he was actually related to washington, he was a business partner of washington. interestingly enough, david stewart actually laid the cornerstone here in that 1791 masonic ritual, the infamous compromise of 1790 is what finally sealed the deal. it had to do with the assumption of debt. after the revolutionary war, there was a whole lot of debt that had been taken on by the various states. and there was a, the politics of this is that the southern states had largely paid off their debts, but the northern states had not. so al sander hamilton wanted the federal government to assume these debts. james madison was against that, but madison and the virginians wanted the capitol on the potomac river. is so there was a famous dinner that was held at monticello, thomas jefferson's house, where thomas jefferson invited james madison and alexander hamilton, and over dinner at monticello they struck the compromise of 1790 which was that the federal government would assume the wartime debts from the revolutionary war in exchange for the capitol being placed right here on the

>> washington is a liberal town. it really has not changed washington inch. they are more -- there may be more jobs for conservatives in journalism than there were. it has not changed that much. look, who decide what's the story is? it is not fox news. it is not rush limb boug. it these mainstream media i which is liberal. they decide what the story is. some conservatives thought because talk radio in particular had a huge impact in the midterm election in 1994 and but it, but the conservative media could rival the mainstream media, boy, that had not happened at all. you know, brian shall i wrote a piece for the new republic back soon after i got there, '85, '86 or '87. a conservative error in american politics. ronald reagan was president. republicans controlled the senate, not the house, but rage gain has been successful in getting things through the house. immersed a whole bunch evidence to say that there had been, i called it media realignment. that the media was getting more conservative or at least less liberal and i wrote a whole piece on the cover of

once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. we had an unexpectedly entertaining not to mention consequential week. the topic remain from cabinet nominees to the federal budget all bracketed by good economic news, a record close on wall street as well as more jobs on main street. but at this very time last week, we were being told for the sky to fall as across the board budget cuts took effect. so why the good economic news? >> the numbers that came out friday were positive. 236,000 jobs created across the economy. the private sector even stronger. this is against the backdrop on a bunch of other good news, the stock market making its first new high since 2007. a rare good week for wall street and main street. to keep these in context, neither of these numbers suggest that the economy is racing ahead. in fact, it's still growing at 2 1/2% the same rate it was growing last year. the impressive thing is that it's doing this in the face of so many head winds. gasoline prices have gone up. most economists would have anticipated some

and some noises coming out of washington there is quite a little contingent within the united states that is looking to perhaps get into the batek because she should run and not be talking abrasively as they have in previous years and israel has entered the fray of israeli lobby is really putting pressure on those politicians in america to take a more israeli line which is a more hardcore lied to us to do with perhaps a flame war with out of around the big change that we're looking at is a shift there is a shift away from this kind of like allegiance to israel that is on capitol hill in washington d.c. there are splits appearing because americans are realizing that it's not in their best interest it's not in american interest to follow israel's agenda so therefore aipac. it's not beneficial for aipac to be running the government and want any more as for the past thirty years. when this friendship leaves. the apac congress this sunday. now for some more internationalism brief this hour. in macedonia at least twenty two people including thirteen police have been injured during protests

. >> she moved back to washington d.c. in her elder years and became very much behind the scenes in a political field again. >> as henry clay famously said, everybody loves mrs. madison. her equally famous response -- that's because mesrs. madison loves everyone. >> dolley madison came to her service as first lady with experience during thomas jefferson's two terms. the president often called on her to assist him. this sense of the usefulness of diplomacy all-out dolley to hit the ball running. she assumed the role in 1809 as her husband james madison became the president. welcome. we will learn about the intriguing dolley madison. we have two guests at our table. let me introduce you to them. catherine allgor, an author and biographer of dolley madison. thank you for being here. >> it's a pleasure. >> edith mayo was the creator of the first lady's exhibit at the smithsonian. thank you for being here tonight. >> it is a pleasure. >> any 21st century woman who starts to read about dolley madison can see parallels to their o

