there is no washington city and in fact there is no washington law. some going to washington d.c. but it's really the district of columbia and the last mayor of washington city adopted in 1870 and they're what hasn't been one since. the first mayor of the district of columbia walter washington to power 100 years later. [inaudible] >> that's interesting. i would have to say because there are so many just so many adjusting things i discovered the truly eye-opening aspect of the town was not that they gone on for another hour of the canals because i think they're fascinated with the idea that so much of the hopes of the early city were pinned on these channels that these cost huge amounts of money in this yearly -- city nearly went bankrupt to foreign creditors because of this canal. that's completely eye-opening and i think one of the things that this book brings to light is that moore has not been covered adequately in washington history books. >> one more quick question. your major thesis here is that without having law and order basically and without any crime and violence they w

washington. a former governor of two states. delaware and pennsylvania. from millers run, washington planned to proceed southwest to his largest frontier holdings. nearly 30,000 acres near the confluence of the ohio and the konowa river in what is now west virginia. word had spread of danger ahead however. there you see where the tract is. word had spread of danger ahead, however. washington wrote in his diary, the indians, it is said were in two discontent a move for me to expose myself to their insults. they were provoked by incursions into their land northwest of the ohio river which they claim as their territory and failure of congress to negotiate a peace treaty with them following the revolutionary war. two years earlier, while leading attack on a native village northwest of the ohio, washington washington's then local agent was captured beaten, scalped and slowly roosted to death. washington did not want to suffer a similar fate or risk a kidnapping for ransom. his new local agent later in

washington. then a discussion about russia, cold war spies and the u.s. nuclear program. later, espionage during world war i. >> peterenriques looks at how arnold's's failed plan to deliver west point to the british offers insights. he talks about british and american participants after the plot was uncovered. this was hosted by colonial williamsburg. it's about an hour. >> thanks so much for that warm welcome. i'm really pleased to see as many people in the audience tonight when i was driving down from northern virginia through heavy rain it might be a biblical quote but fortunately that's not the case. you have to keep checking your assumptions. if your assumptions are incorrect it can lead you to some very wrong conclusions. i would like to illustrate that by the following story which i hope you will find somewhat humorous, although somewhat ribald as well. here's the story. the smiths were unable to conceive children and decided to use a surrogate father to start their family. on the day the

washington. he's a strange creature to washington and vice versa. washington treats them as a stranger. >> host: we'll talk about us throughout the hour but do you think is as much of a stranger today as when he first came here? >> guest: in some ways with some people yes. i think that came through when you saw him struggle just to get a small slice of the minority of his own party to sign off on a budget deal that he negotiated. and the immediate reaction from members of congress in his own party, i didn't know he had my phone number. i think that reputation is certainly there. i certainly don't believe he he thinks he knows how this town runs. and i think he doesn't come in some ways i don't think he cares that he's been told he's not running it well. in many ways as he feels washington was broken before he got here, yes. i think he's upset that he wasn't able to quote-unquote fix washington but in my just tried to operate around it. >> host: a practical question. you are currently the host and

george washington's mt. vernon hosted this hour-long event. >> for that introduction, thank you so much. i wish my parents could have heard that. it would have made my father very proud and my mother actually would have believed you. so there you go. well, for me as you suggested, this lecture concludes an amazing year that began just a year ago when the library, the fred w. smith library for the study of george washington opened and i was able to take a seat as one of the inaugural library fellows. during that year, i learned what a treasure all of you have in mt. vernon. led by kurt v. brands and with the library led by doug bradburn, the staff here is simply extraordinary. they're extraordinarily dedicated, they're extraordinarily loyal and they're extraordinarily collegial. for 150 years the mt. vernon ladies association has kept this place special. and with the new library, the orientation and education center, no crop of those women have done a better job than the current one, at least since martha did

/washington week. among other things we'll talk about the white house digital strategy and why it has to do with green lip stick. you have to watch. keep up with developments with me and judy woodruff on the pbs "newshour" and we'll see you next week on "washington week." good night. >>> next on "kqed newsroom," the new president of the san francisco board of supervisors targets violence in an unconventional way. >> we need people who are getting paid to work with our young people to roll up their sleeves and go to their homes and be in the community and work with young individuals, but we also have to hold our own kids accountable. >>> the measles outbreak reignites the debate over parents opting out of vaccinating their kids. >>> plus the state's top judge on why we should care about the health of our court system. >> and those laws matter. and we believe we have a guaranteed right to them. and where do you test that? in a court of law. ♪

