logan beirne the author of the new book of the book "blood of tyrants" george washington and the forging of the presidency. this began as a paper while a law student it was written under the supervision of william s. courage. after working two years in the law firm logan returned to the yale law school in 2010 as a scholar and began to turn the paper into the book that you see tonight appropriately we have professor estrich with us to comment on the book. he is a highly distinguished member of the yale law school factory and covering of wide range of legal topics and of previous book talk series. according to recently published ready the professor is one of the most known legal scholars in the universe just one or two others have been cited more than him. that was probably of mistakes. [laughter] he is dynamic and innovative teacher and wonderful for young scholars like logan. so now i will turn it over. >> did you very much. of with like to add that he is fitting for this talk because he is a descendant of george s. courage the godfather of our nation with george washington's mo

what martha washington and that will be followed by abigail adams, and dolly madison, elizabeth monroe, louisa catherine adams, rachel jackson, emily donaldson, and angelica van buren. tyler becomes first lady after her husband assumes the presidency. we will have your questions and comments about these three first ladies by phone, facebook, and twitter live tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern. it is also on cspan radio and c- span.org. ♪ martha washington was george washington's confidante that she was absorbed and capable but she did not like that. she called herself a prisoner of state. talk,ry step washington so, in a very real sense, can it be said that everything marshall brent -- martha washington did likewise. >> it was a business-like relationship but not without respect and affection. this wholeed most of block going back a couple of acres which means she owned a huge chunk of what williamsburg was. tragedy and of martha washington's life. she lost her husband. >> she was raised a rich woman and what that meant in the 18th century is not what it means today. >> when she mar

the move as a response to washington blocking russians which officials in moscow dismissed as russophobia. about the standoff. russia has but ultimately who's on the list and why did russia feel the need to publish it the first place right well it well it is really an exchange of a list of people that both countries suspected of violating human rights now fast the us came up with this so-called magnitsky list about was supposed lish late on friday and that it was russia's turn really and it responded with a similar measure here but if we take a closer look at russia's list then it consist of two parts here are the fast one is devoted to those people responsible for human rights violations at one time a detention facility and then there is a second part and there it is devoted to those people responsible for numerous human rights violations of those russian citizens abroad well you talk about these two lists let's address the slightly smaller one is now being known as the guantanamo bay lift it's got four officials on it here we are here's one of them here david addington no fo

examines george washington's thoughts on politics and government during wartime. this is a little over one hour. >> good evening. i'm the director of the yale law library and i'm here to welcome you to the library booktalk sister i want to thank the founders society for cosponsoring tonight's talk. tonight's program features logan beirne who is the author of a new book on america's first chief executive entitled "blood of tyrants: george washington and the forging of the presidency." this is very much a yale law school block. it began as a paper while logan was a law school student. the paper was written -- after graduation from law school in 2008 and working two years in a law firm, logan returned to yale law school in 2010 as a scholar and began turning the paper into the book that we feature tonight. appropriate laid we have the professor with those to comment on the book. professor is a highly distinguished member of the yale law school factoid. is the author of numerous books, monographs and articles, and several of his books have been featured in previous book club series sponsor

playing a tit for tat mosco has evened the score against washington by drawing up a list of americans it's now banned from entering the country due to human rights abuses after the you asked carried out a similar move against a number of assumptions and to give us more impression of what actually sparks and escalates is the diplomatic standoff here is medina with me in the studio medina very nice to have you in the studio with you good to see you too so as promised the russia has finally find bike right who is actually on that list and why russia had to do this true while russia has released to the stealth eighteen officials who are banned from entering the russian federation of. violating human rights violations and now this is really as you just mentioned a direct response to the so-called magnitsky list that was published on. late friday now before the a macguineas kill list was released russia warrant that the reaction would be in accordance with the rules of parity and now we have received some first comments coming from russia's foreign ministry and now the sanction here regardi

