the rappahannock and then move inland. cutting off joe johnston's forces up there around manassas and centreville. he said he'd need 140,000 soldiers to do that and obviously priority on navy assets to move them down through the bay to virginia. well, that concept troubled lincoln and his newly appointed secretary of war edwin stanton. it appeared to them that the army at the potomac could do a better job of protecting washington and defeating the confederate forces in virginia by attacking headlong into manassas and clean up those camps and then head south. by way of fredericksburg. or alternatively move southwest and cut that virginia central railroad line that was bringing so much sustenance that was the breadbasket of the confederacy from the shenandoah

, yes, washington. does washington act like lee during the revolution? no. >> what is washington's one crucial priority? to maintain the army, okay. to keep the army in tact. so, that's washington's strategy. how does that then affect his stance? what does washington do then as a consequence of that? >> lee should have preserved his army. he knew he could win whatever battles he fought, so he just kept on fighting. >> exactly. you see the different, i had you guys read the wigly on monday. who does do a fab yan strategy -- johnson. during what campaign? atlanta. okay. all right. all right. who criticizes him? >> confederates. the people -- >> yes, and do you remember who makes that argument? it's sort of in rebuttal, this idea. let me step back. johnston, sherman is marching on johnson in 1864. sherman is trying to take atlanta and johnston essentially delays action, but even widely acknowledges that what in the end, even if you accept wigely, if we assume, yes, johnston did fight a masterful fabian campaign, what happens to atlanta at the end of the day? it falls. and why does wigely

impressive. in 1775 she wrote a poem to george washington, to his excellency george washington, in which she praised washington's prowess as commander in chief and celebrated the american struggle against britain. not only that, she actually sent her poem to george washington. so here she is. she's still an enslaved woman, and she sends her poem to the commander in chief of the american continental army. washington, to his credit, responded to wheatley's poem generously and graciously, and the two actually met one another in 1776. it shows you then that even a slave owner like george washington was willing to recognize merit when he saw it. not so another american political leader, thomas jefferson, who dismissed phillis wheatley's poetry as inferior and not worth the label of literary. nevertheless, i think what this whole episode shows us is that for phillis wheatley and for the americans who witnessed the flourishing of her career it was possible to see that black people were capable of much more than anyone had given them credit for. surely most of the leaders of philadelphia in 1776

reflect the growing tide p black contribution to economic, social and political life in washington in the 19th and early 20th centuries. first we'll hear from don graves who has spent decades researching his family's contributions. don called me out of the blue one day to inform me about his research and out of that conversation has grown a wonderful relationship with him with a goal toward integrating wormly's legacy into our studies and present takess of history on la fayette square. please welcome warmly don. >> good afternoon. thank you all for joining us today. thank you also to president neal and his colleagues and staff for the opportunity to open for public examination this relatively seldom reported aspect of 19th century life in the district. i have self designated my role in this forum as a history reporter because i come to you to report on just a few aspects of the story of the wormley family. my purpose is not to interpret but just report on a few aspects of the family and to bring forth matters of interest as evidence evidenced by historical reportage and others con tem

good morning washington at 5:00 a.m. begins right now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. rise and shine. it's tuesday, april 3. on the quad a.m. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. first, meteorologist adam caskey. >> it is a cool start to our tuesday morning. we are taking temperatures from the belfort furniture weather center. typical april weather. morning, andin the you can carry the jacket in the afternoon. 46 in washington, 37 in centreville, 42 in washington, virginia. 37 in frostburg, 36 la plata. a chill in the air. sunny and 67 this afternoon and warmer tomorrow with a slight chance of showers. a cool start on 95 in virginia. complicated out of fredericksburg to get into on 395 and a decent ride. favor times in our between washington and baltimore. now to news. we are following a big dip in politics. contests held in the district and in maryland today if. will have their say in e republican presidential g with city council races. john gonzales is live outside a polling station in gaithersburg. >> good morning. we're outside bid

very famous important relative of lee admittedly at some level removed -- >> washington. >> yes, washington. does washington act like lee during the revolution? >> no. >> what is washington's one crucial priority? to maintain the army, to keep the army intact. that means and how does that then -- so that's washington's strategy is the army must survive, so how does that then affect his operational stance? what does washington do then as a consequence of that? >> washington follows a strategy and preserves his army and lee should have preserved and knew he could win the battles he fought so kept on fighting. >> exactly. you see the different -- now, i know i have you read the weigley on monday. who does do the fabian strategy. >> johnston. >> during what campaign. >> atlanta. okay. all right. >> he was criticized. >> who? >> the confederates, the people. >> do you remember who makes that argument? it is in rebuttal to this idea. let me step back and recap. johnston, sherman is marching on johnston in 1864. sherman is trying to take atlanta. johnston fights a delaying action and e

