, talks about amateur depictions of george washington. instead of focusing on portraits drawn from life, she explores the lesser-known unless accurate -- and less accurate images of washington that circulated in the 18th century. george washington's mount vernon hosted this 50 minute event. >> good afternoon. my name is elizabeth stock known to many people here as betty. together with my husband stanley scott, i am in -- a serious enthusiast for george washington of many varieties, including portraiture. we have collected all of our adult lives as were several members of our families, before us, and they acquired a number of surveyor drawings medallions, coins, rare books, stamps and metals, as well as documents on the subject of george washington and his time. we have been active supporters of mount vernon for several decades and are members of the connoisseurs society. this lively group is dedicated to supporting the acquisition, preservation, and conservation of mount vernon's remarkable collections. it is very encouraging for us to see you all here at this crowded seminar because it

motion will be developed for my book at the end of this. [laughter] washington versus jefferson the conflict that continues to trouble america. the conflict between george washington and thomas jefferson? most americans are unaware that such a thing ever existed. but little has been written about the differences that have developed. martha washington told the visiting congressman the two worst days of her life for the day george died and the david thomas jefferson came to pay his condolences. [laughter] and little doubt. she also knew that jefferson's dislike of washington had become so intense he had avoided attending his funeral even though he was vice president at the time. ultimately they became enemies. james madison's brilliant political theorizing on the admiration and was forced to choose between these two tall antagonists. during the eight-year struggle around independence independence washington became a man who lives to live dangerously. that phrase hit me in the head as i began the book and sums up so much. military defeat and attempted the trails of fellow revolutionari

one the weep holes drain into. third, there is an excavation scheduled for the washington street property to add parking, is that the washington property that decided? >> the neighboring property 2308 devisidaro. they did get a first notice of violation but because there were presentations made to the department it seemed reasonable, where it looked like the retaining walls and foundations were only on the other two property then the department moved forward with those. >> okay. >> if that's rebutted in some way, have you a situation where all three come back before you the department can only look at what they see at this time. today, there may be additional information that could change appearance. >> in addition to the wall excavation have they pulled permits for that? >> there are no permits for any of these unsafe conditions. >> no, no, for the posed additional parking from the neighboring property do you have that letter from the property -- >> i do. -- >> -- risk of actual failure of that wall which sounds reasonable if there is excavation at the neighboring property. >> i

to having this discussion tomorrow i understand. what normalized relations are. the "washington post" ran a story suggesting that the talks to restore diplomatic relations were held up because they were unwilling to allow us to send secured shipments to a secured embassy and number of staff necessary to operate a future embassy and unwilling to remove the military presence around a future embassy. let me ask you would the state department to agree to establish a embassy in havana in all diplomats aren't able to travel freely through cuba? >> senator, what i can tell you, we have to have an embassy where diplomats can get out and travel and see the country and talk to people. we have restrictions on the way our embassy travel in terms of notification to governments in many countries around the world that range from 24 hours to ten days. we are going to do everything possible to make sure that we have the least restrictions possible but our -- >> we will accept restrictions that all of our diplomats and embassy would be able to travel through the country? >> we will make sure that the

funeral train as it made its way from washington, d.c., to this final resting place in springfield, illinois. this sunday afternoon at 2:30 on "american history tv" on c-span3 , we are alive to commemorate the anniversary of president lincoln's funeral, with over 1000 reenactors and the re-creation of the 1865 eulogy speeches and musical performances, as well as historians and authors on the funeral journey and a tour of the newly re-created lincoln funeral car. also on c-span this weekend, tonight at 8:00, the festivities of the state visit of japanese prime minister shinzo abe including his arrival at the white house and his toast in his honor at the dinner. the supreme court oral's argument -- oral arguments on whether the 14th amendment requires the state to license a marriage between two people of the same sex. on c-span2's "the tv," author peter slavin looks at the life of our first lady to show obama. on sunday at noon on "in-depth," are live three-hour conversation with documentary filmmaker and not their jon ronson who has written many books including "so you have been pub

e-mails, the money and the candidates tonight on "washington week." >> it's a significant defeat. >> we know that hope is not a strategy. the president's plan isn't working. >> are we going to let our hair on fire every time there's a setback. gwen: as the islamic state group takes new ground, a full blown debate erupts at home are we doing the right thing in iraq? meanwhile congress heads towards vacation with votes on n.s.a. surveillance, transportation spending and trade. >> these free trade deals are not free trade. and the rubber hits the road on the campaign trail. >> i have seed repeatedly i want those e-mails out. gwen: we get a first peek on hillary clinton's e-mail as republicans try to stand out in a crowded field. >> in washington during my brother's time republicans spent too much money. >> i'm probably the most scrutinized american. >> i will not let the patriot act, the most unpatriotic of acts go unchallenged. gwen: the jockying begins in earnest. covering the week yochi dreazen. charles babington congressional and political correspondent for the "associated press

