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

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

photons action after washington released a list of russians it's banned from entering the states due to alleged human rights violations the move house poor sold further into the window of russian american relations more details now from all seasons the citric and. 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 washington that its handling of the case

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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

will give you a look at the revolving door of washington's wealthy and on my back yard took a new meaning over the weekend and exxon mobil pipeline spilled thousands of gallons of oil into an arkansas neighborhood more on the spill in the future of oil pipelines coming right up. plus with their history of accosting travelers you hope the t.s.a. would lay off one man found himself stopped from carrying what was needed for his medical safety why was this item taken away from him r t will question more coming up. it's monday april first eight him in washington d.c. i'm megan lopez and you are watching r t. 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 this is a good sign for our 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 of recovery one place in particular is on the fast track to riches washington d.c. according to a new analysis by zip realty inc

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

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

congregaron en el capitolio en washington. hicieron manifestaciones solidarias en muchas otras ciudades de la nación. las concentraciones se producen y mientras se espera que 8 senadores den a conocer el proyecto de ley migratoria que prepara y los representantes presenten el suyo. espera los empleadores que necesito apela mano de obra de los in mi dprantszs. bajo la consigna de ser inmigrante no me hace delincuente, grupos en méxico, obje abogaron por los centroamericanos que en su ruta hacia el norte son detenidos. ya comenzamos. >>> este es su noticiero univisión con maría elena salinas. y desde washington dc jorge ramos. >>> la gente, los inmigrantes están cansados de ser perseguidos, se cansan de tener miedo y por eso están aquí. que tal buenas noches en esta edición especial de noticiero univisión. a mis espaldas decenas de miles de inmigrantes de todos los estados unidos, vinieron a quejarse. vinieron a decir no queremos paso promesas y palabras. queremos que el sistema migratorio cambie ahora. y la intención es sencilla, quieren influir en los congresistas ni

atomic warfare against what it calls washington's aggression. could break out today or tomorrow on american missile cruisers are reported to be streaming into the pacific and the war of words between the errant signs took a turn for the worse last week a nuclear capable u.s. bombers skirted north korea space. picks up the story for us. to north. intense buildup of military power in the region to that north korea responds with even more threats even though defense secretary chuck hagel called north korea real and clear danger the white house says they had a large scale movements from north korean military forces suggesting that it may be just rhetoric but while north korea talks washington acts apart from f. twenty two fighter jets and other bombers that it sent to the region for the ongoing military exercises with south korea the pentagon is now deploying an advanced missile defense system to guam a major u.s. military base in asia north korea the north korean army has announced that it has the final approval for a nuclear attack on the u.s. as they tell us north korean rockets can

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

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. across the chinese defense concerns i'm joined by neil gupta in washington he is a professor of strategy and globalization at the university of maryland and in 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 right gentlemen cross 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 that we the united states is sending sixty percent of a v

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

. "good morning washington" at 5:00 a.m. begins now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. it's tuesday, april 16. i am scott thuman. >> i'm greta kreuz, in for cynne simpson. live coverage of the boston marathon last will continue in a moment. first let's check on a forecast of with meteorologist jacqui jeras. >> its and a mild start. you probably don't need a jacket. but by this afternoon we will warm up and we will be warmer than yesterday. in the 50's at this hour. 37 in culpeper, 52 in frederick. it will continue to be an unsettled week. today will be dry for the most part. multiple opportunities for showers over the next several days. temperatures will be above average today, topping 70 degrees. stormy conditions by the weekend with much cooler temperatures. from the belfort furniture weather center, details in a few minutes. now, a check on traffic and weather jamee. >> va 95, off to a quiet start between fredericksburg, stafford, dale city, and the capital beltway. no problems on 395. the road work between edsa

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

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

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

obama reiterated the use of chemical weapons would be a game changer washington claims there's growing evidence of the arsenal was deployed by assad's forces well some american lawmakers now pushing for direct action in the country. has the details. u.s. president barack obama was delivering some fierce words in the aftermath of tables comments he indicated that washington will conduct its own independent investigation into syria's alleged use of chemical weapons and a separate will be conducted in conjunction with the united nations america's leaders 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 civil war now according to white house press secretary jay carney has confirmed that military force is one of many options that president obama is currently considering carney said as a general principle the united states retains the ability to act unilaterally now these revelations of course come just one day after u