>> washington is a liberal town. it really has not changed washington much. more jobs for conservatives in journalism than there were. it has not changed that much. it these mainstream media i which is liberal. they decide what the story is. republicans controlled the senate, not the house, but rage gain has been successful in getting things through the house. immersed a whole bunch evidence to say that there had been, i called it media realignment. that the media was getting more conservative or at least less liberal and i wrote a whole piece on the cover of the new republic. >> does it matter though? >> of course it matter? >> why? >> look at the 2012 bam campaign. >> you never changed your views and you lived around the liberal media? what does it matter? are they all sheep following the media says? >> oh, who? >> others. >> the reporters. well, there have been some who have come out. i remember charles when he was liberal. i remember mike when he was a pollster for a liberal democratic polling firm. so some people have changed. >> i am talking about the p

of venezuela's longtime leader is said to be involved and put on public display many wondering about washington's plans for the oil rich nation and its political uncertainty. and cool find the russian scientists have discovered a new unidentified bacteria in and talk to because that subglacial late bastar which could allow them to shed light on live from different planets. it's four pm here in the russian capital you live with us on our duty with me to bomb once a fierce clashes into their sixth day in the egyptian city. a group of men charged for multiple deaths in a massacre at a football mock match last yeah protesters have hurled stones and petrol bombs are police demanding the release of the detainees the army has been called in but has so far been unable to put an end to the violence in which seven people have been killed our correspondent lines up the latest for us. the clashes continued through the night here in front of the security headquarters in the rest of city of port we had reports that a thirty three year old protester died from his injuries after receiving a gunshot wound to his

one thing that washington has to think about is how to make sure what starts in washington stays in washington. washington got to be a major exporting state that would attract a lot of unwanted attention from the feds, so the question is can something -- what the president said when he was asked a couple months ago, question is how to accommodate the difference between the controlled substance act at the federal level which makes growing marijuana and selling it strictly illegal and the state law that proposes to tax and regulate it. it is not going to be an easy needle to threat. >> we're leaving it there. mark kleinman, thanks so much for your time and can all the best. >> thank you. >>> his story is inspiring as a small child in iraq, ucef was doused with gasoline and set on fire. he was brought to the u.s. by the kindness of strangers and five years later we visit the young boy that has beaten so many odds. um, i see a duck. be more specific. i see the aflac duck. i see the aflac duck out of work and not making any money. i see him moving in with his parents and selling bootleg dvds out of

he's in washington where the sequester is hitting here tonight. how about the debt debate now, randall? does it change your investment horizon if we're talking about things that are happening in the very short-term future? >> no. in fact, i think in the long run, it's good for our investors who need to take a long-term perspective on investment. so much of investment action that's been taken in the last year has been based on expecting the government, the federal government to step in and save companies and in fact create business for them. now i think investors are-- will have a chance to realize increasingly they've got to look at what those companies are able to do on their own. >> tom: but with so much uncertainty when it comes to fiscal policy-- taxes, for instance, and government spending certainly beyond this fiscal year, how do you skill keep that viewpoint on the long-term horizon? >> it's difficult. but the fact of life is, this is not the first time in american history wove faced these kind of difficulties. the difference between then a

washington struggle for the. top stories. international. studio here in moscow this is the twenty four hours a day at least forty people have been arrested in new york on a third night of demonstrations police shot dead a black sixteen year old authorities say the officers were acting in self-defense when they fired eleven rounds at the teenager but the protesters accuse police of systematic racism and brutality. the night began on wednesday with a peaceful vigil to honor a grave but soon after and arranged a split off from the vigil broke out into the streets and subsequently clashed with police officers dressed in riot gear what fueled all these anger is the fact that the autopsy on kamandi gray was released wednesday indicating that the sixteen year old boy was struck by the seven times by bullets and three of those bullets hit him from behind and this clearly fuel the anger that help that has already been boiling for days many new yorkers that believe that the this is a rather indication other example of police brutality of police targe

