washington gets a draft, washington makes final, very minute edits. claypool comes over with the final proof to say thank you. they've decided they are going to publish it. there's no weekend edition. to an afternoon paper. claypool expresses reluctance to part with it. washington impetuously says fine, you can keep it. washington keeps his documents meticulously. he rewrites old letters, sometimes. claypool basically sits on a in refused to sell it and believed to be lost. washington leaves philadelphia that morning and with martha and a parent. the paper hits the streets and the news explodes. it's republished in papers in philadelphia, new york, passes along washington in that really fascinating way and his diary says almost nothing. i went home to mount vernon and resignation in the daily advertiser. that's it. >> i would ask you to get up and deliver it, but we will save that for later. share some of the substance with us. it obviously withstood the test of time. >> i described them as pillars of liberty because that is a phrase washington and th

washington. to read his diaries, and find out the challenges he had in travel and what he stood for. on a also think -- i also think looking at his trips make for good interdisciplinary study. the architecture of the time, art of the time, pop culture, travel, so many ways to look at the tours, and that is what i have been doing for so long. george washington's southern tour took himself from philadelphia. -- him south from philadelphia. he was a man of detail. he liked to make his own decisions and advise himself, but he loved to get advice from a vast array of people. and from diverse opinions. who else would bring thomas jefferson and alexander hamilton together? but washington did. he wanted to get the advice of these bright, bright minds. washington made decisions about his travel itinerary. he would bring in his secretaries, all-male in this era, and friends, congressman, -- congressmen, people he knew in the south. most folks were going somewhere to stay, settle, and the people traveling w

was inthat wisdom washington. the also recommended that we had an independent executive -- he also recommended that we have an then heent executive left the stage. that first level was called his farewell for a long time. that was almost as famous as his farewell address, but it predated his presidency. and that was an important document that was largely forgotten, but establishes that the farewell address of washington's ideas -- these are not hamilton goes riding -- this is not hamilton goes riding. washington was a man of deep ideas and understanding of history. and you get that continuity clearly from his first farewell. once he has become president, and this is discussed in this wonderful book, by the way, which i wish we could go through page by page, but we will not quite the able to do that, but once he get back onto the stage, he understands something he has to do as president, which are talk about a lot and that is set a series precedents. and so, this farewell address will become a precedent. before we

when washington monitors him, after washington -- give washington credit, he recognizes talent. he surrounds himself with people who are smarter than he is on points, -- kind of points grounds. , you put it well, he has a social intelligence, and they all look up to him as their master. and he his left and hamilton on his right in the cabinet, and try to get them to at least talk to him and report him so he can be the decider in chief. the relationship is even more interesting and complex in that washington has no children of his own. he has no son. hamilton, as we heard, really has no father. they find each other. washington does refer to him as "my boy" from time to time. there is an affectionate overlay. there actually is a quite interesting, ridiculous but interesting rumor that circulates. americans -- there have always been this paranoid strand of american history. the rumor is that hamilton is actually the illegitimate son of washington. [laughter] akhil: it is preposterous because one is 6'3" and the other is 5'7". but washington at a young age did take a cruise -- [laug

and this leads me in another way to washington' arrival. his first son was lawrence washington. the reverend lawrence washington of not onlycused stealing wine from the communion altar, but also serving it while drunk. [laughter] now, this was obviously a politically-charged accusation. him prettynt after hard, and he had to move from one parish to another, and his reputation was sallied. sullied.putation was his son, john, decides to become a captain. he bought a ship called it the seahorse and it embarked from a little town in denmark called elsinore if anyone knows where that is. i do like ask this audience. he arrived in virginia and he purchased some tobacco and when he was off of the potomac river that we are next to hear his ship runs ashore. it runs ashore and loses the cargo. he gets away safely. the potomac river is not that fast, a flowing river. he comes ashore, and, long story short, in the course of two years he falls in love with virginia. he falls in love with virginia and falls in love with a young lady named and help. her mother is a wealthy business man. he ne

