c-span: and where did you go to college? >> guest: at the university of north carolina for my undergraduate years and bryn mawr college for a phd. c-span: if we had followed you around since 1990 you were at the battlefield out in montana where else would we have seen you working on this book? >> guest: many places. it's the thing that i discovered about the difference between literary criticism and historical research; a lot more traveling is involved. i went to berkeley, california, where i spent eight months doing secondary sources in the bancroft library there, which is famous for its western collection. but i had to go to a number of repositories of original documents; for example, monroe, michigan, where both the custers grew up, both george armstrong and his wife; to yale for some significant letters; certainly to west point; to new york public library; and, of course, to washington, dc, to the national archives and the library of congress. c-span: where'd you find the most material that was useful primary material? >> guest: well, ce

the nationalist army was a disaster. c-span: i don't know which way to go with this but how many people did mao, was he responsible for killing? or torturing her all the stories you hear over the years and his own people were killed. there are lots of different times. >> there are lots of different times and it's an interesting and quite complicated story. more than anybody else in history, 30 million, 20 million at least, possibly 25 million. 20 or 25 million died in famine. a great leap forward, remember we were talking about it. this attempt to make china economically a great power very rapidly by mobilizing people was a disaster. it led to famine, a famine which was essentially man-made. mao made it. he didn't make it on purpose but his policies resulted in the famine in which 20 or 25 million people died so those deaths he was responsible for. then earlier on in the time that congress were taking power in china there was a campaign against landlords and land reform, 800,000 landlords were killed raid they were not killed b

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'sab

whether you get the real story or not, that's another question. c-span: how long have you been with "the washington post?" >> guest: twenty-three years. c-span: what did you do before that? >> guest: well, you remember when we first met i was covering the nixon white house. i covered nixon's campaign for election in 1968, his taking office in his first term as president, then i went out to asia and became the tokyo correspondent, the northeast asia correspondent, for ""the post"" for three years. i came back after three years in 1976 and began to start covering the state department, and have been covering american diplomacy ever since. c-span: where did you grow up? >> guest: atlanta, georgia. c-span: where did you go to school? >> guest: druid hills high school in atlanta, georgia, and then through a kind of fluke went to princeton university -- four years at princeton, which opened my eyes to a world that i had no idea even existed. then i went into the army in korea and started off as a newspaperman in charlotte, north carolina, for the charlotte obse

announcer: the c-span city tour is back in wisconsin tomorrow for a look at the literary life. we hear from david moran s on his book about vietnam war protest in madison. the author of a book detailing the city and their transformation from wilderness to a laboratory of democracy. and a look at the home that frank lloyd wright designed for himself. announcer: follow the c-span city's tour as we travel outside the washington beltway to communities. >> the idea behind the tour is to take program from american history television and book tv beyond the beltway. we will produce pieces that are more visual, and will provide a window into the cities that viewers with -- would not normally go to. >> a lot of people have already heard history of the big cities like new york, los angeles, chicago, but what about all ones like albany, new york? what is the history? >> we have been to over 75 cities. we will hit 95 in april of 2016. our coverage is a vent, these are not those type pieces. these take you to a historic site or home. announcer: we partner with affiliates to appreciate the cu

louisiana, one year as the c-spanm, continues its tour of hurricane katrina damage, followed by a 2005 town hall meeting in new orleans with then mayor ray nagin. announcer: the c-span cities hear around the nation to from local historians, authors, and civic leaders every other weekend on c-span book tv and american history tv on c-span3, and this month with congress on its summer recess, it is on c-span each day at 6:00 p.m. eastern. today, we look at the history of core a lot of springs -- of colorado springs, and we start pikes peak, named for the explorer. have for as long as people lived here, pike's peak has been a marketing tool, and we have used it to help identify this location. pikes peak protrudes out onto the eastern plains. as wethe first 14-er, call it, the first 14,000-foot mountain when you are coming west across the plains towards denver, and that is a beacon, in many ways, for people traveling towards the mountains. i remember many times, growing up in the midwest, coming to colorado and know when you're almost there when you start to the distance.k in you can see it a hundred or more and it seems here, to pull you in as you're coming west. now, w

