but also, as he put it to martha washington following washington's death in 1799, washington is my egis to success. he stuck with washington and washington stuck with him during the remaining years. jefferson's revolution was extremely different from hamilton's. when hamilton was with washington and in battle, fighting in seven major engagements during the war, risking his life, at one point being surprised by the british patrol and when they shot at him, having to dive off of his boat into the school -- the schuylkill river and swim for safety. jefferson served in the house of burgesses, then in congress and while in congress, 15 months in congress, the principal author of the declaration of independence. almost immediately after independence was declared, 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 managed the conduct of the war and the conduct of the army and hamilton wanted to return -- jefferson wanted to return to virginia and carry out as many reforms as he could. he d

. ♪ >> martha washington was george washington's confidante. >> she was very capable. she did not like that. she called herself a prisoner of state. >> by the same token that every step washington took to find the office, so can it be said that everything martha washington did, likewise. >> it was a businesslike relationship. but not without affection. they had a deep respect for each other. >> she owned most of this whole block, going back a couple of acres. she owned a huge chunk of what williamsburg was. >> there was a lot of tragedy in martha washington's life. she lost her first husband. >> she was raised a rich woman. what that means in the 18th century, that is not necessarily what it means today. >> she brings with her to mount vernon 12 house slaves. that is almost an unimaginable luxury. >> it takes for 10 days to travel here to valley forge from mount vernon in her carriage with her slaves and servants with her. this is a difficult journey. >> her experience had prepared her to become the first lady. >> martha washington was 57 years old in 1789 when she and

washington liked him. he went to west point, stood there, and he was supposed to make an attack force, and said, i'm looking to come to your side, and andre knows about it, and they want to -- >> host: he remind us -- >> guest: he's a charismatic officer in the military, and major andre that the americans like. he was very gregarious, a good looking guy, and he was in charge there. the code name was john bolten. john anderson. and they gave up west point, and they pretend to put up a fight, but in the end, they are overrun and looks like taken captive, done, the hudson belongs to the british, war is over. there's a school of thought, and it seems logical, that washington was due up in west point, not only did he want to give away west point, by he wanted to hand over washington as well. resentment from the guy who got the commission they want, and so -- >> the british could get commander in chief of the american army? and the key to the hudson river? >> guest: right, it would be a country. there was a gene

people now come to washington to get rich. that was never the defining ethic of the town, certainly 30 years ago. there is now so much money. it is now the wealthiest community in the united states. it is home to seven of the wealthiest 10 counties in the united states. and frankly -- it is -- i mean, the power is obviously going to be very alluring. there are going to be some idealists who's going to be the make-a-difference types. but ultimately this has more in common with silicon valley, with hollywood, than with wall street. which is a rush to cash in. it is a rush to somehow take from this big entity, this big marketplace, some kind of reward, as opposed to doing something that will reward the country. >> what's stunning is how disconnected washington is, the political washington that you write about, from the lives of everyday people. is it because of this gold rush? >> when you look at the disconnect between washington and the rest of the country, which people talk about. i mean, there's a shorthand, "well, washington

or washington. but he used them and their information. >> host: so it was the rain that told him he had to do something and then but he does is this. >> guest: but he just shot kamins the way i understand it wouldn't have worked. he had to let them think that they got a secret plan in order to stop it. so that's pretty genius. >> host: now the british were no slouches at espionage themselves. and you've already mentioned benedict arnold which is the great plot on the other side. so tell us how that developed >> guest: we say listen i might be looking at switching sides. he reached out and got to major andres. >> host: and arnold is? >> guest: benedict arnold is the general and the american army. he has had quite a bit of success. but if you really study him he seemed to be a bit of an arrogant guy that always feels he has a persecution complex. he always feels he's getting the short end of the stick. he fought brilliantly coming used his own money, has to get reimbursed, goes to philadelphia, has a

breaking newsth out of north east washington. a washington dc police officer and another man are shot. right now, several streets surrounding the routine hundred block of queen thestreet are shut down. authorities are investigating. there are lots of questions remaining. our correspondent joins us live tonight with the very latest. calm, what can you tell us -- tom, what can you tell us? >> i am going to get out of the way until you what is going on. there are a lot of police officers on the scene. a little bit after 9:00 this evening, we arrived on the scene. we shot some video after we got here. according to the police chief, there were several officers from the gun recovery unit. they got into a firefight with a suspect. one officer was hit. as far as why the guys were out they the chief says that are looking into what the members of the gun recovery unit were doing. she taught the little bit about that unit when she came out to talk a little bit ago. convert --some covert operations. they do both. i cannot tell you in this pa

