. ♪ >> this week on washington journal. we are looking at the battleground states, the most competitive races. minnesota, new york, california, pennsylvania, and florida. join us for our lives campaign 2018 call in during washington journal at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. forone of the candidates the washington state 5th district u.s. house race. republican conference chair cathy mcmorris rodgers and democratic opponent lisa brown met for their debate at walla walla community college. this hour-long debate is courtesy of northwest public broadcasting. >> washington's fifth congressional district spans from the canadian border to oregon. mountains, rangeland, the state's second-largest city, rolling fields to the vineyards of walla walla. in all those places, the districts 700,000 plus residents will soon decide who represents them in congress. a tight race that will help determine control of the u.s. house of representatives. tonight a debate on issues of key importance between republican cathy mcmorris rodgers and democrat

>> trade is very important to eastern washington, to washington state. agriculture is our number one industry. we export 90% of the wee wheat t we grow in washington, so this is very important. i have opposed president trumps across the board. we need to be moving towards actually getting these trade agreements in place, and i am encouraged that we have the trade agreement with mexico, the trade agreement with canada, and there will be more trade agreements coming. i have said from the beginning that we need to modernize our trade agreements coming and we need to do it with farmers in mind. and i am -- i had the secretaryy of agriculture country eastern washington, sonny perdue, so that i could take him to calm them, to colfax come and meet with farmers, hear from them firsthand. i invited the chairman of the agriculture committee to hear from farmers to make sure that we are leading with farmers in mind as we move forward. >> thank you. your rebuttal. >> the tarriff and trade war is the biggest threat we face, and it's not enough to be disappointed or o

he is so close to washington, because he worked with washington at valley forge, and was close to washington -- washington was a father figure for marshall. marshal cannot separate himself out. he cannot criticize washington. of disneyfiedkind view of how washington lived and it is not very realistic or accurate. brian: he was away from his parents for 15 years? why? one thing, it was hard to travel in those days. brian: did you say they were estranged? joel: i sensed from the writing there was an estrangement. i think his father was a very cold man. did not really have a great interest in what marshall was doing. he had 14 other kids, all of whom were very successful. brian: i want to ask you one other thing about the family. he had 10 kids but ended up with six that lived. one of them was a girl, mary peered why did he sent her away? joel: he felt with his boys his hands were full. they were troublemakers. ill,lt that with his wife he did not have a feminine presence in the household, his daughter needed a feminine presence. so he sent her away to live with his sister. brian: what about hi

there is in action in washington, d.c. it is so deeply dysfunctional right now in washington, d.c. i had to leave to protect our immigrant families by establishing sanctuary state. this is important, there is a contrast, in terms of leadership. had the senior citizen -- had they been successful in prohibited the establishment of sanctuary cities in washington, d.c., i'm glad she didn't follow through. i would have been able to protect california families by senate billrd with 54, the california values act. pulled out president the paris accord, i had to double down 100% clean energy. now, california is the largest economy on the senate to mandate 100% clean energy. this is something that can be done for the nation. regardless of partisanship and ideology. at the end of the day, we still breathed the same, dirty, crappy air into our lungs. pollution and climate change does not discriminate. it does discriminate against people of color and those among the poorest. they take the brunt of the consequences of climate change. on the issue of immigration, we have no other choice. i do agr

washington d.c. but in this case the facts just speak louder. or than any lobbyist campaign contributions or any p.r. spokespersons talking points possibly could so what good does that do us no donald trump says he's expecting a port in the case he will come under pressure from senators to make it public when he receives it only seems reluctant to take action against the country he's built up as a friend and an ally he might be left with no choice but to at. washington on the member of the u.s. senate foreign relations committee jeff flake says arms sales to saudi arabia should end if the kingdom is involved in crucial g.'s mota with the apparent brutal murder murder of journalist jamal khashoggi some of the some of the real enemies of the people and enemies of freedom seem to have taken license to eliminate a man that their regime viewed as a threat mr president we need to know exactly what happened in that saudi consulate in turkey earlier this month put bluntly we cannot do business with the saudi

