the free c-span radio app. military historian harry laver talks about george washington from 1776 christmas day crossing of the icy delaware river to surprise and ultimately defeat hessian troops. he describes the situation of the american result that american revolution at the time that led washington to make this dangerous gamble. >> ladies and gentlemen good evening, will come to the kansas city public library. to welcomeleasure you to the presentation of harry laver on the 240th anniversary of washington crossing the delaware. an extraordinary moment in american history. so harsh was that the general washington and his other senior commanders considered burning new york city. the continental congress forbade the burning of the new york city. the current congress would consider that. they faced the hessians, perhaps the most brutal soldiers at the time and the british army. maybe the most literate. the least orderly and ill-equipped army in the world at the time, as george washington himself said, as unaccustomed to undoubted freedom cannot keep her straight of government and a

harry labor talks about george washington's crossing of the delaware river to defeat hessian troops at the battle of trenton. he talks about the situation in the american revolution at the time that a broad washington -- that brought washington to make his gamble. >> ladies and gentlemen, good evening. it is our pleasure to welcome harry the presentation of 240th anniversary of washington's crossing the delaware. the losses in newark city were washingtonat george and his troops considered burning new york city. the congress obeyed the burning -- forbade the burning of the new york city. , perhapsd the hessians the most brutal soldiers at the army.nd the british --george washington he said himself said, as unaccustomed to undoubted read him, cannot keep her straight of government and an army. that army, through full retreat to new jersey, defended by alexander hamilton and his artillery who covered the retreat. that was before alexander hamilton learned to sing, not the way. -- by the way. they successfully retreated until pennsylvania and of course crossed the delaware and what nath

washington's 1791 southern tour." it's about an hour and 20 minutes. mr. shank: i want to welcome you all here this evening to this book talk. we have a great topic for tonight. the washington library is proud to offer three monthly book talks as part of our mission to disseminate knowledge about the colonial and founding eras. we also want to thank ford for their ongoing support. [applause] shank: tonight's guest is war and being home. freelanceoadcaster, author, and write her. he won a ba in history from the university of north carolina -- go, heels. his career includes nearly 25 years of success in sales and marketing and philanthropic services. he is a special interest in the history of south and north carolina. carolina and george seems to be a theme. he is the creator of carolina color, a series of live radio the nuts -- vignettes, and his column has appeared in the raleigh times and observer. i hope you brought some hush puppies or barbecue or something with you. being a tech person myself, i appreciate warren because he has a very active twitter account. thank you for prom

, president barack obama confirmed that he and his family will be staying in washington, d.c. after he leaves office in january. the obamas will be moving into a district in the kalorama neighborhood. president obama will not be the first president to stay in washington, d.c. president historian william seal joins us to discuss the presidents who have stayed in d.c. after leaving the white house. mr. seal, it's unusual for a former president to stay in washington but exactly how rare is it? >> very, very rare. when you really go into it, the only other one was woodrow wilson who moved permanently to washington. he didn't move temporarily like the president will. he moved permanently to washington. >> why don't most presidents stick around washington, d.c.? is it a matter of respect for the new president at the start of his administration, or are presidents just ready to go home? >> i think it's definitely partial respect for the new administration, but they want to go home. i think they want to get back to a normal life. there's nothing very normal about being president and i think they are g

presidency," sen. warren: him bingham discusses his new book, "george washington's 1791 southern tour ." it's about an hour and 20 minutes. mr. shank: i want to welcome you all here this evening to this book talk. we have a great topic for tonight. the washington library is proud to offer three monthly book talks as part of our mission to disseminate knowledge as part of -- about the american revolutionary founding eras. [applause] includes his career nearly 25 years of success in sales and marketing and philanthropic services. --has a special history in interest in the history of south and north carolina. he is the creator of carolina color, a series of live radio ettes, and hisgn column has appeared in the raleigh times and observer. i hope you brought some hush puppies or barbecue or something with you. person myself, i ren because he has a very active twitter account. he will discuss his latest book, "george washington's 1791 southern tour." this is a book that considers the history and lore of the presidents -- president's visit to the south. work onopportunity to here a few

