. in a conversation with the mr. avlon argues that president washington warned to future generations about the ,uture of hyper partisanship and foreign wars. this about one hour. >> we are enormously fortunate today to have as our guest john avalon that is the editor-in-chief of the daily beast and the cnn political analyst. he's here today to discuss his new book, "the founding fathers warning to future generations, which has already been praised as a fantastic addition to national literature. please join me today and welcoming our wonderful guest. [applause] john: thank you. it's an honor to be here. >> a great thing to be talking about george washington. in itself it tells us a lot. had you get interested in the project and why is the interest today. >> imagine if the first founding fathers sat down with alexander hamilton in james madison and wrote a memo to future generations, to us, specifically about the forces he feared. rooted in the lessons of his life and understanding of history. he did. that is the farewell address. it was the philadelphia executive mansion on market six

located here in the west. and washington became a pivotal state making that leap into the 20th century and after we passed it in 1910, there was a domino effect across the country. immediately, oregon passed in 1911, followed by california, and then the dakotas, nebraska, montana, and then progressed across to new york in 1919 and of course the national amendment passes in 1920. you can call is a big turning point in the effort to gain suffrage for women in the united states. in 1848, the big event that began the suffrage was when the women's convention in seneca falls with susan b anthony, among other leaders. interestingly enough, right after that, she began a whirlwind trip to territorial areas in the united states to advocate for women's rights to vote. one of the early leaders in the 20th century in washington state saw her in 1848 as an eight-year-old, barnstorming through illinois. that is emma smith defoe, who ends up coming a leader of the washington state suffrage movement, and lived and worked right here in tacoma near our history museum. she saw susan b anthony in c

, editor chief, discusses his new book "washington's farewell." in conversation with the constitution's scholarship, he argues president washington more future generations about the dangers of hyper partisanship, excessive debt, and war of words. this is about one hour. >> we are fortunate today to have as our guest on john avalon, the editor in chief of the" the daily beast" and now must. and he is here to discuss his book entitled "washington farewell," which has only been praised as a fantastic contribution to our national literature. john will be with us for a book signing following this program. so please join me today and welcoming my guess, john. [applause] john: i am honored to be here. >> it is a great thing to talk about george washington. [laughter] it tells us a lot. john, how did you get interested in the project, and why is it of interest today to think of washington's farewell address? john: imagine if george alexander set out hamilton in james madison, and wrote a memo to future generations, to us, specifically about the forces he feared that could destroy our democratic

never caught the washington's relentless pursuit of the run away slave ona judge and an actress joins us to discuss her starring role in the drama series "the hand mads tail." glad you joined us. all of that coming up. ♪ ♪ >>> and by contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you, thank you. >>> era armstrong dunbar is an author. the latest book called "never caught" the pursuit of the run away slave owner ona jude, the slave that escaped from the home of america's first, first family in detail and provides a look at george washington's relationship to slavery. i'm delighted she did it and honored to have her. thank you, thank you, thank you. >> thank you. >> this book gives us a way of seeing george washington. tell me more. >> it does. with my goal when i wrote this book to tell a story not through typical founding fathers and ona jude's life gives us the ability to do that. she moves through the nation and gives us kind of portal into south. >> i was whit perring to you that i was -- it was fascinating for me to see the extent to which george washington told himself with

university of mary washington in fredericksburg, and it is the largest repository in the country for artifacts and documents related to the fifth president of the united states. previously scott was the director of the new market battlefield state historical park owned by vmi. and previous to that director of historic resources for the city of manass. he received his ba with honors and holds a masters degree from the college of william and mary. mr. harris. [ applause ] >> i'm not going to drop the mike, but i will lower it gently to the ground. there. thank you very much and good morning. oh, come on. good morning. >> good morning. >> if you'll turn in your hymnals to number 61. oh, that's tomorrow. [ laughter ] sorry. i couldn't resist. i was talking about that earlier. it is a pleasure to be here. if i may take the chance in a house of worship to say to spread the gospel of james monroe as my colleagues also will be doing today. any time that we have the opportunity to help raise awareness of the man that i like to call the hardest working president in show business we like to do

