tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> well, george washington enjoyed a long 50-year relationship with al sand alexandria. we like to say this is george washington's hometown. >> this gives our visitors a great picture of what the interior of a civil war fort would have leaked like. >> did you know alexandria was part of the original district of columbia? >> welcome to alexandria, virginia, on booktv. with the help of our cable partners, for the next hour we'll take you to this town on the potomac river just a couple of miles south of washington d.c. join us as we explore its rich and varied history through the works of local authors beginning with a look at some of the city's hidden stories from the past. >> book is "hidden history of al alexandria d.c.," and the last part of that title is very important because it's not about alexandria, virginia, or it's about a period in history when the district of columbia included parts of what's now virginia. what i wanted to do was look at this 50-year time period and get a sense of why al sabd drink ya became part of the district of columbia,

>> she sat side by side with james madison helping him. >> jim moved back to washington d.c. in her elder years and became very much behind the scene in a political field again. >> as henry clay famously said, everybody loves mrs. madison. her equally famous response. >> dolley madison came to her service as first lady with experience during thomas jefferson's two terms. the president often called her -- called on her to assist him. this sense of the usefulness of diplomacy all-out dali to hit the ball running. she assumed the role in 89 as her husband james madison became the president. welcome. we will learn about the intriguing dolly madison. we have two guests at our table. let me introduce you to them. an author and biographer of dolly madison -- dolley madison. thank you for being here. our other guest was the creator of the first lady's exhibit at the smithsonian. thank you for being here tonight. >> it is a pleasure. >> any 21st century woman who starts to read about dolley madison can see parallels to their own lives. was she ahead of her time? a modern person in the early

. one of the great things about being in washington for me is having grown up here and being a part of a church, and you know so many people who could care less about politics. they are not involved in it. they don't read the magazine i write for "the weekly standard" before that "the new republic." they did not watch the television shows that i had been on over the years. it is great to know people like that and be friends with them. on a completely different level, it is so appealing to me. it keeps you from being just sucked into the washington political journalism world. >> you used to be mean? >> i was very mean. >> explain that. >> well, i drank a lot. i even smoked a little. i just had a very pessimistic view of the world, and pretty pessimistic view of other people. >> so what was the year that you became, i assumed you said, born again? what year was that? >> 1980. my wife and i both. you know, we decided. my parents prayed for us a lot and talked about their renewed faith, and people they met, they would introduce us to them. at first it had no impact at all. after awhile,

he brought to life the founding fathers of american painting and the use of george washington. more recently along with his longtime collaborator, photographer, roger straus, he wrote of the houses of the founding fathers, a book of the same name. he and roger are at it again in a sequel of sorts called houses of the presidents. i so envy hugh howard his research trips. it ask him some time about his visit to bill clinton's boyhood bedroom. hugh howard has turned his attention to the war of 1812 with his new book "mr. and mrs. madison's war," america's first couple in the second war for independence, a history book club selection of the month. most of us have a sort of grade school remembrance of the war of 1812, francis scott key, saving the george washington portrait and that is about it. it was of much more complicated affair. after a time of considerable political division we yankees wanted nothing to do with that war and what a fascinating and diverse cast of characters. chief among them was the diminutive and brilliant james madison and his vivacious and cunning wife, dolley.

>> george washington enjoyed a long 50 relationship with alexander. >> this gives our visitors a great picture of what the interior of a civil war fort would have looked like. >> alexander was part of the original district of columbia. >> welcome to alexandria, virginia, on booktv. with help of our comcast cable partners, for the next one that we will take you to this down on the potomac river a couple miles south of washington, d.c. join us as we explore its rich and varied history. beginning with a look at some of cities hidden stories from the past. >> the book is "the hidden history of alexandria." the last part of that time is very important because it's not about alexandria, virginia. it's about a period in history when the district of columbia included parts of what's now virginia. what i wanted to do was look at a 50 year time period and give a sense of what alexandria became part of the district of columbia, what went wrong and why it left. one the things i wanted to do with the book is give people a sense of what life was like in this time period. firefighting was very

