. >> tomorrow, the c-span cities tour heads to seen augustine, florida, the oldest european settlement in the continental united states. --e's daily on the ponce de leon park. thursday at 6 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. this weekend we are joined by charter communications to learn more about the history and literary life of grand junction, colorado. the mining of a certain mineral had importance. the plateau and here in mesa county outside of grand junction, we are surrounded by morrison rock. we find dinosaur bones and fossils. that has intrigued scientists for long time but the other thing we find in the morrison is a mineral, a rock called ca rnetite. it contains radium which is used -- radioactive and contains vanadium, which is used to strengthen steel. during the buildup to world war ii, and during the war itself, vanadium was of extreme value. tite contains uranium and it is one of the best sources for atomic power and atomic weapons. he fought the battle to preserve water for wes

augustine, the c-span cities tour spoke with political science professor michael butler author of thebook, "beyond integration: the black freedom struggle in northwest florida," 19 of to 1980. >> most history of the civil rights movement focus on the montgomery to memphis years, the king years. they focus on what happened in terms of how facilities integrated. and that's important. it's an important story to tell. but what i was most interested in is what happens in communities that didn't grab national headlines, which is most southern communities, number one, and number two, what happened when the television cameras went away in most parts of the region? and pensacola, florida, was one of the perfect places to exam both of those questions. i found that the majority of the struggles that pensacola encountered, the more serious struggles happened after facilities integrated, happened after the lunch counters integrated, happened after employers began to hire more african-americans. it actually happened after king's designation in 1968. so i think -- assassination in 1968. so i think the p

movement is important for the historical development of civil rights in the u.s.. >> tomorrow, the c-span city store has to we link on the west your -- your heads to wheeling, west virginia. that starts wednesday on seas and at -- on c-span at 6:00 p.m. eastern. a signature feature of the tv is our all-day coverage of affairs and festivals from across the country

. >> the c-span cities tour stopped by the st. augustine historical society research library to look at documents, memoirs and photographs from different periods in this city's history. we're standing today at the segui kirby smith house. it was built in the 17 80's. the building was given to the st. augustine historical society and in march 3rd of 1995, the historical society research library opened up in this building. today we have a wide range of materials. for example, we have ledger art that was done by the plains indians that were held captive in fort marion. we have a seminole war journal by fert are dr. mott. we also have a fascinating piece which was in the st. augustine link and it relates to warren g. harding. we have the first journal for the ski council under the united states territorial act and from -- almost from the first day that the society was founded, we've been trying to collect documents, images, and other material relating to the history. st. augustine was founded 450 years ago this year and it's the oldes

the mccarthy speech and mccarthyism started here in the city. it was not a good impact on the country. >> the c-span cities tour visits literary and historic sites across the nation to hear from local historians, authors, and others. congress onwith summer recess, the city tour is on c-span each day at 6:00 p.m. eastern. >> welcome to wheeling, west book tv. on it was the first capital of west virginia and is known as "the friendly city." along the location ohio river and historic road, ed as a hub.m grexit drew a lot of immigrants from europe here -- >> it drew a lot of immigrants from europe here in search of opportunity. >> we will explore wheeling's literary scene, beginning with a ink at illicit drug policy the u.s. >> its billions of dollars. i was curious as to why that is and how does the war on drugs figure into the larger picture of american foreign-policy? the war on drugs is something as u.s. has used justification for intervention across the globe. we generally associate the declaration "war on drugs" with president nexen. -- president nixon. if you look at that time, you can see that t

c-span3's american history tv. with congress in recess over the summer, we have been showing you the cities tour on c-span every weekday. congress is back in session after labor day. the house of reps and its -- house of representatives live on c-span. you can continue to see the c-span cities tour on c-span2 and c-span3 at any time at www.c-span.org. >> the american legion held its annual convention in baltimore this week. former defense secretary chuck hagel spoke to the veterans group for about 15 minutes. >> thank you for your leadership to the american legion and all of you who are devoted so many years of their lives to this country and to the american legion. i am particularly honored to receive this award. has a some of you know, my friends from nebraska know. you get two drinks tonight. [laughter] maybe three, i don't know how that works. i cover the legion family. my father was a three-time commander of the american legion post in the 1950's. asmother served three terms president of the legion auxiliary. think, my 47th year of being a life member of the american legion. [laughter] i am particularly proud of t

