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"washington post" reports he revealed highly classified intelligence to russian diplomats at the white house. even senate republicans are now warning trump is in a downward spiral. we will get the latest. then as the ninth circuit court of appeals hears argumentsts ovr trump's second m muslim trtravel ban, we will go to seattle to speak with washington state attorney general bob ferguson. he filed the first suit against comes travel ban, sparking a nationwide firestorm of legal resistance. >> we are a nation of laws. as i said, as we have said, from day one, those laws applied everybody in our country, and that includes the president of the united states. amy: all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the beginning of the end. that's what many are saying about the trump presidency following the "washington post's"s" explosive article revealing how president trump disclosed highly classified intelligence during his sit-down meeting with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov and russian ambassador sergey kislyak at

with washington on a regular basis. lincoln had very little faith in made since his lack luster pursuit of robert e lee's defeated army. in fact, shortly after that battle, the president drafted a letter he never sent. a very valuable lesson when you are upset, write the letter, put it in your drawer, do not send it. that is why email so dangerous. and twitter is even worse. [laughter] anyway, after the battle, lincoln and drafted this letter criticizing meade for allowing lee to escape across the river. he felt meade squandered a chance to win the war. your golden opportunity is gone, lincoln wrote and i am distressed immeasurably because of it. as stan "the war will be prolonged indefinitely." campaign inother 1863 and two months later, meade exhibited little aggressiveness. meade possessed a vast knowledge of the workings and personnel of the army of the potomac, something grants lacked. he was a fine administrator. grant traveled with the army, he could observe and supervise the army and his generals directly and compel meade to act more aggressively. it will lead meade in c

available as podcasts. c-span.org,bsite, or download them from itunes. journaln's "washington ," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up, the career of robert mueller, appointed special counsel to investigate russian --erference in the 20 16th 2016 election. then, ken hughes will discuss the history of past presidents who secretly recorded conversations in the oval office. a shorter watch "washington journal," join the discussion. >> general george washington and his troops crossed the delaware right here to begin their march -- march to trenton geared coming up, burn and more about that harrowing experience on christmas night in 1776. these are the: times that try men's souls. the summertime patriot will in this crisis shrank from his country, but he who stands now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. thomas payne will write the american crisis. it is published on december 19 in the pennsylvania journal. washington has it read to the soldiers to try to bolster morels. -- morale. the situation is dire due to the defeats washington has su

edge of being extinguished. washington's army had reached its lowest point, he was in danger of losing a lot of his troops and his enlistments. he had just lost several significant battles in manhattan and in the new york area. and had retreated across new jersey, hoping to increase the numbers of his army while passing through new jersey and the opposite happened. he lost troops. the analogy i like to use is pointhe rebellion at that was like a candle that was about to be blown out. washington would retreat across the delaware river and set up his forces in pennsylvania in the new town area, and it's there that he developed a plan to use his army before they all went home, and to launch an attack against the german garrison there was holding trenton. trenton was a very important crossroads city at the time, a town of about 1000 people on the major route between philadelphia and new york city. trenton have a lot of significance sitting on the delaware river about 50 miles north of philadelphia. the british assigned three german regiments to hold this position for the winter of 1776. we

saver, in my view. to many, including washington, the british certainly, they felt the war was practically over. they were ready to wrap this up. we needed a victory. trenton is a small battle. 900 hessians are captured. but the morale effect is huge. it is almost viewed by the population at the time as a miracle event. >> american history tv is looking at the revolutionary war in new jersey. coming up, we retrace the steps of soldiers who fought in the battle of trenton. mr. siegel: the battle of trenton is exceptionally significant in the time of 1776 because the american revolution was on the edge of being extinguished. washington's army had reached its lowest point, he was in danger of losing a lot of his troops and his enlistments. he had just lost several significant battles in manhattan and in the new york area. and had retreated across new jersey, hoping to increase the numbers of his army while passing through new jersey and the opposite happened. he lost troops. the analogy i like to use is that the rebellion at that point was like a candle that was about to be blown

, oregon, washington. when a primary campaign ends early like that, when somebody basically runs away with it, it's an interesting strategic question how the last candidate standing treats those remaining contests. once you vanquished all your rivals, do you keep running in those remaining states? do you make a show of competing for those contests when you really are the only one left? i think oftentimes the answer to that depends on whether the candidate thinks that he or she has a chance at winning those states in the general election too, so even once the primary is settled if there are competitive states, swing states left on the primary calendar, that's great reason for them to get additional candidate visits, get additional political attention. on the other hand states that are never going to be in contention, states that are firmly red or firmly blue for the general election, they won't get as much attention. they won't expect as much. a state like washington state would not have expected too much in terms of political attention or a hard fought contest on the republican side o

