finally bree asks will you come to arlington national cemetery and lay wreaths with my friends and i at section 600 on decembe? yes. i will bring my family, too. nice job. thanks for ininviting us into your home tonight, that's it for "special report." fair balancenned and unafraid. "fox news primetime" hosted by pete hegseth starts in just a few seconds but, pete, have you ever done that? that is something else to lay the wreaths at arlington national cemetery. >> pete: man, you hit a note. i want to bring my kids. i want to go there. i want them to experience it. it's on my calendar. >> bret: let's do it you and me. >> pete: let's see if we can do it. i would love it do it with you. awesome tradition. good on you, bret. ♪ ♪ >> pete: i jumped the gun, good evening, america it's 7:00 p.m. on the east coast and 6:00 p.m. in god's country which means it's time for "fox news primetime." i'm pete hegseth. tonight we start again with omicron. while the leftist media freaks out over new covid variant the timing could not be better for our nation's autocrats, you know, the democrats. be

the two food banks i encourage in arlington, it is the arlington food bank, and in pensacola we support manna. those are the two i would encourage if you're in those two areas. >>> thanks for being here at this hour. we're back tomorrow with "meet the press daily." msnbc continues right now with katy tur. >>> there is new evidence despite trying to slow the omicron variant, it is likely too late. dutch authorities show that samples of the variant were in the

they meet together in arlington at trump campaign headquarters and the one big requested trump campaign had was you can't use the boss's image or likeness without our permission and they thought the request was bizarre and did not know how to react to that. here you have the president of the united states, a public figure and the leader of the party. clearly they are not going to write some fundraiser script, but image and likeness? they ignored him then, and he said the nrs he is ignoring him now, but when i asked trump about this conversation, he said i don't like all republicans. i don't think a lot of them are good at their job. what is important to understand, and it was so politically bizarre to some of us who covered him, that he could be elected president of the united states and then continue to beat up on the government he was leading and was a part of, as though he were some sort of barstool commentator. one of the things that this does for him is solidified his relationship with so many republican primary voters who share his contempt for the party they affiliate with. there

they meet together in arlington at trump campaign headquarters and the one big requested trump campaign had was you can't use the boss's image or likeness without our permission and they thought the request was bizarre and did not know how to react to that. here you have the president of the united states, a public figure and the leader of the party. clearly they are not going to write some fundraiser script, but image and likeness? they ignored him then, and he said the nrs he is ignoring him now, but when i asked trump about this conversation, he said i don't like all republicans. i don't think a lot of them are good at their job. what is important to understand, and it was so politically bizarre to some of us who covered him, that he could be elected president of the united states and then continue to beat up on the government he was leading and was a part of, as though he were some sort of barstool commentator. one of the things that this does for him is solidified his relationship with so many republican primary voters who share his contempt for the party they affiliate with. there

arlington itself benefited from the enslaved labor. and at the same time, he's a voracious public private correspondence. write thousands of letters. she also ties that disapproval because it's bad for white people really this crazy rationalization happening there and despite his expression of disapproval , his family was supported in large part by enslaved labor so can you talk a little bit about lee's thinking around slavery and how he drove to those rationalizations and conclusions ? >> lee grows up so to speak with slavery. his parents owned slaves. his mother owned slaves when they were living in alexandria even though there were reduced circumstances. there were at least six slaves in the lee household in alexandria. when and carter dies in 29, part of her estate is the disposition of the slavesin that estate . some slaves are appointed towards her two daughters. in this case and marshall lee . i'm sorry, and kim lally. she becomes an lee marshall and her sistermildred lee . but one slave family is willed to robert, or at least i

two world war i historians join us on a soldier from france to arlington national cemetery. >> allison whaing -- how did this concept of the unknown soldier being honored come about? >> really it really goes back to the beginning of the mechanismization of warfare you see expand during world war i of course you have a lot unidentifiable remain but people were struggling with the fact they could not figure out who many of the casualties were so great britain and france buried unknown soldier in each of the countries in great britain in westminster abbey and arch triumph in paris so u.s. tried to do something about that and started by hamiltonfish of new york who submitted legislation to bury unknown soldier from the u.s. >> i hear casket is being carried down steps of the united states capitol that'sed scene that modern americans will be familiar with similar ceremonies in our time. and put on the first drawn year that will make its way over through the streets of washington and over to arlington cemetery. let's watch for just a minute. >> so that is where today you see the larger over