. >> the c-span cities tour continues the visit to west virginia city hall with a stop at the civil war flags and one captured confederate flag, the largest existing display of west virginia civil or battle flags. -- civil war battle flags. we are here on the west -- second floor of the west virginia battle hall. we are proud to be the repository for all of the states surviving battle flags. they were in civil war battles carried by the west virginia troops. we have 12 flags from the union troops, and we do have one captured confederate -- confederate flag. wheree conserved them they will remain in perpetuity and safekeeping. we tried to marry them with murals on occasion. our information for each flag will tell you where they came from, where they fought, and numbers killed. killedtingly, the number by disease always higher than those killed in action. the flags with the swallowtail design used by true groups in particular, the artillery and calvary and of course back in big gun. flags carried by of pollard bear. chosen as anl was honor. he would stand in front of the regimen so everyo

the c-span cities tour visits literary and historic sites across the nation. this is every other weekend on c-span two's book tv on c-span3. we will close out the series with a trip to saint augustine, florida to learn about the literary life of that eddie. up next, we hear about the coeditor of the book "from la florida." to la it is about the monks who settled saint augustine. >> [speaking foreign language] prof. johnson: we are at the mission grounds. place whereis the ,n september of 1565, menendez the first explorer here to this part who stayed, landed here not far from us and celebrated the first mass here on this site. shrine foras been a many years and is particularly important if you notice behind me the church great this is the church that is dedicated to our lady of la leche. that is our lady of the milk. that was brought from spain. it was put in this area in the 1600s and became a very popular site for those who wanted to come to pray in general in both support of mary, but in particular, it became well-known for those who are struggling to conceiv

up next on the c-span cities to work, a state archivist reads portions of samuel reader's diary. michael: samuel reader was a kansas pioneer, farmer, soldier, artist and photographer, among many other things. he capped a daily -- kept a daily journal from 1849 to 1913, from age 13 to 878, i believe. the diary was donated to the society by his daughter right after his death in 1914. he created 15 journals over his life, but we only received 13 because in 1890's farmhouse burned and they were only able to save 13 of the journals. two, volume one and four, perished in the fire. he was influenced by the reading of journals of the lewis and clark definition. he wanted to keep a journal like they did and was interested in the illustrations. he wanted to illustrate too. 1849aily journals began in and proceeded his whole life until 1913 and he became too sick to continue. these are the diaries we have. have items ofs particular interest. example, is, for the most lavishly illustrated volume and it is also the volume that covers much of the territorial period from 1855 through 1857. in pa

c-span3's american history tv. with congress in recess over the summer, we have been showing you the cities tour on c-span every weekday. congress is back in session after labor day. the house of reps and its -- house of representatives live on c-span. you can continue to see the c-span cities tour on c-span2 and c-span3 at any time at www.c-span.org. >> the american legion held its annual convention in baltimore this week. former defense secretary chuck hagel spoke to the veterans group for about 15 minutes. >> thank

augustine, the c-span cities tour spoke with political science professor michael butler author of thebook, "beyond integration: the black freedom struggle in northwest florida," 19 of to 1980. >> most history of the civil rights movement focus on the montgomery to memphis years, the king years. they focus on what happened in terms of how facilities integrated. and that's important. it's an important story to tell. but what i was most interested in is what happens in communities that didn't grab national