-- live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up monday morning, washington examiner's daniel alec and his documentary filmmaker brother discuss their new reporting project, "trumps america." then author chris whipple discusses the role and impact of white house chief of staff. john socko, special inspector ,eneral for afghanistan discusses his latest report on reconstruction spending in that country. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion. ♪ tv,ext on american history alexander hamilton awareness society president grant show a cholet discusses the relationship between hamilton and george washington. the spoke in pennsylvania. as the gentleman who portrays george washington at mount vernon. this is about 90 minutes. >> good evening, everyone. i want to welcome everyone to a wonderful presentation tonight. washington's indispensable partner and his interaction with our founding fathers. -- i excited to introduce forgot to tell you who i am. i am jill kelley, the chapter president. -- joe kelly,

advocates -- everyone she talks to, that the decisions we make in washington are really about either expanding opportunity or contracting it. and she has been fighting for expanding opportunities every day. woman electedst to the senate for massachusetts, a former harvard law professor, the author of "this fight is our fight." lee's welcome senator elizabeth warren. [applause] senator warren: i am so glad to the ideas conference. i have been here many times before to talk with a lot of people in this room about ideas. progressive ideas, big ideas, small ideas. my aim is always in the same direction. how to make this country -- how to make this government work for people. i believe that this is the central question facing america today. bigaside the debate about government versus small government, about more government versus less government. the important thing we need is accountable government. government not just for the rich and powerful, but a government that works for and answers to all of us. is theable government basis of american democracy. but for years, let's just face it,

developing story reported in the washington post. residents has been accused of giving classified intelligence to the russian foreign minister when they met at the white house. we will go to they met at the white house. we will gotoa they met at the white house. we will go to a press conference. the story that came out tonight is reported is false. the president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries including threats to civil aviation. at no time, at no time, were intelligence sources or methods discussed and the president did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known. two other senior officials we re known. two other senior officials were present including the secretary of state. these should outweigh those anonymous sources. i was in the room, it did not happen. thanks everybody. that was our live press conference taking place just now outside the white house, denying claims that the president had given classified intelligence to the russian foreign minister when they met at the white house last week. tha

considering deploying thousands more troops to afghanistan, a shift in policy. live to washington. french politics continues to get shaken up, the former prime minister says he is jumping ship tojoin immanuel macron‘s party. jumping ship tojoin immanuel macron's party. this socialist parties there, it is behind us, not the history and values, but it had to move on. we will look at why minnesota is experiencing one of its worst outbreaks of measles. and right up to date with the champions league. this is south korea's next president. he was favoured to win, im proves president. he was favoured to win, improves doolan promising to prove the economy and relationship with north korea. we still don't have the official results. over 41%, north korea. we still don't have the official results. 0ver41%, double his rival. from tomorrow i will be a president for everyone. i will be a president for everyone. i will be a president who serves all the people, even those who did not support me. you may think north korea has dominated this election, but not really. economy and corruption the tot

getting you ready for summer-like heat.. good morning washington. toss to eileen - another beautiful day - heat & humidity return tomorrow - near record breaking highs tomorrow & thursday - timing out thunderstorm chances today: mostly sunny. warm, comfortable humidity. highs: 80-85 winds: sw 5 mph and mild. lows: 59-64 winds: sw 5 mph wednesday: partly cloudy. hot and humid. highs: 90-95 winds: s 5-10 mph happening right now.. metro opening up - happening right happening right now.. metro opening up - with safetrack fifteen now in effect. starting this morning - five stations on the orange line will be closed. those are new carrollton, landover, cheverly, deanwood and minnesota avenue. we are live at the new carrollton station - monitoring the impact. we'll have a live report - coming up at 5:15 now to our top story... fast moving developments after a bombshell from the washington post. that report - that president trump handed over classified information to russian officials. the information was reportedly about how isis plans to use laptops to sneak bombs onto planes. the white house,

was an army hospital during the revolution. it's where washington made one of his major sort of innovations at that time i inoculating all of his troops against smallpox and saved his army which might have been wiped out in 1776, not by the british but by the smallpox. he played a role in that. in addition trenton because of his location between new york and philadelphia, was a major supply depot and the army needed food and trenton became, because of its geographic location it was used as a supply depot before the battle of trenton all the way through 1783 and the army going. one of new jersey's main contributions to the revolution in this area was the organization of its militia. militia was a state function not a continental congress function and new jersey required the units to be in it however new jersey because of washington's army being here and because of the british being constantly in new york and for a year in philadelphia the militiamen were killed -- called out very frequently. it was virtually every other month or every third month sometimes. if they were lucky eve

