washington. success in the attack would boost the armies around and stiffen the result of the people. three regiments of 1400 men were stationed at trenton. planned to bring 2400 continental soldiers across the river overnight. he wanted to march to trenton and attacked before dawn. other elements of the army were also part of the plan, but they did not make it into the operation. ,he bad weather that occurred dependedhat everything on the army of washington. of passcode for the evening -- was victory or debt. washington wanted to send a small group of troops over the delaware first to secure the land. james monroe was with this contingent. in his autobiography which he wrote in the third person late in life and did not complete before his death. he describes the mission. the command of the vanguard consisting of 50 men was given to captain william washington of the third virginia resident. lieutenant monroe offered his services to act under him which was accepted. on december 25, 1776 they passe

this was the granddaughter of martha washington. six generations of the peter family lived in the house from 1805 to 1984. we take a tour with the curator who shows us a letter from george washington, a bomb shelter and a signed picture of woodrow wilson. curator at the house of -- house and garden. we are taking a look at some of the amazing objects. this is from 1805 to 1983. five different generations of the peter family lived here at to replace. this was of the public could come and enjoy this amazing collection of objects. i would to talk about the architecture of the house. when he purchased the property , they5 with a .5 acres were here with nothing in between. an earlier honor had always intended to build a larger house but never did. by this time, though it had already won the design competition. thoren took the two men and incorporated them into a five-part house. the key architectural feature of the house is the scene on the south side. what he did was make them competent the superstructure of the house with the ceiling w

adam entous, "washington post" national security reporter with tonight's scoop at "the washington post." adam, i appreciate you joining us on very short notice. congratulations on this scoop. thanks for joining us. the headline tonight, top intelligence official, director of national intelligence, dan coats, told associates, contemporaneously at the time, in late march, that the president asked him if he could please intervene with fbi director james comey to try to stop the fbi russia investigation, particularly as it pertained to national security adviser mike flynn. again, there's no allegation here in terms of "the washington post" reporting that dan coats committed his concerns about this to writing, as has been reported about similar concerns regarding james comey himself and the nsa director, admiral mike rogers, but you can expect dan coats to be asked about this tomorrow in open session. we've got more on that coming up. stay with us. do you play? ♪ ♪ use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap, to friends at more banks then ever before. you got next? chase. helpi

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

at first he and his odd characters pleased their bosses in washington. that changed after japan's surprise attack on december 7. the code breakers weren't blamed for that debacle, but lawrence safford lost some stach chur and credibility and he was reassigned and new bosses took over. this was bad news for rochford. his new bosses in washington didn't like his practice whereby he customarily reported his radio findings and so forth and whatnot to the fleet commander first. that is to say, he'd report first to admiral kimmel while he was there and then secondarily to washington. well, commander john ritman, another picture of those two gentlemen. john ritman now ran it. he was a curious choice. he did have friends in high places, which may explain it, but he had no background in cryptology. he was proficient in hardware, morse code, kind of regular stuff like that. but he had no background in cryptology or the part of the navy's communication process. while ritman wanted code breaking and intelligence and findings to be centralized in washington. they wan

she focuses on how martha washington and dollie washington -- olley madison the national archives hosted this hour-long event. >> george washington was a dedicated diary archivist beginning with a record of the day's temperature and weather and the notable events that day. the entry for figure 18, 1786, just before his 54th birthday is longer than most for washington, and a list today of all of my negroes. the list totaled 216 persons in the first child named, the 12-year-old was a seamstress betty and only became the personal attendant of martha washington in 1899. the story is part of the presidential household is revealed in today's book, "ties that bound: founding first ladies and slaves." i will not take any more here. other writings are available online. founders online allows you to search across thousands of documents. record boththe lofty and lending. like founders online instead are history tell us much about the founding fathers, but to uncover information about the women of the founding era, we must dig deeper. professor jenkins schwartz focuses on the men and women slaves. m

and any time you need weather, download the nbc washington app and it is there for you. 62 in washington under a clear sky. there had been 40s on the map earlier, but sunas to around 60 degrees. no chance for rain today, tomorrow or friday. perfect day for splishing and splashing in the pool. mid 70s this morning, up to 83 for a high today. great night for baseball. nationals and cubbies, first pitch 7:05. no chance for rain delay. let's hope it leads to a win. tomorrow is not as cool as this morning, still not too bad. then warmup starts tomorrow, up to 91 degrees. check of the weekend, fourth of july, let's go to sheena. good morning. >> good morning, chuck. enjoy today. talking low humidity today, makes you feel comfortable. starting tomorrow and especially friday that humidity will go up. you'll notice it will be hot and humid. right now we're mild. watch what happens as we go into tomorrow and friday. hot and humid weather headed our way. that's the case over the weekend. tuesday, that's fourth of july. it will feel like summer. good news, rain chances will be minimal that day. here