she went into washington, d.c., she met with mr. riggs, where she sold these eggs to him, and she majored the transaction was legitimate because she received a receipt for the sale of these eggs. thanks to sarah tracy and the movement of this money, we are able to still visit and enjoy mount vernon today. not only were women nurses during the war, not only were they entrepreneurs, having jobs selling items, but women were also soldiers in the war. however, they had to do this in a disguise. it was entirely frowned upon for women to join the war as soldiers. so that's why they had to dress up in men's uniforms. women would dress up on either side of the war, both confederacy or the union, as soldiers so they could fight their brothers, husbands, along their brothers, husbands, their families, and also fight for the cause of the war. one woman in particular is sarah emma edmonds. she also went by frank thomas. she was one of the soldiers he was very open about being a woman soldier, especially after the war. and after the war, she wou

what's good for our children, not washington. the bureaucrats in washington, he has abandoned the people in new mexico once again with education. >> when i was governor, i was more outspoken than any governor in the country regarding school choice. for six grade years, i was provided a voucher system in new mexico. bring competition, the public education. get washington out of our public education and when it comes to disabilities, there is a unit value for those that are on disabilities, there is a unit value for every student that goes to school. distribute that unit value, let the free market lose on education, but tens of thousands of educational entrepreneurs loose in new mexico and watch what happens. >> rebuttal. >> let me remind folks what he did when he was governor. he vetoed future pay. he vetoed education. he vetoed money for equipment in the classrooms. he's very proud of his vetoes. but if you look back in time, this is how our state got off track. it's by not making the investors we need to make. in washington, i w

kerry washington out of power -- get washington out of power public education. it comes to disabilities, there is a unit value for those that are on disabilities. there is a unit value for every student that goes to school. distribute that unit value. let the free market loose on education. let tens of thousands of educational entrepreneurs lose in new mexico and watch what happens. 30-second rebuttal, mr. heinrich. sen. heinrich: let me remind folks what governor johnson did when he was governor. he veto teacher pay. he vetoed investments in early childhood education. he vetoed money for equipment in the classrooms. he is very proud of his vetoes, that if you look back in time, this is how our state got off track. it is by not making the investments we need to make. in washington, i worked with republicans like lamar alexander, democrats like patty murray, to pass legislation that actually put teachers in the driver's ec. gov. johnson: my pledge was to put more money into education every year i was governor, and i did that, every year. doug: you will have an op

but he also after his self-imposed exile he continued writing for the washington post and the washington post has published in the capital of the probably most important ally the saudis have when it comes to military support its economy and so on so he was embarrassing the saudi elite the saudi leadership in the capital of one of the countries they came over most about in the world and i think that made him. especially dangerous to the saudis it's not just since this is twenty fourteen at least three other saudi critics have disappeared why is this case getting so much attention. i think that it. became a. washington post because of his history he is really. one of these men who were very close in the last few years we can say in the last two decades at least if not more very close to the leadership and he was. consultant and others or. even very close to the saudi security services so i think that that's why he's really important or he came to this is very special because he's much more prominent and because. of this situation around that he was in washington and. i mean people what was

he loves washington too much. he loves staying with chuck schumer and do nothing. instead of talking to the manufacturers, i was down at the honda plant. they were concerned about these tariffs. i was with the soy bean producers, they are concerned. this is the problem. we can do it short term. we can't do it long term. that's the concern i have. people are concerned. they want to see this trade situation with china changed and fixed. i do, too. and i appreciate this president is one of the first presidents to do this to work very hard. tariffs will not be good long term for ohioans. ann: thank you, senator brown. sen. brown: just to make it clear, i heard congressman renacci four times said i am never in ohio. i live in washington. i come home every single weekend. i go to washington monday and come back thursday. you all know that. i don't know where that argument is going. more to the point, about a month and a half ago in youngstown, gm laid off a second shift of workers. 1500 workers building the chevy cruz.