martha parke custis peter, granddaughter of martha washington. six generations of the peter family lived in the house until 1984. we take a tour with the curator, who shows us a letter from george washington, a bomb shelter, and a signed photo of woodrow wilson. grant: hi, i am the curator at tudor house and historic garden and we will take a look at some of the amazing objects we have in our collection. tudor place was home to the peter family from 1805 until 1983, five different generations lived here. it was the wishes of the last owner that the house become a museum so that the public could enjoy the amazing collection of objects. i want to talk about the architecture. when thomas and martha peter purchased the house it was eight and a half acres and only the two end wings were here with nothing in between. the owner originally planned to add more to the house but never did. they started talking with their friend, a doctor and amateur architect, about designing a grand house for them. he designed the octagon house in washington. he incorporated the two wings and a center block

green. scrambling to respond to a damning report in "the washington post" alleging that president trump revealed highly classified information about isis to russia. the white house called the story false but did not deny classified information was disclosed. last week, according to "the washington post," the president shared details about an isis threat provided by another country with the russian foreign minister and ambassador. the move has the potential to jeopardize a critical isis intelligence source. the post reports the information was so sensitive it was restricted even within the u.s. government. the u.s. did not have permission to share the intel, and after the meeting, white house officials called the cia and nsa to try and contain the damage. hena daniels is here in new york. good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are demanding answers. the trump white house is back in crisis mode as it reacts to yet another bombl. washington post" that the president went off script when he revealed the specific isis plot. >> i was in the room.

place, comments from this morning's "washington journal" about president trump and stories he shared secrets with russian officials recently. >> host: it's open phones on the "washington journal" until 10:00 o'clock when our program and spread we want to hear from you.ding most of course, one of the big stories yesterday, a story that's leading most newspapershe today, first reported by the washington post, trump reveals secret intelligence toly russians is the headline.. highly classified information on isis disclosure in a meeting with russia officials. that is from sources who talk to the rushing ten post. we want to hear your reaction if that's what you want to talk about. president trump giving his reaction in a series of tweets this morning saying, as president i wanted to share with russia at an openly scheduled meeting which i have the right to do. facts pertaining to terrorismig and airline flight safety, humanitarian reasons and i wanted russia to step up theird fight against isis and terrorism.day. some further reporting and tweets have come out already today. one of the r

. washington spent more time in new jersey than any other state during the revolution, and and his army spent a lot of time here. and the people of trenton themselves, the craftsmen who loved here, the merchants who lived here, just everybody this trenton wound up playing a role in the war to support washington's army, to support the cause in various ways. washington wanted to avoid at all costs the kind of military action that would threaten the existence of his army. he would fight, but he never wanted to be captured like cornwallis was at yorktown. he wanted to avoid that kind of disaster. that would have ended the revolution. so he would always want to live to fight another day in his battles. and the important thing to him was to just keep the revolution going and keep the army in the field. and i believe that new jersey in general and trenton in particular was very instrumental in helping him accomplish that goal. it served the continental army as a hospital right where we're standing here at the barracks. the barracks was an army hospital during the revolution. it's where washington ma

washington formed and interrupted with members of his presidential candidate. she discusses with how the american system differed from the british equivalent. this is about 10 minutes. >> your research is on george washington's cabinet. >> the cabinet is not in the constitution. when washington entered the presidency, he created the cabinet as he went through discovering process and discovered he needed that advice. he relied on a couple things. he relied on his military experience from the revolutionary war. he brought those practices into the presidency. he also relied on the secretary's experiences at the state level and how they had formed their interactions in the cabinet. >> how was the british cabinet set up? ms. chervinsky: that is a great question. the american public was very much aware of the cabinet in britain. the british constitution was an unwritten constitution. it is a number of parliamentary legislation acts. there are a number of decisions by the british courts, and other scholarly works. when you bring those together that makes up the british constitutional system. ba

ball right now. >> loose lips, let's play hardball. >> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. he's going to run his mouth on what he just said to the russians. you think it can't get worse, catch this, when trump was meeting with the only people who were taking his side on the russian thing, as he calls it, foreign minister and ambassador, he blew the cover to terrorist plot in the middle east. the washington post is reporting tonight that by doing so in his meeting last week, trump jeopardized critical sources of intelligence on isis. the very terrorist organization he swear he was going to bring down. what about those tapes. if he really did record his conversation with exfbi director, can the tapes be subpoenaed now, can the congress demand them before the supreme court the way it cracked the water gate case. president trump revealed highly classified information and senior officials had to scramble to contain the damage. the washington post reports the partner never gave permission for us to share that material, for the president to do so. one u.s. official said revealed