washington loved the land. when he toured the united states to get to know the people and let the people know him, that was one of the things, washington was quite a stately man, but he wanted the people to know him. and he knew the only thing they could see was a portrait, and that wasn't enough. he wanted them to see him in person. they toured new england. he'd stop at every farm, walk the fields with the farmer, pick up some dirt sniff it, rub it together, you know, and he knew the soul. he knew -- the soil. he knew what good soil was like. and so did marshall. and these were truly, to be trite, down to earth people. [laughter] even john adams as this brilliantly educated, sophisticated harvard lawyer are was a farmer grew up on a small farm. of in fact he and washington kind of had the continental congress, people thought they were arguing with each other because john adams would snap his head. he had an ugly expression, and he was talking, you know like a new englander. and they got close to the conversati

in southeast washington, d.c. police are looking for the person who shot two people on the 300 block of 37th street. two people, both adult males were shot, but are expected to be ok. there is no word on a description of this shooter, but if you have information, the d.c. police want to talk to you. now developing news from arlington, where a neighborhood is on edge after somebody put poison to meet out to entice dogs. two dogs were made six sunday on north columbus straight. -- north columbus street. both ate what appeared to be sausage. a search turned up similar pieces of meat that contained pills. >> you don't understand why some at he would have that kind of animosity to do something like that. >> i hope whatever is doing this stops. it's bad. >> the animal welfare league is testing the substance. if it can be proven the dogs were poisoned intentionally those responsible could face animal cruelty charges. >> the nation paused and march today to remember the legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. some say that t

future washingtonians deserve to a healthy washington. [applause] every generation has the duty to pass on healthy air and water to the next. and when we do, we will know that although we are a small part of the world, we are 7 million washingtonians strong who stand for preserving the grandeur of our state. if we don't stand up for the health of the state, who will? the people who are less than 1 percent of the world are leading the world in aerospace, leading the world in software and now can lead the world in clean energy, because that's who we are. [applause] what we lack in numbers, we more than make up for in our innovative spirit. by next year, countries and states that are responsible for half the world's carbon pollution will have instituted limits on those emissions. and when we act together with other states and nations, we can do something even bigger. by locking arms with oregon california and british columbia through the pacific coast collaborative, we become a region of 53 million people comprising the world's fifth-largest

/washington week. among other things we'll talk about the white house digital strategy and why it has to do with green lip stick. you have to watch. keep up with developments with me and judy woodruff on the pbs "newshour" and we'll see you next week on "washington week." good night. ♪ >> 30 years ago, the concept of moving surplus perishable foods was an entirely new one. there were no transportation systems like this anywhere in the country. only later, after many organizations used it as a model because they wanted to introduce the program into their city did groups come together and start to refer to themselves as food rescue. >> we have had physicians who come back 50, 60, seven years -- 70 years after graduation. they even remember the name of their cadaver. most student groups name their cadavers. they become close and form a bond. the cadaver we have is named pi because she is cadaver 314.

olympia, washington, right now. a mother in jail amp aemgedly stabbing her three young children. police say the father called 911 in the middle of the night saying his 6-month-old twins and 2-year-old were bleeding from their necks. the mother 29-year-old christina booth was arrested on three counts of first-degree attempted murder. neighbors say they are stunned. police say the father was not involved. the children remain in critical condition. >>> a family of a murdered virginia tech student is trying to keep girls alive. morgan harrington's family has set up a nonprofit called help save the next girl. five years ago today, today, morgan's body was discovered in a field. to mark that moment, help save the next girl is selling team justice shirts. the money raised will help support the nonprofit's personal safety education and advocacy campaign. >>> a teenager is in critical condition today after a triple shooting in prince george's county. police say the shooting happened at a home yesterday on glen dennin drive a

this is not far from the washington hospital center. right now we're working to find out the victim's condition. no word on any suspects yet. >>> trying to figure out how a man is doing after being stabbed at a metro station. this happened on the platform level at the morgan boulevard metro station just after 11:00 last night. metro says the man was stabbed in the back. police recovered the knife and say they do have suspects and are questioning them right now. the victim was rushed to the hospital. >>> today search crew also be working against the clock to find the sixth and final person killed in this mansion fire in an nap sis. five bodies have been recovered so far. don and sandy pyle owned that waterfront home that burned down last week. their grandchildren, they were spending the night with them. all four of the boone kids were killed. lexi and katie were 8 and 7 years old, charlotte was also 8 and wes was 6 years old. the atf is expected to release a cause of the fire tomorrow. >>> this morning in prince george's county firefight