. tonight on "washington week." >> whether it's al qaeda, the fatah or two twisted perverted cowardly knockoff jihadis here in boston. why do they do what they do? gwen: two weeks later, still sorting through the why's and the how's behind the boston terror attack. while no worries spring up abroad. this time in syria. >> the syrian regime has used chemical weapons on a small scale in syria. specifically the chemical agent sarin. >> i think it's pretty obvious that red line has been crossed. gwen: yet another democrat abandons the senate. why other democrats are getting nervous. and in texas. >> president george w. bush. gwen: the president's club gathers to open its newest library. >> the political winds blow left and right. polls rise and fall. supporters come and go. but in the end, leaders are defined by the convictions they hold. gwen: covering this remarkable week, martha raddatz of abc news, james kitfield of "national journal." susan davis of "usa today." and dan balz of "the washington post." >> award-winning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens, live from o

calls washington's aggression. and explosion is imminent and war could break out today or tomorrow this latest warning came after the pentagon announced the deployment of a missile defense system to prepare against a possible attack. she reports now on the war mongering rhetoric and where it could all end up. to north korea's bellicose threats washington responds with an even more intense buildup of military power in the region to that north korea responds with even more threats even though defense secretary chuck hagel called north korea real and clear danger the white house says they haven't seen any large scale movements from north korean military forces suggesting that it may be just rhetoric but while north korea talks washington acts apart from f. twenty two fighter jets and other bombers that it sent to the region for the ongoing military exercises with south korea the pentagon is now deploying an advanced missile defense system to guam a major u.s. military base in asia north korea the north korean army has announced that he has the final approval for a nuclear attack on the u.s

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. across the chinese defense concerns i'm joined by and you'll group in washington he is a professor of strategy and globalization at the university of maryland and 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 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 secretary of state says and others say that we the united states is sending sixty pe

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

, the factor's excellent journey to washington over the weekend with the national media remains enthralled with the president. >> rush limbaugh warned you about the second term, baby. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. the excellent venture to washington, d.c. that's the subject of tonight's talking points memo. we have a lot to tell you tonight. it's all over the place i apologize in advance. every year they the white house holds a dinner for kids who don't have very much money so they can attend journalism school. this year fox news white house correspondent ed henry, a good guy, was in charge. henry did a very nice job raising about $300,000 for the students as part of the event, president obama gets to make fun of everybody, including himself. >> these days i look in the mirror and i have to admit i'm not the strapping young muslim socialist that i used to be. [ laughter ] i know republicans are still sorting out what happened in 2012. one thing they do agree

irresponsible government. washington pushes to make home loans easier as consumers tighten their belts. also, don't get ripped off by the repair man. e best advice for all those home repairs. and don't look the ticket until you hear what our expert from consumer reports has to say. we are on the case next on "the willis report." ♪ gerri: we will have all that and more coming up, but first our top story tonight, the consumer versus the government. it is now clear while washington was lecturing everybody else on responsibility, is completely ignored the lessons of the financial crisis. the federal government wants banks to give mortgages to people with so-so credit. a whole reason the economy collapsed in the first place. the rest of america is mor disciplined with their finances. according to a new survey out, so what is going on? joining me now, mark, welcome back to the show. let's start with the problems in washington. the white house saying the health and recovery is leaving too many people behind, especially people who are low and middle income. do they have a right? >> cer

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

washington, d.c., it's a foreign concept, but while many people discuss elements, what i did is take a step back and being an outsider gave me the perspective to draw in and say what is it that makes the culture connect? it is this ecosystem where you have educational institutions, your capitalists, your lawyers, bankers, accountants, and many other factors that make up the ecosystem, and people are involved in the process of an entrepreneurs idea from start to finish. it makes it unique with the engagement. >> host: you say there's something between stanford, palo alto, google, and mountain view. >> guest: that's correct. i'm trying to capture the essence and looking at it from the outsider's perspective of what would somebody want to know about silicon valley? what could they learn from it? it's for entrepreneurs, people interested in how it works up to corporate america and government to learn from the unique way of the bubble based economy that silicon valley is based on meaning if you were trying to generate, as a government, trying to generate new revenue, silicon valley has the

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

castigo a responsables. en washington las autoridades estan en alerta maxima tras la emergencia.en los deportes conoa los seis jugadores que fueron seleccionados para el suenos mls. hola que tal buenas noches... aumento a tres las victimas fatales por las explosiones ocurridas esta tarde cerca de la lÍnea de meta del maratÓn de boston. mas de 130 resultaron heridas en una aterradora escena de vidrios rotos, nubes de humo, pavimento manchado de sangre y extremidades desprendidas, informÓ la policÍa de esa ciudad. aunque hablo bajo condicion de anonimato, un funcionario de alto rango de inteligencia de estados unidos indicÓ que otros dos dispositivos explosivos fueron encontrados cerca de la meta del maratÓn y estaban siendo desactivados. ocho hospitales de la zona atendian a los heridos de los cuales al menos 15 estaban en estado crÍtico. ...el presidente estadounide nse, barack obama, fue informado por sus colaborado res de las explosiones de boston y ordenÓ realizar una investigaciÓn profunda.fernando detalles...fernando. *+ el presidente obama fue notificado solo 10 minutos