washington dc leave office. he will not be the first chief executive to stay in washington dc or even in kalorama. now.am seale joins us it is unusual for former presidents to say in washington, but exactly how rare is it? mr. seale: very, very rare. when you really go into it the only other one was woodrow wilson, who moved permanently to washington. he did not move temporarily like the president will. he moved permanently to washington. announcer: and why don't most presidents stick around washington, d.c.? is it a matter of respect for the new president at the start of their administration, or our presidents just ready to go home? mr. seale: i do think it is particlly respect for the next president. they want to go back home. i think they are glad to get home. all of the presidents but nine had houses to go back to, or farm speared and they want to get back to life as normal. that is probably why they got out of town. jefferson stayed on a while with madison. but most of them go. they get out of town. you mentioned president wilson, he is probably the most well-known president to rema

at cvs, walgreens and riteaid. >>> thank you for joining us from washington, d.c. from the capital. want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. donald trump, his campaign defied tradition and rewrote history. this hour, he will honor a custom that dates back to george washington, newly installed president will attend a prayer service in washington at the national cathedral. looking at live pictures right now. it is the only scheduled event on his first full day in office as president of the united states. he had been in office only hours when he delivered the first blow to obamacare, the affordable care act, as it is known. he signed an executive order that empowers federal agency to gut the law, even before congress moves to formally repeal it. also this morning hundreds of thousands will be marching here in washington and around the world. they're deeply worried about the trump white house and impact on women's rights and civil liberties. covering all of it from the policies to protests. let's begin over at the white house. cnn's athena jones is joining

>>> we are transferring power from washington d.c. and giving it back to you the people. >> a transition of power and a show of force. we need to make our voices heard. >> hundreds of thousands banding together, a day apart for two different times. >> we're going to do great things for your country i. our nation is facing a tremendous challenge. >> starts now on news for today. >>> good morning on this saturday morning. we're bring team of reporters to cov march. derrick ward is going to introduce us. >> and adam tuss is joining us. able able to get around toum. gives us a feel for what to expect as well as the message they are hoping to accepted. >> take a look at screen, washington, d.c. at white house. full day of a new presidency. >> on this saturday january 21st. i'm david culver -- heading out today tom, what do you expect. >> we have low clouds. north and west we have fog advisory in effect until 9:00 this morning. we have visibility under a quarter of a mile. we'll have that with us here through about 9:00. temperatures in mid and upper 40s. climing up to 50s in the af

nbc 10 sent a team to washingtoning to bring you the parties, the politics, and the protests. it is the inauguration of donald trump. >>> good evening i'm jim rosenfield. >> i'm jacqueline london, we're live in washington, d.c. where less than 24 hours from now, donald trump will be sworn in as the are 45th president of the united states. and in fact, president elect donald trump and his wife, melania, just arrived here in washington, d.c. at the site of the celebration that is taking place this evening. a concert where people are gathered to support donald trump and hear the music that will come out tonight. >> all day long, our nbc 10 inauguration team has been spread out across the district to bring you the latest on these events leading up to tomorrow's inauguration. >> we want to go to lauren mayk who is at the lincoln memorial with more on the celebration. >> reporter: we've been making our way across the mall and we have made it now to the lincoln memorial. and we stopped right here, because this is a great view to show you of what's happening here. you can see things all lit

man of principle. but you are my prisoner. and you must take me to washington's troops. if you refuse... i will shoot you through the head. ♪ >> ♪ my country, 'tis of thee ♪ sweet land of liberty ♪ land where my fathers died ♪ land of the pilgrims' pride ♪ from every mountainside ♪ let freedom ring [ indistinct shouting ] [ gunshots ] >> pushed to their limits by an oppressive empire, a determined group of rebels unites under the cause of liberty. their quest for freedom will unify a people, ignite a revolution, and forge a new system of government. in time, these brave men and women will come to be known as the american patriots. ♪ americans, men and women from all walks of life and every corner of the world, bound by the promise of liberty. but before the revolution, there are no americans, only british subjects, colonists without a nation of their own. but behind every nation stands its people. and beyond every legend lies the truth. >> when people think of the origins of the american revolution, they generally point to the financial conflict, taxation withou