to protect arlington for his family as it was for virginia could just resigned commission and refuse the offer of command. that's not the only factor predict the other factor lease decision if was the expectation that there would be no war after all. hard as it is for us to appreciate this, as we are looking from the present backwards, in april of 1861, handyman after the secession of the southern states, even after the firing and he was still by no means clear that the crisis would only result in a civil war read and they could have simply resigned his army commission and stayed neutral. or he could accept the invitation extended to him to take command of virginia forces play the role of mediator between virginia and the union thus achieved peace 90 anything flavor that his father ever enjoyed in war. when course it did not quite many others, lee found the secession crisis helping away from you and in the end, step-by-step, he found himself by 1862, as the commander of the army of northern virginia. he played that role as perfectly as he tried to play every other role in life, that

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and then to be part of that system and even more so in arlington with the main testis property at arlington and those others at the monkey river. and all told there is 190 slaves who are a part of those properties. robert lee benefits from that. and benefits from their work and their labor and is one of the custis slaves, his wife has slaves. and they will assist with the children and go on vacation in the slaves go with them. so lee certainly benefits from the slave system even if he doesn't himself have personal title to large numbers of slaves which he doesn't. he says nothing c for years and years not until the 18 fifties when slavery is becoming a crisis issue in american politics but it's interesting that he talks about it at all. because we had learned in his military career not to talk about politics. soldiers who talk about politics are got mixed up in politics usually suffered. and happened in the first of the mentor and with winfield scott. and yet slavery by the 18 fifties and then to start writing about it in a letter to his wife and he comes out to say slavery is a moral evil

i should mention before we get into that, there are a significant number of unknowns buried at arlington from the civil war, more than 2000 remain in a large memorial, we could get into that a little later but you get to the spanish-american war fought farther from location than the civil war, mexican american and revolutionary war of 1812 and you have a policy and acted, repatriation bringing back the remains of deceased service members who died fighting barry closer to home. that conflict did not last quite as long had significantly fewer casualties than the first world war which placed decision-making how to deal with repatriation and the importance of a tomb of the unknown soldier. before we get to that, i will mention in 1913, congress approved and authorized spending for the government to create a new memorial amphitheater at arlington national cemetery. the cemetery had been civil war and they recognize the need for a larger more somber space to accommodate the visitors who were there to pay tribute to their deceased loved ones so they appropriated funds and authorized spending to

in commemoration of the centennial of the burial of the world war i unknown soldier across town in arlington cemetery, only known to god. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> c-spanshop.org is c-span's online store. browse through our latest collection of c-span products, apparel, books, home decor and accessories. there's something for every c-span fan, and every purchase helps support our non-profit operation. shop now or any time at c-spanshop.org. >> well, hello and welcome to this history happy hour on rose o'neal, socialite, successionests and spy. and as i start out this talk i want to begin with just a few questions. what motivates someone to risk everything for a cause? is it strong passions? is it a reckless nature, a longing for adventure or a desire for

the designer for the city of washington laid in state when at arlington national cemetery. on his way, they paused so that he could receive state honors to the capitol building. they felt it was that important as they were paying tribute to a figure who had, for a brief time, fallen into obscurity and was buried in a pauper's grave. and then relevant to world war i, the admiral of the navy george doey was laid in state in 1917 before we get to the world war i unknown in 1921. congress also played a role in supporting the memory and the preservation of and the tribute to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, the last full measure of devotion to our country. in 1862, the omnibus act, which included a provision here. you can see from the national archives, an image of it and a transcription, and it provided the president with the authority to acquire land and create national cemeteries for those who gave that last full measure of devotion, those who died in service of the country. and ever since, the congress has been involved in preserving the memory and supporting thos

later, learn about arlington cemetery's tomb of the unknown soldier. find more at c-span.org/history or consult your program guide. now, here's lectures in history. >> ladies and gentlemen, you're in for another special treat today, another world class presenter, walter hood. walter is the distinguished professor of landscape architecture at the university of california, berkeley. he was formerly the chair of that department. among the many distinctions and awards that walter has received, he is the prize macarthur fellowship genius award, that's hard to get it all in, that he received in 2019. walter has been acclaimed for design work for the united states and abroad. for us here in charleston, walter was selected to design exhibits for the festival over the years. i also had the great pleasure of working with walter through the institute on city design. in the 21 1/2 years of working on the international african american museum, he came to discover the history and location. the founding director of the national museum of african american history is w