it is clear that you went to washington to change washington. i respect that. but the fact is with the votes we have seen, washington has changed him. we deserve better. that is why i would love your support, and i will work my tail off to bring common sense and decency and respect back to washington, d.c. >> thank you very much. [applause] [cheering and applause] >> quiet, please. quiet, please. >> we really need to get to the end. >> we need your respect, please. >> congressman blum, two minutes. rep. blum: i would like to thank the voters for sending me to washington, d.c. to represent you all. it is a heck of an honor. i get goosebumps every time i walk up the marble stairs abraham lincoln walked up. i think if you do not have that spine, you should get out of the business. i am not a career politician. i stand against career politicians. i am for term limits. i want to address one thing she said about washington changing me. you should ask paul ryan and kevin mccarthy and john boehner if washington, d.c. has changed me. it has not. i vote against my own pa

victim is somebody who they ran into in washington restaurants and who was popular in washington social circles. that is the reality. they didn't care at all when victims of saudi arabia by the hundreds of thousands were people that they didn't like or didn't care. it's just time they killed one of their friends. >> tucker: how deep would you say -- give us a quick overview how deep the ties between the saudi royal family and the official washington go, including in the journalistic establishment in washington? >> it's impossible to overstate. when the crown prince came here, he had the red carpet rolled out for him by hollywood. he met with oprah. by silicon valley and he met with bill gates and jeff bezos. in washington he met with the leaders of all the parties. saudi arabia has been a critical financial partner and military partner for the u.s. for a long time. the interest go so deep in wall street and the defense industry. as it turns out, even the "washington post" going around demanding everybody severalties with saudi arabia because it's immoral they have killed one of the jour

live in washington well it's not just the u.s. european leaders are also demanding clarification as to what exactly happened to the saudi journalist the foreign minister the u.k. of germany and france they released a joint statement in which they condemned the killing and said that nothing can justify now this is just the latest ratcheting up of pressure from won't leaders and we had president trump has a lot to lose following saudi arabia's actions he wanted a quick resolution is only a comment suggested big steps are being taken to solve the investigation now he's changed his tone and he's doubtful and a little more critical of the kingdom. the world is looking for answers will the saudi investigation tell the whole story of how the body was really disposed of where is it is responsible what about the position of the saudi government right now there's a blanket order to bring back all saudi dissidents our foreign governments going to deal with this order if they are hosting asylum seekers what about the american government and t

amy: the state of washington has become the 20th state to ban the death penalty, with washington's supreme court ruling it is unconstitutional "because it is imposed in an arbitrary and racially biased manner." thursday's ruling commutes the sentences of eight men currently under throw in washington state. a new york judge has dismissed one of the charges against six disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein. the case involved the alleged sexual assault of aspiring actor lucia evans in 2004. weinstein, who is currently out on $1 million bail, was arrested in may on chararges of sexual assaulult and rape. he has pleaded not guilty to all charges. in election news, georgia's democratic gubernatorial candidate stacey abrams is calling g for secretary of state brbrian kemp to step dowown following an assssociad d press report alleging voter suppressioion ahead ofof the upcoming november election. the state's "exact match" system, where even a minor discrepancy in a voter's registration and their official id could bar them frfrom castina ballot, has resulted in 53,000 voter applications being put

washington post but because of his history he. he is really one of these men who were very close and not not in the last few years we can say in the last two decades at least if not more very close to the leadership and he was very close to time and others have or i mean even very close to the saudi security services so i think that that's why he's his really important or he came to this is very special because he's much more prominent and because. of this situation around that he was in washington and went to. i mean people know what what was going on in the other two cases we knew about it after it happened there was no follow up and there were no news that's on its leaving from one place to another and i think the whole investigations and even the leaks that came or the leaks that came from the authorities give it a push sites of this we have to be aware that on one side saudi arabia owns nearly all important media outlets in the arab world. and other newspapers and. which is and we can't forget the lobbying. they have in washi

i went to washington for a different reason. congress,ampaign for i promise the citizens of the 13th district i would pay my own health insurance until congress passed insurance for all ohioans. i paid my own health insurance for over a decade. today, connie and i are on the exchange with 12 million other americans. the exchanges created with the affordable care act. when i became the senior democrat on the banking committee, connie and i made the decision that we would not own any corporate stocks because we thought it was a conflict of interest. ready to every day join the fight for ohio workers. if you love your country, you fight for the people who make it work. that's why i will always fight for medicare, always fight for social security, and always fight for higher wages for workers, always fight for lower health care costs. that's what you said me to the senate nys for your vote for six more years. [applause] >> congressman. you have 90 seconds. >> thank you. in 1997, there was a congressman the biggestt or, thein ohio --

