we'll talk a martha washington followed by the rosa ♪ >> martha washington was george washington's confidante. >> she was very capable. she did not like that. she called herself a prisoner of state. >> by the same token that every step washington took to find the office, so can it be said that everything martha washington did, likewise. >> it was a businesslike relationship. but not without affection. they had a deep respect for each other. >> she owned most of this whole block, going back a couple of acres. she owned a huge chunk of what williamsburg was. >> there was a lot of tragedy in martha washington's life. she lost her first husband. >> she was raised a rich woman. what that means in the 18th century, that is not necessarily what it means today. >> she brings with her to mount vernon 12 house slaves. that is almost an unimaginable luxury. >> it'd take for 10 days to travel here to valley forge from mount vernon in her carriage with her slaves and servants with her. this was a difficult journey. >> her experience had prepared her to become the first lady. >> martha washington was 57 ye

>> washington is a liberal town. it really has not changed washington inch. they are more -- there may be more jobs for conservatives in journalism than there were. it has not changed that much. look, who decide what's the story is? it is not fox news. it is not rush limb boug. it these mainstream media i which is liberal. they decide what the story is. some conservatives thought because talk radio in particular had a huge impact in the midterm election in 1994 and but it, but the conservative media could rival the mainstream media, boy, that had not happened at all. you know, brian shall i wrote a piece for the new republic back soon after i got there, '85, '86 or '87. a conservative error in american politics. ronald reagan was president. republicans controlled the senate, not the house, but rage gain has been successful in getting things through the house. immersed a whole bunch evidence to say that there had been, i called it media realignment. that the media was getting more conservative or at least less liberal and i wrote a whole piece on the cover of

martha washington is lady washington. james madison is mr. president. dolley is clean dolley beginning -- queen dolley. that is one of the messages she is sending out the women at that time understood a lot of the beginning of that is predicated on loyalty. >> a lot of people called her president. >> who called her queen dolley? >> a lot of people. queen.just a clea me -- she looked every inch a queen. she bought a lot of her materials in paris. she is very elegantly dressed. she looks to american eyes as a queen. that is fine. she is not the head of state. she is walking a very fine line where she expresses the finer things to which the nation aspires. she is not royalty. she is always walking a very fine line down the middle. >> you provided a wonderful segue to our next video. the restored home of the madisons and open for tours. put it on your list if you ever get to virginia. they have a display that talks about her dresses. we will show you that now. >> most of the dresses we have at the visitor's center are based on descriptions we have of the wa

. >> she moved back to washington d.c. in her elder years and became very much behind the scenes in a political field again. >> as henry clay famously said, everybody loves mrs. madison. her equally famous response -- that's because mesrs. madison loves everyone. >> dolley madison came to her service as first lady with experience during thomas jefferson's two terms. the president often called on her to assist him. this sense of the usefulness of diplomacy all-out dolley to hit the ball running. she assumed the role in 1809 as her husband james madison became the president. welcome. we will learn about the intriguing dolley madison. we have two guests at our table. let me introduce you to them. catherine allgor, an author and biographer of dolley madison. thank you for being here. >> it's a pleasure. >> edith mayo 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 o

thanks so much. >> hello, i'm congresswoman cathy mcmorris rodgers from washington state. today, would like to give you an update on the debate we're having in washington about spending. this debate is about more than just numbers and politics. it is about the kind of future we want for our children and grandchildren. do we want to hand them a mountain of debt and all the worries that go with it? or do we want them to inherit a vibrant economy and a future full of opportunities? this is the debate we've been having for quite a while. it is time we resolve it and get something done. yesterday, across the board spending cuts known as the sequester took effect because president obama and senate democrats failed to act. these devastating across the board cuts will affect the lives of so many hard working americans. yet, this week the president traveled 180 miles to newport news, virginia instead of traveling 1.5 miles to senator harry reid's office on control to negotiate a replacement of smarter spending cuts. the president failed to act and his senate never passed a bill to