-- over the washingtons. he could have eaten at 10 different houses every single day. more importantly, he met leaders of the island, including military officers, merchants, and visiting british officials. that for a young man from kenya meeting important individuals in the british empire made a great impression at the age of 19. through family connections, the washingtons were invited to a local dining club called the beefsteak club. george noted in his journal, whenever they went, they received invitations from every gentleman there. he was lucky. i think, for the first time in his life, he attended the celebrations. got fox -- guy fox is celebrated with fireworks, etc. they invited lawrence and george to bring their guns with them. they traveled with guns from virginia to barbados. he also made his first recorded visit at the theater to see the play" the tragedy of george barnwell." several said it was well performed. it was music adapted and conducted, and that is where there is a flaw in the original jou

our supper cost $1500 and was furnished by party miss washington. in washington. the most prominent ladies of washington were present from ms. hamlin, daughter of the vice president, kate chase -- the strikingly beautiful daughter of lincoln's treasury secretary. it's perhaps interesting to think about powerful government daughters right now. i'm just dropping that in there. and the mrs. hale downs, the daughters of the senator from new hampshire. but these women were not the reason for washington's letter to his sister. haas but not least was miss emily warren, the sister of the general who came specially from west point to attend the ball. it was the first time i ever saw her, and i am very much of the opinion that she has capture your brother's heart at last. it was a real attack in force. it came without any warning or any previous realization on my part of such an occurrence taking place and it was, therefore, all the more successful. and i ashower you that it gives -- assure you that it gives me the greatest pleasure to say that i have succumbed. what they s

washington, d.c., as an urban area, changed considerably. the whole center of washington had moved. there was very little downtown in terms of residential for people. the entire shopping district and market area of washington had moved. slowly, the hotel deteriorated in terms of good and services. by the 1960's, it was necessary to close the hotel. >> and when president john f. kennedy traveled, he decided there had to be improvements to pennsylvania avenue. he created a development corporation. he wanted pennsylvania avenue to be the avenue of everyone's dreams. the commission decided the willard hotel should be demolished and open park space should be created. an auction was held. admission was one dollar. you are asked to bring chisels and hammers. the hotel was stripped of everything. in the lobby, you will see 48 tiles were removed. in the restoration, we restored them. chandeliers were taken.

in the shadow of the washington. the rally set tor let's show you where this is beginning at independence avenue and 3rd street. people are expected to show today women of course but many as well. on its first full day in office. marchers say they are here to advocate for women's rights. reproductive rights, a among many others. several celebrities on the guest list today. >> i'm excited, as shoon as i heard about it i don't remember if this was immediately after the election but the first time i heard, i said i have to take my daughter, my granddaughter and we have to >> we heard a lot of that family decide to come down here together. the main stage as you can see building up their. someone up there and crowds are building in front here. there's no backpack allowed. no weapons as well. as anticipation builds toss it back to you before it's too late. >> it would be helpful to know how to get to the march. >> people are tweeting pictures of the train. live this morning tour bus from across the country. in fact coming

but also, as he put it to martha washington following washington's death in 1799, washington is my aegis to success, and so he stuck with washington, and washington stuck with him during the remaining years. jefferson's revolution was extremely different from hamilton's. while hamilton was with washington and in battle, fighting in seven major engagements during the war, risking his life. at one point, being surprised by a british patrol and having, when they shot at him, having to dive off his boat into the river and swim for safety. jefferson served first in the house of burgesses, then in congress, and while and congress, those 15 months in congress, was the principal author of the declaration of independence. almost immediately after independence was declared, however, jefferson left congress and returned to virginia because he was interested in reform. the continental congress was simply going to be a managerial body that manage the conduct of the war and the conduct of the army. and hamilton wanted to return -- and jefferson rather wanted to return to virginia and carry out as many

martha washington was married once before george washington. her grand daughter had sort of rushed into a hurried marriage. and she worried about her and she made the decision that she would give ona away as a wedding gift. when ona catches wind of this, the trigger was pulled. she says in her interview later on in her life that she would never be her slave. so she knew eliza. and she knew this was a woman her age who had a reputation for being kind of volcanic. and the years in the north and knowing her ownership would change made ona make the decision to free herself. >> all right. so don't give the whole story away. i only have a minute to go. so you get the book and you read what she did and how she got away. i want to advance quickly to this question. how as the book suggests, never caught, without telling us how she got away and who helps her. how did she never get caught? she lived 50 years past martha and george washington. how did she never get caught? >> yeah. she spent nearly half a century as fugitive. it was her courage. it was her

what washington was making was a rye whiskey. we know his recipe was 60% rye grain, 35% corn, and the rest barley. that was a typical, popular recipe from the time. and rye is different from the whiskey most people drink today, which is made mostly out of corn which yields a sweeter end product. rye is spicier, sharper. it was a popular grain at the time. how they would do this is take all those different grains and mix them in these large barrels called mash times. ubs. they would put them in and add boiling water. behind us is the boiler where the water is heated up. you would have to dip that out, bring it over to one of these bs, and deposit the grain in here, put the boiling water in, put the mash rake in, and stir it. you would continue to do that until this is filled up. by doing that, essentially, what you are trying to do is cook the grain, to turn the starches in the grain into sugars. once that happens, you introduce the yeast, which works on the sugars to produce the alcohol. that takes 3-5 days, and then you are read