diehl want to go to washington to work for? he says for the people of massachusetts but he repeated lip defenders donald trump. he commeerp leads to donald trump. donald trump's response to a disaster relief was to throw rolls of paper towles at people in puerto rico. donald trump's sfonls was to give himself an a and claim only a handful of people were killed in the disaster instead of the actual number of people and where is mr. diehl every time? he's there to cheer donald trump on. you say that donald trump is not mere. the question are we going to send somebody to washington to cheer on donald trump. ms. saldo: representative? rep. diehl: i guess we've move on in the fort reeken disaster and on to donald trump. this shows how much one person seems to be completely fixated in a president that she can't work with in a congress that she doesn't feel is doing her job. at the same time we have republicans that are effectively leading this country, bringing us back economically and we're seeing a resurgence in the american work f

we can change how washington is working, but we can only do that by changing the people we send to washington. [applause] host: all right. hey, what a great crowd. i want to thank these three candidates. i want to thank our friends accorded health. if it is business that matters, we will see you all next week. there is more debate coverage tomorrow on c-span starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern with the governor's race in massachusetts where incumbent republican charlie baker and democrat j gonzalez are meeting for the second time this month. at 8:00 by awed debate in delaware between democratic senator tom carper and republican rob arlette. then at 10:00 p.m., democrat kim schreier and republican dino rossi challenge each other in the race for the washington state 8th congressional district. that is all live tomorrow here on c-span, your primary source for campaign 2018. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: the c-span buses traveling

what would he do to washington? >> is the intergovernmental panel on climate change correct when it says we need to phaseout coal or is the president correct when he says we need to burn more? ms. schrier: this is a critical issue and i should word from the washington conservation voters -- they have endorsed me because they know i take this seriously and i will be a champion for climate action and he has a zero rating. i look at this as a pediatrician and a mom and how will -- what our actions today mean for generations beyond. as a person with a background in science, i am frustrated that this has become a political issue. this is a place where we have an opportunity to be a leader for the country and the world on how you can grow and economy and do the right thing for the environment. that starts with not subsidizing the fossil fuel industry or supporting coal and it means investing instead in clean energy technology like wind and sun and infrastructure and jobs, like the ones students here are studying for in th

i went to washington to reduce the size and scope of government. and the reach of washington's sometimes suffocating effect on the american economy. to reduce taxes and regulation, to unleash the full potential and great societal benefit of american capitalism. i went to washington to work on expanding america's markets through vigorous free-trade and to see that we had a robust, secure, and welcoming immigration policy. i went to washington to challenge my ideological opposites, to learn from them, to make friends, and to compromise when necessary for the common good. because none of our problems can be solved by just one party, by just one tribe. the kind of thinking -- that kind of thinking is a recipe for our current disaster. it has unleashed all of our worst impulses. and has brought us to the brink. and until we solve the problem of our politics and stop warring with each other and imperiling our democracy, the issues i went to washington to work on will be impossible to address. we have got to make it so that indulgence and tribalism at the

now, surely in washington there is still sympathy with that sentiment. well, you know, the saudis have always had a great deal of support in washington, because the saudis have been in the vanguard of trying to contain iranian power. that has been a priority for the united states going back to the 19705, to the iranian revolution. the saudis more recently, under mbs, have grown closer to israel. the saudis now enjoy with israel and duet and other countries in the gulf, the best relationship in terms of intelligence that they have ever had. and so you have seen these substantial changes in the mohammad bin salman. but at the same time, stephen, i think that there is growing impatience and now outright anger in both of our political parties in washington and inside the trump administration over what appears to be an entirely reckless, inhumane, b steel act by the saudi government, to kill one of its own critics. you couple that with the problem that the saudis have caused and the ammar artie i5 problem that the saudis have caused and the ammar artie is by

because i have to washington and should i tell them it was actually right on your ago writing for the washington post you're going to get in when he was a hugely important is was i don't know really how to put it with this point actually influential journalist and maddi but contacts within the highest echelons of diplomatic corridors of washington in the united kingdom of you have to be an advisor to the saudi ambassador in washington of and of iraq and he's very very close to the saudi royal family had extensive contacts this is a man there are a lot of people out there when you talk to journalists consult him on saudi policy on how to move on so he carries a lot of weight but again i just come back to your question that this is an also a personal you know this is a man who has a fiance who has a family and has been disappeared for eight days in these gruesome details coming out and they really don't have all answers because we still don't have any evidence and we also still haven't had any charges official officially going on camera officially going on the record and saying why they

