george washington and alexander hamilton. he discussed why their collaboration was an important factor in founding the nation, where it went awry, and the historical accuracy of "hamilton: the musical." gadsby's tavern museum in alexandria, virginia hosted this hour-long event. liz: i am the director here at gadsby's tavern museum. welcome for braving the elements outside. thank you for joining us tonight. i would like to welcome our c-span guests as well. you are sitting in the room or it happened for so many individuals from alexander hamilton's world. washington's first day, jefferson's inaugural dinner, lafayette's banquet during his return trip to america in 1824. i could do a whole lecture on this entire list. [laughter] liz: but, we are here to see dr. peter henriques. he is a professor at george mason university. he is the author of a portrait of george washington and soon will be publishing a book on essays about washington's leadership. side know, if you want more hamilton we will be offering a specialty tour at 10:00 every saturday starting this saturday titled "hamilton's bff

prosperous and democratic. led . to. the main story. washington will face consequences if. the sanctions imposed over the purchase of russian military hardware. also coming up a fall there in germany say he's lost faith in the rule of law in these kind of free carsten hempel sought after a fight with refugees which prosecutors ruled as the facts. here take a look here this born my son has already been knocked out is that self-defense is that. it's really smart phone software designed to track criminals. phones in countries around the world critics say on scrupulous governments are also using it to snoop on the same billion. plus the new york times special reports on russia's alleged interference in america's twenty sixteen presidential election the. journalistic stuff. live from our international news center here in moscow welcome to our company o'neill our top story. china has reacted furiously to new sanctions imposed on beijing by washington for buying russian military hardware that's while more of america's allies are considering similar purchases from moscow let's get the details no

commissioned from 1942 to 1969. i'd like to welcome the esteemed shipmates and their families to washington, d.c. as they celebrate their 36th annual reunion. during world war ii and the korean war, the u.s. s. coney transported goods throughout the asia pacific. mr. yoho: they received battle stars that deserve recognition today. the crewmembers also played a crucial role in defending the u.s. during the cuban missile crisis and i commend the valiant efforts of the men and women who serve this country while aboard the u.s.s. coney. although it was decommissioned long ago, her legacy lives on today. thank you to all the members, past and present, of the united states military for your service and sacrifice. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from ohio seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. beatty: mr. speaker, i stand with democrats for the people. republicans wants to repeal the affordable care act, risking health care for 24 million newly insur

checking in the age of president trump or the washington post fact checker since 2011. the world of fact checking now fundamentally different now than it was a little over 600 days ago? guest: no. fact the world of checking, which has been growing. since i first started doing this almost eight years ago. the core of fact checking is to explain complex policy issues. to viewers or readers. have a politician statement it is designed to unravel the complexity of difficult issues that often politicians speak in code words or short and. the difference for donald trump, we have never encountered a politician, certainly not a president, who routinely says things that are wrong. and even even after he has been fact checked, repeats those wrong things. the one thing we have done that as different as we have now started compiling a list of every factual misstatement the president has made. , one of the main reasons to that is that we just can't keep up with all the things the president says. in that database, gears can find at washington post.com, in his first 601 days in office, president trump h

"the washington post," i'm not making this up, floating an insane conspiracy theory that president trump is responsible for the storm. this is not fake news. this is literally prompt sickness derangement syndrome at a psychotic level. we will show you the actual article frankly it should embarrass all these so-called journalists that claim they have so much integrity. also tonight, a huge dump of more strzok-page text. we have them. and now we have even more evidence. it's now incontrovertible, of what is illicit, politically motivated anti-trump deep state leaking, cia, fbi, doj and from the director of national intelligence. they are all included in this, conspiring against trump not to get elected and then of course to stop him after he was elected. remember what chuck schumer said? the intel community will get you six ways from sunday. i hate to say it, i think he's right. and breitbart has obtained footage of tech giant google and their first company-wide meeting after the 2016 presidential election. all our fears have been confirmed. the people of google to test the president

relationship between george washington and alexander hammerton -- out xander hamilton -- alexander hamilton. >> my name is liz williams and i am the director here. thank you for braving the elements and thank you for joining us tonight. i would like to walk him at c-span guests as well. you are sitting in the room where it really happened. washington's birthday, jefferson's inaugural dinner, lafayette's bank it during his return trips to america in 1824. i could do a whole lecture on this entire list. here to see dr. peter henriquez. he is a professor at george mason university. he is the author of a portrait of george washington and soon will be publishing a book on essays about washington's leadership. side know, if you want more hamilton we will be offering a specialty tour at 10:00 every saturday starting this saturday titled "hamilton's bff and frenemies." [laughter] i bet you know who we will be talking about. don't miss your shot for this opportunity, you can buy tickets on that. [laughter] i know, it is terrible. here is the moment you have been waiting for, dr. henriques, with alex