." >>> a stunning day in washington. a gunman opens fire on members of congress and then the news breaking tonight, president trump under criminal investigation for obstruction of justice. this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. breaking news on two fronts to tell you about. "the washington post" reporting that special counsel robert mueller is investigating president trump for possible obstruction of justice as part of the russia investigation. this after only 145 days in the oval office. >>> also breaking tonight, a shooting targeting members of congress. the frightening moments captured on video. [ gunfire ] congressmen steve scalise, the third highest ranking republican in the house in critical condition in the hospital tonight where the president and the first lady just visited. congressman scalise suffered injury to his internal organs and will require more surgeries. our dr. sanjay gupta will join us on the latest on his condition in just a moment. first, the hospital treating congressman steve scalise has released

washington journal is next. ♪ >> good morning. the senate intelligence committee will held its 10th hearing of the year on tuesday. we will have it live on c-span. a new weekend development with word yesterday from the attorney general jeff sessions that he will testify. it is sunday morning, june 11, and thank you for joining us on the washington journal. also on capitol hill, a busy week while the timeline continues to shift. the senate debate over health care will continue in the week ahead and the house taking its measure to bring some changes within the department of veterans affairs, including the ability to fire those were not performing well. but we begin with saturday's letter to the attorney general, testifyement to set -- in front of the senate committee. fouran call (202) 748-8001 republicans, and (202) 748-8000 four democrats. if you are an independent, you can call (202) 748-8002. join us ono facebook. thank you so much for being with us. with the latest relevant from the washington post, this is a headline as attorn

between washington, d.c. and philadelphia. now additionally we're going to see residual delays and cancellations on the northeast corridor. amtrak is advising passengers or at least the passengers that typically take this route in the morning to check with amtrak.com or the app if they frequent the app as well to see any specifics about that, but i did just check in with amtrak website. not seeing any specific cancellations there, but, again, that service still is suspended between washington, d.c. and philadelphia. we're supposed to get an update or a statement from amtrak on or before sometime 7:00 this morning. have that update for you. next update in ten minutes. >> thank you, jessica. >>> meanwhile dealing with the best day in the summer apparently. >> this may turn out to be the nicest day of the entire summer. 40s and 50s right now. 48 degrees in the suburbs. low 50s in the lehigh valley. look at that bright sunshine. sunshine we warm to 66 degrees. then at lunchtime. 74. even though the temperatures w

kerry washington is in the driver's seat. at the "cars 3" premiere. >> pretty in pink and revving up the re >> how are you? >> i'm good. how are you? >> i'm really good, thank you. >> kerry washington with our carrie seymour. >> oscar de la renta. >> and giant "cars 3" premiere. >> it is so fun to be in something that my kids can watch. because "scandal" is not appropriate. are you listening, kids? you're not watching my tv show. this movie, tune in. >> in the latest lap around the pixar track. >> i never get to the end. >> playing a car who is a racing analyst. >> 1.23%. >> i saw the movie with my daughter and my mother. so it was really fun to be able to watch it with, you know, all three generations. >> kerry saying hello to the "cars" franchise, preparing to say good-bye to "scandal." >> we get to lay it ll on the table. go big o in the driver's seat. >> oh, is that right? >> just hoping to get his 3-year-old son into the disney racers ride. >> i think he's a little short for doing this. maybe we can, you know, bend the r

you know how it works in washington. if you were a target, being investigated, you would be told quickly into the investigation. >> not necessarily. let's be clear. >> why don't you just ask if your client has any role in the investigation? make a phone call. it's not like this white house is adverse to making inquiries about the russian probe. why not just find out? >> but you're basing your conversation -- you said this earlier. you said that comey said that he is sure special council will look at this. >> why wouldn't he be looking at it? >> james comey didn't bother to do that with with loretta lynch when she was the attorney general when hillary clinton was being investigated. he decided to become judge and jury. >> that's irrelevant here. >> no. >> as to what comey did or didn't do. >> it's very relevant. >> why is that helpful in assessing whether or not mueller would be looking at circumstances surrounding the firing of jim comey? >> the only reason you're asking this is because of a leak at "the washington post.

