: george washington and forging of the presidency." this is very much a young law school book. it began as a paper while logan was a law student. the paper was written under the supervision of william eskridge. after graduation in 2008, working two years in a law firm, logan returned to yale law school in 2010 and began turning the paper into the book we feature tonight. appropriately we have william eskridge with us to comment on the boat. he's the author and the articles cover a wide range of topics. several of his books have been featured in previous booktalk series sponsored by her library. according to a recently published study by my colleague, fred shapiro, mr. eskridge is one of the most cited in that i think that was probably a mistake. professor eskridge is a dynamic and innovative teacher and a wonderful mentor to young scholars like logan. without further ado, i will turn it over to logan. >> thank you very much. i would like to add professor bill eskridge is fitting for this talk because he's a descendent of george eskridge, the godfather of our nation. when george wa

. significant figures in the revolution. can we try? >> george washington. >> john adams. >> hamilton. franklin, hancock, both adams, john and sam. [inaudible] daniel morgan. [inaudible] i'm sorry? heim solomon. robert morris. nathaniel greene. william dun lap. we can go on and on. now, how many women can you name who were important figures in -- [inaudible] [laughter] two. [inaudible] wait, wait, wait! abigail adams, martha washington, betsy ross. martha washington, six. we're not going to get up to ten, are we? well, -- [inaudible] [laughter] [applause] that's another issue! [laughter] she would get an very interesting memoir. however, the point is there were a million women, at least, who were witnesses or involved in the american revolution, but we don't know that much about them. the accounts we have from those who are left and the perfect example among others are very scant. there's only a few hints. we know, for instance, there were women spies. we get a few sentences about that here and there. we know women during the lexington when the british were marching up. we know americ

theater in washington, dc, which is the final scene of this extraordinary story, you will see half that number piled high to the ceiling. and when i say becomes boot lincoln, i tone mean books about mary todd or generals, but i mean about him. yet book about his times in congress, one of these political jobs he ever held, the only other job he had in the federal government, besides president. when you talk about books about lincoln in congress, only three have been written. this is the third. the last one was written before i was born. so this is the missing piece of the palestine until -- piece of the puzzle in the lincoln story. we know about hays hard scrap upbringing and service in the illinois legislature, about his career in the courthouses of illinois, riding the eighth circuit, handling a variety of cases and controversies as a frontier lawyer, and we're very familiar with the lincoln story as president. the guy who rote the gettysburg address. the 16th president 0 of the united states, the president who led the union during america's greatest moral, political, and civil cr

"washington week." >> from our use of drones to the detention of terrorist suspects, the decisions we are making will define the type of nation and world that we leave to our children. gwen: the president defends his approach to a new world of war, pledging to limit the use of drones and close the prison at uantanamo. meanwhile, the i.r.s. remains under fire. >> i did not lie, sir. >> you lied by omission. you knew what was going on and you knew that we had asked -- you should have told us. >> i answered the questions. i answered them truthfully. we were not politically motivated in trging conservative groups. >> iffer not done anything wrong. i have not broken any laws. >> drip, drip, drip. very day there's something now . gwen: the senate moves, oh, so slowly, on immigration reform. and in the wake of a devastating tornado in oklahoma, the debate in washington turns to who pays for the recovery? >> what i don't want to do is help the career politicians pad their pockets. gwen: decision and zeebt. coveringle -- the week, doyle mcmanus of "the los angeles times," dan balz of "the wash

abortos en washington dc fue captado admitiendo que los hace en una etapa avanzada y que de darse el caso que este sobreviva lo harÍa lo que la ley demanda " " esta admitiendo que quebrantarÍa la ley y que no brindarÍa primeros auxilios a un bebe si este llega a sobrevivir.." es por eso que activistas a favor de la vida se dieron cita al pie de su clÍnica para exigirle a la autoridades que paren este tipo de abuso quienes asistieron aseguran que nuca serÁ un derecho el matar a otro ser humano y que quienes se someten a este procedimiento no lo hacen conciente del proceso " a parte de eliminar esa vida .. ellas van a sufrir mucho y es lo que no se dice .. no se nos dice a las mujeres cuando estÁn tomando la decisiÓn entonces no es tan simples .. las mujeres deben saber que esa opciÓn las va a marcar toda su vida sobrevivientes de abortos compartieron su testimonio y agradecieron una segunda oportunidad " cuando se dieron cuenta que habÍa sobrevivido el procedimiento al que mi madre biolÓgica se sometio, me dieron la ayuda medica que necesitaba no me miraban como una posible deman