. ♪ >>> the c-span cities tour, this weekend we're joined by charter communications to learn more abouthe history and literary life of grand junction, colorado. the mining of a certain mineral had a long-term importance in this part of colorado. >> all over the colorado plateau, and especially here in mesa county, outside of grand junction, we are surrounded by morrison rock. and within the morrison, we find a lot of dinosaur bones, we find a lot of fossils. that's intrigued scientists for a long time. but the other thing we also find in the morrison is a mineral, a rock called carnatite. it contains three different elements. it contains radium, which is radioactive and used by marie curry to help solve and fight cancer. it also contains venadium, which is used to strerchkten steal. so during the build up to world war ii and during world war ii, venadium was very valuable. it contains uranium. uranium is one of the best sources for atomic power and atomic weapons. >> colorado congressman wayne aspeno was largely responsible for this land development through its water legislation. >> he

of next on the c-span city store, joseph rocks me on his age."the heroic just: the title was taken from a schoolteacher, what am derby. when he was writing to dr. draper whose manuscript said a lot of the research, he referred to this as the heroic age. mr. darby would have been familiar with the folks of the area. he was a teacher. he was quite familiar with the stories. the area was first opened for intlement by fort stanwix the 1700s. they are considered the founders of wheeling. this was the western theater of the american revolution. fort henry was built and named of virginia.ernor one of his titles was the earl castle. patrick henry came in as the revolutionary governor. it was renamed for henry. for wheeling, wheeling was considered the head of navigation on the ohio during the low water season. fort henry and wheeling would have a symbiotic relationship in that a lot of places where forts were built where there was no population, they were abandoned because they were as in. because fort henry had people abandoned.it was not protectedt hen

follow us on twitter at c-span history for information on our schedule of upcoming programs and to keep up with the latest history news. the c-span city tour visiting cities across the country. weekend we're joined by charter communications to learn more about the history and life of grand junction colorado. the mining of a certain mineral had long-term importance. over the colorado plateau and especially here in mason county we are surrounded by morse and rock. within the rock we find a lot of dinosaur bones and fossils. that has really intrigued scientist for a long time. the other thing we also find is a mineral, a rock. it contains three different elements. it can tell you is radium which is radioactive and was used by mary curry to solve cancer. it contains uranium which is used to strengthen steel. they use that during world war ii. it was of extreme value. know is one of the best sources for atomic power and atomic weapons. colorado congressman was largely responsible for the series of agricultural development. tohe fought the battle preserve water for western colorado. by making sure that we got our fair share. how did you tha

the civil rights movement in florida. that's all tomorrow night at 6:00 eastern on our companion network, c-span. >>> the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. this weekend we're joined by charter communications to learn more about the history and life of grand junction, colorado. mining had a certain importance in this part of colorado. >> all over the colorado plateau and outside of grand junction we are surrounded by morrison wrong. and -- rock. and we find a lot of dinosaur bones and fossils. the other thing we find is a rock called karnetite. it contains ven aid yum, which is used to strengthen steel. so during the buildup to world war ii and during world war ii itself, ven aid yum was of extreme value. and it also contains uranium. >> colorado congressman wayne as pin all was widely credited. >> he made sure that we got our fair share. how did he do that? well, beginning in his state career and then going on to his federal career, he climbed up the ladder of seniority and was able to exercise, i think, more power than you might normally have. certainly, in the u

c-span. secretary of state john kerry speaks about the iran nuclear agreement wednesday at the philadelphia constitution center. you can see it live at 11:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> the c-span cities tour, working with our cable authority . we are joined by our charters to learn about the life of colorado. >> especially here in mesa county, outside of grand junction, we are surrounded by morrison rock. within morrison rock we find a lot of dinosaur bones and fossils. that intrigues scientists for a long time. another thing we often find is a mineral called corn arnatite. it is radioactive. it was used by murray curie -- marie curie. during the buildup to world war ii and during world war ii itself, it was of extreme value. it also contains uranium. uranium, as we know is one of the best sources for atomic power and atomic weapons. >> the congressman was supportive through his water legislation. >> he fought the battle to reserve water for western colorado by making sure that we got our fair share. how did he do that? beginning in his state career and going onto his federal career, he climbed up the ladder of seniority and was able to exercise more power than you might normally hav

