to some it up, as the george washington -- is a george washington alumni board member, we know it is hard to look at, but we really believe in education and history, and that is why we would like to keep the murals up. thank you. [applause] >> we just got news today that thomas campbell, director of the fine arts museum of san francisco has written thus to us , while i respect the concerns of the protesters and understand the problematic issues, i do not believe that san francisco will be well served by the destruction of the mural series. the piece was originally intended to promote the whole discussion around these exact issues. and while intent does not allay impact, it could have incredible value as a teaching tool for the generations. please listen to this. i would be happy to volunteer our staff to assist in the next steps following tuesday's meeting. last week, they presented a reasonable defence for george washington high school. a motion one today. i'm shocked that the board is considering squandering public funds to cover over the murals. and i would expect the exact same p

you see what washington did. washington ran an incredibly sophisticated operation when you consider who he was and the issues he had to deal with in terms of logistics and strategy. politicseadership of at the time. washington was an expert at what i would say is the most difficult aspects of intelligence -- deception planning. deception planning allowed him on many occasions to completely fool british commanders as to the size of his army and what he planned to do with it. for deception operations, you need three key factors that are very hard to put together. number one, you have to be able to control the information that is coming out from your side. so there is a steady stream of information of what you want done. that means no leaking and often falsifying internal reporting to junior officers, so they can not inadvertently say what is going on. you have to have sources, double agents primarily, or people who are friendly with that adversary , so you know that information is going to the adversary's command.

especially in washington, d.c. this is probably the best hst kno known image of barton taken in 1865. this is what she looked like during the civil war years. one of the biggest misnomers to me about clara barton, the thing that i learned when i really invested all my taime in workin on her story, began working for the missing soldiers office museum, barton was 39 when the war broke out, and for me, that was kind of a surprise because we -- the vision that we have of women working especially as nurses during the war is they tend to be very young. pop culture has helped to kind of establish that as well. for any of you that have seen the show, "mercy street," we see a lot of young, very young nursnurs nurses in that show and other areas of popular culture. barton is 39 when the war breaks out. she's moving back into washington, d.c. she's trying to get her job back at the patent office now that abraham lincoln has been elected, republican. barton is thrown out of the office in 1856. they accuse her -- in 1857 -- the

washington insiders get taxpayer money. members of congress get reelected, and the system works for everyone except the american people. this kind of self-interest builds on itself as members spend more and more time in office. in an age in which the partisan divide intractable, it is remarkable that public support for congressional term limits remains strong across already lines. in poll after poll, conducted over decades, americans who are republicans, who are democrats, who are independents, americans who are conservatives, who are liberals, or moderates, men or women who are anglo-american, or african-american, or hispanic, all support term limits by overwhelming margins. for example, a 2018 mclaughlin & associates poll found that 82 % of americans support term limits for congress, including 89% of republicans, but also 76% of democrats support term limits. 83 % of independents support term limits. 72% of hispanics support term limits. 70% of african-americans support term limits. indeed, the one group, it seems in amer

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ambassador to washington. in a word barbara bad it wasn't long ago that donald trump was in the united kingdom talking about that special relationship visiting the queen but just days after the united states celebrated its independence from the u.k. trump is speaking completely differently this is one of his latest tweets about brags that interests him a said i told to reason may outdo that deal but she went her own foolish way and one was unable to get it done a disaster he tweeted i don't know the ambassador but have been told he is a pompous fool now there had been some speculation that this would fit right in with the sort of russian campaign just so discontent between allies but there is reason to believe that perhaps this is an internal leak in the united kingdom the journal who ripped the journalist who reported the leak is a close ally of israel for raj the braggs it back or in the united kingdom that is important because president trump had suggested that for raj being named as the ambassador to the u