1913 by two volunteer curators who were washington satellites who had an in at the smithsonian. and they wanted to put women in the museum. there really weren't exhibitions dedicated to women. and so they started really a costume collection. and the idea was to show women's costume throughout time. but a descendant of james monroe. so a hook was born. we'll use the first ladies. so they sought out the descendants of the presidents and first ladies and asked for clothing. by the time they opened the show, they amassed a pretty good amount. by 1932 they had something to represent every former first lady. but it did create what i call the smithsonian's definition of first lady, which is not necessarily the spouse, the wife of the president. it's the person who played the official role of white house hostess. so that can be -- usually it's a wife, but it can be a daughter, a daughter-in-law, a niece, a family friend. and it's been all of those things over time. and the exhibition was actually called the featuring the cleting of the mistresses of the white house. >> and there are some ex

that's going on here in washington. i congratulate the citizens against government waste. i congratulate tom and the hard work that he's done since 1991. keep up the great work, tom. >> thank you, congressman. and thank you every member, thank you all for joining us today. and before we take questions, i want to point out and thank shawn kennedy, our manager of research, luke elber, media policy associate, for putting together this really easy -- this really great pig book. and also -- who's brought along bubbles and churchill from the pet placement network of new jersey. we used to have local pigs, and now we have to go out of state. but that's okay. they're legal to cross state lines. and we really, really appreciate them joining us as well. with that i am happy to take questions and the members as well if you have any questions for them. yes, sir. >> i guess the question that i have -- >> i'm sorry. excuse me. can you wait for the mike? sorry about that. >> yeah. you've got this big transportation bill on the floor. it's having a hard time moving through. the states canno

, the past the bill of rights. by that measure of the partisanship that is taking place in washington today, it is more like, compared to black men. tavis: so this is a fair question to ask today? >> i think it is. i think what i set out to do in writing this book was primarily to follow around these 87 republican freshmen, who have come to washington to shake things up. they rode in on a tea party wave. i was interested in the experience of them being in congress. about a third of them have never held an elective office before. what the book ended up being, more than anything else, was a parable of this function. tavis: is it just my historical read, the notion of freshmen coming in thinking they will turn washington upside down? president obama thought he would do this when he came to washington. turn this inside out. >> to buttress your point, it had long been held on capitol hill that freshmen were there to be seen and not heard. in 1902, there were 42 freshmen that came in on the teddy roosevelt wave. they so quickly learned they were impotent that they formed a club called the t

judge in washington appointed by president taft, and also mary church doral who is legendary for her civil rights work and her work with the women's suffrage movement. by 1913 the community was supported by a black-owned grocery store and other black businesses. after world war i, more and more blacks from southern communities were moving into d.c. as part of the great migration. with the racial shift in the nation's capital came greater racial intolerance, conflict and more and more segregation. in 1919, racial riots occurred in numerous cities throughout the country including chicago and washington, d.c. de priest was considered a hero in chicago during their riots for repeatedly making trips to the chicago stockyards to rescue black workers who were trapped inside. he also broke through hostile white crowds to get meat for people living in the black community. at the unveiling of the lincoln memorial in 1922, blacks were herded in to a separate section, away from the main seating area. a marine used racial epithets in addressing them. even the keynote speaker dr. robert moton, the

outbreaks. the wild weather from coast to coast. good morning washington continues right now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. it's tuesday april 17. not as warm as this time yesterday. still off to a pleasant start. thanks for waking up with us. it is 6:00. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. we will check in with steve hershorn in a minute. first, adam caskey. >> not as warm as yesterday. yesterday we opened our swimming pool for the season in my backyard, the $10 plastic one. nice and comfortable in about an hour. so that's officially open. is going to be cooler today in the mid-70s. we are in the 60's right now for the most part. 69 in arlington, 60 in berkeley springs, 64 in manchester. 64 in bowie. on our way to the mid-70s, partly cloudy, breezy at times. a refreshing breeze out of the north west, dropping the humidity. we will talk about rain chances coming up. >> we will take a live look at an accident. newschopper 7 over the scene of accident

the planning and recreation-park commission to approve the 8 washington item for march 22. so many items have gone before public hearings. few projects proposed such a positive use of under-utilized land, which is certainly 8 washington case at and the embarcadero. the project proposes new open space, of view, for the water from. -- for the waterfront. as redesign, the 8 washington project will provide residents with a modern aquatics center, create a children's sculpture garden, and restaurants and retail stores. the san francisco chamber of commerce urges the commission to take all actions necessary to approve this significant project. thank you very much. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is jim, i am a resident. i have had a project to look at this project in detail. i think it is a fantastic project that should be supported. like so many things in our life, we have changed. this is a project in an under- utilized area of the city that solves many problems and would be an asset to the city. any new housing in san francisco is an asset, regardless of price. i think it is