. >> the c-span cities tour continues monday with a visit to colorado springs. out explorer zebulon pike, treatment of tuberculosis in colorado springs around the turn of the 20th century, an inventor nikola tesla, who conducted many of his experiments in colorado springs. that is monday on c-span starting at 6:00 p.m. eastern. >> c-span's road to the white house coverage continues as we take you live to the medallion center in south carolina for a town hall meeting with senator bernie sanders of vermont. speak, do q&a, and will also take questions from the c-span audience. this is lie. -- live. . [applause] kaman, you can do better than that. how are you doing? all right. this is the last stop of the evening. we are excited to be in columbia, south carolina. i have the privilege of serving as the national press secretary for bernie 2016. you will be dmc for this evening. is that ok -- i will be your mc for this evening. the man ofing out the hour, i want to chat with you all. america celebrated the 50th anniversary of the voting rights act? the voting rights act

host: what was the challenge for you and for the candidates here in washington in the c-span studio? jack: the challenge? i thank c-span. there was a little bit of a delay. i got into the rhythm. because there was a forum and they were interviewed i think it flowed with mr. paul and mr. rubio. i think it is interesting that senator graham decided to miss the vote. host: thursday, the fox debate, won't be as nice. let's go to wayne in florence. wayne: i thought it was a good format that you had and jack did a good job. pretty much, i enjoyed the opportunity to get to know the candidates a little bit better. one of the questions that jack asked, i have a good answer for. he asked if it was time to have a woman on the $20 will and i think it is. i think we are missing the point if we do not pay attention to important women, namely the first ladies. it would be great to start with martha washington and have her on the bill for a year and go through each of the first ladies. it would take 45 years. do you would get a lot of support from republicans and democrats. i do not think the bushes

chris the c-span cities tour continue with a look at the history of literary life of lincoln, nebraska. that starts monday essence :00 p.m. eastern on span. -- at 6:00 p.m., eastern on c-span. chuck schumer announced he will vote against the nuclear agreement with iran. here is the response from white house press secretary josh earnest. josh: i will like to get straight to iran and to the very large scale chuck schumer and eliot engel how well is the administration suffer to avoid the otherwise loyal democrat join to the group. do you want to choose the -- over diplomacy? making a common cause. josh: mark, the president stands by the arguments he made a speech on american university on wednesday. you cited the two members of congress come out in opposition to the deal since the president delivered his. but we are going to do the math here.

c-span history. now a look at highlights of the c-span cities tour where we learn about the history of cities and townscross america in cooperation with our cable partners. to learn more about the stops on her 2015 tour, visit c-span.or ? cities tour woody: the population there is one third indian, when heard negro, one third negro, one third white people, i actually picked up a lot of songs. ♪ this land is your land this land is my land from california to the new york island from the redwood forests to the gulf stream waters this land was made for you and me ♪ deana: woody was born in 1912 in oklahoma, and that we are very proud have his work back in oklahoma, where we think it belongs. he was an advocate for people who were disenfranchised, for those people were migrant workers, from oklahoma, kansas, and texas during the testable bowl era who found themselves in california literally starving, and he saw this vast difference between those who were in the haves and the have-nots, through his music. the woody guthrie exhibit, the plan was to have this research facility in tulsa, and as the concept grew

the style and approaches of modern first ladies. from florence harding to michelle obama. that's tuesday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span3. >>> follow the c-span cities tour as we travel outside the washington beltway to communities across america. >> the idea behind the cities tour is to take the programming for htv, or american history television and book tv out on the road beyond the beltway to produce pieces that are more visual, that provide a window into these cities that viewers would normally go to that also have really rich histories and a rich literary scene, as well. >> a lot of people have already kind of heard the history of the big cities, like new york and l.a., chicago. but what about the smaller ones like albany, new york. what's the history of that? >> they've been to over 75 cities. we will have hit 95 cities in april of 2016. >> most of our c-span is event coverage. these are not event coverage type of pieces. they're shorter. they take you some place. they take you to a home, a historic site. >> we partner with our cable affiliate to explore the history and literary culture of various cities. >> the key entry into the city