after washington shifted its priorities in the region and what's been dubbed the asia pivot as we can see here the u.s. has been boosting its military presence in the region but unsurprisingly the strategy is making china nervous for more on this i'm joined by political analyst pak neumann wong thank you very much for joining us here on r t so how do you see china's foreign policy priorities changing under this new leadership in the country . hi i think the chinese strategic circles are discussing forming strategic shoe was a response to the us people it's in asia and these strategic issues in cruel north korea pakistan and iran and the other these kind of countries from east asia tools southeast asia and then to indian ocean now this strategic shoes it's purpose is minute to the threat the. pleasure that the americans. forging with her partner such as japan south korea philippines and india to press on china so the start excuse would work to cope with china so that if we were trying to neutralize the pressure caused by the u.s. before policy however recently we also see that what hap

not washington in action. >> okay. we're going to talk a lot more about the stock market and how you invest in this climate in a little while. no one thought the forced spending cuts would happen. but they did. most likely your world is still the same today as it was yesterday. but washington's next completely avoidable crisis would hit you hard, no matter who you are after march 27th. i'll explain that after the break. [ man ] i've been out there most of my life. you name it...i've hooked it. but there's one... one that's always eluded me. thought i had it in the blizzard of '93. ha! never even came close. sometimes, i actually think it's mocking me. [ engine revs ] what?! quattro!!!!! ♪ i work for 47 different companies. well, technically i work for one. that company, the united states postal service® works for thousands of home businesses. because at usps.com® you can pay, print and have your packages picked up for free. i can even drop off free boxes. i wear a lot of hats. well, technically i wear one. the u.s.

i think there is a double face policy in washington the backing of the muslim brotherhood goes back to the cia's role in egypt back in nineteen fifties when the world saw the muslim brotherhood as a potentially useful tool to put in their bag of organizations that they manipulate around the world i think some people around president obama have the delusion that they could control what's basically of political islamic fascist movement so it's not a movement for democracy and he's for much of the imagination at this point morsi is in a life and death struggle because the populace of court was not there for this this coup and washington is beginning to get a little bit wobbly on its support for morsi for that reason they're beginning to rethink i think that's one of the reasons for the change between hillary clinton and john kerry to bring in a new cast of people and see what what kind of options there are in egypt as for. now just when it needs effective government more than ever is he remains paralyzed by a post election stalemate. the don't they can't be paid for at the current that ca

maybe we will hear about the full name of the march on washington which was the march on washington for jobs and freedom, and maybe we will even hear about the kennedy administration horror about this march. they didn't want this to happen. a were concerned there would lead to the point president kennedy's shut down the federal government other than for the essential personnel the day that this occurred in 63. but, i am pretty certain that the commemoration is mostly going to focus on dr. king and i have a dream. and i know that -- we all know this and most of us can recite parts of it and chunks of it especially towards the end. it's a great speech. it's optimistic, hopeful, it is king at his best when it comes to the delivery and the style and emotional appeal but also frees as dr. king in 1963 in this moment. he's talking about ecology and the brotherhood, which are fine themes and messages but it freezes him and obscures' the complexity of king and of the freedom struggle and the complexity of the 1960's. so tonight i want to talk more about another march, the poor people's campaign

also a new a leader comes to paul in china beijing and washington struggle for dominance in asia and in looks set to heat up. at six pm here in the russian capital you lie with us on r.t. i'm to one with say it's good to have you with us child soldiers are fighting on both sides of the bloody conflict in syria that's according to un investigators and charities as a crisis in syria approaches its second anniversary this week the u.n. is warning that this is not a simple battle between good rebels and an evil regime reporter. has this update from tabasco sauce. the conflict is getting more complicated we have seen many many phenomena regarding the children being involved in this crisis we have seen many children like eighteen and these children in the school ages where their school they were destroyed and they don't have any other thing they've done some time paid for paid for their paid and one of the most important example of this was the video that was produced or let's say on you tube something like a month month two months ago for a child of seven years old by heading cutting the