operation. the allegations were first reported by "washington post." they say he first discussed the intel during a meeting with sergey lavrov last week. ..r. mcmaster denies have a listen. mcmaster: the story that came out tonight was false. the president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries including threats to , civil aviation. at no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed, and the president did not disclose any operations that were not already know. rochelle: let's talk further about this possible disclosure. philip is standing by in washington. the classified information in itself is not illegal, but the whole thing raises troubling questions, doesn't it? the actual sharing of classified information that would have been declassified by donald trump in person in that meeting is not been denied by the white house. you are the national security adviser saying that method and sources were not discussed in that meeting, when that actually was a part of the washington post story that simply does not exist. it is about classified

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last week. this according to the washington post which sites current and former u.s. officials as saying that trump's disclosures jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the islamic state. fresh fallout from the stunning firi firing of director james comey. the search for a replacement is moving rapidly with at least eight candidates having already been interviewed. some congressional democrats are tying confirmation of the new fbi director to a appointment of special prosecutor to investigate ties between the trump campaign and russia. same issue comey was probing when he was dismissed. at the same time the white house is peppered with questions about the president's tweet threatening comey with alleged secret recordings. press secretary sean spicer won't address the issue, saying the president has been cleared and there is nothing to add. but lawmakers from both sides of the aisle say the white house should turn over any tapes to congressional investigators. we are following north korea's most dwis tuisturbing test yet. the kim jong-un regime claims the missile can carr

that they were children of god who's deaths are an insult to all that is holy. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we're joined by two brothers traveling to united states talking to people in counties that voted for donald trump and why. we're joined by jordan allot he's executive producer, and daniel allot. good morning gentlemen. daniel allot. tell us about the project. what it is and what sparked it. guest: trump's america is generally an effort to repair a bit of journalististic malpractice. it became clear after the election most of the media did not anticipate donald trump's rise or his victory. frankly, most journalist were not all that interested learning about what motivated his voters. this sort of prompted us to say we want to get out there and learn who these people are and what they care about and track that. host: tell us about the journey. what has it taken you and who you talking to? jordan: we gone to couple of different counties. i think really the goal is to give a voice to people throughout the country who felt left behind or ignored by the media, by what they

korean military is in alliance, but president trump is in washington. hardline trump and softer moonjae—in, how washington. hardline trump and softer moon jae—in, how will that work? moonjae—in said he would go to the north korean capital if the signals were right. he signals he isn't anti—american. the difficult would—be is if trump decides on a military attack on north korea when moonjae—in is saying, you simply can't do that. the man from the north has kept silent about having a new man in the south. kim jong north has kept silent about having a new man in the south. kimjong unto talk to him —— wanted someone to talk to him —— wanted someone to talk to him —— wanted someone to talk to him. we'll moonjae—in keep his softer approach. will moonjae—in keep his softer approach. let's speak to greg miller, national security correspondent at the washington post. hejoins now me on webcam. when you heard what had happened, what was your first thought?m when you heard what had happened, what was your first thought? it was staggering. the reaction in the news

. i got out as a major. i was on lieutenant kernel. >> you also spent time here in washington before -- >> yeah. >> before coming here now as a freshman in the house of representatives. what were you doing? >> i was in my residency studying any urology here at walter medical reed. i met my wife. she was working as a contractor for the government. and so it was fun. we met and she had a very, very military background as well. so we kind of clicked. one thing led to another and here we are 35 years later. >> how many kids? >> three children, three grandchildren. >> and you are from a military family as well. >> i am. >> what did your dad -- did your mom serve as well? >> no, just dad. my father did. her father did. so they were -- and when one of our sons. so we're -- the children are military. military ourselves and proud parents of a military officer. >> what was your life like with the father that served in the military? >> so, we travelled a great deal, and it was not painful because we thought everybody did it. you know, we just thought, open, sure, every year, here we go. we had

mahogany eller. thank you. [applause] >> i also want to thank our friends here at the washington hilton hotel. place, a very special obviously, as a relates to tonight's event. truly a unique opportunity to talk about a historic moment at the place that the assassination attempt actually occurred. of course, i want to thank all of our guests who have turned out here tonight. this is one of our largest audiences we have had for these witness to history events. i want to point out tonight's event is being streamed live on facebook. filmed by the memorial fund and our national law enforcement museum so it can be a permanent part of our museum archives for the benefit of future generations. tonight, we are pleased to have been with us, they have filmed many of these events of the past, that is the american history television, c-span3. you can find it on your television. it airs on weekends. you can check their website, the c-span website, for specific dates and times. it also airs on the internet. you can find a couple of different ways. it should be airing very soon. event onlso have this

