here is washington's headquarters. isaac potts was a wealthy quaker who lived in philadelphia must the time. this is a summer house. it only has one working fireplace in the main part of the house. washington and his family of aids and secretaries, not literally his biological family, but those who are living with him day in and day out working together. they will live at this house for quite some time. december 1777 to june of 7078. -- 1778. it is cozy. you can see the marble fireplace and the beautiful wood paneling. everyone has to pack in their -- there. there re-organizing the army is often overlooked. he drafted in the bleak midwinter. january of 1778. he composes a massive document of 16,000 words. that is quite a lot of writing. hamilton was verbose in speech and writing. the detailed the necessary steps by congress to completely reorganize the army. congress was in shambles. the army was in shambles. we have plenty of historic precedent to draw from. there were ideas contributed by various generals, including

when george washington -- we talked a lot about george washington today. when he ordered suits from his london taylor, he included the language, delivered suits must with -- must be delivered with measures taken of men of similar size that you judge. these are simple instructions that were essential communications to a tailor, if you are expecting him to construct a handsewn fitted garment. until the very recent past, handsome clothing was not a luxury item, it is a simple fact of clothing restriction -- clothing construction. handsewn remained the standard mode for production for any garment. whether it was a middling artisan or slave. the men and women in the 18th century weren't familiar with needle and thread and they can make simple repairs on household items. fuller garments required the knowledge and skills of men and women who learned their trade through apprenticeship. coats and waistcoats, they sit closely and precisely to the body. they require the skills of a tailor to construct. a tailor skill lay in his ability to fit, to measure and cut garm

washington, and commander of -- chaplain of the uss george washington. you all for joining us. [applause] now i suspect if washington were with us today i suspect would eartily -- when george washington took over command of the american army back in 1775, chaos.iterally was the opposing force, the british army, was the largest in the world. in the 13 colonies, there was no real american army. there was nothing more than a rag tad band of civilians undisciplined, with no uniforms and few supplies. painstaking work, dedication and perseverance. from mount away vernon to win that war and to hen go on to create the american nation. and in that time, washington in a way that has few equals in the history of mankind. why we're so pleased and i am so honored today to guest, e our special general james mattis, the 26th defense, to share with us his remarkable story of from 18-year-old recruit in the marine corps reserve to four star general. especially like his subtitle, learning to lead, because we mount vernon are helping others learn to lead, sharing washington's leadership skills w

washington made marshall washington's -- martha washington's. they really needed to utilize the skills of a tailor at some point. even the virginia company included a tailor in the first expedition to jamestown and sent six more tailors to the colony 1608, making it second only to carpenter's. that their predominant preoccupation was that we need more tailors, that says a lot. , but not to eating look good. all right. upthat trend actually holds throughout the 18th century. in the virginia gazette, tailors advertisement makes up total trade man's advertisements from extant copies of the gazette. and third behind tutors doctors put in alexandria, a distribution of the cities tour occupations began from the mean 64 to 1800 and reveals 20% of local artisans were involved in the clothing craft, and just like in 17th century jamestown, it is second to those employed in the construction trade, so again, this is an important part of our everyday life and society, and this overwhelming number of tailors on the landscape speaks to their necessity in a so

on embassy happened road and washington, d.c. on that morning, september 21, 1976, orlando letelier was an employee of a think tank in washington called the institute of policy studies. he was driving his car to work. .e lived in that direction he came down embassy row, massachusetts avenue, lined with several embassies. runnincar with him were and her moffitt husband michael. they turned the corner here and unbeknownst to them, following them was a great sit in. were tworeat sedan cuban-americans who had helped put a bomb underneath the driver -- the driver's seat in the chevelle orlando letelier was driving. the order was given by the secret police of chile, ruled at the time by pinochet, a dictator who did not like the political ,ctivity that orlando letelier a former ambassador to the united states from chile, was taking on in washington, so we know now that it was the dictator who ordered the secret police to assassinate him, so they did this partly through an american chilean who came to washington, built a bomb with these