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washington blocking russians which officials in moscow dismissed as we're so focused more on this a diplomatic standoff between a caution about joins me here live in the studio naughty and certainly good to see you today russia has fired back but who's actually on the list and why did moscow feel it necessary to release it now good to see you too now it is really an exchange out the list of people that both countries suspect of violating human rights now fast the u.s. came up with a so-called to magness the act that was published late on friday now it's russia's turn and russia has come up with a pretty much the a similar measure but if we take a closer look at the russian list then it really consists of two parts here now the first one is devoted to those people responsible for he. and rice violations at the guantanamo detention facility and then there is a second part of the list to where there are people who are responsible for human rights violations of russian citizens abroad well indeed in fact the shorter list of four names on it is the school already got the name of being th

tumor that became very, very painful and her brother-in-law was very worried. and was in washington as a senator, 1847. they decided she needed surgery so the yale-educated position sam houston's great friend and started the texas medical association and the university of texasmecal school and came to margaret and said we have to take this out. she wrote to sam houston and said this will be a little surgery will not be bad i resolve to take it like a soldier and smith wrote to houston after he did take a breast tumor out because she refused even the whiskey that was offered to build the pain and should only clenches silver coin in her teeth. it was because they thought she was so trct with sam houston about stopping his drinking, which he did she didn't want anything to mess with that so with a silver coin she endured that and had six more children. [laughter] another was back from the revolutionary time and the austin had no children that this was his sister and stephen kept writing to her in misery with a roar from and said come toxas because pretty soon the free land will close a

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, a conservative think tank in washington d.c. at 7:30, david kirp presents his book "improbable scholars: the rebirth of a great american school system and a strategy for america's schools." at 9, "after words" with martin clancy and tim o'brien, co-authors of "murder at the supreme court." they sent down with kimberly tigner of the national bar association. followed by ms. meyers at 10 p.m. eastern. and we conclude at 11 with -- [inaudible] her book "working with sharks" chronicles her experiences as a pakistani woman working at the united nations. that all happens next on c-span2's booktv. >> coming up, lee edwards presents a history of the conservative think tank the heritage foundation and profiles its founder, ed fuller in. the heritage foundation began in 1973, and it's based here in washington d.c. it has hundreds of thousands of members and an annual budget of $75 million. >> well, good morning, dr. feulner. >> good morning. how are you? [laughter] >> isn't this great? [inaudible conversations] i think we had 11 people at our first presidents club meeting, and so we have

foundation profiles its founder, the heritage foundation began in 1973 and is based in washington d.c. under the thousands of members on annual budget of $75 million. be >> we have come along way. >> we are going to jump right into asking a question and getting wonderful lancers and open it up to you all, and the question as well. leading away, there will be a book signing. authors are irrepressible about selling their books. there will be a bookselling at 5:30 or something this afternoon. we will both be there and happy to do that as many times as we want. in leading the way i have revealed you almost didn't become heritage present. and the british philanthropist anthony fisher, what is that about and why did you decide to go with it? >> anthony fisher, and economic affairs in london. and windon school of economics. and to get to know, with the office of economic affairs was about and to work on arthur seldom and i saw a think tank and how it could work and later ron asked -- thought was in washington. anthony fisher looked me up and said let's start getting these around the world. -

1813, he was known really around the world. and washington, john quincy adams and james monroe agonized whether their nation, not principles of liberty and freedom should support the struggle for independence. in london, hard-bitten veterans of england's war against napoleon, mostly irish side not to fight for bolivar costs. lord byron made his boat and dream goes into with his daughter. but there would be five more years of bloodshed before his famous thrust from latin american shores. i'm sorry, 14 more years. i'm just reading the middle of it, so the fighters is wrong. there were 14 years of war have a great bloodshed before spain was thrust from latin american shores. at the end of the savage war, one man would be credited for single-handedly conceding, organizing and leading liberation of six nation subpopulation 1.5 times the size of north america, a landmass and the odds against what she thought of fermentable establish rural power, that wilderness, the splintered loyalties of many races would have proved daunting for the a-list of general santos command. had no formal m

