d.c. residents have no vote in congress. that is wrong. unfortunately, so far republicans have opposed our efforts to ensure equality for district residents. but let me be clear what republican opposition is really about. partisanship. they would rather deny voting rights for hundreds of thousands of american citizens than even consider the possibility that representatives from the new state could possibly be democrats. think about that argument. they're willing to violate the core principles of our democracy merely because the new state might elect representatives from a different political party. i strongly urge every member in this house to vote yes on h.r. 51, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york, mrs. maloney, reserves. the gentleman from kentucky, mr. comer, is recognized. mr. comer: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. comer: thank you, mr. speaker. am

d.c., earned its right to statehood a long time ago. and today we can take a major step toward that goal when we pass this bill which we passed last congress as well. as the retrosession, again, i wonder if nevada would like to be back to utah or to wyoming, to colorado, or whether wyoming, that has 200,000 less citizens, approximately, than the district of columbia, would like to be subsumed by one of the surrounding states. because of the few numbers. vermont as well. which was taken from another state, as wes west virginia. -- as was west virginia. took part of virginia. i hope the senate will take up this bill when we pass it and consider the question of d.c. statehood on its merits not on politics. maybe that's too much to ask. not on partisan -- this is not a partisan math problem or electoral prediction, which as we have seen may or may not come to pass. but on the merits alone. on the conviction that taxation without representation is not fair now as it was not fair in 1776. the pe

d.c. statehood coming up next. live now to the house floor on c-span. of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on april 20, 2021, at 12:26 p.m. appointments. united states holocaust memorial council for the 127th congressional. signed sinl serial -- sincerely, cheryl l. johnson. the speaker pro tempore: suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered or on which the vote incurs objection under clause 6 of rule 20. the house will resume proceedings at later time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. takano: madam speaker, i ask the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2523, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2523, a bill to make certain technical corrections to the johnny isakson and david p. roe, m.d. veterans health care and benefits improvement act of 2020 and for other purposes. the speaker

d.c. statehood is hr 51. it is likely ready for a vote, possibly early next week in the u.s. house. tell us why d.c. should be a state. guest: yes. 54 -- 54% of the u.s. people believe that d.c. should be a state. your nation's capital should be a state because it is in every way like every state. in some ways, it is more of a state than many states. it pays the residents -- residents pay that highest federal tax per capita in the united states. that makes us overqualified for statehood. the district pays -- the district enjoys the expansiveness -- we have more residents than two states. we pay more to support the federal government and yet -- then 21 states. -- than 21 states. there is no reason to take them more than 700,000 residents of the district of columbia and denied them the full benefit of statehood, which would mean that the congress could no longer interfere in the local affairs of the district of columbia, many may not know unless they see me fighting it, that some members try

those in favor of d.c. statehood by simple legislation say that maryland donated the land to the federal government. and they did retain a reversionary interest under maryland law. i think the question is very much open to dispute. the attorney at the hearing did testify on that piece of it. but if you look at the clear language of the grant from maryland to the federal government, a clearly says that it is getting the land for the purposes specified in article one, section eight, clause 17 to establish the federal capital. and i don't think that anyone would dispute that if the federal government had immediately turned around and created a new state out of the land that maryland donated, or had given the land to a different state, that maryland would not have objected to that, and so what maryland could not do, with the federal government could not do immediately at that time is they cannot now do simply with the passage of time. and this raises article four section three the admissions clause. because it

d.c. the 51st state provides voting rights in congress to washington d.c., some 700,000 residents. it was yesterday on the house floor that d.c.'s non-voting delegate made her case for d.c. statehood. >> the constitution does not establish any prerequisites for statehood, population, commitment to democracy, the state of washington d.c. would meet each. d.c.'s population of 712,000 is larger than that of two states. d.c. pays more federal taxes per capita than any state and pays more federal taxes than 21 states of the union. d.c.'s gross domestic product is larger than 17 states, in 2016, 86% of d.c. residents voted for statehood. d.c. residents have been petitioning for voting representation in congress and local autonomy for 220 years. congress has a choice. it can continue to exclude d.c. residents from the democratic process forcing them to watch from the sidelines as congress votes on federal and d.c. laws and treat them in the words of frederick douglas as aliens not citizens, but s