, 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

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

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

>> ♪ the morning and welcome to the washington journal on this wednesday, april 24, 2013. here's what's happening on capitol hill. the house will take up legislation to a high risk patients try to get insurance under the new health care law. it will divert funds from another program to do so. we will talk with the bill's sponsor, coming up. if in the senate, majority leader harry reid said democrats will try to replace the sequester for about five months. the savings from drawing down the wars in afghanistan and iraq. meanwhile, congress is working toward putting an internet sales tax on the books. we want to get your reaction this morning. if you support it -- 3881. oppose, post your comments on facebook tweet. us an e-mail or let me begin with the "washington times and their story in the paper. we want to hear from you this morning. bill your shopping habits change? what you think about a national internet sales tax? john supports the idea in tennessee. caller: i kind of support the idea, but at the same time there is a lot more that we have to be looking at with regard to how

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once again live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. just when it seemed the economy was on a reliable upturn and jobs were returning for good comes unsettling news today. instead of the 200,000 new jobs economists predicted for the month of march only 88,000 were add. and even though the unemployment rate dropped to 7.6% that is because some people have given up look for work. so why are things so unstable in the economy? david? >> it was an unambiguous jobs report at least until the government revises it. new jobs were created at half the pace. and the unemployment rate fell only because half a million people left the labor force. and the reason it was so disturbing was that it comes at a time when the other economic data was looking pretty good. auto sales is going up, housing. the stock market had a bad week this week but it's grown 10% this year. i guess the question is -- what happened? what went wrong? one is there is the revision question. in 10 of the last 14 months the government has revised up its initial estimate. gwen: so it looks better than it s

with living in washington. >> welcome to c-span series " first lady's influence and image your co." in this we will meet three first ladies. they served during the 1840's and early 1850's as tensions continue to grow over the issue of slavery. to introduce us to sarah polk emma margaret taylor, and abigail fillmore, we have two historians. an author and historian in historic preservation. historian and legal scholar based at albany law school, the author of a biography of millard fillmore. welcome to both of you. james k. polk is sometimes knownbed as the least influential president. would you agree with that and why? >> is certainly not are well- known, and he is certainly important. when he was nominated for president, he had no public office. he had twice lost the governorship of tennessee. before that he had been a one term governor, and before that a member of congress. he was a lawyer, practicing law in tennessee. he was what is known as the dark horse candidate. he had hoped to get the vice president's nomination, that is what he was pushing for. and suddenly, out of nowher

entering its territory the move as a response to washington blocking russians which officials in moscow dismissed as russo foppish let's get some more on the diplomatic standoff now with medina caution about joining us here live in the studio good to see you today medina ultimately russia has fired back but who do we know i mean who's actually owned the list we're talking about here and why did russia feel the need to even publish it in the first place writes while rai it is really an exchange of lists of people who both countries. are violating human rights and the us came up with the so-called. that was published late on friday and then it was russia's turn and it basically responded with a similar measure but if we take a closer look at the russia's list that it really consists of two parties here the fast one is devoted to those feel. well responsible for human rights violations at the guantanamo detention facility and the second part and the second part of that list is really is devoted to those people responsible for human rights violations self russian citizens abroad when you ta

just washington's interest you also have to consider several of the other countries in the region that have very very advanced trade relations with the u.s. japan and south korea the philippines those countries are also. would prefer washington's activity in that in the east asia region particularly in relation to the ceiling. in what in washington which i reply to what we've already heard yes exactly because i mean you know basically the last thing we should expect last thing the chinese would expect or any other government to expect is that for the u.s. to act irrationally and you know i mean given that asia has about fifty five percent of the world's population it's more than thirty percent of world g.d.p. by another ten years there will be more than u.s. and europe combined by g.d.p. and so and of course you know economic power and military power. you know highly correlated in the medium to long term and so it's rational for the u.s. to be focusing in terms of quote unquote the paper economic political power but towards asia that's number one number two is so we should not exp

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. -

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

ask. >> 42 seconds during the dinner to say whatever i want. >> take 45. >> washington and hollywood. some new faces. some old faces. some new faces on old faces, and do i sympathize conan and not just for that backstabbing 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, so i hope some of you were taking notes. well, have a wonderful evening and i'll see you all at the bloomberg "vanity fair" party, that is, those of you who got an invitation. and mr. president, welcome to nerd prom. >> there you go. it's where hollywood and washington meet, and you know what? there was some great production value in that. wouldn't it be great if washington could work together, as kevin spacey said, in real lives. want to bring in the ladies, nischelle turner and brianna keilar. what great production value. you can't write these things, m