president, he put up william howard taft and george washington replacing truman's jefferson and madison. president kennedy succeeded president eisenhower, removing taft and putting thomas jefferson and andrew jackson facing one another. skip ahead a little bit. ronald reagan, about whom you will hear more, put thomas jefferson and calvin coolidge side-by-side. strange bed fellows. you know you're in miami when you hear oo. george h.w. bush had champ that jefferson, abraham lincoln theodore roosevelt and ike. william jefferson clinton thomas jefferson, abraham lincoln, and george washington. he took down ike. george w. bush returned to ike and may not be the worst thing he did as president about removed abraham lincoln's picture from the wall. our current president, president obama, has put up harry hard harry truman, george washington, thomas jefferson and theodore roosevelt. he has lincoln in another room. in the oval office. so when it came to hanging portraits in the white house cabinet room, presidents number 40 through 44 all had one predecessor in common thomas jefferson. so this

history. when eisenhower became president, he put up william howard taft and george washington replacing truman jefferson madison. president kennedy succeeded president eisenhower removing task in putting thomas jefferson and andrew jackson facing one another. skipping ahead a little bit. ronald reagan, whom you will hear more but thomas jefferson and calvin coolidge side-by-side. strange fellow. you know you are in my enemy when you hear always day. george herbert walker bush had thomas jefferson, abraham lincoln, theodore roosevelt and eight. william jefferson clinton, thomas jefferson, abraham lincoln and george washington. he took down train six. george w. bush returned ike and may not be the worst thing you did as president, but he removed abraham lincoln's picture from the wall. our current president, president obama has put up harry truman, george washington, thomas jefferson and theodore roosevelt. he has lincoln in the oval office. so when it came to hanging portraits in the white house cabinet room president number 40 through 44 all had one predecessor in common. thom

him compile and arrange his papers. she moved back to washington d.c. >> in her elder years and sort of became a grand damme -- very much behind the scenes in the political field again. as henry clay famously said, "everybody loved mrs. madison." and then, of course, her equally famous response, "that's because mrs. madison loves everybody." court dolley madison came to her the >> -- >> dolley madison came to her service as first lady with experience in the role. during thomas jefferson's two terms, the widower president often called upon dolley madison to assist him and his daughter martha with white house entertainment. this sense of the usefulness of parlor diplomacy allowed dolley to hit the ground running when she officially assumed the role in 1809 as her husband james madison became our nation's fourth president. good evening and welcome to c-span's "first ladies influence & image". tonight, we will learn about the intriguing dolley madison. for the next 90 minutes, we have two guests at our table who know much about her and about the role of first ladies. let me introduce you

washington has kept temperatures in the upper 70's. fredericksburg, 82. here is a look at the cloud cover. a thin band of clouds through washington. the expectations are back to sunshine, heat and humidity this weekend. huge changes to finish the week. next week, a strong cold front. we will discuss storm chances this weekend in the complete forecast in a few more minutes. kellye: thanks a lot. nine people are still missing and the dental toll continues to climb from the flooding and storms that continue to pound texas and oklahoma. officials remain on alert after another seven inches were dumped on the waterlogged region. thousands are forced to evacuate. >> there is still rain coming. it don't look good for us. >> that is rising water coming very fast, very hard. there is nothing we can do to stop that. kellye: the severe weather is bringing the threat of more tornadoes. 91 have been reported across the plains since sunday. 29 in texas alone. new at noon, a worker is being treated after reconstruction action -- accident -- after a construction accident in northwest d.c. firefighte

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america"." rep porting from washington -- reporting from washington, i am katty kay. the amtrak train that crashed outside of washington was going twice the designated speed limit. chaos and burundi after a military general claims to have deposed the president. the white house calls on the parties to lay down their arms. in line for sainthood. it is not sitting well in california with some native americans. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. the passenger train which derailed killing seven people last night was traveling at more than twice the speed limit where the accident occurred. they braked moments before the derailment. the train started in washington and was going to new york and in all seven cars came off of the track outside of philadelphia. michelle has the latest. michelle: from the search for survivors to the search for answers, they combed through the debris. authorities don't know what caused the amtrak train to derail in the suburbs of philadelphia, but it was said to be going twice the speed limit before the accident. 7 people