and you must take me to washington's troops. if you refuse... i will shoot you through the head. ♪ >> ♪ my country, 'tis of thee ♪ sweet land of liberty ♪ land where my fathers died ♪ land of the pilgrims' pride ♪ from every mountainside ♪ let freedom ring [ indistinct shouting ] [ gunshots ] >> pushed to their limits by an oppressive empire, a determined group of rebels unites under the cause of liberty. their quest for freedom will unify a people, ignite a revolution, and forge a new system of government. in time, these brave men and women will come to be known as the american patriots. ♪ americans, men and women from all walks of life and every corner of the world, bound by the promise of liberty. but before the revolution, there are no americans, only british subjects, colonists without a nation of their own. but behind every nation stands its people. and beyond every legend lies the truth. >> when people think of the origins of the american revolution, they generally point to the financial conflict, taxation without represen

pan to a ball in washington. we have a together a type image tpe of her-- deguerro holding it. the other item we have is a letter, one of three surviving documents from george to martha washington. this letter and another were found in martha washington's writing desk when martha peter owned it. from june 1775r where george tells martha he has been given command of the continental army. he is riding from philadelphia and tells her she must proceed immediately to boston. it is such a significant document, because martha washington burned all of the correspondence between she and her husband after his death because she felt like that was one aspect of their public relationship that could remain private. this is very much a treasured item in our collection. one of the other washington objects i wanted to highlight is this stool. it is one of two surviving camp stools he used in his tent during the american revolution, a significant object with great ties to our country's history. i want to talk about britannia peter

there were two famous wounded americans, one being william washington, captain william washington who was distant cousin of george washington and the other future president of the united states james monroe who was a lieutenant under captain washington. those were the two men wounded by gunfire. monroe almost died from his wound but survived and those were the primary casualties on the american side. a couple of guys froze to death on the march to trenton but in the battle itself they were very few american casualties. the americans really felt good about what they had accomplished combined effort of a whole population that leads to the success. >> behind me is the new jersey state library, located in capital city of trenton. up next they will show us rare books featured in their collection. >> the library founded in 1796 when the legislature assigned responsibility for the collection of books that they had been building since colonial times to the clerk of the house and he was directed to create a list of books to include in the proceedings of march 18, 1786, he was further directed,

and their importance to washington, d.c. there are a great amount of historic preservation of buildings in d.c. we are probably one of the most restricted in terms of preservation properties in washington. not only is this building a landmark, the exterior of the building is a landmark, but also our interiors are. we are one of 23 buildings in washington to have our interiors landmarked and probably the most heavily landmarked in that way. also, our garden, which is this amazing open space in dupont circle, and it's very rare in washington for there to be a big garden in a backyard. the reason why it still exists and has to exist is because washington has something called the height act, which means buildings can only build up to a certain footage, and then they are not allowed to go any higher unless they somehow can make an arrangement with neighbors who have land that has not yet been developed. they basically by the air rights of their neighbors. our neighbor has purchased our theen's air rights, so garden has to remain

he is currently writing "the archaeology of george washington: a survey of all the washington-related sites and their stories." he has also conducted a reassessment of the 1930's archaeological record at george washington's birthplace. he says this site is one of the most intriguing and misunderstood archaeological sites. he says it is time to fully make sense of the birthplace, archaeologically speaking, the last place of the puzzle. he will be speaking on the finding of his 2013 reassessment of the site's archaeology and will highlight the things generations have gotten right and wrong. he argues, since the anniversary of the birth is fast approaching, those of us who are committed to the landscape will want it to speak loudly and clearly about the momentous event that took place nearly 300 years ago. the world will be watching. without further ado, please welcome dr. philip levy. [applause] dr. levy: thanks, everyone, thanks for coming out here. let's get everything set up. thanks for being here. thank you, scott, for the introduction and to the superintendent for helping pull this