dave brat went washington, and all we got was the bill. in maryland, democrats are on the front lines. with so much at stake, ben jealous is the bold leader maryland needs. g his plans wi our schools back to number one and protect our healthcare.ma land's teachers, nurses and president obama agree. ben jealous has the "courage to move families forward." let us stand up for our kidss letand up for families let us stand up for our state ben jealnos, democrat for gov >>> you're watching news 4 at 5:00. dl> a m schoolboy in northern virginia charged tonight with sexual battery. >> that student at ripen mid is not even a teenager yet. he's accused of groping girls in his class. >> our bureau chief is joining us from prince william county police headquarters in woodbridge this evening to talk unfolded. the case >> reporter: well, jim, wendy, when police started ase just this the week, they were able to find out this improper touching had been goingn since september, and it took one young victim speaking up to reveal she was not alone. students a

in washington, d.c. and washington state. we are enjoying a thriving economy the likes of which we haven't seen in many years with my opponent worked furiously against the tax cuts and jobs bill that's helping us with this tremendous prosperity. she's out of touch with working men and women. everywhere i go across the state, people say to me susan, where is maria? she's been in office 18 years and we've never seen her. that's because she's become a professional career politician beholden to the dc swamp. in fact we had trouble getting her here for this debate. even democrats, to me and say i'm voting for you because i can't take it anymore. things have gotten so crazy. as a long-time resident of seattle, i understand how they feel. i'm a military wife, mother and daughter and as such, i care so deeply for the people of this country that they stay safe and also for our military men and women in uniform. one of them is my son, brian, a marine corps attendant and my other son is in the audience in a different profession but both

diehl: it is disappointing to see how washington is mentioning now. i don't follow the same path the president does on how i legislate, how i deal with people but at the same time my opponent has made comments that are disturbing as well. she said anybody who voted for the president was part of an ugly stew of racists. she said if republicans want to fix healthcare that we wanted blood money from the american people. he called to abolish ice. when you have rhetoric that undercuts law enforcement you end of having people like a cambridge support of her support a $500 bounty of someone would shoot somebody from ice. that is hello things have gotten. i went to be a different voice. i have not acted like that. i certainly won't follow the path of senator warner and the limiting and pitting us together. that is not what the country needs right now and i want to make sure when i go to washington we followed by example on that. at the same time if you look at the president and his track record we are finally seeing economic benefits from him being an office.

because you have to remember that in washington, washington was essentially a southern city and had been in cultivated -- inculturated that way. even though many southerners left at the onset of the war, there was still a southern spirit. and people were really -- the stories are legion, people were very nasty about mrs. lincoln. everything she did was criticized and attacked. you do begin to see for the first time very detailed descriptions of what mrs. lincoln war and at this time you also see for the first time in the weekly illustrated newspapers full length drawings of mrs. lincoln. and that started just briefly with harriet lane, the niece of the bachelor president, she was the first that we begin to see in these illustrations. i do not think it was any mistake that one of the two great publishers of these weekly illustrateds was a man named frank leslie who had started out as an american publisher of what as an american publisher of what were called fashion plates. which were in europe at the time in france and in england and in fact, that was what a lot of a americans, both men a

you can always use your nbc washington app. use the interactive radar feature and watch the rain drops as they move into your friday afternoon. melissa, what's going on in first four traffic. >> outer loop here, you can see chopper 4 over this crash blocking a middle lane now on the right shoulder. so y can see that slow down approaching the situation. nothing in the way now so tt's good. 720, northbound, southbound, and taking a look at 66, fairfax county parkway to the belt loop. going about 60iles per hour. thank you, a new development in the investigation into those explosive packages mailed across the country. >> they forced evacuations at offices a news organizations from california to right here in washington d.c. now investigators are closing in on the location they believe the packages are coming from. >> the investigators combed a mail sorting facility north of miami sterday. itossible they passed through that building, but it's too elly to t for sure. yesterday a suspicious package showed up at a new york cityra rest