history of tacoma, washington. to learn more about the cities on our current tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. we continue with our look at the history of tacoma. >> washington's importance in the national suffrage effort comes by the fact that we were the first state in the 20th century and followed almost a 20 adoptingbetween state their own suffrage amendment. it takes a certain number of states to pass a national amendment to the constitution. we were the fifth estate -- state. about six were located in the west. washington became a pivotal state making that leap into the 20th century. after we passed it in 1910, there was a domino effect throughout the country. immediately, oregon passed in 1911, followed by california, and then moved to the dakotas, montana, nebraska. and progressed across to new york in 1919 and then of course the national amendment passes in 1920. you could call us a big turning point in the effort to gain suffrage for women in the united states. event thate big began the suffrage movement did happen in new york. that was the women's convention in seneca fa

today's celestial event. good morning washington. solar eclipse day! back to school for dcps - not perfect, but ok eclipse viewing in the dmv - clouds & sun to see the eclipse; a few storms possible (1:17-4:01pm) - hot & humid start to the week - refreshing change coming late week today: hot and humid. mix of sun and clouds. a few pm thunderstorms. highs: 86-90 winds: s 5-10 mph tonight: partly cloudy, warm and humid. patchy fog possible. lows: 72-77 winds: s 5 mph tuesday: partly to mostly sunny. hot and humid. stray thunderstorm. highs: 91-96 winds: sw 5-15 mph this morning-- counting down to an event that has not happened in the united states in nearly 40 years. today's solar eclipse may draw the largest live audience for a celestial event in human history. and thats not even counting social media. abc's marci gonzalez has more. join us later today for - "the eclipse across america"... and w-j-l-a dot com from 12:30 to 3:30. our reporters are in cities across the path of totality - so you can see the eclipse live as it happens from coast to coast. we will get a live update from

george washington by gilbert stuart. but according to william seale, author of two books on the white house, the building's interior is destroyed. >> they burned the second floor with rubble, and then they broke up all the furniture and poured lamp oil on it. and the attic fell in, and then it burned through the main floor and the whole thing, in about two hours, was just a shell. >> after the war, the original architect, james hoban, rebuilds it exactly as it had been -- in what will become known as the federal style. >> president madison decreed that it be rebuilt as a symbol of survival. >> by 1817, the renovation is almost complete and our fifth president, james monroe, moves in. a dozen years later, the seventh, andrew jackson, lets a drunken mob trash the place during his inaugural ball. maybe this poor piece of wood was part of the collateral damage. who knows? over the years, presidents come and presidents go, redecorating, repainting, and renovating to suit their individual tastes. then, in 1902, theodore roosevelt begins the first wholesale restoration of the mansion that he

important element of government. in washington. i underestimated that. >> jimmy carter was an outsider to washington. that was why jimmy carter was elected. in the post-watergate period, he was able to say i am not of an. i am from georgia. i was the governor of georgia. i am never going to lie to you. i'm a born again christian. he was able to separate himself from the mucka nd mire of watergate. budget donald trump presented himself to the american people to say i'm not a politician. i've never served in government before. jimmy carter told us in his oral history he thought he would be fine in terms of his experiences as a chief executive of a state. he had been in atlanta as the governor of georgia. he said when i got to washington it was very different from what i expected. president carter: i do not have any obligations. very few members of congress or members of the major lobbying groups or distinguished former democratic leaders played was a role in my election. of thes not that tie off campaign interrelationships that would have occurred had a not been able to witness