administration and explains why conservative solutions are needed in washington in "leadership and crisis." and finally, in "a time for truth," another declared presidential candidate, texas senator ted cruz, recounts his journey from a cuban immigrant son to the u.s. senate. >>> on the next "washington journal," we'll talk to politico robber jennifer haberkorn about republican efforts to replace the affordable care act and legal challenges to the law. john bradshaw of the national security network and the hudson institute's michael duran debate u.s. strategy toward defeating isis in iraq and other parts of the middle east. "washington journal" live each morning at 7:00 eastern on c-span. join the conversation on facebook and twitter. >>> this summer "book tv" will cover book festivals around the country and top nonfiction authors and book. we're live at book expo america in new york city where the publishing industry showcases upcoming books. in the beginning of june we're live for the three-hour-live in-depth program the pulitzer prize winning author lawrence wright, and 4 phone

. >> i'm cars darcy spencer live in northwest washington where a 76-year-old woman used her cane to beat back a robbery suspect who was attacking her 81-year-old husband. you will hear from this lovely couple on news 4 at 6:00. when this woman saw a robber attacking her husband, she used her cane to hit the robber over the head. let's go to video of this couple. we interviewed them in their home in northern virginia. we will not identify them. they had come to washington yesterday near embassy road to do paperwork at a local embassy. they were walking back to their car when the robber showed up out of nowhere. he told the man give me your money. he didn't have money and the robber took his wallet. he was so frightened she took action and did the only thing she thought she could do. >> i was looking for my husband. at this time i was so different, it may have saved your life. >> he is now calling his wife his guardian angel and does believe what he wife did saved his life. it got the robber off of him. now police are saying that it's because of the injuries in part suffered in that c

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traffic around the george washington bridge on the first day of school in 2013 to punish the local mayor. what did fort lee mayor done wrong? he wouldn't endorse governor christie's re-election. baroni says he's an innocent man man. >> i will testify on my ownby half as soon as the trial begins. and i will spend every day working to clear my name and get my reputation back. >> the us attorney says based on what they know now there will be no other charges in the case. governor christie has tweeted that this proves he had no role in the scheme. >>> one way to get police and the community they serve together maybe a little hoops. the james wright rec center host add youth basketball game tonight. philadelphia police officers were there to chat with the players and community members. they're trying to create a closer bond through faith to faith communication especially with the city's youth. >>> we're extremely excited about the opportunity of planning a seed where community collaboration organizations are comeing together throughout the city to be able to see the importance of police

legacy of iraq. tonight on "washington week." >> as we compete in the world economy, americans should not be patsies for other countries' cheating. >> we've got to be in the real world where we can trade with all these other countries. and receive all the benefits of those free trade agreements. the president happens to be right on this. gwen: labor unions corporations republicans and democrats square off. as the president attempts to nail down a legacy enhancing trade deal. a tragic train derailment revives another washington debate. >> we were just on the train. and all of a sudden it started to shake. gwen: could spending more on the nation's infrastructure save lives? >> the republicans have been very much against amtrak. for a very long time. >> are you really going to ask such a stupid question? gwen: at camp david, arab leaders ask the president is the u.s. committed to their security? >> let me underscore the united states keeps our commitments. gwen: but the prospect of a nuclear agreement with iran casts a shadow. on the 2016 campaign trail, jeb bush stumbles over the questi

mary washington in virginia and richard presidential historian and consultant to cspan for this series. gentlemen, welcome. dan preston, the last program was dolley madison who perfected or maybe introduced and then perfected the art of power politics, really using a social forum to advance her husband's political agenda. what was elizabeth monroe's approach to the white house? mr. preston: elizabeth monroe and dolley madison were great friends. they had been for years and years but they have very, very different temperament. dolley madison was very social by nature. she loved large reception, she loved dinners, was perfectly happy to get in her carriage go visiting all day long. elizabeth monroe wants to stay home with her family. she was devoted to her daughters, to her grandchildren. and at the white house, that's what she really enjoy, that's -- enjoyed, that's what she wanted to do. she wanted to be with her family. she did not like large crowds. it was very uncomfortable at the large receptions that the president had but was very charming in smaller groups, at small dinner

did. government has grown too big too powerful, too intrusive. washington burocrats believe -- washington bureaucrats believe they know better than us and can tell us how to live our lives. trying to dictate to every child in every school what they must learn. a young mother seeking to start a small business is inundated with paperwork and regulations and gives up. a small manufacturer seeking to build the next plant and create american jobs is faced with excessive taxation and forced to build that factory overseas. too many americans feel the path of opportunity is closed to them. we must make sure it is not. the problems we face are real but i have never been one to dwell on problems. i am a solutions guy. when you grow up on a farm and you have a problem, you do not ask the government to solve it. you just figure out what needs to be done and go do it. that is the american way. if i had the honor to lead this country, let me tell you some of the things i would do right away to get oppressive government off the backs of americans. today, there is one former member of congr