ambassador in washington. well this is not having real world implications there was a meeting due to be held it been planned for a very long time between the commerce secretary and liam fox is a senior member of the british government i was due to take place the last couple of hours here in washington but the commerce department suddenly cancelled it because of the row over the ambassador know what kim data did is what ambassador is are meant to do they're meant to deliver very frank assessments of the political diplomatic cultural social and economic situation in the countries where they represent the government and that's exactly what he did and there are bound to be other diplomats who have done exactly the same the problem here is that those cables were leaked know back in the u.k. there's an investigation an inquiry underway to try and find out who leaked cables and why but here in the united states donald trump simply didn't want to hear what kim data thought about him or his administration. president fr

what you think looks like george washington. i was thinking george bush george bush no idea that you could call the president it is a day when i go well there you go that's the hour i keep my hear that i think sometimes it's a way i mean ok laughing aside there are real concerns here about privacy there are data protection you know it's fun but there's also risk right now this app was developed as you mention by russian company it's called wireless lab some experts are concerned as a very loose privacy policy you don't have any protection for your data here there's also a potential that your photo could end up maybe in the hands of the russian government some are saying look this photo was uploaded to a separate server it doesn't stand your phone so it's not you can't really be sure where that photo is going the concern is so big here brant that even politicians are worried u.s. senate minority leader chuck schumer he tweeted this he wants the app to be investigated by the f.b.i. here's what chuck schumer says he says the f.b.i.

ari for more on this now let's go to washington d.c. where the w.'s held a home for us standing by good evening to you. let's start with this attempted you turd or are somewhat of a u. turn by the u.s. president are people buying it when donald trump says he did not agree with the chanting that he heard. well let's just start with the democratic reaction we've just heard from senator coleman a harris of course the presidential candidate who said that these were simply and he was incessantly we had round condemnation from democratic lawmakers today namely from the self-proclaimed squad of course those women who were initially told it is in the tweets were she to tallied by other pressley as well as alexandria cassio cortez coming to defend it and he was then talkative in that chant saying this chaunce this kind of rhetoric and die in danger is minorities in this country and we also heard condemnation from some republican lawmakers as well which i'd like to draw your attention to congressman adam kinzinger for example of illinois saying that you know t

al jazeera, washington. barbara: after weeks of huge rallies and pressure from protesters, hong kong's leader says a controversial extradition .ill is now dead carrie lam admitted her government's work on the proposed law was a total failure, sparking the biggest political crisis in decades. activists are convinced this marks the end of the bill. more now from hong kong. after more unprecedented protest, hong kong's chief executive carrie lam appeared to yield more ground. inh an admission of failure handling this controversial legislation, she promised it is now dead. >> there are lingering doubts about the government's sincerity and worries about whether the government will restart the process in the legislative cap. council. i reiterate here, there is no such plan. the bill is dead. >> opposition has resulted in mass protests with some violent clashes between a minority of demonstrators and police. pro-democracy groups fear the bill would allow china to extradite political opponents from hong kong to face

well we have coverage tonight from here in germany and from the washington d.c. for more we want to go to our correspondent here in berlin kate brady she's at our parliamentary studio and in washington helen the humphrey's on the story for us to both of you good evening kate let me start with you the u.s. has made a formal request germany has germany offered a reply well so far brown we don't have an official reply but we did hear in an interview earlier today from all of shelties the vice chancellor here in germany and he was assisted in the cabinet meeting for angela merkel today she's currently on vacation and in an interview with the phunk media group all of shots very much made it clear that the message here from germany is deescalation he said that the goal of all responsible politicians must be to observe the situation with a sober and careful attitude and not to sleepwalk into an even bigger crisis or the attitude here in germany is very much against any kind of heavy handed over robust gauge men in the gulf in the gulf and at the moment germany is keepin