sanctions blaming seoul and washington for ruining nuclear disarmament talks and conducting war games. the body of venezuela's hugo chavez to be involved and put on public display for years to come as latin america mourns the loss of its loudest voice for social justice. noon in moscow i met très a good to have you with us here on r t we begin in egypt where the northern city of port saeed is said to be a war zone army and police units protecting government buildings from angry protesters who've been on the rampage since sunday at least seven have been killed in this spate of unrest artie's bill true has more. there are ten scenes here in egypt's coastal city of post as the clashes continue into the night time standing right in front of the front line here we've witnessed excessive use of tear gas by the security forces as well as hearing gunfire although i cannot confirm whether this is my munition all the reports have come in that i mean it has been used in the past few days these protests broke out a few days ago off the defendants in this very contentious. verdicts were being mov

sanctions blaming seoul in washington for ruining a nuclear disarmament talks and conducting war games. john brennan confirmed as the new cia chief despite controversy on capitol hill over his endorsement u.s. deadly drone program. it's ten am in moscow i met reza good to have you with us here on r.t. we begin in egypt where the northern city of port site is said to be a war zone a war zone army and police units protecting government buildings from anti from angry anti-government protesters have been on a rampage since sunday at least seven people have been killed in this spate of unrest are true has more. there are ten scenes here in the egypt's coastal city of post sayit as the clashes continue into the night time standing right in front of the front line here we've witnessed excessive use of tear gas and by the security forces as well as hearing gunfire although i cannot confirm whether this is my mission police reports have come in that i mean you should has been used in the past few days these protests abreu counts a few days ago often defendants in this very contentious who cite

washington's favorite tavern. i miss episodes in the early teens centuries and within the cms today was built circa 1785 and a new addition was added 1782. but the new edition is over 200 years, too. other famous people who died here, including john adams, thomas jefferson, james madison. thomas jefferson had his dinner here. john cassidy had a terrific reputation for hospitality. he was no for the really great dinners he would serve. so use well-known all over the area and that's why the president of the united days to come here because it was probably the best place to eat in this entire area. the last year to establish restaurant in baltimore and washington city. when you think about george washington, you think of them as living the revolutionary war and being this is correct or in your dollar bill. but what is needed that gadsby's tavern is you see and dining and drinking, dancing. he loved to dance, telling stories, meeting friends to your and having conversations. ecm is a real person, not as a statue. we a

and its effect on washington workers. followed by a discussion on rising gas prices, oil and gas tax credits, and climate change proposals. our guest is john felmy. then a look at federal contractors and services affected by sequestration with paul reichmann -- reich. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c- span. >> next, a discussion and house hearing on the proposed merger between u.s. airways and american airlines. then a joint economic committee meeting on jobs in the u.s. economy. then "q&a" with bill steigerwald. >> i was fascinated by her eminence, beauty -- remember the ladies, or you are going to be in trouble. i am paraphrasing. she warned her husband, you cannot rule without including what women want and what women have to contribute. this is 1700. >> abigail adams, this monday night on c-span's new history ies: influence lady' and image." as one of the most prolific writers of any first lady, she provides a unique window into colonial america and her relationship with john adams. join in the conversation alive at 1 to

we know what people in washington thought about her and people who visited washington. but that's a very small universe. there were 200 members of the house of representatives. about 50 senators. there was the supreme court, a handful of cabinet members. a few foreign dignitaries. local people. the washington social kirkle was maybe 500 people and that was the world that we think when we talk about social washington, it's this very small group of people. and that's who met her and who reflected on her. people didn't know. in fact, when monroe was president, he did two tours around the country and they were phenomenal because no one ever saw the president. no one ever heard the president talk. we can't go through a day hardly. you have to be sealed up to go through a day to not hear the president's voice or to see an image of him. a man in massachusetts wrote in 1817, several months after monroe became president that for the first time he saw a picture of president monroe. james madison gave three speeches when he was president. thomas jefferson did too. people never saw