>>> an investigation, let's play hardball. good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. sometimes the very decision to investigate changes the political climate. think of the church committee on misbehavior by the ca or senator full brooith's hearings on vietnam or the watergate hearings. key investigation has a way of popping out. invest that we didn't have but mad a right to have. inspector general, the united states justice department is about to begin a serious investigation of fbi director jim comey's decision to explode the 2016 presidential election by announcing that the can date for president was under investigation for possibly handling of classified information. one person who sees it as explosive is the man who won the election. the president-elect wrote, who what are hillary clinton's people complaining about with respect to the fbi? based on the information they had, she should never have been allowed to run. guilty as hell. they were very nice to her. she lost because she campaigned in the wrong states. he recognizes the danger here. the nature of his ele

sites from around the country. next, located about three miles from george washington's mount vernon estate in virginia is a reconstructed 18th-century style whiskey distillery. american history tv visited to learn about washington's distilling business on a day when the staff was making apple brandy. >> my name is dennis pogue, i am the vice president of preservation here at vernon and we are standing in front of a reconstruction of washington's distillery. most people have no idea that washington was not only first in war, first in peace, but also one of the first in distilling. he operated a major distillery it was a very important part of the plantation economy. historians have known this for a long time, but about 10 years ago, we decided we wanted to explore that. we came out here with archaeologists, excavated the site, found were the distillery had been located, did about five years of excavation and research, and decided we had a wonderful opportunity to bring this back and show what it would have been like. you can't see this anywhere else in the country. >> how do these tw

circumstance of the 58th presidential inauguration is about to take over washington, d.c. we'll have a live report from the nation's capitol. >> hundreds of thousands are making their way to washington, d.c. for inauguration weekend, some to cheer others to protest. >> it could be a rainy transition of power not only here, but in washington, d.c. david murphy is tracking the system. >> let's head over to david murphy and karen rogers is looking at the morning commute. >> reporter: we're looking at a peek of stars, but the clouds will get fairly quickly this morning. there's the rain that will rotate in from the west. looks like it will be in washington, d.c. for the festivities and be here by late morning and afternoon. as we look at temperatures, we promised it would be colder, it is. 33 degrees in wilmington, 30 in allentown. 29 in reading, 29 in trenton, 34 down in cape may. as we take a look at winds don't have to worry about that too much, looks like it's a calm wind profile across the region. 3-mile an hour wind in trenton, 5 in lancaster. it's cold, but we don't have to worry ab

the president, he addressed the crowd in washington the country and the world. >> today's ceremony, however, has very special meaning, because today we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another or from one party to another but we are transferring power from washington, d.c. and giving it back to you, the people. >> president trump now getting ready to celebrate his inauguration with a series of balls around the nation's capitol. >>> and here's live look at the inaugural parade right now as it continues in washington, d.c. bagpipes are playing there in washington, d.c. but all of washington is not celebrating tonight. while some people party others are protesting at times the protests are getting violent. all part of the inauguration day january 20th, 2017. thanks for joining us tonight at 6:00 i'm iain page here in philadelphia. lucy noland is in washington, d.c. she's had front row seat to history. how you doing again, lucy? >> reporter: indeed. a little chilly out here but all is well hitter are you day. officials estimate 800 to us san people gathered

states. he was sworn in before several 100 thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. in his inaugural speech he said that from this day forward, "it's going to be america first". that means buying american and hiring american. and in what he called the scourge of abandoned factories and rampant crime. this is a live shot from the white house where the 40—15 said and of the united states and his first lady a now getting ready for... to attend one of three balls they will be attending this evening. there are many be attending this evening. there are ma ny eve nts be attending this evening. there are many events taking place tonight but they will be present at three. they will be attending the official presidential inaugural balls, the liberty ball and the freedom ball. there is also a salute to the military ball which will be open to invited guests only who are part of the military who have served in our country and in the community. let's look back at the historic events of today. announcer: ladies and gentlemen, the president—elect of the united states, donald jo

inauguration is taking over washington, d.c. >> some are heading to the capitol to be part of history, some to celebrate, some to protest. >> vice president elect said he and the president are looking forward to making america great again. >>> the inauguration ceremony begins at 11:00 a.m., there's a chance of rain moving into washington, d.c. and philadelphia, around then we're watching that. donald j. trump is expected to take the oath of office at noontime, we'll have full coverage on 6abc and 6abc.com, lana zack who has been covering the events joins us live in washington, d.c. >> reporter: donald trump will stand at the capitol and he will swear to serve protect and defend the constitution of the united states. with the sairkd -- sacred words uttered, he will become the leader of free world. >> a lot of people didn't give us much of a chance, but we understood what was happening. >> reporter: mr. trump will be the first to ascend to the presidency without having ever served in public office for the military. last night with the lincoln memorial as his backdrop he thanked