office in washington also ahead i'm. no place to go or the u.n. says thirty thousand people are displaced in syria's rebel held it may province and gunmen attack libya's national oil headquarters in tripoli two people are dead. the as. the united states has threatened to impose sanctions on the international criminal courts national security advisor john bolton made the announcement in remarks week conservative group in washington d.c. remarks at a still ongoing john bolton says sanctions are necessary to protect american military members from the i.c.c. the court is considering investigating alleged american war crimes in afghanistan he also said the u.s. will do anything in its power to protect its allies from the i.c.c. citing that as a reason for shutting down the palestine liberation organization's office in washington the p.l.o. has been calling for an i.c.c. inquiry into israel let's go live to our correspondent in washington kimberly hockett kimberly this is john bolton's first major address since joining the trumpet ministration and he's been going hard at the i.c.c. . oh there's

perspective o i would show you a picture to put into perspective and the greater washington area with the beltway area in the number three if we can look at that. >> we drove 1 mile radius around the country club and then calculated. >> mister chairman, again we don't have these documents. >> know we're not that's why she's showing three different documents depicting three different things we would like to see all three documents to follow along. >> proceed please. >> looking at the third thing the closest point to your house from the 1 mile radius of the country club and the furthest point you can see it you have described this as being near the country club. is that right quick. >> it was more between my house in the country club in the country club is about a 20 minute drive from my house. >> of course i have marked as the crow flies. would it be fair to say that somebody drove you somewhere either to the party or home from the party? >> correct. >> is anyone come forward too say remember i drove you home? >> no. >> in your july 6 text to the washington post you said this happened in t

that the "washington post" says. jeff: i have no idea what you are talking about. [laughter] >> would you fix your tie, please? david: well, people wouldn't recognize me if my tie was fixed, but ok. just leave it this way. alright. ♪ david: i don't consider myself a journalist. and nobody else would consider myself a journalist. i began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. how do you define leadership? what is it that makes somebody tick? your stock is up 70% this year. is there one thing you think is responsible for that? 70% is pretty good. [laughter] jeff: i, it, i have been lecturing. we have all hands on meetings at amazon. for 20 years, every since we started, 21 years now, 1997, i say, look, when the stock is up 30% in a month, don't feel 30% smarter, because when the stock is down 30% in a month, it will not feel so good to feel 30% dumber. that is what happens. i never spend time thinking about the daily stock price. i don't. david: as a result of going up 70% this year, you have become the wealthiest man

washington area. you could see the beltway on that. the beltway area. >> okay. >> and then number three, if we could look at that, we drew a one-mile radius around the country club and then we calculated from the further -- >> mr. chairman, again, we don't have these documents. no we're not. that is why she showed three different documents because they depict three different things so we'd like to see all three documents, please, so we can follow along. >> proceed, please. >> okay. looking at number -- the third thing here, we calculated the distance from the closest point to your house from a mile radius of the country club and then the farthest point, you could see it is 6.2 and 8.2 miles. and you've described this as being near the country club, wherever this house was, is that right? >> i would describe it as somewhere between my house and the country club in that vicinity that is shown in your picture. >> okay. >> and the country club is about a 20-minute drive from my parents' home. >> a 20 minute drive. and of course i've marked as the crow flies. would it be fair to say th

greater washington area. you could see the beltway on that. the beltway area. >> okay. >> and then number three, if we could look at that, we drew a one-mile radius around the country club and then we calculated from the further -- >> mr. chairman, again, we don't have these documents. no we're not. that is why she showed three different documents because they depict three different things so we'd like to see all three documents, please, so we can follow along. >> proceed, please. >> okay. looking at number -- the third thing here, we calculated the distance from the closest point to your house from a mile radius of the country club and then the farthest point, you could see it is 6.2 and 8.2 miles. and you've described this as being near the country club, wherever this house was, is that right? >> i would describe it as somewhere between my house and the country club in that vicinity that is shown in your picture. >> okay. >> and the country club is about a 20-minute drive from my parents' home. >> a 20 minute drive. and of course i've marked as the crow flies. would it be fair to