. summertime has arrived early in washington. temperatures in the 40s in some cooler suburbs, manassas, gaithersburg, going to be a nice day to get outside and enjoy mid to upper 40s here for the next couple of hours in the cool suburbs. by lunchtime today temperatures will be soaring way up into the 70s. in fact, i think by late this afternoon, high temperatures up near 82 here in washington. it's going to be a nice day today high 79 in manassas, gaithersburg. how long does the weather last? seven-day forecast coming up. >> all right, chuck. thanks. new this morning, maryland state police say a man died in a crash in prince george's county. it happened on branch avenue and brandywine. driving northbound, a woman turning hit his car. armstrong died. a passenger in the woman's car was also hurt in the crash. >> to a developing story in baltimore, a week long curfew ended. several people were arrested overnight and violating that citywide curfew. our cameras right here rolling as police arrested this man. this was after 10:00 p.m., the curfew went in effect. protesters started throwing b

van made four stops before arriving at the police station. "the washington post" revealed this information citing the police report that was turned over to the state's attorney yesterday. >>> the man inside that transport van at the same time as freddie gray said he heard banging. officers picked up dante allen during one of the four stops we told you about. he was put in the police van from the opposite side of gray. he didn't see gray but he heard noises. >> when i got in the van, all i heard was like a little banging. for about four seconds. >> did you tell the miss that you heard him banging his head against the van? >> i told homicide that. >> sources told our baltimore affiliate that gray was likely unresponsive by the time that allen was picked up and put in the van. according to medical experts the type of injury that gray had could have caused a seizure. >>> the violence and destruction we saw in response to gray's death has set off a fed cal investigation. the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms looking for people who set the fires. they're offering a $10,000 rewa

hope of the better days. >> they had been here in washington. saying that he was not just a person, but a symbol of the challenges that face the young people in baltimore every day. in east baltimore, they plan to rebuild their senior citizen as it was burned down during last week's unrest. >> this morning they held their first service since that happened. our john henry was there. so john, how does that congregation react to the huge loss? >> reporter: right now they are looking ahead as we have talked to many church members. this is obviously a setback this fire, shedding some light on the other problems playing the city of maryland. in the face of adversity, still has hope. the reverend tried to take up the church. just across the street. this was suppose to be a $16 million senior center. they plan to open them this winter. but during the recent unrest in baltimore, someone lit it aflames. >> someone was upset and they took their behavior out on the facility. >> reporter: they disappointed some church members. >> this is a way of vetting. they take all the resources away from t

, and rachel was good garbage for them. >> she dreaded going to washington and made the statement, "i'd rather be a doorkeeper in the house of god then live in that palace.” well, she never did. before he left to go to washington, she died. >> in 1828, emily donelson rachel's niece was 21 years old and she became the white house hostess. >> emily was perfect. for all of the negatives washington had to say about andrew jackson, they loved emily. >> she received education in the fine arts of being a lady, how to sew, how to embroider, music, proper table manners, proper etiquette, and it was that kind of education that enabled her when rachel suddenly died to slide right into the role of white house hostess. >> the women all liked her and as it was to happen, the women's opinions meant more than people thought, but she entertained beautifully, she was polished, she know exactly how to be best. >> it's emily that jackson has a falling out with over the peggy eaton affair. jackson never lost his affection for her. he just couldn't deal with this kind of going against his will in his own h

slave state. they would send two southern senators to washington and you would keep an equilibrium in the u.s. senate. that is what people thought. they assumed wrongly. the kansas-nebraska act particularly those in the east when states, northern abolitionists were outraged by the kansas-nebraska act. they hated slavery, but they could live with it as long as it stayed below 36-30. now it could spread all the way west to the pacific ocean. armed and heavily financed groups of abolitionists backed by new england concerns boston, connecticut, rhode island, maine, ohio, new york, they poured in anti-slavery men and women to stop kansas from becoming a slave state. missourians saw these yankees pouring into kansas territory. they knew they were going to have a fight on their hands. the mixture of abolitionists and proslavery mingling together in kansas territory, the territory exploded in violence warfare terrorism. it attracted men like john brown and his sons. it started in 1854, a low-grade war again in kansas. it was nicknamed "bleeding kansas." from 1854 until kansas became a free