the lives of revolutionary era women. peggy shipman and lucy flucker, wife of george washington's chief of around tillty, general -- artillery, general henry knox. this is a little under an hour. >> it's a pleasure to be here in this historic place, and, well, i guess the ghosts of history are here visiting us tonight. people often ask -- now can you hear me now? louder? okay. still not projecting. try again. people often ask me how it is that i wrote an 80,000-word book, and i'm going to the give you two words why. one of them is curiosity, and the other one is coincidence. curiosity because i knew from the earlier book that there were two and a half million people who were alive during the american revolution. now, i'm sure that you can name at least five, maybe ten people, men, who were involved in -- significant figures in the revolution. can we try? >> george washington. >> josh adams -- john ad also. >> hamilton, hancock. both adams, john and sam. >> daniel morgan. >> daniel morgan. i'm sorry? >> [inaudible] >> robert morris. we can -- >> nathaniel green. >> william dunlap.

of public integrity discusses the work of the health administration. washington journal" is host: house and senate both back in town after taking time off to spend some time in their home turf. there are items of the congressional agenda but dealing with the budget distillate top priority. speaker the mayor wrote in an op-ed that is appearing on line this morning that republicans are doing more with less to fix the budget. that is how we are going to start this edition of "washington journal." today is monday may 6. the numbers -- as always you can reach out to as by a social media. this is the op-ed we found on olitico this morning by speaker john boehner -- the speaker is talking about republicans doing more with less and we are getting this from an op-ed he had in mind a's politico. monday'sthat -- on politico. we found that online. he goes on to say -- our first call regarding speaker boehner's op ed, gary in sterling, virginia on our line for republicans. go ahead. caller: thank you very much. first i would like to say one little thing about the sequester. march 1 was my 39t

usual? we break it down for you tonight on "washington week." congress in full cry. > i'm sad and i'm sick to my stomach that americans could be targeted by a government agency based on their political beliefs. >> in the span of four days, three major revelations about the use of government power. to intimidate those who are doing things that the government doesn't like. these are the tactics of the third world. >> my question isn't about who's going to resign, my question is, who's going to jail over the scandal? gwen: the white house and its supporters in full defensive crouch. >> misconduct that uncovered is inexcusable. it's ineus americans are right to be angry about it and i am angry about it. >> hyperventilating about benghazi. president obama is absolutely right to call this a side show. this is about smear politics and nothing else. gwen: the i.r.s., benghazi, the leak investigation of the associated press. >> the american people at risk. and that is not hyperbole. it put the american people at risk. and trying to determine who's responsible for that i think required very

harben of washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture. carbon concentration in the earth's atmosphere has reached four hundred parts per million the highest levels ever recorded since humans began an average in the planet some one hundred sixty five thousand years ago how much more dire does the situation have to get before lawmakers in washington wake up and finally do something to save our planet and it turns out the c.b.s. is sixty minutes veteran reporter leslie stall was a major supporter of the peter g. peterson foundation that same billionaire run foundation is campaigning to gut social security i was stall out to serve on the foundation's advisory board on her doing so a social obvious violation of basic journalistic ethics. you know this is more carbon in the atmosphere now than at any point in human history in fact there hasn't been this much carbon in the atmosphere since before modern humans even existed last thursday the national oceanic and atmospheric administration announced that carbon concentrations in the earth's atmosphere ha

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 that cat whe

llego a la cumbre de pequeÑos negocios de la coalicion latina en washington en busca de respuestas... " nuestra empresa ya fue impactada obviamente, ya nos mandaron la nota, la empresa de seguros que tenemos de salud nos van a incrementar casi 80, 90 por ciento. entonces, no es una lockeed martin, boeing, como voy a tratar de mitigar esos gastos" el gobierno federal reconoce los retos que representa el acta entre la comunidad latina... "sabemos que es dificil porque la poblacion en general esta obteniendo informacion por todos lados, por el internet, por la television, por el radio, y esta informacion no es siempre correcta, se confunde la comunidad" sectores conservadores temen que la barrera del idioma empeore la situacion de miles de empresarios inmigrantes... "sera un gran problema el poder explicar a aquellos que no hablan ingles, no solo estamos hablando de latinos, sino otras comunidades inmigrantes que tienen que aprender este plan de salud" el gobierno federal defiende el acta de cuidado de salud asequible.. a pesar de los retos, asegura que la ley es critica para las 46-