investigate the feasibility of a national women's history in washington, d.c.. theotential to study creation of a national women's history museum. >> we are half of the population. wherever you stand, i'm sure there is consensus in this house at half of the population should not go unmentioned in the butbooks of our country, there is no museum in the country that shows the full scope of the history, the amazing, brilliant, courageous, innovative, and sometimes defiant women that have helped to shape our history and make this country what it is. rachel: in november, 2016, the commission produced a bipartisan report that americans deserved a national women's history museum on a one-year the national mall and affiliated with the smithsonian. i am pleased that a bipartisan group of members of congress have introduced legislation to create this museum here in , d c, on one of two sites on our national mall. over 200 members of congress have supported the legislation that has been introduced into the house and the senate and is pending today. the group of the members of congress who suppo

the u.n. general assembly. we start with what is happening in washington. if monday was any version of a fire drill, expect thursday to be hotter. president trump face-to-face with rod rosenstein who right now is still deputy attorney general following a very chaotic day on the capitol. that meeting happening as christine blasey ford and brett kavanaugh testify on capitol hill about her sexual assault allegations against the supreme court nominee. >> so first on rosenstein. a senior official tells us the deputy attorney general overestimated how angry the president would be. rosenstein expected fury after the new york times reported he suggested secretly recording the president and using the 25th amendment to remove him from office. >> rosenstein offered his resignation from office which led to discussions with top officials through yesterday. for now, the future of the man in charge of the russia investigation remains very much up in the air. senior white house correspondent jeff zeleny with the latest. >> reporter: christine and dave, president trump waking up in new york for the sec

corrections -- i corrections on that where you crossed out. i will go on to the washington post article originally published on september 16 of this year. >> should i not look at this for accuracy or -- we believe that the? >> we may come back to it. on the washington post article, do you submit to an interview by a reporter with the washington post for that article to be written? >> correct. >> ok. finally, was the statement you provided this morning, i assume to the best of your recollection that that was accurate? >> the physical article was accurate? >> no, the statement you made this morning. >> yes. >> i want to talk to you about the day this happened, leading up to the gathering. >> ok. >> in your statement this morning, have you told us everything you remember about the day leading up to that? >> yes. >> let me ask a few questions to make sure you have thought of everything, ok? you were atd that the country club swimming that they? -- that day? >> that is my best estimate of how that could have happened. >> when you say best estimate, is that based on the fact that you went the

tensions are riding high in washington d.c. in relation to this probe into allegations that trump colluded with russia bob woodward a popular investigative journalist who wrote two books that were very popular in relation to the trumpet ministration he was being interviewed recently and in his radio interview he stated that in his two years and his two years of investigative work at no point did he find anything showing that donald trump had colluded with russia did you bob woodward here anything in your research in your interviews that sounded like espionage or collusion i did know and of course i looked for it look for it hard now despite announcement on monday that these documents would be made public it appears that that decision is on hold the department of justice is now reviewing the documents the bob mueller investigation continues with many people wondering what will come next and what exactly is the truth. political analyst daniel mccallum says the democrats' reluctance to see the documents declassified raises some questions. i find it very interesting what a panic the democrats

unfiltered coverage of theress, the white house, supreme court and public policy events in washington dc >> c-span is live in montana tonight where democratic u.s. senator jon tester debates his republican challenger matt rosendale. c-span, your primary source for campaign 2018. montana pbs presents debate night, the 2018 race for the u.s. senate, brought to impart by the greater montana foundation. it encourages communications on trends important to montanans. we are on the campus of the university of montana, here are your hosts. welcome toning and montana pbs at debate night, the race for the u.s. senate. >> we would also like to welcome our viewers joining us on c-span and listeners on montana public radio and yellowstone public radio. >> we utilized our inclusion requirements on our website, the candidates meeting that criteria are here tonight. >> they are to term incumbent senator jon tester and the state auditor republican matt rosendale. >> we have a slightly different format tonight, it is candidate will have an additional 90 seconds to answer the question and then there will b