what they make of the mess here in washington. and how they are dealing with a life they didn't expect to be leading now. take me back to election day. november 6. is it true that you both thought going in you were going to win? >> i for sure did. i think mitt intellectually was thinking that it was possible we could and he knew how close it was. but my heart and my whole soul was we are going to win. i was there. >> i think we were convinced that we would win. we saw that the polls were very close. but we knew that the energy and passion was with our voters and my heart said we were going to win. >> the crucial swing state of virginia the commonwealth where the race is excruciatingly close. >> chris: as the returns started coming in and they were not what you expected, what were your thoughts? >> the exit polls came out first and suggested it was going to be very close in florida and we thought we would win solidly in florida. it was increasingly clear this was going to be with the best case scenario a long night. >> chris: when

the less they do in washington, the better the economy performs? >> well, i would agree with that except i think when they leave a lot of uncertainty there, it makes it difficult for entrepreneurs to make commitment. i think that's why, as james says, most of this money that the fed is creating is being lent to the treasury, so it's not going into the real economy, except to the extent that, you know, it's forcing, as i say, investors to go into the stock market, and that is, you know, pushing up asset prices. but it's not clear to me that the lack of resolution in washington is actually good for the economic-- the economy. >> mary mentioned the word uncertainty and one thing that the federal reserve board came out with this week is that there is uncertainty in labor markets, specifically about obamacare. and businesses don't know exactly how many people they can hire, whether they have to switch people from full-time workers to part-time workers, there are a lot of questions about obamacare yet to be answered. >> well, businesses large and small h

so washington may be hoping the death of its most vocal critic in latin america is going to result in an increase of its influence investigative journalist pepe escobar though says the u.s. will struggle to win over the venezuelan population. in fact obama's message was a bit ridiculous you know he said that we're going to stand united with the venezuelan people what kind of people does he mean does he mean that the people who elected and reelected chavez in thirteen out of fourteen democratic elections or does he mean these people go to new york and miami to trade martinis endemol nice job isn't a job used as evil dangerous communist this is ridiculous the most important thing in my opinion chavez in terms of a political leader he was always that referring to an international revolutionary tradition from outside to check with he was like a nailed fix of geopolitics of more there geopolitics bigger than now in fact because of the war almost all direct. and the same is why this is the morning edition of chavez the even foster. growth believe especially in the u.s. first of all venezuel

that washington support for egypt's islamic rulers may not be as strong as the opposition claims. i think there's a double spaced in washington back in the muslim brotherhood goes back to role in egypt. when the. saw the muslim brotherhood as a potentially useful tool to put in their bag of organizations that they manipulate around the world i think some people around president obama have the delusion that they could control what's basically of political islamic fascist movement actually it's not really a movement for democracy and it is for much of the imagination at this point morsi is in a life and death struggle because the popular support is not there for this this who and washington is beginning to get a little bit wobbly on its support for washy for that reason they're beginning to rethink i think that's one of the reasons for the change between hillary clinton and john kerry to bring in a new cast of people and see what what kind of options there are in egypt just for . well it's syria's apparently never ending civil standoff which became the key issue if you have to promi

continues to deal with the region using the same old tactics the hostility could be put in washington i'm going to check out. this week yet again we've seen just how divide it still is violence erupted on saturday after a career of court upheld twenty one death sentences given to people blamed for being behind last year a stadium massacre in ports a while acquitting others neither side was satisfied by the verdict and their anger immediately spill into the streets three people lost their lives in clashes in cairo as a mob torched and attacked buildings across the capital including police property in port saying you heard the army to charge of security on friday protests were quick to restart including attempts to blockade ferries crossing the suez canal well true as following the crisis for r.t. . both sides gutted security headquarters is a powerful reminder of the past five days of bloody clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces in a bid to quell on rest a day ahead of the contentious verdict on last february's football riots the government removed the police a