washington and especially if washington at sanctions like every couple of months that makes it harder but despite the sanctions despite the warships washington says it does want to reopen negotiations with iran is that likely to. well the supreme leader just says that he says washington can't be trusted and only understands force but people closer to president rouhani sky. don't rule them out entirely the thing is donald trump says negotiations would be possible without preconditions and that's something the iranians don't agree to because they say washington would 1st have to return to the existing agreement and from there negotiations could start serious a trucker thank you for that. the fear of unexploded munitions has hampered efforts to put out a large forest fire in northern germany the blaze broke out in woodland covering a former military training area 650 people have been evacuated from their homes in the state of mexico and western pomerania authorities suspect the place may have been started intentionally. smoke as far as the eye can see. covering more than 4 square kilomet

washington county and the state. her little boy, william, some refer to him as billy, is now internationally known as bishop william jay barber ii, who was the architect of the moral monday movement and now founder and leader of the repairs of the breach, or the poor people's national campaign. in 1966, mother barber began working as the office manager at the washington county union elementary school while her husband taught science at the school. in 1971, when mrs. barber began her duties at plymouth high school, she made history as the first african-american office manager at a desegregated school in that county. mrs. barber's passion and conviction have led her to impact generations of students over her 53 years of service. she has served 11 principals and in some cases she's watched students and their parents and grandparents ma particularry late through -- ma particularry ate through the school and taught some students concert piano. he led choirrs and served as musician for the school for many, many years and s

they are not here in washington, obviously beenin not here in washington, obviously been in contact with the embassy that they are not giving away much. his position had become untenable, you had this extraordinary situation and unprecedented situation in modern times where the white house was going to be a no—go zone for the ambassador of america's crosses ally. it is about access to the white house and this administration, the state department said it received no directive to sever ties with sir kim but the state department are more peripheral in this administration than they have beenin this administration than they have been in the past, access to the white house and the west wing edible office is what it is all about. sir kim was being denied that and his position became impossible. as he himself wrote in his resignation letter. thank you. for more on the impact of this decision we can speak with nicholas burns in washington — who served as the us ambassador to nato and greece. iam going i am going to guess that during your time as american ambassador to greece and nato, there w

washington, d.c. in the first decade of the 20th century in the wake of victory of the spanish-american war and the administration of teddy roosevelt was making a push in public art and architecture that was audacious and unprecedented in america in terms of civic scale and control. it set a new vision for the capital, but also for the nation's discipline of city planning at large. this belief in the symbiotic, symbolic relationship between buildings and grounds was a keystone of city beautiful planning theory, and of mcmillan plan articulated it. it was also found in landscape and garden design at a smaller scale. this brings us back to the topic of the day, practice and styles by farrand and her colleagues. roosevelt's 1903 so-called colonial garden on the left was an example of idealized romanticized designs based on dutch and british examples. it was compact, well ordered, creation of nostalgic movements that followed the centennial and the beginning of the preservation efforts of this country. we

smith of washington. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 476, the gentleman from washington, mr. smith and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington. mr. smith: thank you, madam chair. this amendment is straightforward. currently all members of congress are prohibited from having contracts with the federal government. as a member of congress, if you own something, you can't lease or rent it to the government and similarly, you can't rent or lease something from the government. as members of congress we could vm undue influence or get a deal that other members of the public could not get. therefore we would have an unfair advantage and using our positions to enrich ourselves which is supposed to be prohibited. this amendment is straightforward and adds the president, vice president and cabinet members who cannot contract with the federal government, either the federal government leasing something to us or leasing something back to the government

because washington is so important for the international trade also for the international financial system with the dollar so it's really hard for the europeans to do something without washington and especially if washington at sanctions like every couple of months that makes that harder despite the sanctions despite the warships washington says it does want to reopen negotiations with iran is that likely to happen well the supreme leader just has ruled that out he says washington can't be trusted and only understands force but people closer to president rouhani scum and don't rule them out entirely the thing is donald trump says negotiations would be possible without preconditions and that's something the iranians don't agree to because they say washington would 1st have to return to the existing agreement and from there negotiations could start serious a truck with thank you for the. european union leaders are still deadlocked over who should take on the blocks top jobs they've now suspended talks until tuesday france and germany had agreed to support the same candidate for the ke