with that said, it's cold outside, drive safely and thank you for being here. [ applause ] >>> the c-span cities tour visits sites across the nation to hear from local authors and civic leaders. every other weekend on c-span 2's book tv and on "american history tv" on c-span 3. this month with congress on its summer recess, the cities tour is on c-span every day at 6:00 p.m. eastern. today topeka kansas, with a look at the literary life of the capital city. also books on the lead up to the civil war. that all starts at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> the c-span cities tour working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. this weekend we're joined but charter communications to learn about the history life of grand junction colorado. the mining of a certain mineral had a long-term importance in colorado. >> all over the colorado plateau and here in mesa county outside of grand junction, we're surrounded by morrison rock. we find a lot of dinosaur bones fossils and that's really intrigued scientists for a long time. the other thing we also find in the the morrison is a min

c-span 3's american history tv. with congress on summer recess, the city tours are on city seat -- are on c-span each day at 6:00 p.m. eastern. to topeka on book tv. located in the northeast region of kansas, topeka is its capital city with around 187,000 residents. this was the site of many border anti-slaveryo-and clashes. with the help of our cox communications partners, for the next hour we will learn about the history of the state from local authors. debra: any of the house is cedarcrest rate of it is just under 6000 square fleet, -- >> the name of the house is cedarcrest. it is just under 6000 square feet, which is the smallest governor's house. >> i have found nothing in the historical record that said this -- this was turbulent time. racism was ubiquitous across the nation. this crash did not get the because ithat it did happened in small-town usa. >> we began with deborah good debra goodrich bisel.. debra: i had grown up in southwestern virginia. the civil war was everywhere. my great-grandfather was a veteran. it is omnipresent. i'm certainly familiar with the civil war stories. i grew up in the hometown o

c-span for being here all day. thank you very much. the meeting is now adjourned at 3:45 eastern time. >> the c-span city's tour visited literary and historicsites from across the nation every other weekend on c spain 2's book tv and american history tv on c-span 3. this month the cities tour is on c-span at 6:30 eastern. today st. augustine, florida. we'll hear about fryers who settled the area and industrialists henne flagler who turned it into a popular vacation spot and the civil rights movement in florida. >> in 1945, 70 years ago, allied forces liberated the nazi concentration camps. from the oral history collections, survivors remember their time in the camps and how they persevered. some of the stories tonight on american history tv. at 8:00 p.m., an interview of leslie swift, recorded sound. and then at 8:10, kurt klein talks about escaping germany in the 1930s and returning to europe as an intergator for the u.s. army in 1945 and liberating holocaust survivorors. gurda klein spent the time in a jewish ghetto before being sent on a death march in 1945. at 1:00 people, mayor addler remembering being deported to auschwitz but being t

. >> tomorrow, the c-span city store has to we link on the west your -- your heads to wheeling, west virginia. that starts wednesday on seas and at -- on c-span at 6:00 p.m. eastern. a signature feature of the tv is our all-day coverage of affairs and festivals from across the country with top nonfiction authors. here is our schedule. this weekend come alive from the national book festival -- this weekend, live from the national book festival in the nations capital. ofly october, the festival books in nashville. the week after, live in austin for the texas book festival. back on the east coast, the boston book festival. at the start of november, we are in portland, portland -- oregon and at the end of november, lies for the 18th year -- live for the miami book fair international. a few of the fairs and festivals this fall on book tv. >> when congress returns from summer recess next week, members begin debate on the resolution of disapproval on the iranian nuclear agreement. the president believes it's the only alternative to war. here is a look at part of his statement from last month