washington really respected him for that. washington was wired. he had an aggressive temperament by nature. he would learn to tame it for the good of his country. arnold, i think he saw a kindred spirit to a certain extent. washington had been 10 years saddled with the crushing responsibilities of command. he could have been on the battlefield winning the kinds of victories that benedict arnold was racking up. he had been a seagoing merchant band. he had a small group of ships that went down to the caribbean and up the coast to the st. lawrence river to quebec and montreal. he knows all about this corridor of water. he says we need to take ticonderoga at the southern end of they champlain. it is a key to maintaining control of this vital portion of our country. ethernet and and some others had the same idea. and and and benedict arnold who stormed for ticonderoga. fort ticonderoga. washington is mired in boston, he sends benedict arnold on an oberland exhibition to get to quebec. expedition to get to quebec. the british had been caught by surprise

they said washington post. obviously it is fake because everything the washington post does is fake. it is done by a rich guy for the purposes of giving him power in washington. i call it the lobbyist washington post for amazon. he ought to be ashamed of himself. what they did to his reputation i think is no good anyway, but what they did to his reputation with the washington post is a disgrace. these reporters wrote this book. they said i want a moat with alligators, snakes, electrified fences so people get electrocuted if they touch the fence, and spikes on top. never said it, never thought of it. i put out something on social media today. i said i am tough on the border but not that tough. it was a lie. you asked the question. it was a total lie. it was corrupt reporting. i don't even use fake anymore. i called the fake news corrupt news because fake is not tough enough. i am the one that came up with the term. i am very proud of it. i think i will switch it to corrupt news. the media in this country -- not

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high-level talks resumed today in washington. is jenny the latest leonard who is with us from washington. there has been this question of a partial deal. what might be on the table as we go into this. there haveigns that been backwards negotiating going on? >> it definitely feels like a. if you think back 12 hours ago, the chinesesure if delegation was only going to stay through the whole week. now we know president trump confirmed there will be a meeting between him and the vice premier in the oval office. when you think to previous rounds or that concluded with a meeting between the two men and their teams in the oval office, it was usually a good sign. speaking to our sources, we are hearing president trump was only going to agree to the meeting if the chinese are actually coming with an offer he finds attractive. in recent weeks, we have seen a lot more back room negotiating on a more realistic level. going back from the big deal president trump maintained he wanted to have, to something that is more partial. something you ca

camp april 1776 in washington said that he bought in battles of canada he was on washington's side from brandywine and as a general but we think of these men who won this battle or that that all we forget what the american revolution is about the only thing anthony wayne new is what he read so he drove washington mad he kept saying if we do this is just like the british and caesar and it never worked so what people said about him it came to attention he could retreat better than anybody that washington needed a lot he had a complete physical and mental breakdown and had a ruined life after that he cannot go back to his family he said i cannot settle back into the routine of living. he had a plantation in georgia that was failure that almost bankrupted his family and incomplete disgrace was thrown out of congress to have his friend stuffed ballot boxes to get him elected. this was 1781 his life was ruined his wife didn't feel anything for him in washington was desperate for a general come out to the ohio country so against the wishes of his cabinet, he picked anthony wayn wayne. we had w

washington has grown accustomed to this method of voicing dissent. this was an organized demonstration with parade permits, marshalls, and responsible leadership. the demonstrators' position on the war and dissemination and other issues were made known. officers of the metropolitan police were directed to maintain a low visibility profile. their role was, as always, to protect the constitutional rights of citizens, intervening only to meet emergency situations. there were few laws broken, few arrests. most who came in the name of peace returned to their jobs and schools. but some who came to break the peace stayed on in west potomac park. for them, the april 24 rally was only a prelude to mayday, an opportunity to advance their own well-defined aim, to shut down the federal government. >> the country should respond from coast w to coas -- coast to coast with demonstrations across this country. narrator: these members of the new left decided the discipline and tactics of peaceful assembly were no longer acceptable. as early as june, 1970, strategy con

and it horrified washington. the letter he would write to arnold about this initially he said i heard this was a situation i cannot believe it's true but believe me if it is i will do everything for you. he would try but this began arnold's real problems with the continental congress. he had a point and others for example john stark from new hampshire sure the same thing what happened to him and he quit. he would raise his own state army nd arnold could have done that but he hung in there. and in typical arnold fashion he is in new haven kind of upset over all of this. his though widower is 36, he better 16-year-old girl in boston that he fell in love with. he wrote for the most awful letter you ever read it she turned him down flat. so he's in new haven and it's not looking good. and he hears that royal governor william tyrone t british occupied new york is leading a raid on danbury connecticut where the americans have a lot of military -- it's very much like the raid on concord that would start revolution. so h