one important point about the defenses of washington is that it really transformed the whole washington area into a military city in essence. you had the seat of the federal government here, but with a huge ring of forts and camps, you know, washington really becomes a logistical headquarters in the war effort. it becomes a major campaign and training ground for the union army during the civil war. thousands of soldiers passed through washington and alexandria during the civil war, which is such an important resource, because of transportation facilities and you can see actually how many of the forts, including fort ward, were eventually built to surround alexandria during that time. the earthwork remains of fort ward. our most significant artifact here. we have between 90%-90 5% of the %-95%nal walls -- 90 preserved. if somebody walks the site and i have a engineer plan from the time in front of them, walking according to the map, they can absolutely make sense of the design of the four, the -- fort, the format of it, and they have a full picture of what the fort, the other sections of

. >>> the washington post today dropped this huge story. it's more of a small book really about the russian attack on our presidential election last year and how the obama administration came to recognize that that was happening, what they understood about it, and importantly, how they reacted to it once they realized what it was. in just a moment, we are going to be joined live by one of the reporters who broke that story. >> it's ten front page worthy scoops. among the scoops the washington post got for this report is that u.s. intelligence agencies somehow have access or had access to a source of intelligence that was very, very, very close to vladimir putin. that is intriguing just on the surface, just for the pure spy novel lurid thrill of it. we have somebody close to putinen or something close to putin. "the post" to its credit makes clear how extraordinary that is beyond just the wow factor. >> he rarely kmuks by phone or computer. he always runs sensitive state business from deep within the confines of the kremlin, but nevertheless

the attack also hit a washington law farm. a message pops up, warning targets they cannot recover files without sending three-hundred dollars worth of bitcoin. officials say the attack is simliar to one last month that was later linked to north korea. for continuing coverage of this and other breaking news stories follow me on twitter and facebook @adriannahopkins. there's new information about that train derailment in new york city's harlem neighborhood. the metropolitan transportation authority says human error caused yesterday morning's derailment. the m-t-a says the subway hit an improperly secured piece of replacement rail that was stored on the tracks. two cars derailed in a tunnel, which filled with smoke. panicked passengers broke windows, to get out of the subway cars. in the darkness, using their cell phones as flashlights. the incident happened at west 128th street. 34 people, including a baby, were treated for minor injuries.. mostly smoke inhalation. a full investigation is now underway. the video stunned the nati

>> comment on the integrity of the "washington post" reporting? i guess i've been around town. >> it's pretty detailed. >> i guess i've been around town long enough to say not take everything at face value that's printed in the "post." i served on the committee here and often saw that information that we had been discussed had been reported but that wasn't always accurate. but i think this is the response that i gave to the "post" was that i did not want to publicly share what i thought were private conversations with the president of the united states. most of them, almost all of them intelligence related and classified. i didn't think it was appropriate to do so in an open -- for the "post" to report what it reported or do that in an open session. >> well, it's an unfortunate situation that you're sitting there because it's classified information and this morning's "washington post" describes in some detail, not just outlined but times and dates and subjects that are being discussed, and i'm certainly not blaming you but it certainly is an inter

house andh washington, d.c. was built by krishan heurich, we started a successful brewing company in 1872. today we learn how prohibition and world war i impacted the heurich family and their brewing company. this is the second of a two-part series. >> welcome to the heurich house museum. this is the home of washington, d.c.'s most successful brewer. he lived between 1842 and 1945. andas born in a small town died here and washington, d.c. at the age of 102. he was the oldest brewer in the world at that time. so now we are in the basement of the heurich house, and we are in the original man cave for him. this room was built originally to be krishan iraq -- heurich -- christian heurich's beer drinking room. maybe they would feel comfortable ash in their cigars on the floor in the original tavern signature we have in the middle of the room. because krishan was 60 years old when he had his children and his dining room was the only place for the family to have meals, this became the german breakfast room. this is whe

good morning washington. toss to eileen - code orange air quality alert - record highs possible today - heat wave breaks wednesday through sunday today: mostly sunny. hot and humid. highs: 91-95 winds: nw to sw 5-10 mph tonight: partly cloudy. mild and muggy. lows: 66-74 winds: w 5 mph tuesday: sunny to partly cloudy. isolated pm highs: 91-95 winds: sw 5-10 mph breaking overnight. a deadly double shooting in vienna. right now investigators believe it is a domestic incident. the shooting has two separate scenes -- one on the 100 block of ross drive..the other on oak street. there is no word on an identity of either of the victims or why the shots were fired. john gonzalez will have a live report on this coming up in our 5'oclock hour. also breaking overnight. a deadly motorcycle accident that stalled traffic in prince george's county. it happened on the inner loop of 495 in temple hills around last night. police confirm the victim was an adult male. the crash shut down 3 of four lanes on the beltway. they have