after washington shifted its priorities to the region and what's been called the asia pivot as we can see here the u.s. has been boosting its military presence but unsurprisingly the strategy is making china increasingly nervous beijing based correspondent shouted and said things there's an ideological rivalry between china and the west. i wouldn't say it's a competition yet militarily but certainly i can honestly and to some extent in terms of ideology and ideas in terms of how political system should be and liberalization there are a lot of competing ideas right now between the west in between age and china specifically china's economy is growing at a very very impressive rate and the economies of us other brics nations and so china provides leadership in a certain way and china as well their trade relationships with brazil with african nations with russia and india it's very very important and so i think it'll be very interesting to see going forward china of course right now in some ways this fueling the world economy and if it's going to continue to do that it has to make this tr

she moved back to washington. she loved the washington scene. >> she was right there. she immediately jumped into the social swing. she came back there as a widow. >> we talk about the van buren administration. >are you there? i was calling about mrs. jackson. i thought she had a son. i would like to comment on impression with the press. >> thank you so much. the adopted indian/american child that died shortly before jackson went to washington. angelica singleton's first year, van buren spent the first year in the white house without a hostess. angelica and abraham married in november of the next year. she was hostess for the' 39 season. everyone shouting she was beautiful and glamorous and did an outstanding job and swhept on an outstanding honeymoon in europe. she had gone to the french academy and learned all of this. then she came back for the next season is when she sort of had a problem and that's when she tried the tableau at the new year's open house and this is a country that is interested in democracy. this is just the beginning of the next presidential elect

it is silly season again in washington. this is the time of year when the president is invited by reporters for evenings of free food and jokes. saturday night was the annual gridiron dinner in washington, which is closed to cameras, but with a roomful of reporters, most of what was said has leaked out. and this time perhaps inspired by the romney 47% secretly recorded video, a secretly recorded video appeared yesterday on the minnesota star tribune's website, starring of all people, minnesota's senior senator, amy cloeb shar. >> i know i was picked to speak tonight from a binderful of women. you first went to michelle obama, but she was doing the oscar's. then you went to hillary, and you know she doesn't like to travel. and then to susan rice. but john mccain blocked her. and then you ended up with me. and you should know that what i don't have in fame i makeup for in hard work and preparation. and i can tell you one thing, i prepared more for this speech than the president did for his first debate! >> joining me from the

"washington journal" continues. host: we have will rahn and sabrina siddiqui. we have been asking our viewers in a word or phrase how they would describe sequestration. will, we will begin with you. guest: my word would be, "meh." host: how do you spell that? sabrina? guest: unneccessary. it does have potentially devastating impacts. it is difficult to protect at this point in time. it was designed to force congress to act. congress has not acted and now we are facing 1.2 trillion dollars in cuts over 10 years. they are indiscriminate and that is completely unnecessary. host: here are the phrases gallup survey. "failure," "ok," "expected," scary, good, disaster, and bad. guest: there seems to be a lot of negativity. guest: i would like to know who said, "excellent." host: from "the new york times," -- the toll is too high. it does not result in a grand bargain. guest: these cuts we are going to see how severe the turnoff to be in the coming months -- it is roughly 2% cut from rising spending. i think we are goin got

and, for example, we all know about george washington, but we study washington at yorktown. what brilliance. we study washington's courage, dashing crossing of the delaware christmas night which saved the revolution. but who were george washington's girlfriends when he was a kid? and you find that the teenage washington on more than one occasion basically goes back home in tears because he was turned down and puts pen to paper and writes roses are red, violates are blue -- violets are blue types of program. cupid's dart has been shot through my heart when yet another girl turned him down. during my degrees and during my doctoral study, my professors didn't tell me about washington's teenage girlfriend. so it's kind of fun, and i think it provides us with an important lens, a new way of understanding the presidents. we all know that our country's leaders have often times been shaped by the hand of a woman, often a mother. often a wife. but i'm here to tell you, sometimes that of a mistress as well. it's in the news today as we tape this program, david general -- general david