not washington in action. >> okay. we're going to talk a lot more about the stock market and how you invest in this climate in a little while. no one thought the forced spending cuts would happen. but they did. most likely your world is still the same today as it was yesterday. but washington's next completely avoidable crisis would hit you hard, no matter who you are after march 27th. i'll explain that after the break. [ man ] i've been out there most of my life. you name it...i've hooked it. but there's one... one that's always eluded me. thought i had it in the blizzard of '93. ha! never even came close. sometimes, i actually think it's mocking me. [ engine revs ] what?! quattro!!!!! ♪ i work for 47 different companies. well, technically i work for one. that company, the united states postal service® works for thousands of home businesses. because at usps.com® you can pay, print and have your packages picked up for free. i can even drop off free boxes. i wear a lot of hats. well, technically i wear one. the u.s.

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 just over 90

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 seven years old by heading cutting the

also has a new leader comes to power in china beijing 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 r

"washington journal" is live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. first lad night on " ies" she was called a big ms during her husband's campaign. rachel jackson died of a heart attack before her husband, andrew jackson, went to the white house. the white served as house hostess before a fall out during a scandal. we will include your questions and comments by phone, facebook, and twitter. live monday night on c-span and c-span 3. also on c-span radio and c- span.org. >> in his weekly address, president obama observes the three-month anniversary of the sandy hook elementary school shooting in newtown, connecticut. he speaks of legislation currently being worked on at the senate at attempts to reduce gun violence. then senator mike lee of utah delivers the republican address. he talks about the federal budget and wasteful spending. >> it has been three months since the tragic events in newtown, connecticut. three months since we lost 20 innocent children and six dedicated adult who had so much to give. three months since we as americans began asking

and some noises coming out of washington there is quite a little contingent within the united states that is looking to perhaps get into the batek because and not be talking abrasively as they have in previous years and israel has entered the fray the israeli lobby is really putting pressure on those politicians in america to take a more israeli line which is a more hardcore lied to us to do with perhaps a flame war with out of around the big change that we're looking at is a shift there is a shift away from this kind of like allegiance to israel that is on capitol hill in washington d.c. there are splits appearing because americans are realizing that it's not in their best interest it's not in american interest to follow israel's agenda so therefore aipac is it's not beneficial for aipac to be running the government and want any more as for the past thirty years. this friendship leaves. the apac congress this sunday. president freedom has become the latest victim in the gaza israel confrontation made tit for tat exchange hamas has start israelis from working in the territory and the

could be playing in washington i'm kind of shaken. still to come here on our team new head at the cia john brennan earned as the director of langley despite a controversy on capitol hill over his indorsement of the u.s. deadly drone program. how some communities in britain are battling to keep the age old traditions alive that are being put at risk by strict tax policies stay with us lots more to come here on r.t. . did you see darth vader is stormtroopers trying to make their way into the ukrainian justice ministry as part of a protest well probably a lot of you saw this fun viral video but how many people remember what exactly they wanted and what their protest demands were all about probably not that many trust me i understand that using wacky protest tactics gets media attention and if you are pushing a cause that media attention is critical but when no one even gets what you want or why you are in that wacky costume it doesn't help there seems to be like almost a protest a culture and language like you see people protesting they'

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 did protest when the arab league gave the go ahead for weap

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 same rate it was growing last year. the impressive thing is that it's doing this in the face of so many head winds. gasoline prices have gone up. most economists would have anticipated some

he's in washington where the sequester is hitting here tonight. how about the debt debate now, randall? does it change your investment horizon if we're talking about things that are happening in the very short-term future? >> no. in fact, i think in the long run, it's good for our investors who need to take a long-term perspective on investment. so much of investment action that's been taken in the last year has been based on expecting the government, the federal government to step in and save companies and in fact create business for them. now i think investors are-- will have a chance to realize increasingly they've got to look at what those companies are able to do on their own. >> tom: but with so much uncertainty when it comes to fiscal policy-- taxes, for instance, and government spending certainly beyond this fiscal year, how do you skill keep that viewpoint on the long-term horizon? >> it's difficult. but the fact of life is, this is not the first time in american history wove faced these kind of difficulties. the difference between then a