d.c. the 51st state. the legislation would give washington one house representative and two senators. it exempts a sliver of land including the national mall, the u.s. capitol and the white house, which would remain a federal district. here's the debate from earlier today. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york, mrs. maloney, is recognized. mrs. maloney: thank you. i thank the gentleman from -- the gentlewoman from the district of columbia, and my dear friend, congresswoman norton, for her years of dedicated leadership on this bill. she is not only the author of the bill, but of this moment in history. today, for the second time in two years, the house will vote to overturn the wrongs of over 200 years of political repression in the district of columbia. we will vote to honor the most fundamental principle of this nation -- that all people have a right to full and equal representation in their government. our nation has not always lived up to its promise of full and equal r

d.c., the 51st state. the bill faces a steep hurdle in overcoming a filibuster. we are getting your reaction and asking if you would support stated for d.c. if you would, (202) 748-8000 is the number to call. if you would not, (202) 748-8001 . and a special line for d.c. residents, (202) 748-8002. and you can send us a text, (202) 748-8003. if you do, please include your name and where you are from. you can catch us on social media . on twitter, @cspanwj. and on facebook. you can start calling in now. it is called hr 51, the bill to make washington, d.c., the 51st state, providing voting rights in congress to washington, d.c., residents. the d.c. nonvoting delegate made her case for statehood yesterday. [video clip] >> the constitution does not establish prerequisites for a new state. three have been considered. population and resources, supports to statehood, and commitment to democracy. the state of washington, d.c., would meet each. ' d.c.s population of 712,000 is larger than that of t

making d.c. a city state is unconstitutional, it's impractical, and supplies in the face of the founder's intent. james madison said it simheff in the federalist papers. unfortunately our colleagues across the aisle are trying to make this about race. i thought it was inevitable and sad and unfortunate. let's look at data. in 1800 this was -- this city was a white majority. 10,600, 4,000 african-american residents. then 150 years later in 1950, 517,000 white residents to 280 thousand african-american residents. so for 150 years this was a white majority city and there was no serious effort to make it a state. mr. fallon: there is a way we can solve this issue. no taxation without representation. it's flawed because there is local government. and they have a delegate here. but with retrosession making washington and putting it back into maryland would give them add add seat and would address that very issue. the g.o.p. is acting in good faith because we know that seat will be a democratic seat. bu

d.c. guidelines. incentivize and show the public that a world beyond the pandemic exists. not another minute should go by where children as young as 9 commit suicide because they see no hope of a future beyond the pandemic. we cannot waste another second or another young life. let us remove our masks and show america there can be a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from oregon seek recognition? >> i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman from oregon is recognized for one minute. ms. bonamici: thank you, mr. speaker. northwest oregon raging wildfires have made air unhealthy to beat. ocean acidfication, hypoxia threaten our fisheries. droughts jeopardize the livelihoods of our farmers. there is hope. by recognizes the scale and urgency of the climate crisis, we can take meaningful action to a

in d.c. that part of the most likely. countermine kevin to see new is d.c. credibly well what hospital is likely to be the one that the take them to from their. hospital center which is very very close to capitol hill in fact. and george w. which is just the other side of the white house here actually has a hell of part and facilities to take in helicopters so it could well of go in there but there's a couple of hospitals that could well have been used so they would have got dogs little very quickly clearly there was concern from the united states capitol police and who can blame them because of course a number of officers died in the insurrection in capitol hill on january the 6th. i hate to put it this way alan but you almost ever since january the 6th waiting or expecting something to happen again if i go back to 2 inauguration time when i was in washington and remember thinking then that security was just so ties you know there was no way that anyone was going to get through that but the fear was always that something could happen and as you start to pul