examines the transformation of washington, d.c. political and physical landscape between the spanish american war and world war i. this program from the society of the anderson house in washington, d.c. is 40 minutes. [applause] thank you, emily. and good morning. it's a great pleasure to introduce william seale. i have known william for a very long time because he married my good friend and colleague classmate. william seale is a charming if texas gentleman whose interest in history and the building has fuelled a long career in both off. he holds a b.a. and ph.d. from duke. he left texas and spent two years in colombia south carolina restoring the campus. he then came to washington to write a history of the state capital with henry hedgecock and their two sons settled in the native alexandria. at this point in his career, he focused on two things. historic restoration. his volume in the white house was published by the white house historical society in 1986 with the second edition in 1996. he is the editor of the association journ

but in washington, d.c. the cash that is sloshing around there does not come from a voluntary exchange. i don't know about you guys, but i don't volunteer to pay my taxes to the irs. i don't volunteer to send my money there, i have to. it's an extractive process. and what i'd like to talk to you a little bit about tonight is what i see as perhaps one of the most compelling challenges we face at what is happening in our nation's capital and increasingly our country, and that is we are increasingly moving from a free market economy, and we are approaching an extortion economy of which washington, d.c. is our nation's capital. now, what is the image that we have of people that go into politics? and there are very, very noble people that do go into politics and continue to go into politics today. i by no means adopt the opinion that they are all corrupt and they are all bad. in fact, your going to be hearing from some of them today. but what you have increasingly is, i think, a myth about what happens. and that

i think it has been almost fatal to washington. thomas p o'neill junior, democratic speaker of the house late golf at haines point, a public golf course, with bob michael, the republican leader of the house. there were not limos. they did it regularly. i want to endorse what nina said about money. it is pervasive and corrupting. the secretary of agriculture from kansas said when both parties take from the same sources financially it becomes difficult to distinguish any differences in their policies. >> assessing the democracy. >> the middle is a lonely place in congress. >> the congressman retired last year. congress passed just 57 bills this year. the 100th congress in session in 1988 when this program began passed over 1000. once considered staunch conservatives are leaving. the heritage foundation considers them less conservative than other house members. frank wolf less conservative? >> yes. >> i do not get it. >> what you have had over the last 30 years is an ideological polarization of the country. there are fewer liberal or

we devoted an entire program to his june visit to washington. here is a part of that week's conversation between moderator paul duke, and steve roberts, then of "u.s. news and world report." >> watching him speak before the joint session, he really does cut a striking figure. he's charismatic, he's got a patrician bearing, he's a compelling speaker, he really is a born leader. >> i was in the chamber and lucky enough to be in the front row and you're quite right, but presence we kind of often associate with a political leader. it's a quieter presence. >> to some extent nelson mandela is a rip van winkle character. went into jail 27 years ago and there's still shreds of almost an outdated rhetoric to what he says. i do think members of congress were reassured today, paul. i talked to several after the speech who were heartened by his economy anda mixed talking about a free market. had buffered some of his hard edge rhetoric about state central planning and communism. gwen: in 1993, mandela shared the nobel peace prize and in 1994, became south af

and the bottom line is we have to find a washington solution. what is that washington solution? don't just say mental health. >> i think the washington solution begins the genesis of the solution begins in places like donna said before. in living rooms, kitchen tables, mental health forms. i think there's growing agreement on thing like mental health. that the washington solution will have some sort of bipartisan agreement there. and i think again, that is, if we want to find consensus right now where we can build upon, that's an area where i think there would be agreement that you can use it. that's a legislative victory that you could achieve and everybody could show there's progress being made in washington. >> i home that happens. s.e., maybe you and i should have that conversation too. >> maybe we can solve this together. >> thanks to donna brazile and kevin madden. >> join us monday for another edition of "crossfire." erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening. breaking news. another deadly school shooting. this one in