let's go to steve from washington on a line for independents. you are on the "washington journal." caller: i think dana winnington, like king, is trying to wake the masses. people need to wake up and look up. this is really happening. like king, it is an uphill battle. global sky watch.com. host: we are talking about mlk's legacy. tony, who best embodies mlk's legacy today? caller: can you hear me? give me a little time, please. i do not think anybody at this time embodies martin luther king . president obama, he does what he can do. he has his own legacy. you should never put jesse jackson jupup there. here's what kills me about this whole thing. martin luther king preached nonviolence and walked nonviolence and acted nonviolence. there was violence against him. they say he was a radical and racist. they called them all kinds of names. now they want to give him all this praise. the majority of white people in this country do not like martin luther king. but now he was this and that and they want to praise him. there is a gentleman that called. he said blacks didn't have a liquor s

a bout of influenza hit washington, d.c., nearly killed george washington, a precarious time for the country. thomas jefferson runs into alexander hamilton, well-dressed, clean shaven. looking none of those things in front of his house. jefferson said, what's wrong. he said my report to the public credit is going to fail. and what thomas jefferson did was brokered a deal over wine and food and alexander hamilton. madison wasn't going to vote for the plan. but he would not be too strenuous in his opposition. speculation that jefferson found the votes hamilton needed to put them over the tom. he badly needed the bill to select the site for the nation's capitol. this is the first great compromise, the first of three before the civil war. this kept the people, the country together. so what would have been different if monroe had been madison. number one aside from the bill of rights, the power of the executive. he'd gone to war and risked his life. he was not about to vote for a new one to come out in a different name. he was concerned about the power of the presidency. he would not have

this was not far from the washington hospital center. right now we're working to find more on the victim' condition. no word on any suspects. >>> also working to find out the condition of somewhat shot in northeast d.c. police wouldn't tell us how old the victim was or his or her name. the shooting happened on 8th street northeast and 9th street overnight. police say they don't have a lookout for a suspect right now. how far, they are looking for a black suv possibly with a redskins logo. >>> today search crews are trying to find the sixth and final person killed in this mansion fire in annapolis. five bodies have been recovered so far. done and sandy pile owned this waterfront home that burned down last week. their grandchildren were spending the night with them. all four boone kids were kid. lexi and katy were 8 and 7 years old. charlotte was also 8 and wes was 6 years old. the atf is expected to release the cause of the fire tree. >>> president obama and the first lady are in india this morning. they're at a cultural performance at th

the female domain remained as competitive space in washington in 1884. and one that,, just like today, is ruled by social media. just like general petreaus, and bipartisan elections have never been taught. you can never underestimate what will happen when gossip, sex, and media mix in washington. [applause] >> if there are any questions, we have about 10 minutes or so until the next session. >> i would love it if you would identify yourself. >> i am norm. from akron, ohio. but originally from lincoln, illinois. i asked this question of jean baker when she was here last. i will ask the same question to you. i will not give you her response until you answer the question. >> you can ask the question, i can give the answer. >> do you think mary was bipolar? >> i have often said, and i will repeat, i am a doctorate in history and not medicine. i would suggest that even if we brought mary out on stage today, and she were examined, they would have very divided views. i do not diagnose. i tried to lay out patterns of behavior. i very much respect my colleagues.

washington. i am a patriotic american and i'm old. washington has no interest in energy because energy is our problem. washington is driven to stories that they see every night and crises are everything. the natural gas and oil industry in the united states have done on him believable job for america. let me tell you, they did not do it for america. i content you that. i know all those guys. i am one of them. you are out there trying to make money. that is good for america. jobs and taxes. in the meantime, what you do for america. we got our independence of opec. >> let's talk about fracking. every day there is an argument about the environmental pluses and minuses of fracking. how should we think about fracking? well i'd like to dismiss this in 30 seconds. >> you may. >> there is not a problem with fracking. there have been over 800,000 wells fracked. when somebody tells me that you are fracking -- i say give me one example. that is all i need. a fracking damaging anything. -- of fracking damagi

washington. then a discussion about russia, cold war spies and the u.s. nuclear program. later, espionage during world war i. >> peter enrheeenriques looks at how arnold's's failed plan to deliver west point to the british offers insights. he talks about british and american participants after the plot was uncovered. this was hosted by colonial williamsburg. it's about an hour. >> thanks so much for that warm welcome. i'm really pleased to see as many people in the audience tonight when i was driving down from northern virginia through heavy rain it might be a biblical quote but fortunately that's not the case. you have to keep checking your assumptions. if your assumptions are incorrect it can lead you to some very wrong conclusions. i would like to illustrate that by the following story which i hope you will find somewhat humorous although somewhat ribald as well. here's the story. the smiths were unable to conceive children and decided to use a surrogate father to start their family. on the da