i think there's a double faced policy in washington the backing of the muslim brotherhood goes back to the cia's role in egypt back in one thousand fifty's 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 really 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 popular support is 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. just when it needs effective government more than ever it really remains paralyzed by a post-election stalemate. the dog can't be paid for out of the current th

you when you came to washington. the biggest surprise has been the defeatist attitude among so many republicans who have been in washington along time. i cannot tell you how many times people have wanted to that me on the head and say, that is nice. you can vote no and we will just louis. it is utterly maddening. i will -- you can voting no and we will just lose. it is utterly maddening. i will tell you something the media does not know. for the past three weeks, conservatives have been winning. we are winning because of you. three specific examples in the last three weeks. a couple of weeks ago, i was honored to join my friend, rand paul, as he stood for 13 hours on the floor of the senate. [cheers and applause] when he started at 11:47 in the morning, there were more than a few senators, republican senators, who saw what he was doing as odd or even quotic -- quixotic. he said we are going to stand for the constitution. we are going to stand until this administration ethnologist limits on its power. -- until this ad

they'll be able to go to washington and bring it out of washington. that seems to be one of the biggest hurdles. >> that's going to happen if it's very cheap in washington. but it's as if there are no pot dealers in idaho and oregon and the borders are not thickcally populated. the real issue is not the people coming to the pot but the pot going to the people. in colorado they allow home growing and a low tax and washington does not allow home growing and a high tax. the big problem may be that their prices are so high that they're illegally in washington because it's cheaper. >> michael: you think about pot you would think that they would bring in someone who is for it. but you're opposed to the legislation. you wrote when they would flock to california to stock up. there is no way on earth the federal government would tolerate that and instead we'll see massive federal busts of legal growers and retailers no matter how legal their activity was under state law. no friend of marijuana legalization, is that part of the idea, to bring in people of diffe

efforts to gain a stronger foothold in asia returned see that has put beijing on edge washington has been expanding its military reach in the region as you can see on the map here and the power games between the u.s. and china also playing out in the digital world as. reports. a bigger threat than al qaeda this is how washington officials now describe the legit cyber attacks coming from china u.s. stop it delegates officials now rank the threat of computer large foreign of sorts higher than terrorism transnational organized crime and weapons of mass destruction for the first time since nine eleven washington has long queues china stealing military secrets and intellectual property from hacking president obama's facebook page to cyber attacks against u.s. flagship media like the new york times but a recent u.s. congress report warns of going beyond online vandalism chinese penetration of defense system threaten the u.s. military's readiness and ability to operate it said that could include u.s. satellites weapons start getting systems never gave computers and many more but are the chi

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 to just g

how do you think the country washington, gets out of this mess wore in now? >> i think what's sad is that there is this bunker mentality in the white house it and within the republican party and something surfaces and people jump on it and say "oh, this is good for obama so we're going to embrace. this is bad for obama we're going to denounce it." what we forget is-- and you know, you live in this zone. you and i have been around for a long time, this very narrow zone of neutrality, nonpartisan let's find out the facts. that's what i'm trying to do. and i think it's sad that the president hasn't seized control of his own presidency in fact. >> schieffer: all right we'll talk a lot more about this during the roundtable. i'll be back in just a minute with my own thoughts on this. and every day since, we've worked hard to keep it. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help people and businesses who were affected and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open for everyone to enjoy -- and many areas are reporting their best tourism sea