. >> now look at highlights of the c-span cities tour as we learn about the history of the cities and towns across america in cooperation with her cable partners. to learn more about the stops on our 2015 tour, visit www.c-span.org/citiestour. ♪ >> where standing in the main waiting room of union station here in omaha, nebraska. it was a second union station built by union pacific to serve the citizens of omaha for real travel. the architects wanted to make a statement about what the

on 90.1o c-span radio fm in the washington, d.c. area, online at c-span.org, or download our c-span radio app. , from ourht on q&a emergency manager of detroit, kevin or -- former emergency ,anager of detroit, kevin orr talks about overseeing the largest municipal bankruptcy in our country's history. >> if detroit had taken that money when the stock market went down and had invested it in an index fund, dow jones industrial, standard & poor's, whatever. the stock market is now trading him is three times what it was. they not

the press. you're watching american history tv on c-span3. >>> c-span is in des moines for the iowa state fair and road to the white house coverage of presidential candidates. our live coverage is on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org as candidates speak

the waistwater spill in colorado. journal" live every morning 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. and you can join the conversation with your phone calls and comments on facebook and twitter. executivey downey is editor of the crop crop here to talk with us this morning about populism,of economic some have said incoming equality on the campaign trail, but the campaignit relates to 2016. first of all, the "capitol forum" what does your group do? investigativeide news and legal analysis for a range of subscribers, investors,s, corporations, and industry stakeholders. host: we have a front page look at the recent story of "usa today." the issues in part of the campaign 2016, they looked at headline washeir "9c.e.o.s paid 800 times more worthers." they write the average c.e.o. of standard & poor's company was paid more than 16 times more employees. recent totalsed on the most reported compensation of ceos. why has this issue bubbled up in the campaigns of bernie sanders and hillary clinton? guest: i think the main reason is people are unhappy with the level of income inequality that ex

. >> the c-span cities tour visits literary and historic sites across the nation. to hear from local historians, authors and civic leaders, every other weekend on c-span 2's book t.v. and c-span 3's american history t.v. this month, with congress on its summer recess, the city tours is on c-span each day at 6 p.m. eastern. >> hey... look at me. hurry! come on! come on! wait for it. wait for it. wait for it. >> welcome to galveston on book t.v. located on an island off the gulf coast of texas, it was the main port for the texas navy during the texas revolution and served as the provisional capital of the republic of texas. today it's visited by over six million tourists. with the help of our cable partners, we'll learn about the history of this coastal city from local authors. we begin with casey greene on the 1900 storm that decimated galveston. ♪[music]♪ >> the 1900 storm struck galveston saturday, september 8 1900. the storm began at noon increased in dramatic intensity and then finally tapered off toward midnight that evening. this hurricane was and still is the

announcer: tomorrow, the c-span city's port stays in colorado springs or the literary life of the city. that begins at 6:00 p.m. here on c-span. c-span is marking the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina this week with special programming. tomorrow night, scenes from new orleans one year after the storm, and then tore hurricane damage and speaking with those on the ground. here is some of what you will see tomorrow night. not really for us to say should it be rebuilt or not rebuilt. i think it is reasonable to ask that we have a flood protection system that is going to work. when you see this, and we -- just a few blocks up the road, there is holy cross, with all of that vacant housing, you would things first.irst maybe get people to higher ground, because that house cannot be rebuilt. it is not possible. that.u can still smell you will notice it later when somebody tells you you smell bad, because you end up smelling bad after you have been here.

the u.s. house on c-span and the senate on c-span2, here on c-span 3, we complement the coverage by showing you the most , and on therings weekends, c-span 3 is home to a with sixhistory tv original series. joining artifacts, museums and historical sites. history bookshelf. the presidency looking at the policies and biases of our commanders in chief. lectures in history with top college professors delving into the past. and, our new series, reel america. c-span 3, created by the cable tv industry, and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. tv visited history long beach, california to visit the queen mary. mary was inn service between 1936 and 1967 and has been restored and operated as a hotel for the last 40 years. declared in ii was europe on symptom or third, 1939. the queen mary was out at sea. she was two days away from making her 143rd atlantic crossing. in the early morning hours of the day, the course of the ship was changed, not only for the rest of that voyage, but for the rest of her see life over the next eight years. in a code

in the wall street journal did a feature article comparing obama to bryan. >> the c-span cities were of lincoln nebraska continues tomorrow with the literary life of the state capital. we will look at the letters of novelist, will it have other -- willeck hazer. that starts at 6:00 p.m. tomorrow on c-span. >> tonight, on the

