When washington burned tells the often forgotten story of august 24th, 1814, when the British Forces captured washington and threatened the survival of our young nation. Perhaps no single day in United States history was as threatening to the survival our nation as that when the British Forces captured washington. This unique moment have significantly altered nations path forward. But the event and the reasons it happened are little. Remember and little discussed, which is why were so to have dr. Watson here to talk with us. When washington burned narrates the British Campaign and the american missteps that led to the fall of the capital city, but also tells the redeeming story of courageous young clerks and a bold first lady who risked lives to save priceless documents, including the United States constitution. So who is dr. Watson . He was born in harrisburg, attended schools in nearby hershey, educated at virginia tech, where he was a member of the football hall and the track teams.
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Reports of a shooting. We are told that staff in the capitol complex, again, are being told to shelter in place. These reports of gunshots being fired in the capitol Visitors Center. Now, the white house this these situations routinely put on lockdown immediately, as you can imagine. We also hear reports that the north lawn has also been cleared at the white house, and the pennsylvania avenue that runs right in front of the Capitol Building has been cleared as well as Lafayette Park all the way down to h street. We understand that now that there has been one Police Officer shot. Were just getting word on that. So, again, lockdown on capitol hill, the white house in lockdown as are people working inside the capitol complex, being told to shelter in place. At one point they thought maybe this was a drill but, apparently, this is no drill. Again, reports of one Police Officer being shot, other people saying there were injuries, and people are being taken to some sort of shelter. All of th
Strange new moment. Were joined by garrett. Reporter adam, donald trump returned to the campaign trail after a week off and stepped back into this controversy of his campaigns own making. It was the first thing he was asked about at a town hall tonight on cnn. Will he continue as your Campaign Manager . Yes, he will. Its my tape. It was one of my places. Jupiter, florida released the security footage tape today from march 8th. It shows Michelle Fields walking beside trump with her phone in her hand. Lewandowski reaches out from behind and pulling her backwards. Two days later fields posted this photo on twitter, showing what she said were bruises from the incident. Lewandowski called her landing in wisconsin today, trump defended his Campaign Manager. How do you know those bruises werent there before. In a town hall today he said he couldnt the easiest thing, youre fired. I cant do that. Ted cruz said its part of the Campaign Culture trump has created. The culture has been a campaign b