>> washington is a liberal town. it really has not changed washington much. more jobs for conservatives in journalism than there were. it has not changed that much. it these mainstream media i which is liberal. they decide what the story is. republicans controlled the senate, not the house, but rage gain has been successful in getting things through the house. immersed a whole bunch evidence to say that there had been, i called it media realignment. that the media was getting more conservative or at least less liberal and i wrote a whole piece on the cover of the new republic. >> does it matter though? >> of course it matter? >> why? >> look at the 2012 bam campaign. >> you never changed your views and you lived around the liberal media? what does it matter? are they all sheep following the media says? >> oh, who? >> others. >> the reporters. well, there have been some who have come out. i remember charles when he was liberal. i remember mike when he was a pollster for a liberal democratic polling firm. so some people have changed. >> i am talking about the p

but here was "the washington post" on tuesday. this was a quote. this will be the first significant tea party victory in that we got what we set out to do in changing washington. >> yeah. and therein lies the dilemma for republicans, right? they have built a lot of their brand at this point, a significant share of their brand, around cutting government spending. but you can't both take credit for the overall cutting of government and then try to get out of the blame if specific cuts hurt you in your district or if your constituents feel the pain of it. so republicans are trying to balance what is a brand problem, which is that they are now the party of cutting spending, of austerity. but austerity is not popular. the polling shows that the american people would blame republicans if the pain for a austerity is felt by them. >> so what about the 2014? are we beyond thinking about this year, kathleen? is it about the mid terms? >> well, apparently, it's in my newspaper so it must be true. [ laughter ] >> you know, that's a very daunting task for the p

it is silly season again in washington. this is the time of year when the president is invited by reporters for evenings of free food and jokes. saturday night was the annual gridiron dinner in washington, which is closed to cameras, but with a roomful of reporters, most of what was said has leaked out. and this time perhaps inspired by the romney 47% secretly recorded video, a secretly recorded video appeared yesterday on the minnesota star tribune's website, starring of all people, minnesota's senior senator, amy klobuchar. >> i know i was picked to speak tonight from a binderful of women. you first went to michelle obama, but she was doing the oscar's. then you went to hillary, and you know she doesn't like to travel. and then to susan rice. but john mccain blocked her. and then you ended up with me. and you should know that what i don't have in fame i makeup for in hard work and preparation. and i can tell you one thing, i prepared more for this speech than the president did for his first debate! >> joining me from the

and charles lane of the washington post. i think it is fair to say you were not a big fan of romney during the campaign. what do you make of his return to the public stage and he is going to be speaking in a little over a week. a week after next to cpac the conservative political action conference. how much attention do you expect republicans to pay to him? >> let's see what he says in the speech and whether he tries to lay out a forward looking agenda for the party. as i was watching the interview with him i was remind of his decency and i'm proud to have vote the for him and i think he would have been a better president than barack obama is going to be. i remember back to a flashback of an independent vie intervied school with gerald ford. i thought he would have been much better than jimmy carter. i remember watching the interview in grad school and thinking that is not the few auteur of the republican party and i kind of -- i must say with all due respect to governor romney i sort of had that feeling watching him today,

washington maybe hoping the death of its most vocal critic in latin america will result in an increase of its influence but professor. is an expert on the region since the us we'd better off keeping a low profile should be election campaign washington that would be we will advise to not get involved in venezuela the least they can say at this point is the better this is a process we're going to see a very heated election and any intervention on the part of the us even a misstep on obama would be taken as as as hostility towards venezuela it would play into the into the elections in venezuela in this context but after the election of a new president i think that there are good conditions for an effort to reestablish relationships but i think we should understand that it's not just venezuela that had a has had difficulty with washington also ecuador has no ambassador from the u.s. bolivia has no ambassador from the u.s. and the wiki leaks reports really indicate how u.s. attempted to maneuver and to play country against country in latin america and it really provide a revealing look abou

that's in fact to do with with the fact that the fed has buffered a lot of problems in washington by want asset buying program that's been going on for some time. stock markets are up, houses are coming back. i think the recovery in the private sector that happened and will continue to happen is going to buffer some of what's happening and the dysfunction in washington. >> schieffer: what about unemployment? will this have an impact on that? >> i think unemployment will hover around 7.9%, roughly where it's been. we'll seal a slow recovery because areas again like housing, construction, manufacturing, are growing. it's just too bad because if we had things together in washington, i think we'd have a fairly robust recovery by now. >> i agree with that. and in fact you might have more than a robust recovery. and i-- i think what's missing here is a discussion of the impact on real people, and the human twol toll here for something that everyone says, "this is total idiocy "and by conservative estimatees, hundreds of thousands of people are going to lose their jobs. now the people who--

