downside of the venezuelan embassy in georgetown washington d.c. now as you can see and here behind me the secret service have now entered the building as of this morning the federal authorities posted a notice on the front door saying that anyone inside the embassy was trespassing and that they recognize the u.s. government record. the government of the mr one why don't our opposition leader from venezuela as the president so they posted the trespassing notice and recognize the opposition leader as the president like they've been doing and the opposition's ambassadors of so-called ambassador said that anyone who refuses to comply with this order would be arrested now according to the embassy protection collective via their post on social media from earlier today they are all out of this and busy as of today and just for background basically the u.s. state department on april 24th said that anyone who is representing the government of nicolas maduro who are made in this embassy would be trespassing but something interesting of course as you know ha

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joining us now is devlin barrett from "the washington post." he was first to report tonight on this confrontation by special counsel mueller, directed at the attorney general over how barr handled this. devlin, congratulations on this scoop. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me, rachel. >> let me ask if i summarized your -- i didn't summarize every aspect of what you found tonight, but let me ask if i was accurate in the nature of how i described this communication from mueller towards barr. >> i think that's right. there was a letter that was obviously fairly harshly worded and caught senior justice department officials by surprise. and there was a follow-up phone call, which has been described to me as not quite as confrontational, but still an area where these two guys really significantly disagreed. >> i know that you have reported that you have seen this letter from mueller to barr. and obviously, you quote from it extensively tonight in your piece in "the post." are you going to publish the full letter? is it your understanding

washington -- "washington journal" continues. end ofs we come to the mental health awareness month, we are joined by angela kimball, acting ceo of the national alliance on mental illness. remind viewers who the alliance is and what the mission is. hello, thanks for having me. the national alliance on mental illness, otherwise known as nami, is the nation's largest grassroots organization dedicated to improving the lives of those who live with mental health conditions and their families. frankly, we are a community that cares. we provide education, support, and advocacy around mental health care in this country. host: we should note our phone lines are a little bit different this morning. if you live in the eastern and central time zones, it is 202-7 48-8000. if you live in the western and mountain zones, it is 202-748- 8001. americans43.8 million experience mental illness in a given year. nearly 60% of adults with a mental illness did receive mental health services in the previous year. put those numbers in perspective. how bad o

more from that washington post article. they also note 45,000 unaccompanied children have been apprehended since october along the border. as of may 19, 13,200 unaccompanied children are in homeland security custody. 200,000 migrants have been detained in the last two months. you can find it if you go to washington post.com -- washingtonpost.com. our brick, good morning to you. .aller: good morning, greta hopefully america will wake up. president trump is doing the best he can. nobody is giving him a chance. i tell you, we have to do something about the people crossing the border. how much can we take in? they are not coming in legally. president trump is trying his best, let's give him a chance. i listened to some of your callers this morning and they are off-the-wall. when you were speaking with that gentleman that thinks they can come into america not through customs and not learn the language -- they don't want to learn, they just want to take jobs away from the american people. it is unheard of. greta, i really hope th

benjamin in washington she is an author as well as co-founder of code pink also in washington we have walter he's an answer coalition organizer and in romania we crossed a brand jacobson he is the director of the department of peace operations of the remaining peace institute all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate medea let me go to you 1st i mean you and i probably remember quite well in 2003 the illegal invasion of iraq but the anti-war movement was vast it was strong it was loud it was all across europe it was in the u.k. it was a very strong in the united states even though the media didn't like to cover it there was a real anti-war movement now speed up to 2019 under the trumpet ministration the we here we here calls for war and violence in invasion of venezuela of the rand we have the united states supplying lethal weapons to ukraine we have the united states going to the south china sea as remarkably in the middle of trade negotiations here we have a hyper aggressive foreign policy but where is the anti-war movement

washington dc. i would like to give carrie a hand for that. really thank you for being here we are really excited to have you here. let's kick things off, everyone in the room knows about politico but can you share with us the history of politico and why is it so important to america? >> thank you. it is great to be here with all of you it is a lot of fun to always get out of the office. politico launched in 2007. it was started by robert albritton the publisher who at the time owned a string of local tv stations. he is a native not washingtonian but he spent many years here and he looked at capitol hill and thought it was right for competition. you had roll call, you had the hill and he had this idea for creating a competitor. at the same time two journalists from the washington post are starting to contemplate something similar that washington journalism was ripe for destruction. there was a lot more going on in washington than the media at the time gave people a window into. it was about personal

