well, the protein was first discovered over 50 years ago in a rare jellyfish found off the coast of washington state, and i personally got involved with the research about 20 years ago looking at this protein, how it might be able to be used to help support the brain. the key is that the protein found in the jellyfish keeps their nervous system working well and we've found that that applies to the human brain as well. through clinical trials, we've determined that by adding this protein through a supplement into our daily regimen we're able to help keep those brain cells better supported and improve our memories -- our short-term memory, our word recall, our decision-making capabilities. that's the key to prevagen's success. why was this so important for you to keep pursuing this? well, part of it is that it just made sense. it's made scientific sense for me for a long time. i've got a family history of memory issues and i've seen plenty of people that are really scared about what the aging process means to their own cognitive abilities. and certainly, you don't have to be old to have a memory

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. 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

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

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

you are watching c-span's "washington journal just o this day 20 years ago, "washington journal" first went on the air. we are back in a moment. ♪ >>> tonight, on q & a janet murgia president and ceo of the nation's largest civil rights and advocacy group on the state of hispanics in america. immigration reform and her come compelling personal story. >> i had the great privilege of experiencing the american dream here in this country, born in kansas, you know my parents actually came to this country fromin the very early '50s, very early '50 did. my parents came from mexico with no money and very little education. i think my dad had an 8th grade education; my mom, a 5th grade education. and yet they believed in the prompts of this country, and they were seeking better opportunities for their children. so they worked really hard and sacrificed as so many latinos and hispanics have done in this country because they wanted that better future for their children in the promise of this country. they employed important values that have been our guide for me and my six brothers and sisters.

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 has that. if they cannot work in the government, they will learn to do something else. >> we will be profiling a w of them l later in the season, but we do n not havave enough time for that now. i was in theenate when w we created 12 weeks of mdatoryry family leave for anye who wantnted it d d thr jobs to be protected. all that fighting but it was unpapaid lve. many still do not realize that. now esident obama saysys it is timeme to have that leave be paid. mateity ave, family leave, whatatever. he wants the states to help pay for it. peter morici, aood idea or bad idea? >> not at this time. emoyers can be compelled to pay for leave, but they would just pay people less. at the end of the dayhey n only pay so much to get a pair of eyeglasses made. if thatthis is not a good time for it. >> easy for the guy to say but if you a are a woman you doo not have much of a choice. you have to take m materninity leave. if it is unpaid,- i took out ans to pay for my maternity leavave. i shouldn't have to do

it was about george washington at the farm in fredericksburg. about washington's boyhood. people remember the boyhood over time. it's fitting that we're ending the year tonight looking at a sequence of events that are really partly about george washington's last great public moment when he's leaving the presidency. gone from his boyhood to his retirement essentially. it's a nice similarry that we like to see. now, we have an excellent speaker tonight who i am going to tell you a little bit about. jeffrey l. paezley -- passley. this is an old picture. i've known jeff for a while. and an old pick i've had. last month denver brunsman, the valedictorian. in this case we have jeffrey l.pazley who was not the valedictorian of carlton college. the great enemy of st. olaf's. this is nice. denver did graduate. i know he graduated. he did well. got the master's in phd. in harvard university. he talked with the great historian vernon bailen who's one of the giants of early american history and established millions of debates in the field. so tremendous lineage that we would say. he m

people were talking about -- a bout of influenza hit washington, nearly killed george washington. it's a very precarious time for the country. thomas jefferson runs into alexander alexander, hamilton, who is usually very well-dressed, clean shaven looking none of those things. jefferson says, what is wrong? what thomas jefferson is he brokered a deal over wine and food at his house, between james madison, the leader of the opposition to this plan, and alexander hamilton. madison wasn't going to vote for the plan but he will not be too strenuous in his opposition. there's speculation that he and jefferson found the additional votes that hamilton needed to put him over the top. hamilton would then turn around and use his leverage with the northern states who badly needed this bill to select 2 the fight for the nation's capital, the first great compromise. and this kept the peace and this kept the country together. what would have different if monroe had been there instead of madison? number one aside from the bill of rights, monroe's biggest objection to the constitution was the pow

navy is located at the historic washington n navy yard. many artifacts are being consolididated at a giant storage and center in richmond. joining us now to tell us how the command is preserving history to inspire future generations is jim the command's depu director who is also a retyler naval officer, thank you to the program. >> thank you for the opportunity to talk about naval history and hair taling. >> it has fascinated me as military history has. a couple years ago the looked like the navy had turned its back on its own rich history. in the last couplele years, you are starting to get more resources. why is naval history suddenly so important and getting the foc that it deserves? >> i think one of the things that you rightly point out that there was perhaps a drifting apart and the importance of naval history and heritage is that it is relevant not just to tell the story of the navy and perhaps the naon in the past, but it's relevant to the current day operations and the future operations. there are lessons we learn from the past an