field agents from washington d.c. are on scene the metropolitan police here in capitol in washington d.c. the nation's capital will have primacy in the in. best a geisha and clearly the farce job will be to identify the person who drove the car i said just in the last 20 minutes or so come out there will be f.b.i. officers on new way to that house if they know who it is uncertainly just looking at the car if they have a license plate that will give them an idea of who that person is where they're from what is much more difficult is trying to establish why they did what they did and why they did it today good friday a big day in the christian calendar here in the united states and a day or in capitol hill busy largely in recess many people. taking the easter holiday but there are still people on the campus and the campus still for the moment remains low don't thanks to alan fischer who's been with us the last well over an hour well over an hour as we've taken in all this breaking news out of washington d.c. still very

for people who have not lived in washington, d.c., because i think once you live in washington, d.c., much of this becomes very apparent. why is it so important for d.c. residents to see the district become a state? >> well, it's most important for d.c. residents, because they have only me in the house. i don't even have the final vote on the house floor. although, i do have votes in committees and, therefore, am able to get things done for the district. but what district residents need most from congress is two senators. when i pass a bill, and last year i was named the most effective house member for passing bills, i have to go to the senate and i don't have any senators. thank -- thankfully, i do have allies that help me get things done in the senate. we need our own senators to help me get things done in the senate. >> all right. congresswoman eleanor holmes norton, we are going to continue to follow this. thank you so much for your time tonight of. >>> staying on politics. republicans have announced senator tim scott will give a response to president biden's speech to congress ne

the second was transported by d.c. fire and ems. the suspect was also transported by d.c. fire and ems to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries around 1:30 p.m. the investigation is ongoing. these officers are standing vigil essentially outside of a hospital in d.c. if you know which hospital it is, let me know. there's another officer that is being treated at this hour. we all pray for his or her well-being as medical professionals try to keep the person safe of the second capitol hill police officer involved in this. ted, thanks very much. i want to bring in attorney leo terrell who joins us this afternoon as well. your thoughts on we cover this breaking news this afternoon on capitol hill. >> it's sad. good friday, a very sad day. thanks for having me. the question you've been probing throughout the broadcast is the motive. the motive is so important. we won't find out today. i just don't want it to be politicized trying to make the analogy between what happened today and january 6. we need to know the motivation behind this individual's conduct. because i wou

i've met a lot of smart people in d.c. but i can also say i know a lot of smart people in oklahoma that love their neighbors, want to see the right thing done, who care about people in their community and their state and the sudden believe if we get things done right, you got to bring it to washington d.c. and will allow the peaks folks in my state, they would shake their head and say we are doing okay. let take care of our neighbors at home and don't make them sign a paper every time we want to do something send off to someone who never met in d.c. growing our federal government, it's not a goal for me. being efficient, protecting the rights of every american, protecting national security, those articles. they don't require fertilizing everything.u a couple of areas last night shining moments. president biden twice, in his speech literally reached out to republicans and said i understand republicans have another idea on this. let's sit down and talk. it was a good moment. for the last 100 a presidency so far for 90 days,

when the first vote was taken on d.c. statehood in 1993, a majority of democrats joined republicans in opposing it. were they racist? >> right is right and wrong is wrong. i mnds i mentioned earlier people can come to light and people come to today saying that was the wrong thing to do. to uphold a system that d disenfranchises 700,000 people is rectifying on its face. in 43 different states attempt to suppress the right to vote of black and brown people including a law in georgia that became law. >> if you see attains staytehoo as your abdicating most puerto rico follow? >> puerto rico is a separate question and something many of the members of congress of puerto rican descent of -- i think if the people of puerto rico want statehood then they should become a state. >> what of the solution that some have proposed recognizing that congresswoman norton doesn't get a vote and there is no senate representation as you've reminded us, why not take a portion of what currently compromises the district, give a portion of it toed

after all, if d.c. becomes a state, it would get two senators, almost democratic senators, flipping the balance in that chamber. some of the arguments against statehood caught our eye. in a memo obtained by force congressman steve scalise says d.c.'s crime rate is too high to become a state. even with the murder rate in his home state of louisiana, the highest in the nation. south carolina congresswoman nancy mace argued d.c. would not even qualify as a single congressional district, making her comment standing in front of liz cheney, the congresswoman from wyoming, one of two states d.c. has more people than. the other is vermont. then there is the car dealership argument coming from georgia congressman arguing d.c. has no car dealership. it's actually not a constitutional requirement, not to mention a quick google map search shows yeah, there are a couple car dealerships in the district. congresswoman eleanor holments from washington, d.c. thank you very much for being with us this morning. good morni