ironically, george washington had this one before he did, so it should be washington's wonderful whirly gig chair but this seems so ridiculous to smith that he turned this into a symbol of jeffersons silliness. smith described the piece of furniture in swifty and mode with the miraculous quality of allowing a person seated in it to turn his head without moving his tail. ha ha. at any rate, there was quite a bit of talk about the chair in the campaign of 1796. while it is a ridiculous issue it is one that is highly symbolic of a more serious criticism they were making. while smith mind jefferson's writings for humor, he moved in on a more serious issue reminding christian voters about jefferson's liberal religious views and connecting them to the excesses of the french revolution he was such a fan of hearing the french revolution, the french republic, as you know i'm sure most of you know abolished christianity at some point. at best, it was another case of jeffersons muddled irresponsible thinking. alexander hamilton originated the idea and smuggled a dig on jefferson into washington's

and with a little cooperation from the president, we can get washington working again. thank you for allowing me to speak with you tonight. may god bless this great country of ours, the brave americans serving in uniform on our behalf, and you, the hardworking men and women who make the united states of america the greatest nation the world has ever known. >> senator ernst was an attendee at yesterday's iowa freedom summit that was organized by representative steve king and the group citizens united. it has been called the kickoff for the 2016 presidential race, with many potential candidates taking the opportunity to speak to an audience gathered in des moines. speakers included ted cruz, chris christie, scott walker, rick santorum, and mike huckabee. iowa is getting a lot of attention early, since it is traditionally the first state to hold presidential caucuses during the primary process. this morning, we talked to a reporter about the event.

at business and finance in the washington region. as you gear up for the new year and new resolutions for success we are bringing you special show highlighting the best in business. our business high night -- highlighted a navy seal. this week, more from our top talkers in washington success story. celebrating the good food has become big business in washingtonon. it has morphed into a celebrated foodie destination. >> washington claims you as our son, our native son. tell me about your life and where they grew up. >> we grew up in montrl. my family was in the restaurant business. whenen i was about 14 years old about 20 of our family members moved there for the world'd's fair. it was o one of the most successful ones that they had for a long time. they had six different venues in the fair. it was an amazing experience. instead of moving back to montreal we just moved back t to florida. that is how i got my start in the united states. >> did thehey come looking for you for the competition or did you go looking for them? >> my sister

they no longer trust washington to do the right thing. many face the reality of the losing health plans after being told otherwise. many struggle with rising medical costs after washington officials repeatedly said they would be lower. confidence in the american dream has plunged. anxiety about the type of country we leave to the next generation is widespread and for many it never has seemed more difficult just to get by. when americans look overseas they see a world filled with chaos. instability whirling in the middle east terrorists pressing an aggressive agenda and autocrats stopping at a superpower that doesn't seem to have a real plan. at home they see a government that these either uninterested or incapable of addressing their concerns government that seems to be working for itself instead of them. whether it's washington's dysfunction or after receipt that is so byzantine and unaccountable it tried to muzzle political opponents and ignore the needs of veterans. the american people have simply had enough mr. president and this past

baltimore, denver, could washington be on your next experiment list? >> yes. so right now washington is severely resource constrained. me and four people. it was five but one got deported. this is not funny. good people can't stay in the u.s. and i am about to lose another one if we can't figure out something with his visa. but my staff is all under 25 and they're all very, very dedicated to this. but we have a lot -- >> so we are hearing job and resource opportunities here on the stage so i hope washington answers the call. >> the city of miami has basically offered us a million dollars to open up an operation down there. there are some organizations that said we've got a million bucks if you can bring it down to miami we need these jobs and the employers to have these people. we're using that model nationwide. we're basically saying any city that can come up with the funds we'll open up a branch there and put people to work. in real numbers. >> is there anything washington's system, you mentioned immigration and deportation. is there anything that policymake

of "washington post" and i must say, the unofficial dean of the political press corps here in washington which means he is the oldest member. >> you got that right. >> schieffer: i want to talk to you about the "wall street journal" on friday, that the white house is suddenly -- they actually announced this that they're going to -- have new quote, strategy to work with congress on some things of mutual interest and journal finds republicans who say yeah, they think they are ready to talk. is this the new age of miracles here or is this just some first of the year talk. >> two things. one, it's news that people would think about working together. two, most people don't think