washington, d.c. let's give carrie a hand for that. [applause] for beingank you here. we are excited. let's kick things off. everyone in the room knows about politico, but can you share the history of politico and why it is so important to america? tommy and thank you, chris. it is good to be here with all of you. it is a lot of fun to always get out of the office. launched in 2007. it was started by robert elberton, the owner and publisher. at the time, he owned a string of vocal television stations. a native washingtonian, but he spent many years here and looked at capitol hill, and he thought it was ripe for competition. he had this idea for creating a competitor. at the same time, two journalists from the washington post were starting to contemplate something similar in that washington journalism was ripe for disruption. they felt there was more going on in washington than the media at the time gave people a window into. it was about personalities.how are we telling the story behind story? it was

washington. to yemen now where the saudi led coalition says it will investigate the possibility of an accidental airstrike in the capital the coalition insists it was striving to target the military positions but residential neighborhoods have also been bombed and at least 6 civilians all from one family have been killed 2 russian citizens are among those injured. ports. for the saudi u.a.e. coalition in yemen the series of strikes was a successful operation targeting the military installations in the capital sanaa. but these pictures depict another reality residents say the attacks targeted barely civilian areas and that an entire family was buried under the rubble. it is very clear that what happened this morning here in sanaa i was a response to the through the whole drone attacks on the. oil facilities in riyadh it is very clear but unfortunately it was. blind completely blind. because there is only in killing women and children in there is additional area the escalation comes a few days afte

the russian embassy in washington says u.s. intelligence may have staged a provocation that after a russian game's designer was detained on suspicion of trying to export u.s. fighter jet manuals an egg titian ago faces up to 10 years in jail for allegedly smuggling arms documents and parting against the u.s. government and hawkins picks up the story. conspiracy to smuggle classified documents an undercover sting operation at a trail leading to russia. for a classic james bond movie but for a leg to shouldn't go it's playing out in real life not on the silver screen with no hint of glamour the russian citizen is set to go on trial in august in the united states the charges are serious conspiring against the u.s. smuggling and violating almost export control laws and you know despite decades of stereotypes about russians is the titian co isn't a secret agent or a spy many would label him a computer nerd a guy whose passion and job was developing airplane flight simulators like this one . according to the manuals he wanted to obta

donald trump and putin discuss the crisis in venezuela which one american progress woman has accused washington of aggravating in remarks branded disgusting by the u.s. secretary of state. use of sanctions to. eventual eat into play with america first this way it's not only ignored it's discussed. student activists in the u.s. call for a series of historic murals commemorating george washington to be painted over arguing that they could traumatize minorities. this artwork which is a tribute to this part of the legacy of this person. oh i can't go to all the problems oh yeah it was good. for my bad teacher this isn't we did it. and facebook is accused of censorship after banning some prominent right wing commentators for alleged hate speech. it's nine o'clock am watching all to international live from our studio with me. welcome to the program. the leaders of russia and the u.s. have spoken by phone in a bid to find common ground on a number of pressing global issues among them venezuela the latin american countries as this week amid what some are describing as a failed coup attempt as he put in

us from the woman who says washington is partly to blame for the turmoil in venezuela the secretary of state france her comments in europe and disgusting. the french foreign minister is accused of lying after claiming made a protesters attack staff at a paris hospital. and facebook is accused of censorship after banning some prominent right wing commentators for alleged hate speech. are broadcasting live directing our studios and this is our team international certainly glad to have you with us by the leaders of russia and of the u.s. have spoken by phone trying to find common ground on some key global issues including venezuela donald trump said the conversation with vladimir putin was a positive. i had a very good talk with president putin probably over an hour and we talked about many things venezuela was one of the topics we're talking about a local year agreement where we make less and they make lasts and china is frankly also we discussed the possibility of a three way deal or sort of a two way deal and i've already spoken to them they very much would like to be a part of that de