. president lincoln's cottage in washington, d.c., [indiscernible] >> joining us tonight is dr. kate maser, the first reprint written by johnny washington with instruction and edits by dr. maser, she teaches at northwestern, and emancipation of land and coed tort of the war civil war made and law and politics in everyday life, how americans grapple with questions of race and equality after the abolition of slavery and the south. she has worked with the national park service on reconstruction. including the reconstruction national monument in south carolina. does it feel like the recent past or distant past. yet when we think of it from the perspective of human experience, it can feel startling recent. after while, jon tyler has two living grandchildren. similarly in the 1940s johnny washington interviewed african americans who had been alive in the 1860s. he recovered these stories about what life was like when lincoln was president. [indiscernible] >> did it before. we will get into that a little bit in our conversation. it was never reprint and largely became forgotten. it remains

nbc washington app along with lates forecasts from storm team 4. >>> we have news 4's jim hanley photographer joe kasano in north carolina covering the look for updates from them all week. >>> new developmes this morning in the crisis in the catholic church. pope francis is now summoning bishops for a summit to discuss the si sex abuse scandal. the summit is expected to happen in february and on the heels a letter frdi cnal wuerl mentioning plans to visit the pope and ask for guidance. chris lawrence is live in northwest washington with more on this. hi, chris. >> hey, melissa. yeah, in that letter, cardinale talked about failures in episcopal oversight, failures ich have caused a lot of catholics to question whether he can connue to lead. the church's sexual abuse plscandal is ing all over again. in another archbishop of washington may not survive it. cardinal wuerl says he's going to rome to speak with pope francis after hearing from local priests under his command the cardinal wrote him. it was clear some decision sooner rather later on my part is an essential aspect so that t

the terms of the deal so everyone besides washington will keep supporting it plus europe will protect its businesses that are keen on dealing with tehran and here's what they came up with for that mindful of the urgency and the need for results the participants when it comes practical proposals to month tain and developed payment channels not to believe the initiative to establish a special third of a call to facilitate payments related to the dance exports including oil and imports which will assist and reassure economical preachers they're seeing legitimate business with iran while keep hearing the word iran a loads and loads of top later this week this is how big the issue is at this year's general assembly at a un security council session devoted to the uranium issue donald trump will place his mats at the table to defend his cause we see the president do that very special ok janelle's to say the least in the meantime america's national security adviser. and the number one diplomat are trying to make their contribution to sorting out the iranian nuclear issue by opening a

after washington slapped sanctions on the chinese military over its purchase of russian weaponry he goes down of the story to analyze what beijing has said we have to see we have to look at what washington's doing and essentially it's playing a double game it is targeting russia mostly with its new round of sanctions but also launching a blow that is wild which intention is to damage beijing everything revolves around the russia's weapons brushes heavy weapons like the su thirty five fighter jet and the s four hundred surface to air missile defense system and so china bought some of those units and now it is also coming under fire for that and while beijing let me tell you was not impressed when it found out that it is being dictated some new rules on this arena of arms trade other than fair competition we strongly call on the u.s. to remedy the mystique and cancel the sanctions otherwise the u.s. has to bear the consequences russia has also reacted to this new round of sanctions russia still diplomat sergei lavrov has said that what these acts are doing they essentially are pushing

those notes to the reporter from the washington post?>> i do not remember if i showed her something that i summarized, or if i just spoke about it, or if she saw it in my counsel office. i do not know for sure but i certainly spoke with her about the 2013 record with the individual therapist.>> brett kavanaugh's name is not in the notes. is that correct? >> that is correct. >> and reading the washington post article, mentions that to this incident that we are here with which you have struggled. the word contributed, does that mean their are other things that happened that have also committed to anxiety and ptsd.>> i think it is a great question. i think the ideology of anxiety and ptsd is multifactorial. that is certainly a critical risk list we would call it a risk factor in science. that is a predictor of the symptoms that i now have. it does not mean that other things that happened in my life would have made it worse or better, if there were other risk factors as well.>> have been other things that have contributed to the anxiety and ptsd that you suffered? psych i think there are bio

there are deep divisions brought on by the gulf crisis so can washington's desire to rope in israel along with the arab states against a common enemy actually succeeding and what does it mean for president trump's middle east peace plan this is inside stuart. welcome to the program today with me peter w. washington has begun putting together a plan to forge and iran alliance with the arab countries now the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o has met foreign ministers of the gulf cooperation council states and egypt and jordan they discuss the perceived threats posed by iran to peace and stability across the middle east however the g.c.c. is of course a house divided cats are once the blockade imposed on by some of its neighbors lifted before the u.s. security plan can be considered credible husham. discussion today from new york. where a gathering of gold fry vel's. this is the first time qatar's foreign minister has come face to face with his counterparts from saudi arabia the u.a.e. and egypt since the four countries imposed a land sea and blockade on qatar in july last year no