wind and hail. there is a slight risk of that in washington, d.c. and much of maryland today. showers and storms today with cooler temperatures headed our way, but the sunshine will return for the holiday weekend. i'll have details coming up with your seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. get ready for the big holiday. how are things today, amanda? >> we definitely expect things to pick up for memorial day. tomorrow is going to be one of those peak travel days. right now we are experiencing delay-free conditions. you can see things moving smoothly. all of that bright green between frederick and girthersburg is a good tine. southbound. that's where -- gaithersburg. that's where we normally see the brake lights. they are doing road repairs still through the day today. weather may impact it as well and make it last a few extra days between new york and pennsylvania on 14th treat. -- street. things moving smoothly. no big problems on 495. we also have got more information for you on twitter. all you have to do is follow us at gridlock goddess. >> 5:03 is the time now. taking

we are not doing now. tavis: i am frustrated consistently by this pseudo debate in washington. words make a difference and words have meaning, and you keep using the word investment. i agree with the that in these kinds of outlays, these kinds of budget priorities would in fact be read by me and many other fellow citizens as investments, but you have folks on the right who don't read it as an investment, they read it as trying to spend your way out of the mesh or in, and you don't dig deeper hole by spending money that you don't have. you have to live within your means. you have heard this rationale time and time again. talk to me about the difference between what you see as an investment and what others on capitol hill see as throwing money down a black hole. >> is entirely different. families understand the difference. a family faced with the choice of borrowing money for a family vacation or barring money to send a kid to college understand that sending a kid to college as an investment in the future because that kid is going to earn more. he is going to be more productive and mor

sweeps washington. the irs focus on conservative groups. and now, the justice department looking through reporters' phone records. >>> new orleans police say this man is connected to the mother's day shooting. >>> plus, a shackled o.j. simpson is back in court. >>> and a phenomenon in space. >>> good morning. a brave and shocking revelation from angelina jolie. in an opinion piece in "the new york times" this morning, the actress announces for the first time this earlier this year she had a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. jolie writes this was a preventive measure, since she carries a gene increasing her risk of developing breast cancer to 87%. jolie writes, i chose not to keep my story private because there's many women who don't know they may be living under the shadow of cancer. it's my hope they can get gene-tested. and if they have a high risk, they, too, know they have strong options. she also writes, on a personal note, i don't feel any less of a woman. i feel empowered that makes a strong choice that in no way diminishes femininity. jolie's mom died of ovari

"washington week." grappling with terrorism close to home. >> based on what i've seen so far, the f.b.i. performed its duties, department of homeland security did what it was supposed to be doing. but this is hard stuff. gwen: as new details emerge in the aftermath of the boston bombing. was there a coverup? mr. kadyrbayer did not have anything to do with this. gwen: and how americans are coping with their fears. meanwhile in washington, the president responds to a wrath of bad news. starving news from guantanamo. >> guantanamo is not necessary to keep america safe. gwen: but today better news about the economy. >> do you still have the juice to get the rest of your agenda through this congress? >> if you put it that way, jonathan, maybe i should pack up and go home. golly. gwen: covering the week, pete williams of nbc news. michael duffy of time magazine. doyle mcmanus of the "los angeles times." and christi parsons of "the tribune." >> covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week" with gwen ifill. corporate funding for "washington week

the new government do domestically and in the area of foreign policy particularly washington's drone war with growing economic dislocations in a very threatening taliban how can and should pakistan move forward and will the military continue to watch from the sidelines. to cross not pakistan i'm joined by marvin weinbaum in washington he's a scholar in residence at the middle east institute also in washington we have a son he is an independent defense consultant and author of the book the great powers versus the edge of our own and in rochester we cross to judy bello she is an active member of the upstate new york coalition to ground drones and end the wars. in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want more of it if i can go to you first here what's your first conclusions drawn after the election here particular when it comes to drones is anything going to change. i don't think that we'll see too much change in the visible way. there already has been a cut in the use of drones well margaret i think there was there was a long as there was a lot of before the election there wa