my dissertation was on george washington's tomb and the memories of george washington in the 19th century. i started researching there are in 2012 or 2011. it was before they had the library. at that point in time, the staff and the materials were crammed into the cunningham administration building. it was tight quarters. we crossed paths. i asked if he wanted to grab coffee sometime and we kept in contact. i continued in my graduate studies and he left mount vernon and ended up landing at the white house historical association. 2 years later i defended my dissertation on washington and about five months later i got a phone call and he said there was a historian position open and asked if i would consider applying. i said absolutely. before i knew it i was moving to washington, d.c. to start at the association. this was in the fall of 2016. >> you described yourself as self-taught on white house history because there is not an existing graduate program. >> unfortunately. i think lindsay, she is going through the growing pains of that. right now. when we go into these specific graduate pro

although she did not do much work in washington dc, she probably did her finest garden in washington dc, which of course was dumbarton oaks. ms. deitz: were there other presidents doing anything? ms. tankard: that is a good question. no, not really. private design work she did for teddy roosevelt. ms. deitz: what did she do for him? there was a long-standing family relationship between the roosevelts and jones. as i said in my lecture, teddy roosevelt would sometimes show up for these famous luncheons on east 11th st. i don't know what the origin was of their friendship, but they certainly were friends and that extended to beatrix who grew up in that environment. little-known fact, but i think it is in my book, i cannot remember. beatrix designed the actual tombstones for teddy roosevelt and for his son, kermit, who died just before teddy did. they are in sagamore hill but they are not part of the historic site. i have not seen it. outside in a private cemetery. she designed a lot of tombstones for friends. and i think it is very telling that she designed tombstones for the roosevelt

at least so they don't put pressure on canada to $2.00 us back to what washington. president trump is warning iran to be curfew and so quote after 8 or 9 to it how to accelerate its uranium enrichment program and surpass the capital and in the 2015 nuclear agreement u.n. inspectors confirm the increase on monday after visiting sites in iran. are free. or tehran is already considered to be in breach of the landmark deal after it passed the 300 kilogram uranium stockpile limit it will also increase the enrichment cap beyond 3.6 per cent that's the important figure a small step towards getting 2 nuclear power stations up to capacity officials there also recently ruled out further dialogue with washington on less sanctions are lifted on a round deadline for the house passed with europe only able to provide limited relief from the effects of the financial penalties not part of the agreement signed 4 years ago the united states agreed to ease sanctions on iran for the valiant to run said it would curb its nuclear program or not enrich uranium over on a stop wished level w

ginsb washington officials. they say, you have no idea how hard-working we are, how much we do for the people of the united states. you have no idea how much we value the views of americans, to which i say, i do have an idea, which i say, i do have an idea, and you don't care what americans think. this is the first time this is been done, we're going to make our questionnaire and results available. people can look at what we did, and hopefully people can move on from there. host: why did 800 plus people respond to your survey? insberg: interesting question. in the polling business, when you do telephone polling, most people don't want to respond. they don't want to waste their time. my view is that in the case of the survey, first of all, i am going to be snarky again. will you forgive me? a lot of people don't have much to do. this was an amusement. and second, people who work in washington are self-important. not unlike professors. i admit, we are self-important, too. the people who work in the people who work

ambassador in washington fired take a look at what the u.k. and bastard were just a few weeks ago in the atlantic about how important british diplomats are to the united states all right here it is for the u.k. has one of the largest diplomatic footprints of any country with embassies and missions around the world this reach is hugely valuable and the americans recognize this the u.s. has no diplomatic presence in pyongyang or tehran we have had ambassadors and teams in north korea since the early 2000 and in iran since 1821 the united states relies on us to be its eyes and ears in places where it has not there the ambassador talking about why the u.s. needs help of the if the u.k. ambassador if he is highly aware of the worth of british diplomats what about the u.s. president is he aware of how much he needs them. well brant you do have to wonder i'm essentially on monday we saw the u.s. president declare the british ambassador persona non grata saying that he would not be working with him in the future at a time of course of such heightened