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china's military establishment is carefully watching and becoming very concerned over washington strategic planning in the pacific ocean the americans say their pivot is a natural reallocation of resources the chinese see it as a regional policy of containment. to cross the chinese defense concerns i'm joined by in washington he is a professor of strategy and globalization at the university of maryland and c. ard also in washington we have matthew skew venza he is an associate editor of the china channel at the atlantic and in boston we cross to john walsh he is a contributor to counterpunch and antiwar dot com as well as a founding member of come home america gentlemen cross-talk rosen a fact that means you can jump in anytime you want john if i go to you first in boston do you think that the chinese feel like this is a policy of containment we had containment during the cold war of the soviet union we have containment of iran now so china's next. well i think there's little doubt about that because the united states secretary john kerry secretary of state says and others say th

washington and the letter here the capitol. rich: the investigation continues in the washington, d.c. area. the investigation also continues in the boston area. they found a nylon blackberry, pressure cookers, bbs and nails. back to you. connell: a number of things for us to talk about. let's start before we get to the markets and matt welsh. we thought it was all about immigration and gun control. now, though boston bombings and these ricin attacks or whatever they turn out to be. >> it may be coming up that maybe tomorrow that it keeps getting changed. government and politicians always respond to crisis with an understanding to do something about it. dagen: janet napolitano saying can't do these budget cuts make it tougher for us to respond to incidents like austin and even hurricane sandy? will it also change the way people respond. >> republicans are looking for a way out of that defense sector. there will be more pressure put on them right now. the people who wanted to wobble anyways, will be wobbling harder. we will not increase spending on anything right now. connell: i know i

next. "washington journal" is next. argument in, an washington has been about reducing deficits and making the investments me to grow the economy. my budget puts that argument to rest because we don't have to choose between these goals. we can do both. >> washington is broke. programs are running out of money and change is coming. the ideas on how to fix the federal government are now percolating in the states. ♪ host: the budget debate resumes this week on both ends of pennsylvania avenue as democrats and republicans respond to the president's spending blueprint which will be formally unveiled on wednesday. good morning, it is sunday, april 7, back to work week for congress and senate lawmakers will return after a two-week easter/passover recess. ahead, your calls and comments on the budget. our phone lines are open and you can join us on social media. we are also taking your comments on facebook or send us an e-mail or send us a tweet. let's begin with the debate over the budget and stories on this sunday morning beginning with " the christian science monitor." that story this m

want the catholic chaplin at gorge washington university thrown off campus. wait until you hear this story. also tonight, bernie goldberg on how the press covered margaret thatcher and adam carolla on angry airline passengers. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. margaret thatcher and president obama. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. the 87-year-old former prime minister of great britain died last night from a stroke. as you may know, she along with president ronald reagan defined conservative politics in the 1980s. lady thatcher is a legend in conservative circles. her accomplishments are many, but she was always very controversial figure in her own country and here in america. because the british press and the american media are liberal and always have been. for younger viewers, margaret thatcher was a plain spoken woman who did not suffer fools. >> what the honorable member is saying is that he would rather the poor were poorer provided the rich were less rich

story now. preparing to respond with that tit for tat action after after washington released a list of russians it's banned from entering the states you to allege she were rights violations the u.s. move the house for that port sold into the wound of russian american relations more details now from. the obama administration has released a list of russians to be blacklisted under the so-called mug needs act despite moscow's calls not to put such a list together in the first place let alone publish it the list includes eighteen names including sixteen judges and investigators in the united states accused of human rights abuses linked directly to the money it's key case these individuals will be forbidden from getting a u.s. visa as well as have their assets frozen so they might need to keep was a russian lawyer who was arrested for tax evasion in two thousand and eight he died a year later while still in pretrial detention at the age of thirty seven since then the u.s. has eagerly been exploiting the circumstances of his death which president putin said was a tragedy moscow warned was

activistas que llegan a washington para disfrutar mañana en la gran marcha por una reforma migratoria. enfrenta cargos una estudiante en texas. más de 3 millones de norteamericanos víctima de embargo propietarios indebidos comenzaran a recibir cheques por correo. y a a días de las elecciones la campaña presidencial venezolana tuvo un nuevo ingrediente. hoy relacionado con un posible aumento de salarios. comenzamos. este es noticiero univisión edición nocturna con ilia calderón y enrique acevedo. hola que tal buenas noches la creciente esperanza de una reforma migratoria y la llegada a washington dc de grupos que partieron de varias ciudades y se reunirán en una sala marcha y ahora se encuentra en la capital del país. buenas noches enrique. adelante. >>> buenas noches ilia. 750 millas en las últimas horas. el largo camino que han transitado cientos de miles familias en este país en espera de la reforma mi dpra tri. muchas de estas familias se congregan en washington. en espera de respuestas sobre su situación migratoria. 14 horas de recorrido no alcanzaron para birmingham a