near seattle washington collapsed with cars plunging into the water and some were injured but the bridge was found to be functionally obsolete more than a year ago a look at this incident and the nation's infrastructure woes later in the show. well it's friday may twenty fourth five pm in washington d.c. i'm margaret how well you're watching our t.v. . starting out this hour at the march against monsanto activists have announced a global protest is set for may twenty fifth the focus monsanto's reach in the global food supply will protesters scheduled to take place and more than thirty six countries including the united states in california nick barnaby one of the organizers said that they're looking to inform as well as protest against the proliferation of genetically modified foods we want to spread awareness and we want to start from the ground up so you know the very very you know the easiest thing you can do to know it's in your food is to grow your own food you start there at the very top is you know where we want labeling on a ban but i think we should work from the ground u

he was probably more involved. i had a personal experience at the "washington post." for the first george bush was president, they said maybe he's not quite getting gorbachev. they said whatever and get nixon to read a piece? they said another way for the washington post. so we called saddle river and by gosh he wrote a piece. i came in and said recommending some more. i forget who i spoke to. probably kathy o'connor. he was up all night working on it. so we ran it and apparently been scowcroft give it to president bush and his policy. >> another question over here. >> at evening. thank you very much. i have a question about during the time of the watergate hearings in the information is first nixon burglarizing osberg's office and the other things i don't know if needed and are not, but when they go into the future, the patriot act, subsequent legislation, how much of what extent got in trouble for now it illegal? [laughter] >> i'll tell you what we know about president nixon on the osberg or billy, which have been not very far. what we know is that the president was told by john

at businessss and finance in the washington region. you might be up for an audit -- now might be a od time to join the tea part since the irs would not go after them m now. we will l talk about those topi, but first, the ceo spotlight shines on a woman who found herself thrust on top of the majo publishing empireue to the death of a family member, not a planned succession, but once cathyerrill williliams took over for her fatather at washingtonian media, the business flourished. --y operate "washing pain in washingtonian magazine." cathy merrill williams, thank you for joining us. story is inspiring. you had any lustrous corporate carereer. you work for american exprpress. take us back to 2007, the day you took home your son from the hospital, the very day yo father diedd. it wasas an emotional time, a scary time, and you went from being used to knowing what u wereoing in the corporate woworld, to taking over in a wod of media where you did not kw what was going on. hodid u get t your sea legs? you have a very successful company, and i like what y wrote e for the lien in website wh

prose in washington, d.c., marie arana is next on booktv. the former editor of chief of the "washington post" book world recalls the life of simon bolivar, the venezuelan general dubbed the george washington of south america, liberated six countries in south america from spanish rule. this is a little under one hour. >> so many friends in the audience. i'm just going to pretend that i am sitting by my fireplace at home with john, and talking a little bit about this book. it's such a pleasure to work on, and people find that hard to believe because it's not an easy thing, writing a biography of a very famous leader, on which everybody has an opinion, on whom so much has been written already. it is true that there are 3683 books in the library of congress on simon bolivar. i would say 90% of those are in spanish, so i am lucky there. but this is an extraordinary life and a life that was lived in the largest sense, i mean, the campus is huge, stretches through most of south america. -- canvas is huge. a life lived a large as well. simon bolivar was very dramatic and commanding

is "lead off" with gwen ifill. -- this is "washington week" with gwen ifill. >> we went out and asked people a simple question. how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90's and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed, the official retirement age. the question is, how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all of these years? >> additional corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by boeing. additional funding is provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again live from washington, sitting in for gwen ifill this week, michele norris of n.p.r. michele: good evening. the questions continue and so does the investigation into the tragic attack on the u.s. compound in benghazi, libya. last september. four americans died in that attack. including ambassador chris stevens. since the