we did it starting with martha washington. we want to help you understand more about the president administration and also all about our country and how it changed. there is lots of talk about. we will give you the telephone number to join in the conversation. if you live in the eastern time zone -- if you live in the mountain time zone -- we will love having your calls and your questions. we have developed a website for this series. there is one special item attached to the first lady that we don't talk about during the program. if you go to the site, you learn more about a chair that she cherished that she acquired in the philippines. philippines, talk to me about a very important is hisnship -- that relationship with theodore roosevelt. >> william taft and tr get to know each other in the early 1890's. almost from the beginning, there was not the same rapport between edith and nellie. nellie would say she never really liked edith was roosevelt -- edith roosevelt. there was competition between them that pulsed. when they got

john harwood joins us now from washington. let's start, john, by talking about the vote tomorrow in the senate. will it pass, by what margin, could there be any snags? >> i do think it will pass, probably with just barely over the 60 votes needed to end debate. it's not the final passage vote, that could be different from the vote tomorrow. the vote tomorrow could be the one to stop the potential fill bust tore invoke what they call cloture on the debate. nearly all of the democrats and the small slug of republicans are going to make up that majority. the vote will probably happen between 10:30 and 11:00 and that will set the stage for a vote on the final passage, probably late on wednesday. >> so, john, what are the chances for compromise on other issues that are facing washington lawmakers and could we still see a big debt ceiling fight down the road? >> probably not too great are the chances that this is going to lead to other compromises. really what you had were democrats and republicans agreeing not to do anything big, p

that's tonight on "washington week." >> for far too long here in washington, d.c.,, compromise has been considered a dirty word, especially when it comes to the federal budget. >> we knew that if we forced each other to compromise at ore pral -- principle, wed get nowhere. gwen: hurray, a deal is cut. but house republicans are still angry at the tea partyers who engineered the first shutdown. >> the day before the government opened one of the people from one of these groups stood up and said well, we never really thought it would work. are you kidding me! gwen: and in the senate lawmakers are pulling all-nighters, fighting over white house nominees. does this mean the white house is out of the woods on domestic policy? polls say no, but foreign policy could end up being barack obama's enduring legacy. at least john kerry homes so >> the united states is stronger under this first agreement than before. gwen: covering the week, molly bell of "the atlantic," jeanne cummings of bloomberg news, john harwood of cnbc and "the new york times" and doyle mcmanus of the "los angeles times." >> awa

we saw in him what we seek. >> good evening from washington. in its own way is in a state of mourning tonight. nelson mandela was

washington ended the year by pulling back. and one of the things that has created an amount of confidence is the underlying growth -- improvement in the job market, the underlying growth in the economy and finally washington realized if we just get out of the way, that's going to create better conditions going forward. >> well, that's something that you hear from ceos all the time, that they would just like washington to get out of the way so they can do their business. how do you see it going? it seems like we ended off the year on a hopeful note in washington. you think that they can continue this mood into 2014 and stay out of the way of businesses? >> i don't expect much to happen in washington in 2014, and that may be just what the doctor ordered. even though we've had this budget agreement that's passed both the house and senate and the president is embracing it because, again, it reduces fiscal drag makes conditions calmer for economic recovery next year, i don't expect that to be followed up by much ambitious legislati

washington was born. samuel culpepper and senior woodhall. the two key members of the ring. >> guest: how do they get the information to him once they get it in new york and get it out of new york how do they come they got back to the america's? >> guest: here's the dramatic part. they are able to listen. people talk loud. you might say hello what's going on upstairs? we saw you leaving heading north. where are you going? great. and they would go upstairs and have a letter and go to his other location and he would do it after the beginning and end visible ink and it was very precious stuff that he invented or brought to the states. >> host: let's talk about that. how did it work? >> guest: i write -- imagine writing and not speaking about to see the letters that you wrote. it's confusing. >> host: so it vanishes. you are writing all this stuff down and you put it inside a book. that means you go up to 76 in the book and the page might be blank. that is a message to washington or woodhall if he wanted to b