pay for her to fly there. greta, i hear you have greg miller, who broke this big "washington post" news story. >> it is an incredible story, katie. it is breaking right now and it is a potential bombshell. the "washington post" reporting president trump revealed highly classified information to the russian foreign minister and ambassador last week. president trump went off script and began describing details about an islamic state terrorist threat and abuse of laptops. this jeopardizes a key source of intelligence on the islamic state. this is code word information terminology that refers to one of the highest class identification used by american spy agency. trump revealed morer for russian ambassador than we have shared with our own allies and saying trump boasts about all the intel he gets. nbc news has not confirmed this story. a "washington post" story. the reporter with me is greg miller. have i got the story correct? tell me what you know. >> i think you're on the path there. trump, one day after he fires comey he has a meeting with the russian foreign minister and ambassad

hating "washington post." last night they released a story saying that trump gave the russian minister and ambassador classified information while they were visiting the white house last week.he this story has been denied by trump administration officials who were actually in the room. national security advisor hr mcmaster said that it was bogus. he said, i was in the room and it didn't happen. secretary of state rex tillerson denied the report. that does not stop the media from running wild from all of this. watch this biased so-called news. it's really fake news coverage. watch this. >> the white house reeling from another russia crisis. an unforced error at the hands of president trump. >> that damage to u.s. intelligence interest is being viewed as incalculable this morning. >> after the story broke we heard yelling behind closed doors here in this west wing. this is a white house in chaos right now. >> if true this could be the most significant and dangerous week of the presidency. >> hyperventilating breathlessness. we'll have more on the biased coverage later in our new segment.

re's 60 around washington and by the bay. forecast for the day, plenty of sunshine. it's going to be a nice one. little breezy. northwest winds today maybe up near 30 miles per hour at times. i couldn't rule out one or two lonesome little showers but, again, no severe weather threat today but we do have that threat coming back for tomorrow. more about your weekend forecast. look at the rolling thunder forecast, beach forecast, all of that coming up and more. for now let's go into melissa mollet. >> good morning. with the traffic forecast, starting to see a slowdown on the bay bridge. again, just volume that we don't normally expect this time of day. we're heading into memorial day weekend. this is what happens. we're going to keep an eye on that one. 270 northbound/southbound looks okay. crash 270 northbound at 370. going to try to get more information on that one, let you know what's happening there. 66 into town and out of town, just fine here this morning. 95 northbound no virginia. southbound through woodbridge a little bit of a slowdown. don't have a reason for that. that is a l

. >> tonight, the explosive story broken by "the washington post." president trump and last week's oval office meeting with the russians allegedly revealed highly classified information to the russians. among our guests, a former watergate prosecutor, a former u.s. ambassador to russia, and a former kgb spy, along with the journalists working on this still-developing story, as "the 11th hour" gets under way. >>> well, good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. put it this way, "the washington post" story that came out late today broke their previous record for internet traffic, set on the day the "access hollywood" outtakes were published. today's explosive stories says president trump revealed highly classified information to the russian foreign minister, and the russian ambassador during an oval office meeting last week. u.s. officials tell "the post" the information jeopardized a critical source of intelligence in the fight against isis and that the intelligence was not ours to share. the report says "the information the president relayed had been provided by a u.s. par

"washington post" and "the new york times" the cht of the united states revealed highlily classified beyond top secret information to this country's chief global adversary russia during a meeting last week in the oval office. this meeting with russian ambassador and frmts a day after he fired fbi director james comey obviously leading the investigation to possibly improper contact with russia. now the post broke the sister their reporting suggest when the president revealed the intelligence reportedly gathered by an ally not to be shared with other countries he was boating to the russians about what he had. as you mate imagine this is touching offer a firestorm in the intelligence community on capitol hill and beyond we have our own new reporting on that what the intelligence covered and late reaction from the white house reporting for us we have a keem of correspondents jim acosta, man ewe rauj, jim acosta joins from us the white house jim explain how the white house is reacting because several people in that office put out statements although in om says they're not really address w