washington?ter after all, general howell was spring, theat, come spring ball -- spring thaw and melting snow would reveal the army.s of washington's idea generals no howell was going to call off the campaign season. washington was concerned that was the delaware froze over, how would -- general howell would march into philadelphia, which with the disastrous for the united states. washington says, i must do something, but what can i do? congress, fearful of a standing army, standing armies, the tool of oppressive governments that require an extraordinary amount of taxes. they only approved year-long enlistments for washington's soldiers. congress like to rely on the militia, the citizen soldiers to defend their homes. washington new the militia had value, but he was not -- militia hadnew the value, but he was not overly confident in them. consume your provisions, exhaust your stores, and than at the last, leave you at a credit all moments. -- critical moment. but that was all he had. does gather 6

what washington was making was a rye whiskey. we know his recipe was 60% right -- rye grain 35% corn, and the , rest barley. that was a typical, popular recipe from the time period. rye is different from the whiskey most people drink today, which is made mostly out of corn. rye is spicier, sharper. but it was the popular grain at the time. and how they would do this if they would take all those different grains, and they would mix them in these large barrels called mash tabs. -- tubs. they would put them in and add boiling water. behind us is the boiler where the water is heated up. you would have to dip that out, and bring it over to one of large -- these large tubs deposit the grain in here, put , the boiling water in contact the mash rake in, and stir it. you stir it up and get it all together, that you continue to do that until this was filled up. by doing that, essentially, what you are trying to do is to cook the grain to turn the starches in the grain into sugars. once that happens, you introduce the yeast, and the yeast w

felix fank further, all of washington society attends this play in washington, d.c., in the president's private booth and also kingsley is invited to the dedication of the jefferson memorial. i say in my book, and i really don't think this is an overstatement, by the period of the second world war, alexander hamilton in many quarters is seen as joseph in a waist coat and breaches. that may be a little bit of an overstatement, but not by much. "fortune" magazine actually has to write a piece in which they say if hamilton were alive today, we think he would fight the nazis. things do begin to change in the late 20th century in terms of hamilton's reputation, vis-a-vis jefferson. and that's partly due i think in good measure due to the fact that civil rights and the whole african-american experience becomes very much part of the, at least the political agenda of the 1960's. i think also due to the fact that hamilton was the lone immigrant amongst the key, key founding fathers. that also begins to play, in a sense, to hamilton's favor, and you see this in the works of richard brookhiser and

they really help hold up washington dc. there a part of washington the rest of the country doesn't see or understand. not just the federal government and the smithsonian. there are people who have lived here for generations. this is their hometown. important toy is the growth of the city and the economy of the city. >> you can watch this another american artifacts program by visiting our website at www.c-span.org. , today atay weekend war,on the civil historians discuss the york city during the war, from divided loyalties to its southern economic ties and the draft riots. >> it seems clear that these draft riots were in

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. sometimes the very decision to investigate changes the political climate. think of the church committee on misbehavior by the ca or senator full brooith's hearings on vietnam or the watergate hearings. key investigation has a way of popping out. invest that we didn't have but mad a right to have. inspector general, the united states justice department is about to begin a serious investigation of fbi director jim comey's decision to explode the 2016 presidential election by announcing that the can date for president was under investigation for possibly handling of classified information. one person who sees it as explosive is the man who won the election. the president-elect wrote, who what are hillary clinton's people complaining about with respect to the fbi? based on the information they had, she should never have been allowed to run. guilty as hell. they were very nice to her. she lost because she campaigned in the wrong states. he recognizes the danger here. the nature of his elec

i agree with you that washington -- you've said and written that washington would not agree with the notion of american exceptionalism today. can you explain that? >> there is a letter washington writes in 1783. it's the last of the circular letters to the states. it's probably the most profound letter washington ever wrote, and he actually wrote it, okay? washington did not write the farewell address, hamilton wrote it. it was washington's ideas, but nevertheless. he says we're coming into existence as a new nation, even though we're not a nation yet, and we have these enormous advantages. we have the oceans to protect us, we have this boundless continent -- of course, he's not talking about the fact there's all these native americans there. we begin with the biggest trust fund, he says, of any new nation. so we have all these advantages, okay? and that -- so it's our very uniqueness that means you shouldn't expect other countries to be able to duplicate this easily. and that's the exact opposite of the meaning that most people using the term "american exceptionalism," so washington

brian taff is in washington, d.c. with a glimpse of what you will hear. >> reporter: there are questions about the main event hours away what will donald trump say and will it be enough to satisfy his supporters and ease the anxieties of his many detractor. >> i hope, this is only a hope, the president-elect and president trump will try to appeal to the better angels of our nature. >> my hope is that he will have crafted a positive bold, constructive, and conciliatory message. one everyone can listen to. >>> the president will be heavy on philosophy and how american citizens can play a role in government. it will be less than agenda speech, it will be on the short side, given it might be raining later on today in washington, d.c., it might not be such a bad thing. we'll be watching and reporting live, in washington, d.c., brian taff channel 6 "action news." >> some members of the trump family are be moving into washington today. trump's wife is not expected to move until the spring so their 10-year-old son barren can