a piece from the "washington post." there's a story this morning from george hill saying one of the most important members of the new congress is the chair of the foreign relations committee. coming up on c_span, or conversation with ken buck, the incoming republican class presidents. among the issues that the new congress will be facing is spending of that department of homeland security. one area that they held out on is the department of homeland security because of the present executive action on immigration. [video clip] >> etiquette will be __ i think it will be a contentious debate. i think what the present day and was poorly designed. whether ends up in some sort of agency shut down, i hope not. i hope we can work through the issue, and make sure we defund the parts of the executive order that the present has issued, and move on, and make sure the functions of the government are funded, and the transition as smooth. host: our conversation with ken buck, from colorado's fourth congressional district, you can watc

max scherzer is introduced to the washington national nabs. he had 210 million reasons to join this ballclub. i' >> for one day only visitors to the smithsonian's air & space museum will see an unusual side of the museum and its collections. our caroline tucker gives us a preview of the behind-the-scenes tour. >> when these two pieces are brought together -- >> preservation is under way at the air & space museum. >> aluminum skin. >> ann macombs is working. >> this type of fabric continues to shrink as it ages. >> to piece together a time capsule. >> lost an engine on a couple of occasions. it lost its electrical system on one occasion. but bless its little heart, it brought them back safe each time. >> this world war ii bomber nicknamed flak bait is one of the artifacts getting some care inside a hangar out of the public eye. >> original art the original paint. >> but this saturday visitors will be able to boldly go where not many have gone before. behind the scenes. >> one of the main points of concern is the fact that we had this cracking i

the transit agency took out an ad in the "washington post." and the apology is actually in the form of a letter from metro's chairman of the board, tom dounce. he said metro is working to make sure it never happens again. one person died monday. 80 others said to be taken to the hospital after an electrical problem filled a tunnel and train with heavy smoke. in a direct message to riders he write, "the your safety and trust in metro to deliver safe and reliable service is paramount to us." the national transportation safety board did a preliminary investigation and found it took 45 minutes before power was cut to the third rail. >>> tonight a pro-golfer is describing how he survived being kidnapped, beaten and robbed in hawaii. robert allenby told nbc's "golf talk central" he's thankful to be alive. he said he was attacked outside a bar friday and says he doesn't know if he was drugged but can't remember anything about what happened. witnesses who found allenby said he was thrown from a vehicle miles away from where he disappeared. >>> tonight

from washington journal, this is 50 minutes. host: we continue our look at road to the white house 2016. joining us from des moines iowa, is steve scheffler with the iowa faith and freedom forum and fergus cullen. chair of the new hampshire republican party. thank you for being with us. we want to begin with steve scheffler. a lot of attention on the events yesterday put together by congressman steve king. what's your take away? guest: we saw a large group of people who were enthused and motivated. i have been involved in politics here and iowa for some 40 years and i've never seen the intensity and the enthusiasm that i saw in that hall yesterday and that i'm seeing around the state. it is pretty exciting here in iowa. host: some are calling this the most open republican primary since 1940. that goes back a long way. guest: i think that is correct. i don't think there is any front runner here in iowa. i think those candidates who come here often and communicate with the voters one-on-one and set up a good infrastructure and org

you can scroll through all the closings on the nbc washington app. we'll also be putting them right 00 t on tv all morning long. >>> we begin with tom kierein with your bus stop forecast. good morning. >> getting some wet snow here in northwest washington right now. and checking tweets and on facebook getting reports as well as some of the snow beginning to stick in loudoun county montgomery county and into frederick county panhandle of west virginia. the areas of white snow. areas of green rain. there is a sharp dividing line across northern fairfax county in to northern loudoun county where this is snow. and the bright white area some big heavy flakes coming down ash leesburg all the way over toward martinsburg. farther east of there from near great falls to reston to mclean, getting these wet snow flakes. and across the potomac river, up toward poolesville and germantown now getting big fat wet snow flakes. darker gray areas coming down a little bit lighter. saving sgras grace, the temperatures generally above freezing. so any of the wet snow is m

that's according to the "washington post". outside the beltway, vdot would add within one new lane from the beltway to haymarket and then converting existing hov lanes to a toll lane. they would also change thehov rules to require three or more passengers. >>> with the oklahoma city thunder just leaving town, we're now hearing from nba star kevin durant about the prospects of playing in washington. durant is the most recent nba mvp. he is from our area and he will be a free agent next year. right now there is a push to get him to sign with the wizards when that happens. all he would say is that he enjoys coming home. >> to play at home in front of my family and friends is something that i really can't describe. you don't get this opportunity a lot. in this area. they showed me so much love. >> we love kd. kevin durant is such a terrific ambassador for the sport, for all sports. is he humble he gives back to the community. it would be so super duper if he came to washington. >> so you hope his people are listening and the wizar