washington i'm chatty smith. and i'm autria godfey. toss to veronica - less humid, warm, & windy today - cool wednesday & thursday (60s) - rain late thursday into friday - cool 1st weekend of may today: mostly sunny and less humid. warm and windy. highs: 75-78 winds: w 10-20 g 30+ mph tonight: mainly clear lows: 50-57 winds: w 5 mph wednesday: sunny, cooler, and breezy. highs: 65-70 winds: wnw 5-15 mph racist symbolism at a local college. bananas, hung from nooses and referencing a predominantly black sorority - found strung around the american university campus. john gonzalez is live in northwest with what school officials and students are saying this morning. a tense scene outside the jefferson davis monument in new orleans. the confederate statue still standing after a heated confrotation between supporters and opponents led to three arrests. the scene intensified well into the night as police broke up a crowd of over 100 pro and anti-monument demonstrators. new orleans mayor mitch landriue said last week the remaining three confederate monuments in the city would be taken down in t

defending this decision that sent shock waves around washington and beyond. first donald trump himself and in the last couple of hours his official spokeswoman. why did you fire director comey? because he wasn't doing a good job, very simple, he wasn't doing a good job. did it affect your meeting with the russians today? will the new fbi director be in charge of the russian investigation? thank you everybody. the basic atrocities and circumventing the chain of command in the department ofjustice. any person of legal mind and authority knows what a big deal that is. so why did mrtrump knows what a big deal that is. so why did mr trump do it? the white house has linked the sacking to mr comey‘s treatment of hillary clinton back when the fbi was investigating her e—mail use as secretary of state. many democrats think it's about something else. anger at the current fbi inquiry into alleged links between the trump campaign and russia. this is the view of the leading democratic senator, chuck schumer. i have said from the get go i think schumer. i have said from the get go ithinka schumer. i

this is about rebalancing both the branchs here in washington and rebalancing the relationship between the states and the federal government. >> as far as the mechanics, here is what article 5 says or at least in part saying that congress on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states shall call a convention for proposing amendments valid to all intents and purposes as part of the constitution and goes on from there. how many states are currently signed on with this effort? >> 12 have signed and have to have 34. once you have 34, the congress doesn't have any choice. they have to call an amendments convention. which is a convention of the states, which means each state gets one vote on anything that happens there. and then whatever comes out of that has to coincide with what the application is. there's already jurisprudence on that so that if you apply for three areas then you can't go outside of those three areas to offer amendments. >> so what are the three areas then that the states would call for? >> well, in our application, which alling a gate

, and later factored into the sale of french louisiana to the u.s. the national archives in washington, d.c. hosted this hour and 20 minute event. >> americans advocating separation from great britain knew they had to have the backing of a major european power. and not just moral support but material in the form of money, supplies, and men. england's ancient rivals, france and spain, were the natural places to turn. from the earliest days of the war, benjamin franklin and other american envoys lobbied in france and spain. the papers of the continental congress contained the long-running correspondence between congress and its envoys of -- envoys abroad. the american diplomats' efforts were rewarded in the treaty of alliance and the treaty with france, and the entry of spain into the war in 1799. arms and supplies from the spanish governor of louisiana aided the american cause. and at the end of the war, the french army and navy made the yorktown victory possible. the stories of our nation's early days cannot be told without reference to the records here at the national archives -- dipl

, that information was leaked to the "washington post." cia director mike pompeo. earlier today national security advisor h prrks mcmaster. >> what the president shared was appropriate. the story combined what was leaked with other information and insinuated about sources and methods. i wanted to make sure to everybody that the president in no way compromised any sources or methods in the course of this conversation. foot "new york times" reported that israel is the source of that intel. so what is worse, a rick best commander-in-chief or illegal leaks meant to under mine the presidency. gillian turner, former cia open re5 michael baker and byron york. we have the a-team. it takes my breath way. byron this information from the "new york times" on general flynn is according -- according to two people who read the memo. now, we have these unnamed sources and of course the post story which broke last night sat about this time was all spoa based on anonymous sources. why should we believe these anonymous sources against general mcmaster who were actually in the room? byron: these are two sep