coverage of the solar eclipse on monday starts at 7:00 a.m. eastern, with "the washington journal," live at goddard space center in maryland. our guests are a nasa research the chiefntist and scientist at goddard. at noon eastern, we join nasa tv as they provide live views of the eclipse shadow passing over north america. at 4:00 p.m. eastern, viewer reaction to this rare solar eclipse over the continental united states. live coverage on monday, on c-span and c-span.org. listen free on the c-span radio app. >> washington journal continues. host: we are back in open phones until the and of today's washington journal, getting your thoughts on the policy and political debates happening in this country. we will begin with president trump's latest speech on a conversation we were having earlier this morning about confederate monuments. see theed out, "said to history of our great country being ripped apart the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments. you cannot change history, you can learn from it. robert e. lee, stonewall jackson -- who is next? so foolish. also, the beauty being taken

here is the old union terminal, i believe it's called, in washington that lincoln did depart from. but this gives us the old timeframe. took many hours to get to gettysburg, down the track and there are stories on the train of lincoln writing his speech. he stopped along the way. they had to pick up water. the train evidently engines had to rest. for example here at hanover junction which is just up the road here, if you haven't been to hanover junction, a wonderful place to visit, the railroad junction there was an important place. lincoln went through there several times. they have restored the old depot, too. you will see images of hanover junction sometimes associated with lincoln. and they say sometimes lincoln is here on the platform. lincoln is probably not in these pictures. these pictures were probably taken in fact the day before lincoln was there. when a whole group of people, marshals for the parade and for the ceremonies at gettysburg were going up to gettysburg and they were stranded there for hours and hours and had nothing to do but take a lot of pictures. there is

costa. recess in washington starts with last-minute drama. tonight on "washington week." president trump: they can continue their obsession with the russian hoax or they can serve the interests of the american people. robert: while the president fumes, the investigation into russia's election meddling ramps up, again. the special counsel convenience a grand jury. president trump rallies his base. president trump: we don't need advice from the washington swamp. we need to drain the swamp. robert: aggressively pushing conservative policies on immigration and jobs. but his low approval rating and sharp jabs at congress are sparking friction within his own party. >> it's not conservative for elected officials, those of us in congress to watch this and not say anything. robert: congress heads out of town but not before putting new limits on the president's ability to lift russian sanctions, a bill mr. trump reluctantly signed. will the summer recess bring clarity or ballpark -- ballpark. we get answers from dan balz of the "washington post." susan davis of npr. carol lee of nbc news. an

tonight on "washington week." president trump: we are not nation building again. we are killing terrorists. robert: president trump expands the u.s. role in afghanistan. convinced by his generals that the 16-year conflict had reached a critical juncture. >> we're not winning in afghanistan right now. robert: the president also puts pakistan on notice. president trump: we can no longer be silent about pakistan's safe havens for terrorist organizations. robert: what will victory look like under the trump plan? [cheering] robert: on the campaign trail, the president fires up his base. president trump: they are trying to take away our culture. they are trying to take away our history. and our weak leaders, they do it overnight. robert: and throws down an ultimatum to congress. fund a border wall or else. president trump: we have to close down our government, we're building that wall. robert: so what happened to the plan to have mexico pay for it? we'll get answers and analysis from julie pace of the associated press. jake sherman of politico, nancy youssef of "the wall street journa

comcast cable partners work with the expanded cities to her staff when we travel to tacoma, washington. american singer and actor being crosby was warned in 1903. learn more about tacoma, a weekend on american history tv. >> washington's importance in the suffrage movement comes from the fact that we were the first aid in the 20th century and that of states 20 year leg adopting their own suffrage movement. there were a number of states that passed a national amendment to the constitution. we were the fifth estate. all of the first states, the first six were located here in the west. washington became a pivotal step making a leap into the 20th century. after we passed this in 1910 there was a domino affect across the country. immediately, oregon passed it. then california than that moved to the dakotas and montana and nebraska. to new yorkd across in 1919 and the national amendment passes. you could call us a big turning point in the effort to gain suffrage for women and the united states. the big event that began the suffrage movement did happen in new york. conventione women's led by