eastern time on sunday night throughout the rest of the year. c-spanduces the series in cooperation with the white house historical association. through expert, video tours of historic sites, and questions through seat -- from c-span viewers, we tell the story of america's first lady. next, helen taft. this is about an hour and ms. swain: helen taft was more ambitious about getting to the white house than her husband, william howard taft, and was willing to get personally involved in politics to get him elected. as first lady, she overcame a serious illness to directly manage the white house, invited top classical musicians to perform there, and supported causes that mattered to her. helen taft also has one of the most visible legacies of all first ladies, washington, d.c.'s famous japanese cherry trees, the ones that frame the tidal basin in the nation's capital and bring tens of thousands of visitors to washington every year. ms. swain: good evening, and welcome to first ladies: influence and image, the life of helen taft. her husband served in the w

road to the white house coverage. >> the c-span cities tour visits literary and historic sites across the nation to hear from local historians, authors and civic leaders, every other 's tv andn c-span2 american history tv. the city tour is on c-span every day at 6:00 p.m. eastern. >> welcome to waco texas on book tv. located on the brazos river, this he was founded in 1849 and soon after, a local suspension bridge was built allowing cattle herds to travel along the chisholm trail to cross the river. today, waco has a population of almost 130,000 people and is the home to taylor university, the oldest institute of higher learning in the state. with the help of our time warner next partners, for the hour, we will learn about its history and seen from local authors. we begin our special feature darden onssor robert the role of gospel music during the civil rights movement. ♪ ♪ >> i can only speak for myself is why i think gospel music resonates to such a degree even now. the music from the 30's and 40's no less than the current gospel artists right now seem to m

history and the people that have built omaha over the years. >> are at the weekend, american history tv is featuring highlights from c-spanities tour. when we go on the road to learn about american history. you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. night, institute for policy studies on u.s. foreign-policy cents 9/11. the recent negotiations with iran and the war on terror. >> why are they so violent? all those questions are important. what's more important, because it's something we can do something about, is what is the u.s. policy regarding isis and why isn't it working can we go to war against terrorism are we doing the war wrong? those are the questions that in some ways are the most important and that will be the most useful. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific. >> monday on the communicators -- who is into computers and sci-fi. always heard about silicon valley and dreamed of getting to america. from a very young age, that's what he pined to do. at 17 he just ran away from home and did it. >> ashlee vance on one of silicon valley's most inventive leaders, elon musk. the nex

castro talks about the state of recovery efforts in the gulf coast with urban housing and development officials. that's live at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-spanwe hear more from the mayor who will be speaking at the national press club at 1:00 p.m. eastern with live coverage on c-span. >>> follow the c-span's city tour as we travel to community ace across america. >> the idea is to take the programming if our "american history tv" television and book tv on the road beyond the beltway to produce pieces that are more visual that provide a window into. these cities that viewers wouldn't normally go to that also have really rich histories and a rich literary scene as well. >> a the lo of people heard the big cities like new york and l.a., chicago, but what about the smaller ones like albany, new york. >> we have been to over 75 cities. we will have hit 95 cities in april of 2016. >> most of our programming is event coverage. these z are not event coverage pieces. they are shorter, they take you some place. they take you to a home, a historic site. >> we partner with our cable affiliates to explore the history and literary culture of various citie

up next on the c-span cities tour, the director of the texas corrections shares some of the items. >> can see there are numerous mountain ranges that crop up and there aren't these mountain ranges. the problem with the misrepresentation is that many of the map makers would not have to texas and they would earlieried or used cartographer's information. relayed from an earlier one. now, you can see how beautifully done the eastern part of the is with the mountains in the proper place and the when youan area but get to the center of the country, it certainly is wilderness. another thought is that this is early maps that begin to show the concept of manifest destiny, the going west growing. this next piece that i want to really a travel diary or journal. by mary austin holly who is the niece of steven f. austin. and when she travels to texas, 1836 andrinted in there is a beautiful map. it's small. it's a foldout map. but it's a map of the state of you can and texas and see what you would say austin's colony and the others that are laid out. it'soloration on this map, hand done. it wouldn'