. >> live in washington with how republicans are making sure democrats play by the rules. >> washington nationals world champions for the first time in history. >> district of champions, fans erupting at the washington nationals the houston astros in a historic game 7. we are live in houston, fox and friends first starts right now. >> the district of champions with a long night for a lot of folks that if you're nationals and you're pretty happy. astros fans not so much. good morning, you are watching fox and friends first this thursday morning. happy halloween to you. thank you as always for starting your day with us even if you stayed up late and watched the game. the pentagon releasing video showing the us-led raid that killed isis leader abca9. todd pyro joins us live with that dramatic switches democrats demand the trump administration reveal its full plan of taking down isis in syria. good morning. this was something else to see. >> the might of the us military on full display. a series of videos show how the raid went down. us ground troops approaching the compound where abca9 abc

good night from washington. sean hannity takes the reins right now from new york city. >> sean: one swamp to the other. welcome to "hannity." today is day 35 of the democrats secret, soviet style, impeachment coup attempt, although it's really been their goal, think about it, from the day that you, we the people, elected donald trump as president. breaking just moments ago, the democratic party may be starting to fracture. look at this, at least one democratic congresswoman now reportedly planning to oppose his party's latest, unfair -- which we will explain -- impeachment measure.st we will have a full report tonight from capitol hill, but first, another day, secret meeting, secret hearing, secret transcripts, secret whistle-blower, non whistle-blower, here say whistle-blower, all because of a phone call between president trump and the president of

washington said he's enthusiastic, is any. he fought in battles and canada, he thought out washington's aside from brandywine into your account. as a general, he had to learn to be a general. rethink of these men as either they won this battle or that battle and we forget when the american revolution started most men had no experience. the only thing anthony wayne knew about were was what he read that julius caesar had done so he drove washington mad telling washington if we do this or that it will be like caesar and we will be the british. it never quite worked. people said about him that on the battlefield as soon as it began he kind of came to attention almost never lost his cool. he could retreat better than anyone, which washington needed a lot, but then he had a terrible campaign and was sent to georgia with a complete physical and mental breakdown there. pulled himself back together. he kind of had a ruined a life after that. he could knock about to his family. sort of like the best years of our life, i can't settle bac

this is washington, d.c. it's the first time that they've brought home a championship in 95 years to washington, d.c. [ cheers ] we've had the stanley cup in washington, d.c., the last couple of years, a wnba championship just this year, and the fans are really loving it. >> that was adam longo reporting. the celebrations don't stop there. the mayor of d.c. announced overnight there will be a championship parade to celebrate the nationals' victory on saturday in washington. >>> also in washington but today a key step in the impeachment investigation. for the first time, house democrats will vote on a resolution formerly laying out the procedures in their impeachment inquiry into president trump. laura podesta is in new york. this comes as there are new questions about the server where the white house stored the transcript for that phone call between mr. trump and the ukrainian president. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: so the "washington post" reports a white house lawyer ordered the phone call

i want to ask that the washington from washington rebels come up now and they asked that we stand as we all saying lift every voice and sing and for those who may not know, as an insert here in you're program how. >> we have some many songs today to tell stories. and two brothers wrote a poem in the other set it and he's 120 years ago who told our story and lift every voice and sing. there was first some by 500 schoolchildren on february 12th, 1900 at the segregated school where james weld in johnson was principle. so many stories are a part of the americans story and seeing and lift every voice and sing pop. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (applause) >> thank you again. we wanted to thank everyone of your and our crowd continues to grow. now from here the field is already crowded with the children waiting for our cannon fire. for those who don't know we fire a cannon five years ago on the 150th anniversary of the bottle ford stevens and the first time a cannon had been fired in the nation's capital since 1864. today, were going to

will be decided in washington by washington over the next weeks. the harassment of 4 african-american schoolgirls in new jersey. the harassment of 4 african-american school girls in new jersey has raised the issue of racism again this time in a whole new form to young man allegedly as he has raised the issue of racism again this time in a whole new form to young man allegedly using racial slurs against girls in your innate it reportedly on one of the new york times g.'s racial slurs against girls in your innate it reportedly on one of the new york times journalist believes that the boys were in acting american whiteness that despite the fact they themselves were earnest believes that the boys were an acting american whiteness that despite the fact they themselves were of indian descent. in the new jersey incident the heritage or skin color of the boy suspected of the salt does not matter what matters indian descent. in the new jersey incident the heritage or skin color of the boy suspected of the salt does not matter what matters is that they were