yeah in the washington post here's the explosive allegation cover of the washington post they say that u.s. intelligence picked up some sort of communication within the saudi arabian government that said that they were basically going to lie in wait for it because they said they were going to try to lure him back to the kingdom it was unclear if that was to arrest him or to interrogate him or to kill him but that they had been openly talking about trying to get their hands on him another part of the new york times story i want to mention they are saying again just one source is saying that it's possible that the turkish intelligence service has video of him being killed and that that was done to be able to send back to saudi were rabia is proof that the job had been done so this is obviously a very fast moving story again the washington post saying that the u.s. intelligence community picked up communication that they were going to try and lure him back to the kingdom it's not at all clear if the u.s. intelligence community passed that information along to him but this is going in the

machines in washington d.c. but in this case the facts just speak louder than any lobbyist campaign contributions or any p.r. spokespersons talking points possibly could so what good does that do us no donald trump says he's expecting a report on the khashoggi case he will come under pressure from senators to make it public when he receives it only seems reluctant to take action against the country he's built up as a friend in an ally he might be left with no choice but to act. washington a member of the u.s. senate foreign relations committee jeff flake says arms sales to saudi arabia should end if the kingdom is involved in. with the apparent brutal murder of the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi some of the some of the real enemies of the people and enemies of freedom seem to have taken license to eliminate a man that their regime viewed as a threat mr president we need to know exactly what happened in that saudi consulate in turkey earlier this month put bluntly we cannot do business with the saudi govern

current temperatures tonight, 73 degrees right now in washington, d.c. cool,dulles airport so mild side tonight. as we head through the overnight hours we'll probly not leave the 60s. clouds helping to keep any heat we gained daying the in. radar showing dry conditionses. we could see apo few of drizzle tomorrow morning. it's a very similar setup to earlier today. for mos part, you don't have to worry about any rain for sunday. temperatures tomorrow'm going with the local 80s. again, cloudy start. but theil sun come out right after that. futurecast on right now, mot for the rain but for the clouds. 8:00 a.m., here's a look at the touds i wasking about. look how dense they are. we push through 3:00 p.m.ut of here. merain you're seeing on this board, don't panic. it's not impacting us. obably stays farther west of i-81. by sunday night,e are dry. your weekend outlook does show it is going to be a better day to do the pumpkin patch picking tomorrow. and if y got any yard work to get done, you want sunshone, off till around lunchtime. there's is the warmup i

al-jazeera washington. let's bring in our guest joining us from washington is sana chaps he's the director of the turkish research program with the washington institute for near east policy here with me in the studio is abraham he's an associate professor of conflict resolution at the doha institute and finally in washington in d.c. is that he's the director of the gulf affairs institute and a former political prisoner of saudi arabia welcome to you all i'd like to start with salma first let's get into this senate investigation that's been announced what is that and does it have any clout. i think where it is heading is that in turkey the government that the security forces are slowly but steadily real releasing information to build a case that. game aimed at indeed had been murdered and i think the turkish president that's erred on has stayed out of this so far because in my view he's still trying to avoid a direct confrontation with saudi arabia he's also trying to align u.s. position with the turkish pos

so call now. >>> we are back live from washington, university. pl playwright tennessee williams took classes here in 1936, a year later dropped out because he didn't win a playwrighting contest. joining me, school of law student charlotte nicholas, and washington university student joshua, president of the campus libertarian organization. and brandon wilson, graduate student and alum of what was the association? >> association of black students at washington university. >> thank you for joining us. >> when you come out and you are here because you are registered to vote and you care about the issue, what is the issue top of your mind? >> $15 an hour and $31,000 a year minimum wage in missouri is probably the most important, intersects with racial disparity in the city of st. louis and throughout the state, intersects with poverty that is endemic in our city and in our state and in our country. i am pushing, looking for politicians committed to that issue. >> you're wearing a union hat. do you find that you have more of a home with democratic poli