"washington journal" continues. we are at the "washington examiner" today, and online and print publication here in washington, d.c., talking with the reporters. -- laura, laura barlow barron-lopez, political reporter with the "washington examiner." she covered the democrats. wrotebegin with what you earlier this week -- the next few months will be pivotal for the party as the dnc struggles to maintain its relevance. what do you mean? there is a lot of internal strife among democrats, specifically at the dnc. while this week was a big success story for democrats and they are really excited about 2018, the argument they had before tuesday still stands after tuesday. they have an upcoming meeting and december where there are a lot of people, specifically the burning wing of the party, that want to see reforms, want to see the dnc make changes -- specifically the bernie wing of the party. they want to see changes given everything that happened in 2016. host: what are you hearing about this december meeting? what is lik

instead, when trump won, the washington world and certainly washington journalism was turned upside down. i came back in january. brian: you started your story on the front page. in the first or second paragraph you started talking about a golf course here in the washington area and a bottle of wine. and a fund-raising dinner or event with terry mcauliffe, the governor of virginia. a democrat and a close friend of the clintons. tell the rest of the story. brody: in may 2015, the company genentech received an anonymous letter saying to look into evan morris and his expenditures. they started an investigation unbeknownst to evan morris. in early july 2015, on a monday or tuesday or wednesday, evan morris gets a call from genentech's top lawyer in san francisco who says, "i'm coming into town tomorrow, clear out your schedule." morris, who had been pretty clearly stealing money from the company for as long as 10 years, became concerned about this meeting. that night, he happened to have a fund-raising event at his home for a state senator in virginia, terry mcauliffe was one of the invited

did she stay in washington? >> she stayed in washington, and she died just weeks before the woodrow wilson bridge was dedicated over the potomac. she willed this house to the national trust for historic preservation absolutely intact with everything as they had had it. and the national trust has maintained it as a house museum since sort of based on gene smith's famous book when the cheering stopped. and have maintained it since, since '61, with all the different things in it that are symbolic of his life. >>> know former president taft, his experience was a bit unique after he left office. remind us of his life. >> president taft moved immediately to new haven, connecticut, where he taught constitutional law at yale. he loved teaching. and he was a great intellectual legal mind. and then in 1921, president harding appointed him chief justice of the supreme court, which was his dream in life, far more than the presidency. and he came to washington. he built -- but did not finish -- the current supreme court buil

>>> we are transferring power from washington, d.c. and giving it back you to the people. >> the transition of power and a show of force. >> we need to make our voices heard. >> hundreds of thousands banning together for two different -- >> we're going to do great things for your country. >> our nation is facing a tremendous challenge. >> our special coverage of the women's march on washington starts now on news 4 today. >>> we start this 9:00 ohour. bringing you team cra as the new first family awakes in washington. you see the white house. first full day of a new presidency. welcome back in on this saturday. i'm david culver. and i'm angie goff, as you saw a lot of people are outside and about. >> they were making their way out as heavy fog filled the area. tom is tracking the fog. >> in the metro area, farther north there's a lot of fog. most of it evacpore rating. a lot of areas you see in gray that's where we have the dens fog. look at the visibility zero visionibility in right in washington, five mile visibility. there's is going

washington called those folks pretend patriots. washington's farewell address has been mischaracterized for a long time as being an argument for isolationism. not the case. he was making the case for foreign policy of independence. he didn't want america to become a satellite of another nation, britain or france, in this case. he wanted us to have enough time to grow in strength, economic and military. but what he really was concerned about, because h he saw it with the french in his own administration trying to undermine his own government, he saw it in the case of ancient republican licks, greece and rome and his own republics, is foreign nation would try to influence domestic poll six to undermine sovereignty. when i was writing the book, that seemed like a somewhat distant concern, but dealing with the reality of russian hacking and influencing our outcome, that's centuries old. that's one of the clarion calls of why we study history to provide perspective on our own problems but there are larger arts and we've got to learn the

