re if we can get organized to do that. justice scalia: here i'm handing it to you. [applause] [captions [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] justice scalia: you should know that the prize consists of more than this piece of marble. don: -- don: i'm advised that on this premises checks cannot change hands. the prize will be given to him and another place. but with that, i want tot ah thank -- how to thank professor mcmahon for his wonderful book. i want to thank justice scalia for being here, that i think you will adjourned to the east and west conference rooms for food and drink and more good times hopefully. thank you very much. [applause]

>> this weekend the c-span city tour as part of the comcast to learn about the history literary life of key west florida. earning him as desk ernest hemingway wrote his novels. >> they bought it for $8,000 in 1931 and pauline converted this hayloft into his first formal writing studio. >> he phone of fishing and the clarity of his writing. the work during he wrote the first draft of "farewell to arms" in two weeks after arriving in key west. he said if you want to write start with one true sentence. >> for a true writer each should be a new beginning really tries again for something that is beyond attainment. he should always try for something to never been done more than others have tried and failed. >> qs is also where president

harry truman sought refuge from washington. >> president retreatment regarded this is the great white jail here in he thought he was under everyone's i and so by coming to key west he could come with his closest staff, let down his hair,. sometimes the staff of the their beards grow for a couple of days. they at times used off-color stories and the concert may have a glass of bourbon and visit back and forth without any scrutiny from the press. a sportswear company sent a case of hawaiian shirts to the president with the thought that if the president is wearing our shirt, we will sell a lot of shirts. president truman were those shirts the first year and then organized with a called the loud shirt contest. it was the official uniform in key west. >> watch all of our events from

key west today at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span three. >> i am park ranger matthew eiffel. independence national historical park in philadelphia and we are in independence hall in the assembly room. we are in a building that is built in the 1730's. about 40 years before those in assisting in the united states of america. starting in may of 1787, what we call today the constitutional convention -- they will sit in the same room and address these issues plaguing the young that states. it will start with about 11 states. new hampshire will show up late. rhode island will never attend these meetings. these are guys were definitely trying to engineer something

because they know something needs to be done to hope he stays together. they know as separate entities, you go back to benjamin franklin's design, the snake cut in pieces. he put it together during the french indian war when he was calling for the union to join or die. the snake cut into pieces will die but a snake together is dangerous. that is the idea that a lot of men are embracing in the summer of 1787. the question they will face in the room is what exactly is it that we want? we have benjamin franklin common the very best in meetings. franklin is 81 that summer. there are days for he is carried in and of these meetings. he can hardly walk. one of the great stories the comes afterwards is he supposedly asked what kind of a government they created here in philadelphia in human say a republic if you can keep it. and warning. think about the united states.

one of the things i like to finish with is this idea that we are still using the same constitution. we are still using the same government. it is also allowed us, not quickly, but a lot is to improve because ultimately slavery in united states did not really in by the civil war. it's the 13th amendment. the 15th amendment will give equality in voting. the 19th amendment would give equality of voting by gender. maybe slowly, we have faced every issue that is come up in our constitution has allowed us to solve things and continue to move forward. this little humble room is really everything that the united states has been and will be. it will grow from the events that happened over about a 10 or 11 your. -- year period. the methods set here in the things they did, it is really incredible the things that have

grown from this place. >> each week, american history tv's real america rings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of united states. >> if we as a people act wisely our annual national output can rise within a decade from its present desk to about $500 billion. >> the joint committee on the economic report has gone further. they say - >> our economy can yield a potential gross national product by 1965 by about $555 billion. >> think what this can mean. it

means a $155 billion increase in our economy in just 10 years. it means that within this 10 year period, all of us have the possibility to live 1/3 better than we do right now. a power mower, lawn furniture, an outdoor grill. the car is two-tone, new with power steering, power brakes, and automatic transmission. this will be a two-car family before long. time is precious to today's housewife. the industry -- the food industry has developed instant rice, frozen juices, easy to serve jesus, and -- cheeses, and complete precooked frozen dinners. this is creative marketing. an american today working fewer produces three times what his hours grandfather did. most

americans are moving into a new middle class. by 1965 the average family should have an income of $7,000 a year in today's dollars. the general leveling up of income is taking place in all regions of the country. there is more spendable money. in 1953 the disposable income for houses after texas was $5,321. in 1965 is expected to be $6,785. savings have risen to a record level. $285 billion in 1955. a 20 fold increase since 1940. >> if we, as a people act wisely, our annual national output can rise from an annual amount of $360 billion to $550

billion. >> this is the challenge to america. ♪ >> welcome to key west, florida on american history tv. it is the southernmost city in the continental united states. tourism is its major industry but it was wants florida's most populated city. with the help of our comcast cable partners, over the next 90 minutes you look at how the cuban migration shake key west. >> key west was an island. the closest to the cuban mainland. an island not connected to