/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. ♪

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

formation through the nbc washington app. fairfax county and page county schools will open two hours late today. >>> let's go to storm team 4 meteorologist now for your forecast. >> maybe a little bit of patchy ice on some sidewalk, but most roads are looking really good. even the side streets and sidewalks that were shoveled yesterday. a clear sky now. headlines for this windchill wednesday, cold morning, blustery afternoon, and then tomorrow we may get a bit of a light wintry mix moving in late afternoon in to the evening hours. look at our windchills now down to single digits. far north and western suburbs. closer to the beltway windchills in the low teens to mid teens. and even right near the bay, windchills are in the mid teens. winds are gusting around 15 and 20 miles per hour. so layer up this morning. by 8:45 9:00 we'll still have windchills in the teens from the mountains all of the way to the bay. and we'll have the winds slowly diminishing a bit by noontime. windchill temperatures will be in the 20s throughout most

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

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

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

replaced the head but it's still george washington's axe. there's at least a hole there that was brady -- a hole that brady made in the side of the building. yes, ma'am. >> speaking of the building on 16th -- on pennsylvania avenue. i've been in that building. my husband's uncle owned it about 50 years ago. and so -- >> my sympathies because he wasn't getting much rental. >> i was able to go up the very stairs lincoln would have gone up and also i was able to go into the room which would have been the studio. >> wow. >> although it had been converted, as you say into apartments up there. but still you could see the area. the skylight was still there. it is not the skylight -- >> in the ceiling or in the back? >> it's in the ceiling toward pennsylvania avenue. and so that kind of kicks out the fact that the one in the back they put in when they renovated everything is really not what we would think is what -- were the actual sky light was. >> well there were skylights in the ceiling, but -- >> it's in the ceiling. >> there was one he put on t

they are also apologizing writing a letter and putting it in the washington post. that was printed in an ad in sundays post. the metro leadership promising change, knowing that they still have a lot of work to do but metro's response has been widely criticized so far including not immediately telling 911 operators about trapped passengers, and forcing firefighters to wait 13 minutes before they were told a third rail was cut, electricity to that third rail was cut and that it was safe to go rescue those passengers. our stephanie ramirez had this exclusive interview with lieutenant steven coon of the d.c. fire department. >> metro doesn't like having the third rail power cut. it stops traffic, it stops revenue flow. metro can't sit on every incident and try to handle it themselves before they call 911. they've got to call us right away. i think the single biggest thing they can is make sure that the communications works down there. >> the ntsb investigation will likely take some time but they will report their initial findings to congress in a hearing on wednesday.

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

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

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

as yet promised, the tone could change in washington. the partisan superficiality could be transcended and the country would benefit. there is no question that that goal has never come close to being met. it has gotten worse. the president would be the first to admit that and regret his own inability to make that go way. what i think it tells us as citizens is that no individual no president, can do that. we have to do it. the last three presidents have run on a promise to change the tone in washington. bill clinton, george bush, and barack obama. it is most associated with obama, but the other two previous sentence -- presidents has had the same thing. and washington has become more acrimonious and more gridlocked. this is why we need political reform. our system is broken. i think a lot of people in this town and auditorium would agree with me that the gerrymandering of our house district is a principal cause of the kind of nonsense that we all have to suffer through. the inability of congress to get anything done. probably political r

washington capitals. as a matter of fact at the skate around today, there was a tremendous air of confidence among the washington washington capitals. all of the lines are playing extremely well. the defense has been tenacious. while the flyers have been successful against washington, the tide is turning. i want you to listen to karl alzner. >> just because everybody is playing at the top of their game at the same time. that's important. you need that and you need to try to get it as soon as possible. >> what about this game tonight? >> well it's a bit of a payback game for us and losing in overtime there was done a little bit. we looked on the video and we know what the weaknesss are and that's what we're going to try to key in on. this is a team that in the league whenever you play them, you get a little bit more excited to play against and play better. >> karl alzner of the washington capitals face off tonight at 8:00. all right, it's being reported the washington redskins have a new defensive coordina

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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

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.

/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.