>> booktv is on location in washington, d.c. joined by the under secretary of the smithsonian who has a new book out. s smith sonnian's history. first of all, mr. kern, what's your day job? >> great question, peter. well, my day job is helping take care of the smithsonian and the legacy that the american people give us. you know, we host over 30 million people to the museum. my job is to help make the museums work, help the directors do their job. i have to take care of budgets and politics and public relations and things, but also the content of the work, what we do, what we show, the kind of ways in which we want to help americans and people around the world understand the american experience. >> how long have you been with the smithsonian? >> i first worked here in 1976 for the bicentennial of the united states, and then permanently since 1994. >> as the under secretary, are you the coo in a sense? >> well, we have three under secretary, one a earth science, one is finance administration, and i'm for everything else. i have a

washington says is considering sanctions against ukraine pushing its way to behind antigovernment protesters will look at those who are rallying to defend the official. silent elian's israeli and saudi intelligence have reportedly been having secret meetings after a breakthrough nuclear deal with iran left both countries frustrated. this is asking international hello and welcome to the crocker. president vladimir putin has sees his state of the nation address to different russia's traditional values and insisted an increasing number of people around while support had a wide range of issues that his speech. is kind of has now live from the kremlin so you go this here is speech was focusing a lot about russia's role in the wild please tell us more about that or perhaps one of the main points made by the president in his address was his view of russia's role in the world and he says moscow is all looking at dominating anyone but it is going to continue protecting traditional values since clearly there is rising international demand for that. matter with in many countries today public morals are

in washington d.c. . politics. welcome to politicking with larry king one a special so we have you today we have a tour of the incredible newseum in washington d.c. kavita rose will be my partner on this tour she is the vice president of exhibits here at the newseum and you're going to see an incredible story the history of news in america in all phases of news in this album is world structure come along for the trip. to the gallery which detains this suit worn by a football legend slitted of murder and a door where events behind lead to a presidency can teach you that. for all we know where big news history gallery where we tell the story of five centuries of news history when important stories is that scandal stories of always been with a celebrity stories have been here since the beginning of reporting people think it's some new invention and one of the things that's really intriguing here is this suit that o.j. simpson moore in court on the day he was acquitted in one nine hundred ninety five this of course was

--ent to washington it washington a couple of weeks ago. it looked like shane high because there are careens and construction and all kinds of stuff going on. because washington is sucking the life out of america. it is a shame they are playing these charades with the american people right now. >> that is jim in delaware. this is from "the hill" newspaper. penny, democrat, san diego, you are on "washington journal." i am very concerned, i spent a lot of time with people who have very low income. i see the focus is to cut these programs from people for jobless , andits, for food stamps you have no idea how much people suffered because of it. at the same time we have these corporations that take their jobs overseas. fundingo not have the that we would get from that resource. that would be a better avenue than taking resources from people who desperately need them. >> thank you. from the independent line. caller: i think it was a good thing that aynor and ryan finally stood up to some of these divisive cruise. i find it a travesty how we canno

funding for "washington week" is provided by: >> additional corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by prudential. funding is provided :y th clash thank you. >> once again, live from moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. custom,ecome his president obama gave himself one final reason to look forward to a hawaiian christmas. he met the white house press corps for a year-end news conference. addressedtopics he today, the troubled affordable reigning in the national security agency and state of the economy. all was a moreit fundamental question about mr. obama himself. byif you are measuring this polls my polls have gone up and down a lot through the course of my career. if i was interested in polling, i wouldn't have run for president. i was polling at 70% when i was in the u.s. senate. forok this job to deliver the american people and i knew and will continue to know that ups and downs on it. gwen: ups and downs seem to be problems.of his it is the downs which stay down, dan. how is he doing? first question a the press conference is was this the worst year of your preside

we do know that washington becomes president. all of those things. so, the trick in writing history is to write it as if you don't know it, and in a certain sense when you're on the ground, and that's what i mean about my living in the 19th century -- the way in which you don't know it, and it's because you're not -- i think it's because -- i would ask you this -- because we don't think of outcomes. we think of process. we think of how we get to that outcome. so, i'm fascinated. i sit -- lunatic but i sit and i read the congressional globe, which is like theater, really. it's like reading plays because this one is thaddeus stevens speaks, and sumner -- it's a lot of people speaking, and even though it's been cleaned up, it's not -- they didn't have tape recorders -- you feel that people aren't thinking on their feet so you forget about the outcome. you're involved in the way people see events in real-time. >> yeah. it's completely -- as a writer, i was trained as a journalist, and what i'm often finding is for me, in journalism, you try to come up wi