says washington's rhetoric of ultimatums is simply not conducive to cooperation. i think the propensity. for the u.s. administration and now the congress to impose sanctions on anything that they don't like. is a very unfortunate we have seen this in the case of iraq and outre turning sanctions. on countries. purchases for hundreds. in my judgment awful or unnecessary war i think. america should make products. more technology and more close competitive. trying to do that for sure countries. to make choices. in life and to the imposition of sanctions that's large and strong it's all lawful but surely. u.s. president donald trump has announced that chinese technology giant huawei could be included in a trade deal between the united states and china a comes off the japanese firms to ship and panasonic followed google in intel's example and exit suspending certain shipments to far away they troubled ministration accuses one way of spying for beijing something the phone denies washington has blacklisted far away meaning american firms can no longer trade with it it all

cross talking american foreign policy i'm joined by my guest max blumenthal in washington he's the editor of gray zone dot com as well as author of the new book the management of savagery how america's national security state fueled the rise of al qaeda isis and donald trump also in washington we have james chatteris he's a former u.s. diplomat and former advisor to the u.s. senate republican leadership all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate where we're getting set up here i notice you have your book can you just lift it up and show our audience here it's fresh off the press. and it. must have savagery i must say it must be a good book because i've already heard that you've been deeply formed during talk about your book so it must be good ok so that's already. indication to me that my viewer should go out and buy the book here all right let's get serious here max i haven't read your book but i've read a lot of commentary about it and watch some interviews on you tube including the interview you did with another med

deference in washington not only. you know but also to to riyadh and in fact the the the policy in yemen of going after the good deeds which is taking on increased importance that it's mainly a knob to the song ok we're going to go to a short break here and after a short break we'll continue our discussion on john bolton and trumps foreign policy stay with our team. in the world's big part of the modelers and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that make history media refuses to tell. more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. welcome to cross talk we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing john bolton and trumps foreign policy. and let me go back to gareth in washington i have a pet theory and been sticking with it for the last couple of months and th

george washington high school to continue the children in george washington high school to continue to stand up and speak out and let their voices be heard in these rogue chew signaling social justice warriors these people who are sold said incident in philly that this paving has been there at george washington high school of get ready george washington now must be removed because the east children are come on let's turn this ugly history on its head and he used this as a launching pad so that people who have been hurt by this country grew from history can finally begin to have an equal footing what happens when you then say now let's open up the history book we took the sign down now all right children you happy good ok now let's talk about this wait a minute i don't want to read this book we don't like the story of cologne. tear that out we don't like this about the way they treated native americans which is true we don't like world war two war war one the holocaust vietnam war we don't like any of this this this triggers we would like to rip the pages from the textbook that's actual

--m washington, u.s. tried u.s. china trade relations, and from johannesburg, south african elections. tell us what happened today -- how big of a surprise was it germany came in with .5% growth? in general the commission downgraded slightly the forecast for the eurozone and a lot more for germany. surprise, as there is a slump we happen the eurozone economy, but because in recent days we have had positive q1 data there was expectation it would be better this time. date for its assumptions for the forecast was at the end of april. there is a potential upside risk to the numbers we saw today. germany was the worst, way down the eurozone. 0.5%lasted from 1.1% to largely due to manufacturing weakness. that is the biggest problem. trade tensions are a big risk. david: we will come back to you in just a moment. let's go to shaun donovan in washington for the -- shaun inovan -- shawn donnan washington on the tray topic. what we expect to happen on thursday? questionat is the big over the trade talks. it is good news the v

deference in washington not only. you know but also. to riyadh and and in fact the the the policy in yemen of going after the hoodies which is taking on increased importance that's mainly a knob to the softs ok we're going to go to a short break here and after a short break we'll continue our discussion on john bolton and trumps foreign policy stay with our. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next the ball different clubs on one hand it is logical to sort of go from fields where everything is familiar on the other i want to the new challenge and the fresh perspective i'm used to surprising. or not serious if. i'm going to talk about football not be or else you can think i was going to go. by the way what is the fly here. laughs just. so over there i want to do things that show me very easily with really be very true your legs go away go to. management. and they on they they when they have to then they have then you. must get me you need to feel this really. sucks yeah what do you how

elsewhere tied in with this american sentiment spread to washington to protest as the surrounding the venezuelan embassy in the capital blaming the u.s. for the ongoing crisis embassy staff indeed left the building last week complying with the u.s. imposed deadline got to say the blocking the consulate bowed to prevent new. stars from entering we spoke to some of the protest. so we are here twenty four seven living in here sleeping here working here from the day during the day in order to maintain our presence here in the building and as a interim protective president in till date billet government of venezuela can find another protector for this building or in till the trying to destruction stops trying to orchestrate this clue so i would this is about the us government this is about a known to us imperialism saying no to us intervention in the affairs of other countries saying that the us has no right to overthrow the government of another country we've seen it before and we are not going to tolerate it again. it seems the u.k. is becoming increasingly picky about what foreign busin