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

i think washington, d.c. could use more of that, don't you? [applause] rod ran for congress because he loves america and he believes that we can, should, and will do better. rod and his wife have five wonderful children and live in the butte. lee's welcome a leader willing to take tough stands, and also a former basketball coach my friend, our congressman, problem -- rod blum. [applause] >> thank you very much for that wonderful introduction, cody. cody is someone i have always looked up to. [laughter] hello, freedom loving iowans! good morning! i would like to thank tongass ms. steve king and citizens united for making this day possible. during the last campaign i ran for 587 days. my mother, 82 years old, passed away during the campaign. it was a very difficult time. she always told me, rodney, if you tell my political jokes on the campaign trail, you will win for sure. [laughter] my mother had a little dementia and i could never convince her i was not running against president obama. true tstory. here is one of my mother's jokes. husband an

union that washington created. >> i think people talk about robert e. lee than they talk about other confederate and talk about him as a bad guy and what is different been robert e. lee as a tortured hero even though he led a rebellion against his country in defense of slavery. >> he's been given credit as you said in your open after the war, he accepted a post washington college, where he said he's going to prepare young men of the south for peace and make them into productive citizens because for four years he's been leading them into war and today that is washington and lee university. >> i never made that connection. >> i never put that together. >> enjoyed the book. thanks for your time today. >>> up next betting on the game. a top oddsmaker lays out the lines and said there is something for everyone and anyone to gamble on. and don't forget you can use the hash tag my super bowl pick. abby we have yours. you can pick your favorites, for example i have it here. abby will tweet my velveeta for her super bowl pick. so let's do something about it. pre

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

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

what is life like in washington? >> go back to gridlock in washington. i'm just curious to see how the democrats and republicans are going to do -- are going to move forward on any agenda this year. what you will see -- what the republicans are going to discover is how you have to govern from the center. you can't govern from the right. and i think the scalise stuff speaks to that. the republicans want to move forward, they want to talk about keystone, they are talking about -- you just mentioned -- you began your show with the words white supremacist group and ku klux klan. >> in 2014. how did this happen? >> exactly. at a time where you look at -- the republicans are looking to appeal to hispanics and looking to show that they can govern from the center and they are inclusive of the country this is the last -- talking about david duke and white supremacy is not where they want to be. >> john, i'm curious with senate republicans, are they going to have a harder time finding six to eight democrats to get tlem over 60 vote thresholds or hadder for boehner

i'm chris matthews in washington. i hope you've had a good martin luther king day with time for reflection on its meaning to this country. and it's certainly been a good day for president obama. i've been saying for a while now that the president's about to cut into positive territory. and today he did. the abc/"washington post" poll became today the first major poll to show him, again, crossing the 50% line into positive territory. what's powerful here is the speed with which he's moving right now in terms of pop lart. the momentum of this thing. in december he was at 41% in the "washington post" poll. and that's a nine-point gain in just a month. and catch this while he's gained among liberals certainly his big growth is among moderates where he's up 10%, among conservatives where he's gained 11 points. again, in a single month. it's the economy, of course. and gas prices, of course. but also some other factors pushing this. the sheer audacity of his push with china on climate change, on immigration with the big exe

lawrence washington later died and left george washington [indiscernible] mount vernon was named after a british admiral in the caribbean. admiral vernon introduced a tradition of serving rum in the british navy and therefore, even mount vernon had a caribbean connection. benjamin franklin said his nephew, who is something of a black sheep called benjamin makem, he sent him down to the island of antigua. franklin's own apprentice when he was in philadelphia was active in barbados. they had an active renting presses. perhaps the most famous connection is alexander hamilton, who was born on the island. these are just representatives. there was a tremendous traffic in people and mutual knowledge and it was quite likely that many would know the islands more than they knew many of their neighboring states. the islands shared with the mainland assemblies. people like jack green have argued that the assemblies were really the key to understanding the american revolution. future statesman were trained. the assemblies in the islands were if anything even more bold in terms of their privileges t

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

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

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

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

in washington, i'm ray suarez. somebody once said to me "what's the difference between gay marriage and straight marriage?" i said, well, there really isn't a difference. >> in 2008, voters in california approved proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage in the state. two couples challenge the law in a case that went to the u.s. supreme court. half of the plaintiff team is chris perry and sandy steer. >> you grow up believing you are a second-class citizen from the moment you recognize you are gay or lesbian. and until recently, you didn't think you ever would be equal. >> the other couple involved in

, 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?

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