come into the buildings in washington dc we are pleased you can access us throughout the internet. >> host: 100% of materials from the library are not available yet. >> guest: we are digitizing unique collections. in a month the collection of president the a roosevelt will be put up including his diary, he said on february 14th the light has gone out of my life because his mother and his wife on february 14th died, the same day, in the same house. those are the things we are putting up. >> host: what role do members of congress have in the administration, big library of congress? >> guest: it started to serve congress and they have quite a bit of a role in making sure we not only serve members of congress and staff, congressional research service, the special forces, any policy area, they give objective information and research to the legislative process and congress makes sure, i mentioned my visit throughout the country, we mentioned the veterans history project, oral histories and communities, the surplus book program where we make sure those books are available to libraries an

throughout the day today. they headlined first from the washington times, their headline christine blasey ford, kavanaugh accuser, 100% certain he assaulted her. opening statement, her testimony was first this morning. then, judge kavanaugh later on, headline here on the hill to come. -- on the hill.com. a reminder that we cover the hearing, the entire hearing and it is all available on c-span.org. you're on c-span tonight as we mentioned, we will show you first the opening statements, together a little over 50 minutes. after that, we will open up the phones as we have been doing throughout the day to hear your reaction to the testimony and your thoughts on the nomination and whether judge kavanaugh will be approved at the u.s. senate. let's get to the opening statements first and we will see you after that with your comments and reactions. thank you chairman grassley and ranking member feinstein, members of the committee. my name is christine blasey ford. i am a professor of psychology at palo alto university and a research psychology -- psychologist as the stanford -- at the stan

on the washington , we did not call it the washington journal, i don't think -- anyway, here you are in 1991, just so that people can see what is happened to you in 27 years. [laughter] major: i think one of the things this country will recognize and in the whole thomas debate is that black conservatives do exist. i think one of the small hurdles in the way that our country approaches the issue of race is to get over the hurdle of describing somebody is a black conservative or a black liberal. washington times at the time. brian: you were with thewashington times at the time. major: yes. brian: in the history of journalism -- major: i still have a -- have an affinity of green ties, apparently. [laughter] brian: in the history of media, rather than peter baker, are you the on the 2 made it out of the washington times to dig media? major: others did. lori kelman worked at the washington. she worked for the associated press. lorraine waller is a reporter in town washington. she was on the business desk. others did. peter baker and i are probably the two best-known. peter baker was on th

will trump is the major paths for all of russian chinese. those are all they ship washington has imposed sanctions on russia times trade tariffs on china each country is too independent minded to make a full alliance at all likely but they still want the us to know that if a regional crisis ever exploded into conflict with russia and china could present a united front door each islands how does it give us talk with you steven erlanger is chief diplomatic correspondent for the new york times he says both russia and china are attempting to project a wider a sphere of influence well there is an effort and it signals and. the relationship between russia and china is a fascinating one the soviet union is the birthplace of communism in china as well as the sort of little brother though that relationship is very much versed in our very different conclusions both governments drew about how to try to preserve communism both of them are struggling to assert themselves trying to a regional power and russia also as a regional power in a way that their superpowers but it's actually only in re

his accuser going on the record for the first time in a new "washington post" report. the writer of that previously anonymous kavanaugh letter is christine blasey ford. she is a professor in california and she is speaking out about brett kavanaugh attempted to rape her in the early 1980s. he categorically denies that allegation and says he did not do this in high school or at any time. senator dianne feinstein is saying this in a statement released moments ago. i support mrs. ford's decision to share her story and now that she has it is in the hands of the fbi to conduct an investigation. this should happen before the senate moves forward on this nominee. last hour i spoke with the writer of that "washington post" piece. here's how she describes that story. what did she say about why she decided to lose that cloak, why she decided to talk to you using her full name? >> she felt like she was already starting to pay a price for having written that anonymous letter. reporters were showing up at her door. a reporter came to -- she teaches graduate level courses and she was leaving a lec