the washington post reports. and the second suggestion that president obama put in motion a plan to implant cyber time bombs in russian infrastructure that could be triggered at anytime. as you just said, we don't know how far that plan is in motion, but i think both of those two allegations will concern the kremlin very much. there is a source inside the kremlin, a notoriously unleaky body. secondly, the cyber implants. >> we did hear from president trump pointing the finger at his predecessor why he did not do more. when you consider the landscape where the trump administration has imposed new sanctions on russia over ukraine. it is the opposite effect of what he campaigned on. warmer relations with russia. how is that perceived there? >> reporter: you are absolutely right. it is completely the opposite of what president trump campaigned on and the opposite of what russia wanted. what did they want out of improved russia and u.s. relations? rehabilitation on the world stage. they are pretty isolated. the g8 is

and we will see you back here from washington, d.c. stay tuned, tucker carlson his next. >> tucker: good evening and welcome to tucker carlson tonight. we are alive on the east coast to bring you the details of the terrible shooting that took place this morning and alexandria, virginia. a politically motivated shooting. an act of political violence undertaken by a 66-year-old man from illinois with a profound grudge for the republican party on the trump administration. there was a witness who recorded the unfortunate moments of this on

let's see if washington is listening to us all. joining me now the blaze tv and radio host florence jones "washington times" columnist "fox news" contributor tammy bruce. tammy your reaction to yet another "washington post" story seemingly well-timed. >> it looks like they have all gone to the fiction on the bookstore. we don't not take this. this is not the old "washington post" where there are some standards but what we do know is they have an interest in having their deep distractions and gossip innuendo. and look for the end justifies the means and this is the only aspect they have which is controlling the conversation. they don't like the conversation now after an attempted mass assassination of 24 of our sitting representatives. lou: by the left. >> by liberals. they do want that to be the conversation. it also could inhibit to some degree the choice they think trump they have about how to limit the rumors approach. lou: personally i think the president has a number of options open to him. his advisers are i think utterly wro

for all of us narrator: the washington post uld make the better governor. and virginia progressives agree. ralph northam is the only candidate who stood up to the nra after the virginia tech shooting. dr. northam led the fight to stop the republicans' transvaginal ultrasound law. ralph is a leader for education, expanding pre-k for thousands of families in virginia. ralph northam: making progress means taking on tough fights, and as governor, i won't let donald trump stand in our way. z2e2bz z1a2z y2e2by y1a2y >>> welcome to wusa9 where we have complete coverage of all the pride events in washington d.c. during a scorching sunday night. >>> first we want to check in with howard bernstein to see how long this let's is going to last. >> a couple more days we'll be in the 90s, but we've got some relief by the middle of the week. right now after hitting 93 we're down to 90 in town, 93 in columbia and haymarket 84, but it's a warm night to say the least. if you're stepping out tonight, expect the warmth to be with us. it's not going to fade quickly. even by midn

according to "the washington post" they met in may, may of last year. a couple of weeks before paul manafort was elevated to be trump campaign chairman. and then they met again in august at a cigar bar in new york city called the grand havana room which i should tell you is located, incidentally at 666 fifth avenue which is jared kushner's family property. they met there in early august 2016. just two weeks before paul manafort ultimately resigned. previously reported by politico that after that meeting with manafort in august kilimnik went home and started bragging openly about the role he had played in changing the republican party platform on ukraine and russia. he claimed credit for that famous, weird, still unexplained incident at the republican convention last year where the trump campaign intervened in the platform writing process on one issue and one issue only and they wanted the party statement about russia invading ukraine to be watered down to make it more pro-russia. so, again, "the washington post" is now reporting that a federal grand jur

rochefort's characters please their bosses in washington. that changed after japan's surprise attack on december 7. his codebreakers were not blamed for that, but stanford lost some credibility with his higher ups. he was reassigned and new bosses took over. this was bad news for rochefort. she is bosses in washington didn't like his practice whereby --customarily purported his reported his findings to the fleet commander first. that is to say, he would report first to admiral kimball then nimitz, then secondarily to washington. commander john redmond now ran op20g. he may have had friends in high places, but no background in crypto analysis. he was a coefficient in regular navy communications, which is to say hardware, morse code, things like that, but he had no background in crypto analysis. redmond wanted code breaking and intelligence to be centralized in washington. to send in rochefort washington and let to the thinking. rochefort wouldn't go along with this. he thought because of his background, he was better suited than the people in