three miles , from george washington's mount vernon estate in virginia is a reconstructed 18th-century style whiskey distillery. "american history tv" visited to learn about washington's distilling business on a day when the staff was making apple brandy. dennis pogue: my name is dennis pogue, i am the vice president of preservation here at vernon and we are standing in front of , a reconstruction of washington's distillery. most people have no idea that washington not only was first in war, first in peace, but also one of the first in distilling. as it turns out, he operated a major distillery here, and it was a very important part of the plantation economy. historians have known this for a long time, but about 10 years ago, we decided that we wanted to explore that. we came out here with archaeologists, excavated the site, found were the distillery -- where the distillery had been located, did about five years of excavation and research, and decided that we had a wonderful opportunity to bring this back and to show what an 18th-century distillery was like. you can't see this anywhere

sworn in before several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. in his inaugural speech, he said that from this day forward "it's going to be america first". that means buying american and hiring american. ending what he called the scourge of abandoned factories and rampant crime. announcer: ladies and gentlemen, the president—elect of the united states, donald john trump. a scenario few scarcely thought possible, the billionaire reality tv host about to become commander—in—chief of the most powerful nation on earth. # america # it's a ceremony going back over 200 years that has changed little in that time. i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear. that i will faithfully execute. the office of president of the united states. and will to the best of my ability. preserve, protect and defend. the constitution of the united states. so help me god. with those 35 words the formality was complete but after that inaugural address there was anything but a continuation of tradition. the 45th president had won a mandate to be a disrupter to politics as normal.

from our area will march on washington. right now they are boarding buses to make the trip to our nation's capital. nbc 10's pamela osborne is live in washington with a preview of the march. pam? >> reporter: this is expected to be the single largest demonstration of protesters here in washington. 200,000 people are expected to attend and participate although the city is prepared up to 400,000 people. now we have some brand new video we'll show you of some of those demonstrators leaving 30th street station in philadelphia. the pennsylvania chapter tells us they are expecting anywhere from 12 to 20,000 people to travel to washington for the march here. the women and men who are participating represent more than 30 different groups. organizers say it's to send a bold message to president trump that women's rights are human rights and not just that, they are protesting for criminal justice reform, women's reproductive rights, lgbtq rights and equal pay. >> i think it means a lot to me to go see so many people who feel as strongly as i do that we have to stand up and we can't just let

this is bbc news. the headlines at 7pm: organisers in washington say half a million people have joined a protest led by women against the new trump administration. similar marches are taking place in the uk and across the world. theresa may is expected to fly to washington next week to meet the new us president. ukip‘s candidate for the upcoming by—election in stoke—on—trent central will be the party's leader — paul nuttall. nine people have now been rescued from an italian hotel which was buried by an avalanche three days ago. 23 people are still missing. and wayne rooney becomes the all—time leading goalscorer for manchester united, with his 250th goal for the team. we'll have all the day's sport at 7:30pm. good evening. hundreds of thousands of people havejoined protest marches around the world on this, the first full day of donald trump's presidency. the demonstrations are to highlight women's and minority rights, which protesters say are under threat from the new administration. tens of thousands of people joined the rally in london, and other cities across the

washington d.c. today, president-elect donald trump set to be sworn in as fourthivity president of the united states. >> from washington to right here in our area we have got team coverage, lets go down to washington right now we have angela hippill there, good morning. >> good morning, from washington d.c. we are at union station and if you have ever taken train or bus down to washington d.c. you know this is a major hub for commuters, this is a metro station that is opened to take which means we will start seeing thousands of folks fill out of union station and tea sending on to the national hall. they have started. metro opened up at 4:00 a.m. this morning. i want to show you we have vendors set up with their trump gear and swag, ready for all of the thousands of people that will be coming out here to purchase and make today extra memorable. i also want to show you out in the street here we saw a tum seven truck standing by. that truck is filled with cement and meant to block the roadway here, if any problems should arrive. you can see cars let through because this is a major hu

>>> hello. i'm wolf blitzer reporting live from washington. once again we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. donald trump the candidate, he thumbed his nose at tradition very often during the campaign. but this morning the new president embraces it. any moment now he's expected to leave the white house bound for the national cathedral to attend a prayer service. the vice president, mike pence, has already arrived. it's a tradition for newly installed presidents dating back to george washington. the only scheduled event on the president's first full day in office. also this hour here in washington a women's march is getting under way. just one of many around the country, indeed around the world. today protesters say they're deeply worried about the trump white house and its potential impact on women's rights and civil liberties. similar demonstrations are being held around the country. and as i said, around the world. we're covering all the fast moving developments this morning. i want to quickly get over to jeff zeleny who is outside th