for all your insights. >> a look at our schedule, coming up next, "washington journal." at 9:30 a.m. eastern, senate judiciary committee will start confirmation hearings for judge brett kavanaugh to be the next associate justice on the supreme court. later today at 2:00 p.m., the u.s. house is that it's august recess to consider several bills with a vote set for 6:30 p.m. eastern. on today's "washington journal ," jason dick bove rollcall. they will discuss the week ahead and author david cap looks at his new book. "washington journal about the supreme court. now,." assault on the constitution. now "washington journal." ♪ good morning, it is tuesday, september 4, 2018. the houses in at 2:00 p.m. in the senate will reconvene at 3:00 p.m. today all routes -- eyes will be on route 216 -- gearing up for day one of brett kavanaugh's hearings. they will gavel in at 9:30 and we will take you there live on c-span and we will begin the "washington journal," getting your thoughts on judge kavanaugh and what you are expecting as president trump's nominee goes before senator

us inside the protest also coming up. washington pays tribute to john mccain former presidents are set to speak at the memorial service to one of america's highest profile senators brain cancer last week. i need to thank you for joining us tens of thousands of protesters are expected to take part in rival demonstrations in the eastern german city of candidates over the next few hours far right groups including germany's largest opposition party but migrant if they will march in silence this evening come to demonstrators have already been gathering in the city they're protesting under a banner of care. or hot not hostility the protests come up to violence broke out to demonstrations only in the week following the knifing to death of a german man two suspects a syrian man and an iraqi were arrested over his stabbing. well let's talk now to do correspondent. who is in a chemist's so shallow demonstrations from the far right anti immigrant and counter demonstrations are happening in kenya it's what's happening where you are right now . just behind me is taking place an enormous counter

washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. in arizona governor doug ducey announced former senator john kyle will replace the late senator, john mccain. he will serve in the senate until her placement is elected in a special election scheduled for 2020. here's the governor's announcement. >> we had just concluded a very difficult week for our state and our country. john mccain was an american hero and we were very blessed to have him as our senator. we are all aware of the size of the void john mccain leaves. our prayers and our heart remain with sydney mccain and the entire working family and we will continue to celebrate the life of john mccain. i want to start off by saying that we all hoped today would never come. but it has come. i realize what an important decision this is in there is no replacing senator mccain. the law requires me to do it. and the people of arizona deserve representation in the u.s. senate. the decision that i made with careful and thoughtful deliberation. as you can imagine i received a lot of advice fr

tension in washington about a resistance to the president within the administration. do you thinks, how this will play with voters outside the beltway? what about outside the beltway? >> i am from columbus ohio, the midwest. one of the swing guest swing states. outside of washington, people are not talking about cable news. the are talking about op-ed. they are not talking about the book. they are talking about what is going on in the economy. school just started a lot of places and they are talking about their dreams for their economy isw the helping them, the prospects are brighter. we have seen fears and concerns and we are trying to address all of those issues. that is not what people out in the rest of the country are talking about. i know it becomes a tempest in washington. the rest of the country really is different. they are not talking about the same stuff. you might see it on cable news, but it is not what we are talking about in the barbershop or other family tables. obamas weekend, barack will launch his new term campaigning. >> what's he running for? something about vice pr

of political science at the university of the helen and from washington d.c. hillary mann leverett former u.s. state department of fish oil and c.e.o. of the political risk consultancy strata welcome to the program but i came whether port talked about the decline in attacks and casualties. from terrorist groups is that an indication that groups for example like i said uncle have lost the fight . well first of all the report talks about adduction and number of attacks by. by isis by about twenty three percent compared to last year so it's very obvious that remove all of isis from. dakar has impacted the numbers of attacks launched by the by by isis this year however this leaves us with two major questions one is that with these numbers are sustainable with of there are continuing going to continue because that what could happen is that the isis is after that immovable from from most on there probably you know really presuming themselves like what happened in al kut with al qaida back in two thousand. two thousand and three. that the removal of al qaida and taliban in afghanistan was

. >> washington examiner reporter salena zito recently talked about the populist movement in the united states at a gathering of conservatives in austin, texas called the resurgent gathering. this is just over 30 minutes. >> so i am really excited. i was telling her that i wanted to invite her to come but i did not want to invite her to come because i know she is really busy, and she is flying in today to hang out with us and then literally has to fly back home because she has got an even tomorrow that she has to be at, so she came in just a couple hours ago and will leave again. we are not going to have an opportunity to do the cooking show i want to do with her. i have a copy and i have not read it yet because i am doing phd work and i am reading lots of -- so i have not had time for normal books, but i intend to read it. i have been reading her for years. please welcome salena zito. [applause] >> we were having this discussion offstage about it. pecan?ecan or my wife from south georgia, i told her a pecan is something you flush but she is committed , to it being applied. salena: we a