you see what washington did. washington ran an incredibly sophisticated operation when you consider who he was and the issues he had to deal with in logistics and strategy. washington was an expert at what i would say is the most planning. deception that allowed him to completely full british commanders as to the size of his army and what he planned to do with it. for deception operations you need three key factors that are very hard to put together. abler one, you have to be to control the information from your side. and often no leaking falsifying internal reporting to junior officers so they can inadvertently say what is going on. , double to have sources agents primarily, or people who adversaryly with that a so you know that information is going to the adversary's command, and three, you have to have the sources within the enemy command to know that your message is getting there, but in a way where the emmy believes they are making the decision providing the validation for that information. pretty sophistica

ambassador in washington really things about the u.s. president in effect this functional crash and burn those were just some of the words written by ambassador kim derek well last night the ambassador was promptly uninvited to a dinner at the white house and today trump unleashed a tirade on twitter aimed at the ambassador and his boss prime minister to resign me the wacky ambassador that the u.k. forced it upon the united states struck tweeted is not someone that we are thrilled with a very stupid guy he should speak to his country and prime minister may about their failed brecht sit negotiation and not be upset with my criticism of how badly it was handled i told it to resume a how to do that deal but she went her own foolish way was unable to get it done a disaster i don't know the ambassador but i've been told that he is a pompous fool. the u.k. government has condemned the leak but is standing by its ambassador and his right to communicate honestly about the u.s. administration but trump's lambasted have to resign may and breaks it

kim said what everyone in washington is saying talking to all the other diplomats in washington they've all written back exactly the same thing so the bigger question is does this hamper how a diplomat can do his job he has to be able to give unvarnished assessments no one's questioning the assessment by the way. and the fact that it's now leaked it's important to find out who leaked it why and make sure that we can stem that hemorrhage because no diplomat can do their job if they're at risk of this and every other ambassador in washington with the exception of the iranians and the chinese are saying exactly the same thing maybe not the saudis and this is a fine diplomat former national security adviser doing his job and i really hope that the next pm will find a good job for him going on which is what he writes serves this is unfair to him and matthew is merely the latest in a long series of rather uncomfortable moments under the trump presidency with the government of the united kingdom he's blown hot and cold it would appear with regard to theresa may and her handling of the bricks a

ambassador thinks of president trump tonight london in washington in a royal mess that special relationship is suddenly a strained strange relationship berlin this is the day. it presents a very clear the way he feels about the ambassador and those comments as for a boxer in washington i think he's a fine public servant has done a very good job each of the president tweets we're not always going to agree with each other people accuse the president. of the british government will be trusted he seekers it looks like we're on the precipice of having a prime minister i think it's. well i've got a relationship with the white house. also coming up it only shuts down one of europe's largest migrant centers and warns boats carrying rescued refugees no docking oh well tonight a special report on fortress. lampedusa is at the front lines of a struggle over who is allowed into europe and who is not as italy's right wing government slides its gates shut an international network of rescuers is trying to keep those gates from closing for good. as you our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all aro

history james pays out 0 washington. a funeral has taken place for the youngest known victim of the philippine so-called war on drugs 3 year old michael pina was killed in a police operation last week officers say the girl was used by her father an alleged drug dealer as a human shield during a shoot out east of manila the girl's mother denies this 6000 people have been killed since president rabbani go to ted to introduce the crackdown in 2016 china is demanding that the united states immediately cancel a potential $2200000000.00 arms sale to taiwan china considers taiwan to be a breakaway province when he reports now from beijing. taiwan's military is built on equipment from the united states its main supply of arms announcements from washington of sales are always met by an angry response from china and this was no difference is a crude interference in china's internal affairs and a harms china's servant and a security interest china is strong least dissensions far and thoroughly opposed to this and has already made a