discusses that era and osha. up next are excerpts from his interview. >> it's july 31, 2009 in washington, d.c. and i have the honor and privilege to interview judge laurence silberman. tell me how derek bach got you to hawaii. >> i was going to clerk for a federal district judge in newark and come to a law firm in washington the following year. derek had recommended me to this federal judge. i was particularly interested in practicing labor law, and this federal judge had been roosevelt's labor counsel and it was well-known. his name is minden laurel, two weeks before i was to arrive as a law clerk, he died, which left me with a wife, two children, and no job for a year because my arrangement with the washington firm was the following year, and they had no opening immediately. derek found me in the library, i believe, at the business school where i was writing a paper, and asked whether i'd be willing to go to hawaii. the only other alternative at the time, which sort of interested me but not my wife, was helping the nigerians write their constitution. she did not want to bring two littl

1929 up until their deaths in 1961. the home that the depriests purchased in washington, d.c. at 419 u street northwest was located in an exclusively black neighborhood. known as ladroit park. they bought their home from mrs. susan brown, who was a widow. she and her former husband had owned the home since at least 1910. while living at 419 u street, hiram worked as an elevator operator at the post office and susan was a telephone operator. it's interesting to note the difference in the types of employment for blacks who were living on the 400 block of ledroit park in 1910 versus the positions blacks held in 1929 when the de priests joined the community. when the depriests arrived, they joined a number of other prominent black families such as dr. wilkinson who lived at 406 u street, clara who lived at 414 u street. she was a pharmacist and the daughter of john smith towho waa lawyer and ambassador. there was percy a. roy who was a craftsman. in 1910, the browns neighbors at 401 u street worked as a dining car waiter and a maid. other neighbors of the browns worked as a traveling sal

of washington today. >>> on q and a this weekend blaine harden discusses his book escape from camp 14. his book tells the story of a young man born in captivity in camp 14. in 2005 he escaped. the only individual actually born in a labor camp to escape. blaine harden tells his story this sunday on q and a on c-span radio. >>> listen on the go with the c-span radio app. congressional hearings, white house briefings and speeches from national leaders. supreme court oral arguments, book teechb, american history tv and the sunday talk shows on the weekends. and the podcasts of q and a and news makers. the radio app free at the itunes app store. >>> and welcome back to washington today here on c-span radio. one of the changes put forth by ben bernanke he told reporters that he is comfortable with the current stands of interest rate policy given the forecast that economic growth will be moderate. as expected the fed chairman did stress that the fed could purchase more assets if the economy needs additional assistance but some ways to boost like tolerating higher inflation would be reckle

development today here in washington, the announcement from the house floor of speaker of the house john boehner with both parties competing for support from students the president has been pressuring congress to pass legislation to keep the current 3.4% interest rates on subsidized loans from doubling. they could double on july 1st. senate democrats have introduced a bill that would do so and cover the 5.9t billion price tag by raising payroll taxes. the debate continues and the bigger issue of how to pay for it. the house has passed a bill to impose on how much can be spent following revelations that the gsa in western states went on taxpayer junkets to hawaii, las vegas. here in washington oral arguments on the arizona immigration case. we will have more on this during the course of the program. newt gingrich saying his campaign is over. he is expected to formally endorse mitt romney next tuesday here in washington, d.c. let's begin with our lead story. the comments of the house speaker saying the house will vote this friday. it is a republican sponsored bill trying to prevent in

protest, we are hearing from him. "good morning washington" at 5:00 a.m. begins now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> glad you are with us on this thursday morning. good morning, washington. its april 19, i am steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. we want to get started with traffic and weather. first, meteorologist adam caskey. >> yesterday we put a little dent in the rainfall deficit of about 5 inches so far in 2012. we got about a quarter inch around the beltway and more than that in parts of the shenandoah valley. back to sunshine today. let's look at live super doppler 7 radar. the rain is on the eastern shore and moving out of the washington area. dry today, 49 right now and the district, 47 in leesburg, 50 in newington, 53 in chesapeake beach. we will start today with clouds. by 11:00 a.m. we will break out into a lot of sunshine and it will be a bright afternoon with a high near 70. i will have the extended forecast coming up. now to steve. >> restart with a look at 66 near the roosevelt bridge, moving nicely. looks good from arlington cou