it is even we knew about statements from washington we also knew that the u.s. officials refused to confirm the claims with any facts the situation looks like a massive provocation both military and informational it is likely that where we are seen as the moment is the threshold of a new intervention the gist of what russia is saying is that we are witnessing the united states lay the groundwork for a full on intervention in syria an anti i said it eventually and this chemical craze is part of it they're trying to justify intervening in syria as they've done on almost every occasion where chemical weapons have come up in two thousand and thirteen as a horrendous attack hundreds injured and killed then they try to launch an intervention the home audiences weren't having it they failed this year in april there was another chemical attack and again this time without asking anyone trump launched to fifty nine cruise missiles at a syrian air base and the russians are saying we're in a similar situation now basically our side is being told by the united states that we

in the forests in washington thank you. news tonight russia's foreign minister says that washington's claim that the syrian government could be preparing a chemical attack is an invitation for terror groups to carry out provocations so that the u.s. retaliate against a sad comment was made to sergey lavrov held talks with his german counterpart earlier peter all of us live now to bring us up to speed. so what further things were said then because it was pretty feisty wasn't it the same. well it was certainly very workman like there wasn't so many of the pleasantries that you usually find at these type of diplomatic talks very straight speaking from the russian foreign minister in particular he said that russia would react to u.s. provocations towards the syrian government he also encouraged the united states not to look for a pretext in order to attack syrian government forces the overarching message was though that the words coming out of washington at the moment that a chemical attack would warrant a response from the uni

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washington university hospital. brian, to you first, steve scalise out of surgery, how is he? >> reporter: we were just told by officials that he's in critical condition after having surgery a short time ago. he's in critical condition and remains in critical condition. it is the most severe condition someone can be in while hospitalized, according to the american hospital association. it means that vital signs are unstable and not within normal limits and the patient may be unconscious. those are the guidelines for being in critical condition. according to an aide, it's not clear if he's going to have a second surgery but he emerged from surgery in critical condition. that's where he remains at this hour. another person, a victim of the shooting is being treated here at medstar washington center. that person is in good condition. so those are the updates from here. congressman scalise was medevaced landing on a pad to my left over here. there's been security personnel and members of congress and their staff coming

had >> this "washington post" report explains the possible shift there. quote, trump had received private assurances from then-fbi director james comey starting in january that he was not personally under investigation. officials say that changed shortly after comey's firing. "the post" also notes three people, current director of national intelligence, dan coats, current head of the nsa, mike rogers and richard ledget, a former deputy to mike rogers have agreed to talk to mueller's team as early as next week. a spokesman for the president's personal attorney provided this reaction, quote, the fbi leak of information regarding the president is outrageous, inexcuable and illegal. two things to note. one, it's not a denial of the story in chief and two, the post does not say that their sources, and there are five, are inside the fbi. let us at this point bring in tonight's starting panel. white house bureau chief for the "washington post," phillip rucker, white house reporter for the associated press jonathan le mere and two attorneys are with us tonight. a

let's get to brian todd at washington hospital. the statement from the hospital this evening suggests the congressman has something of a long road ahead of him in terms of his recovery. >> reporter: he certainly does. the hospital gave us jarring detail of the congressman's condition a short time ago. they say he sustained a single gunshot, a rifle shot to the left hip, that the bullet traveled across his pelvis. that it fractured bones, injured internal organs and caused severe bleeding. he was transported to this facility in shock, they say. he had one immediate surgery and then another procedure to stop the bleeding. he's received multiple units of blood transfusion, and he's going to require additional srnls. he does remain in critical condition. also tonight, jake, another victim, the officer who helped save a lot of people's lives there today. this is special agent crystal griner of the u.s. capitol police is in good condition after receiving a gunshot to the ankle. witnesses at the ball field and elsewhere are telling us if

outcome and influence on the rest of the war is it gave the washington something -- washington's army to feel good about. escorting 900 hessian prisoners across the river to pennsylvania had to feel good, particularly since they took almost no casualties. the hessians had many more casualties than the americans did in the battle. two famous wounded americans. , a being william washington captain and distant cousin of george washington, and the other was future president of the united states james monroe, who was a lieutenant under captain washington. those were the two men who were wounded by gunfire. munro almost died from his wound, but survived. those were the primary casualties on the american side. a couple of guys froze to death on the march to trenton, but in the battle itself there were very few american casualties. the americans really felt good about what they had accomplished their. washington was then able to get a lot of the men to reenlist -- excuse me, to extend their enlistments for several weeks, which allow them to then be around for the battle of princeton on januar