washington does not worry about how to pay bills. they just charge it to our grandchildren's account. but in texas, our constitution requires a balanced budget. it's so happens that a balanced budget in one of the lowest tax and spending burdens in the nation funds our number-one ranking when it comes to job creation. we are leading the way in job creation in all categories, on all salary levels, from entry- level to the executive suite. ofas comes back to the crux the issue. i mentioned earlier, i said we do not believe in growing government to grow the economy. we did not believe in a massive expansion of government as a source of economic stimulation. we believe in putting more money in the hands of entrepreneurs and family. we believe low-wage jobs should not be looked upon as they are a stepping stone to a higher- wage job. we believe the best source of revenue for public priority is job creation, not higher taxation. [cheers and applause] if washington were serious about job creation, it would not pour hundreds of billions of d

i am live in washington. right now conserve tiches are meet nothing washington in the cpac conference. republicans are meeting to define their priorities and message and goalings. coming up in 2012, it is message is muddled with the brand needing a remake and others saying it is fine. we have a lot of republican stars on the stage and we have texas senator ted cruz and plans to introduce the woman who ran for president former alaska governor sarah pail pail. >> they want us to shut up. the nain - main stream mediaments conservatives to accept defeat. the main stream mediaments us to be timid and hide in the corner and the main stream media is convinced that woman cannot be conservatives. and if they are, they especially cannot shoot really big guns and hunt grizzly bears and moose. legality me tell you, that's why governor sarah pail pail drives the media stream bat crap crazy. [ applause ] it shakings up their entire world view and you know what, she can pick winners. [ applause ] sarah pail pail jump would

washington can't do either. if you look at the sequester and see how that happened, that train wreck -- >> but does it have to be either/or as far as joe scarborough is concerned? >> it doesn't have to be either/or. i'm not going to look at the reaction that larry summers got from an op-ed and make my decision based on that. what i'm saying is you have no choice. you have got to grow the economy now. you also have to start planning ahead for what's coming in 2020. >> when you say that, if you got to grow the economy now, do you have to say to yourself, we cannot deal with the deficit in the next several years until we grow the economy to a level that unemployment comes down? >> you're talking about the deficit. i'm talking about the debt. i'm talking about long-term debt. i'm talking about the entitlement crisis. i just don't know many people, other than paul, that are saying we can wait another 10, 15 years to worry about medicare. >> you say we cannot wait ten years. we can't wait ten years because this will h

washington's favorite tavern. i miss episodes in the early teens centuries and within the cms today was built circa 1785 and a new addition was added 1782. but the new edition is over 200 years, too. other famous people who died here, including john adams, thomas jefferson, james madison. thomas jefferson had his dinner here. john cassidy had a terrific reputation for hospitality. he was no for the really great dinners he would serve. so use well-known all over the area and that's why the president of the united days to come here because it was probably the best place to eat in this entire area. the last year to establish restaurant in baltimore and washington city. when you think about george washington, you think of them as living the revolutionary war and being this is correct or in your dollar bill. but what is needed that gadsby's tavern is you see and dining and drinking, dancing. he loved to dance, telling stories, meeting friends to your and having conversations. ecm is a real person, not as a statue. we a

media and legal pressure force washington to conceive the number of hunger strikers have gone tanabe it's higher than first admitted but it denies all the one hundred inmates are starving themselves. washington's put on hold the final phase of a controversial european missile shield due to a lack of cash instead deciding to focus on bolstering its defense against what the pentagon says is the threat posed by north korea. on the long term capital riga plays host to an annual march by over a thousand nazi veterans who served in the s.s. sparking outrage both inside the country and abroad. you saw russia and around the world this is the with me hello and welcome to the program. now the u.s. military has denied claims prisoners at guantanamo bay detention center engaged in a mosque hunger strike that's despite the laws of more than one hundred detainees claim that clients have gone without food for more than a month and it's been reported that the inmates most of whom were cleared for release years ago began stopping themselves up to prison guards desecrated the cohens so i've gone time