he offered the legislation to create the tomb of the unknown soldier and place it at arlington national cemetery just across the river from our capitol city as a monument for the nation to mourn those lost, whether they came home or not. so, as i mentioned, there were a great number of unknown soldiers who had perished by the end of the first world war. and the selection process was actually really rather fascinating. i should mention that they gathered from several different major battlefields, different unknown soldiers who had fallen in battle, and they brought them to a small town in the champagne region of france where one of the highest decorated enlisted soldiers, enlisted veterans of the war made the final selection of the anonymous flag-draped coffin to be the unknown soldier to rest at arlington in eternal memory and glory as a symbol, as a tangible representation of all of those other unknowns and all of those others who were intered across an ocean from their families and loved ones. this image you see here is a soldier being brought ashore. and he's brought to shore from th

he is then transported to another formal ceremony to arlington national cemetery where he'sra buried. so these are all the objects that were created in february. so then the pivot -- >> tucker: this is just all a manufacturer -- it's all fake. >> it's all fabricated, yes. >> tucker: it's just hard to digest this. >> it really is. think of the people who are ceremonial who lie in state in the rotunda. ex-presidents and his life obviously is important and it's tragic that he died that young, but the democrats exploited his death in the most grotesque way. >> tucker: so of the many americans swept up in the hysteria and political persecutions that took place and is still taking place after january 6 is a navy veteran called thomas caldwell. thomas caldwell was forced to spend weeks in solitary confinement in prison despite the fact he never entered the capitol building on january 6th. we spoke to thomas and his wife sharon about what that was like. watch. >> tucker: so how long did you spend in jail to >> well, it was 53 days altogether. 49 in solitary confinement. i think the solitary c

the line at the arlington food assistance center was orderly and socially distanced. and in the middle was cynthia anthony, a 73-year-old grappling with how to make ends meet. she moved through the line... checked in... greeted volunteers she's come to know over the past year she's been a regular visitor... and collected her food items. >> food stamps is not enough to hold me throughout the month. $20 on food stamps don't get you nothing, and that's what i get. >> reporter: what do $20 in food stamps get you these days? >> a half a gallon of milk and like a pack of hot dogs and $1, man as one loaf of bread. i might be able to get a dozen eggs if i don't i get a half a dozen? that's where the $20 stop at. that's for a few days. i got 28 or 29 more days to go. >> reporter: anthony is not alone. 55-year old ana dheming started coming here after she injured her wrist and couldn't work her hotel job anymore. here, she's able to pick up the essentials. >> they give me tomato, or some onion, potato, then say, i don't have to buy. >> reporter: and then there's 23-year old jax

the other kid says as president of the united states do you oversee arlington cemetery? that i do. as president do you have the power to arrange to get a plot there. he said yes, i do but you're only 10 years old, why are you thinking of death. the kid says when my parents find out they're going to kill me. >> i've got to go up the mountain where i'm going to be hosting that event and that will be fun, too. what i want to say and i don't want to overlook all the other accomplishments for the reagan administration and what the president did. for example, coming in and seeing the end of the iran hostage crisis when he took the oath of office, incredible. that shows just the power. and the answer was -- they understood the threat from reagan. i also don't want to underestimate the power of decontrolled oil. the limit of how long a gas line would be how long it took to drive through with one full tank of gas. and then of course the air-traffic controllers, i don't want to underestimate that. that was really powerful as well. some of you may know i think it was the air-traffic controlle

third says as president of the united states you oversee arlington cemetery. as president do you have enough power to arrange me to get a plot there? yes but you are about ten years ago. and because if i go home and tell my parents saved you, they are going kill me. next remarks around art laffer. art? >> thanks very much. that was great by the way. fun being with all of you. those on the panel, i wish i were there. i've got to up to the mountain tomorrow. up where i'm going to be doing hosting. i wish you were all there. what i want to say and i don't want to overlook all the other accomplishments of the reagan administration and what the president did. for example, coming in and seeing the end of the iran hostage crisis, the day, the moment he took the oath of office, incredible. that shows just the power. we had a joke before he took the oath of office was what's covered with sand and glows in the dark, and the answer was teheran and about 15 minutes after reagan takes off office. that was a joke. they understood the threat from reagan and released the host

navy ship in the playing of the gas in the ceremony also marked the centennial arlington cemetery's tomb of the unknown soldier for world war i service men were first placed to rest. >> you will hear the tolling of a bill today 21 times, signifying the arm assist and 1111, and for causing all hostilities to head on the battle of the western front. and then you will hear taps, is played in commemoration of the centennial of the burial of the world war one unknown soldiers across town in arlington cemetery, only known to god. [bellss]. [bellss]. [bells]. [bells]. [taps]. [taps]. [taps]. [taps]. ...