chambers. the suspect has a long criminal history. >> reporter: frank, washington has been arrested for crimes throughout the bay area. in january milpitas police arrested him for a robbery at a store in a mall. he was also charged for drug possession. with the latest arrest he is facing charges of assault with a deadly weapon and battery. bart police say this man, 42- year-old mario christopher washington of berkeley was arrested and is accused of attacking two passengers on the transit system for no reason. washington was arrested nearly three hours after bart police released surveillance pictures of him during a news conference monday morning. police say an oakland fair inspector spotted washington near ninth and a broadway in downtown and contacted bart police. >> as our officers were responding to the area the same oakland fire investigator saw one of our patrol sergeants in the area and flagged him down. >> reporter: officers later tack washington into custody. police say washington was involved in two violent attacks on bart trains. the first happened last thursday night when

>> now, "good morning washington," on your side. conflict escalating, a possible target in scramble was morning as north korea sets sights on american soil area and sam sweeney, what's going on in paris? [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] sam: a citywide manhunt going on right now, six people are hurt, two of them seriously after a vehicle slammed into a group of soldiers. they were guarding a neighborhood in a paris suburb. the vehicle of your two clearly target the soldiers. there are new signs that this is now considered a terrorist attack. police are trying to find the vehicle right now is the search we will get new updates and i will let you know what happens in a few minutes. there really was a lot happening overnight what you were sleeping. adrianna: absolutely. let's talk about the weather today. feels like fall area veronica: that's right, it's going to be a stunning wednesday. nothing sticky about this summer day. see 60 degrees, the calm wind allowing us to get a little b

a very imperial towards. washington sanctions venezuela's president nicolas maduro targeting his private assets but avoids going off to the country's oil sector. white house communications director anthony scott a buchi has been fired less than two weeks into the job it's the latest in a series of reshuffles in chief trump sparking speculation of payoffs in the cabinet. and the french government is to open to new migrant centers near the port town of carly this comes less than a year after the infamous jungle camp was cleared. welcome to our team's national life from moscow on pay partridge thank you for joining us and we start with some breaking news stream members of a notorious street gang have been killed in a shootout with police in a moscow region courthouse the three were trying to flee trial after brutally killing drivers on moscow's streets well for more on this let's cross live now to a man cause for us at the scene hello there a man what can you tell us about what's happened. while the should have occurred right here at the regional. only out of the. pm. when gunshots.

. our cities tour staff recently traveled to to,, washington to learn about its rich history. learn more about tacoma and other stops on our tour at www.c-span.org/citiestour. your watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. ♪ >> we are flying over washington, district of columbia, capital of the united states. we shall view this beautiful city, the pride of every american, from the clouds and from the ground, and observing it to the best advantage. we soar over the capital, the representative office buildings and the congressional library. they hold the legislative and judicial branches of the government, enacting the laws of the land. if the plane encounters air pockets, don't be alarmed, congress may be in session. here is a close-up of the house office building, where congressman do their heavy thinking. in this structure each representative has an office in which to transact the government official business. the senate office building is just across the capitol grounds. both buildings are constructed o beautiful whitef marble and are connected to the c

washington. the great news. as people leave the house to commute, it is dry. 67 degrees in gaithersburg. 75 annapolis. pretty mild there. as you hit the roads, 7:00 a.m., 75 degrees. dry through most of the day today. lunchtime hour, 89 degrees. we're looking at the isolated storm chance. 92 for a high. for those who happen to see the rain, you can have a wet evening commute this thursday. we have nice changes. i'll break down the weekend forecast, show you what it looks like straight ahead. speaking of that commute, let's see how the roads are doing this morning. good morning, jack. >> we started off with a little bit of a hiccup. the csh avenue after georgia avenue. everything was put on the shoulders. the rollback arrived on scene. still on both shoulders, which is a good thing. our delay crept back almost to 95. we're working into a rush hour. it lets loose to georgia avenue. it's going to hang to temple as you head towards connecticut avenue. 4:24, got a crash in the center of the roadway. 66 eastbound after della plane -- hopefully it will be cleared quickly before you hit the roadway