assumed washington politicians assumed that kansas nebraska act would probably somewhat replicate the missouri compromise in that if you brought in twin territories, one would be naturally free peer the other naturally would be slave. most people assumed the new territory of the brassica would be settled by the free state of iowans. iowans would come in and settle the area, set up a government, write a free state constitution, and bring nebraska in as a free state. and nebraska would stand to northern senators in congress. conversely, a slave state missouri, there were over 100,000 or so slaves in the state of missouri. most people thought they would come into eastern kansas, set up a government, and write a constitution and kansas would come in as a slave state, and kansan -- kansas was sent to does southern senators. that is what most people thought. they assumed wrongly. they call to arms for abolitionists, particularly those in the east new england state. northern abolitionists were outraged by the kansas the brassica act. abolitionists hated slavery but could live with it as long

told about 240 people were on board that train when it was going from washington to new york. you're looking at chopper3. you see the first responders there. a large presence there tonight. we do know mayor michael nutter is on scene. he's expected to talk to us and briefer us very shortly and of course as soon as he begins to do that we will bring that to you. in the meantime, you can see people there on the ground. you can see how big of a scene this is, just how large it is in terms of the sheer amount of space. all of the people there, of course going through this wreckage and you can see through chopper3 how mangled a lot of this wreckage s-how hard this impact was how strong this impact was. >> among those who were on board this train was a former pennsylvania congressman patrick murphy from the eighth district. he actually snapped these photographs. he is okay. he said that he was able to get off safely but he shared these photographs with the world. he also mentioned that delaware senator tom carper was on board that train and senator carper has confirmed he was on amtrak 188

of the region will be down into the 50s. and right in washington not changing much. we'll be in the low 60s by 8:00. still hovering up near 60 by 8:00 a.m. then up around 60 degrees much top region, not much of a warming throughout the rest of the morning. then by 11:00 much of the 60s. next weather and traffic on the 1s, amelia with your weather what to wear forecast. now melissa with the commute. >> looking at this problem in silver spring. chopper 4 got over the scene, kemp hill road shut down at glen allen. you can see the downed wires. it's going to be like this for quite some time. this morning you want to take georgia avenue as your alternate. right now, first 4 traffic tracker going across the american legion bridge to show us how 66 is looking right now. not seeing any big issues. wide look at the beltway, no problems inner loop or outer loop. 95 in maryland here at powder mill road looking good here. no problems there. beltway at drc, though that camera did not pop up for me. 66 headed into town and 95 northbound here slowest spot is dale city. aaron? >>> melissa, thank yo

four murders in washington d.c. has a violent criminal history stretching from new york to maryland. daron dylon wint sometimes went by stephon or his middle name. in the late 2000s he had convictions for assault and. this. in 2008 his -- and thefts. in 2008 his girl friend told police wint cloaked, punched and slapped her -- choked, punched and slapped her about an argument over the car radio. in another argument she said wint pushed her over the back of the couch and cut his arm with a knife. in 2010 he pled guilty to malicious destruction of property after breaking into a woman's apartment and threatening to kill her. according to court documents, he threatened that woman, her daughter and friends warning he was good with a. >> and not afraid of police. prior to 2005 -- with a knife and not afraid of police. prior to 2005 wint had no history we could find. his family immigrated from giana in 2001. in a few years he landed a job at american iron works owned and operated by savvas savopoulos. it's unclear what relationship, if any, wint had with savopoulos when he worked for his co

the president and his wife went on a carriage ride through washington and during that ride lincoln said something incredible. he said, mary this day i consider the war has come to an end. we must be happy again. between the death of our young boy willy and the terrors of the war, we were very unhappy. we must be happy again. his desire to go to chicago after he finished the second term and said he wanted to see the pacific ocean and he had said to mary but we must be happy again. hours later they arrived here about 8:30. when the lincolns walked in he came without an ent rouj and without guards. they played hail to the chief and the crowd went wild. he had done as he said he would. he had won the civil war. he had ended slavery and preserved the union. this tonight was lincoln's greatest triumph of his life time and got into that presidential box, took off his hat and bowed and sat down and the play continued. i would have liked to have seen that. i wouldn't have wanted to have seen the assassination but i would have loved to have seen that magical moment at 8:30 p.m. on april 14th

and pulled them over on rhode island avenue in northeast washington. there are two vehicles involved in this. both were towed away, they have been impounded by police. that's one that's a sedan, the other is a small box truck. now wint has been charged with first degree murder in the deaths of the savopoulos family and their housekeeper, vera figueroa. the big break in the case came when police analyzed a pizza crust that was found at the crime scene. sources tell news4 that wint's dna was found on the pizza crust. that's when he was identified as the prime suspect in these murders and the manhunt began. the manhunt now over. he has been arrested. he's being questioned by police and is facing murder charges. back to you in the studio. >> megan mcgrath in college park thanks. >>> well there will be a wake today for vera figueroa the housekeeper at the savopoulos home. last wednesday, figueroa texted a friend she would be working at the woodley park house. she came to the u.s. from el salvador to earn money before planning to retire next year. a viewing will be held at the fra