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police arrested 25 people in a prostitution sting in northwest washington not far from the washington convention center. police say some of the people they arrested were johns, people who solicit prostitutes. according to police one of the johns was carrying illegal drugs. >>> d.c. mayor muriel bowser responding to the latest report of the deadly smoke incident on metro. department of homeland security released report about communication issues. metro had gone on the record saying the fire department changed some comnia cen control room without telling metro. the mayor responded to that. >> in fact our fire department and homeland security department believe it was equipment that is located in tunnels. >> we put the full report from d.c. on nbcwashington.com. metro says it believes the homeland security report is biased and says the investigation by the ntsb is the only impartial one. >>> the d.c. fire department was also under scrutiny one year ago today. the day medrick mills collapsed outside a fire station. when the family asked for help firefighters told them to call 911. two fir

, and he met in in parsons life of george washington. this was one of first biographies of washington that was published. he knew washington very slightly. he boasted that he was the parson of mount vernon parish. there is no such parish and he was not the rector of a. but he claimed that connection and he was an itinerant book dealer as well as a clergyman and he realized that a biography of washington would be a good seller. so washington died in 1799 weems make some changes to his biography, 1880 version that abraham lincoln would read. and weems' biography is still in print. you can still, you can still buy it on amazon and we still remember stories on. the writing the sentences are not good but the paragraphs are great and the stories are terrific, and the proof is that we still remember some of them. the most famous one is young george and the cherry tree. his father gives him a hatchet. the little boy swings it around and accidentally chops the bark of a prized cherry tree. the father asks george, how did this happen who did this?

so are anne arundel and washington county schools. montgomery tells us it is starting on time today. back to virginia. warren fauquier, response vane ya on a two-hour delay. alexandria, manassas city and park two hours. >> all these delays on the bottom of your screen and on the news 4 app and nbcwashington.com. >> right now about 100 cold and hungry people are getting the payoff for camping out all night in subfreezing temperatures. these brave men and women slept in tents outside the chick-fil-a in dumfries. the first 100 who made it through the night and the front door are getting a free chicken sandwich once a week for a year. we have much more on this winter blast. how the commuters are handling the elements later in the broadcast. >>> today marks one month since a plane crashed into multimedical homes in montgomery county. marie gemmell and her two youngest children died. they received all of these items. the restaurant owner says donations came as far as away as from hawaii and austria. and the dough tphaugzs number in the thou

so be sure to download the nbc washington app. it's free and easy to use. >>> developing this morning, we are working right now to find out more information about a huge apartment fire in prince george's county. this is a big one. the fire started overnight at a complex on greenbelt road in greenbelt and that is where molette green is morning. >> reporter: good morning. yeah the last fire truck left just moments ago here at the chelsea woods condominium complex. we still don't have an update from the fire department as to the cause of this but the residents have told me they believe this fire started on a lower level where an elderly gentleman lived in that unit. that man was able to get out of his unit and he was taken to the hospital with possible smoke inhalation. i have one of the residents here with me. you were inside your home sleeping just before 5:00 when you were awakened. >> yes. we had a bang on the door and we came outside and saw smoke. so our neighbor was shouting it's a fire it's a fire. so we just grabbed our coat

once again, from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. we have been here before recoiling with shock, bracing for backlash. this time, ground zero is paris, where 10 journalists three police officers, four hostages, and three attackers have been killed during 72 hours of mayhem. french president francois hollande addressed the nation tonight. >> france has not finished with this threat, so i want to call on you for vigilance unity and mobilization. gwen: the attacks in paris have reverberated around the world, raising and reraising old questions here in washington. pete, nancy, and michael have been covering every angle of the story this week. what do we know tonight pete? >> well, for all intents and purposes it's over much the two responsible for the wednesday attack on the newspaper kide died nood a shootout with politics. an associate of theirs took hostages ate jewish market. he was killed, some of the hostages as well. but his wife remains at large and authorities would like to find her for two reasons the one, they are afraid she m

