this weekend on american history tv, on c-span 3, saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern, author and historian c.r. gibbs on the black women who worked as nurses, soldiers and spies for the union army during the civil war. >> she was the wife of edward banister, one of the leading artists, african-american artists, and she became involved on the underground railroad.

she was a proud and consistent supporter of the u.s. colored troops. >> at 8:00, on lectures in history, university of washington professor margaret o'mara on the 1968 presidential election and events that affected the outcome. >> hero after hero is slain. kennedy's assassination, just like king's assassination, precipitates a broader national mourning, and now it throws the democratic nomination into even more turmoil. >> sunday at 2:00 p.m., lynn cheney, author of the book, james madison, a life reconsidered, discusses madison's personality, health problems and political career. >> madison was lucky enough to encounter doctors who told him to exercise. what a modern thing to think. >> this month marks president john f. kennedy's 100th

birthday. and sunday at 8:00 p.m., jfk's nephew, steven smith and douglas brinkley reflect on the life and career of the 35th president. >> he was a decorated combat veteran. he did believe in a strong military, but he had a much broader conception about what american identity really was. >> he reached out across the aisle. he launched the peace corps on may 1st of 1961, an incredible program for young people. he started with the alliance for progress, and he engaged in the space race. >> for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. sunday night on after words, physician and journalist, elizabeth rosenthal examines the business side of health care, in her book an american sickness, how health care became big business, and how you can take it back. dr. rosenthal is interviewed by dr. david bloomenthal, president

of the commonwealth fund. >> so i was wondering if your book gave you any thoughts about whether health care is a free market, whether we can solve our problems in health care through free market forces. >> i think what we've seen is the answer is probably not. i mean, the beginning of the book i put a somewhat tongue in cheek list of the economic rules of the dysfunctional health care market where, if you think of health care as purely a business proposition that the market will solve, you know, you get to crazy places like, you know, a lifetime of treatment is preferable to a cure. now, i am not saying for a second that anyone really thinks that, but that is where market forces put you right now. >> watch after words sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern.

the president of united airlines recently testified at a senate hearing about the state of air travel and airline customer service. he answered questions and apologized for a recent incident where a passenger was dragged off a united flight by airport police. this is just over two hours. >> the hearing will come to order. certainly pleased to have our witnesses today and members of the committee. we're going to all try to minimize the amount of time we spend talking so we can maximize questions and what we can learn from those. certainly impossible to ignore, the public outcry with incidents that have involved passengers as