hosted by the atlantic magazine, live monday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >>> each week american history tv's "reel america" brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. on march 8th, 1965, 3500 marines were deployed to vietnam marking the beginning of the u.s. ground war. by the end of 1965, almost 200,000 americans were in the country. when the war ended in 1975, nearly 3 million americans had served in the conflict and more than 58,000 lost their lives. up next, the screaming eagles in ves nam, a u.s. army the big picture episode documenting the activities of the 101st airborne division from its arrival in the spring of 1965 through january of 1967. >> okay. move out. ♪ >> from out of the skies over vietnam come the screaming eagles, the heroic pair troopers of the 101st airborne division. their fabled exploits during world war ii can never be forgotten. in december 1944 outnumbered and surrounded by the germans at bastogne, the men of the 101st courageously fought on. when the germans ordered them to surrender or be annihilat

many of you are familiar with the c-span bus that has been in many of your communities across the country. it is an interactive, multimedia learning center that brings c-span2 communities nationwide. in each city, we partner with cable affiliates to talk to students, teachers, and the public about how to use c-span's programming. a special out allows you to explore presidential candidates from the campaign trail. to learn more about this, good to c-span.org. you can find more information. mark and florida, democrat. caller: i just wanted to comment about vice president joe biden talking about he was possibly going to run. i think that is just going to screw up hillary. the whole plan -- i believe that is what will happen as it would just screw up hillary. host: do you think he needs to stay out? caller: yeah, i think he needs to stay out and let hillary, she was the first one to come out for the democrats and say she was going to run, and then bernie sanders followed her. i think she will end up beating bernie sanders but i think joe biden will throw a curveball in their. host: is not a g

now, a look at highlights of the c-span city store, as we learn about the history of cities and towns across america, in cooperation with our cable partners. to learn more about our stops on our tour, visit c-span.org. ♪ >> we are standing in the main waiting room of union station in omaha, nebraska. it is an art deco building built in 1931. architects wanted to make a statement about what the railroad was. in his mind, it was things, masculinity, and permanency. that is what he wanted the a building to an body. embody. omaha started out as a frontier town. citizens decided they wanted to found the city on the site of the river. everybody knew there would be a transcontinental railroad, they just didn't know where. they wanted it to come through their so they would have a better chance of having a railroad if they have a city on the opposite side of the river, already established and ready to go. it worked. council bluffs didn't think omaha would it bigger than council bluffs, because that was an established city. union pacific is one of the premier railroad companies of america. it w

c-span 3. and this month with congress on summer recess the cities tour is on c-span each day at 6:00 p.m. eastern. today we head to key west, florida, and visit the earnest hemingway house and learn about the jewish history and talk with the author of a book called quit your job and move to key west, the complete guide. >>> now a look at the history of the gridiron club dinner. starting in 1885 the event features journalists and politicians and government officials. the president usually attends. clarence page talks more about the dinner, usually held each spring in washington. >> clarence page, a columnist for the chicago tribune and the president of the gridiron club this year. let's talk about the club itself. who are its members, what is its mission and how do you become a member? >> the club itself was started in 1885 by a newspaper reporters here in washington who i like to think started the club because the proper societies of washington wouldn't let them join their clubs. it started with three reporters from philadelphia, as i understand. and ever since then, at that time, the acti

visit ncicap.org] >> this weekend on the c-span networks, politics books, in american history. the night 8:00 eastern on c-span, a discussion on illegal immigrants and the enforcement of arizona's immigration law. sunday at 6:30, chris christie on national security. he speaks at the university of new hampshire at manchester. on c-span2 tonight at 10:00 eastern, michael tanner talks about the growing national debt and looks at a structuring retirement program. -- retitle meant program. sunday at three, thoughts on islamic extremism. sunday morning at 10:00 eastern we commemorate the 50th anniversary of president lyndon johnson's signing of the 1955 voting act. it includes conversations between johnson and his aides dr. martin luther king jr., and strategies on how to enforce the law. also this weekend, tonight at 7:10, university of california berkeley professor brian go lay looks at the production of arms. get a complete collection at c-span.org. all weekend, the history -- american history tv celebrates the city of augusta, georgia. the home is the home of george walton, one of

