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One thing clear about washington, d.c. is it's a tale of two cities. >> everything you see is washington. where i am from is d.c. it's where people work and live. it's d.c., baby. >> when people come to visit me here, they say let's go do touristy things. i forgot i live here with that stuff. whatever crap that happens on capitol hill. i try to keep it in that line. >> isn't that from hamilton. the crap that happens. >> oh, my god, i wish. >> there is always crap happen on the hill, but the trump administration is crap taftic.

The force and maybe what you hear about the most is the summer youth program that gave many people in d.c. their first jobs. >> the first on the job. >> what did your mayor do? >> one of the first offices was on u street, a center for black culture and business in d.c. for decades. >> hi! >> at first glance, lee's flower shop seems like a flower shop. but it has the laughter and conversation of a barbershop and a first job for many team in turned into a career and a successful family business that has been a successful family business for more than 70 years. >> 1945. >> you weren't here in 194...

Living in d.c. is a unique opportunity to be a part of the conversation by walking outside their front door. >> they're show up and they'll rally and protest. that's great. that's what d.c. is about. a place where you can be heard. >> sometimes a concerned d.c. resident needs to show up after she finishes her homework. she 11 years old. at some point in my conversation, you are going forget she is 11. >> we lie to ourselves and say we are virginians. we are in d.c. >> at other points you are going to remember. >> this great diverse, ethical? ethical. people with all different backgrounds. >> e...

>> we sometimes don't get the respect we deserve. like there is no culture in d.c. any time a new person is in d.c., i try to tell them the history of the city because so many people don't know. they don't understand why we don't have representation. they think it's because the government is here, but when black people moved here after the reconstruction period, white people did not think we were smart enough to govern ourselves. we don't have representation because of racism. >> she ain't lying. 25,000 africans moved to town because it was pro union and they had a growing infrastructure of bl...

Like get out of her house. it's heard breaking to me. >> yeah. are you old enough to remember barack obama as president? >> yes. >> what do you remember from when he was president? >> thankfully. >> she said thankfully. >> what do you remember? >> i felt safer. i felt more confident about our neighborhoods, the people around us. i just felt better about the country that we live in. >> uh-huh. you actually sound like young barack obama the way you speak. >> he does. >> i want people to know that the only thing in d.c. isn't the president, and the people here probably like any state in the unite...