us what was really going on inside washington. for 25 years, it was gordon peterson on the hot seat calling the shots, lighting the show, and every week sharing wisdom with his panel of experts. >> this does not work with me. this has been pure pleasure because we have been friends. you people, you like those other people. that agreeingry with someone on issues and liking them personally was unacceptable. >> they have a loyal audience. they reflected on their loyalty to each other including when her first husband was near death. quite as my colleagues would show up at the hospital. when i started to date my beloved husband, they cheered me on. >> the teasing never stopped. described what that caused for republicans. the best moments when it was one-on-one and tagteam wrestling. >> behind the scenes and in gordonf the camera, needs as valuable team by his side. >> it was time. you quit while you still have your fastball and some of them had changeups. proving people with different viewpoints can get along, gordon was praised for hi

reaction is coming in from all over the world and washington. we begin with pat lawson muse live with reaction from two world leaders. pat? >> we are going to start in new york. members of the u.n. security council interrupted their meeting to stand-up and hold a moment of silence for nelson mandela. here is the video. no one has done more for the united nations. aga again, video interrupting t meeting to stand in a moment of silence in tribute to nelson mandela. here in washington, the president shared his thoughts an hour ago. >> the first thing i ever did that involved an issue or policy of politics was protest against a par tide. i would study his words and writings. the day he was released from prison gave me a sense of what human beings can do when guided by hopes, and not fears. like many around the globe, i cannot imagine my life without the example nelson mandela set. so long as i live, i will do what i can to learn from him. we will not likely see the likes of nelson mandela again. it falls to us as west we can to forward the example h

once again from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. when 2013 enters the history book, conventional wisdom will mark it down as a top one for president obama who like second termers discover how bad news can wipe out the good especially when divided government turns into a fight, every achievement into a footnote and every misstep into a potential disaster. >> well, president obama started the year in a high on the re-election. and he had just gotten through a tax spending agreements with congress and he gave an inaugural address filled with grand aspirations and then the rest of the year happened. >> there was a sense that the election decided something, that the fever had been broken. and the year was actually all about washington's dysfunction being even deeper than ever. >> instead of the second term he wanted, he got the second term he got. that means that gun control doesn't go anywhere. the immigration bill ends up passing the senate but buried in the house and he found himself in mortal combat producing nothing that he wanted t

tomorrow night. 41 in washington. so your planner for tomorrow steady, even heavy rain at times 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. notice how temperatures drop into the upper 50s by 10:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. this is when rain starts to move out of the area. temperatures in the mid 50s. only upper 40s by 6 p.m. by this point i think washington should be dry. on tuesday breezy and noticebly cooler. a high temperature on tuesday only around 40 degrees. there is a slight chance that we see very quick moving light snow shower tuesday night. not all of the area would get this but we are going to continue to track the potential. little or no accumulation. for christmas it is a cold christmas, a high temperature of 37. so on christmas eve night temperatures in the 30s.

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washington is expected to go for at least another six hours. we are live in burlingame. >>> we are streaming the hearing live on our website nbc bay area.com. just search asiana aircraft. we give you another live look inside the hearing happening in washington d.c. we should mention our investigative unit inside those chambers intently listening. we'll ha update on ) today's marathon session during our next newscast coming up at 5:00 tonight. >>> the contra costa health department has issued a smoke advisory as a precaution because of an overnight fire in concorde. as nbc bay area christie smith tells us, investigators are now looking into the cause. >> reporter: good morning to you. talk about a massive stubborn$: fire. crews have been spraying water on this one since after midnight. the roof is now gone, and they say that the building actually could collapse. i spoke with a business owner overnight, and he says that he actually got a phone call that his business was burning, came down here. this is called all phone company. some of the worker

and i warning washington is quote. cold in my eyes there's a twentieth century fox in shanghai and chinese they didn't submit to folks they were racists in slaving whole nations and well being the resources they reassure the public through mainstream media but they were chords civilising the natives to trick the soviet twenty first century public school in a quote pretext has become even more caring but same practice continuing to overturn governments through the world and install puppet regimes america's current destabilization of ukraine's government writes washington based on this new push your mileage is following the white house regime change manual to the left tip of the icebergs u.s. senators like mccain flying to kiev and joining the protest as well as the system secretary of state victoria nuland hands them out and days the reality is top u.s. officials already calling for sanctions against the country which was exactly the ordinary people they claim to be intervening for is accompanied by his they were cool c