this sedan. according to our news partners at "the washington post," wint was in sedan at least $10,000 as a suspect in the torture and murders of savvas and amy savopoulos, their young son and housekeeper. police say he extorted $40,000 from his former boss before torching their home stealing his car and then setting that vehicle on fire just miles from his father's lanham home. and according to the u.s. marshal, wijts was arrest -- wint was arrested around 11:00 last night in northeast washington with five other people. his rap sheet pretty lengthy. it consists of assaults, threats, even some burglary charges. we're also learning that back in 2010 wint was arrested after he was caught with a bb gun and a machete right outside his former workplace which happens to be the business owned by savvas savopoulos. we're live in college park, delia goncalves, wusa9. >> thank you, deal ya. the savopoulos family issued a statement this morning. it read in part, quote, we are thankful to law enforcement who have worked so diligently to bring about an arrest in this case. while it does not

1865, four days after lincoln's death, and this is the day of the big funeral in washington. he talks about his life in the previous few days since the president had died in his bed. he talks about souvenirs going in and out day and night for a relic. he was not blameless. he sent relics to his sister. he talks about sending even a piece of mary lincoln's cloak and also he talks about what else was going on. people at that time printing was -- you weren't able to see get images into the newspapers so he had been working with an engraver that's to thrgs hiegis portion highlighted here, engaged sunday with an artist aiding him this making of a correct drawing of the last moments of mr. lincoln. as i knew the position of everyone present, he succeeded in executing a fine sketch which will appear in their paper the last of this week. he intends from this same drawing to have some find large steel engravings executed. so sunday, the day after lincoln's death, easter sunday and, already there's an artist in the peterson house to sketch this scene. so, the fact that is another item that we'r

five are scattered throughout the city. you can go to nbc washington app to see exactly where these cameras are located. if the cameras catch you speeding you'll get a warning in the mail. after 30 days those warnings turn into ticket. >>> it's 4:35. it can cost you more to park in arlington. the prices would go from $1.25 to $1.50. that hike would go into effect in september. >>> a first 4 traffic alert before you head out the door if you're taking 395 through the third street tunnel the off ramp to massachusetts avenue is down to one lane only. you'll also have to keep your speed to 35 miles per hour. it's going to stay that way for a year and a half as d-dot works to upgrade the tunnel. >>> the college republicans and democrats will show "american sniper" at the hoff theater. after the movie there will be a panel discussion. the student intertapement events group -- entertainment events postponed that screening. the muslim group was concerned because they say it's anti-muslim. >>> multiple big announcements expected today in the republican race to be president. later this morning

"washington week." >> i was sick sexnd heartbroken by the charges that we heard today. because no one in our city is above the law. >> i think the people of baltimore want more than anything else the truth. gwen: another city, another tragedy. another opportunity for self-examination. >> i heard your call for no justice, no peace. your peace is sincerely needed as i work to deliver justice on behalf of this young man. gwen: the baltimore factor. how will a nation act? and -- >> two four, six eight -- gwen: the supreme court tackles gauge marriage. >> this definition has been with us from my lina and it's very difficult for the court to say oh, well, we know better. gwen: plus, on the 2015 campaign trail, the subject turns to inequality. >> we also have to be honest about the gaps that exist across our country the inequality that stalks or streets. gwen: as hillary clinton gets another democratic challenger. >> how does it happen that the top 1% owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90%? gwen: covering the week, michael fletcher, national economics reporter for the "washington p

public and private lives of women who fulfilled the position of first lady. from martha washington to michelle obama, sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. as a complement to the series, c-span's new book first ladies. it's available as a hard cover or an ebook through your favorite book store or online book seller. >> we'll take you now to oak ridge cemetery in springfield illinois, for the 150th commemoration ceremony of president ab ham lincoln's funeral. then author and historian michael burlingameburlingame as he reflects on the ceremony in springfield. you are watching american history tv on c-span3. picture from oak ridge cemetery from revealed illinois, where the 150th anniversary of president aber cap -- president abraham we can pause euro. with us is richard hart, a springfield resident and author. your book is "lincoln's springfield." tell us what we are going to see today and what's going to happen behind you this afternoon. >> this afternoon, you will see a reenactment of the funeral of abraham lincoln in springfield 150 years ago. it started on the square downtown and