the washington post reported friday that one white house plan saidhe washington post" stephen miller is asking for tougher measures for those who continue to seek asylum in the u.s. after fleeing violence in guatemala, el salvador, and honduras. one plan would see asylum seeking families detained together for up to 20 days after which parents would be forced to decide whether tuesday detained for months or years while the immigration case proceed or to allow the children to be taken to a government shelter where their relatives or others could seek custody. we will have more on trump's family separation policy later in the broadcast. "the new york times" reports that president trump's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner appears to have paid almost no federal income taxes over the past several years, even as his net worth quintupled to over $320 million. "the times" reports the tax dodge appears to have been legal, based on kushner's claims of depreciation on millions of dollars of real estate holdings that in fact gained market value. last year, the republican-led congress ap

the defense of washington during sex and -- second manassas. mcclellan could turn to halleck and know he was not going to get a meaningful answer. that must've been frustrating. halleck continually questioned every part of the campaign grant developed when he came east in 1864. vision ofned grant's a campaign that would attack north carolina and take the war out of virginia altogether. overlandized grant's campaign, made snarky comments to staff officers, asking how .hings were going so far when the confederates came north toward washington, reports came besthat halleck said the defense of washington was to be found in the bottom of a bottle of alcohol. and hisabout grant propensity for alcohol, but apparently halleck, when he was under pressure, the bottle was his best friend. then interfere efforts to provide for the defense of washington, the aftermath of early thrusts toward the federal capital in july of 1864. and though there were historians who always talked about the modern american campaign -- command structure, an argument in "lincoln

falls flat with washington for example when china bought the very same and a missile defense system which india has now ports and some fighter jets to go with it off russia it was slapped with sanctions and now india is defying this potential threat even though washington for example one pentagon general has said that while indeed sanctions are on the table it is ultimately up to donald trump eventually it will be donald trump's call whether or not to punish india for what it's doing so really it's interesting while russia and india are doing business it's fair to say that the ball is in washington's court. swearing charlier of the school of international affairs india told us washington's behavior towards asian countries could backfire. what we're seeing telling the us is we're independent but we want to partner with you. on the basis of mutual benefit it should not be a one sided thing we demand and we simply comply and trump should sooner or later realize that because there is going to be a boomerang effect the. kind of strategic close in us we had with you will see is not just u

you know, just like we see in washington today. but let's return to our own creation because the only way we'll get through this period is being honest about it. and by resisting the cheap impulse to find stocking horses for the damage we are inflicting. what is it the kids say when you point a a finger, you have three pointing back at you. even the wisdom of the playground is somehow lost on washington these days. governing is hard. democracy is hard. decency shouldn't be that hard, but it apparently is. you know what's easy? being callous, being a demagogue, the politics of vengeance, that's easy. dehumanization requires very little talent. by raging at each other with our minds vacant of reason and reeling with ill will and conspiracy theories, we republicans have given in to the terrible tribal impulse that first mistakes our opponents for our enemies. and then we become seized with the conviction that et we must destroy that enemy. seemingly oblivious to the fact that not only are we not enemies, we are each vital organs in th

he is willing to bring us to a standstill in washington. you can trust me because you know who i am and i am someone who is on your side. >> given that, you have a quick 10 seconds to rebut anything he said. >> it's so full of falsehoods, and it's just a typical politician in washington, d.c.. he's been here for 30 years. >> it was certainly a lively debate. i appreciate you coming on. our time is up. thanks again to the candidates. you can catch our shows on youtube and follow us on facebook, twitter, and instagram. thanks for watching. >> with the midterm elections just days away, watch the competition for the control of congress on c-span. see for yourself the candidates and the debates from key house and senate races. make c-span your primary source for campaign 2018. >> with 16 days until election day, make c-span your primary source for campaign 2018. with two rallies. , atour clock p.m. eastern 7:30 p.m., president trump speaks in houston to support ted cruz. watch both on c-span coming your primary source for campaign 2018. californ

this is where george washington would, and worship. mount vernon, washington's home, is less than 10 miles from alexandria. mount vernon was preserved by women. during the civil war, sarah tracy was the secretary for mount vernon, and she helped preserve this home during the war. sarah tracy made sure that soldiers on either side of the war were able to come in and visit washington's home. this was especially important because both sides, the confederacy and the union, saw washington is the founder of their country. tracy did have stipulations for soldiers that would come into mount vernon. they had to be unarmed, and they also could not be wearing their uniforms. they would find any means to cover up, rather in shawls or -- whether in shawls or different clothing. so, sarah tracy kept money in the herbert bank, that was to be used to purchase mount vernon from the washington family, but but during the war, union troops decided that they wanted that money for themselves. sarah tracy refused and said she would move the money into riggs