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and well beyond washington. they jokedfter desert storm by hiring the u.s. army to do their bidding. the saudis, just briefly -- lou: we have a lot to cover. briefly, as you put it. >> the only difference is tactics and timetable. the ultimate goal is the same. just a violent and impatient. they both wanted the colts to prevail. lou: let's turn to, if we may, the former secretary of the navy writina very important caught dead in the "wall street journal" talking about the fact that a million and a half of the employees in the pentagon, a civilian, a contractor rather than uniformed personnel. more than half of our active duty uniformed personnel are actually serving on the staffs of various offices and officers rather than being, if you will, at the point of this year. he says th this is so wrongheaded. your thoughts and how we can break this cycle of creating an ever more massive bureaucracy. >> i agree with him in part. certainly the prevalence of contractors, even on the battlefield is outrageous, counterprod

especially to those washingtonians who traveled from that washington to this washington to celebrate this. is from a place not our far from the place that --ss that could not be here guessed that could not be here grew up. this tree reflects the people and the spirit of our great state of washington. it is a state where people look out for their neighbors, where communities come together and where we appreciate and admire the great outdoors. to representnor the people of central washington from the organ border to the tuning -- the oregon border to the canadian border. i also were present a committee that oversees activity on federal land, including the forest this tree came from. seeing this tree from washington state is a reminder of how lucky spectacularve national forests across our land. it also points to the importance of keeping our forests healthy. support thousands of american jobs. they help keep our air and water clean. they create countless opportunities for recreation and supply families each year with our beautiful christmas trees. washington state is blessed with an ab

low temperature in washington of 23. areas by the water like cambridge and easton can expect a low temperature of 20. although it will be a cold start, overall, tomorrow will be a warmer day than we had today. high temperatures tomorrow will be around 40 degrees. a high tomorrow in washington of 41. new information coming in about saturday's storm. coming up, i'm going to be showing you, if you can expect any snow, and if you can, potentially how much you might get. doreen? >> thanks, amelia. more money for teachers and more programs geared towards students who live in poor neighborhoods. tonight, the new ceo of prince george's county school is out with his budget proposal. the bureau chief tracy wilkins tells us how he's trying to focus on the future. >> prince george's school ceo kevin maxwell proposed budget got a standing ovation. magsz maxwell is proposing a $1.1 billion, $56 million more than last year. >> these proposals are in response to people's request. >> he's calling for eight more full-day span >>nç an&ff

all washington. use these guys and their information. >> host: so does the reign of ptolemy had to do some game. he's got cannons. but my i understand you would know first. he had to let them see that they got the secret plans in order to stop it. so it's pretty genius. >> host: did british were no slouch as that themselves. they mention a great bottom the other side. tell us how that develops. >> host: arnold we understand reached out. he gave to major andre. >> host: arnold is? >> guest: benedict arnold is a general in the american army. he said quite a bit of success. but it almost seems to be look at having a steady income he seems to be a bit of an arrogant guy who always feels he's got a persecution complex. u.s. feels as though he's getting the short end of the stick. he used his own money, has to get reimbursed. ghost philadelphia, has the command, and i've been relatively cocky about it, alienated midsummer officers. he finally says listen, if you're not going to get me washington's deal, i'

smith goes to washington and i think it true we've internalized this notion of washington corruption as a matter of individuals and if only people would act better everything would be great other than the way that you presented it in the sor a sort of public e institutional notion. why do you think it is that we have this unmerited high expectation rather than think of it institutionally and why the more public choice -- >> that's a good question. i think as the government has gotten larger and there've been more opportunities -- you look for example at while being very and they have a long history in the united states but in terms of being a major industry, it's really been over the past 30 to 40 years. and i'm not an anti-lobbyist per se. people have the right to petition government and explain their positions. i think that the problem is it has become incredibly lucrative and that is what has changed. so it's taken on a business logic all on its own. when you discuss politics i think you need to kind of discuss it the way you talk about sports. do you know any sports fans out ther