cuts and said that congress can turn them off any time. washington representative delivered the republican address and called on the president and the senate democrats to negotiate a solution to the automatic spending cuts. >> hi, everybody. on friday i met with leaders from both sides of congress in find a way forward in light of the severe budget cuts, known in washington as the quever that has already started to inflict pain across the country. these cuts are not smart. congress can turn them off at any time as soon as both sides are willing to compromise. as a nation, we've fought back from the worst economic crisis in our lifetimes and we'll get through this too. in a time when your businesses are getting more traction, hiring workers, bringing jobs back to america, the last thing washington needs to do is get in their way. that is what these cuts in research, education, will do. it is unnecessary. in a time when too many of our friends and neighbors are looking for work it is inexcusable. it is importance to thauns not everyone will feel the pain of the cuts right away the

was disappointed. our washington bureau chief darren gersh tonight on what happened and what comes next. >> reporter: by now, you know how this story goes. after the last-minute meeting at the white house, the speaker emerges grim-faced. >> the discussion about revenue in my view is over. it's about taking on the spending problem in washington. >> reporter: cut to the white house briefing room. the president says he's been reasonable. some tax cuts, some spending cuts and some entitlement reform. that's his prescription for budgetary pain. and since republicans won't accept it, the president says the middle class is about to feel the pain of those automatic spending cuts known in washington speak as the sequester. >> i don't anticipate a huge financial crisis, but people are going to be hurt. the economy will not grow as quickly as it would have. unemployment will not go down as quickly as it would have and there are lives behind that. and that's real. and it's not necessary, that's the problem. >> reporter: but wait, this movie already has a sequel. march 27, the government runs o

"washington week" is provided by prudential. additional funding is provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. we had an unexpectedly entertaining not to mention consequential week. the topic remain from cabinet nominees to the federal budget all bracketed by good economic news, a record close on wall street as well as more jobs on main street. but at this very time last week, we were being told for the sky to fall as across the board budget cuts took effect. so why the good economic news? >> the numbers that came out friday were positive. 236,000 jobs created across the economy. the private sector even stronger. this is against the backdrop on a bunch of other good news, the stock market making its first new high since 2007. a rare good week for wall street and main street. to keep these in context, neither of these numbers suggest that the economy is racing ahead. in fact, it's still growing at 2 1/2% the sa

. wouldn't it be nice if we had her back in washington now. >> we only skimmed the surface in 90 minutes of 81 entering years of life. if you want to learn more. i thank the white house historical association for their help in this series. >> next monday night first lady elizabeth monroe was more private than dolley madison. she refused to continue the tradition of making social calls around the city. she spoke french inside the white house and gained a reputation of being queenly by her critics. and louisa katherine adams was the only first lady born outside the u.s. next monday live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span 3, also on c-span radio and cspan.org. >> and our website has more about the first ladies including a welcome to the white house. the association is offing the book first ladies of the united states of america. and thoughts from michelle obama on the role of first ladies throughout history now available for the discounted price of $ 12.95 plus shipping at cspan.org slash products. >> now the american public transportation association discusses it's priorities and spend

is helping the state of washington sort out the complexities of legalizing marijuana. >>> our toptory now, the brunswick, georgia, mother that says a teenaged boy shot and killed her 13 month old baby and just spoke to cnn's nick valencia. nick joins me now from brunswick. nick, two teens have been charged with first degree murder in this case and then 911 recordings have been released, all at a time when you had a sitdown conversation with the mother. >> reporter: yeah, just sat down with sherry west for a very emotional interview, and, fred, she didn't mince words. >> i hate you and i don't forgive you. you killed an innocent human life, and that i hope you die for it. that's how i feel. >> reporter: no one would blame you to feel like that. >> no, because this is the second child that people have taken from me in a tragic way, and that i am so afraid to have any more babies now. i tried to raise really good kids in a wicked world, so i hope he dies for what he did. >> reporter: sherry west says she can't live here anymore. when we visited her armt she was packing up. she sa

& mary. they were there 50 years ago for the march on washington. they put together a concert for sandy hook elementary survivors, teachers. he has a new album called "i'm in love with a big blue frog." let's take a look at peter paul & mary singing at their 20th anniversary concert. i'm in love with the big blue frog ♪ ♪ paul was here months ago and i have a great conversation with him as always. forever busy. the work does not stopped. the commitment is something we inherited. maryeavers, pete seeger, used to say if you seen, you have to lift me. the turning point came at the march on washington in 1953, and i remember when we were singing, people knew this song. it had been a big hit. us, andvis introduced he said, what should i say? a music groupr that will express music. we were not there to entertain. we were there to express and to join other people. get all of a sudden, a quarter million people were singing the song. ♪ if i had a hammer, i would hammer in the morning, i would hammer in the evening, all over this land ♪ ♪ i would hammer out danger allwould hammer