whose vision to president washington, george washington rely on during his two terms as u.s. president for both the government and economic systems? >> alexander hamilton. >> good. very good. alexander hamilton was george washington's indispensable partner in war and peace for over 22 years. this is noted. if you are into history, and i know a number of you are, you likely heard of thomas fleming. he has written over 50 books. he's revered and just incredible. he had a great summary. listen to what -- if george washington was the indispensable man, then alexander hamilton was the indispensable man's indispensable's man. all right. so we completed the presentation on indispensable partner. now, i carefully called this the partner presentation. first i was going to call it the dual presentation, but with hamilton, it's really not. two presentations. okay. and in the next one, hopefully in the future, it would be nice to share, he was america's indispensable founder and visionary. i compare eight components of the various visions and find out from which founding father do we liv

brian taff is live in washington, d.c. with more organ what we'll hear from washington today. >> reporter: there's questions about the main event hours away, what will donald trump say and will it be enough to satisfy his supporters and ease the anxieties of his many detractors. we caught up with local lawmakers who sounded 0 off with what they hope he will say. >> i hope, that the president-elect and president trump will try to appeal to the better angels of our nature. >> my hope is that he will crafted a positive bold constructive and conciliatory message one all americans can listen to and hear their president. >> reporter: we did get an idea from mr. trump's top aids today, it will be heavy on philosophy and the president's personal outlook on what the presidency is and how american citizens should play an active role in their government. it will be less of an agenda speech. we were told it will be on the short side. given it might be raining in washington, d.c., that's not such a bad thing. we'll be watching and repo

and print publication here in washington, d.c. we are in the newsroom this morning on the "washington journal" talking to the editor and reporters about news of the day joining us now is timothy carney, a commentary editor for the "washington examiner." mr. carney, what is a commentary editor? what is your responsibility? >> guest: so at the examiner like most publications we've got a new site and an opinion site or a commentary site. i am the editor of the commentary page here i'm in charge of coming up with often writing the editorials. of our commentary writers that are in-house, either editor, editing their pieces. sometimes the signing pieces. i the boss of the pinion side you could say. >> host: what is your take on the judge roy moore story and watch the latest? >> guest: so we had a few shows beware one of our opinion guys what are things we try to do on the pinion type is to do reporting. so one of our opinion writers called up some of his sources from the alabama race and he got one of the state officials going on the re

washington. success in the attack would boost the armies around and stiffen the result of the people. three regiments of 1400 men were stationed at trenton. washington planned to bring 2400 continental soldiers across the river overnight. he wanted to march to trenton and attacked before dawn. other elements of the army were also part of the plan, but they did not make it into the operation. the bad weather that occurred, meaning that everything depended on the army of washington. the passcode for the evening of -- was victory or debt. washington wanted to send a small group of troops over the delaware first to secure the land. james monroe was with this contingent. in his autobiography which he wrote in the third person late in life and did not complete before his death. he describes the mission. the command of the vanguard consisting of 50 men was given to captain william washington of the third virginia resident. lieutenant monroe offered his services to act under him which was accepted. on de

washington did not cross standing up. the stars and stripes have not been adopted by the continental congress and james monroe was not holding a flag, not in the boat, not even present with the army. he was already across the river. he was busy. washington's plan was a risky attempt to reverse the sagging fortunes. during the summer of 1776 british forces had driven the continental army across new jersey and into bucks county, pennsylvania. expired outright desertion had thinned the american ranks and many of those who remained were despondent. it would boost the army's morale and stiffen the resolve of congress and the people. three regimens comprising of about 1,400 men -- washington planned to bring 2,400 continental soldiers across the river, march to trenton and attack before dawn. two other elements of the army were part of the plan but they did not make it into the operation. the bad weather that occurred stopped both of those deployments meaning that everything would depend on main body's effort in washington. the

this leaves me in a way with washington. his first son was lawrence washington. the reverend lawrence washington who was accused of stealing wine from the communion altar and then serving it while drunk. [laughter] this was obviously a politically charged accusation. they went after him pretty hard and he had to move from one parish to another. his reputation was solely. his son john decided to become a captain. he bought a ship called it the seahorse and it embarked from a little town in denmark called elsinore if anyone knows where that is. i do like ask this audience. he arrived in virginia and he purchased some tobacco and when he was off of the potomac river that we are next to hear his ship runs ashore. it runs ashore and loses the cargo. he gets away safely. he comes a short and long story short in the course of two years he falls in love with virginia. he also falls in love with another young lady. her mother is a wealthy business man. he needs to get out of this ship wreck and get on with his life. he asks his future father-in-law to help them. nathaniel

washington's men -- it wasn't really a country. the proper military insignias came about really in the following years into the war. but this was again very early o on. >> jon: washington's men face terrible conditions that winter with frigid temperatures and dwindling food supplies. they battled just to stay alive as they struggle for freedom on a shoestring budget. it now from this open field in chatham township new jersey, bill styple is telling their story one artifact at a time. >> obviously there are people who say so what? washington's army was here, what's the big deal, how do you answer that? >> you have to remember the sacrifices that were made for us. it marked the ground the sacrifices took place and pass it down to the future generations of americans. what brought us to where we are today? these men who freely give up their health and their lives were patriots, they loved this idea of a democracy, a new country and were willing to easily give up their own lives for this future generation. >> jon: freezing temperatures