in george washington database and it took george washington a lifetime to understand the full implications of what he was saying and free zones place on his deathbed. so they made a revolution for liberty and i wanted to make clear just how from the very, very beginning, from the finger trails in 1735. new york were so much of our history happens. from there on out, the columnists are concerned about liberty. they had huge this country out of wilderness and they were going to run it themselves. >> tell us exactly who you're focusing on in this book. >> guest: the reason for that is my wife barbara and i took a trip to virginia, just on a whim to see the founders houses. our advanced age you think we would dumbness times. we never had. it just knocked my socks off to go down there. you walk into those houses that like you're walking into the president's office. you feel that, you know, a place that monticello you feel you know the man who built it. wow, mike! is that it had to be somebody who had a house that open to the public because i wanted people to have some sense that these were not

we're going to take it to our panel of washington insiders, molly is right here with me and in washington, julian epstein, a former democratic council to the house judiciary committee. molly, we have a bit of breaking news. it looks like paul ryan will be heading to the house floor to continue. he's right there on the house floor. that's live footage of our friend, who is having a good week, depending on who you ask, sell thing bill. but he started selling it a long time before this. i want to read something that you wrote. do we have what molly wrote? the budget deal was a clear bid by ryan to temper his idealogical profile and be seen as a pragmatist with leadership qualities. but the question, would it get him branded as a sellout, what is the answer so far? >> one of the things we're learning from this, if it passes as expected, in the coming hours, is how much clout paul ryan has with the conservatives. you know, if you see the coverage of this, you know, next round of the republican civil war, you might think it was the same as the last round. but the last round shut down the govern

any person who comes to washington must come here. you know i think it's a really you know we tell the biggest stories of our lives here at the newseum as reported by the journalists who are on the front lines of history. tearing down. this is. one of these is the berlin wall. it is the side that faced freedom these are real pieces of the berlin wall and behind it guard tower that stood there checkpoint charlie the guards had to pull themselves up by ladders they didn't have it to for security reasons so there is a system of ladders that they would use to get up to the top so this whole thing was filled with. trenches and razor wire and you know this wall was the only wall ever built to keep people in not to keep people out and the story right on this side of the because it faced the west but if you see the other side completely blank because it faced depression and the story of this gallery is that news still was able to to get through the wall and help topple tyranny we've got it right over here gorbachev's pen that he used to scien

mark washington's body was pulled from the washington last night. officer washington was facing child pornography charges in a separate investigation. >>> robert griffin iii will be enactive for this sunday's game. head coach, mike shanahan named curt cousins the starter. rex grossman will be his backup. shanahan says benching rg3 will keep him healthy, but there's speculation that owner, dan schneider, could fire shanahan at the end of the season. >>> and it was an emotional day for tens of thousands of south africans who lined up for hours. the former south african president will lie in state for the next two days. he will be buried on sunday. >>> meanwhile, hundreds came to pay tribute to the late nelson mandela at a memorial service right here at the washington national cathedral today. >> vice president joe biden, other lawmakers and entertainers attended the service to remember mandela and surae chinn brings us more. >> . >> nelson mandela taught us trust is possible, reconciliation is possible. justice is possible. >> vice president joe bid

host: daniel, vancouver, washington. you are on the "washington journal." caller: yes, we are becoming a police state. let's take a walk backwards to see how this happened. 9/11 was the trigger that set us on this path. 9/11 -- it is interesting that thetor wyden was discussing fact that there has been no intossion of public input the state of affairs that we are faced with today. -- happened because israel host: what does this have to do with israel? caller: we were attacked by israel on 9/11. truther,iel is a 9/11 that is not what we are talking about. back to the article, do we live in a police state? the term was once brushed off as a hyperbole. even inuch anymore, precincts, the intrusion is remarked upon. "you are probably a criminal" is the title of a widely read article. a republican thatntee, surveys the laws make virtually every american a target. entirel bookn written about how an american could commit three felonies in a day without knowing it. as one law professor has argued, habits arey penal being exported. the growth of domestic powers is th

middle-class movement moved to washington. americans today do not believe they have the power to change things. we do. we just have to make up our minds to do it. the longer we say they have got to fix it, washington or someone else, the longer it will take. now is the time. host: we will leave it there. his paper book is out, "who stole the american dream?" guest: i appreciate your interest. happy new year. we are going to take a short break. when we come back, your top news picks for 2013. first, a news update. were this morning from a senior iranian nuclear negotiator that iran and world powers have a good progress in talks on how to implement an agreement on the country's nuclear program. a deputy foreign minister says some issues remain after experts from both sides met in geneva, adding those issues will likely be the focus of a meeting that could happen next week. an agreement with five members of the security council and terminate to curb its nuclear activity in exchange for sanctions relief. its nuclear program is for