inauguration will be on january 20th. in a news conference on the inauguration, washington, d.c. mayor muriel bowser and law enforcement officials discuss their preparation for terrorist threats and 3,000 from other jurisdictions will assist. this is half an hour. >> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to historic fort mcnair. as you all know we are just two weeks way from the 58th presidential inauguration. as the command over the joint force we are honored to be the support lead for the inauguration and part of this great team planning and execu executing this historic event. the military's participation in presidential inauguration dates back to 1789 when soldiers and militia escorted george washington to his swearing in ceremony at federal hall in new york city and we are proud to carry on this tradition. >> today, we are honored to have here with us the mayor of washington, d.c. please welcome mayor muriel would you s bowser. >> good morning, everybody. we are delight to be here. i want to thank the general and his staff who support us each and every day but who will especially be s

mayor of washington d.c., secret service update preparations for january 20th. >>> good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to historic fort mcnm mcnair, i will tell you that we are honored to be the department of defense lead for ceremonial support of being this team and planning this historic event. this dates back to 1989 when soldiers escorted george washington to the haul in new york city and we are proud to carry on this tradition today we are honored to have with us the mayor of washington d.c. so please welcome mayor merrial bowser. good morning, everybody, we are delighted to be here and i want to thank the general and all of his staff who support us each and every day but who will especially be supporting us in the 58th inaugural ceremonies, i want to acknowledge people on my federal team who are with me today and who will be available to answer questions the deputy mayor for public safety in washington d.c. kevin done how, chris gailgailheart, peter nush- also our human services director lau laura zilanger. and gregory dean. i am thankful to the partners who have joined us

inaugural balls, as the trumps take washington. occupying the white house and the work begins. we have every moment covered. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> the inauguration of donald trump. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. reporting tonight from washington. >>> good evening on this historic night in washington. donald j. trump, the brash 70-year-old new york real estate titan turned reality tv star is now the 45th president of the united states. the oath of office was administered just after noon today, marking the end of the obama era, and the start of the trump era, with an inaugural address to the nation filled with vows that sounded a lot like the candidate we saw on the campaign trail. the entire trump family celebrating at the parade along pennsylvania avenue before heading into the white house, getting ready for tonight's inaugural balls. all of it part of a day perhaps even the new president himself didn't foresee when his improbable run began. >> i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear. >> donald trump's path to the presidency might be the most unusual and

barack obama. yeah. remember that? this was washington, d.c. january 20, 2009. barack obama being sworn in as president for the first time. we don't have a hard-and-fast crowd estimate for how many people were there but nobody disputes he beat the record, that he beat lbj's record. and a big part of that was the historic nature of his election as the first african-american president but another part of it was the momentum coming out of his victory in the 2008 elect n election. he won election in 2008 by 10 million votes. the electoral college was 365-173. the democrats added 21 seats to what was already their majority in the house. they went all the way up to a super majority in the senate and, yeah, the 2008 election had been hard fought and they had called him every name in the book. by the time barack obama stood there on the dais to have chief justice john roberts screw up his oath of office he had a 67% approval rating. that was january 20, 2009. that became the most attended event ever in the history of washington, d.c. at the time democrats were on top of the world and the

, land once owned by george washington's adopted grandson. in the civil war, the union army used it as the headquarters. now it's the last resting space for 400,000 american heros. president-elect trump and vice president-elect pence will be there to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns. inscribed on the back of the tomb the words "here rest in honored glory, an american soldier, known by to god." guards are on duty at the tomb 24 hours a day every day no matter the weather. the guards are volunteers. they call them sentinels. they take 21 steps back and forth as they pay tribute to the fallen. today as the nation prepares to peacefully transfer power, our next commander-in-chief is pausing to honor all of those that have given their lives in defense of our democracy. jennifer griffin is at the pentagon for us this afternoon. jennifer, explain the significance of this wreath-laying ceremony and the tradition fortin coming president. >> it's really extraordinary. if you haven't seen it you have to attend this to understand the weight of what president-elect trump is about to embark

national mall in washington. president donald trump takes the oath of office calling out washington corruption and demanding the end of, quote, american carnage, plus taking action on his first day. hear how the president's first executive order may affect obama care. >> protests break out and we'll have details on the arrest. >>> saying good-bye. the former president and first lady fly into the sunset and rough weather. >>> but we begin this morning with today's "eye opener," your world in 90 skojd 90 seconds. >> from this day forward it's going to be only america first. >> america's 45th president donald j. trump assumes pow stheer this was very strong stuff. did not see any outreach. he basically took the hide off of everybody sitting on that platform. >> should i keep the twitter going or not? keep it going? i think so. >> the balls remind us this is a day of great joy for millions of people. >> it will be interesting to see what happens just getting started on this new chapter in all of our live, really. >> this is not a period. this is a comma in the continuing story of buildi