zoomed out picture so that we can put it in perspective. so we can show the greater washington area. you can see the beltway on that, the beltway area. the number 3 if we can look at that. we drew a 1 mile radius around the country club and calculated -- >> we don't have these documents. we are not. that is why she chose 3 different documents because they depict 3 different things so we would like to see all 3 documents so we can follow along. >> proceed please. >> looking at the third thing here, we calculated the distance from the closest point to your house from a mile radius of the country club and the farthest point. you can see it, 6.2, 8.2 miles. you described this as being near the country club wherever this house was, is that right? >> i describe it as somewhere between my house and the country club. it is shown in your picture, the country club is about 20 minute drive my parents home. >> 20 minute drive. i marked as the crow flies. would it be fair to say that somebody drove you somewhere either to the party or home from the party? >> correct. >> has anyone come forward to say

administration. the history of the denial in washington tells us that washington denials have no meaning. at the top of the mountain of meaningless denials in washington, is the multidecade denial by mark felt that he was deep throat, the source of the extraordinary reporting on the watergate scandal in the nixon administration. mark felt finally publically admitted he was deep throat because nothing is distrusted in washington more than the denial washington reporters actually invented a description for the kind of denial that they must transcribe and report in their newspapers, but they do not believe. they call it the nondenial denial. now that term could only be invented in a town where denials mean absolutely nothing. think of all of the washington players who had repeatedly denied that they were planning to run for president while they were planning to run for president. and there is a constant stream of policy denials that everyone quickly forgets, like democrats denying they were going to drop the public option from the affordable care act right up until the day before th

and washington's promise to hit beijing with even more tariffs if china retaliates castrati reports. if ever there was doubt of a worsening trade war between the u.s. and china the white house's long awaited announcement made monday put an end to the debate it will be a lot of money coming into the coffers of the united states of america a lot of money coming in a lot of money in the form of tariffs on an additional two hundred billion dollars of chinese imports the u.s. government will begin collecting a ten percent tariff on those goods starting september twenty fourth through the end of the year then on january first the terrorists will jump to twenty five percent and of china at any time retaliates the white house says an additional two hundred sixty seven billion dollars of chinese imports practically the remainder of all chinese products sold in the u.s. will also fall under the terrorists the president's view is that to destroy the chinese economy we're not trying to put them out of business we're trying to get them to join the international trading nations world and be a cit

washington's top diplomat praised progress made in relations between the two countries just a year since president vowed to totally destroy the reclusive state. diplomatic attempts to hold north korea's nuclear ballistic missile development were unsuccessful but now we're at the dawn of a new day twelve months ago washington and pyongyang seem to be standing right on the brink of war so will this new day mentioned by secretary. in a patrol reports from new york it's only been a year and then boom donald trump's second u.n. general assembly just listen to it i would like to thank chairman kim for his courage and for the steps he has taken a lot of very positive things are happening with chairman kim he likes me i like him we get along but most importantly i believe that chairman kim jong un wants peace and prosperity for north korea twelve months ago same building same halls same mr trump no one has shown more contempt for other nations and for the well being of their own people then the depraved regime in north korea no north korea hasn't undergone any regime change surgery chairman kim

of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. "> "washington journal continues. host: this week's spotlight on magazines and segment takes a look back at the history of the codebreakers in world war ii and the cold war. author and "smithsonian magazine " contributor, liza mundy, joins us to talk about her article on the codebreakers who unmasked soviet spies. guest: there was a document that chronicled the incredible history of recruiting women during world war ii to become codebreakers. there was a small group of women that started breaking russian messages during report two and they continued during the cold war. teacherst made school useful for this job? how did the federal government find them? guest: they were college graduates. if you are a woman in 1983 and you're going to college, it's the only job you can get. the u.s. army sent its handsomest, young officers to lure these schoolteachers to washington. they thought these women would want to

welcome bob woodward to "washington week." a new book by pulitzerin prize winn reporter, bob woodward, depicts chaos ie the white house. thy are so many officials questioning presid trump's decisions on trade, national security, and the showdown with the special couel. is the trump administration on the brink of a nervous breakdown? we discuss the stakes for the president and the country, next. announcer: this is "washington week." funding is provided by -- newman's own foundation, donating all profits from newman's own food products to charity and nourishing the common good. koo and patricia yuen through the yuen foundation, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. the ethics and excellence in journalism foundation.or the coion for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once aga, from washington, moderator, robert costa. robert:good evening. tonight, a special edition our program. bob woodward, the pulitzer prize winning reporter for the washington "post" joins us for a conversation about his new book, "fe