. >> rose: and we continue with robert costa of "the washington post" and the anchor of washington week on pbs. >> it was an extraordinary day for an outsider who is now president as well. president trump spent the morning at the white house. i'm told by several white house officials. partly in the dining room off of the oval office, 60-inch new television, he's installed there. keeping an eye on the proceedings, preparing for a lunchtime speech to a conservative group in washington am but what was most telling was what the president chose not to do, at least until the late afternoon which was not to tweet, to not use his favorite weapon, his favorite mega phone, to share his thoughts. >> rose: and we conclude with three observers of today's hearings, hugh hewitt, mckay coppins and karoun demirjian. >> it is say political theater we haven't seen since oliver north or a couple of other big ones. but it is a political event, as a legal event it is almost no consequence. >> rose: the comey testimony when we continue. >> funding for charlie rose is provideed by the following: bank of americ

and washington correspondent paul singer discussed the week ahead in washington. author anthony clark talks about the taxpayers role in the operation of residential libraries. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on monday morning. join the discussion. former fbi director james comey will testify thursday before the senate intelligence committee investigating russian activity during last year's election. c-span3 will have live coverage of the open part of that here in at 10:00 a.m. eastern. you can watch live online and at c-span.org, from this live using the free c-span radio app for apple and android devices. >> next, "newsmakers" with the president of the american enterprise institute, arthur brooks. he's had that post since 2009. he's the author of 11 books. his latest is "the concern of heart." let me introduce our two reporters. i am pleased to have at the table marc fisher, senior editor of "the washington post." and the co-author, with michael kranish, of the book "trump revealed," a biography written in collaboration wit

first week of april the washington post broke this very strange story. they got u.s. officials, officials in arab countries confirming this strange thing that on january 11 and january 12 this year less than a week after the intelligence community put out its damming report on the attack on the election less than a week after that report came out there was a to-day long meeting held just off the coast of kenya. it was two days of meetings for a representative from vladimir putin and envoy from the trump administration. according to the post eric prince maintained that he was authorized to act as an unofficial surrogate for the president-elect. his host at that meeting believed that to be true about him. he got that meeting and he spent two days in january in an island paradise meeting with a representative for vladimir putin. what did they meet about? what did they talk about? what took two days to get through? why did they have to meet in this far away place? they had many matters of mutual concern to discuss. here is the detail that carry forward to today. the perso

accusations of a potential syrian chemical attack saying washington seems to be creating a pretext for military intervention. to another scandal hit c.n.n. as a political commentator this time called on. russia cup bridge. to move the ball russia. the things that. really i in northern syria america's allies in the region are fighting we take a look at what impact u.s. support for the kurds and turkey the same time could have know in the region. first day here in moscow very good afternoon for me kevin i mean this is not international without breaking news that within the last hour russian russia's foreign ministry spokesperson for them slammed washington's allegation that the syrian government is planning a chemical attack she said such claims could be a sign of an upcoming u.s. intervention. one is in its name it is even being it we knew about statements from washington all sing you that the u.s. officials refused to confirm the claims with any facts so we don't know what these conclusions are based on the situation looks like a massive provocation both military and informational it's

washington d.c. . when we spoke to alexei pushkov head of the communications committee for russia's upper house he says washington should explain its actions as they contradict its official position. now new details are emerging about tuesday's attack in brussels there were no reported casualties softer the attempted bomber detonated an explosive device in the belgian capital central railway station r.t. charlotte devinsky reports. well it just emerged through the prosecutor's office in belgium has confirmed that the man who carried out that attempted attack at brussels central station on tuesday evening was a rock a national he was known to police but was not suspected of any terrorism offenses we also understand that he was carrying a rucksack that had nails inside it and gas bottles and that's what caused that explosion when he apparently ran at soldiers crying out which is the arabic term for god is great now we also have been told that he was living in the mall and back district of brussels this i

they are very fortunate in the washington, d.c. metropolitan area to have first rate emergency responders, both career and volunteer. they went to work today. kasie hunt is standing by to talk to us on capitol hill. kasie? >> brian, nice to see you. although terrible circumstances, obviously. i'm here with congressman rodney davis of illinois. sir, you witnessed the terrible events that unfolded. where were you when this all started? >> i was up to bat. heard a loud noise, what i thought was a construction site dropping a loud piece of metal. the next thing i heard was, r , "run, he's got a gun." i ran into the dugout, with others who made it there before me, and realized it wasn't the best place. dispersed out for more severe a -- secure areas. witnessed something i never thought i'd witness. going to a baseball practice for a game we do for charity. >> how long did it last, would you say? how long did it feel to you it lasted? >> i don't know. i'll wait for the report to come out on how long it lasted and how long the response to