i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. remember john f. kennedy's book "profiles in courage"? it's about u.s. senators who had to cast courageous votes that some of the people back home didn't like. such a vote is coming soon to a senator near you. the issue, gun safety. the nra is out there working gun owners loading them up with the worst case scenarios. if someone does a background check on you, count on that person to turn in your name to washington. next step, the creation of the national registry of all guns and name and address of all those who bought them. this means the pressure is now on the senators, alarmed, in a personal sense by those young kids whose lives were wiped away at 6 years old. will they vote what they think is right or buckle to the national rifle association and to second amendment fanatics? tonight we debate the profiles in courage. those u.s. senators for whom the gun safety vote could make all the difference. mark glaze is the director of mayor bloomberg's group, mayor's against illegal guns. and jim johnson i

what on earth is going on in washington. with the dow and the stock markets, they are looking for the bottom line. the u.s. firms, ge, ibm and they are doing great. turning in record profits. last year we saw corporate profits as a result of gdp hitting an all time record. for them, whatever happens in washington doesn't have much effect on the sales in china or brazil or overseas. that's where they are getting more money. you are seeing this growing vast disconnect between corporate america and the rest of the country that includes washington. >> the point you made is important. globalization is sort of the internationalization of the corporations and economies. that means they don't have to care about what happens in the u.s. economy. they can thrive even if we struggle. >> the dow went up to the record on overnight news from china. they are saying we are looking for 7.5% growth and we are willing to put more money into our economy to get there. that was enough for the dow. let's look at china. they are going great and doe

state directly supported at the same time what we're really seeing is that washington is having to deal with problems that it created and this is essentially the core or at least part of the core of kerry's first visit to this region after taking office. khaled el sammy editor of the london based the arabic newspaper al quds our arabic claims america's top diplomat is visiting her at the worst possible moment john kerry arrived in egypt in a very critical. time. in front of the u.s. embassy today. why. it is really ironic that the united states has been the safety net or for more. for the gates is being seen as the main support of the new emerging fascist rule in egypt by many egyptians that's why they don't get to the street where this thing against john kerry's visit is a very difficult time and the united states again very unpopular in streets of egypt. still ahead this hour thousands rally in russia's camp but still they're demanding that officers adopted a broader better protected shortly we report on what pushed people to take to the streets in protest. the u.s. is pushing forward

he was actually related to washington, he was a business partner of washington. interestingly enough, david stewart actually laid the cornerstone here in that 1791 masonic ritual, the infamous compromise of 1790 is what finally sealed the deal. it had to do with the assumption of debt. after the revolutionary war, there was a whole lot of debt that had been taken on by the various states. and there was a, the politics of this is that the southern states had largely paid off their debts, but the northern states had not. so al sander hamilton wanted the federal government to assume these debts. james madison was against that, but madison and the virginians wanted the capitol on the potomac river. is so there was a famous dinner that was held at monticello, thomas jefferson's house, where thomas jefferson invited james madison and alexander hamilton, and over dinner at monticello they struck the compromise of 1790 which was that the federal government would assume the wartime debts from the revolutionary war in exchange for the capitol being placed right here on the

the washington social circle was maybe 500 people. world of social washington. it is a very small group of people. that is who met her and reflected her. people did not know her. if monroe was president, he did two tours around the country and they were phenomenal because no one ever saw the president. no one ever heard the president talk. we cannot go through a day, hardly. you have to be sealed up to go through a day without hearing the president's voice or to see an image of him. massachusetts wrote in 1870 that for the first time, he had seen a picture, an image of president roh. -- monroe. james madison gave three speeches. john -- thomas jefferson gave two. peach -- people never saw the president or heard the president. is not a public perception. it is a good question. but it is a different time. >> the white house was burned by the priggish -- the british and the matteson's had to leave while it was being constructed. the munros moved back in. how important was this symbolically? >> even by then, the white house had become america's house. itsof the reas