so washington has been making progress, not enough. don't get me wrong, governors are also good at political honest-ification we have our only political -- honest-ification we have our bottles but we have to keep the lights on and balance a budget and respond to daily need. governors cannot fill buster to solve the opioid epidemic. we pant take a recess educate to child and can't rely on a parliamentary point of order to build a road. governors must deliver. justice brandeis spoke about laboratories of democracy. we'reon. that. yes, we're still laboratories of democraticky but states are now fact trophies democracy and we're hospitals of democracy and schools of democracy and airports of democracy and airports and bridges of democracy, and emergency manages over democracy, and the job generators of democracy. states have no choice but to proceed on their own the best they can, to be the most functional unit of government. it's hard. it's not ideal. it's not the intended design. nor is it sustainable long-term , but it is essential toda

here in washington, d.c., trinity washington united states gives a $5,000 year scholarship for any gi applies and hass admitted and hs earned the gold award. we're starting to see the universities realize tt by admitting girls w earned the gold award that they are able to bring a caliber of students tei thr universities that is unparalleled. we also have a scholarship program that we provide for girls once they've earned the gold award in our council. >> and they get the award when they graduate high school. >> they gethe itthey complete it. usually it's a junior or senior in high school. sometimes itakes twoears to complete. so girls are usually a junior or senior by the sitime they're graduating. we tell parents if your child earns the gold award she has her college essay w she will be able to talk very passionately about a problem she has helped to solve >> how has girl scouting changed since i was a brownie and girl scout wa when, how would you say? >> my troupe, i forget our daisy troupers. we are the most active and diverse members of ourervice unit, 80-9. and i think that over

in washington and representing washington back in the u.k. in an open and complete way. having him resign six months before the end of his tenure and ending his career in this way is not good for him, not good for britain, and not good for the relationship. laura: what does the president's public bashingf o the man in washington say about the attitude towards the special relationship? >> i think the president is wont to las out when he feels he has been disrespected. it is kind of clear that this is a man who has a thin skin. i think this would have blown over b for the fact that yesterday in london, boris hnson indicated that if he is the next prime minister, he may notupport kim darroch in the current position. under those circumstances, i don't think ambassador darroch had much of a choice but to resign given what was happening bo and washington and in london. laura: does this affect the diplomatin general, including american diplomats who may not want to write candidate cables home about what foreign leaders ink about president trump? nk we all learned our lesson. i

s man in washington says 2016 part of his job is to file reports back to london it's been revealed he described the trump white house as uniquely dysfunctional clumsy and inept he described u.s. policy on iran as incoherent chaotic and his summary we don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal less dysfunctional less unpredictable i work for the state department for many years and we were always encouraged to be direct and frank with our superiors here in washington about our interactions with. with no doubt so technically he did not do anything wrong but politically it probably would have been wise to be extremely cautious donald trump has said he will no longer deal with the ambassador and in a series of tweets on tuesday said the wacky ambassador that the u.k. forced it upon the united states is not someone we are thrilled with a very stupid guy i don't know the ambassador but have been told he is a pompous fool. could have expected to move on from his position in the near future and it's unlikely he's the only foreign diplomat sending back

kim said what everyone in washington is saying talking to all the other diplomats in washington they've all written back exactly the same thing so the bigger question is does this hamper how a diplomat can do his job he has to be able to give unvarnished assessments no one's questioning the assessment by the way. and the fact that it's now leaked it's important to find out who leaked it why and make sure that we can stem that hemorrhage because no diplomat can do their job if they're at risk of this and every other ambassador in washington with the exception of the iranians and the chinese are saying exactly the same thing maybe not the saudis and this is a fine diplomat former national security adviser doing his job and i really hope that the next pm will find a good job for him going on which is what he wants or is this is unfair to him and matthew is this merely the latest in a long series of rather uncomfortable moments under the trump presidency with the government of the united kingdom he's blown hot and cold it would appear with regard to theresa may and her handling of the brick

