>> where are we today? >> we are at the iowa state fair . we are in the iowa democratic communications building. >> what are you hoping to get out to the people? know how active iowa democrats are in iowa. this year is and him believable year. they will stop by the booth and they will shake hands and, you know, all of our elected officials are represented. it's a great time to showcase iowa. >> [indiscernible] all of themt, but will stop by next week. up to theading republican straw poll. and next week leading up to our big abc iowa democratic arty debate. -- party debate.

>> our road to the white house coverage of the presidential candidates continues live from the iowa state fair on c-span, c-span radio, and www.c-span.org . as the candidates wealthy fairgrounds and speak at the des moines register's candidate soapbox. monday, republican scott walker, followed by carly fiorina at 1:00 and senator lindsey graham at 4:00. tuesday morning, senator marco rubio and governor john kasich at 5:00. on wednesday, republican rick perry will speak at 11:00. on friday, senator ted cruz and on saturday, republican governor chris christie at noon and governor bobby jindal at 1:00.

c-span's campaign 2016, taking you on the road to the white house. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook @cspanhistory. each week, american history a" brings youeric archival films that tell the story of american history. pearl harbor.f from okinawa to the third and fifth fleets, japan came under the in rain of ruin. up to the japanese home islands, they shelled the mainland almost without opposition. 's strategy was bringing the enemy to his knees. but there is more coming. the atomic bomb, perfected by

.llied's scientists japan had its choice. complete surrender or complete ruin. atop them, even as they laid the foundation for a stable european peace, they decided on common action against japan. russia joined the allies on the enemy.maining japan's stronghold immense jury of was attacked. for emperor here he told an -- andemperor hirohito japanese militarism, the war was lost. japan sued for peace. in washington, they hurried to the white house. the united japan'sabinet, studying surrender, with full

coordination of the governments of britain, china, and russia and other allies. the world remembers president franklin delano roosevelt. a grateful world honors him today. douglas macarthur, leader of pacific armors, now named supreme allied commander. changai-shek -- kai-shek. truman, four months after taking the oath of president, leads his country to peace. president breaks the momentous news of japan's surrender. >> i have received this afternoon a message from the japanese government in reply to

the message forwarded to that government by the secretary on august 11. i deem this reply a full acceptance of the potsdam declaration, which emphasized the unconditional surrender of japan. is no qualification. arrangements are being made for the formal signing of the at the earliest possible moment. general douglas macarthur has been appointed the supreme allied commander two receive the japanese surrender. great britain, russia, and china will be represented by high-ranking officers. meantime, the allied armed forces have been ordered to suspend offensive actions. the proclamation of vj day must await the formal signing of the surrender terms by japan.

rush the newsman a waitings report to world. in new york city and throughout the rejoicing nation and world, vast throngs of happy people celebrate the end of fighting, the dawn of peace. square, it is official. it is all over. it is total victory. [cheering] narrator: all night long, the

rejoicing continues. never before in history has there been greater reason to be thankful for peace. the world's free people are united in their determination that the world's piece shown never be endangered again -- the world's peace shall never be endangered again. >> follow the c-span cities tour as we travel outside the washington beltway to communities across america. >> the idea for the cities tour is to take the programming for book tv and american history tv on the road, to produce programming that is more visual, a window into the city's viewers would not normally go to that have rich histories and a rich literary scene as well. >> a lot of people have heard the history of the big cities like new york and l.a. in chicago, but what about the small ones like albany, new york? what is the history of them?

we will have hit 95 cities in april 2016. >> most of the programming on c-span is event coverage. these are not event coverage types of pieces. they take you someplace. to a home, a historic site. >> we partner with our cable partners to explore the cultural history of various cities. >> the cable operator contact the city. it is the cable industry bringing us there. >> we are looking for great characters. you want your viewers to identify these people we're talking about. >> we are taking people on the road to places where they can touch things, see things, and learn about -- you know, it's not just the local history. a lot of local history plays into the national story. somebody is watching, it should be enticing enough that they will get the idea of the story, but also feel, this is in

our backyard. you get a sense that i know that , just by watching this. you have to be up to communicate the message about in order to do this job. it has done the one thing we wanted it to do which is to build relationships with our city and cable partners and have great programming. >> watch on the c-span networks to see where we're going next. >> each week, american history tv's "reel america" brings you archival flims that bring context to the history in 20th century america.