the same way. i'm licensed to practice in two states and i wouldn't trust myself to do a routine divorce. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >> the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country, this weekend we're joined by charter communications to learn more about the history, literary life of grand junction, colorado. the mining of a certain mineral had a long-term importance in this part of colorado. >> all over the colorado plateau and here in! ea mesa county, oue of grand junction, we're surrounded by morrison rock. and within the morrison we find a lot of dinosaur bones, a lot of fossils, and that's really intriguing scientists for a long time, but the other thing that we also find in the morrison is a mineral, a rock called karne tight. karne tight contains three different elements. it contains radium, which is radioactive and used by marie curie to help solve and fight cancer. it also contains venadium used to strengthen steel. during the buildup to world war ii, it was of extreme value. karne tight contains uranium and uranium is up wione of the best sources for atomic power and weapons.

the c-span cities tour. night, it is is a discussion about improving american infrastructure which includes a housing and urban develop an official in previous a vacation. efforts in washington to make the city more lovable. benjamin grant and then environmental journalist ginger strand. the commonwealth club of california hosted the event. . preview. municipalsted their utility before and they did it because money. o high.es were to efforts not surprising but still a reason many towns are trying to get in on the community power. it can be a source of revenue for the town. with public power, actually public power consumers pay significantly less on average than private power consumers. some towns wanted to develop green power. boulder, colorado did not renew the contracts with their private power producer because they were tired of the company dragging its feet on developing green power and citizens simply said great, we will do a large cells -- do it ourselves. another is winter garden, florida needed a seri

the of lovingd legacy versus virginia. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. this year, c-span is touring cities across the country, slowing american history. up next, a look at our recent visit to grand junction, colorado. you are watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. area, the only source of clear, cold water from the mountains geared for thousands of years, people have cap tear. we had the early paleolithic indians. nowact, the name, it is the name meantut lodgepole. today, we are out here to look at thes stone structure behind us. builtis a hastily military structure, what today we would call a rifle pit. we were out here in 2006, doing an archaeological's survey -- archaeological survey, looking for a different object, but while we were out here, we stumbled on the site. we recorded it because we wanted to come back, and were really interested. archaeologists were puzzled by what it was. what we started to excavate in 2009, we found a lot of objects, including fragments of spanish colonial armor, and we'll locked -- wheel locks pistols. you would spin it up,

the good news is and evan thomas on his book being nixon, a man divided. book tv in prime time each night this week at eight pm eastern p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> the c-span cities tour working with our cable affiliates and it is sitting cities across the country. this weekend we are joined by charter communications to learn about the history of grand junction colorado. the mining of a certain mineral had a long-term importance in this part of colorado. >> all over the colorado plateau and especially here in mesa county, outside of grand junction, we are surrounded by morrison rock. within the morrison, we find a lot of dinosaur bones and fossils and that's really intrigued scientist for a long time. the other thing we also find in the morrison is a mineral, rock called carta types. they come with three different elements, radium which is radio at active and was used to help solve and fight cancer and it also contains something to build and strengthen steel. so this was of extreme value. it also also contains uranium and that as we know is one of the best sources for atomic power and atomic weapons. >> colorado congressman was largely responsible for the develop

. >>> the c-span cities tour visits literary and historic sites across the nation to hear from local historians, authors and civic leaders. you can hear them every other weekend on c-span2's book tv and on american history tv on c-span3. and this month with congress on its summer recess the cities tour is on c-span every day at 6:00 p.m. eastern. today we head to wheeling, west virginia to travel the national road, the first major highway built by the federal government. we'll take a look at civil war battle flags and recount senator joe mccarthy's red baiting enemies within reach speech. >>> next, a hearing on the benefits of and concerns about hydraulic fracturing or fracking, the process of injecting water, sand and chemicals into rock deposits deep underground to release natural gas. the house science committee held the hearing in april. >>> the committee on science base and technology will come to order. chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. welcome to today's hearing on the science behind hydraulic fracturing. i'll recognize myself and then rankin