and yet when we come to washington, d.c. over the years it has become problematic, difficult for us to do one of the basic things of a functioning government. to determine the money to be spent in broad terms into fill in the spaces with what we should do with individual agencies, departments within the budget agreement. so we are here poised for a vote tomorrow, a motion on closure and what that means to folks in kansas, should we begin the proces of debating amending and passing appropriation bills. i am here to urge my colleagues both republicans and democrats to vote yes to bring us to the point in which we can have the debate and i would not have thought when i came to the united states senate that my displace function and having appropriation process that is thoughtful and establishes priorities and allows every member of the united states senate to have input, that is something we should accomplish without a lote of work and i hoe we demonstrate we can do that in the boat tomorrow. . . . een considered and voted on. t

the last time washington won in world series was in 192a when they were the washington senators. series was in 192a when they were the washington senatorslj series was in 192a when they were the washington senators. i saw you earlier being mobbed by fans. what is the reaction there?” earlier being mobbed by fans. what is the reaction there? i am a man of the people. the reaction is incredible. we spoke to a few supporters who said that they were booking flights at 1am last night and five in the morning this morning to come down here on two flights to secure tickets. they said it was cheaper to get tickets here than in washington. i can also tell you that 30,000 people at the nationals park where there for a watch party. that is what they do. they have watch parties. they sit there and they watch their team and just behind me, i don‘t know if you can see, this is where the celebrations are taking place they had the trophy lifted a moment or two ago. the player of the series, the mvp was stephen strasberg. he pitched in game six yesterday and in game two. he went up yesterday a

i think the mood here in washington, d.c. is going to make that very difficult to achieve this week. shery: what is the best we can hope for on thursday? amy: the best we can hope for is a continuation of these talks. i think if the two sides don't see talks break down over disagreement over what should be comprised within these talks, if that is not happen, a best case scenario would be the two sides agree to continue to work towards president trump and president xi meeting in november in santiago at apec, and having some kind of resolution at that time. that would, again, allow more sales of u.s. products to the china market and prevent the chinese government from may be signaling that they don't welcome american companies to continue to operate in china. that could be retaliation for what we are seeing here in washington with this bif entity list against chinese companies. shery: thank you so much for your insight. amy celico. if you missed any part of this conversation, tv is your function. watch past interviews, wat

death and i think you have to go back to maybe how strategic thinkers and practitioners in washington view the middle east yes of course oil as you said has always been important but the real fear in my career about the middle east was there would be a breakdown in stability open warfare which would lead to the closing of course of the strait of hormuz but much worse where you've got a nuclear capable israel we've got iran pursuing nuclear weapons iran iraq war was a catastrophe for everybody so in my time in the white house believe it or not when planning was happening for the iraq war what i felt people were thinking about was what's what's the biggest point of fairly what could be the worst thing that it could happen it would be that they thought saddam hussein acquired weapons of mass destruction and so then everything kind of trickled down from that so similarly now saudi arabia is seen by president trump as the centerpiece of his middle east strategy such as it is israel saudi relations are good better than they've been ever. the crown prince and your cushion are our special fri

still, letelier ended up working against pinochet in washington. his work coincided with a golden age of human rights activism in the 1990's. more than 200 groups in the united states worked on human rights. over 50 lobbied congress and about 15 concentrated on latin america. thel rights icon became first assistant for democracy, human rights, and labor under the jimmy carter administration. just a few months after the letelier assassination, mark schneider, who had worked for kennedy in massachusetts on several issues. in congress, representative don fraser chaired the first congressional hearings on human rights in 1970 three. helping him were among others harrington,michael all democrats. on china, congress's greatest achievement was the 1975 harken amendment, which cut off aid to any government that grossly violated human rights. unless the president determine such aid would directly benefit the needy. the following year, teddy chiley directly targeted . one chilean magazine called kennedy the most angers for an adversary of the pinochet regime