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

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that's the discussion right now i almost said in washington. but they're not in washington. how to avoid the pain. right now less than we expected. we're starting to hear cut backs from government spending. but people are in a bit of a holding pattern in congress because they think there's a way to reverse some of the damage that they did themselves. >> john harwood is also here with us. cnbc's chief washington correspondent. thank you for being with us. >> hey, craig. >> a reality check. the white house says says some 115,000 employees will be the first to find out about reduced work hours, but most furloughs won't start until april. so there may have been a little cushion built sbo the process here. how tied was the lack of urgency to keel up with the deal? how tied was that to the cushion? >> the reason we didn't get a deal was the fact that you have a fundamental divide between republicans and john boehner saying no more tacks, we raised taxes at the fiscal cliff deal at the end of the year, and the president who didn't get as much revenue as he wanted saying we're not g

on washington, does it? >> not yet. the real indicator is going to be when the discussions begin on the debt ceiling talks. i have a way to rattle the markets because that is something that rattled the markets last summer. wolf? >> that's a few months down the road. it looks like the continuing stop gap resolution will keep the government open through the end of the fiscal year ending through the end of september. alison, thank you. >>> severe winter storm. in the mid-atlantic states, millions of people could see the biggest snowfall of the season. almost three feet in some areas. more than 250,000 homes lost power and class was canceled for almost one million students. virginia is taking the brunt of the storm, driving on the state's roads has become treacherous. the governor has enacted a state of emergency and has enacted national guard troops. not far away from washington is joe. tell us what you're seeing there. >> reporter: wolf, quite frankly, now the big concerns are about potential flooding and powe

washington is mr. president. martha washington is lady washington. james madison is mr. president. dolley is queen dolley. the men have to travel this very strict line, but the women get to have an aristocratic title. that is one of the messages she is sending out the women at that time, and it was understood a lot at the beginning of that is predicated on loyalty. >> a lot of people called her president. >> who called her queen dolley? >> a lot of people. >> she dressed a queen. she looked every inch a queen. sometimes they say she looked libling a -- like a bride and a queen. so her elegance of dress, she bought a lot of her material in paris. so she is very elegantly dressed, and she looks to american eyes as a queen. and that's fine, because she is not the head of state. she is walking a very fine line where she expresses the finer things to which the nation aspires. she is not royalty. she is always walking a very fine line down the middle. >> you provided a wonderful segue to our next video. >> oh, did i? >> it is at mont pilliar which is the restored home of the madisons and

region using the same old tactics the hostility could be put in washington i'm going to shut down. another verdict sparking another riot in egypt saturday's court ruling to uphold twenty one death sentences over the portside stadium killings lead to a further round of violent clashes the death penalties were for last year's deadly football riots during a match between car and port side based clubs another five life terms were also handed down the announcement sparking unrest in both cities three people died in ensuring clashes in the capital with angry crowds torching police and football federation buildings huge crowds also vented their frustration import side which had already seeing protests leading up to the verdict well truth is following developments for our. court so i gutted security headquarters is a powerful reminder of the past five days of bloody clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces in a bid to quell on rest a day ahead of the contentious verdict on last february's football riots the government removed the police and put the city security in th

to central one of them is kevin zero in here our top story egypt's opposition is lashed out of washington for meddling in the country's affairs the main leaders are refusing to meet secretary of state john kerry who's in cairo they accuse america of siding with the ruling brotherhood spite egypt's sharp political divisions. looks at what the u.s. chief diplomats intentions could be then. he says that the purpose of his visit is essentially to discuss regional and international issues have a wide spectrum of egyptian leadership that is refusing to meet with him the criticism is coming from liberal and secular leaders and they accuse kerry and the united states of siding with the muslim brotherhood and they accuse its leader mohamed morsi of the same surely stepping into the same role as the ousted dictator hosni mubarak now it is true that the united states has maintained close ties with morsi but the criticism is that he is failing to implement reforms and at the same time he is turning the country into a more religiously conservative ruling system at least two opposition figures have ref