visit ncicap.org] the c-span cities tour, working with cable affiliates in visiting cities across thentry. we are joined by charter communications to learn more about the center and literary life of grand junction, colorado. the mining of a certain mineral had a long-term importance in this part of colorado. >> all over the colorado plateau , and especially here in mesa county outside of grand junction, we are surrounded by morrison rock. we find a lot of dinosaur bones, a lot of fossils. that is really intrigued scientists for long time but the other thing we also find is a mineral called carnitite. which isns radium, radioactive and used by marie currie to fight cancer. and vinadium which is used to strengthen steel. during world war ii it was of extreme value. it also contains uranium and uranium is one of the best sources for atomic power and atomic weapons. wasongressman wayne aspinal largely responsible -- >> he fought the battle to reserve water for western colorado by making sure that we got our fair share. how did he do that? careerng in his state and then going on to his fed

. >> the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates to visit cities across the country. this >> the c-span cities tour, this weekend we are joined by charter communications to learn more about the life of grand junction, colorado. the mining of a certain mineral. >> all over the colorado plateau and here in mesa county we are surrounded by morrison rock. within the morrison we find a lot of dinosaur bones and fossils. that has intrigued scientists for a long time. the other thing we also find is a mineral, a rock. it contains radium which is radioactive and was used to help solve and fight cancer. it also contains vinade yn used to strengthen steel. during the buildup to world war ii and during world war ii it was of extreme value. and it also contains uranium. uranium is one of the best sources for atomic power and atomic weapons. >> colorado congressman was largely responsible for this area's agricultural development through his wonder legislation. >> he fought the battle to reserve water for the western colorado by making sure that we got our fair share. how did he do

. >> the c-span cities tour. ys weekend, we are joined charter communications to learn more about the history and literary life of grand junction, colorado. the mining of a certain mineral had importance in this part of colorado. >> all over the plateau, and especially in mesa county, we are surrounded by rock. within it we find a lot of dinosaur bones and fossils. and that has intrigued scientists, but the other thing we also find is a mineral, a rock called car in a tight. -- carnatite. it contains your radium which was used by marie curie to fight cancer. and it contains an element that was used to strengthen steel. during world war ii, it was of extreme value. ite also contains uranium. uranium is one of the best sources for atomic power and atomic weapons. >> wayne aspen all was largely responsible for this area's agricultural development through his legislation. >> he fought the battle to reserve water for western colorado by making sure that we got our fair share. how did he do that? well, beginning in his

the presidency. from martha washington to michelle obama, tonight on american history tv on cspan3. c-span is touring cities across the country exploring american history. axt, a recent look at our -- look at our recent visit to cincinnati, ohio. cori: right now, we are in the "freedom to slavery" exhibition at the underground railroad freedom center. this exhibit chronicles the history of slavery in america from the transatlantic slave trade through the civil war and into the reconstruction era after slavery was abolished in the country. part of the exhibition is discussing several notable abolitionists. very important people to the time. here, we talk about frederick douglass. he was one of the most recognized african-americans in the country at this time. he was born a slave in maryland and escaped into freedom as a young adult. throughout his career as an abolitionist, he fought for the freedom of african-americans, for all the people who were enslaved in the country. even during the civil war, he lobbied with abraham lincoln for the recruitment of colored citizens in the war. here on display, we are ve