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run in washington d.c. is filled the streets of this city with over a quarter of a 1000000 motorcycles each a moral day weekend the ride is as much about supporting the soldiers who come home from war as it is about bringing closure to the families of soldiers who didn't have 21000 marks major changes for the rolling thunder organization as they made their very last ride in washington d.c. this week get here is their story. 85000 that's how many americans are estimated to remain missing from world war one world war 2 the korean war the vietnam war and all other conflicts combined that's 85000 families without closure 85000 bodies that have not been given an honorable burial 85000 lives. the rolling thunder comes together each year in washington d.c. . rolling thunder founder and executive director artie muller explains how and why it all started back in 1984 and i want to i mean i got some information and i looked at it read it and they've said you know all these vets were left behind after all past wars an

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school is considering whether to paint over a mural dedicated to founding father george washington the artwork was deemed at risk of traumatizing native american african-american students. artwork which is a tribute to this part of the legacy of the curtain is. going to. go out. wards. this is a big deal with. cigars it after intercepting dozens of rockets from across the border. for joining us here in moscow this is art. as the political and economic crisis in venezuela rages on both the president nicolas maduro and opposition leader of called on their supporters to take to the streets. in the country's armed forces to rise up against the government and he's expected to make a speech to his supporters just outside a military base the same time the venezuelan president has called on the armed forces to be ready in case of a u.s. military intervention comes after a failed coup attempt against him this week. putin has spoken on the phone on a number of global issues including venezuela the us president said that he'd had a productive discussion about the crisis with his russian counterpa

goods in response to fresh tariffs from washington on friday washington high tariffs on $200000000000.00 worth of chinese goods the latest tip for tat exchange between the 2 countries came after trade talks failed to produce a deal with china has already imposed levies on imports from the u.s. worth $110000000000.00 the latest measure targets $5000.00 goods ranging from coffee beef the to television sets present trump said that despite china's retaliation though the u.s. is in a strong position. i love the position we're in so our farmers will be very happy our manufacturers will be very happy and our government is very happy because we take it in 10 days of billions of dollars i think it's working out very well again we do much less business with china than they do with us trump doesn't system that america is actually benefiting from the trade war with china by cashing in on name poll taxes alone his chief economic adviser doesn't entirely agree. president says china doesn't that china it pays the terrace they may suffer consequences but it's the u.s. businesses and u.s. consumers who p

deference in washington not only. you know but also. to riyadh and and in fact the the the policy in yemen of going after the hoodies which is taking on increased importance that's mainly a knob to the softs ok we're going to go to a short break here and after a short break we'll continue our discussion on john bolton and trumps foreign policy stay with our. thank. you. the see on his attorney for you. or anyone who knows a little bit. more which. is a rule in. the us to know people used to post notes with me. that the thought of you. if you had. printed it out that you give. what is it going to coin is magic and the new type of digital currency the centralized digital scarcity chancellor. of 2nd for bankers call the genesis blog for reason is civil disobedience a source of optimism because i can control my own financial destiny it's just a new way of coming to consensus it's a game changer in the human history this is columbus discovering a new world this paradigm shifting technology that transforms economics and finance in a heartbeat

warming up quickly across the washington area. early morning clouds have now given way to the sunshine. weather enjoying the outside our windows and hopefuy you are looking forward to the next seveal days where we'll get warm and then it's going to get hot. 69 degrees currently.om winds fthe southeast. what you need to know over this weekend, extended wee nd. we start out dry, as i said, gets warmer throughout the weekend. not a bad day today. tomorrow, htest ofhe three. then thunderstorm chances increase saturday, sunday, into monday with a chance of a thunde torm. not awashout by any means. the big picture, everyone. hig pressure dominates across our area,s known a the bermuda high. this high pressure system more of a summerlike pattern, locks in, upnd down the eastern seaboard. brings circulation around and warm, moist air come i from the gulf. georgia to carolina oppressive heat and we're hot by the middle of the week. beach, place to go. not a bad day today. warms to low 80s. for monday, memorial day, t bad. about 75 degrees.