>> this week on the journal editorial report. the president's plans revealed. "the washington post" confirms it's all about 2014 and a return of a pelosi congress. is that strategy starting to back fire? and plus stocks soaring to new highs, but the economy has a long way to go. has ben bernanke helped create a bubble and will it go bust? also form d.e.a. chiefs putting pressure on the obama administration to block washington and colorado's new laws legalizing pot. weigh in on other state measures, why the silence now? welcome to the journal editorial report. i'm david asman in for paul gigot. despite his so-called charm offensive to republican members of congress this week, "the washington post" confirmed what we already expected, president obama's anti-republican attacks are going to continue, that he's not really in a compromising mood on the budget sequester or pretty much anything else. according to the post, his aim is not to get along with the g.o.p., but to get them out. the goal is to flip the republican-held house back to democratic control, allowing obama it push forward

during his visit to egypt some of the country's opposition leaders accuse washington of interfering in the country's domestic politics that sentiment is being echoed by their supporters on the streets as our correspondent del true now reports. there was a lot from the people here in egypt but we saw always protests outside the foreign ministry of people actually burning pictures of john kerry saying that he was supporting the muslim brotherhood and u.s. interests here in the egypt on a formal political level opposition leaders including hamdeen sabbahi amr and we said and mohamed el baradei failed to attend the meeting on saturday yesterday six all v.l.f. in opposition because he used to attend the sabbahi himself who of course is part of the national salvation front the leading opposition coalition here he said that he wouldn't open dialogue with john kerry the u.s. continues to pursue their interests here and to interfere at a domestic level. for his part apparently did to meet with john kerry we're not sure what was actually discussed. they talked to him on the phone clearly a feeli

, thanks for watching "the next list." >>> washington's forced spending cuts now have the force of law. the u.s. government needs a plan to roo deuce its debt. but is this the way to do it? another deadline, another failure in washington by your elected officials. fay yur to put your prosperity above their ideology and partisan political interests, someone even said the word [ bleep ]. >> we should not have to move a third bill before the senate gets off their [ bleep ] and begins to do something. >> and by senate, he means democrats. but boss reid tossed the hot potato right back at boehner. >> i think he should understand who is sitting on their posterior. we're doing our best to pass something. >> all of this while your financial future hangs in the balance. the forced cuts could cost $750,000 jobs. in a weak economy that's barely growing, a lot of smart people say this so-called sequester is stupid. >> besides having adverse effects on jobs and incomes, a slower recovery would lead to less economic recovery. >> republicans say democrats are fear-amongering. without reforming co

in washington state. or washington-altered state. >> what is happening in colorado and washington is truly unprecedented. no country in the world has removed prohibition on commercial production distribution of medical marijuana. >> michael: and one of those marijuana mavens will be joining us on the show tonight. but for tonight, it's gitmo time. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> michael: before we go to gitmo we follow the president. the president is in israel for the first foreign visit in his second term. a visit he has been seemingly avoided. republicans criticized him that he never made it to israel in his first team. he seemed to de-prioritize it, but not the case today. here is obama with someone who he had a prickly if not distant relationship with. >> obama: i did enough the prime minister that they're very good looking young men who clearly got their good looks from their more. >> i could say the same thing of you're daughters. >> michael: when in doubt go to the children and that's what they did to break the ice. you'll remember netanyahu sported romney in the 2012 election. they were

and washington struggle for dominance and. international news and comment from our studio here in moscow this is. twenty four hours a day. at least forty people have been arrested in new york on a third night of demonstrations off to police shot dead a black sixteen year old authorities say the officers were acting in self-defense when they fought eleven rounds at the teenager but the protesters accuse police of systematic racism and brutality. has more. the night began on wednesday with a peaceful vigil to honor kamani gray but soon after and in a rage crowd split off and a vigil broke out into the streets and subsequently with police officers dressed in riot gear what fueled all these anger is the fact that the autopsy article money was released wednesday indicating that the sixteen year old boy was struck for seven times by bullets the real those bullets hit him from behind but this clearly will be anger that that has already been boiling for days many new yorkers believe that this is another indication other example of a risk we tell them of police targeting minorities accordi