>> washington is acpteding 4. billion dollars to the border theyay id these very detailed reports of deplorable condition that homeland security inspector general report that you referred to said there were four showers for 800 people. we saw some of the same things for lawmakers who visited a couple of the facilities. here the president signed off on money to try to relieve the eituation. an investigativ group says a facebook group of border agents and former board agents mocking immigrants death. a lot of thing are happening at the border and washington is sending money butt's not clear if that is enough. >> tracie potts for us on the hill this morning, thank you. >>> california senator kamala harris is enjoying a post-debate bump in the polls. it shows joe biden s all the top but down five points from where he was in a previous poll. harris doubled her support. she now tied for third with elizabeth warren. harris campaign is also touting a financial boost reporting it raked in $2 million after the debate. the c

the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. washington: -- mr. smith: i do have an additional speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from rhode island, mr. cicilline. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cicilline: i thank the gentleman for yielding and rise in support of the en bloc package. i want to thank chairman smith and ranking member thornberry for their support of two amendments i have offered, particularly my amendment declaring the statutory right of service members under the statutory relief act. for too long, forced arbitration clauses buried deep in fine print of everyday contracts have blocked service members from having a day in court to hold companies accountable. service members could serve in the national guard, be called for duty, and be fired on the st day they were due to work before deploying. and because of the contract, they couldn't take them to court. the forced arbitration clauses an ed companies to choose ar by ter. this bipartisan amendment would end this shameful practice by declaring arbitration claus

>> well, let me just frame it for people who don't live in washington or haven't visited washington on july fourth, there is already a july fourth celebration with fireworks and -- this is in addition to what was already had been planned and which i've attended and many people have attended in the past. i think it is a very fine line between patriotism, which is how kellyanne conway is casting this, don't you love america's military, and nationalism, which is sort of this is our way or the highway and we -- if you don't love this, me, our military, rooting for us, that's bad. i don't think -- it depends on what donald trump says in truth in part. if he gives an overtly or kind of political speech then it is tough and our colleague josh campbell flagged me, department of defense ethics procedure, military folks are not allowed to engage in any sort of activity that is partisan in any way, shape or form and the presence of them having them there may get into tough waters. they couldn't be prosecuted for it but it is tough when the commander in cleave commander-in-chief it do issing. >> t

we've now beat donald trump 22 times in a row. >> when you say we, you mean washington state. >> washington state. bob ferguson, our a.g., has done a great job. i think the federal court had a belly full of being deceived and told lies bit attorneys who represented the commander of lies right now and that's donald trump. >> you don't want a citizenship question to be asked as part of the census? >> there is no reason to do this whatsoever. it clearly was intended to suppress the par tsa paticipati people who don't look like donald trump. it's infected his administration. it's sad to say but it's true. >> let's get to another sensitive issue. the labor secretary alex acosta. many of your democratic presidential candidates and a lot of democrats in congress, they're demanding that he resign because of the way he treated jeffrey epstein. more than a decade ago when he was the u.s. attorney in south florida. what do you think? >> well, i heard the president say that the secretary is a terrific guy. well, i tell you terrific guys don't give sweetheart deals to sex offenders because they're a bil

washington. they're mobilizing for the heat, offering a few free hours of pool time this weekend as well as 16 cooling centers. common sense is free too. >>please be safe. >> don't over exert yourself, stayydrated and look out for others who may be in distress from the heat. >> if you're out with the mobil it to be able to identify individuals who are in need of shelter. >> derek ward, news 4. >> heat stroke can set in pretty quickly on days like today. lack of sweating, rapid heartbeat. if you or someone with you has experienced these, you may wa to call 911. please be careful. sorry about that, folks, having a little bit of technical difficulties. >>> in otherews tonight, d.c. police need help solving the murders of a father and son, at rela discovering the bodies yesterday, their home on queen street in northeast d.c., hugh washington and his 17-year-old son both shot in the head.th e teen was a senior at dunbar high school. a representative says the school will hold a vigil friday evening. po