at the tower in northeast washington basilica immaculate conception northeast washington there, beautiful early morning sunrise. temperatures are delightfully cool. we're mostly as i mentioned, in the 40s and 50s right now. 48 in leesburg and college park 52 down towards upper marlboro. beautiful day coming up. temperatures are going to continue to rise. quickly the dry air we've had allows for this cool start but also allows for a very quick warm-up. out for rolling thunder this morning at the staging area between 7:00 and 8:00 clear skies, temperatures around 60. plan on temperatures hovering around 80 degrees between noon and 5:00 this afternoon. we'll talk about your monday memorial day forecast coming up in a few minutes with seven-day. >> speaking of rolling thunder, today hundreds of thousands of bikers will honor the men and women uniform who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. in about an hour bikers will gather at the pentagon for rolling thunder ride for freedom. several roads, including memorial bridge will close to the district. closures begin at 11:00 thi

like fall this morning but we will see sunshine later on with milder temperatures. downtown washington right now the lincoln memorial right there in the center of your screen, there is quite a bit of cloud cover in place at the moment, but that will dissipate very quickly as we head into the later morning hours. by 10:00 a.m., pretty much nothing but sun and 63 degrees. notice we are already close to 70 degrees by 1:00. a nice, plate lunch hour. notice the wind -- a nice, pleasant lunch hour. notice the winds are only 5 to 10 miles per hour out of the southeast. much more pleasant, as well. 74 will be the temperature at 4:00. right now it is 48 in leesburg, 41 in alligators burg, 55 in downtown washington and 50 in manassas. nothing going on on radar. we will keep it that way tomorrow, too. i will tell you the chance of rain in the first alert forecast coming up. >>> if you waited until today to leave for your holiday weekend, this is what it looks like on the roads. there it is, a local highway there in virginia is pretty sparse as far as the traffic is concerned. now is not a bad tim

went to washington d.c. only a short time before he left greenfield, oak ridge cemetery was created. mary and abraham lincoln were president on the day the cemetery was dedicated and all of the speeches were made. the apocryphal story is that on the way home, abraham lincoln said this is where i would like to be buried. >> you mentioned mary todd lincoln. yet she did not leave washington dc and travel to springfield. why is that? >> mary todd lincoln's life was one -- she had to face any many tragedies and this was perhaps the greatest of all -- her husband the assassinated, and she was rightfully devastated by that. she was just not emotionally capable of making that trip. her son, robert todd lincoln was there with her. >> if you look on your screen, there are some of the reenactors. who are those folks in the tents and how long have they been camped out? >> some of them have been here since last wednesday and thursday night, when i was out here, we came out for dinner. a lot of the tents were out at that time and it was a beautiful scene. it was beautiful and the oak ridge cemete

with a scary situation in washington d.c. police found an unattended vehicle and after a closer look they found a pressure cooker and the odor of gasoline. a perimeter was set and the bomb squad came in to detonate what they called items of concern in the car. a followup search did not detect anything hazards by police found the driver and arrested him. a pressure cooker was used at the boston marathon. on this memorial day americans everywhere paying tribute to soldiers who sacrificed for our country but isis is on a roll in iraq and syria. tracie potts is live for us in washington. there is a spirited debate in washington right now. >> there is. and here in washington on this memorial day not everyone agrees whether or not that needs to happen. we just found out this afternoon 15 new air strikes by the southeastern air force against the islamic state but some lawmakers argue the air strikes are not working. >> reporter: as rolling thunder veterans mark another memorial day in the nation's capitol, washington is debating how to defeat the islamic state. >> we need to have a str

. isis is claiming responsibility but experts question that. edward lawrence is in washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. investigators are looking to see what role direction from overseas played in the garland attack. the fbi and homeland security are helping police. it's unclear weather elton simpson and nadir soofi were ordered by isis to open fire in texas. on tuesday, the terror group claped responsibility for the attack, but u.s. officials remain skeptical. >> i think it's a sign of weakness on isis' part. >> reporter: they are examining the gunmen's content and online activity. before the attack simpson pledged allegiance to isis. before that cbs affiliate, wcco said simpson began communicating with miski, a jihadist fighting with the terror group, al shabab in syria. they triggered the attack at "charlie hebdo" earlier this year. 12 people were killed. the paper's editor is rejecting it. >> they are organizing antiislamism. it's an obsession. we don't have this obsession. >> reporter: on tuesday, the magazine was honored with a freedom of expression in new york