fighters to leave the air. sparks criticism and washington let's get this further now with caleb maupin who joins us live from new york why has the u.s. reacted so furiously to lebanon's decision. well that's a very interesting question now we see that lebanon the government of lebanon and the hezbollah organization conducted joint anti-terrorism operations near their border with syria and that in the operations they made. with the terrorists allowing them to fully now as as we can see this prompted quite as strong and rather accusatory response from washington let's take a listen to what was said. and still is a global threat relocates interests from but it's someone else to deal with is not lost in solution now this is a rather odd response from washington as we have seen repeated in different occasions u.s. coalition forces take similar actions we know that. an iraqi commander actually called for a corporate or to be created so that i still force. furthermore. battling with the. other coalition that a coalition agreement was made and they were able to. i'm let's take a listen

>> we are at the famous bridge in tacoma, washington in tacoma, washington is located on the shores of command that day, which was the northern pacific railroad as it was chartered abraham lincoln. this whole community owes its existence to the railroad. >> welcome to tacoma, washington on booktv with the help of our comcast cable partners, for the next two hours we'll talk with local authors as we explore the history and literary culture. but first, we talk with harold moss about his book, fighting for dreams that matter, which highlights his life and political career as those role in the civil rights movement and the pacific northwest. >> i guess when you get my aging you are still fairly good and advisor to the lack collectives, political strategy committee and you're telling people things that have happened to you in your life and they invariably will say man, i wish you would write that down. aren't you working on a book? are you doing this? and so, in my writing, of which i've done a lot of essays and not sort of thing, it made sense. the name of my book is fighting for dreams

turley, washington law school professor one to talk about the latest the investigations and let's start with the latest. "washington post" front page is that the rning president crafted donald trump, statement on his russian contract on the sideline of the and there was a strategy that was agreed upon, according to the reporting from "washington post" reporters that they would get ahead of the truth.and tell the that was strategy change by the president in that he within the president changed the plan, flying home from germany 8th aboard air force one, trump jr. said he and the lawyers primarily discussed adoption of russian children. the "washington post" saying the inner-circle fear now the president has put circle in his inner legal jeopardy, what is your take? uest: first of all, releasing misleading statements is not itself a crime, otherwise half of washington would be in jail. but it does create certain legal issues for the president that decided to do this, there was a special counsel in looking at obstruction, there were allegations the president had ut pressure on cabine

images of the revolutionary war is emmanuel's painting washington crossing the delaware. it's the night of the december 25th, 1776 the continental army being transported at trenton, new jersey, some 9 miles to the south. anonymous men and one woman of varying nationalities grow pushing great slabs of ice out of the way. two of the occupants are not anonymous. george washington and young lieutenant holding the stars and stripes. his painting is glorious and wrong in almost every detail. the river resembles more than the delaware. the boat is too small and of an inaccurate design. there is too much light for what was a night crossing. washington did not cross stantding up. the stars and stripes have not been adopted by the continental congress and james monroe was not even present with the army. he was already across the river. he was busy. washington lease plan was a risky attempt to reverse the sagging fortunes. during the summer of 1776 british forces had driven the continental army across new jersey and into bucks county, pennsylvania. had thinned the american ranks and many of those

threaten washington, and if i find an opportunity, to take it. that is is objective, admitting his objective is to march on washington and take the capital city. he starts to move north, starts to move down the shenandoah valley. there is no opposition because david hunter has retreated, sigel has retreated. he gets all the way to winchester in the lower valley on july 2 before he meets resistance. he has moved all this way without any opposition. his men are looking forward to an opportunity to bring the war once more to an enemy, because it is july of 1864. that is an election year. cany day, every week we federate army delays defeat, every day, every week they embarrass union armies, abraham lincoln's chance for reelection get dimmer and dimmer. especially pertinent. if we can get to washington, embarrassed the lincoln fromistration, maybe those the northern peace party and the cries will get louder and louder, and maybe in 1864 in november lincoln will be defeated. so they start to move further and further. the alarm is not going to be raised by union soldiers, raised instead b