so stay weather alert with your nbc washington app. doug cameron will be here later in the afteroon to help keep you safe and ahead of those storms as well. very unsettled pattern around here. rain chances hang around for tomorrow. likely thunderstorms again on friday and showery saturday. sunday should be the transition day to drie weather and back to 90 degrees. let's go to melissa mollet. how is traffic? >> good morning here. outer loop at braddock road, left lane is getting by the work zone. you're not seeing any major delay,ust a little bli on the screen. hyattsville southbound bw parkway the ramp to 450 we have a crash there this morning's thattill hanging around. that actually should be cleared in the next couple of minutes. boyds 117 buck lodge road at moore all lanes still blocked. emergency work zone. this is aually a sinkhole causing some delays. 66 and 95 into and out of town l over looking okay, but westbound 66 after 123 the right lane is blocked because of a disabled vehicle. eun? >>thank you, melissa. >>> a new ranking

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. tomorrow, we celebrate the high human standards of our founders. we hold these truths to be self-estimate that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator. the fourth of july is there for because of these words essentially the celebration of american ideals of equality, national unity, freedom from a bullying government. yet on this fourth of july in this city that this president has decreed that a procession of combat tanks will line the capital. the president speaks to a nation flanked by the highest ranking military chiefs. for the first time, we are being instructed to honor, not the values of the declaration of independence but the military and the grandeur of donald trump himself. many who come to washington will come to champion this president. others here in washington on the mall will not be so moved. a country already divided by such malice of this president face driving the wedge even deeper between us. not to expect it would be naive. the details and

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germany and the view from washington and to do that to help contextualize this u.s. request we've got to team coverage correspondents a kid at our parliamentary studio here in berlin and helena humphrey in washington a very good evening ladies great to have you here with us kate want to give you the 1st word if i may how does the german government view america's request to join a potential future naval security coalition well this request is being hell avail of hello the very much at the moment we've already heard from the head of germany's foreign affairs committee who's also from chancellor angela merkel's conservative c.d.u. policy and he basically ruled out any kind of robust hands on intervention in the region in any u.s. led mission so there's a big sense of reluctance here in berlin right now to join in any mission which would involve some robust action from germany we also heard earlier today from olaf schultz he's the vice chancellor currently sittin in america or she's on vacation he said that the goal of responsible politicians right now is to approach and

history james pays out 0 washington. meanwhile china is demanding the united states immediately cancel a potential $2200000000.00 arms sales to taiwan of course china still considers taiwan to be a breakaway province when he reports from beijing. taiwan's military is built on equipment from the united states its main supply of arms announcements from washington of sales are always met by an angry response from china and this was no difference is a crude interference in china's internal affairs and a harms china's servant and a security interest china is strongly east dissensions wired and thoroughly opposed to this and has already made a stern representations to the u.s. side and. china regards taiwan as a breakaway province that it will one day retake that threat is why taipei feels the need to regularly upgrade its weaponry this deal may be viewed by beijing as particularly provocative if it's approved by the united states congress at $2200000000.00 it would be the largest since donald trump took over as president taiw

and iran lead to destruction john hendren has more now from washington d.c. . the united states is developing a military coalition to police the strait of hormuz general joseph dunford the highest ranking u.s. military official is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says the u.s. is working with a number of nations to identify who has in his words the political will to join in this coalition and offer military forces for that operation president donald trump says the united states should not pay for this that it should be an international military force but that does present the potential for conflict with iran after all it was only weeks ago when the united states almost launched an air strike on iran that's according to president trump who says we were within 10 minutes of a conflict in that region meanwhile brian hook the u.s. special representative for iran policy spoke to al jazeera this is what he had to say about sanctions we have taken iran to new lows in revenue and they're feeling it and they're hurting and their proxies are hurting and we want