baltimore at 78 and 79 in annapolis. 81 degrees in washington. are the afternoon, plenty of sunshine and if you fair weather clouds. comfortable because of low humidity and the breeze, just enjoy every minute. through the evening, nice and clear and cool. with tomorrow much the same, northern western suburbs low to mid-50's when you wake up on lower-60 cells where. another rapid increase in temperatures tomorrow. outlook, sunshine, low humidity, 80 degrees and that is the story tomorrow. the average high is 81. sunday a bit more humid, 85. mid to late afternoon to early evening, we will start to see showers and thunderstorms, most likely west of the metro and they will start and move eastward. they will be with us at times through sunday evening and showers and storms will become a likelihood on monday. the beaches, down the coast to ocean city and farther south into places like cape charles and virginia's eastern shore. beautiful for the weekend with plenty of sunshine today, near 80 and 77 tomorrow, 78 on sunday and any showers will hold off un

live shot of the washington monument. you can see the sun basking in the area in all its glory here early this morning. off to a cool start. cool enough you might want to consider a jacket if you're north and west. got some 40's out there. quick look at the bus stop forecast. i know we're wrapping school up. we're going to have to retire the bus stop forecast pretty soon for the year because everybody will be out in the next couple days. upper 40's, 50's to start school. after school temperatures in the mid 70's. little cool for this time of the year. we'll go with mild. but it should be a beautiful afternoon f-partly sunny and dry here locally. here are your cool numbers. 56 now in washington. 50 in leonardtown. and then look at your 40's to the west and to the north. north and east up in baltimore, 49 degrees but 48 now in frederick. 46 out in winchester. this is extraordinary. 46 in winchester. 48 in martinsburg. these temperatures very cool for this time of year. generally we get up and out the door this morning. got

he is the vice chair for responsibility of ethics in washington. and ron klain, chief of staff to joe biden and al gore and senior aide to president obama. he is also former chief counsel of the senate judiciary committee. and ron klain, i just want to get your reaction to "the washington post" report tonight that the president now is under investigation by the special prosecutor in a possible obstruction of justice case. >> you know, lawrence, i know you're a history buff. it's time to get out the old watergate vocabulary book. we saw two of them tonight. the spokesperson statement that this is an fbi leak is what we used to call a nondenial denial. he doesn't deny that the president is under investigation because he can't. the president is under investigation. and the second thing in the reports out tonight -- >> can i stop you there for one second? >> sure. >> would the president have had an indication that he is under investigation before this report from "the washington post" tonight? >> well, lawrence, perhaps not formally. but i do think it

storyead more from that in today's washington post. glenn, washington, republicans. should republicans negotiate with democrats on health care? caller: good morning. of course they should, that is their job to get things done, but the problem is democrats put ideology first to such an extent. governor kasich last line there -- kasich's last line there was when people have common interests, they will solve things. with all due respect, that is not the case. there are plenty of democrats listening in the majority of our country that do want to get things done, compress, and do not agree with their leadership, but the leadership is a hybrid leadership that theyad of destroying -- had behind all these optimistic statements like chuck in the summit, but -- senate, but the health care was a bomb on our country and raise taxes for more than any legislation in our country's history. with a box of band-aids to the health care bill, not to mention all the costs the hospital have to pay to the government. the health care bill was intended -- maybe intended to fail because the d

again, there is a top in this story from the washington post. i'm very much looking forward to talking with elena nakashima about that in just a moment. it is not just a collection of granular little scoops like what i've been talking about, there is an overarching framework of what the washington post has reported today. and basically the big question around what they frame all of this new reporting and it is a question that i think we all have to admit will loom large in history about this time in our country, which is how did russia get away with this? not just what did russia try to do, but how did they get away with it. especially now that we know that various parts of the u.s. government were able to conclude confidently, not only that the attack was underway while it was underway, but they know who was doing it. how did they get away with it? how have they continued to get away with it? i should tell you that nbc news has an exclusive story out just tonight about the trump administration and how they have done nothing, how they have taken

. > "washington journal" continues. host: again, we'll do about 25 minutes of open phones to round monday edition of the "washington journal." the house and senate are back in session today, the house will take up veteran's issues for a and the k of the week senate will take up iran sanctions late this afternoon, is y this evening, there talk of sanctions move regarding russia, we may hear in the a move to get rid arms deal the president signed a couple weeks back. we have richard on the line rotunda west, florida, on the republican line. mind?rd, what is on your caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. host: you bet. i love c-span. last night i watched the town it was ting and i think lakeville, wisconsin, with epresentative -- host: george stentenbrenner. the people at that meeting pinned his ears to the wall with the questions they had. the answers he gave, he had gaveling, pounding the table and counting down how many imes he was going to allow people to just answer back to him. the mood of ell by the cro