how has washington changed in the past 25 years? says nancy pelosi is poised to become the first woman speaker of the house. >> there is no wilngness on either side of the aisle to find common ground. >> a word on the quality of our democracy, institutions, and polics. heris charles i in october of 2006. >> when y you lose an election n america, people arare cruel. when you compound it by acting like an idiot afterwards, it is over. >> ♪ >> in 1988, the year in which this program began, ronald reagan was in the white house. william rehnquist was chief justice. republicans nominated vice president george herbert walker bush for president. democrats nominated massachusetts governor michael dukakis. president reagan visited the soviet union. gorbachev visited the united states. barack obama began his studies at harvard law school, hired on as a summer intern in chicago, anmet young lawyer named michelle robinson whom he later married. before he announced his candidacy, mark shields said this on "iide washington." >> i will say this a

moving on now to other news s after washington, d.c.'s police chief speaks out after disturbing scandal. are under officers investigation for taking advantage of young girls. our correspondent as hero the latest. >> the police chief asked the public to have patience and let the justice system run its course. , patience community is running out. >> whether it is the police or judge, there is a problem. say therety leaders is outrage over why washington dc police officer has yet to be charged with misconduct. >> maybe they're protecting them. >> they watched as officers searched the home. they say that the investigators found a missing 16-year-old girl, drugs, and evidence the officer may have been pimping underage girls. the department is still investigating. >> we are actively trying to determine it if this is anything of a criminal nature that we can charge the officer with. maybe the standards are different for the police than the citizens. the communityat is losing faith in the debate -- police department. >> i think the happy i shoul

at 54 in washington, 6:00, 49 in washington. areas back to the west, like martinsburg, hagerstown, winchester and leesburg in the low 40s. we're going to be turning cooler throughout the day tomorrow. 11:00 p.m., washington at 40. at that point, we're tracking 30s in the suburbs. again, temperatures fall throughout the day tomorrow. we're seeing steady rain for the morning hours. 3:00, washington is still seeing rain. areas back to the west start to dry out. by 6:00 p.m., i think d.c. will be dry. southern maryland still seeing rain. but by 8:00 tomorrow night, most areas should be dry. now, on tuesday, we're going to be breezy at times, especially in the afternoon and noticeably cooler. temperatures on tuesday, only around 40 degrees. it will be a chilly day. for christmas, plenty of sunshine, but it will be crisp. christmas eve, we're at christmas eve night, i should say, temperatures will be around 30 degrees. christmas morning, temperatures in the mid-20s, then getting into the afternoon on christmas day, chris, temperatures

jackie bensen, news4. >> now the latest on the drama for washington's football team. there's still no comment from redskins head coach mike shanahan but sources tell news4 the controversial actually centers and his son who is the offensive coordinator for the redskins. diana broke the news on news4 at 4:00. >> good morning, doreen. the washington redskins tell us tomorrow afternoon at 3:00 head coach mike shanahan will address the media after practice like he normally does every wednesday. many believe shanahan's days with the redskins would be over by now, but he is still the head coach of this 3-10 team. strong sources within the organization have shared with news4 sports mike shanahan's son and redskins offensive coordinator kyle shanahan's future with the redskins is what is driving mike shanahan to actually want out as head coach of the redskins. kyle's role in the organization as offensive coordinator may be putting the head coach in a position where he has to choose between his son and his job. now, the redskins declined to comment on this story and called mike

from washington, d.c., here's bret. >> who'd have thunk it. a tech savvy barack obama struggling to get a website up and running. confounding democrats. washington wondering if the progressive capstone achievement may be their undoing. a freshman senator leading his party down a road its senior statesman would rather not go. we're going to try to make sense of the last 12 months. we start with another paradox of sorts. a cadre of young, political activists, mobilizing against the president's signature legislation. ♪ november 10th, 2013. a month after the obamacare exchanges opened for business. thousands of university of miami and virginia tech fans party outside sun life stadium. but this is more than a pregame tailgate bash. it sounds a lot like a call to civil disobedience. >> hundreds of people are going to sign up for obamacare, right? >> that's right. >> though 29-year-old evan feinberg, the president of generation opportunity, would deny that. you've been traveling the country essentially telling people, young people to ignore the law