overblown, is it? >> okay, play the washington number game with me for a minute. you heard the 2% number. "oh, it's only 2% of federal spending over the next 10 years. it's no big deal." but there's another washington number which is because of the way the sequester is structured, it's 10% to 13% in some programs this year. and that's going to cause some pain. >> susie: all right, well, talk us through this a little bit. i mean, you have said that the automatic spending cuts are going to be gradual. they officially kick in at midnight tonight. so talk us through what happens after midnight. >> reporter: right, it's kind of like explaining the indefensible but here's how it goes. the government is going to have to start deciding, because it's going to be real, who gets furloughed. they're going to have to send out letters. they're going to say, "hey, we think you're going to be furloughed." they're going to have to decide which contracts they have to cancel. it will take them time to notify people. all that is going to start unfolding over the next couple of woks. then people will find ou

beijing and washington struggled for dominance in the age of looks set to heat up. you're watching r t a line from moscow with me to bomb would say it's good to have you company with us of the soft and the child soldiers fighting them both sides of the bloody conflict in syria that's according to u.n. investigators and charities as a crisis in syria approaches its second anniversary this week of the u.n. is warning this is not a simplistic battle between good rebels and an evil regime reporter. has this update from damascus. the conflict is getting more complicated we have seen many many phenomena regarding the children being involved in this crisis we have seen many children eighteen and these children in the school ages where there's going to destroy and they don't have any other thing that we can get through today and sometimes paid for paid for their paid in one of the most important example of this was the video that was produced or let's say on you tube something like a month month two months ago for a child of seven years old by heading cutting the head of a military officer in an

response to more u.n. sanctions blaming seoul and washington for ruining nuclear disarmament talks and conducting war games. in the body of venezuela's late leader who go chavez to be embalmed and put on public display for years to come as latin america mourns the loss of its loudest voice for independence. eleven am in moscow i matras a good to have you with us here on r t we begin in egypt where the northern city of port sayed is said to be a war zone army and police units protecting government buildings from angry anti-government protesters that have been on the rampage since last sunday at least seven people have been killed in this spate of unrest artie's belt true has more. but there are ten scenes here in egypt's coastal city of post as the clashes continue into the night time standing right in front of the front line here we've witnessed excessive use of tear gas and by the security forces as well as hearing gunfire although i cannot confirm whether this is my mission leader post have come in that i mean you should has been used in the past few days these protests abreu counts

the streets of caracas there was a different tone emerging from washington artie's done she can report on that side of it. communities of people throughout latin america are mourning the death of which office the venezuelan leader enjoyed tremendous popular support in his country as well as the whole region he won four presidential elections and had ruled venezuela for fourteen years so you see this liberation process not only on the venezuelan people but also of all the latin american peoples must continue. chavis allowed us to restore faith in latin america region so that a profound transformation in the region can be carried out the only guards and the empire will no doubt be happy and celebrating the news empire is the word a host of south american leaders and used to refer to the united states in washington president obama extended his sympathy to the chavez family and heralded quote a new chapter in the history of latin america but the u.s. congress was not as restrained in their reaction to the death of the venezuelan leader the chairman of the house foreign affairs commi

indeed pull the others in to then pull itself out. two years on washington is criticized for its failure to bring things to had in syria both at home and abroad we are providing vital humanitarian assistance for my it is here in assistance doesn't stop bombs. the rebels who have suffered losses as have you as the military now say they feel betrayed by the u.s. we did not get any real action on the ground from the united nation from the united states speculation is brewing that washington is starting to view the assad regime as the lesser of two evils preferable to radical jihadist groups the obama administration although there are levels and levels of what you what governments do basically it is has been interested in seeing if there's a way out of this mess but in reality america is still in a white house decision last month may have ruled out arming the rebels an idea backed by the pentagon cia and state department but the countries doing little to stop others doing just that washington was silent when another made to member turkey asked for the arms embargo to be lifted nor di