, washington. i will be speaking in san diego at st. paul's cathedral at 7:00 p.m. on wednesday, i will be in los at 7:00for a benefit p.m. and emmanuel church. for a complete listing, go to democracynow.org. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!] ( music ) narrator: in 1990, the national gallery of art in washington marked the 350th anniversary of the death of the painter sir anthony van dyck with an extraordinary exhibition of about 100 paintings and oil sketches, gathered from collections around the world.

loveliest buildings in washington. the treasury was erected on the spot where the forceful andrew jackson, the seventh president, firmly stuck his cane upon the ground. "put it there," he ordered. and they did. to thethe famed lawn state and were building, the country's nerve center in a time of war, occupying 500 rooms. and having them together they are two miles long. the treasures kept year include the original copies of the constitution of the united states and the declaration of independence. also the armchair in which jefferson wrote the declaration. here are the state and were building in the foreground. the treasury in the background, and between them, the white house. the home of the president was painted white in 1814 after the british had partially burned at. but it was roosevelt who gave the structure its delightfully descriptive name officially. it was the earliest building completed in washington. john adams and his wife abigail were its first occupants. nearby lies dupont circle, center of a district of

and i think washington believed that and that washington's strategy here is to deprive the enemy of a fair field of battle. we are now in millville park in the city of trenton, where about half a mile, five blocks away from the battle monuments which is at the top of the battlefield, this is the base of the battlefield. not broad street is here, warren street, king street you can see the traffic light over there. it's a quite a distance. about 200 yards apart, this is the face of the triangle. this is where washington's other force would come in to capture the bridge that crosses the creek. it forms the base of the bottom of the city, this is the one bridge the continue south and beyond that to burlington and philadelphia. a very important bridge. washington's troops would capture that bridge to cut off the germans retreat. one thing at the battle mom insight -- monument in sight, he has the germans in a box. the whole battle transpires in about 45 minutes, and he would take 1000 prisoners, as well as inflict about 150 kills and wounded on the german force. some germans would get acro

from the "washington examiner", and online and print publication in washington, d.c. we've been talking to the reporters and editors of the publication all morning on the program. joining us now is their chief congressional correspondent for the "washington examiner", a familiar face to our viewers as well. what was the reaction by house leadership and the ways and means committee leadership to the senate passed bill yesterday that was unveiled? >> guest: good morning here it was interesting because both chambers have been working together loosely for months on a tax plan ass well as in officials fromth the white house because it did want to be too far apart over all. there are some fundamental differences between the two bills. i thinkls the one that will perhaps end up changing because there's a lot of disagreement over is the corporate tax rate. i think republicans in both chambers want to lower that rate to 20%. that's the agreed-upon level. you see that in both plans. the corporate tax rate is reduced immediately beginning in january 2018 whereas the senate bill

welcome to washington, d.c. this is a place where people come to exercise their first amendments rights and we're hopeful we'll ha >> reporter: in all fairness, it's worth mentioning that the vast majority of the protestors were peaceful with their signs. d.c. police say they are prepared for tomorrow. live here, northwest d.c., shomari stone, news 4. >> thank you, and protestors blocking streets and facing off with police once again tonight. >> news 4 scott mcfarland in the middle of the action, live in northwest d.c. with more. hi, scott. >> reporter: at the intersection of 14ble and confident streets, doreen, most cases headquarters of lobbying but tote the epicenter of the protests. to my left, here they expected it, boarded up windows in advance of protestors. an hour and a half ago protestors moved out of as inaugural balls began across town. the crowds swarmed around a bonfire near 14th and furniture. some sat in the middle of intersections to block traffic. >> protest and show we're all in this together.