their political corrections connections will give you a glimpse of washington's wealthy elites revolving door and as for as against chicago school closings continue it seems that rahm emanuel is getting what he wants as schools fight to stay open more on what the what a shock the system of chicago schools will be facing. and two months ago during the christopher dorner manhunt the public was treated to a show of force from the l.a.p.d. so what does this say about the future of policing in l.a. we'll look into the issue ahead. it's monday april first four pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching r.t. all right starting off this hour the jobs report for march is due out in the next few days but already economists are estimating that the u.s. added nearly two hundred thousand jobs and that is good news for the economy it could be yet another sign that the u.s. is back on solid ground in terms of financial ground that is but while the rest of the country takes the slow and tedious path of recovery one place in particular is on the fast track to riches washington d.c. accord

violators is banned from entering its territory but the measure comes after a similar move from washington against a number of russians which lawmakers in moscow dubbed as russo phobic to give us more impression of what actually spog an escalator the diplomatic standoff is always within a question of how to give us up to date on this so good to see you today. russia has fired back at who is actually on the list why why did the state actually have to release it rice well it's true russia has tried lists of the list eighteen officials that are banned from entering the russian federation of human rights violations and that's less is really a direct response to the u.s. magnitsky list which was published on late friday and beef. before it was published russia warned the us that their response would be really similar and in cordons through the rules of parity and now what we see is that les which was just published by the russian side consists of two parts of those people who are responsible for the human rights violations at big one time not detention facility and those who are responsible for

terms will give you a glimpse at the revolving door of washington's wealthy. school could be out for ever for fifty four chicago schools that's of mayor rahm emanuel gets his way but parents and the teachers union aren't going down without a fight more on the showdown in chicago later in the show. plus during the christopher dorner manhunt two months ago the public played witness to a show of force from the l.a.p.d. so what does this say about the future of police tactics will look into that issue just ahead. it's monday april first five pm in washington d.c. i'm megan lopez and you're watching r t. starting off this hour the jobs report from our march is due out in the next few days but already economists are estimating that the u.s. added nearly two hundred thousand jobs and that's good news for the economy it could be yet another sign that the u.s. is back on solid ground financially but while the rest of the country takes the slow and tedious path toward recovery one place in particular is on the fast track to riches washington d.c. according to a new analysis by zip reality inc

>> plus this week's setback for gun control. tonight, on "washington week." boston, under siege. several dead. more than 100 injured. and millions rattled by scary, random, terrorism. >> we ma we will pick ours up. we'll keep going. we will finish the race. >> ifill: uncertainty dominated the the week. >> i think it's fire to say this entire week we've been in a pretty direct confrontation with evil. >> this is not an "n.c.i.s."episode. sometimes you have to take time to properly put the chain together to identify the perpetrators. >> ifill: now there are suspects but little clarity. we try to put the puzzle pieces together. also, another emotional moment in washington. >> we'll return home now, dint but efeated. >> ifill: as victims watched the senate rejected a plan to impose background checks on gun buyers. >> mr. president. >> shame on you! >> there will be order in the senate. >> the proper approach in my view to addressing the issue of violent crime is to focus our resources, our attention on violent criminals, to do everything we can to punish, to prosecute and to deter v

syria president obama reiterated the use of chemical weapons would be game changer washington claims there's growing evidence the arsenal was deployed by the assad regime's forces with some u.s. lawmakers now pushing for direct action in syria or could marine important i has details u.s. president barack obama was delivering some fierce words in the aftermath of paypal's comments he indicated that washington will conduct its own independent investigation into syria's alleged use of chemical weapons and a separate probe will be conducted in conjunction with the united nations america's leader said the world can't stand by and permit the use of chemical weapons obama has previously stated that the use of chemical weapons by damascus would be a game changer in the u.s. position on military intervention into serious year civil war now according to white house press secretary jay carney he has confirmed that military force is one of my. the options that president obama is currently considering carney said as a general principle the united states retains the ability to act unilaterally now