washington square where we honored those who sacrificed their lives to create our nation. our program continued in front of independence hall where we celebrated the future of that nait nation and the youth who are the legacy of the great and totally we are at the muse the american revolutions. we are celebrating not just the opening of the museum, but the people and the ideas of the revolution and the great landmarks and the history of philadelphia. and we are grateful to the many faith leaders, the students and others who made this day possible. the museum we open today tells the story of the creation of the american nation, how people from all walks of life found a bond in the soaring ideals of equality, freedom, and self-governance had the who consecrated that bond by their courage and sacrifice through eight years of warfare. that bond is what turned them into the unified people of one nation and has done so for every generation since. this museum celebrates and belongs to the american people. there are many distinguished speakers with us on this joyful day and we will introduce

. david: thank you so much, bloomberg's senior white house reporter from washington. what are the implications for ceos when they are deciding whether to speak out against the president or not? today, i spoke with former u.s. treasury secretary larry summers. whoy: there were some ceos fear the president's retaliation against their company, if they resign. that is why i advised a number of ceos who asked me, not to join president trump's councils because i told them i think things will happen with good probability that will make you want to resign. david: for more on the ceo fallout, we turn to former gutierrez,, carlos now a cochair of the albright stonebridge group and he joins us from washington. welcome back. but yourself back in your ceo job. wood -- yourself back in your ceo job. yourself back in your ceo job. would you had join one of these councils? carlos: i would not, i think were ceos are going to get their biggest pressure will be from employees. corporate america, for the past 20 years has been working hard to develop an environment of tolerance, respect and diversity

officer albert pike and is located and judiciary square and washington scuffles broke out next to the stage when several men claiming to be one list argued with protesters fish for racially divisive monuments as playing out across the country after the end rest in the city of charlottesville a week ago a new york subway tile of the times square station will now be altered due to their resemblance to the confederate flag these are not confederate flags it is a design based on jus metric forms that represent the crossroads of the world and to avoid absolutely any confusion we will modify them to make that absolutely crystal clear. to scallop mop and reports now from new york on the controversy which has brought america's historical thinkers to the forefront not long ago we were out here on the streets of new york asking people if they thought that every monument to a slave owner should be demolished even if their founding fathers. did they stop madison avenue. and rename it yeah i think it's fine so if one person is the football that will be by the city you'd be a good idea to take it t

i'm joined by my guest. in washington she's a columnist and political scientist in new york we have brought up he is a political pundit in journalist contributing to the huffington post and in seattle we have callers he is a writer activists and progressive you tube are all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it zach i always go to the person that gets up early is for this program and you got out really early probably not too much traffic that's the that's the upside here is that what is the state of trump world six months into this presidency go ahead oh the state of trump world is we are kind of surprised to be uniting against him as he takes on the challenge that is the alliance between the democrats the clintons the obama and the mainstream media and never expected to be behind him with so much solidarity but he is facing an uphill battle and we are seeing that loud and clear ok so here in washington how do you assess it six months because on my introduction kind of echoed from what we just heard from south go ahead

. headlines on the international washington blames russia for the current escalating diplomatic crisis while donald trump blames. relations with moscow over the new sanctions. from the white house transcripts of the u.s. president's calls with world leaders over at least by the media raising fears of a u.s. national security. the opposition in about his way low says it will refuse to vacate parliament as the country's newly elected constituent assembly prepares for its inaugural session. and a german rescue boat with migrants on board is seized by italian old forties who suspect their crew had been in direct contact with the libyan people smugglers. friday news headlines live on international from. news team a very well welcome to here. the u.s. state department has blamed russia for a new low in relations with moscow it's following the latest sign sions bill the president signed on wednesday so you are you saying that russia is to blame for the low in relations right now. russia's been involved in a lot of activities a lot of activities that are very concerning i know to many of you and to