conference was held in washington, d.c. we will speak with three attendees about upcoming issues facing the internet. former special counsel to the fcc, and trump advisor talk about issues. the u.s. efforts to counter online radicalization. >> what they don't like is the ability on the field to make sure networks are fast, fair, and open. think it needs to be more centrally focused and the structure needs to adapt. >> there are efforts to create counter messaging because the government is uniquely not in a position to be a counter messenger. i think that is an area where the private sector is stepping up. >> watch the communicators monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome tim graham, media analysis director at the media research center. good morning. guest: good morning. host: is there a liberal media bias? guest: that is what we study and prove at the media research center. we look at the daily news and say where are they skewing the news in one direction? sometimes in the stories they select, often in the stories the

. the trump family arrives in washington. president-elect donald trump, and america's next first lady. tonight, we have the trump family right here. and we'll take you to the ceremony under way at the lincoln memorial. and mr. trump's first stop today. his own hotel. our team with voters across the country, what they're saying tonight. >>> the showdown on capitol hill tonight. mr. trump's pick for treasury secretary on the hot set. grilled on the role he played in the foreclosure crisis. and mr. trump's pick for energy secretary rick perry set to the lead the department he once wanted to eliminate. how he explains that now. >>> inside the transfer of power tonight. president obama and the president-elect will soon ride from the white house to the capitol together. and despite the boycott by many democrats, hillary clinton keeps her promise to attend the inauguration. mr. trump less than 24 hours from taking the oath of office. >>> good evening, and it's great to have you with us here on this thursday night live from washington on the eve of the inauguration of america's 45th pres

historic day, brian, that became historic before noontime when that number in washington, d.c. set a record already for a washington inauguration protest. then you and i in the coverage today just watched those numbers soar all over the world. >> yes, sir. >> thank you, brian. >> thanks. >>> good evening from new york. i'm lawrence o'donnell. this is a special saturday night edition of "the last word" where we will be continuing our live breaking news coverage of this historic day of protests worldwide and it was on this network just before noon that i was able to declare that the protests we were seeing in washington, d.c. today was already at that time the largest inauguration protest in history. by 11:00 a.m. it was double, in fact, the previous largest protest demonstration of an inauguration which was 100,000 people back in 1973. today, when the crowd was numbering around 200,000, it had already broken the record. since then, the estimates shot up to 500,000 people for the washington, d.c. protest alone. then the numbers started coming in from around the country and around the w

this in washington. sometimes the decision to investigate changes the climate. before that senator full bright's hearings on vietnam or the water gait hearings. as way of popping out information we did not have but have a right to have. inspector general is about to begin a serious investigation of fbi director james comey to expose election day before candidate was still under active investigation for possibly mishandling of classified government investigation information. the man who won the election donald trump up at dawn tweeting a storm of protests. based on the information they had she should ner e -- lost because she campaigned in the wrong states. the fact that trump is fired up about it he recognizes the danger here comey decision to send bombshell letter to congress 11 days before the election. it place major role in trump's closing argument. >> they are reopening the investigation into crooked hillary clinton. the fbi would never have reopened this case at this time unless it were a most eagreeingous criminal offense. hillary broke the law over and over and over again.

right now in washington state. and here at home - a little bit of rain on the radar this morning. what time the wet weather will move out. good morning washington. toss to vj (mainly i95 east until 8am) -one more mild day -cooler friday on out now -few conversational snowflakes possible sunday & monday today: light spotty showers ending by 8am turning partly sunny last mild day highs: 50-57 friday: partly sunny breezy colder, wind chills around 30-35 highs: 39-44 breaking news in breaking news in alexandria.. a delivery man robbed and attacked overnight. it happened around ten last night on century place, right across the street from the landmark mall. police say two suspects assaulted the man.. stole food and then took off. police have not information about a lookout for those suspects. we'll update you as we learn more. right now activists are gearing up for president trump's arrival in philadelphia today. on facebook, more than 3,000 said they will attend a protest planned for this morning. last night, another protest was held in the city. more than a thousand l-g-b-t-q activists da