washington he is a professor of strategy and globalization at the university of maryland and in c. ard also in washington we have matthew venza he is an associate editor of the china channel at the atlantic and in boston we cross to john walsh he is a contributor to counterpunch and antiwar dot com as well as a founding member of come home america right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want john if i go to you first in boston do you think that the chinese feel like this is a policy of containment we had containment during the cold war of the soviet union we have containment of iran now so china's next well i think there's little doubt about that because the united states secretary john kerry's secretary of state says and others say that we the united states is sending sixty percent of a vast military armada to to the to the east asia the western pacific now they say the excuse given is there's more economic activity there so the u.s. needs to send troops. well down the street here there's a sale that i'm a small that there's a lot of econo

return to washington. the senate and vice-president biden are putting pressure on congress to have an up or down vote on gun legislation this week. the senate is holding another round of confirmation hearings today. tomorrow, but the way, the white house will release its budget recommendations in washington, -- butritain, recommendations. in washington, great britain, remembering margaret thatcher and around the world. our attention this morning is of the naval academy, the training ground for many of the officers that serve in the navy and marine corps. located 35 miles from our nation's capital in annapolis, maryland. ofwill examine the rigors this military school and the cost of operating one of our country's four leading academies. all of it coming up on "washington journal." we want to focus on congress returning this week. a busy week ahead, as the agenda intensifies for lawmakers and the president. a story from "the national journal," what the president will be taking into account as he puts forth his budget recommendations. hegel is back on capitol hill for the first time i

counter what it calls washington's aggression young young warns an explosion is imminent and war could break out today or tomorrow and soon all the latest in a series of threats let's now go live to seoul where we're joined live by south korean based journalist joseph came as of good morning to you nice to see you so is north korea really ready to carry out this threat are they even capable of doing such. well if we look at this doubt that they have just given the united states we see that they use words like the attack has been clear the attack has been authorized as well as the beginning of the warning they say we formally inform washington so we see that this rhetoric has actually been repeated by north korea and north korea has used this in a way to actually say we want to start dialogue it's and lag period which pyongyang uses into getting washington to come and perhaps get on the dialogue table we've seen before before the nuclear test as well as the satellite launch that north korea did inform washington the different hot lines whether it was through the u.n. that they wanted to

from entering the territory by the measure comes off to a similar move from washington against a number of russians which lawmakers in moscow dubbed as russo phobic to give us more of an impression of what actually sparked an escalated a diplomatic standoff a question about now it joins me live here in the studio good to see you so so russia has fought by who's actually on the list why did the state find the need to publish it get to see it here ari so indies russia has released a list off eighteen officials that are from now own banned from entering the russian federation over. violations that is really a direct response to the u.s. . blacklists which is also so-called needs to list that was published only late friday now before it was published russia warned the us that the response would be similar in accordance with the rules of piracy and that's really exactly what we've been saying right now so the list that was just published by the russian side consists really two parts now the fast one as those lists of people who are responsible for human rights violations at the guanta

washington are already floating the idea that they may use political stunts to prevent votes on any of these reforms. think about that. they're not just saying they'll vote no on ideas that almost all americans support, they're saying they'll do everything they can to even prevent any votes on these provisions. they're saying your opinion doesn't matter. and that's not right. that is not right. we need a vote. >> we want a vote, we want a vote. we want a vote. we want a vote. we want a vote. we want a vote. >> we need a vote. >> we want a vote. we want a vote. we want a vote. we want a vote. >> now, i've also heard some in the washington press suggest that what happens to gun violence legislation in congress this week will either be a political victory or defeat for me. connecticut, this is not about me. this is not about politics. this is about doing the right thing for all the families that are here that have been torn apart by gun violence. it's about them, and all the families going forward so we can prevent this from happening again. that's what it's about. it's about the law enfo