washington parkway are closed. a te h fallen. more storms once again. >> i heard it all night. >> rain was coming down. good morning. >> watches and warnings for our area. >> we begin with wtop jack taylor with a look at issues that will impact your commute. jack, good morning. >> this morning we have a bit going on. mogomery county on the beltway, inner loop, i-95, that ramp is blocked and may remain closed for the next 1 to 3 hours. inner loop of the beltway near ar5. on the right side of the roadway is getting by. inner loop at the belt way and as you were thmentioning, s on to george washington parkway. at 123.s trown across the roadway. no time frame yet. as you saw, the size of those trees, southbound gw parkway everybody diverts down to 123. what are we going to expect the rest of the day. >> if this is the worst of it, it's already in the rear-view mirror. >> a lot of flooding concerns across the area. the heaviest rain along the eastern shore.sh owers around baltimore. if you're heading in that direction any time soon you'll still be running into rain. take a look at

saturday morning, here is what we're watching here today at msnbc. washington is about to say goodbye to senator john mccain. as all americans remember his life and what he did for the country. >> he was a true definition of what it means to be an american hero and an american citizen. what to expect as two former presidents prepare to give eulogies. >>> and a new poll that shows t the impeachment process just got more real. we're going to start this morning with a love shot of capitol hill. you see the flag still at half-staff. he will be carried to the u.s. capital by armed forces. thousands have paid respects in the great hall, an honor reserved for the most revered public servants. senator mccain is just the 31st person to have a memorial at the capital. there is the washington national ka ahead to really. funerals and memorial services have been held for 21 u.s. presidents. first he will go on a last ride. the final procession through washington dc. there stopping at the vietnam memorial and then moving on to the national cathedral. halle jackson joins us right now. what a ma jus

can't take it any more people it's difficult because people. are taking you to washington now where national security adviser john bolton is addressing the federalist society and what is his fast may just speech since he joined the white house at the center of nation states even those with strong constitutions representative governments and the rule of law . in theory the i.c.c. holds perpetrators of the most egregious atrocities accountable for their crimes provides justice to the victims and deters future abuses in practice however the court has been ineffective and accountable and indeed outright dangerous moreover this is code pink my friends who follow me around so i i i apologize for the background noise but there we go. moreover the largely outspoken but always central aim of the most vigorous supporters was to constrain the united states the objective was not limited to targeting individual u.s. service members but rather america's senior political leadership and its relentless determination to keep our country. secure the i.c.c. was formally established in july two thousand

in the morning in london, and 8pm in washington, where donald trump's supporters are desperately trying to find out which of his staff penned an anoymous new york times editorial. the author of the column claimed to be part of a broader resistance to the president, working inside the administration. senior officials have been lining up to deny they wrote the article. the white house says the author should name themselves and resign. our washington correspondent nick bryant reports. this american stately home is now the scene of a washington whodunnit. which administration official was in the new york times with an article stabbing the president in the back? the anonymous editorial claims some trump appointees are working diligently to frustrate parts of his agenda, that he is impetuous, adversarial, petty, ineffective, anti—democratic, that his presidency is defined by amorality. god bless you and thank you, mr president. the article struck washington like a lightning bolt and, shortly afterwards, at a meeting with american sheriffs, the president delivered his unsmiling respon

towards a college degree at evergreen state college and washington state. records show that she has not taken a course there since 2010. california state treasurer. is calling for an independent investigation. the board says that a review is not necessary.'s >>> in washington lawmakers also passed a bill to impregnate the airline industry. the faa reauthorization act includes four amendments designed to prevent one-way accident. east bay congressman marcus on it wrote it following a series of close calls and physical international airport. last year and air canada judge nearly landed on a for fully loaded planes that were lined up on a taxiway at sfo. they said the four amendments would ensure safer landings by improving technology and data used but as well as air-traffic controllers. >>> the bill also regulate these sighs of airline seats against the faa on your to set minimum measurements for airline seats and the distance between rows. since the 70s, the average legroom in most airline has declined by nearly 4 inches. the senate must vote on the legislation before it can be signed in