the latest job numbers is ylan mui. tell us about the direction you saw from washington and wall street on these numbers. are they about what folks were expecting westmark -- were expecting? guest: it was better than what people were expecting. 88,000 jobs created in the month of march. that is nowhere near the level we need in order to see the recovery take off. host: the numbers that we sought yesterday really were a sign that the recovery is tugging along. .t is still going along it does not at the level we would like to see that yet. the labor department also revived the figures for the previous two months. that is just as important for the increase in april. in the month of march, 88,000 that many people were worried about is now 130,000. significantly higher. the recovery is plugging along. host: here is a blog post yesterday. blog post from alan krueger, the chairman of the white house council of economic advisers >> he says -- well more work needs to be done, today's employment report provides further evidence that the u.s. economy is continuing to the cover from the wors

of anonymity said washington is preparing to send weaponry in response to opposition requests or surface to air missiles and anti-tank rockets speaking to reporters president barack obama himself hinted at military action if allegations of chemical warfare in syria are confirmed. listen to what the president had to say. the only option that he gave was a scenario in which he said if the u.s. finds out that the syrian government has used chemical weapons against the rebels then obama strongly indicated that the u.s. would consider military intervention but he did not address what would happen if it was in fact the rebels or members of the opposition that have used chemical weapons throughout this ongoing conflict but at this point barack obama says that u.s. intelligence officials don't know who has used chemical weapons inside of syria how they were used or whether they were used the u.s. cannot confirm if it was in fact a mascot who's used the weapons now obama said that his administration doesn't have a chain of custody that establishes exactly what has happened in syria and in

consensus in washington in the halls of power in western capitals drive foreign policy decisions particularly when it comes to iran israel and syria is public opinion constructed to fit the interests of special groups and lobbies and is american foreign policy in the country's own interest. to cross-talk american foreign policy i'm joined by my guests in washington judith kipper she is director of middle east programs at the institute of world affairs and we also have flynt leverett he is a professor at penn state and author of the new book going to to run why the u.s. must come to terms with the islamic republic of around there's just the two of us and myself to cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i really encourage it flipped if i can go to you first what drives american foreign policy towards iran very simple question maybe a complicated answer i think that what really drives american foreign policy toward iran is a post cold war determination on the part of the united states to dominate the middle east to to play hegemonic role in the mi

scandal is getting stronger in washington. >> the white house, knocked off message by a rash of bad headlines. the irs allegedly targets conservative groups. the government is spying on ap reporters and new details about the deadly raid in benghazi. conservatives seize the moment. >> my question is who is going to jail over this scandal? >> we have got to restore the trust in government. >> i have never seen anything quite like this except in the past during the nixon years. >> the watergate scandal forced president nixon to resign but do these rise to that level? review. president clinton had two scandals, white water and monica lewinski. franklin and grant were arrested while in office. yes, it was a bad week for the white house politically. maybe the worst of obama's second term. will it derail his legacy? after all, he promised to help us prosper. >> we believe that america's prosperity must rest upon the broad shoulders of a rising middle class. we know that america thrives when every person can find independence and pride in their work. when the wages of honest labor liberate

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

as soon as i show up, there will be washington press saying, ivan is getting ready. that ito make it clear will go anywhere jim asks me to go. >host: that was vice president joe biden speaking with joe jim clyburn out of south carolina. we want your thoughts on the early 2016 field. we do you like and why do you like them? -- who do you like and why do you like them? larry in mississippi, who do you like? caller: i would like to make a statement before. whateverlicans said the president is for, we are against, even if it is our own ideas crude this is why we are having such a bad time. the middle-class is hurting so bad. the voters are too stupid to see what is going on. i believe hillary is going to be the president in 2016, no matter what the republicans are doing. they are already trying to destroy biden i putting out lies -- her by putting out lies in benghazi. it has already started. you do not have to wait until 2000 -- 2016. host: you think she's the favorite no matter who runs? no doubt about it. i think it is time for a woman president. i think it is going to happen in my li

washington's drone war with growing economic dislocations in a very threatening taliban ok and should pakistan move forward and will the military continue to watch on the sidelines. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle pakistanis have gone to the polls and elected a new parliament what will the new government do domestically and in the area of foreign policy particularly washington's drone war with growing economic dislocations in a very threatening taliban how can and should pakistan move forward and will the military continue to watch from the sidelines. to cross the pakistan i'm joined by marvin weinbaum in washington he's a scholar in residence at the middle east institute also in washington we have a son he's an independent defense consultant an alter of the book the great powers versus the edge of our own and in rochester we crossed judy bello she is an active member of the upstate new york coalition to ground drones and end the wars. in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want more of it if i can go to you first here what's y