. >> 412 seconds during the dinner to say whatever i want. take 45. >> washington and hollywood, some new some old faces, some new faces on old faces. and i do sympathize, koenen, and not just for that back-stabbing leno, but having to host. it must be so hard to write jokes about a town that already is one. democrats, republicans, the white house, congress, you all came together to make this spoof. that's what real bipartisanship looks like. i may lie, cheat and intimidate to get what i want, but at least i get the job done. taking notes. well, have a wonderful evening. i'll sigh all of you at the bloomberg/"vanity fair" party, that is those of you who got invites. >> and mr. president, welcome to nerd-prom. >>> well, there you go. it's for hollywood and washington meet. you know, there were some great production value in that. wouldn't it be great if washington could work together, as kevin spacey said, in real life. let's bring in michelle turner and brianna keilar. what production value that was, even, you know, you can't write these things, probably more like washington than we dare

2013 white house correspondents' dinner held at the washington hilton. nearly 3000 journalists and their guests will be on hand as the president makes his traditional remarks. c-span will be light throughout the evening beginning right now arrivals.ed carpet you can participate this evening as well. .ag is #nerdprom there are several pre-parties held at the washington hilton. people crowd the hallways and go to the various conference rooms. they celebrity watch. tonight at 10:15 p.m., the president and conan o'brien will begin their remarks. let's what the red carpet. anna wintour has already arrived. the governor chris christopher is expected to arrive. here is the red carpet live on c-span. [indiscernible crowd conversation] >> what is your favor part of the show? is very smart. i like that. >> thank you very much. [indiscernible crowd conversations] [ahead indiscernible crowd conversations] >> [indiscernible] >> eric holder. msnbc. [indiscernible crowd conversations] >> msnbc! question. >> julia! >> julia. ms nbc. can we get quick -- --uick >> msnbc. one question. [indiscernible

remember what you said? >> i like the title. it was george versus george versus george. george washington, george the third and george w. bush. >> he did like the title, but you asked for more. so here is more. i kept on working and eventually evolved into the books we have coming out in the next couple of weeks. what really shocked me when i was doing my research initially was a quote from washing 10, where he said the foundation of our empire was laid not during the gloomy age, but during a topic when the rights of mankind were better understood it more clearly define in this auspicious period came into existence as a nation and of their citizens are not completely free and happy, the fault will be entirely their own. i saw that as a personal challenge to each and every one of us to learn about this auspicious. and understand what is happening, to see when the founders got together after the revolutionary war, to write the constitution. who is at the front and center as the president of the constitutional convention, but george washington to commander-in-chief who led them to the strugg

reporter daniel douglas talks about the protection bureau's annual report. "washington journal" is next. host: the lead story in this morning's "washington post," -- sequestration may be at hand. good morning and welcome to the washington journal. in this edition of the washington journal we begin by talking about congress passing a bill to ease flight delays. we want to get your input. here are the numbers. as always you can reach out to less obvious social media. the conversation is always going on at facebook.com. you can always send us an e- mail, address is journal@c- span.org this is the way the story reads in this morning's "washington post," -- we want to get your input, again the numbers are -- this is the way the story is being played on this morning's wall street journal -- our first call regarding congress passing the bill to ease flight delays comes from bruce in chicago, illinois on our line for republicans. good morning. talk about the bill passed by the house and whether or not this is going to keep you away from work air travel this year. caller: it will not keep m

american officials for alleged human rights violations the move in response to washington banning a number of russians over the so-called magnitsky at. chevy's mo or capital use mobile as wayland's prepare to head to the polls for a new president with a vote opening later on sunday r.t. taking a look at whether people will go for more socialist revolution of what favor the free market. and really queues of mistreating palestinian youths held in their jails after a teenager with u.s. citizenship who was detained says he was abused. korea am in moscow i am at present good having you with us here on r t our top story inmates at the guantanamo bay detention center clashed with guards during an attempt to end a two month long hunger strike they're trying to forcibly remove detainees from communal sleeping quarters and isolate them in individual cells non-lethal rounds were fired at the prisoners as they resisted using improvised weapons artie's guy has more. this was apparently a pre-dawn operation that took place hours after the delegates of the international committee of the red cross

torture from entering its territory all of this in response to a similar move by washington. and concerns over the escalating korean crisis spread further afield as the north threatens to strike japan. and russia as one all sides against the military at. the top headlines of the week and of today this is the week with me will receive. the deciding today whether they want to continue the legacy left by late leader. heading to the polls for a snap presidential election triggered by his death from cancer last month pitched against each other. and opposition and the. free market devote. reports from caracas at what's at stake. leading the polls throughout this campaign has been smuggled he is the chosen successor of the board and many people that i've spoken to who support mother will say that out of loyalty for thomas even for mother loyal they also want to see continuity in all the social programs that are already in place in the country however venezuela is plagued with a lot of problems and the big question there is if motherhood does win this election will he be able to solve pr

, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> the world does not need more potential for war. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry is wrapping up his asian tour. >> to search for a missing 5- year-old fairfax county board is expanding. >> it is a beautiful weekend to be outside. good morning, washington. >> there are some sprinkles out there this morning. >> there are still a few out there and it will get steadier in the upcoming hour and a half. the rain has been in line from front royal almost into warrenton through culpeper and into fredericksburg. that is where we are getting steadier showers. it is misty into the district and the southern beltway and stretching along route 50 to the south of annapolis. this is light rain but it should mostly it last this morning with dreier and cloudier conditions this afternoon. temperatures are near average. it will be a more unsettled week with lots of chances of rain in the forecast. we will have more details coming up. >> good morning takes a look at some cameras around the region -- no problems are around the beltway but 95 north

on washington that happened on august 28, 1963. i think we can imagine that the focus will be, you know, this is probably what we're going to see a lot of, right? dr. king, the celebrity of dr. king and the "i have a dream" speech, right? maybe there will be some mention of the complexity of the march on washington, the labor unions and the labor activists who actually made it possible, who actually did all the organizing like bay yard rustin. maybe we'll hear about the full name of the march on washington which was the march on washington for jobs and freedom, and maybe we'll even hear about the kennedy administration's horror about this march. they didn't want this to happen. they were concerned that it would just lead to violence to the point where president kennedy shut down the federal government other than for essential personnel the day that this occurred in '63. but i'm pretty certain that the commemoration's mostly going to focus on dr. king and "i have a dream." we all know the speech, i'm sure most of us can recite large chunks of it, especially toward the end, and, you

changing the tone tonight at the washington hilton. that's where we find our white house correspondent brianna keilar and entertainment correspondent nischelle turner. hollywood celebrities and political power players are gathering in the ballroom right behind you guys. so i want to start with you first, brianna. tell us about the tone in d.c. tonight, will you? >> i think, don, this is something that really does affect what you're going to see here tonight. a lot of times this is an event that is very light. you have a lot of celebrities. it's this interesting collision with washington. but when we were talking with a lot of people on the red carpet, they were very much aware of the fact that there was a terrorist attack a couple of weeks ago. and i think that's really on the minds of people. i spoke with tracy morgan, the comedian, and he said, you know, "my condolences go out to these famili." and it was very much on his mind. and a lot of them i think are expecting for this to be talked about during some of the comments. what's interesting is you also spoke, nischelle, with attorne

preparativos en washington. a pocas horas que busca presionar a los congresistas para que se acabe de lograr la reforma migratoria. armado hasta los dientes estamos en una enorme marcha en mÉxico, maestros y policÍas comunitarios se unieron para exigir la liberaciÓn de 2 detenidos. sangriento ataque, un estudiantes detenido en texas. tras un violento ataque en una universidad cerca de houston, hay 14 heridos. y blanca primavera, en plena primavera una fuerte tormenta invernal provoca el caos. tenemos esto al comenzar la ediciÓn martes del noticiero telemundo. >>> buenas tardes comen swams en washington, hoy hay una novedad en torno al tema de la reforma migratoria. y es que, esta misma tarde. se supo que el grupo bipartidista de 8 senadores. podrÍa presentar pronto como esta semana. y siguen llegando hÁbito vistas de todas parte del paÍs. y marÍa celeste, lori montenegro hablÓ hoy en exclusiva. con uno de los mÁs influyentes senadores, patrick, el presidente del comitÉ judicial del senado, seria clave para una reforma migratoria integral. y nos brinda este reportaje. >>> tras el a