another wild day in washington, d.c. that culminating with this instant iconic photo of house speaker nancy pelosi standing around a roomful of men with her finger pointed directly at the president, tweeted by the president believe it or not after a contentious meeting discussing the meeting in syria. we're told that talks broke down and ended with democratic leaders walking out of the meter. nancy pelosi needs help fast. there is either something wrong with her upstairs or she just plain doesn't like our great country. she a total meltdown in the white house today. it was very sad to watch. pray for her. she is a very sick person. >> things went south when pelosi explained to the president that russia has always wanted a foothold in the middle east and now has one with trump withdrawal. all roads lead to putin. and i hate isis more than you do. >> and she said you don't know that. and is your plan to rely on the syrians and the turks, and the plan is to keep the american people safe. >> and she said that's not a plan, t

happy times in washington, d.c. we were in the champagne party in the clubhouse for the nationals after the game. our camera took some champagne right to the lens. still hasn't cleared off. this nationals team, though, so impressive no matter how many times they had their backs against the wall, they found a way to fight back. stay in the fight. that was their postseason slogan. they finished the fight in game seven of this world series. down 2-1 going into that seventh inning, and that's when howie kendrick came up big with the clutch two-run home run to right field to give the nationals the lead. 21-year-old dominican juan soto would add to that lead in the eightth inning. he comes through with an rbi single. soto one of ten latinos on the nationals. he was awesome this entire series. in washington they'd pour it on late to take game seven, 6-2. the nationals world series champions for the first time in their history. steven strasburg named world series mvp. in the clubhouse celebration, i saw an awesome moment be

washington taken a 2-0 the noise so far. washington taken a 2—0 weed in that first inning. trea turner walked, adam eaton then got on base before anthony rendon smashed a ball to centre field wall scoring two runs. justin verlander struck out a couple to end any for something on the other side of things for sub gorges figures struck out, jose altuve got on base and then was thrown out trying to steal and michael brantley got himself on base with a base it and then alex bregman who has had all kinds of problems with the bat in the postseason said last night that he was sending us back home and sleeping with it to try changing his office on his luck changed remotely as he had a two run home run. and that brings out to this point with this game tied at two. remember washington weed the best—of—7 series 1-0 washington weed the best—of—7 series 1—0 following their victory 2a hours ago. thank you very much for sub seth bennett talking to us live there from houston and he will keep us there from houston and he will keep us posted throughout wednesday into thursday. —�

turkey prepares to drive kurdish fighters away from the syrian turkish border the kurds are accusing washington of abandoning the heroes against isis and then forgotten against heir to one also coming up. democracy protesters grades rubber bullets and tear gas to define a ban on face masks as authorities begin arresting those who violate the ban activists explain just what state statesmen. and environmental activists returned to the streets to draw attention to the climate crisis extinction rebellion taking action in cities around the world paralyzing traffic and occupying built. it's good to have you with us u.s. president donald trump and his plans for leaving syria are drawing fire tonight from both sides of the political aisle senior congressional politicians are calling on president donald trump to reverse his just says to withdraw u.s. troops from northern syria the pullout with turkey to launch a long planned offensive against kurdish fighters in the region fighters that have been loyal allies of the united states and its fight against so-called islamic state. leaving in a hurry american

washington can't decide. the only point that everyone here can agree on is that in the interest of foreigners, they are far more important than our own interests. it is immoral, they are telling us, to look out for their own people, but it is virtuous to suffer for others, particular for those who hate us. hundreds of thousands of americans die from drugs, manufactured by our enemies abroad. mexico, and china, how do our leaders respond? they shrugged. he couldn't care less. they do nothing. turkey threatens to invade northern syria, a place not one in a thousand americans find on a map -- guess what that is excellent at the historic crisis and lindsey graham will stand for it! what you are looking at is a set of priorities so my lessons are distorted there is no in fact fixing them. in the end may be the obvious one, relocate the kurds to youngstown, ohio. only then will washington finally care. doug mcgregor is a retired u.s. army colonel arthur of the book "margin of victory" in the wises voice on foreign