history, but a man by the name of david stewart. this was a friend of washingtons, actually related to washington. he was a business partner of wash. interestingly enough, david stuart laid the corner stone here in 1791 rich chew, the into maws compromise of 1790 sealed the deal with the assumption of debt. after the revolutionary war, there was a whole lot of debt taken on by the various states. .. in exchange for the b. in place right here in the potomac river. for the act of 1790 with the deciding during creating the district of columbia. they came to the spot were standing on now and had a masonic ritual. the masons have dared a burdensome trowel trowels encored audio in the case and speeches right here on the spot. the ceremonial day of the southernmost marker, which is however standing over now. that's how the district was created. >> and 73, someone takes a look at this dodd-frank farmer protection act and argues that took based on a false narrative of what led to the 2008 economic collapse. he spoke about his work at the american enterprise institute in washington d.c. this is

leaders accuse washington of interfering in the country's domestic politics that sentiment is being echoed by their supporters on the streets as parties correspondent bill true reports. and egypt's. foreign minister. carry. supporting the muslim brotherhood and u.s. interests in the egypt on a plane on a formal political level opposition leader is creating a hamdeen sabbahi i'm really so on mohamed el baradei failed to attend the meeting on saturday yesterday six of the eleven opposition because he used to attend the sabbahi himself who of course is part of the national salvation front the leading opposition coalition here he said that he wouldn't open dialogue with john kerry the u.s. continues to pursue their interests here and to interfere at a domestic level. for his part apparently did to meet with john kerry we're not sure what was actually discussed. they talked to him on the phone there's clearly a feeling of anger towards the u.s. secretary of state who was calling for political consensus which many people interpret as a bucking the muslim brotherhood policies he has histor

in the oil wells believes washington is starting to realize it may be supporting the wrong side in egypt. i think there is a double face policy in washington the backing of the muslim brotherhood goes back to the cia's role in egypt back in nineteen fifties when the world saw the muslim brotherhood as a potentially useful tool to put in their bag of organizations that they manipulate around the world i think some people around president obama have the delusion that they could control what's basically of political islamic fascist movement so it's not a movement for democracy and he's for much of the imagination at this point morsi is in a life and death struggle because the populace of court was not there for this this coup and washington is beginning to get a little bit wobbly on its support for morsi for that reason they're beginning to rethink i think that's one of the reasons for the change between hillary clinton and john kerry to bring in a new cast of people and see what what kind of options there are in egypt as for. now just when it needs effective government more than ever

washington are offering their congratulations as well. >> i'm happy they were able to come to a choice as quickly as they did. i think reaching out beyond the traditional continent of our church is another big step in the right direction for the church. >> the president along with the first lady sent his warm wishes to the new pope tonight. in a statement that reads in part, "i look forward to working with his holiness to advance peace, security and dignity for the fellow human beings, regardless of their faith." we learned tonight the vice president will travel to rome for the pope's installation. >> bret: thank you. let's talk more about the historic day. joining me now is father gerald murray, pastor of the holy family church in new york city. cannon lawyer. he joins us from rome. father murray, first let me get your thoughts on this day. this was a surprise for a lot of people. i was surprised -- it was a wonderful surprise. i was not expecting to see a pope from argentina. but i'm happy for that. argentina and all of la tip america represent one of the strongest regions of

official word on transit trip to washington. it was a baking mission to the u.s. treasury. here are some of the comments that came back. he was rude, dogmatic and this obliging and too offensive for words. these quotes came from the british ambassador and his financial. [laughter] naturally with the americans said was worse. but the question one really has to have their about kings of the diplomat is could anyone have done better for britain with the hand they doll, which which was appalling. i answer perhaps surprisingly is yes, that keynes a bad hand to play, but he played it exactly. let me give you an example appeared in may 1944 before the britain was conference the u.s. financial secretary in washington came excitedly saying the u.s. banking community of new york was launching a rearguard action against the fdr administration and its initiative. they hated the whole idea of a monetary fund. they will offer his $3 billion if we walk away from this scheme that geopolitical terms and keynes turned it down. y? teams for success with this legacy and wanted to be known as the father

at washington high school. and i think there's a lot of ego pride in our neighborhood. she is an amazing toeholder we are honoring for women's history month. her contribution is in the field of mathematics at washington high school, go back over 40 years. and she is always encouraging and challenging girls and young women to study advanced courses and to consider opportunities in majoring in math and science and going on to really apply their learning. but i think she's -- when i review the different comments about her from less experienced teachers and students, the words that come out are nurturing and supportive and just a really person that brings everyone together as well. one of the events that washington high does is the pie day or pi day. i know in the math department the teachers bring different types of pies. it is an atmosphere of sharing and mutual support she brings to really support not just the students, but also fellow teachers. she is a san francisco native who attended star of the seal elementary in the richmond. she grew up in the sunset, though. and she gradua