the most useful. >> tonight at 8 p.m. eastern and -- onc on cease van "q&a c-span "q&a." >> and highlight at the c-span collaboration with our cable and. -- partners. visit c-span.org/citiestour. >> it is texas's official state history museum. 2001.n we are charged with telling the story of texas. we had three floors of exhibition space where we feature around 500 original artifacts that tell the story of texas. we also have temporary exhibitions, including fly girls , which is what we are standing in right now and to theaters that show films regularly. ♪ [video clip] >> this is texas. and out of those are stepping girls. girls give a new angle to the air force story. women's air force service pilots. victoria: the fly girls exhibition is very important to us, and it is an exhibition we opened on veterans day, and to tell the story of these world war ii female pilots and share that with the public was, we thought, and important texas story, but also an important story that connects texas with the nation. when world war ii broke out in 1938 and 1939, one of the women pilots of america, her name was jacqueline, and she was

helen taft on the c-span series and theiries," influence on the presidency. from martha washington to michelle obama, sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. here is what is happening on c-span tonight. first, a couple of sessions from the netroots conference, including democrats gaining localin legislatures and elected offices, and then a look at the race and gender makeup of elected officials. oner, a discussion immigration from the bipartisan policy institute. then, the referenda john richard bryant, the bishop would be methodist piscopo church, talks about guns and gun violence. former president jimmy carter described today that he has cancer, and the carter center says

the most useful. >> sunday night at a 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >>> so far this year, the c-span's cities tour along with our cable affiliates has visited over a dozen cities across the country, revealing their unique history and literary life. this weekend will showcase some of the places we've been in 2015. >> one day, when i see had perhaps nine hours of flying, he told me to pull over on the tarmac when i landed and he started getting out of the airplane. and he told me it was time for me to take it around by myself. when i took off that time, and i got up to about 500 feet where i'm supposed to level off, when i started to push forward on that stick to level off, it came off in my hand. so i grabbed my seat belt off and i left the throttle wide open. i leaned across the front seat and with the tips of my fingers, i started pushing forward on the front stick. it started lowering the nose of the airplane. so then i climbed over into the front seat, but i made a fairley smooth landing. and he said, what in the hell are you doing in the front seat? and i just pointed to that stick, which

new orleans one year after the storm. a c-spanw toured water-damaged neighborhoods, spoke with residents on the ground, and officials involved with recovery efforts. from august of 2006, this is 90 minutes. ♪ ♪ >> about 120 or so in the new orleans area. katrina was enormous, very powerful storm. it overwhelmed the system, and that would happen again. >> what katrina has done is caused the cultural deist for a. our culture has been sprinkled out all over the country now. like a ghost town. the devastation is still here. ♪ >> the city of new orleans, one year after katrina, is now home to less than 50% of its population prior to the storm. a c-span video journalist traveled in august to take a look at recovery efforts in communities where some of the worst flooding occurred, the lower ninth ward where the industrial canal wall breached, the gentilly districts where the london canal street flooded, and the like you district where the walls did not help -- hold up. we talked with local citizens and officials about what is being done

. >> up next the c-span city store visits the texas home a writer william sidney porter. while in prison on charges of embezzlement he began writing under the name o. henry. [inaudible] >> william sidney porter was a great american short story writer. he wrote about 300 to 400 short stories and he was known for having swift endings. a good example of which is "the gifts of the magi," about a poor couple who want to buy each other christmas presents. she has this long, luxurious hair that she cuts to buy her husband a fault for his pocket watch. he sells his pocket watch to buy her these combs which she has been coveting for her long hair. a lot of people know o. henry as a new york short story writer. he cut his teeth here in austin starting right here in this house. this has been a museum since 1934. what people can find is a middle-class taos that is three rooms, a parlor, there is a bedroom, and there is a dining room and a porch that used to be called a sleeping porch. he moved to texas in his early 20's from greensboro, north carolina, partly out of wanderlust and pa