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statehood, d.c. wouldn't qualify as a singular congressional district and here they want the power and authority of being an entire state in the united states. >> that's a little bit of a tough sell as an argument to make while standing right next to congresswoman liz cheney. she the representative for wyoming single at large district representing 100,000 fewer people than the population of d.c. then there's steve scalise of louisiana who likened himself to a former kkk leader calling himself david duke without the baggage. scalise sounding this racist dog whistle. why should the district of columbia be granted statehood when it can't protect its residents from criminals? the fact of the matter is the geographic polarization in america means the u.s. senate is straying further away from the median voter statehood to d.c. crucial means of rebalancing that. michelle, it is striking to me how bad the republican arguments are about this. but i think it's because -- each side has a partisan interest. the

here's their argument. >> d.c. residents have been petitioning for voting representation in congress and local autonomy for 220 years. the house will finally address this injust, unequal and undemocratic situation. >> i have had enough of my colleagues racist insinuations that somehow the people of washington d.c. are incapable or even unworthy. >> for my friends across the aisle saying this would lead to the addition of two democratic senators, so what? >> martha: so what says steny hoyer. republicans say they want to make sure that they don't lose the senate and the two votes could lock in a lot from their agenda. if they do that, if they achieve that, you would see a transformation of a lot of things in this country. >> here we are today pure power grab to give two democrat senators to the district of columbia. >> this is not about a balance of power, this is about more power. this is about government-run healthcare, a $93 trillion green new deals, packing the supreme court and more government. >> they want to p

d.c. as the 51st state, despite some truly dumb objections from republicans who spent the week freaking out about everything from d.c. statehood to voting rights to the green new deal. for more on this, it's time for "a closer look." ♪ >> seth: i have to say it is such a relief to not have to care about what donald trump says or does anymore i mean, he did a sit down interview with sean hannity earlier this week and we haven't mentioned it once or played a single clip from it. if he was still president we would have had to cover it, but now we can just ignore it. it's the same kind of freedom i felt once i gave myself permission to stop caring about all the various plot lines in the marvel cinematic universe. it used to be that when i watched one of those movies i was trying to retrace every decision dr. strange made and the time loop that somehow led to the blip and the avengers defeating thanos and then you know what i gave myself permission to just sit back, relax and enjoy loki's ant

if d.c. becomes a state, democrats would pick up two new senate seats in perpetuity, that is what they believe, and that is likely true. the only problem is d.c. statehood is barred by the stock given, oh, that is right the constitution. the framers, the founders, they want to limit the power of our nation's capital. according to democrats, anyone who opposes d.c. statehood is now a racist. take a look. >> i have had enough of my colleagues racist insinuations that somehow the people of washington, d.c., are incapable or even unworthy of our democracy. in senate republican said that d.c. would not be a "well-rounded working-class date." i had no idea there was so many syllables in the word white. one of my house republican said d.c. should not be a state because the district doesn't have a landfill. my goodness, with all the racist trash my colleagues have brought to this debate come i can see why they are worried about having a place to put it. snow and of course, the media mob press wing an

we are at the edge of the tidal basin in washington, d.c.. home to the cherry blossoms. in fact, people across the world. had you've been here before in about 1890 or so, we would be in the middle of the potomac river. this area has evolved over the years. there's always been an element of recreation around the tidal basin. but with the passing of time, recreation has become much more important than it and initially once. as early as 1890, there was an established swimming area around what we know today as the tidal basin, with the planting of the cherry trees, originally in 1912. that really created interest and tourism and visitation around the tidal basin, and throughout the years as more and more memorials had been designed and built along the tidal basin we have seen the numbers today where millions of visitors a year make a trip for recreational purposes at the tidal basin area. this area was reclaimed by the u.s. army corps of engineers starting in 1891 to create a pond, a basin of sorts that would operate off of the tides. hence the name, the tidal basin. it was

