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It's one of my favorite cities to perform in. i hadn't spent a lot of time there, i was curious about what it was like to live in d.c., a bright blue dot in the trump era, i got there and found out the problems d.c.'s dealing with, it doesn't matter who's in the white house. d.c. still pays taxes and doesn't have congress people. only has a shadow senator, can't make their own laws because the federal government can step in, that's no matter who's been in the white house. >> it is a unique place. nowhere else really in america. in many different ways. and it has a rich kind of political histor...

This weekend is expected to be the last ride of the rolling thunder in the nation's capital. each memorial day since 1988 thousands of bikers descended on washington for the annual ride across potomac. drawing attention to prisoners of war and service members missing in action. national event organizers announced last year this would be the final ride in washington because of increasing costs, but this morning, president trump is suggesting otherwise, tweeting, the great patriots rolling thunder will be coming back to washington, d.c., next year and hopefully for many years to come. the leader...

Because it's right down the street. >> it's got a lot going on. a lot of changes. development, restaurants, kind of a new scene, right? >> yeah, it's -- i think the eternal theme is gentrification, and d.c. is no different. the big difference is, they can't elect the leaders they want to make the change. because the federal government can rule over d.c. and change the laws. d.c. tried to legalize marijuana, and the federal government said no. until we allow d.c. to get statehood, d.c. is going to be citizens who are taxed that aren't represented which is the whole reason we went through the re...

Anacostia. >> great advice, thank you very much. we look forward to watching it tonight. appreciate you coming on the show. you don't want to miss a new episode of united shades of america with kamal bell tonight at 10:eastern and pacific. i keep messing that up, only on cnn, focusing on d.c. we'll be back. doesn't watch. this is jerry learning that he's still paying for this stuff he's not using. he's seeing his recurring payments in control tower in the wells fargo mobile app. this is jerry canceling a few things. booyah. this is jerry appreciating the people who made this possible. oh look,...

Going on at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. >> you recognize it as national news, but it's just a lot of noise. it doesn't really affect our day to day -- >> that's exactly right. >> worse than this has happened to us, is kind of how the people are looking at it. this guy will be out and we'll move on with whatever else we're doing. >> people in this city, don't care about donald trump. >> politicians over there, aren't even thinking about the other d.c. >> except when they want to play god with the rules. d.c. has more in common with puerto rico and guam it's an occupied territory. >> yeah. >> the ...