over trade has taken a turn for the worse at the stroke of midnight washington time the u.s. increased tariffs on two hundred billion dollars of imports from china that's an increase from ten to twenty five percent the move comes as the two sides failed to reach an agreement at talks in the u.s. negotiate offset to continue today to try to break the impasse u.s. president donald trump outlined some of the reasons there's been no deal reached so far you know with the piggy bank that everybody steals from including china we've been paying jonah five hundred billion dollars a year for many many years china rebuilt their country because of us i don't blame them i blame our past leadership for allowing this to half of what i'm doing now with china should have happened many years ago not just obama. long before obama say no breakthrough so far my colleague stephen beard flee from d.w. business is he it's a break this down for us stephen the trade talks are set to continue later on friday and yet tariffs have gone into effect now what is it that washington is trying to make beijing

licenses this year their main decision is whether to follow washington's lead or to trust huawei and anger the us government joining us now is helena humphrey our washington correspondent helena it's great to see you why has the us been intervening and who gets to build which part of other countries five hundred networks. two overarching reasons for you to now essentially we do have to acknowledge that the trumpet administration has been extremely hawkish on china in terms of its economic power what influence and reach that's one reason secondly of course that allegation from washington d.c. that hardware made by huawei will be used to spy on sensitive information now the argument from washington d.c. is it can ban the hardware being used at government agencies here and indeed it has done for a for example when it comes to liaising with allies such as britain for example the connection may not then be secure with london for example in classified information which would be transmitted if for example the u.k. used that hardware from quote way a threat to intelligence sharing then but h

we have details in our nbc washington app how to get around. search metro shutdown. >>> the aclu anded plan parenthood filed a joint lawsuit against alabama's new abortion law. the law makes all abortions illegal at any stage of pregnancy unless the mother's health is at risk. it's set to take affect in november. governor kayivey signed the bill into law last week. state lawmakers have been debating it at all lengths trying tget it before the supreme court with the goal of overturning roe versus wade. >>> meanwhile, missouri's governor signed a bill that bans abortions after eight weeks of pregnancy. like alabama's new law, no exceptions forrape or incest. doctors who violate the ban could face up to 15 years in prison. last night a federal judge temporarily blocked a new abortion law from going into effect in mississippi. b it would most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected at about six weeks of pregnancy. >>> new this morning, a blow to the trump administration's prime promis yesterday a federal judge blocked president trump from buil

to be welcomed by israel over the home from washington thank you. germany's constitution or basic law marks it 70th anniversary this week it came into effect in may $149.00 after being written under the supervision of the victorious allied powers it's a was to ensure that after the years of nazi dictatorship and the destruction of the war the new federal republic of germany was built on solid democratic foundations 40 years later when west and east were reunited the constitution was adopted in the new me unified germany. but how relevant is the constitution in today's germany article one for example states that human dignity is inviolable as part of our series it's my rights our next story looks at what dignity means to a german man who was homeless for 10 years. also because after going to the toilet taking a shower there normal things for everyone but how can you do this when you're homeless it's not so simple. dominick clone lived on the streets for 10 years always on the move looking for something to eat somewhere to sleep he says it was a life

donald trump and vladimir putin discuss the crisis in venezuela which one american has accused washington of. branded disgusting by the u.s. secretary of state. into. this way it's not only ignored it's discussed. activists in the u.s. a series of historic murals commemorating george washington to be painted over arguing that they could traumatize minorities. this part of work which is a tribute to this legacy of this is a. go to zero zero zero. zero zero more important study from bad seed your this is what we did here. and facebook is accused of censorship. prominent right wing commentators for alleged hate speech. it's ten o'clock here in moscow and you're watching altie international law i promised you with me and welcome to the program. the leaders of russia and the u.s. have spoken by phone in a bid to find common ground on a number of pressing global issues among them venezuela the latin american countries so violence this week amid what some are describing as a failed coup attempt donald trump says he and near putin had a productive discussion about the crisis. he is. not looking a