the d.c. circuit court of appeals, the most powerful appellate court in the country, order the doj to start distinguishing between actual criminals and people who walk through open doors inside the capitol building.ui that ruling came after the doj tried to commit down they convince the judge that two codefendants lee's eyes and heart and her son should face indefinitee detention. neither lisa eisenhardt or herda sun damage any property at the capital or committed any violence. they just walked in for what we used to refer to as the people's house. yet somehow joe biden's department of justice consists of a trial judge that lisa is a heart was a "threat to our republic" and her son was a "would-be martyr." keep in mind can be there people whose crime was trespassing in the capital. we aren't endorsing that, but some perspective, please. it took a ruling of a d.c. circuit court of appeals to bring that perspective. two individuals who did not engage in violence or were not involved in planning

all right, d.c. statehood. >> bret: go ahead, bill. >> no, i was going to say what cost other people what cost to gasoline, the cost of living when you get rid of fossil fuels or you are going to have to do something very dramatic as charles pointed out, as chuck pointed out to get down to those levels and a lot of people fear it's the fossil fuels which will be enormous dislocation, tremendous effect on the economy. >> bret: washington, d.c. as a state passes the house today, doesn't look like it's going to have a chance in the senate. but, bill it, does seem like this an s. an effort to chip away or at least make it tougher to not avoid the filibuster breaking up. >> yeah, as a former democrat a long time ago, almost way back, i got to say i have got to give it to my party, my old party, they know what offense is. they know what it means to go on offense. they are pushing, pushing, pushing on a number of fronts. this isn't going anywhere. as i understand it, as i read the constitution and the rules

until the washington d.c. medical examiner ruled this week that officer sicknick died of natural causes. according to the medical examiner this he suffered two strokes in this show no evidence of external or internal injuries. the medical examiner did know that all that transpire did play a role in his condition. we know from the medical examiner, but from some incredible new york times reporting, that he was sprayed with some kind of substance, most likely bear spray, by the attackers on january 6th. but that's a perfect example of what i'm finding frustrating about january six. almost everything we have learned about the events, has come from the sources off the record, or court filings, or journalist scraping through video, or a leaked details from closed room briefings and internal documents, yesterday in an example about the tech, democratic time of california, revealed new details of a message that went on to capitol police officers the morning of the sixth. >> the announcer said in one of the reviews on

we are now learning, according to the d.c. fire spokesman that they are responding to a reported shooting at the north barricade of the capitol and we're here in the russell office building. we can see the scene just outside. we've seen multiple ambulances. you see a police presence outside. we also heard at least one helicopter overhead. obviously this is a developing situation up here on capitol hill. we have reached out to the capitol police and we are waiting to get more information from capitol police. that is where further information we expect will come from. that is what we know in the current moment but obviously this all comes after that event on january 6th. there's heightened security up here on capitol hill. they just took down that external fence barrier, just a couple of weeks ago. so obviously everyone on heightened alert here. we are going to keep you posted on what we learn but the scene outside obviously ongoing. we did see one person at least on a stretcher. that is something that i observed a couple of min

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to pass the d.c. statehood bill today and pushing to end the filibuster in the senate so they can get to bill to president biden's desk saying it's about fairness. republicans say it's another power grab. newt gingrich joins us now. i noted even president obama was supportive but a little lukewarm. didn't take this kind of aggressive step of support from the white house. different and new and still we have joe manchin saying the filibuster not going to change on his watch. are you confident of that? >> well, look, in this administration i'm not confident of anything. who knows? but it strikes me that for a lot of people in the country, the constitutional case for a district of columbia which was very deliberately done. the founding fathers carved an area out of virginia and maryland to create the national capital. they did so because they had riots in philadelphia as people tried to blackmail the government. so they consciously wanted a district that would be separate and would be in a sense outside o