edge? >> they do. the congressmen were debating this ferociously. washington himself was trying to determine, okay, i have all these powers now. which ones should i use? which one should i not use? it was an experiment in america really was a great experiment from the start. .. can they talk funny in boston then? >> not yet. >> anyhow. [laughter] washington said, you know, wait a minute. i'm not the greatest gentleman in the world. i have the people trapped in one town. they try to get out and can't get out. why don't we get them and end the war? you might ruin the town, no. you want to ruin boston? they beat the yankees today which i'm upset about. you had to remind me of that. [laughter] but in the book, logan has one couple of things that i think are very dramatic. one, the research he had me go around in circles researching some of that stuff. very true. he had -- george washington was 22 years at the time. he was with the british national guard and a surveyor, and the french were going to the lands and they would survey parcel of lands so many miles this way or that way. put a

of our history series first ladies influence and image. our program on martha washington includes visit to the washington homestead. >> it's clear that after martha arrives at mt. vernon in april, there's a lot of management that she has to do. when she marries george washington she brings with her 12 house plays and that is really almost an unimaginable luxury. these are slaves not producing crops which is where your income is coming from. they are doing things like cooking, serving the table, cleaning the house, doing laundry. this is not productive labor in the sense that it's not producing income. so she brings the those slaves with her and she brings financial resources to the marriage as well as her managerial skills makes mt. vernon a successful operation and makes possible for washington to be away fighting a war. the fact that washington had the support system that enables him to volunteer his time and talent to run the revolution is critical. during most of the revolution is a distant cousin of george washington. alater in the 1970's the farm manager is george augustine

. .. >> the venezuela general dubbed george washington of south america liberated six countries from spanish rule. this is a little under an resource. there's so many friends in the audience so i'll pretend i'm by the fireplace at home with john and talking a little bit about this book. it's -- it's such a pressure to work on, and people find it hard to believe because it's not easy writing of a very famous leader on which everybody has an. and on whom so much has been written already. it's true there's 263 books in the library of congress, and i would say 90% of those are in spannish, but this is an extraordinary life and a life that was lived in the largest sense, treechs through most of south america, and a life lived large in other ways as well. he was very dramatic and commanding personality. he was called iron ass by the soldiers riding 75,000 miles to liberate the six countries he liberated, really, an extraordinary physical feat if nothing else, but he also was a man of the enlightenment, someone who had been inspiredded at the youngest age of and came out of the experience,

did a police cruiser and up vertical against a utility pole? atood morning washington" 5:00 a.m. begins now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. good morning, washington. it is wednesday, may 1. i am scott thuman. >> i am cynne simpson. finallyetting sunshine today. >> it is coming. we have been waiting for it. >> i know. >> sunshine makes me happy. know whatnd let us tears you up. it's 51 at reagan national and dulles. 55 degrees in culpeper. still cloudy in most areas this morning. but the sunshine is coming out. i saw the moon and stars early this morning. sopa clouds are breaking apart. cloudy andand partly 9:00, partly cloudy and 66 at noon. 70 and mostly sunny at 5:00. south and west of the district, the clouds are moving along. more on that in a few minutes. >> timing could not be more important than when we talk about traffic. >> let's go to amanda meadows. the russia ifd of you are headed out the door. like traffic across the board. so that's good news. we start with a live shot along 270. that is heading near tuckerman lane. lightepared

world. 20-year-old kevin dahlgren was arrested at dulles airport near washington, d.c. late last night. authorities release this photo taken from his facebook page. police in the czech republic say dahlgren fled the country after firefighters found the bodies of the family inside a burning home in the city of bruno. he was reportedly related to the family and had been staying with them for just three weeks. czech authorities want him extradited back to the czech republic to stand trial. >>> authorities say two men have been arguesed on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after an incident on a civilian plane from pakistan to england. a military plane diverted the plane carrying 300 passengers. it was originally supposed to have landed in manchester. two men arrested and removed from the plane. >>> they are bracing for copy cat terror attacks after the brutal killing of the young soldier. they are also preparing for clashes with right wing extremists in response to the killing. police say more than 1,000 officers will be sent to potential trouble spots with armed response units. me