. >> thank you very much. [ applause ] >>> during this last week of congress' summer recess, the c-span cities tour continues at 6:00 p.m. eastern. we head to wheeling, west virginia, to travel the national road. the first major highway built by the national government. we look at civil war battle flags and recount senator joe mccarthy's red dating enemies from within speech which he delivered in wheeling in 1950. our visit to wheel, west virginia, begins at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> a signature feature of book tv is our all-day coverage of book fairs and festivals from across the country with top nonfiction authors. here's our schedule. beginning this weekend, we're live from the 15th annual national book festival from our nation's capital. near the end of september, we're in new york for the brooklyn book festival cell braebrating tenth year. the southern festival of books in nashville. the weekend after that, live from austin for the texas book festival. near the end of the month, two book festival oz the same weekend from our nation's heartland. the wisconsin book festival in madiso

announcer: this year, c-span is touring cities across the country. up next, a look at our recent visit to cincinnati, ohio. you are watching "american history tv," all weekend, every weekend, on c-span three. -- c-span3. ? welcome to -- mr. conzett: welcome to treasures of our military past. we have a civil war naval gun. there is a radio from world war ii, as well as the bomb site, one of the most highly kept secret of the second world war. what greets you as you walk through the door is probably without a doubt our most significant artifact in the collection. and this has never been seen before. this is the hold broadside -- holt broadside, one of the original copies of the declaration of independence. holt inrinted by john new york. it is an extremely valuable document. it is only one of four known to have -- to exist. it was brought to cincinnati by richard, who settled in cincinnati and was a meatpacker here in cincinnati. it was donated to the historical society in the late 19th century. like i say, it has never been on exhibit before. it was on

the end of 2013. it gets underway at 3:00 p.m. eastern today on c-span. and afterwards, we'll open the phone lines to get your take. it starts at 4:30. >>> 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 tv and on american history tv on c-span 3. and this month with congress on the summer recess, the city's tour is on c-span every day at 6:00 p.m. eastern. today, topeka, kansas. also, books on kansas' role in the lead-up to the civil war. all starts at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> tonight, programs on the atomic bombs dropped on the japanese cities of hiroshima and nagasaki in 1945. starting at 8:00 p.m., the moment in time, the manhattan project. a documentary detailing the project to create a nuclear bomb. the library of congress and los alamos national laboratory co-production features interviews and oral histories with many of the key project scientists. at 9:00 p.m., first person accounts by two atomic bomb survivors. and at 10:00, japan's decision to surrender. remarks by u.s. army command and general staff college profess

and the c-span cities tour visits historic and literary sites across the country. every other week and on c-span two's book tv and during the congressional summer recess, the tour is on c-span each day at 6:00 p.m. eastern. today the focus is saint augustine, florida. we will visit constantly on -- ponce de leon park and the sent augustine lighthouse. the cities tour tonight at 6:00 on c-span. tour, c-span cities working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. this weekend, we are joined by charter communications to learn more about grand junction, colorado. the mining of a certain mineral had a long-term important in this part of colorado. >> especially here in mesa county, outside of grand junction, we are surrounded by morrison rock. there are a lot of dinosaur bones and fossils. that has intrigued scientists for a long time. the other thing we find in morrison rock is a mineral called carnage site -- ca rnitite. ntains radium. it contains an element that strengthens steel. during the build up to world war ii and world war ii itself, tha

the u.s. manufacturing industry. his new book. washington journal is live every morning at 7:00 eastern on c-span. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. tour. c-span city this weekend, we are joined by charter communications to learn more about the history of literary life of grand junction, colorado. the mining of a certain mineral had a certain importance. books all over the colorado plateau and here in mesa county, we are surrounded by rock. within it we find a lot of dinosaur bones. that is really intrigued scientists -- that has really intrigued scientists for a long time. that containsl three different elements. it contains radium which is radioactive and was used by marie curie. canadian--vanadium. it also contains uranium which is one of the best sources for atomic power and weapons. wasain aspen all responsible for the -- through water legislation. >> he fought the battle to reserve water for western colorado by making sure that we got our fair share. how did he do that? careerng in his state and going on to this federal career. he climbed up the ladder of seniority and was able to exercise more power than you might normally have. certainly in