that would give d.c. two senators. presumably they would be democrats. why are you in favor of d.c. stathood. >> it's a matter of justice for the district of columbia. i was born in d.c. i was brought up there. but it would also very quickly solve one of the problems that i pointed out which is the imbalance of the senate between rural and urban america because d.c. is obviously an urban -- an urban area. so, it's not a perfect solution, but it's a constitutional one. it doesn't require a constitutional reform or change. it's not complicated if we simply adm d.c. as a state, then we have a little bit of the problem solved. >> let me add something to that. when people look and say, well, it's obvious the democrats are talking about d.c. and puerto rico as states with the view to gain the senate. that's sort of true. yes. that's what they want to do. but the reason they are gaining the senate is there is a party whose power in the house depends on making it difficult for americans to vote. so, it's crude justice. the better answer would be make sure that americans have a legal right t

it happened in washington, d.c. two teenage girls carjacked and killed an immigrant driver called mohammed. a bunch of kids just trying to work. trying to make a buck. as he lay dying on the sidewalk, and this gives you a sense of where these girls are coming from, one of them complained that the real crisis was she couldn't find her cell phone. >> stop it! 's because she is stealing the car. we called the cops. they stole a car! they stole the car! hey, they stole the car. they stole the car! that's it. that's it. that's it. that's it. >> everybody step back! everybody step back from the car! >> tucker: so, you kill a guy who was just trying to work and then you can't even be bothered to notice that he died on the sidewalk because you are worried about your phone. there's a big problem with these girls. they are young for sure, but they did something awful. they are not being treated that way. they got a plea deal. they will be released as soon as they turn 21, maybe earlier. there is a good chance that chewbacca g

located in southeast washington, d.c. frederick douglas, of course, is one of our nation's leading abolitionists, author, editor, orator, diplomat. he lived at cedar hill. he died there in 1895. you can see it in the historic photograph. that same v in the branches exists in the v in the large photograph on the -- on the other side of the image. it's located directly outside its library and witnessed its long hours of work. it was the largest remaining tree on the property. sadly, it has died and has been removed. the only archival record being, of course, the witness tree documentation. the big daddy. methuselah. located on the george washington memorial parkway right near one of the parking lots near bell haven. if you have ever driven north on the memorial parkway from mt. vernon, you more than likely enjoyed the incredible banked curves, the landscaping, the views, and sort of the parkway integrates into the terrain. the george washington memorial parkway is actually the first comprehensively designed modern roadway b

plus, i have been trying to get d.c. representation in congress, and now a statehood bill is headed for the senate. how does it -- why does it matter and what will it take? a new defense is emerging for the three ex-officers involved in george floyd's arrest. blame it all on derek chauvin. will it work? i will ask an expert. welcome to "the week." president biden marks his first 100 days in office next week, so how is he doing stphg new nbc polling out today shows americans support what he has done and there's clearly room for improvement, but it's worth noting his predecessor had a 40% approval rating this time four years ago. not so bad, joe. the number one issue he's dealing with according to poll respondants, the coronavirus. remember, it was just a year ago on friday that our former president said this. >> so supposing we hit the body with a tremendous -- whether it's ultraviolet or just powerful light, and then i said supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do through the skin or in some othe

they are pushing d.c. statehood because they want two new democratic senator, hr1, the corrupt politicians act because they want to federalize elections and register millions of illegal aliens and felons to vote and keep democrats in power for the next 100 years and pack the u.s. supreme court and add four new left wing justice because they want to change the rules and maintain power. that's their priority and it is not what they should be doing. >> harris: you know, in case the public did not know or did not recognize with a mask on representative jones is also the person who was there for the roll-out of packing the court outside the supreme court about a week or so ago. those remarks are getting a lot of heat today and i'm curious when it makes its way to the senate what really happens in terms of the rhetoric here? >> well, in terms of the substance, the chances of d.c. statehood or packing the court passing into law are zero if -- this is a big if -- if the senate filibuster rules remain the case. if