in that unbelievably close election, the guy who ended up going to washington was this guy. and when he ran for re-election, when he ran two years later, it wasn't close at all. he won by more than 30 points. then, two years later, in 1982, he had to run again. the two congressional districts in his state got combined into one in that race. he had to run as an incumbent versus the other incumbent congressman in his state. he had to run against the other guy who was currently holding the house seat in south dakota. they went head to head and he won that election, too. and then in '84, he won again, blew the guy out by 15 points. he had this string of wins in the house. it was hard to get there in the first place but then he showed himself to be a very powerful campaigner and then decided to run for the senate, turned out to be a good move, he won again, another hard-fought race. he was a democrat running in south dakota but he won that senate seat in 1986 by the time he was running for reee election in 1992, it wasn't close at all. held on to his seat by a more than 30-point marg

the future of genetic manipulation in, the gene. another. another staff pick from washington, d.c.'s politics and prose bookstore is "grunt". atlantic magazine contributor argues islam is essential to understanding middle eastern politics. in "ordinarily well post quote they at the science behind antidepressant medications. that some of the staff pics. many of these authors have or will be appearing on book tv. you can can watch them on our website, booktv.org. >> and now michael offers his thoughts on the role that religion has played on american history. >> michael is a radio show host and author and film critic. he is the former chief film critic for the new york post and cohost of pbs weekly program sneak previews. he has a daily radio program which airs on over 300 stations across the country and reaches 5 million listeners. is written 13 books including hollywood versus america and the ten big lives about america. please join me in welcoming michael. [applause] >> thank you everybody for coming up. for sampling some of the joys of the christmas season. we can say christmas s

sydney. john: washington is a swamp because insiders use their clout to rig the system. >> i need a bailout. john: those who want to compete with the actual entrepreneur said they get politicians to ban competition. but even entrepreneurs get handouts. $500 million from the government from tesla and 500 million for spacex. fortunately there are people fighting against the cronies. >> drain the swamp. john: will present a swamp drained the swamp and fight the cronies? that's our show, tonight. >> and now, john stossel. john: when donald trump talks about the swamp of washington is talking about self-dealing between washington insiders and the politically connected. that comes in many forms. the optic high wall street movement was angry because as they see it wa enables corporate greed. [chanting] corporate greed has got to go. john: corporate welfare, that's a different point those protesters have a lot of silly ideas but they are right to complain about welfare for corporations. after the housing bubble bursts, banks got real doubts with your money. they paid it back but it might no

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helicopter for the last time and leaves washington. the walk to the white house — in the last hour president trump and family make their way to their new home. in sport on bbc news dan evans‘s winning run at the australian open continues. the british players into the fourth round at the grand slam for the first time. good evening. donald trump is now the president of the united states. he was sworn in on capitol hill in a ceremony that attracted hundreds of thousands of supporters but also angry protests — 90 people have been arrested. in an uncompromising inauguration speech, he pledged to put america first, to protect american families, jobs and borders. as four former presidents sat nearby listening, he attacked politicians who prospered while factories closed. he also pledged to end what he called the current carnage of poverty, crime and drugs. our north america editorjon sopel reports from washington. the ceremony and celebrations are still going on tonight, aren't they? yes, and if you can hear behind with the sound of brass bands that part of the parade making their way

washington. i'm larry smith. autria: i'm autria godfrey. first, the gang's all here to get you up and out-of-doors on this thursday morning. pack the umbrella? veronica: pack the umbrella. it depends. you will need a jacket for today if you are going out the door at 9:00 a.m. we are in the 50's. yesterday was like the start of spring. larry: it felt like it. dream that wea came to work and veronica was saying we do not know what happened. at least we will not see any snow anytime soon. you know that is better. for monica co the cold front will come through. you can see areas of rain for anne arundel county, prince george's county. brandywine right now, and the same thing around dunkirk. that is all headed east toward mike waldorf, seeing a few light showers off spotty showers until 8:00, 9:00 a.m. if you are leaving the house after that, you will not need the umbrella. i will stop it here. the afternoon hours, a high for today going up to about 54 to 55 degrees. then cooling for the mid to late afternoon. julie: on the highway right now, especially on the west side, we have some probl