there it is, the 60 foot head of washington. three others would follow, jefferson, lincoln and roosevelt honored in unveiling ceremonies. when i look at the presidents, the first thing i hink about is some individual achievements from each of those people. me, eally what they do for and what this whole memorial me for me, is it reminds about what they stood for. freedom, for democracy, for republics, i get every day.out that i could just share that with people every day. and meet people from you a over who may not know who those presidents are. understand what freedom means. > the original idea was by robinson, a state historian, and carving conceived of statues in the round. custer een spice in state park, and he was going to lewiston clark, remont, and when he had his artist, he said you're not thinking big enough. selecting the four people that the four re, presidents, that was the artist, at him, you look can figure out why they were selected, george washington, our first president, the person who gave up the power, he could

george washington they say had two desks. he had a presidential desk and a business desk. >> what do you think george washington would have had to say about all this? >> well, i think george washington would have been disgusted with donald trump and his behavior and his dealings with foreign countries, and george washington never dealt with foreign countries and foreign governments, did not violate the emoluments clause of the united states constitution. second, george washington, although he was a great president, that business he ran and the business thomas jefferson ran used slave labor. they did have an economic conflict of interest. it was a domestic con fliflict interest. it did not trigger the emoluments clause. it was very tragic, but for donald trump to acknowledge that part of george washington's history and thomas jefferson and refer to the plantations as wonderfully successful businesses, that shows his lack of understanding of american history, the role of slavery and also economic conflicts of interest and how t

for more on this heidi show castro joins us live from washington d.c. and heidi there's been an awful lot happening in the last few days few hours biden lashing back at the president and now reports the president involved vice president pens and efforts to put pressure on the leader of ukraine to solicit potentially damaging information on biden what more do we know. that's right well 1st biden is speaking right now he's addressing supporters on a campaign stop in reno nevada and in this speech he is calling out trump using very strong language for b. train foreign policy and the national security of the u.s. for his own personal gain biden remains in a tight race now with senator elizabeth warren they're actually neck and neck in some polling and biden has really tried to tread this line carefully about how to not lend credibility to the president trump's unsubstantiated claims that he was involved in corruption in ukraine while still tackling the issue head on and there have been a lot of developments just in this last few hours with the washington po

as a washington lawyer. george conway tweets almost as much as donald trump, but it has been about a year, a little less than a year since we have heard him make a public comment in his own voice. he finally did speak yesterday on preet bharara's podcast, and this is what he had to say about the man his wife works for. >> he can't take into account the interests of the country. he can't take into account the interests of the constitution. he can't take into account his duties, and he pus his self, his own interest above the country's in almost any circumstance. and that's exemplified by the most recent scandal, the ukraine scandal, where he's essentially using his office, he is using his office, using the power of potentially withholding funds or even simply the power of the presidency to extort a smaller nation to try to get that nation to issue some kind of a statement against trump's principle political rival. >> one thing george conway is mystified by is why republicans in congress and republicans workin

and chile was taking on in washington. so, we know now it was the dictator who ordered the secret police to assassinate him. they did this partly through an american chilean who came to washington, built the bomb with cuban-americans and they put it under the car. they thought he would be alone. americanup having two citizens with him. important to note, also, the chilean ambassador's residence is over there, not the embassy, but the ambassador's residence. on the morning of september 21, the chilean ambassador heard the bombing. he was in the shower. he came down. he was wondering what was going on. turns out, he was not in on the assassination at all, even though his government had did it. later on, he trumpeted the version of events of the regime which is that there is no way a gunman could have done it. it must have been leftist guerrillas. it is important the residence is there because the residence itself now has a bust of orlando to try to remember him. around the circle, we have these memorials to this one man and

"washington journal" continues. host: time for your calls this morning, asking for your top public policy issue. phone lines are open. republicans, (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000. .ndependents, (202) 748-8002 we are having this conversation for the next 20 minutes or so before we are joined by michael moore to talk about the 2020 presidential campaign, his support for bernie sanders. that conversation coming up. robert is up first in idaho, republican. what is your top public policy concern? caller: thank you for taking my call. my concern is president trump's commitment to building the wall and to addressing the issue of the invasion of illegal aliens in america. i have been dealing with this issue since 1996 or so. i actually lost a job because i wrote an opinion piece about english as the official language. -- and stille time is -- part of the amnesty group. believe president trump is keeping his word. secrecy an onslaught of in trying to impeach him since the day he was elected is proof of that. host:

i think i think the latter is correct i mean i'm i'm thinking of george washington's farewell address when he warned against foreign entanglements he warned that in pursuing these friendships partnerships treaties entanglements as he put it would put us in a complicated position and which we were basically selling and sharing our foreign policy basing our foreign policy on other people's other country's interests those entanglements were things that we built after world war 2 that had gone through horrific wars where we had world war one world war 2 nato was securing our security doing a deal with japan and basing u.s. forces abroad was something where we looked at is at that time is vital to u.s. national security and our allies around the world put a lot of trust in those relationships so you think going back to washington that we should we should never have done those well i think. i'm paper that looks fabulous but when we're looking at today's situation when you look at the kurds for instance and the reason why bret stephens wrote that column we're talking about complex relationsh

has abandoned them washington says it will not get involved in turkey's plan. and let's get the latest on the story that is really a han that is in istanbul for us hi yulia why is this happening now. well this is basically u.s. president donald trump suddenly making way for turkey's military operation in the north and syria this definitely comes as a surprise and it follows developments late last night a phone call between trump and turkey's president. after which the white house published a statement saying that turkey will soon move forward with its long planned military operation in north east syria and that u.s. forces will not support or be involved in it and what we're seeing on the ground is that u.s. troops have started in the morning withdrawing from areas in the north and syria areas that are so far controlled by syrian kurdish militia and this is actually you know a major shift a stunning reversal of u.s. policy in syria because washington had so far significantly supported these syrian kurdish militia and considered them the most effective group in

already want to take this story now to washington d.c. i'm joined now by the armenian national committee of america executive director i'm party on i hope i got your name right there mr hardee on it's good to have you on the show i'll ask you the same thing i asked her room there from the a k party in turkey this decision that was made today by the house or yesterday by the house of representatives do you think that was a decision made out of conviction that this was truly genocide or do you think lawmakers were trying to use this to rebuke president trump and president aired of one. for many years turkey exercise a veto here in washington d.c. preventing members of congress from voting their conscience on the armenian genocide members of congress essentially overrode that veto and let members vote up or down and 405 of them voted yes only 11 voted no and that's basically what happened the patients went out with turkey to say that we're not going to force your gag rule here in washington and we're going to let legislators vote their consc

in regards to getting information to washington. i have been in touch with the white house and we are working closely with the state. the cooperation is very impressive. every level of government is cooperating well. the people in our area. the number of volunteers is unbelievably impressive. right down to food preparation. we had three of california pot best chefs yesterday in the kitchen facility located at the fairgrounds in sonoma cooking food for people. that is a nonprofit organization to feed people when there is a disaster. we have chris and tyler here. i am here to make sure that folks in washington and congress and the white house know exactly what we need and how we needed area so far everything has worked smoothly. the federal government has come forward with the fire grants to help california deal with the cost of fighting the fire. as we get out of the firefighting component of this disaster and move into the recovery there will be a need for more resources. the role that the company pg and he plays in this, what do yo

the washington relationship is key. without it is interesting to imagine where he would have gone without it. he has the kind of influence he wanted to have. it is conflicted because he is not good with authority figures and kind of chased a little bit, washington makes clear hamilton is the favorite. hamilton doesn't want to be anybody's favorite. he wants to be appreciated for his merit. he doesn't like the fact that people see him as a favorite. he and washington have a kind of a stack, they are both clearly fatigued. he was up washing with -- working with washington, and either listening to washington tell him what to write or they were clearly at a late point in the war tired and hamilton working with washington runs down a staircase to deliver a letter is stopped by the marquis do lafayette who had a way of grabbing hold of your lapels and talking with you and an engaged manner. hamilton looks up with washington glaring down and says something along the lines of colonel hamilton, you have kept me waiting these 10

, being washington overreach and getting washington too involved in education. could you talk a bit more about that, given what you've just described, what's the nature of those concerns and where do you hink they're getting it wrong? ms. conway: well, those critics on the right are absolutely correct that the federal government is already way too involved in education. nobody's going to disagree with that, including the secretary of education and the president and vice-president of the united states. so that's a given. but there's -- so there's always a suspicion that once the government is way too intrusive. invasive and expansive in education and many areas of our life that this would continue to open the flood gates. he criticism is ill-founded. respectfully, because this does not expand the federal role. it gives freedom and flexibility. if you look past -- people their stopping way too linear and constricted to say it's federal tax form, it's federal tax dollars. there are no strings to that. hat's why you have the seats to decide who should receive the mo