washington as well. see for more information on book tv's recent visit to alexandria virginia and many other cities visited by our local content vehicles, go to c-span.org/local content. >> up next on booktv "after words" with guest host jamie weinstein senior editor at the daily color. this week correspondent kim ghattas and her book "the secretary" a journey with hillary clinton from beirut to the heart of american power. and it she examines mrs. mrs. clinton'clinton' s role in u.s. diplomacy abroad and also seeks to answer whether u.s. power is in decline. the program is about an hour. >> host: i think what we should do is talk a little bit about your biography because i think much of this book is about hillary clinton and her short time as secretary of state and it's also about your experience from beirut to covering the secretary of state around the world, so why do you begin by talking a little bit about where you came from? >> guest: jamie first thank you very much for having me and i am delighted

maybe we will hear about the full name of the march on washington which was the march on washington for jobs and freedom, and maybe we will even hear about the kennedy administration horror about this march. they didn't want this to happen. a were concerned there would lead to the point president kennedy's shut down the federal government other than for the essential personnel the day that this occurred in 63. but, i am pretty certain that the commemoration is mostly going to focus on dr. king and i have a dream. and i know that -- we all know this and most of us can recite parts of it and chunks of it especially towards the end. it's a great speech. it's optimistic, hopeful, it is king at his best when it comes to the delivery and the style and emotional appeal but also frees as dr. king in 1963 in this moment. he's talking about ecology and the brotherhood, which are fine themes and messages but it freezes him and obscures' the complexity of king and of the freedom struggle and the complexity of the 1960's. so tonight i want to talk more about another march, the poor people's campaign

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 lo

washington, d.c., no city in america relies more on federal government in washington. federal money pours in every single day into every part of the city. despite this fountain of federal funds, one in three children still live in poverty in our nation's capital. two in three children lived in single-parent homes. another city number and by policy for decades, when in three residents are in food stamps and one in three used to live in poverty. americans are committed to helping our sisters and brothers who are struggling, but we are seeing the damaging results of our broken welfare state. we sent a trillion dollars each year on programs. poverty only seems to increase. something is wrong. compassion demands that we change. the federal government says that the more people we have on food stamps, the more it grows the economy. the department of agriculture declares, each five dollars in new benefits generates almost twice that amount in economic activity for the community. our government is running food stamp emotions at the cease -- emotions act foreign embassies foreig

peter doocy reports from washington. >>peter: it wasn't until eight or 9:00 on election night that mitt romney realized he would not be moving into the white house as america's 45th president. >> we were convinced we would win. we saw the polls were very close but we knew that energy and passion was with our voters and my heart said we would win. >> the former g.o.p. nominee believes incumbency and the popularity of obamacare propelled president obama to re-election and thinks lately the president has approached battles over sequestration and immigration by campaigning. >> wish i were there, it kill me not to be in the white house doing what needs to be done. the president is the leader of the nation, the president brings people together and does the deals and the trades and knocks the heads together and the president leads. i don't see that kind of leadership. >> romneys have 20 grandkids and fill their day with charity work and family time but the abrupt end to the campaign was difficult. >> i cried. when you pour that

so americans are really frustrated with washington. they are not each paying much attention to this. still, with republicans controlling the house of representatives, isn't that image of lawmakers fleeing washington a pr debacle? >> i think it would be had the house not already passed twice a bill to replace the sequester. >> come o shawn, it would snb it would be? >> carol, look. here is the thing. schoolhouse rock lays it out. the constitution says the congress has two branches of government that have to come together. the house twice passed a bill that said let's replace the sequester with more acceptable cuts to make sure we get control of the spending but do so in a more responsible way. the senate has failed to act. at some point you can't dance alone. you have to have a partner. the president and the democratic controlled senate haven't done anything. >> doesn't the blame game get tiresome? that's not what american voters -- >> it did. hey! carol, i absolutely share the frustration of the american people. i think what asking is