we will be updating this washington >>> welcome back everybody at 4:30. i'm jim handly. >> i'm wendy rieger sitting in for pat lawson muse. >>> a police car was run over bri a dump truck after he intentionally did this. officers were not hurt. >>> in the district police opened fire in the southeast and a stray bullet hits a person inside a barber shop and suspected to survive. >>> the cold is only getting started. it is bone chilling skim numbering, a blast of arctic air about to get chillier. >> and jay gray on how people are dealing with it. first, we go to veronica. what's the latest? the latest everybody around a windchill advisory around 10:00 p.m. tonight and run through 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. we're not only dealing with cold temperatures but breezy and windy conditions tomorrow morning. temperatures will feel from 10 below zero to zero. if you want to bundle up and dunn load the latest weather app app. you can get the latest weather delays and school declays and closures. by 8 p.m. we're already in the teens. what we're really focused on windc

women in washington ruled not by proxy but by proximity. they did not win elections no matter how hard they worked to secure their own candidates' victory. instead, they were crowned and indeed shackled by convention rather than being able to take their place on a convention floor. chase did actually challenge the world order and tried to be a part of her father's political strategies, perhaps even marrying like a royal princess in order to advance his future. the female domain remained a fiercely competitive space in washington in 1864, and one which just like today is ruled by social media. just as generals petraeus and politicians remembering representative weiner to make bipartisan selections have been so painfully taught. never underestimate what can happen when gossip, sex, and media mix in washington. thank you. [applause] >> if there are any questions we have 10 minutes before we need to move on to the next session. >> i would love it if you would identify yourself. >> i'm norm, from akron, ohio. i will try to get down to a level. i

that's tonight on "washington week." the promise of a blank page. can the president use the new year to restore his popularity and complete an unfinished agenda? >> now you have republicans in a position where it's not enough for them simply to grind the wheels of congress to a halt and then blame me. gwen: will the new republican congress place his plans with their phone? could the supreme court change course with critical rulings on health care and gay marriage? and who will emerge in the best position to win the 2016 presidential nomination? old things or new? hear the previews -- here with a preview of the news we'll be watching this year, molly bell, from "the atlantic," joan biskupic from reuters, ed o'keefe from the "washington post," and alexis simendinger white house correspondent for realclearpolitics. >> award-winning reporting and analysis. covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capital this is "washington week with gwen ifill." corporate funding for "washington week" is provide by -- -- >> we're committed to strong. we'r

>> it's so great to have good sports news in washington, d.c. you can see all these fans are having an awesome time. the game ending about 10 minutes ago. with the game-winning goal being scored with just about 12 seconds left in the game. now, let me tea -- take you back to earlier this day. there were 42,000 people in attendance here today. that's about 2 1/2 times what is typically at a game at m.c.i. center. the gates opened at 11:00 this morning, two hours before the puck dropped. everybody was here. it was a giant sea of red. everybody having a great time at the winter classic, first time ever being held in washington, d.c. >> it's just an amazing feeling to watch your team, and you're invested in it you know. you see them. you watch them all the time and, you know you root for them and you feel bad for them when they lose. so it's really just you know you feel like you're part of it. you're on the ice with them. >> all right. i'm here with adam he's a huge caps fan. how do you feel? >> i'm shocked but also in awe. >> what a great finish h

>> special teams for the washington capitals. you're looking at a confident group, capitals continue to play well. they end up with the power-play goal to win it. the five-on-three kill in the second period was critically important to allow the capitals a victory. holtby played well in goal pap lot to like about the way the washington capitals are playing right now. >> not just to like about them. there's always been stuff to like about the washington capitals, but the fact they have a different approach with a different coach, there was always a feeling that they would disappoint. that feeling seems to be dissipating as time goes on with this club. pretty impressive. again, winter classic all about this day. nothing is like any other regular-season game. in fact, we gave away a car at the end of the day. it's all been tremendous including billy idol. >> in the regular season it's really the grandest stage the sport has to offer, and today it was the capitals victorious here at nationals park. guys, always a pleasure. right now w

s so now washington had to find a more defenseable argument. and that argument was we don't want white women working so close to black member. and of course that was just an excuse to get rid of them. but what my book is really about -- i was really amazed when this book was in its early stages. this was 40 years before the modern civil rights movement. but it amazed me that tens of thousands of african-americans and others rows up and protested the jim crowe policy being implemented. men, women native americans professionals to laborers. they rows up in protest and launched a protest not seen since the abolitionist momentum and used a lot of messages that anticipated the modern civil rights movement. and i want to try to go over sol of these methods with you because i think some of them were spore rat i can but most were strategic and launched on a collective level. that was pretty amazing this was the second decade of the to the century. a time when most people don't realize such a huge, mass collective movement against discrimination or raci