the small circles and squares where so many d.c. residents and workers commute, stroll, take your lunch, eat your friends, walk your dogs, places with names such as thomas and farragut, mcpherson, logan, dupont, franklin, stanton, and banneker are such a part of the rhythm of our lives, that using these spaces here is really as natural as breathing. and on any given day, how many people travel and to from the city on the george washington memorial parkway? the suitland parkway? the baltimore washington parkway? all of these places are national parks. how many metro riders use the stations at fort totten? navy memorial? mcpherson square? farragut? dupont circle? suitland? u street? our smithsonian? in each of these metro sites delivers riders to a national park. how many joggers, bikers, and hikers explore rock creek park, theodore roosevelt island, or the national mall? each uses a national park here in the city. and a national park you may not know about right here in the district is poised for a bright future. east of the anacosti

but at least two d.c. officers are injured. so we've got a lot of people helping us walk us through the breaking news, including lauren fox, our capitol hill reporter. she is inside the building. so, lauren, let's just start from scratch. a little while ago, you heard some sort of lockdown warning over the capitol loud speaker. what was happening? >> well, i had gone into the dirksen office building and trying to get back to my office in the capitol when we initially heard over the loud speaker the announcement that the capitol complex was shut down. you could move between the buildings but could not leave or enter the building at that time. and so i walked over to the russell office building, looked out the window and saw something similar to the police scene that viewers see right now on their screens. what we have learned is that an individual rammed into two u.s. capitol plovrsz w. the officers injured at that map happen then the individual got out brandishing a knife. this source basing that on information they are receivi

i also -- i was a sponsor of the d.c. statehood bills throughout. >> bill: i was referring more of the lurch to the left that we have seen in the first three months. you think about a country that's 50/50, how much of that could you support? >> no. i'm concerned about that. my record here is pretty clear all along i have been a center sometimes center left democrat but i think the democratic party has been at its best under people like clinton when it negotiated with people and compromised with people like knut gingrich and got an awful lot done for america. welfare reform. bill for violence against women, criminal reform and balanced budget. i want to see us go back to that. i believe our government works best from the center out. when liberals, conservatives, republicans and democrats come to the middle and they negotiate and compromise. that's the way the country was founded and our constitution was adopted and we need to go back to it and solve some of the big problems in america today. >> bill: as you know, republica

and also let's face, it there wasn't much else to do in washington d.c.. so dolly had, as the wife of the secretary of state, she'd already begun setting a tone for socializing in washington, under jefferson's administration. jefferson is, of course, a widower. but even if his wife had been alive to service his hostess, he still strongly disapproved of lavish state receptions, dinners, and balls. he thought them very ostentatious and quarterly and not republican. and women, he'd also thought of, as both unpredictable and a corrupting influence. so, the final thing is, he always liked can control the political discourse. one night, you might have all federalists over, and the other night, he'd have all republicans over, but he would never mix things up. meanwhile, dolly, like her husband, this is very practical -- she's trying to make this very -- actually work. rather than fighting people's natural social tendencies, she's busy working with them. so she brings people of different opinions together. and she includes women, because rather than seeing women a

all of us join in saluting congresswoman eleanor holmes norton who has been the patron saint of d.c. statehood since she came to congress. she has been tireless, persistent, and dissatisfied. she has built historic support for this bill which passed in the previous congress with 235 votes. i rise the speaker of the house of representatives who join the colleagues on this momentous day for american democracy as we write an historic injustice by passing legislation to finally grant washington d.c. statehood. statehood for the district of columbia is about showing respect for our democracy, for the american people, and for our constitution. that constitution begins with our preamble, we, the people. setting out our founder's vision of a government of, by, and for the people.

all of us join in saluting congresswoman eleanor holmes norton who has been the patron saint of d.c. statehood since she came to congress. she has been tireless, persistent, and dissatisfied. she has built historic support for this bill which passed in the previous congress with 235 votes. i rise the speaker of the house of representatives who join the colleagues on this momentous day for american democracy as we write an historic injustice by passing legislation to finally grant washington d.c. statehood. statehood for the district of columbia is about showing respect for our democracy, for the american people, and for our constitution. that constitution begins with our preamble, we, the people. setting out our founder's vision of a government of, by, and for the people. yet for more than two centuries