washington, d.c. for what was a billed as a women's march on washington. protesters packed the entire route from the capitol to the white house, making a formal march nearly impossible, though many attendees marched on their own following a rally that lasted most of the day. there were also hundreds of sister marches in cities all across the u.s., and overseas from argentina to australia. newshour weekend's ivette feliciano has this report, from washington. >> reporter: the first marchers began arriving near the capitol building before dawn. there were women-- and men-- of all ages from all over the country. a mix of ethnic, religious, and class backgrounds. among the many first-time demonstrators was janet chen, who brought her eight-year-old daughter, molly. they're worried about the republican rollback of affordable care act, or obamacare. >> i have a heart defect, and i want to get health insurance when i'm older, but i might not be able to. >> i think it's important that the next generation of little girls stand up for women's rights and realize there's a real threat to women's r

it from here. security has been increasing in washington. something now doubt lauren can see. >> 28,000 officers are securing the national mall, the parade route and other sites as well. more than 7,000 national guard soldiers and airmen are in washington. to support security efforts for the presidential inauguration. today, officers from across the country were sworn in as d.c. metropolitan special police during a ceremony at fedex field. soldiers and airmen from the delaware national guard are among the troops in the nation's capital. task force delaware's mission is to secure the outside perimeter of the event with personnel and vehicles. >>> despite calls for rain, we've heard hurricane schwartz talk about this, umbrellas are banned on the national mall for the inauguration, authorities are suggesting visitors win ponchos instead. here is glenn with the inauguration forecast. glenn? >> yeah, keith. we have cloudy skies in washington right now. and certainly going to be cloudy during the day tomorrow. the visibility not too bad. i don't really expect any kind of dense fog,

of times we have a battle in washington between the conservatives and non-partisans in the labeling they use. at.those things we look host: let me get your reaction to something our audience is probably seeing now. donald trump took aim at the media at the cia. you can only say i am with 1000%. the reason you are my first stop is you know i have a war with the media. they are among the most dishonest human beings on earth. [laughter] [applause] >> they sort of made it sound feud with the intelligence community. thest wanted you to know reason you are my number one stop is that is exactly the opposite. host: i want you to respond to what he said. critics of donald trump stated that based on his tweets. guest: absolutely. part of the discussion is defining your terms. if there is a war with the intelligence community, who is the intelligence community? the stories that were done on this were based on anonymous sources. we play this game in washington where it would make a great difference to know who the source is. if it was the director of the cia as some have suggested, or political

zack joins us live from washington. >> reporter: good morning, in a little bit more than five hours, donald j. trump will take to the podium behind me to swear and oath to protect the constitution of the united states. one chapter of history closes as a new one opens to the donald trump era. >> a lot of people didn't give us much of a chance, but we understood what was happening. >> reporter: mr. trump is the first is to ascend to the presidency without having served in public office. >> i'm going to be cheering you on, because what we've done is so special, all over the world they are talking about it, all over the world. >> reporter: it is an emotional time. >> it's a bitter sweet moment for us, for all before us, words cannot describe -- the honor and the gratitude we feel. >> reporter: but we are a divided nation, amid the celebration ♪ protests in washington. i need to be here and fight against the rhetoric and the mindset. >> reporter: across the country. >> i'm not proud i'm not sad, i'm angry there are a lot of people who feel the same way. >> this is celebrating our value

you might call patricia washington lucky. after all, not only did she play a dc lottery game once and win. she played another game and won that three times. and then she tried a different dc lottery game and won that, too. so, how is patricia doing with her bowling? well, let's just say she does better with the lottery. ♪ >>> an historic day in washington. >> january 20th, 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again. >>> a tv star turned president of the united states of america. >> i, donald john trump do solemnly swear. >> the oath of office administered in one part of the city as peaceful protestors and volatile rioters hit the streets in another. >> tonight, the protests continue. >> -- rights, they can have their signs, talk about any message, they can talk to each other, but stop destroying the city. >> law enforcement working through the night and into the morning when tens of thousands are expected to show up tofor t women's march on

militia escorted george washington to his swearing-in ceremony of federal call in your city in we are proud to carry on this tradition. today we honored to have with us the of mayor of washington d.c. please welcome mayor muriel bowser. >> good morning we are delighted to be here at fort mcnair we want to think the major general and his staff and that will be supporting us in the 58 inaugural ceremony. i want to acknowledgement of the people on my team who are with me today and answer questions also the district director of homeland security and the chief of police of the district, our director in dp w. director, health director and also the issue mistress' director also the d.c. national guard is represented as well as the fire chief. i am very thankful to the federal partners who have joined us in you'll hear from the special agent in charge from the washington d.c. office from the united states secret service as well as police representative from the park and the federal emergency management agency said thanks to all of them for the work they are doing am preparation for the in