"washington week" is provided by boeing. additional funding is provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. there is something baffling about where we find ourselves in washington tonight. lawmakers spent the better part of the day, and the week, daring each other to meet in the town square at high noon, and when they did, neither liked the outcome all that much. the president popped into the white house briefing room today, at times expressing frustration, other times high mindedness, but making clear who he blames for the budget standoff. >> i am not a dictator. i'm the president. so, ultimately, if mitch mcconnell or john boehner say, we need to go catch a plane, i can't have secret service block the doorway, right? and this idea that somehow there's a secret formula or secret sauce to get speaker boehner or mitch mcconnell to say, you know what, mr. president, you're right, we -- if there was a secret w

leaked audio from his court hearing. also a new a leader comes to paul in china beijing and washington struggle for dominance in asia and in looks set to heat up. at six pm here in the russian capital you lie with us on r.t. i'm to one with say it's good to have you with us child soldiers are fighting on both sides of the bloody conflict in syria that's according to un investigators and charities as a crisis in syria approaches its second anniversary this week the u.n. is warning that this is not a simple battle between good rebels and an evil regime reporter. has this update from tabasco sauce. the conflict is getting more complicated we have seen many many phenomena regarding the children being involved in this crisis we have seen many children like eighteen and these children in the school ages where their school they were destroyed and they don't have any other thing they've done some time paid for paid for their paid and one of the most important example of this was the video that was produced or let's say on you tube something like a month month two months ago for a child of seve

, rana foroohar the chief washington correspondent for the "new york times." david sanger and cbs news political director, john dickerson. boy, you don't have much of a title compared to these other people. ( laughter ). >> i'm hoping to get something out of rome in the next couple of weeks. ( laughter ) >> schieffer: does anybody here think that the catholic church could do better-- i'm not saying for pope-- but if they were looking for somebody to make their case, could they find a better spokesman than cardinal timothy dolan? >> no, they could not. i wonder if he has the chance. i don't think they're going to pick an american pope. that's almost a certainty. but there's a kind of reasonableness and hey we're listening. we're talking. maybe he should come do some meadeation between the white house-- >> we hear political parties when they are in a fix and there's always a debate. is it the underlying message or the messenger that's the problem. and here you heard the cardinal basically saying it was just the-- the packaging not the underlying message that's a challenge for church

decided i would do the washington press, press is what we used to call -- called the media now. we called it the press at the time. and it was a survey of 450, and then got more elaborate. enough what is terribly interesting to me -- this is very exciting -- a young woman came up to me a few minutes ago, and she had this book, the original book, because she had just had it reprinted, the back of the shop. by the way, it looks better than the original. i am very excited. she told me who she was and she was one of the five interns in the summer of 1978 who did the basic studies. she was from stanford. she was the odd woman out. the others were all from harvard. she told me how it changed her life. she became a writer of that as well. i have self -- several of my enters here now and i just listened the story. that's how life goes. and so it got me so interested that i decided that book -- i would call it the news work, the first of a series, and it has been such exciting -- the second book was the -- took -- spend the year inside five government press offices, white house, state department,

epidemic of unemployment. also comes to. washington struggle for the. top stories. international. studio here in moscow this is the twenty four hours a day at least forty people have been arrested in new york on a third night of demonstrations police shot dead a black sixteen year old authorities say the officers were acting in self-defense when they fired eleven rounds at the teenager but the protesters accuse police of systematic racism and brutality. the night began on wednesday with a peaceful vigil to honor a grave but soon after and arranged a split off from the vigil broke out into the streets and subsequently clashed with police officers dressed in riot gear what fueled all these anger is the fact that the autopsy on kamandi gray was released wednesday indicating that the sixteen year old boy was struck by the seven times by bullets and three of those bullets hit him from behind and this clearly fuel the anger that help that has already been boiling for days many new yorkers that believe that the this is a rather indication other example of police brutality of police targ