there is corruption in washington. sort of the way the town does business has sort of become disconnected from the real needs and as spir ratiopirations arou country. that's part of why he got elected. given now as president if he's going to implement that agenda he needs washington to do it. he needs republicans and democrats sometimes and all these bureaucracies around town that are working for him but are career people, who live in washington their whole lives and who care about national security and jobs to be on his team. that's the only way he's going to get this job done and he keeps insulting these people. and those are the people i talked to. those are the people who are washington, you know, insiders that he is railing against, that he's trying to replace with washington outsiders and eventually he's going to have to square that circle. he's going to have to figure out if he wants washington's help to do what he wants to do or if he wants to fight us all the time. >> i was talking to the outgoing commerce sec

lenny bernstein, health and misreported at the "washington post." scott, pesky reporter at the "washington post" and iver, produce at 60 minutes the made this happen from the 60 minutes perspective. we will will talk about two things in the next little while. where we go from here but also want to start with how this collaboration came to be. the posts in 60 minutes have worked together on something like this. in nearly a decade. so let's start with where the reporting story starts. how did you get the idea. we sit in result 18 months later. when did this start? >> the beginning of 2016 that a project launched on the national desk post and the idea was to try to 20 people why so many people were dying w of opiate overdoses, taken in middle america, particularly middle class whites, and i had an editor who saidte to me i want u to explain how all these hundreds of millions of opioid pills get on the street. it doesn't make t sense to me wy we can't just keep them in the supply chain. and so i started reading up on it at the start calling around and,

reporting tonight from washington. >> good evening on this historic night in washington, donald j. trump, the brash 70-year-old new york real estate titan turned reality tv star is now the 45th president of the united states. the oath of the office was administereded just after noon, marking the end of the obama era and the start of the trump era with an inaugural address to the nation filled with vows that sounded a lot like the candidate we saw on the campaign trail. the entire trump family celebrating at the parade along pennsylvania avenue. before heading into the white house. getting ready for tonight's inaugural balls. all of it part of a day perhaps even the new president himself didn't foresee when his improbable run began. >> i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear -- >> donald trump's path to the presidency might be the most unusual and unorthodox we've ever seen. >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. [ cheers and applause ] >> but today, that journey ending, steeped in the tradition and pageantry americans have witnessed for generations. it kicked off jus

the's trip from washington was not completely smooth. bad weather diverted their even if a secondary airport. president obama tweeted last night michelle and i are off on a quick vacation and then back to work. they had one final chance to say thanks before leaving the washington area. they shared a mess swag their staff members and the country before taking off. >> proved the power of hope. thank you, everybody. yes we did. yes, we can. "god bless america". >> trending right now on twitter #thank you obamas. >>er vice president joe biden will spend his first full day after leaving office in delaware. mr. biden and his wife jill left washington yesterday the way he always got to and from the city on an amtrak train. he told tim furlong he looks forward to a break. but biden plans to get back to work with university of delaware and university of pennsylvania and he'll focus on ending cancer. on his way back to delawaren reflected onto inauguration. when the bidens arrived in wilmington they were greeted by the mayor along with hundreds of

is a big topic in washington. a book was written in which he advocated nudging as a mode of enforce: my mother used to nudge me. hated that. but most regulatory enforce. in the united states is not nudging. it's quite harsh. many regulatory acts -- many regulations are based upon or depend upon enforcement methods that lack mens rea requirements or have very low mens rea requirement and have a strict liability rule which we would never stand for in ordinary criminal statute. i learned about this cases from cato publications but we have cases where individuals find themselves facing or in some cases actually imprisoned for violating rules with which they had no intent to violate and ruleses that to most americans would seem silly. one of my favorites is the case of noaa regulation under the marine mammal protection act, and the regulations prohibit harassment of marine animals. marine mammal so a captain of a whale watching boats whistled a a whale to hope attract attention to the touristment well, whistling at a h

if washington got into trouble, not likely, but if washington had gotten into trouble and then impeached by the house and there was a senate trial, john jay would be presiding over the trial of his boss. that is why you cannot send john jay is the emissary of george washington. the final reason people gave is, well, treaties under the constitution are the supreme law of the land, pursuant to article six. that means john jay is helping to make laws that he will then have to interpret as a judge on the bench and they thought there was something odd about one person being both legislator and judge. so they gave these multiple reasons, as i indicated to you, the senate thought otherwise because john jay went to negotiate the treaty with france. -- sorry, vote was 28- 18-8. 18-eight. it went through but it took two bit -- days of debate. one said it was contrary to the spirit of the constitution, echoing what john burr said. also saying it was the most unconstitutional and dangerous measure in the angels of the united states. the handles of the united states were much shorter back then, right