. "washington journal" is next. >> it's "washington journal" and president trump is in israel today landing this morning their time. second stop on his multiday international tour. among his destination the western wall. the first u.s. president to make that visit. here in the u.s., reports from the "washington post" and others about president trump's first budget. which is expected tomorrow. some things that will be targeted include medicaid, which provides health services for low income families but also social programs like the s.n.a.p. program which provide food assistance to families in need. do you think that these type of changes are needed these programs what do you think about the potential cuts and changes to them? 202-748-8000. democrats 202-748-8001 and 202-748-8002 for independents. you can post your thoughts on twitter. if you want to go to our facebook page you can do so at facebook.com/c-span. the story from the "washington post" is the one that sprung other stories taking a look at the budget that's expected tomorrow. at least the unveiling of it. but the lead of th

watching, our breaking news coverage continues right now. new reporting in the "washington post," with potential lyre very serious implications. according to the post, jared kushner, the president's son-in-law, proposed setting up a secret communication with kremlin, not a figurative back channel. according to the washington post, this was a nuts and bolts setup, using russian diplomatic facilities and equipment. "the washington post" reporter by lining the story for us. ellen thanks very much for joining us, the secret communications channel, your sources are telling you it was kushner who originally raised this idea, is that right? >> yes, that's right. according to sources who have reviewed intelligence collecting by use of intelligence agencies. jared kushner, proposed this secret secure channel at a meeting at trump power in december, with the russian ambassador. >> talk a little bit about this secret channel, this communications channel, it was going to, what, be based at the russian embassy in washington? >> that's what it sounds like, now, we caution that this is based o

will also see one of his sculptures in public parks in washington, d.c.. you see his sculpture at harpers ferry. and most prominently in colonial williamsburg. you will find it in front of the red building at the college of william and mary. it looked worse for wear in 1958. it was put on display in front of the library. this was dedicated in the fall of 1993. introduced by people who have been walking on the street. now he is taken his talents to sculpting james monroe. in watching gordon work and being aware of the intensity with which he understands the person he is sculpting, it occurred to me it would be a wise idea that we talk to someone who has physically and visually understood the character of james monroe. it is my privilege to introduce sculptor gordon kray. [applause] gordon: thank you very much. just like old times here. i am going to be talking about james monroe. specifically this is a vehicle of the new monroe monument at the college. i will be referring to older examples, a lot of the reference materials i learned there out of a book i used for the main point of

striking bottom line, according to "the washington post" and the "new york times," the president of the united states revealed highly classified information to in a meeting with russian ambassador and the russian foreign minister after the firing of james comey. now the post broke the story, they're reporting suggests that when the president revealed this intelligence, reportedly gathered by an ally, and not to be shared with other countries, he was boasting to the russians about what he had. as you might imagine, this is touching off a firestorm on capitol hill and beyond. we have our own new reporting on that, what the intelligence covered and delayed reaction from the white house team. jim acosta joins us now from the white house. jim, explain how the white house is reacting, because several people who were in that office put out statements, although in some cases they're not really addressing what the actual reporting said? >> reporter: i think it's safe to say that the white house is knocking down that story in the "washington post," they're saying it's false as reported, but i

french and indian war. these are not washington, these are soldiers fighting for the king of england on behalf of the colonies. we have some materials that are out, we have a jacket that would have been worn by a regular soldier. these bedrooms what have fit two or three soldiers per bed. for a total of 12-18 soldiers per room. you might look at these bad and say they are tiny, they are tiny and short. they were not any shorter people than we are today, their nutrition was pretty good so the average height would have been around five foot eight inches, people were very close together. they would've slept head to toe. you can do deal with what you have, it is better than sleeping on the floor or on the ground. the officer's house on the other hand is much larger and ornate looking. it has a natural stone face it has a very different lifestyle. as you enter into the officer's house you have is really grand hallway, there are two rooms on your left that can be used as bedrooms or offices. on this blue room it was extremely popular among very classy places in the 18th century this is called

. include,end speakers let harris at howard university in washington, d.c., betsy devos at the thin cookman university. ceo and president of aerojet rocketdyne, eileen drake at university of alabama in huntsville, executive chairman schultz, at, howard arizona state university, tempe, senator elizabeth warren at the university of massachusetts amherst, and senator rob portman at ashland university in ohio. this saturday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and seized on -- and c-span.org. live, today on c-span, "washington journal" is next. at 9:00 a.m., the u.s. house returns. off the floor members are invited to a classified briefing deputy attorney general rod rosenstein on the firing of fbi director james comey. up in 30 minutes on "washington journal,", congressman jim himes of connecticut, ranking member of the intelligence of committee on the nsa and cyber security, on the latest issues into the russianand -- into the interference. and representative kevin cramer from north dakota, on the future of the paris climate agreement and other international efforts to reduce climate change.