[applause] >> the c-span cities tour visits literary and historic sites across the nation to your from local historians, authors, and leaders every other weekend on c-span 2's book tv and american history tv on c-span 3. this month, the city's tour is on c-span each weekday at 6:00 p.m. eastern. monday, we travel to tokyo, kansas. we will hear about the violent conversations -- confrontations from the 1860's over whether kansas should be a free state or slave state. the c-span cities tour of topeka, kansas, monday at 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> monday night on, "the communicators," the 20th anniversary of digital television. mark taher discusses how modern television has changed. >> what many of us, and that is increasing every day, are watching is a multi screen world. that has been one of the more exciting outcomes of this whole digital revolution. it used to be there was a stationary screen, and that was a big screen in the living room. with the internet and the wireless world extending things, now you have tablets and smartphones and wi-fi all over the place, such that tv

gather some great programming for american history tv and book tv. >> watch the cities tour on the c-span networks to see where we are going next, see our schedule at c-span.org/ cities tour. tv'sweek, american history american artifacts takes viewers behind the scenes at archives, museums and historic sites. american history tv visited long beach, california, to tour the queen mary and learn about the service provided by the massive ocean liner during world war ii. queen mary was in service between 1936 and 1967 and a has been restored and operated as a hotel for the past 40 years. [horn] name is will: my kayne. i served as captain of the queen mary. come tour visitors, who see us on a daily basis. on behalf of the rest of the crew and staff i want to welcome you aboard. the queen mary was originally owned and operated by the qun nard line. it had an agreement with the british government to hold mail from europe to america. that is why it was called rms queen mary. royal mail ship. plans to begin the queen mary and the queen elizabeth began in 1926. they were to be the largest and fastes

. >> we close out the c-span cities tour of galveston aboard the texas clipper, now a training ship at the texas maritime academy. was and war ii, it u.s.s.vessel named the queens. >> the texas clipper, which is that it goes by now, is now an artificial reef off the texas.f right near the texas-mexico border. about 30 here for years. and it sailed. there were generations of students that sailed on it. the first training ship. there was texas clipper 2 and clipper 3 afterwards. but it was the first training ship. not born as the texas theper but it was born as u.s.s. escambia. an attack transport during the second world war. 1944, there was tremendous tremendous shipbuilding program out of maryland, not far from baltimore, outside the inner harbor. it was one of those ships that was built in that tremendous shipbuilding program. it was not one of the 90-day wonders. ship,as a high-class because it was intended to a cargo transport passenger carrier after the war was over. so it was built to the specifications of the american export line. the ship comes out in december 1944. it is launch

an civic leaders every other weekend on the c-span 2 book tv and american history tv on c-span 3. and this month with congress on its summer recess, the city's tour is on c-span each day at 6:00 p.m. today the history of greensboro, north carolina. >>> philanthropist mike bezos father of jeff bezos talks about his experiences emigrating from cuba as a boy. the conversation with aspen pen institute with walter isakson takes place at the national koourgs center in -- constitution center in philadelphia. >>> well, the emigrant sometimee is the one who best understandss that concept of freedom and whac america is all about. tell us about your experience an an immigrant. how did you get here and what did you feel? >> all right. thank you. first of all, for allowing me tm be here.e the conversations have been so unbelievable. i'm over the top already. doing something that we so take for granted, these discussions, these conversations, it is unbelievable.. okay, so go back to 1958, back in cuba.cuba and i was, at that time, maybe . 13, 14 years old. and i was fine. i was a teen-ager, doin

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while we are in galveston, the c-span city tour spoke about the hurricane with the owner of the bookstore. >> we are in storm alert as powerful hurricane ike closes in on the gulf coast. you can probably count the hours before landfall. we're talking on one hand. >> absolutely. but the impacts, of course, evidence for hours now. take a look at these waves crashing over the seawall in galveston, texas. the seawall, about 16 feet tall. so imagine how high these waves are. >> this is truly amazing what ike is dishing out right now! this is the worst we've seen, obviously, for the past two hours or so since we've been here in houston the past two days. the problem about this is -- my goodness! i mean, really! this is mind-blowing what we're witnessing right now and being able to broadcast to you live. i have never witnessed anything like this in my career! >> when we came down here, we tried to be prepared. we bought overalls, shovels first aid kits. and the extent of the damage, you just can never imagine how bad it is. there's no way. the adjustor later determined that we had seven feet of