washington state. and i believe my successful experience as an executive in the most successful state economically in the united states and served as a model to what we can do in the united states. we can have 100% clean electricity. that ought to be something we can tell americans that they can have, because i have told washingtonians they can have it. tomorrow we will talk about that and how to achieve that goal. we have a way to de-carbonized our transportation system. it is possible to drive an electric car. i drove a hydrogen fuel cell car the other day around the capitol hill quadrant. how we will do that is something i will talk about tomorrow. we want to save literally billions of dollars in our heating and cooling costs, so we need to improve the efficiency of buildings. i will talk about the way to do that tomorrow. my approach will be unique for several reasons. number one, it will be multi sectoral i will -- multi sectoral. i will address each sector with a specific proposal. number two, it

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washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, a discussion on the delay in federal aid for victims of recent natural disasters. and then david barker talks about his book, one nation, to realities. it discusses the current political stalemate between congress and the white house. watch live at 75 eastern friday morning. join the discussion. asbenjamin heebner serves cia privacy and civil liberties officer. he will speak at an event hosted by the brookings institution. middle eastthat, experts discuss the trump administration's policy toward iran. that's at the hudson institute, live friday at noon eastern. also on c-span. >> when i see something like that, i can only see it from her perspective. i have had a lot of people rate for me similarly. i believe that christianity has a long tradition of divine healing, so i certainly don't think it is not possible for god to heal people. q&a, the memoir, everything happens for a reason. reflecting on being diagnosed with stage four: cancer at the age of 35. >> i

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news the live from berlin the united states escalates its trade dispute with china washington imposes new tariffs on billions of dollars plus of chinese goods as the two countries fail to resolve their differences beijing says it will retaliate so what will be impacting on the global economy also coming up the first results of south africa's election showed that the ruling a.n.c. is heading for its was out and its twenty five years in government and our correspondent looks at allegations that the vote may not have been straight on sat . and does this float your boat it's one of the more unusual exhibits at this year's venice be ona laid off shadow a monument to europe's migration crisis we'll take a closer look at that and other works at the exhibition. i knew cubes mackinnon thanks so much for joining us. the standoff between china and the u.s. over trade has taken a turn for the worse at the stroke of midnight washington time the u.s. increased tariffs on two hundred billion dollars of imports from china that's an increase from ten to twenty five percent the move comes as the two si

oh not only must we remove the george washington mural at george washington university but we must expunge and bowdlerized every reference of anything from the subject of history that in any way triggers any kind of sense of discomfort any reference any mention rurik but out of the history books and they are no reference to the pyramids in egypt they were built by slaves in fact recently in my own new york a song that was eighty three years old actually god bless america sung by kate smith was removed and removed by the new york yankees to be sung irving berlin's god bless america because said singer sang a song eighty years ago involving some pretty nasty racist terms that only must we remove any reference we must provide tranquilizers and narcotics to our children lest they perhaps see think or come across anything that is discomforting historical has become hysterical oh this is only the beginning and it is about time. well lonnie makes the point that rape he says is just the beginning where there are cold and how far is this going to go i've never seen or heard anything more hysterical

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as tensions escalate in the gulf a senior iranian politician suggest teheran and washington hold talks. hello i'm maryam namazie this is al jazeera live from london also coming up despite our warnings our worst fears are now coming true. the u.n. sounds the alarm over syria's offensive an adlib saying it could unleash the worst humanitarian tragedy of the 21st century sudanese protest as removed most of their barricades as demanded by the military but insists that sit in will go on. britain's labor party ends its breaks it talks with the ruling conservatives of as both parties collapse in the polls ahead of next week's elections. and celebrations in taipei as taiwan becomes the 1st country in asia to legalize same sex marriage. a senior iranian politician has called for talks between to her on in washington after weeks of escalating tensions. is chairman of iran's national security and foreign policy commission he tweeted that iranian and american senior diplomats have rejected the option of war he she also said there are what he described as 3rd parties rushing to destroy a large part