eight north and most countries are the washington fellas laid claim to the region there is still uncertainty however over the life should be divided among them but now i'm still countries including the u.s. are calling for the scrapping of turturro principles to make it a free for all china and india are among those who would cherish that most these two countries have already made tentative steps north this april china signed to free entry deal with the iceland as fast with a european nation chinese businessmen are also to be investing in greenland so it really seems that the asian aims to get a foothold in the arctic and other fast developing global player is indiana also seeking to be heard about the arctic cold so as to wakes up to the increased economic potential off this region so far the arctic council includes those country who are invested in the protection and exploration of the north in place cap but now as the commercial interests kicks in maybe other nations are rushing to the region and it's up to the council's postmen and members to decide whether the unfriendly nor

and instant updates, log on to wjla.com and facebook and twitter pages too. "good morning washington" will have the latest beginning at 4:30 a.m. leon? >> first on abc 7, answers to tough questions over public safety issue that could put you at risk if call 911. now, three calls were made by crime victim in the district and each time the 911 operator couldn't hear the caller and hung up without ever making an ffort to reach the victim. tonight jay is live with us with the story. jay? >> officials are saying two call takers didn't follow policy because call takers didn't call back a crime victim in need of help. thanks to abc 7's investigation, action is being taken. >> we should have called her back. >> wanda gadson, spokesperson for the office of unified communication said two call center employees disregarding procedure in the harrowing seconds after this crime victim called 911 three times sunday night. >> i got more scared after three calls didn't go through. >> the 28-year-old russian grad student said she called for help after a man put a gun to her ead demanding man. she said

cut spending. the "the washington post" looked at that charge and found it completely bogus. the security screw up in libya was solely the fault of bad management in washington. why mr. obama would want to revisit the spending deal is a mystery tonight. the president is on more solid ground, i should say, when he speaks about the associated press controversy. there are about 20 phone lines secretly scrutinized by the justice department. not tapped. they just got the phone line records. why did they do that? here is what mr. obama said. >> when we express concern about leaks at a time when i have still got 60,000 plus troops in afghanistan and i have still got a whole bunch of intelligence officers around the world who are in risky situations in outposts that in some cases are as dangerous as the outpost in benghazi, that part of my job is to make sure that we're protecting what they do. >> talking points believes that's a legitimate concern. that the war on terror covert operations have to be protected to some extent. if the press prints everything, some of our people will die. b

, es enfoque de washington, dc y que semana hemos vivido aquÍ en estados unidos, polÍticamente el presidente obama metido en un escÁndalo en cuanto al servicio de rentas internas, hablaremos de eso mÁs adelante pero la gran noticia para la comunidad hispana es que en la cÁmara baja un grupo bipartidista de congresis congresistas anunciÓ haber llegado a un acuerdo en cuanto a una propuesta de reforma mi dwra t migratoria integral. >>> estamos con el congresista de carolyn dina del sur que nos hablarÁ en castellano. >>> gracias por invitarme aquÍ. >>> el jueves pasado un grupo bipartidista de la cÁmara baja. anunciaron que habÍan llegado a un acuerdo para una reforma migratoria integral. ¿cÓmo lo ve usted? >> yo he hablado con raÚl s un republicano miembro de la cÁmara, despuÉs de hablar con el cada dÍa por 2 semanas, espacio ficaedmente anoche, yo creo que vamos a tener un acuerdo en la cÁmara, cuando tu y yo hablemos hace 2 semanas. yo creÍa que Íbamos a tener un acuerdo pero despuÉs de boston, no estaba tan seguro. >> hoy dÍa creo que si, creo que vamos a t

good afternoon and welcome to prime interest i'm perry and boring here and washington d.c. gets a headline. so how much is a botched worth now a day ten million dollars if you're facebook and the new twist is the nasdaq exchange itself that's ponying up but the ten million dollars won't go to investors instead they go through the security and exchange commission which is the highest such penalty against an exchange this comes after last year's trading debut with that made up mark of a multi billionaire who left traders and investors in the lurch separately in nasdaq has agreed to pay investors two million dollars for the trading glitches that plagued the opening day. and switzerland what's known as the bashed in the bank secrecy has formally paved it to the u.s. over allegations of abuse in swiss banks like u.b.s. has alerted americans into setting up accounts that would not necessarily be reported to uncle sam and the new a legal framework set up by the solicitor government will allow dozens of banks to settle with u.s. authorities a move that is expected to bring in billions to