korea in evitable one certainly gets that impression listening to washington's war hawks and theirs to knock occurs in the corporate liberal media is north korea a growing military threat of course it is but it is also under threat is there still time for diplomacy. across talking north korea i'm joined by my guest when one in washington is the chief political correspondent and see america in boston we have paul atwood he is a professor emeritus of american studies at the university of massachusetts and author of war and empire the american way of life and in beirut we cross the logic he is a philosopher novelist filmmaker and investigative journalist or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want but i always appreciate it ok weighing in washington let me go to you first here let me read a few quotes here says china could easily solve this problem meaning the north korean problem that unfortunate character the u.s. has at the united nations that nikki haley says time for talk is over before we get to how the u.s. and its allies look at north ko

, there was yet another leak early today to the "the washington post." transcripts of some of the president's sensitive phone calls with world leaders spilling out, could be very damaging to national security. in any other administration, that kind of leak would have dominated the headlines all day and this evening. instead, right now this grand jury even superseding that, dana. >> dana: all right, ed henry, thank you for being here tonight. we are awaiting president trump who could be here any moment. but, until then, we have bill bennett former reagan cabinet member, chairman of the conservative leaders for education and a harvard law graduate and before the president comes, sir, it's good to have you here. i'm curious what your initial reactions were to the news about the grand jury. >> well, i know a lot of people are saying this is normal, take this in stride. this is what happens in investigations. but it's not good news. if you are at the white house. first of all, one of the lawyers said i thought this was supposed to be secret. grand jury proceedings are supposed to be se

washington stands before the members of congress to return his military commission to congress. washington's resignation which took place in this very room was an event without precedent in the history of the world. there was some question as to whether washington would become king or what he would do to move the new nation in a new direction. so it was really important that what he ultimately decided was that the power of the military belonged in the hands of the civilian government. two weeks after that, the treaty of paris is ratified in this room. the event which ends the american revolution. it makes annapolis the first peacetime capital of the united states. in may of 1784, thomas jefferson is sent to france to join adams and franklin as the united states first appointed foreign ambassador. we are on the verge of restoring this room back to its original 18th century appearance. it's a project that's been underway since 2006 when we began chasing a moisture infiltration issue in the rear corner of the room. there was a tremendous amount of 18th century evidence that no one

washington taking the investigation into russian election meddling to a new level. the president is blasting the probe telling supporters in west virginia that it's a total fabrication. abc's maggie rulli joins us with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: diane and kendis, good morning. president trump may be leaving washington, d.c. for a few weeks but his possible involvement with russia will certainly remain front and center right here in d.c. >> we didn't win because of russia. we won because of you. >> reporter: surrounded by thousands of supporters in his campaign rally in west virginia, president trump can't seem to escape russia. >> the russia story is a total fabrication. it's just an excuse for the greatest loss in the history of american politics. that's all it is. >> reporter: but in washington, all signs point to the ongoing investigation into russian election meddling only ramping up. "the wall street journal" first reported an abc news confirms that a grand jury has been secretly working for weeks in d.c. suggesting a new elevated phase in special counsel robert mue

it should be washington didn't go to war to defend slavery and i think concerts is very important even though we didn't expect people to want to tear down monuments to figures that are almost sacred in american history like george washington or thomas jefferson the idea now seems to be gaining momentum he wasn't protecting my freedom i wasn't someone who my ancestors weren't deemed human beings to him and so to me i don't care if it's a george washington statue or a thomas jefferson statue or robert e. lee statue they all need to calm down and if those two aren't enough for you how about we try let's blow up mt rushmore that was actually the title of an article from vice media before they changed it to something a little less insatiable but the point was pretty much the same now it's certainly true that george washington and thomas jefferson owned slaves mr president look i think the issue is that you and robert e. lee both owned slaves right that was about. that was wrong yeah but if you want talk about owning slaves you should talk about thomas jefferson whoa. abraham lincoln ce