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the problems. >> sunday night on c-span's duende. >> over the next hour, the c-span city store visits fort lauderdale. we will hear from authors of nolks about the semi indians, the florida intracoastal waterwaye, and spain's role in the revolutionary war. but first, we start with charles , author of then struggle for a more perfect union. understandu cannot thurgood marshall if you do not understand that he is not just a black man, but also a lawyer. of law shapes his perception the world as much as the color of us. her good used to say, i do not need to put my hand in front of my face to know what color i am. he knew he was black. he had grown up in a jim crow south. he has seen and traveled right , the law school destruction of the community segregation brought about. but at the same time, he had the lawyer's lens by which he understood the situations and he gave them away to fight back. he further believed in the law. he believed in the constitution. he believed the american legal political can't do shall system was fundamentally -- the political constitutional system was fundamentally sound, but

we are currently here telling at the history museum. >> throughout the weekend, american history tv featuring highlights from c-span'sities tour week on the road to learn about american history. learn more about these cities at /citiestour.rg you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. at 8:00 p.m. eastern time on sunday night, throughout the rest of the year. series anduce the cooperation at the white house historical association. experts,rsations with video tours of historic sites, and questions from c-span's

continue the c-span cities tour with the story of wilmette -- william jackson palmer who helped bring railroads to colorado. ♪ palmer saw possibilities, and i think it might be the mountains that he fell in love with, and it is right up against pike's peak and this wonderful place, that what he saw as the economic driver was the climate and the mountains, and the fact that people's -- people like himself from the atlantic seaboard would be drawn here, so here for a few weeks or a month or to come and visit and decide to stay, that they would be drawn by the helpful climate and in natural beauty, so he saw this place potential. he built colorado springs along the rail line, and then the rail line connected further south, and this town in particular to be his home, and he always saw it as an anecdote, if you will, to eastern industrialization. for this young man who grew up in the second largest city in the entire country, he looked to the west, and we have this vast, open expanse of land, seemingly limitless, and he envisioned a place here where people could come and live warts stay an

the tour is tomorrow on c-span at 6 p.m. eastern. >> follow the cities tour as we travel outside the washington beltway to communities across america. take theea is theo programming out on the road beyond the beltway to produce pieces that are a little more visual, that provide a window into these cities that viewers would not normally go to that also have really rich histories and a rich literary scene as well. >> a lot of people have heard the history of the big cities like new york, i lay in chicago, but what about the small ones like albany, new york? >> we have been to over 75 cities. we will left it 95 in april of 2016. >> most of our programming is event coverage. these are not event coverage pieces. they are shorter. they take you someplace -- a home, a historic site. >> we explore the history and literary culture of various cities. >> the key entry is the cable operator who then contacts the city. it is the cable industry bringing us. >> they are really looking for great characters. you really want your viewers to be

the des moines soap box. see that tomorrow right here on c-span. >> this weekend on the c-span networks. politics, books, and american history on c-span saturday live coverage of presidential candidates at the iowa state fair continues. we will hear from republican rnors chris christie and sunday and on saturday book tv is live at the inaugural mississippi pook festival. former governor haley barbour and panel discussions on civil rights and discussions about the lives of harper lee and hen another will share her thoughts on the relationship between president obama and millennials and the preservation of landmarks and the history created to protect them and sunday at 4:00 p.m. on "real america," three films on the pilot district project, the program administered by the johnson administration to help poor realizes between the community and police in washington d.c. after the martin luther king assassination. get more information at -span.org. follow the c-span's cities tour. >> the idea behind the cities tour is to take the programming for history tv beyond the beltway to produce pieces th

the c-span cities tour, visiting cities across the country. this weekend, we are joined by charter communications to learn more about the history of grand junction, colorado. a certain mineral had a long-term importance in this part of colorado. >> all over the colorado plateau, we are surrounded by morrison rock. we find a lot of dinosaur bones, fossils, and that has intrigue scientists for a long time. the other thing we find in the morrison is a rock hard carna tite. it contains radium, which was used by marie curie. is it also includes a mineral, vana dium. carnatite also includes uranium. announcer: a congressman was largely responsible for development through his legislation. >> he fought the bottle to reserve -- the battle to reserve water for western c colorado to make sure we got our fair share. how did he do that? beginning in he is state -- beginning in his state career, he was able to exercise more power than you might normally have. certainly in the united states congress, where he was able to make sure colorado and western colora