the gentlelady from washington is recognized. ms. schrier: madam speaker, i'm pleased to yield to the gentlelady from oregon, ms. bonamici, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. bonamici: i rise in support of h.r. 2480, the bipartisan stronger child abuse prevention and treatment act. child maltreatment is a public health crisis and a threat to our country. although we made progress toward reducing cases of child maltreatment since passage of the original capta, in in recent years, the amount of abuse has increased. evidence suggests that the opioid crisis is responsible for new challenges in protecting vulnerable children. strong are capta is a step making sure children grow up in a safe and healthy environment that allows them to reach their full potential. the bill will strengthen ederal investments and community-based services so people can receive help before children suffer. it will networks of wrap-around services that will lower risk of child maltreatment by helping families navigate healt

northwest washington. temperatures on this roller coaster ride that we call the weather in this part of the country. >> everything you need to know to start the day. it all begins with look at the recast and your commute. >> clouds are back. >> a lot of spots will be in the 80s. tomorrow many places will be close to 90 degrees. temperatures in the 50s across suburban maryland. much of northern virginia. afternoon temperaturesll be in the upper 70s. dog walking forecast, sissy available through the humane rescue alliance. sissy is a jack russell terrier. temperatures today again upper 70s to near 80. more about the warmer weather tomorrow and storm chances on friday coming up. >> good morning, chuck. taking a look ach opper 4 headed to woodbridge. northbound on 95. the crash is at 123. take a look for me righ now. it is very, very slow headed northbound. also take a look at the express s lanes. that'at you're going to want to do if you're headed out any time soon. a five mile backup. this camera showing you

the influx of slaves to washington, d.c. and the number of wounded black soldiers contributed to the increasing patient population. a nurse in the women's ward described the conditions. she said when our ward was not full and the men's ward was crowded, the women would put at be end and soldiers would brought in him we would have to take care of them. another contribute infected to the difficult living conditions were the meager supplies that were provided and the failure to adequately distribute them. in the early days, reverend nichols controlled operations as the superintendent of the camp. denying food rations and his actions forced the residents to live in substandard conditions. inommission was impaneled order to conduct hearings on the conditions under which blacks lived and worked. the panel was convened in washington, d.c. in 1863. there was surgeons asked about his knowledge of the conditions of the camp and that is when he said the health of the people was no good. at ations were similar camp in alexandria, virgin

for near east policy a think tank here in washington and it wasn't an official roll out by any means of the trump administration's middle east peace plan but it was an opportunity for kirshner to talk a little bit about it and he was saying that he was sort of saying that the peace plan which has not been released yet. is in his words would be a good starting point for peace between the israelis and palestinians but then he said this that you just mentioned there he said that that the administration the u.s. will discuss the possibility of israel and axing west bank settlements. when the new israeli government is formed now it's important to caution or did not say that the u.s. has decided that they would support that but the very fact that he said that the u.s. would at least entertain the idea of it is certainly something very new of course those are illegal israeli settlements have been ruled illegal multiple times by the international community and the united nations the settlements issue and next thing them was something that prime minister benjamin netanyahu first brought up du

and it is president washington. even though he did not live in the house, he built a house, like he was going to live in it. that is not to suggest washington wanted to be president forever, it is to suggest he thought the president's house needed to represent the head of the state for a strong new republic. that was the vision he had for that house. even though he had no intention of living there. it was interesting seeing the dynamic of back-and-forth between him and jefferson. jefferson had a different idea of what the house should look like. but lindsay as she alluded to, there was not much in washington, d.c. at that time. it was mostly farmland, swamps, marshes. to put this incredibly striking stone building in the middle of the national capital was to send a message to the rest of the world that the united states president should be respected and it should be a symbol that is treasured by its people. susan: while we are on the subject of george washington, you mentioned your dissertation which is on his tomb

for joining us said live from washington thank you for your time. thank you. said a head. or to the king of why he still reigns on the tennis court. next to see a. red blob. welcome back muslims around the world are fasting during the holy month of ramadan is a difficult time for yet many a civil war has driven millions on the brink of starvation some are making do by buying products that are past the expiration date now our bread manoli has a story. father of four is preparing for with his pick of sweets and dates but most of the food he's buying is approaching all past its sell by date. so he works for yemen's un recognized government but like most employees he hasn't been paid for almost two years cash strapped he says he has little choice but to buy low quality food. usually in the past we used to buy a lot of things for ramadan but now we can't afford it and we look for the cheapest alternative because we don't have enough money. before the war the capital. markets would be bustling but in the past four years yemen's currency has sunk as the cost of food has soared th