based in washington, d.c.. it has hundreds of thousands of members on an annual budget of $75 million. >> with good morning. how are you with? >> i think we have 11 people but the first meeting, and we have come a long way. >> we are going to jump right into asking questions and getting wonderful answers and then we are going to open up to you all and you are going to flood the us with questions as well. leading the way, this wonderful book -- and yes there will be exciting. all of the authors about selling their book. so there will be a book signing i think at 5:40 or something like that this afternoon and we will both be happy to sign it for you as many times as you want. [laughter] >> not every page. [laughter] >> so, in leading the way i read feel that you almost didn't become heritage president. >> it's true. >> because of van offer offer from anthony fisher what's that about and why did you decide to go with heritage? >> anthony fisher founded an organization called the institute for economic affairs in london and some six years before heritage was even established, i was a grad

rescue group -- rescue. >> live and in hd, this is abc 7's "good morning, washington" -- on your side. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- good morning, washington. it is monday, may 20. i'm scott thuman. >> i am greta kreuz in a simpson. let's get to meteorologist jacqui gerace -- in force in a simpson. let's get to meteorologist jacqui jeras. >> never again. >> habakkuk with me. it is monday -- have a cup of water with me. it is monday. if you do not like the: whether we had over the weekend, it is getting better. let's show you the satellite victor. we had a few showers last evening. now we are left with some of oft moisture in the form fog. look for that mostly north of the metro area. weather headlines today, it will wewarmer and more humid and will have frequent chances of a few showers. a cold front will approach on thursday. that will bring some cooler temperatures for late in the week. we will talk more specifics on the timing of the showers coming up when i see you again in -- again. >> good morning. we do have smooth rolling interstates this mo

role as washington bureau chief and critic for "daily beast." to be clear from your forthright apology now, as you now acknowledge you didn't fully and adequately read that jason collins wrote in "sports illustrated." and doesn't sound like you fully watched the interview that george stephanopoulos conducted the next day. your reporter who didn't bother reporting the story out by your account -- >> i watched part of the george stephanopoulos interview, i didn't see that part. the mistake i made was sloppy and inexcusable. i'm not going to offer any extenuating circumstances. i screwed up. you kind of touched on it right here, david. because i have been a media critic for two decades, i should be held to a higher standard. because i'm the host of this program, i should be held to a higher standard. i deserve the criticism, i accept it and determined to learn from this episode. >> let's just unpack a little bit of that, though. in so doing, when you were confronted with information that you were wrong. initially you didn't really fully apologize. you sent out a tweet in which you

to matt damon, we ran out of time. tomorrow night, tobey maguire, kerry washington and music from will.i.am. nightline is next. good night. >>> tonight on "nightline," a star's secret. angelina jolie speaks about her double mastectomy. tonight, what made her do it and why brad pitt thinks she's a hero to their family and women everywhere. scandalous. sex, lies and an assassination attempt? nothing is sacred in the hit show "scandal" we go behind the scenes. piles of cash, tonight a real life spy game unfolds in moscow, and a cia operative is captured. what will it mean for america's relations with russia. >>> good evening and thanks for joining us. she's battled cia assassins and evil scientists as a movie star. but hollywood a-lister and global activist angelina jolie is waging a real life war against a disease that threatens to cut short the real lives of women. it's her newly public battle against the risks of breast cancer that has turned her into a true inspiration for women around the world. >> wherefore she goes, whatever she does, angelina jolie captured headlines and the

three gunmen may have opened fire on the crown said details now from washington and. new orleans was celebrating mother's day with over three hundred people participating in a parade police say three individuals are believed to be responsible for starting a shootout two four of the wounded though are believed to be in critical condition another public good and another tragedy there is a manhunt underway for this we suspect who police believe have managed to escape one of them is reportedly wounded in the same way as investigators of the boston marathon bombings appealed for crowd sourced photographs new orleans police have urged anyone with any photographs of the parade to step forward so just in boston the police are drawing the public into the manhunt certainly putting your by neighborhoods on high alert police are going door to door in search for suspects and of course everyone is hopeful that they will find them but at the same time many are looking at these recent public events which are gun terribly wrong in thinking where the law enforcement can really provide security at