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eastern. join us with a discussion. c-span cities tour takes book tv and american history tv to the,, washington. as we explore its rich history and literally culture. it is located on puget sound, 60 miles northwest of mount rainier. it was chosen in the 19th century as the western terminus of the northern pacific railroad. saturday, will travel the city talking to local officers, including tanya pearson, author of "god and captivity" talking about the role religion plays in the u.s. as an system. >> there is a case with the u.s. prison ministry, started by chuck olsen, who went to prison for watergate related crimes and became born-again. he founded this international prison ministry, and they were

running an entire wing in iowa state prison. they were dealing with the same issues, it in yourself, getting access to parole. ,o, the organization sued them and the organization lost. had to repay the state of iowa, that they kept making the argument that they are not partisan, they are faced waste. -- faith-based. a pastorl also talk to who will recount his role in the civil rights issues in the pacific northwest. >> you had to stop screaming at the council, because you are not going to get anywhere doing that. you wanted to get on the other side of the bench, you had to come down. andi got that from whites blacks, so, i had to change my attitude. because i really realized that

to be on that side of the bench, you make the law. announcer: sunday, at 2 p.m. eastern, we will visit the to, narrows bridge to hear about its collapse in november 7, 1940. it was considered the second longest suspension bridge in the world and today the collapse is used as a case study for civil engineers when studying bridge design. >> there was nothing like this anywhere in our world, so there was an unfamiliarity with just how up something this big was supposed to behave. so, people were excited about it. there is a certain musical gracefulness about a bridge like this, so people wanted to think that there was nothing wrong. announcer: watched these programs and more, as c-span's tour brings you to to,, washington on saturday at 12:00 eastern and sunday at 2 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3.

the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. an answer night on q&a, -- town,ad never heard of a i wanted to hear about this man who had been told since he was a child that he was not worth anything, how he could've had the courage to find his way out of slavery. i was intrigued and could not stop reading about him. >> this journalist and author looks at the live of -- the life of an escape civil war slave, who went on to become a member of congress and the book "live free or die." there was a robbery charge against him, and he never fully recovered from that. that, in my opinion is my reason why he is not very well known today.

>> president trump has endorsed and immigration bill that will cut legal immigration and half. he talked about it at the white house with two of the bill's sponsors, senator tom cotton and david purdue. pres. trump: thank you very much. it is great to be here today to unveil legislation that would represent the most significant reform to our immigration system and half a century. i want to thank senator tom cotton and david perdue for their tremendous work in putting together this historic and very vital proposal. as a candidate, i campaigned on creating a merit-based immigration system that protects u.s. workers and taxpayers. that is why we are here today, me