. sanctions blaming seoul in washington for ruining nuclear disarmament talks and conducting war games. john brennan voted is the new cia chief despite controversy on capitol hill over his endorsement of the u.s. deadly drone program. nine am in moscow i met très a good to have you with us here on r t we begin today in egypt where the city of port site is said to be a war zone army and police units protecting government buildings from angry anti-government protesters have been on a rampage since sunday at least seven people killed in this spate of unrest bell true has more. there are ten scenes here in egypt's coastal city of post as the clashes continue into the night time standing right in front of the front line here we've witnessed excessive use of tear gas by the security forces as well as hearing gunfire although i cannot confirm whether this is my munition all the reports have come in that i mean it has been used in the past few days these protests broke out a few days ago off the defendants in this very contentious. verdicts were being moved from one prison to on the unknown l

presidents. --course, andrew jackson0-- of first, washington's societal ambitions. will washington -- washington's societal ambitions. hear to tell us about those who served in the white house to aupport the presidents, presidential historian. michael, welcome. brady back at our table tonight. her biography of rachel jackson is called "the french your love andrew."rachel and how do people understand the change that andrew jackson brought to the white house? the first westerner. we have virginia presidents from the old south before that. he grew up in the frontier. the change is enormous. socially, the change is enormous. he is not of the old planter class of the south that previous presidents had been from. not like a newly linder either. he brings different values and the french ambitions to the white house. was a widowgh he the president, the ghost of his wife, over the white house during his years there. why is that? >> she was the woman of his life. he loved her. when she died just a few months before he was inaugurated, he was a rest. he spent all of his time thinking about he

g. crisis washington says it won't tolerate the deal despite it's a real peril to the alliance with islamabad. and i welcome you watching our take life from moscow. protesting against abuse most of guantanamo bay as prisoners are on hunger strike according to lawyers for some inmates several prisoners is said to be so sick that coughing up blood while others are being hope hospitalized and force fed through tubes in their stomachs authorities a dam playing the strike saying no incidents of abuse were recorded but political analyst ron dawson who's written extensively on guantanamo says these aren't the first strikes of this type they really have very little other recourse other than are under strike is not the first hunger strike they had it before and giles and five in the u.s. is denying that this strike is as large as it is and downplaying the strike saying it's only a few inmates by they've had to admit that at least five are being force fed food through tubes in their stomachs it could be far worse than that however the usually don't act in a rational way they're probably going

dining here to be more relaxing than entertaining in washington. she was less worried serving 100 people here than 20 in washington. >> many important figures would be seated with them. thomas jefferson was frequently here. james monroe was here. henry clay. margaret smith. once while mrs. madison was serving at the head of the table the vice president offered to do the honors for her and she responded oh no, watch with what ease i do it. and he had to admit she did it with unparalleled ease. >> and looking at their life when they returned there, how was it compared to when they lived in the white house? >> i think they were besieged by people who wanted to associate themselves with the mad sons. many visitors in addition to -- political visitors in addition to family and friend. sort of like the washingtons and the jeffersons. everybody wanted to meet the great percentages. so they had people in the house with them. not only relatives but many political visitors as well. >> she was devoted to him and getting his papers together in that role. was she happy doing that? >> yes, that the po

criticism from the country's anti-government groups opposition leaders accuse washington of sticking its all into gyptian political affairs and refused to even meet with john kerry they claim america is siding with the ruling islamist muslim brotherhood despite the sharp political divisions within the country policy a look said one john kerry's intentions could be in the troubled north african state. he says that the purpose of his visit is essentially to discuss regional and international issues have a wide spectrum of egyptian leadership that is refusing to retry him the criticism is coming from liberal and secular leaders they accuse kerry and the united states of siding with the muslim brotherhood and they accuse its leader mohamed morsi of essentially stepping into the same role as the ousted dictator hosni mubarak now it is true that the united states has maintained close ties with morsi but the criticism is that he is failing to implement reforms and at the same time he is turning the country into a more religiously conservative ruling system at least two opposition figures ha