be back in washington. albeit briefly. alison: mr. bush spoke at the event. it's hosted by the george w. bush foundation. purpose is to create an action plan to approve the lives of veterans and the families. mr. bush recently published a book titled "portraits of courage" that shares veteran stories through his own oil paintings and his writings. larry: right now crews in idaho are starting to move a giant sequoia. we told you about that last week. the 800,000-pound tree grew from a seed sent by a natur the tree is being moved on rolling tubes to make way for a hospital expansion in boise. this move is incredible in its scope. it should be finished by sunday afternoon. alison: that is spectacular. another sort of history hitting the auction block this weekend. look at the first map that walt disney made of disney land. he called at it presentation map. it laid out his idea for what would become, of course, one of the most popular theme parks in the world. the map in fact was outdated by the time the califo

it is even we knew about statements from washington we also knew that the u.s. officials refused to confirm the claims with any facts so we don't know what these conclusions are based on the situation looks like a massive provocation both military and informational its targets in not only syria or russia as well as good if you will or. it is likely that what we are seeing at the moment is the threshold of a new intervention you know these allegations. from the american so i came out a couple of days ago with me now it's a sign today we've heard talk already in the foreign ministry it's a sign that they have seriously moscow's taken this the what the implications could be about what they think spawned it take us to small to what was to say the first of well what the russians are saying the gist of it is that what we're witnessing is the united states laying the groundwork for a full on intervention into syria and. intervention the entire chemical weapons craze the russian foreign ministry says you know it's a well played out scenario that has happened that it's t

tonight, on "washington week." ♪[singing] >> bipartisanship came to play at the congressional baseball game, one day after a gunman opened fire on some republican lawmakers. >> we can all agree that we are blessed to be americans and that we are strongest when we are unified. >> louisiana congressman steve scalise remains hospitalized. two other victims, both capitol hill police officers, are being hailed as heros. >> without those two heros, agent bailey and agent griner, many lives would have been lost. >> while investigators work to determine what led to the crime, renewed calls for solidarity. >> it's an attack. we all stand united, democrat, republican. >> we can't let our policy differences tear this country apart with polarization. it's up to us to really say enough is enough. >> plus, a bombshell development in the russia probe, as president trump confirms that he is now under investigation for possibility obstruction of justice. we'll get the latest on these stories and more, from jeff zeleny of cnn, ale

and what the washington post did exactly that had the president so grumpy this morning and washington post saying the time magazine cover it's fake. we have a look at that actual cover there. there we go. that's the cover in various golf clubs around the world and put it up in the golf club this apparently has headlines saying how great donald trump's show the apprentice was doing. it's possibly that story and critical washington vote and amazon and going back to the campaign in february of 2015 here's what he said at that time >> he bought the washington post and we have a different country than we used to have he owns amazon he wants political influence and that's not right and believe me, if i become president, oh do they have problems they're going to have such problems >> that was well received by the audience and the crowd will see if the white house says what the president intends to do in terms of additional taxes for amazon does he plan on taking action kbens that company today it's possible that he is reacting this morning and says the trump organization faked a cover of tim

other charities will still get money this year, like the boys and girls club of washington the washington literacy center and the washington nationals dream foundation. security, we've seen a bomb squad getting the lay of the land several hours ahead of the event. >> shannon: i would expect they may get a record crowd tonight. thank you, peter. >> north korea is a pariah regime, they're brutal and terroristic. you can't believe anything -- well, it's your choice. we don't believe anything they say. >> bill: a stunning statement from the father of otto warmbier holding a news conference on their son's release out of north korea. they said they're grateful for the efforts of the trump team to help bring him home. he is back on american soil. the executive director of the american center for law and justice, jordan sekulow and also katie pavlich. you've dealt with matters such as this before. what did you think? >> this is a situation again i think the difference between the past administration and the new trump administration. they don't take this approach of just wait and see with these ho

one important point about the defenses of washington is that it really transformed the whole washington area into a military city, in essence. you had the seat of the federal government here, but with this huge ring of forts and all the camps that also accompanied those forts, washington really becomes a logistical headquarters for the union war effort. it becomes a major camping and training ground for the union army during the civil war. thousands of union soldiers passed through washington and alexandria during the civil war, which was such an important resource to the union because of its transportation facility, .t's port you can see how many of these forts, including ft. worth, were built to surround the town of alexandria during that time. the earthwork remains of fort ward are most significant and -- the most significant artifact here. we have 90% to 95% of the original fort ward wall preserved. some are in better condition than others in different parts of the fort, but there is not -- there is enough significantly preserved here to wary of someone were to walk the site and the