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so as you pull back -- washington d.c. so as you pull back from capitol hill and constitution avenue and the area around the white house, what other measures do you think may have to be taken even with respect to washington, d.c. in general and this environment where we've seen large swaths of american cities where people have actually taken control of them, they've turned them into autonomous zones. how do we go about deterring that from happening in the nation's capital? >> well, like we see in new york after what happened in new york city itself, somebody just took a car and plowed into people, basically we need more of these safety measures. if you walk around times square, you're going to see them all over the place. empire state building, the same. they're not as, they're not bad looking, but they're very safe. unfortunately, it's the new world -- charles: manny, let me just jump in because we've got an update to the story. we can confirm that the capitol hill suspect is dead, and we will -- there will be a press con

this is g w news a live from berlin and security alert in washington d.c. the u.s. capitol is a lot to down after a car rams a barricade killing a police officer and injuring another a suspect armed with a knife is reported to have been shot dead also coming up on the show taiwan's the deadliest or train disaster in. the packed train inside a tunnel after colliding with a truck at least 51 people have been killed and dozens more injured. oh in play richardson welcome to the show we begin with some breaking news from washington d.c. where the u.s. capitol is again the scene of a major security incident police say a car rammed a vera came outside the capital killing at least one officer and injuring another the area was put on alert after supporters of former president donald trump rioted on january 6th but officials recently had begun scaling back barriers put up afterwards citing a reduced security threat. and a few minutes ago the u.s. capitol police gave a press conference with more details of what happened. because. if that's that. can lead. to more fear. that it

. >> d.c. statehood is an idea whose time has come. >> reporter: the house passing a bill that would make washington district of columbia the state of washington douglas commonwealth, honoring frederick douglass. the 700,000 plus people living in d.c. who pay the most federal taxes would get federal voting rights, including two new senators. that would almost certainly mean two more democrats given d.c.'s political leanings with the gop intensely opposed to statehood. >> democrat support is about democratic partisanship, democrat power. >> reporter: some republicans say d.c. is too small. >> d.c. wouldn't qualify as a singular congressional district. >> reporter: it has more people than vermont or wyoming. >> wyoming is a well rounded working class state. >> reporter: democrats blast that as racism. >> i had no idea there were so many syllables in the world white. >> d.c. would be the only state, the only state without an airport, without a car dealership. >> reporter: d.c. does have car dealer

pierre love font, the city planner for washington d.c. was famously laying out his design for his city to be realized and that was the war of 1812, in several other occurrences that made the execution of washington, d.c., take a little bit more time than the founding fathers had intended. the united states botanic ardent after being endorsed by george washington, had a much-needed shot in the arm from another founding father james madison. james madison was a prominent member of an institution early on in the history of d.c. called the colombian institute. it was a gentleman, scholar society that was dedicated to the dissemination of natural history information, in many ways it was akin to the american philosophical society of philadelphia or the canopy of natural sciences which were also institutions in philadelphia that at that time was the center of american scientific enterprise. james mattis and we want to see a botanic garden on federal property. he was instrumental in the late 18 teens, having congress charter the existence of the

demonstrations here in washington d.c. and what we're hearing not only in washington but in cities across the country is almost a collective sigh of relief many people celebrating but not forgetting that this is still a very emotional moment for for america. well thanks for that some republican in washington d.c. back to you a bit late said man well so let's recap the moment the judgeship read out the verdict for all 3 challenges to the court we the jury in the above entitled matter as to count one unintentional 2nd degree murder while committing a felony by the defendant guilty verdict agreed to this 20th day of april 2021 at 1 44 pm signed your 4 person juror number 19. same captioned verdict count 2 we the jury in the above entitled matter as to count 2 3rd degree murder perpetrating an eminently dangerous act find the defendant guilty verdict agreed to this 20 if they have april 2021 at 1 45 pm signed by jury foreperson journal or 19 same caption verdict count 3 we the jury in the above entitled matter as to count 3 2n