i also served at arlington national cemetery with the old guard of the army, the regiment that guards the tomb of the unknown soldier. honor funerals and ceremonies like the inauguration or joint arrival ceremonies for heads of state. i was just back at the cemetery yesterday. it was veterans day. a very special veterans day. it was the 100th anniversary of the tomb of the unknown soldier. 100 years ago yesterday, the world war i unknown was interred. a couple days ago my wife and i took our six-year-old and five-year-old boy to the tomb because for the first time in 96 years, since it never had a guard of any kind, civilians were able to walk and lay a flower on the tomb to honor those unknowns. we wanted our boys to do that even though they are probably a little young to know what is going on. they are old enough to have the memories and we certainly have the image. if your kids at six and five -- you might be concerned about taking them onto that plaza. we drilled into them they needed to be quiet and respectful, that this was sacred ground, and as we are getting up to the edge of

i have the great honor of leading troops in iraq and afghanistan and in between i served at arlington national cemetery with the oligarch and stop the army from our regiment that guards the tombun of the unknown soldier that does ceremony like the inauguration or ceremonies or heads of state. our just pack up the cemetery yesterday, it was veterans day, a special veterans day. one hundredth anniversary of the tomb of the unknown soldier. one hundred years agogo yesterd, the one unknown was in turn. a couple of days ago my wife and i took our 6-year-old and five euro boys to the tomb because for the first time in 96 years ever had aye guard of any kind, civilians were able to walk and lay a flower on the tomb to honor theth unknown we wanted or boys to do that even though they are probably a little young, they are old enough to have memories of and certainly the images of it. if your kids are six or live from my kids at that age might have been a little concerned that we drove into them they needed to be quiet and respectful, this was sacred ground as we were getting up to the edge, we

. >> i think it was a front to all those who served in making that announcement in area 60 of arlington cemetery really reveals an astonishing misunderstanding of what it means to serve in our military and the fact that airmen and marines are going to be pitied and what they want is leaders who are dedicated to achieving an outcome and worthy of the sacrifices that they make in war it is worth pointing out september 11 is the anniversary of the taliban wanted for anybody who misted the taliban ran on television station in kabul in a blamed the united states for 9/11 for bringing the attacks on themselves and denied the fact that al-qaeda had any role. >> i thank you all for your answers, mr. chairman i believe my time is expired. >> the time has expired. i recognize joaquin castro of texas of the subcommittee on international development and organization in the corporate social impact. >> taking for your testimony in being here with us today deputy secretary, it is great to see you again we talked a few years ago about japan i have a question that is a little bit involved but i want to

affront to all those who served, and i think that making that announcement as he did in area 60 of arlington cemetery really, really reveals kind of a astonishing misunderstanding of what it means to serve in our military. and the fact that soldiers and marines don't want to be pitied, what they want is leaders for dedicated to achieving an outcome. that is where the of the sacrifices they make and more. i think it's worth pointing out that, you know, september 11th is exactly the anniversary of the taliban wanted for anybody who missed it. the taliban ran on all television stations in kabul a show called victoria force every where it blamed the united states for 9/11, bringing the attacks on themselves and again tonight effect that al-qaeda had any role. attacks on themselves and denied >> i thank you all for your answers and i believe my time has expired. >> your time has expired. i now recognize representative castro, for five minutes. >> thank you for your testimony and for being with us today. secretary armitage, we last saw each other at the mount fuji dialogue a few years ago. a quest

and i think that making that announcement as he did in area 60 of arlington cemetery, reveals an astonishing misunderstanding of what it means to serve in our military, and the fact that soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines don't want to be pitied. they want leaders dedicated to achieving an outcome worthy of the sacrifices they make in war. it's worth pointing out, september 11th is exactly the anniversary the taliban wanted. for anybody who missed it, the taliban ran on all television stations in kabul a show called victoria force three, where it blamed the united states for 9/11, for bringing the attacks on themselves, and again denied the fact al qaeda had any role. >> i thank you all for your answers. mr. chairman, i believe my time has expired. >> gentleman's time has expired. i now recognize representative joaquin castro of texas, chairman of the subcommittee on international development, international organizations, and global corporate social impact for five minutes. >> thank you gentlemen for your testimony and for being here with us virtually today. secretary, deputy secretary a