hearing in the spy trial of "washington post" correspondent jason rezaian opens and closes in iraq today. an indian prime minister modi marks his first year in office. amid criticism that his government caters to the wealthy. mexican taxi drivers become the latest to protest against the rise of car-hailing app uber. and what is in a name he act or apparently, quite a lot. more on this story over former french president nicolas sarkozy's move to change his opposition party's name, on the way. first, our top story. genie: first, the army in iraq is fighting to take ramadi back from the state islamic group. it is aimed at cutting off the militants and preparing a bid to retake the city. for more on this, let's bring in charles mcdermott. talk about how this operation will work. charles: it was an interesting statement from the iraqi government. they said they would launch the operation, but nothing has started yet. they give interesting details. they said the sunnis will take part, the shia militias will take part, and the iraq he forces, which suffered a big defeat. it is a lot of fa

to curb phone data collection. libby casey, al jazeera, washington. >>> the foreign intent against surveillance court allows the government to request a warrant to collect any quote tangible things for terrorism investigations. those proceedings are secret and the target does not have to be notified they are being investigated. the fbi has dramatically increased its use of the patriot act to collect information. the agency has been using its authority to sweep up data on people who are not part of any investigation. it's due to more electronic information being available. the report faulted the fbi for taking seven years to create privacy protections. we are joined to talk more about the options on the table right now. the senate is going to debate three provisions of the patriot act today. what are their options? >> right now, there's basically two things on the table. the first is a law called the usa freedom act which was passed by the house a couple of weeks ago, only 88 votes against, so very strong support in the house. a fair amount of support in the senate as well. and the

political commentator for npr and abc news is next on booktv. her book "capital dames" recounts washington d.c. during the civil war through the lives of many would who lived and worked in the capital. following the stock from politics & prose story in d.c. we bring you a book party for "capital dames" from the museum also in washington. >> i want to say it is such a personal pleasure for me and for brad who is not here to post cokie roberts tonight. i think this is your sixth or seven at politics & prose. you have been here for three previous books all the way which were "new york times" bestsellers. we have a couple if you miss them on the first go around. cokie has also been here several times but there several times with her husband steve roberts, for books they've written together. some of you may know maybe not all of you that along with many other awards, cokie was named by the library of congress as a living legend. legend is good but he knows better. i was going to say here at pnp we think of her as one of our own legend because she has such deep roots in our washington community.

train as it made its way from washington dc to its final resting place in springfield illinois. we live from oak ridge cemetery in springfield to commemorate the anniversary of president lincoln's funeral. with over 1000 reenactors, and every creation of the eulogy, speeches, and performances. and a tour of the newly re-created lincoln funeral car. also on c-span this weekend, the festivities of the state visit of the japanese prime minister, including his arrival at the white house and the post at the dinner -- and the toast at the dinner in his honor. and the oral arguments on same-sex marriage, whether the 14th amendment requires a state to license a marriage between two people of the same sex. and tonight at 10:00, author peter slevin looks at the life of our first lady, michelle obama, from childhood through the white house. and our live, three-hour conversation with jon ronson, who has written many books including, "so, you have been publicly shamed." join the conversation with jon ronson, who will also be taking your phone calls e-mail, facebook comments, and tweets. >> all

washington. we are not just taping this program, what are you doing jack oh? anna: i came a day early because i love washington. obviously, i went to the white house, the lincoln memorial, one of my favorite parts was the arlington national cemetery. the changing of the guards -- you see it on youtube, and then in person. i admired so much. host: what has today been like? you start out with a capital tour? michael: we did. we met at c-span first and went on a tour with someone from c-span, and walked around the capital. that was really awesome. i think i have been there before on some other trips to washington but there is so much you can learn from there. i definitely recommend that if anybody comes to d.c., they should stop by and do a tour inside the congress building. you really get a sense of american pride when you go in there. it is so established, so beautiful, and you get to see democracy where it is. host: you will finish of the day today by going back to the capitol complex. what is the end of the day like? katie: for the remainder of the day, we will go back to the capital

gallery in washington dc with jim barber who gives us a look at one of the oil paintings of ira aldridge. he was born free in new york and became famous in europe after being able -- unable to find work in america. this is part of the series, face to face. >> hello, welcome. here at the portrait gallery every picture tells a story. face to face connects some of the stories we have on hand and to take a step from story to history. jim barber is a historian at the portrait gallery, and he has written extensively on the civil war and he is finishing a new exhibition and is giving face to face talks on many people. and a short story on iraq out of rich -- ira aldridge. jim barber: this is appropriate for february, black history month. why ira aldridge? with this series we connect three different people, throughout three months. we began last month with pocahontas. this month is ira aldridge and the connection is, the thread, back in 2007, the state of virginia celebrated or commemorated two huge anniversaries. one was the 400th anniversary of the founding of jamestown. the second an