house of truth, a washington political salon and the foundations of american liberalism." brian: brad snyder, your book is called "the house of truth." where did you get the title? mr. snyder: the title is what the people who lived there called the house in a self mocking way to characterize their debates. the people in the house that there was such a thing as truth, and that if you could corral and it -- corral enough experts and get the facts, you could arrive at the truth. brian: you said a couple of things, a salon and dupont circle. what is a salon? mr. snyder: it was a political gathering place. not a lot of automobiles, no television, little bit of radio. people entertain themselves by having dinner parties. in 1912, some disgruntled members of the cast administration began inviting very prominent and not so prominent people over for dinner to discuss political ideas of the day. their main political idea was they thought that taft was a horrible president, and the way to save the country was to bring theodore roosevelt back to the white house. brian: why theodore roosevelt? mr.

revealed classified information to russia. live report from washington straight ahead. >>> historic highs. u.s. equity futures are flat after a rally in tech and oil sent the nasdaq to new records. >>> and disney held hostage. the details of that on its way. it's tuesday, may 16, 2017, "worldwide exchange" begins right now. ♪ >>> good morning. welcome to "worldwide exchange" on cnbc. i'm sara eisen. >> i'm wilfred frost. good morning to you from me as well. >> let's check in on the markets after another record close for the s&p and nasdaq. got a half percent gain for stocks yesterday. breaking out of that dreade dreaded 0.2% move. let's show you where we are this morning. dow futures down a point. s&p futures down 1.5. nasdaq futures remain strong as the nasdaq continues its outperformance. it's coming off of four straight weeks in gains. the s&p and dow broke their winning streak last week. the dollar is the mover last night. this is where we saw reaction to the report from the "washington post" and the "new york times" that the president shared some highly sensitive intelligence

. good morning. it is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where the us house of representatives has narrowly passed a republican party proposal to repeal barack 0bama's affordable healthcare act. after suffering an embarrassing setback in march, president trump finally notched up his first major legislative victory. the vote in the house of representatives was tight, though. 217 to 213 with no democrats voting in favour. but quite how quickly this will become law is a very different matter, as it still faces a steep hurdle in the senate. he is our north america editorjon sopel the momentjust after 2pm in washington this afternoon when trumpcare washington this afternoon when trumpca re became a washington this afternoon when trumpcare became a thing. the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. shame! outside, a rather different tune as protesters giant shame. this fight isn't over yet. getting the measure through the senate will be every bit as tight because as today's debate showed this is a deeply divisive issue. so

played out on the world stage. tonight on "washington week." >> the f.b.i.'s russia election investigation takes them inside the white house, directly to jared kushner. but unlike former national security advisor michael flynn and former trump advisor paul manafort, kushner is not considered a subject in any federal probe. still, the russia questions are only mounting. and the former head of the c.i.a. tells congress he saw evidence last year of russian officials interacting with people involved in the trump campaign but stopped short of calling it collusion. >> these are contacts that might have totally, totally innocent and benign. >> meanwhile, overseas, the president walks a diplomatic tightrope, pushing his america first agenda and taking nato to task on military spending. >> 23 of the 28 member nations are still not paying what they should be paying and what they're supposed to be paying for their defense. this is not fair to the people and taxpayers of the united states. >> plus, a new probe into u.s. intelligence leaks surrounding the manchester attack. we tackle it a

facebook and twitter. "washington journal" is next. >> good morning. it is the day once known as decoration day. more than a half-century later we honor men and women who put on the uniform to defend this country. this is a live view from the memorial. president trump >> what does this day, memorial day mean to you? good monday morning on this memorial day. simple crime. somebody who died known only to god. this piece don't take the remembrance out of memorial day. share with you in part what he writes at the hill.com. what does memorial day mean to you? is a day off work, time spent grilling with family and friends. a day to grab the hottest discounts on cars and electronics. it seems over the years memorial day has come to represent the luxuries of to society and best sales since presidents day. those who served and the families of those who did not come home it is anything but a retail holiday. it is a day to honor the ultimate sacrifice so many of our brothers and sisters in arms have made for this exceptional nation. good morning from the hill newspaper. congressman republic

coming up. staying on that story, too. this, as the white house fires back at "washington post" report that the president gave russian officials classified info, allegedly putting ally, israel at risk. meantime, israel is reportedly the source of that information. given to the people, u.s. officials are investigating for meddling into the election. that's what the controversy is about. health care reform, tax reform, infrastructure reform on hold. remember the obamacare health care reform bill passed. seems like a distant memory. h.r. mcmaster attacked the "washington post" today. watch. >> i stamp out the statement i made yesterday. the premise of that article is false that in any way the president had a conversation that was inappropriate or that resulted in any kind of lapse in national security. that conversation was wholly appropriate to the conversation, and i think wholly appropriate with the expectations are of our intelligence partners. all of you are, of course, from the threat from isis, all of you are familiar with the territory of controls. if you were to say from