washington cuts the final part of its european missile defense shield saying there's not enough cash more interceptors on its pacific coast instead. and veterans and supporters both young and old marched through the capital goes into skull from the locals and tourists witnessing the fascist flashback on top stories this. international news and comment live from our studio here in moscow this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day the u.s. military has denied reports of a mass hunger strike at guantanamo bay lawyers for more than one hundred detainees claim they have gone without food for over a month the captives most of whom were cleared for release years ago reportedly began the protest after prison guards desecrated their qur'an it's a spokesman captain robert duran denied the claims admitting only that the number of detainees refusing all food has risen to fourteen he added that some are being force fed and one is in hospital while a lawyer for the inmates told r.t. that reality has been twisted by authorities to downplay the crisis. well they are defining hunger strikers that is a

economic sanctions for building a joint pipeline with the rand in order to stave off an energy crisis washington though says it won't tolerate the deal despite its heralded alliance with. your company our top story than protesting against abuse most prisoners are on hunger strike according to lawyers for some inmates several prisoners is said to be so sick indeed they're coughing up blood while others are being hospitalized and force fed through tubes in the stomachs authorities downplaying the strike said no incidents of abuse were recorded but political analyst ryan doss news written extensively on guantanamo told us these are the first strikes of this type. they really have very little other recourse other than a hunger strike it's not the first hunger strike they had it before in two thousand and five and the u.s. is denying that this strike is as large as it is and downplaying the strike saying it's only a few inmates by they've had to admit that at least five are being force fed food through tubes in their stomachs it could be far worse than that however the usually don't act in a rational

you when you came to washington. the biggest surprise has been the defeatist attitude among so many republicans who have been in washington along time. i cannot tell you how many times people have wanted to that me on the head and say, that is nice. you can vote no and we will just louis. it is utterly maddening. i will -- you can voting no and we will just lose. it is utterly maddening. i will tell you something the media does not know. for the past three weeks, conservatives have been winning. we are winning because of you. three specific examples in the last three weeks. a couple of weeks ago, i was honored to join my friend, rand paul, as he stood for 13 hours on the floor of the senate. [cheers and applause] when he started at 11:47 in the morning, there were more than a few senators, republican senators, who saw what he was doing as odd or even quotic -- quixotic. he said we are going to stand for the constitution. we are going to stand until this administration ethnologist limits on its power. -- until this ad

the washington social circle was maybe 500 people. world of social washington. it is a very small group of people. that is who met her and reflected her. people did not know her. if monroe was president, he did two tours around the country and they were phenomenal because no one ever saw the president. no one ever heard the president talk. we cannot go through a day, hardly. you have to be sealed up to go through a day without hearing the president's voice or to see an image of him. massachusetts wrote in 1870 that for the first time, he had seen a picture, an image of president roh. -- monroe. james madison gave three speeches. john -- thomas jefferson gave two. peach -- people never saw the president or heard the president. is not a public perception. it is a good question. but it is a different time. >> the white house was burned by the priggish -- the british and the matteson's had to leave while it was being constructed. the munros moved back in. how important was this symbolically? >> even by then, the white house had become america's house. itsof the reas

but here was "the washington post" on tuesday. this was a quote. this will be the first significant tea party victory in that we got what we set out to do in changing washington. >> yeah. and therein lies the dilemma for republicans, right? they have built a lot of their brand at this point, a significant share of their brand, around cutting government spending. but you can't both take credit for the overall cutting of government and then try to get out of the blame if specific cuts hurt you in your district or if your constituents feel the pain of it. so republicans are trying to balance what is a brand problem, which is that they are now the party of cutting spending, of austerity. but austerity is not popular. the polling shows that the american people would blame republicans if the pain for austerity is felt by them. >> so what about the 2014? are we beyond thinking about this year, kathleen? is it about the mid terms? >> well, apparently, it's in my newspaper so it must be true. [ laughter ] >> you know, that's a very daunting task for the pre