r.t. house exclusive video also ahead this hour washington's mixed messages over the korean crisis confused. in the region. america's envoy. saying it mustn't become too big to fail. coming from moscow twenty four hours a day this is r.t. international my names you know neil welcome to the program this hour's top story after three years of being isolated from the outside world there is hope for syrians in terrorism where the army is battling to retake it from islamic state an r t has filmed the exclusive video from inside the besieged city. so. i'm going to. ask you to listen again a little i will look i did speak. with. one of them and i. their conditions inside the city are dire after years of terrorist oppression basic necessities including food or scars on the un humanitarian agency is concerned that vital medical help is not getting through right now the only way to get emergency supplies to civilians is through or drops picking up the story only a patrol. it's not the mariana trench or an active volcano but still one of the least accessible places on our planet syria's dear r

capitols, county courthouses and public buildings very famous up in washington, d.c. could not be underestimated. i've heard architectural historian describe the iconic governmental buildings in washington, d.c. as the sequel to the building here. and we start off in jamestown, which is the oldest english speaking settlement in north america. and that was used throughout the 16 hundreds and there were multiple buildings public and private used for meeting. and then in williamsburg we built a capitol that burned down in the middle of the 17 hundreds and we rebuilt a second one and it was the second capital that we left behind when we moved here to richmond during the revolutionary war. and interestingly, mr. jefferson who had introduced the bill to relocate to richmond, by the time we made the move, a year later, he was serving as governor and he got to oversee the process. if you think of the capitol as an essay in architecture, the primary author was thomas jefferson. and at the time we were getting ready to break ground for a new public building in richmond in 1785, jefferson ha

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been neglected and ignored by washington. but we will make sure they are never ignored again. we know there are powerful forces in washington who want to tomp us. but we won't let them. we are fighting for every american who has been overlooked, pushed aside, or told to put their dreams on old. but we will win and we're winning though. the failed voices in washington who oppose our movement are the exact same people who gave us one terrible trade deal fter another. who gave us one foreign policy disaster after another, and who sacrificed our sovereignty, our wealth, and our jobs. they gave them away. we don't need advice from the washington swamp. e need to drain the swamp. president trump: washington is full of people who are only ooking out for themselves. you know it better than most. i didn't come to washington for me. i came to washington for all of you. that i can tell you. [cheers and applause] president trump: your dreams are my dreams. your hopes are my hopes. [cheers and applause] and your future is what i'm fighting for each and every day. the question for democrats --

have left town, we'll look at what's been left behind. and what could be done outside of washington. it wasn't moving day at the white house but time for some renovations. including an oval office redecoration. while the president is off to his new jersey golf resort for 17 days as a working vacation. mr. trump wasn't talking but behind the scenes his new chief of staff, john kellys working to make order out of chaos, assuring attorney general jeff sessions' job is safe but letting others go including brand new communications director anthony courtroom. embarrassing transcripts of telephone conversations between the president and world leaders made it in to the "washington post." there will be consequences said the attorney general. >> i have this warning for would-be leakers, don't do it. >> congress is also gone for the month of august back home in wisconsin, paul ryan said the house isn't getting any credit for what they have done. >> it's about what the president tweeted. >> productivity was also on the president's mind as he fired a parting shot at congress in the form of, yes,

from wisconsin and in illinois congresswoman live that 9:00 eastern. washington journal is next. we take a look at today's news and take your phone calls. this afternoon, the conference moves to c-span with coverage and discussions about grassroots organizing and the use of social media to connect with voters live at 1:00 eastern. coming up, blackwater usa founder discusses his recent op-ed in usa today in which he calls for advertising elements of the u.s. military in afghanistan. then healthcates -- care advocates talk about their work as members of the convergence centers health reform roundtable. later in the show, usa today reporter brett murphy talks about his investigation into california's trucking industry and allegations of driver mistreatment. ♪ president trump yesterday in bedminster, new jersey and this morning on the front page of the new york times, saying "fury"eat of "theory" -- intervene china would if washington strikes first. thanf this comes as more 35 hundred u.s. and japanese troops conducting military exercises today and through the weekend in northern japa