"washington journal" continues. host: we are back with representative peter welch democrat from vermont, and chief deputy whip. let's talk about house action this week. on the floor, it is going to be the spending bill for the homeland security department. what do you make of what the republicans are trying to do here? how many democrats do you think will vote for it or against it? guest: none. first of all, the homeland security bill is not about homeland security, it is a continuation of the attack against any effort that the president is making on immigration reform. the republicans have dodged dealing with immigration reform because the bill is about unraveling every executive action the president took, really pushing us back from where we are on the immigration issue, which has got to be faced, and sending a bill they know they will -- sending a bill they know will not pass in the senate. it will not pass because senate republicans know we have to pass an immigration reform bill. so what they have done is put t

in defense of washington __ on the only person up your who is defending washington. >> that is correct. >> but i'm a patriotic american and i'm old, so that goes along with. but washington has no interest in energy because energy is not a problem. washington is driven to stories that they see every night, and crisis is everything. and energy __ smooth. the natural gas and oil industry in the united states have done an unbelievable job for america. [applause] >> you know how to time your lines. that has always been true. >> okay, but let me tell you __ they do not do it for america. i can tell you that. i know those guys. i am one of them. you are out there trying to make money. good for america? of course it is. in the meantime, what do you do for america? they got our independence from opec. >> let's talk about fracking for a moment. everyday in the newspaper, there's an argument but the pluses and minuses. how should we think about it and the pluses and minuses. >> well, i would like to dismiss this and 30 seconds. there is not a problem with fracking. there have been over 800,000 we

one of them taken to medstar and the other one taken to george washington. do not know the reason as far as why the boiler exploded. the men were working on it. a lot of police and fire on the scene. it is back open and police and fire have left the scene. >> thank you. developing news out of delaware, shots were fired outside the home of vice president joe biden. neither the vice president nor his wife were home when it happened saturday night. there is an active investigation . richard reid is live in the satellite center with the latest. >> the fbi and new castle county police are on a manhunt looking for that shooter. a speeding car drove by the residents and fired multiple shots. one agent spotted the car. now the fbi want to find out who did this and why. extra searchers service -- extra secret servicemen and crime scene tape. >> gunshots were heard. >> any idea how many shots? >> not sure. >> those shots, multiple rounds, came from a speeding car along this road along 8:25 p.m. saturday night. the vice president and wife often spend weekends here, but

washington or george washington carver, rather than king. by resorting to ugly, unseemly tactics of character assassination and guilt by association, larry mcdonald and john ashbrook played into the hands of supporters of the holiday. their opposition to the holiday was much more colorful, much more photogenic, then the opposition people who complained about the budget and historical perspective. at any rate, both ashbrook and mcdonald died before final action came on the bill in 1983. the bill went to the senate, which had never done in 1979. the bill went to the senate for the first and only time in 1983. jesse helms rose to the occasion by taking up the mantle of anti-communist guilt by association and character association -- assassination that he learned from ashbrook and mcdonald, who failed to make it work in the house. helms had generally stayed out of debates on the king holiday up to that point. only jumping in at the last minute in a showdown that really grabbed headlines with ted kennedy, who led the charge for the other side. wh

much of that is because things that we see driven here in washington, the powers here in washington have taken away from some of those incentives and we'd be better suited if we put that power and that structure in many cases transfer the power back to the states and back to local governments where the people in those communities, the people in those states can ultimately hold their government accountable. there are plenty of other examples and again in discussions we can talk about that in greater detail. but i'm reminded by one of my favorite sayings from president reagan. there are many great statements that are often quoted but one of mine is that one of president reagan's initial inaugural address he said that we should all remember that the federal government did not create the is states, the states created the federal government. now more than ever that is important. i look and many ways i think the president we currently have in the white house almost has a completely opposite view. when i heard the state of the union address, he sounded like a president who wanted to grow the ec

at his 7th street studio in washington. the first portraits made of lincoln since gardner's photographs of him in the field after antietam the previous october. brady was almost certainly galled by this, given his own relationship with the president. and on friday, january 8 exactly two months after the latter of lincoln sittings for gardner, lincoln appeared in brady's gallery for a series of photographs credited to brady himself. these are two of them from that sitting. perhaps because it was an election year, lincoln never shy around a camera, was more than usual willing to be photographed. a month later, february 9, 1864, a tuesday afternoon, he went again to brady's pennsylvania avenue gallery where he had an even longer sitting for brady photographer anthony berger. according to the painter francis bicknell carpenter, who had just started work in white house, he himself joined the president and mrs. lincoln that day under the front portico of the executive mansion where a carriage was to take them to the 3:00 appointm