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and the house returns tuesday, june 6, for more legislative work after their 11-day memorial day district work period. live coverage of the house here on c-span. and in annapolis, maryland, this morning, the u.s. naval academy class of 2017 is holding their graduation ceremonies. vice president mike pence scheduled to address the graduates in just under 30 minutes. live coverage here on c-span. we join it in progress. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, we invite all of our guests to remain standing for our national anthem sung by mid shipman first class and the invocation chaplain corps, united states navy. o, say can you see by the dawn s early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight s last gleaming? whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rocket s red glare he bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night hat our flag was still there say does that star-spanningled b ....
allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. thank you. again, this year, we are deeply honored to have the william m. wood foundation house our conference sponsored. we think the conference and its trustees for enabling us to take a careful look and reflect on the meaning of historically significant deeds and actions. we also extend a special midshipman welcome for all those at the academy. if you look throughout the academy yard and look at the history reflected in the plaques and monuments, you cannot help but be impressed with the fact that this place and those who have gone before us have been the true practitioners of important naval history. we also welcome the rotc students today from the george washington university consortium. thank you for joining us. and the students from the severn school who have joined us today. each ....
join us tonight for american artifacts when we feature the octagon house and the treaty of ghent. years ago, the treaty of hent was signed in belgium, a neutral nation ending the war of 1812. octagon house in washington, d.c. where james february ined it in 1819. they took refuge in august where british burned the house. we ll have that at 6:00 eastern artifacts on an c-span 3 s american history tv. u.s. and of 1944, australia forces face the navy in the philippine sea. he four-day battle was one of the largest naval conflicts of world war two. james hornfischer details one of the roles. he was posthumously awarded the of honor by congress. the author is the author of world war ii history. recorded at the u.s. naval academy, this is about an hour. good morning, welcome. the u.s. ailey at naval institute. it s honored to gather on this important topic. leaders in theme is action, ordinary people doing the extraordinary. i asked you all to sand up, please, for the p ....
i wondered if you could encapsulate your mother for us. i think you want my grandmother. sorry. i never knew her before the white house. she was very gracious a diplomatic very well organized. but there was a sort that came after the white house. and after the white house after being with her did not have car heaters. and i would be sitting in the back of the car. why she was doing this. something always moving. and having to be still. she had to back up everybody very poignant letter that she wrote on the train coming back from washington to her two sons. i have the letter. never once did i ever here her or did she ever criticize anybody. she was always positive even when things were going very bad. she was not pollyanna. i do not mean that. never hurt her criticize invited to breakfast. [laughter] given. and she was a lovely dog. my family was very fond of animals. always at the white house. set up. and she was tall. a chow dog scotty. i have a scotty. and i could ....
afternoon. so what do you know about the family that has lived there? there s a lot of unconfirmed reports here this afternoon, their worse fears were realized here when they confirmed four people dead, three adults, one child in this northwest dc neighborhood that we were talking about their million dollar homes here in this fire. the police chief says that all fourct viims were found upstairs on the second floor of the house. they were not able to confirm the identification of the victims. as well as the younger boy, that they were told that they were typically away at boarding schools. that this is where they have started to get fuzzy that the boy stayed home from school today. i m also told that the workers are regularly at the house. we re talking about the gardners, that they recently had some work done with the house and those sort of workers. and as far as who may have been home at the time of the fire that it is still a lot of possibilities. about how this st ....