golden gate--i mean, the george washington bridge, george washington. [laughter] you guys been known the george washington bridge has a resonant frequency that's equal to that of cat's trot? you guys know about that. cat, yeah. medium-sized cat. who's from new york city? they can back me up on this. you're gonna cross the-- walk across the george washington bridge. they got a little cat guard, little sign, "no cats." now, a lot of people think that's cute and that's a joke. but come on, you're physics type. we know what, right? you know i do. you know how a cat runs, by the way. you got a cat running. 20 minutes later. beautiful timing. how about a dog? but the cats, honey. guess what they found out that the natural of frequency of the george washington bridge is? so what would happen if you let a cat run across that bridge? you know, you guys, you notice when i hit this that these air molecules bent the steel. you had evidence of that. you heard it. right? so oh, well, maybe little air molecules can bend steel but not a cat. [laughter] how about it, gang? you know what happened to t

the senate gallery. and the president reacts with anger. >>> high alert in washington after an unnerving day there. letters sent to the president and at least one u.s. senator have tested positive for the poisonous substance ricin. >>> and making a difference as some very welcome rescuers come to the aid of the people of boston. to the aid of the people of boston. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. now the investigation in boston is moving. after a day of fits and starts and several false reports, it appears that from a mountain of evidence has emerged an image, a series of images that likely show the bomber that police are looking for. parts of boston are still shut down. it was another jittery day there after a bomb threat at the federal courthouse this afternoon. this is the bombing scene tonight. we have learned more about the devices themselves as this case, as we said, now picks up speed. while the fbi is urging caution and asking for patience especially from the news media, it appears they have pictures of their sus

sales. nbc's tracie potts is in washington. >> reporter: good morning. we saw her get choked up in chicago and aside from the emotion and we've seen that here in washington, our new nbc/wall street journal" poll numbers show 50% of the country supporting tougher gun laws. those are just the numbers. washington full of emotion on gun control. senator joe manchin with families from the newtown, connecticut school shooting. >> i'm a parent. >> reporter: the first lady talking to students about the tragic shooting. hadiya pendleton. >> i used them to use their lives to give meaning to hadiya's life. >> reporter: and on capitol hill, victoria desocietdesoto, . december 14, 2012. newtown, connecticut. >> reporter: later this morning we'll see if a threatened filibuster will stop or slow down a vote on democrats gun bill but a more likely deal struck by democrat joe manchin and republican pat toomey would expand background checks to include gun shows and online sales. >> to me this isn't gun control this is common sense. >> reporter: that deal also includes ease restrictions on interstate

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desde washington ...silvana cuentenos. ... en la linea telefonica .. silvana.. hay algun reporte sobre si alguna persona de nuestra area se encontraba participando del maraton? ... en la linea via skype tenemos al analista emilio viano... profesor viano gracias por acompanarnos..... * profesor, por ahora se desconoce el origen de las explosiones en boston... tiene este hecho las caracteristicas de un atentado de grupos extremista?... de ser asi, quienes podrian estar detras de ello?... * cree que tomo por sorpresa como le habiamos prometido.,. vamos cpn nuestra reportera hasta la ciudad de boston con mas detalles de lo ocurrido esta tarde..., zuli ramirez... adelante la, instrucciones que se utilicen todos los recursos del gobierno federales y autoridades locales para proteger a nuestra gente incrementar la seguridad en estados unidos si fuera necesario mientras se investiga lo ocurrido, el pueblo estadounidense elevar una plegaria por la gente de boston en el dÍa de hoy, michel y yo tenemos en nuestro corazÓn a loss familiares de las vÍctimas sobre el acto sin sentido, sabemo

washington banning a number of russians on the so-called magnitsky. or capital east mo and as well as prepared to vote for a new president with the polls opening later sunday r.t. taking a look at whether people will go for a more socialist revolution or favor the free market. and israel accused of mistreating palestinian youngsters held in jails after a teenager with u.s. citizenship was detained makes allegations of abuse. or am in moscow i match reza good having you with us here on r t our top story inmates at the guantanamo bay detention center clash with guards during an attempt to end the two month long hunger strike their officers tried to forcibly remove detainees from the communal living quarters and put them in individual cells non-lethal rounds were fired at prisoners as they resisted with improvised weapons guy and he has more. this was apparently a pre-dawn operation that took place hours after the delegates of the international committee of the red cross left the island left guantanamo a statement released by the u.s. military says the guards at guantanamo have fired fou