even though washington is broken and dysfunctional. and i have a record now when i return to you and ask you for a renewal of my two-year contract. what is that record? it's one i'm very proud of. we passed 31 bills into law. i bet you didn't know congress did 31 things in the last few years. but we have. one of those bills do? they help our veterans. they help our farmers. they build infrastructure. they fight the opiod he dem and i can i'm looking forward -- he dem and i can i'm looking forward to discussing those issues with you tonight. we helped our neighbors, that's my job. when you walk in my office and ask you for help. we've helped secure $18 million for those of you who sought to help from my office for a problem with social security or medicare or from veterans. 1,700 veterans and military families, we've helped secure $8 million that they were owed and weren't getting. i've held 111 town halls listening to you everywhere in the district from pine bush to pound ridge from poughkeepsie down to ceto park and i've listened to y

al-jazeera washington. let's bring in our guest joining us from washington is sana chaps he's the director of the turkish research program with the washington institute for near east policy here with me in the studio is abraham he's an associate professor of conflict resolution at the doha institute and finally in washington d.c. is that he's the director of the gulf affairs institute and a former political prisoner of saudi arabia welcome to you all i'd like to start with let's get into this senate investigation that's been announced what is that and does it have any clout. well i think where it is heading is that in turkey the government that is the security forces are slowly but steadily real releasing information to build a case that. game aimed at indeed had been murdered and i think the turkish president answered on his state out of this so far because in my view he's still trying to avoid a direct confrontation with saudi arabia he's also trying to line u.s. position with the turkish position i think

d.c.. -- washington, d.c. i am independent, i stand up to my own party when i have two. -- have to. representative finkenauer, last time there were multiple people that tossed the hot the hat into the ring. what do you need to hear from them? you said you want to talk to them, but what you need to hear to put your confidence to vote for them to lead your party in the chamber? rep. finkenauer: i think there are couple of things here. it's not just what i need to hear from them, it's what they need to hear from me and making sure that they are hearing from iowans. the midwest is not like -- we have two fixed healthcare, these are the conversations we need to have, and i need to make sure that they have, again it is something i have not seen and something i want to make sure the conversations are had because quite frankly, iowans have been forgotten for far too long. >> congressman. mccarthy or jordan or someone else? rep. blum: [laughs] first of all, we have to keep the majority. if we do keep the majority, mcca

i got a call from somebody who grew up in washington, d.c., is as entrenched in washington, d.c. as anybody. and it was sort of like what david ignatius was saying about the russians and the column last week talking about how bush league putin's moves have been, how that, while tragic, they were so easily picked up by other intel services and it makes them look like fools. mika, yesterday i had somebody who was, you know, raised in the diplomatic core, knows washington as well or better than anybody else and about 1:00 he calls me and he says, joe, what am i missing? i said what do you mean? he said i've here for over five decades. this is the stupidest thing i've ever heard. there has to be another layer to this story. how can anybody be so stupid, so bush league to do this and think they could get away with it? well, you know, you know how they get away with it, mika? they have a guy, we have a president, who doesn't give a -- about what is in the best interest of this country and our values. he gave us about the bottom line. it's very interesting. jeremy talked about three cou

stephanie ones bring us the latest from washington thank you. that's our look at some of the other stories making news around the world in contrast to the political tumult back home in washington u.s. first lady melania trump has spent the last leg of her low key tour of africa visiting the egyptian pyramids and the sphinx trip took her to three other african countries where she spent time promoting a charity work. at least fifty people have been killed in congo after an oil tanker collided with another truck authorities say at least one hundred people were injured the tanker was on its way from the western city of mine to the capital kinshasa it's not yet clear what caused the collision. on sunday voters in brazil will be casting their ballots in the first round of the country's most divisive presidential election in decades that's largely due to the controversy surrounding the ballots far right frontrunner. give him a solid lead over his leftist opponent and that has many voters worried that a candidate who is openly hostile to gays ethnic min