we had a lot of information. that information didn't always translate to clear understanding. today, with the benefit of hindsight, we have the clear understanding. this exhibition tries to push against hindsight and say, what did americans understand at the time, how do they understand their roles and responsibilities as american citizens to fight against nazism as it was happening? >> this was part two of a two-part american artifacts. you can view part one and all other american history tv programs online at -span.org/history. >> our c-span's cities tour takes us on the road to feature cities across america. ere is a recent program.

we're just a few blocks west of oledo. forgotten visitor was j. edgar hoover. hoover came here in 1936. flee in from cleveland. 4:00 in the morning, arrived at this location. at that time there would have been a row of apartment buildings behind me. hoover kicked the door down and arrested america's most wanted criminal. campbell by the way was wanted. he was part of a gang. they had kidnaps brewer's son in st. paul, minnesota and ransomed him for $200,000. hoover promised he was going to get every single person involved in that crime.

harry campbell was the last person. after the arrest, it came out that the sheriff had been seen drinking with campbell on the weekends at the brewy which was locateded down the street here at this corner. toledo was known as a wide-open town. hoor kind of pointed out that he didn't trust everybody when its -- my the same was broader than your chief's protest. hoover wanted nothing to happen. toledo was coming out of period when they had seen the gangs come down. ou had the skend killings.

jack kennedy was a bootlegger who was murdered by the lica volis. things quieted down. the late 1930's, toledo was relatively quiet, but still a town where people were paid off, and was a place where you could stay under the radar if you were wanted somewhere else. campbell was probably pretty sharp coming here, and was able to stay out of everybody's way for quite a while. >> you can watch this and other programs on the history of communities across the country. visit c-span.org/citiestour. this is american history tv only on c-span 3. >> monday night on the communicators, american economic liberties project founder sarah miller on big tech companies as monoplies and the impact of corporate concentration. >> are you going to sell it to

facebook or google? once that is done, is it worth the ability of invators to innovate market needs according to ideas. instead everyone is guessing will they develop something that facebook will buy or google will buy. that is not necessarily how we -- an economy or invasion innovation sector to function. >> watch monday at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. >> television has changed since c-span began 41 years ago. our mission continues to provide an unfiltered view of government. we have brought you the presidential impeachment process and now the federal response to coronavirus. you can watch online or listen on our free aidio app. and be part of national radio

app. or through our social media feeds. c-span created by private industry. america's cable television company as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. >> next on the presidency, while the country confronts the coronavirus, we look back at presidents who faced crises while in the white house. in this 2003 program from c-span's book notes series, they talk by james k polk, who conducted the 1846-1848 war against mexico. this interview was included in -span's 2019 book, the presidents, with historians. mr. polk ranked 14th in presidential leadership. brian: john seigenthaler, author of "james k. polk," how'd they