up and has jeff's and i had the great honor of meeting afghanistan and certain tours and served at arlington national cemetery and others in tomb of the unknown soldier. and ceremonies in the inauguration enjoy arrival ceremonies and in fact i was just back there yesterday and is veterans day is a very special veterans day, 100th anniversary of the tomb of the unknown soldiers, 100 years ago yesterday, the world war i unknown. in a couple of days ago, my wife and i took our six -year-old and her five -year-old boys to the tomb because for the first time in 96 years on the first time since it never had a garden. [inaudible]. civilians were able to walk and lay a flower on the tomb to honor those unknown we wanted a voice to do that even other probably a little down, to know what is going on fully but they're old enough to have the memories of this we certainly have the images of it. now if your kids and six and five or anything like is a six and five, main concern about taking them there pretty so, we had drilled into them that they needed to be quiet and respectful and that this was sacred g

they share the exact same address, for instance. 1310 north courthouse road, sweet 700, arlington, virginia. they share the same c.e.o. they share the same senior vice president of grassroots in americans for prosperity and senior vice president for state operations in americans for prosperity foundation, they share the same senior vice president of policy. they share the same chairman of the board. they share the same president. if you were to do a piercing of the corporate veil analysis, you would be hard pressed to show that she's are not essentially the same organization. and that armada of amici that came into the americans for prosperity foundation case, all of them received funding from the koch political network or the koch identity laundering group donors trust. at least 11 prominent right-wing groups gave close to $222 million spread across 69 of those amici who came in to support their fellow american for prosperity foundation. if the little flow tillas of a -- fltillas of a dozen or so in the antilabor cases were sending a signal to the court, this turnout was a screaming alarm,

veterans day, along with the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery, for those planning a visit to washington, the public can actually visit and pay respects at the tomb and a flower ceremony being held today and tomorrow. for those of you watching our headliner today, we are happy to accept your questions, and i will ask as many as time permits. to submit a question, please email headliners@press.org and put veterans in the subject line. for those in the room, we have circulated cards. forever online audience, please be aware that in the audience today are members of the general public, and we are so happy to have you here. any applause or reaction you hear is not necessarily from the working press. let me begin by introducing the head table. please hold your applause until all of the head table guests are introduced. from my left and you're right, a u.s. navy vietnam veteran and member of the american legion post 20 and member of the national press club. matt quinn, undersecretary memorial affairs at the u.s. department of veteran

though married into one of the foremost families of virginia, the cost of arlington, arlington overlooked facing the national capitol, not virginia. his in-laws allies the nation first of state loyalty "afterwards". we could not more in 18612 factors. first, harry lee for all of his revolutionary fame had been our clock husband and father and left family when robert was only six years old. the shadow harry cast over the lee name was one of robert struggles to redeem the broad street of perfectionism in his behavior. robert also yearned to briefly of his father's reputation and otherwise. he wanted independence and wanted to be his own man and one sense his marriage was an attempt to stake out a room for himself but he also yearned for security. the security his father denied him so while most of lee's contemporaries left the army as soon as i received their taxpayer provided college degree decently resigned and go into private engineering practice other professions, stays with him as the one certain profession could count on. a huge factor in this pursuit of independence, security and per

this week, along with the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery, for those planning a visit to washington, the public can actually visit and pay respects at the tomb in a flower ceremony held today and tomorrow. for those of you watching our headliner today, we are happy to accept your questions and i will ask as many as time permits. .org and put veterans in the subject line. for those in the room, we have circulated cards. forever online audience, please be aware that in the audience today are members of the general public, and we are so happy to have you here. any applause or reaction you hear is not necessarily from the working press. let me begin by introducing the head table. please hold your applause until all of the head table guests are introduced. from my left and you're right, a u.s. navy vietnam veteran and member of the american legion post 20 and member of the national press club. matt quinn, undersecretary memorial affairs at the u.s. department of veteran affairs. kevin, a retired u.s. navy captain and headliners

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