. ♪ >>> the c-span cities tour, this weekend we're joined by charter communications to learn more abouthe history and literary life of grand junction, colorado. the mining of a certain mineral had a long-term importance in this part of colorado. >> all over the colorado plateau, and especially here in mesa county, outside of grand junction, we are surrounded by morrison rock. and within the morrison, we find a lot of dinosaur bones, we find a lot of fossils. that's intrigued scientists for a long time. but the other thing we also find in the morrison is a mineral, a rock called carnatite. it contains three different elements. it contains radium, which is radioactive and used by marie curry to help solve and fight cancer. it also contains venadium, which is used to strerchkten steal. so during the build up to world war ii and during world war ii, venadium was very valuable. it contains uranium. uranium is one of the best sources for atomic power and atomic weapons. >> colorado congressman wayne aspeno was largely responsible for this land development through its water legislation. >> he

the c-span cities to her. --s weekend we are joined the mining of a certain mineral had great impact on this part of colorado. grand junction we are surrounded by morrison rock. we find a lot of going -- dinosaur bones, a lot of fossils. that has really intrigues scientists for a long time, but what we also find is a mineral. it contains three different elements. it contains radium, which is radioactive and was used by marie curie to help's find -- to help fight cancer. it also contains an element which is used to strengthen steel. uranium, and as we know uranium is one of the top sources for atomic power in atomic weapons. >> colorado congressman wayne aspinall was largely responsible for the water legislation. >> he fought the battle to reserve water for western colorado by making sure that we got our fair share. how did you that? well, beginning in his state career, and then going on to his federal career, he climbed up the ladder and was able to exercise -- i think more power than you might normally have. c

the presidency. for martha washington to michelle obama, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. this year c-span's touring cities across the country, exploring american history. up next, a look at our recent visit to cincinnati, ohio. you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. john: this is the cincinnati ,bservatory center approximately six miles east of downtown cincinnati. we call ourselves the birthplace of american astronomy. the founder of the observatory was essentially what we call carl sagan of the day or he was the popularizer of astronomy in that particular period. because of his responsibilities he directed the first observatory of significance in the country and definitely the first public observatory in the country at the time. you was a west point graduate and in the 1840's he was teaching at the cincinnati college. group inhere was a town, the society for the promotion of useful knowledge. they opened the opportunity to lecture to citizens, population of 50,000, maybe the fourth-largest city in the country. his lecture hall overflowed that so they moved it to a cha

go to portland oregon for wood stock and then live at the book awards in new york city and then live from miami at the end of the shows. the c-span cities tour. this weekend we are joined by charter communication to learn more about the history and literary life of grand junction, colorado. the mining of a mineral had a significant important here. >> especially here in grand junction we are surrounded by morrison rock and find dinosaur bones and fossils and we also find a miseral called carnotite that contains three elements. radium, which is radio and was used to help solve and fight cancer. it contained a chemical used to strengthen steel. and it also contains uranium and uranium as we know is one of the best sources for atomic power and atomic weapons. >> colorado congressman wane aspenall was responsible for the areas agriculture development through the water legislation. >> he fought the battle to reserve water for western colorado by making sure we got our fair share. how did he do that? well, beginning in his state career, and then going on to his federal career, he climbed up the ladder of senority and exerci exercised mo

saying, --is agreement illinois democrat bobby rus-- he said this today -- watch.ill continue to the c-span city store, working with our cable affiliates and theting cities across country per we are joined by charter communications to learn more about the life in colorado. the mining of a certain mineral had a long-term importance in this part of colorado. plateauver the colorado especially here in mason county, we are surrounded by morrison rock. with in that, we find a lot bones and fossils. that has really intrigued scientists for a long time to the other thing we also find in the morrison is a mineral, a rock. it contains -- three different elements. it was used to help solve and fight cancer. it continues to strengthen steel. during the buildup to world war ii, it was of extreme value. which, contains uranium, as we know, is one of the best sources for atomic power and atomic weapons. >> colorado congressman wayne astronaut -- through his water legislation. fore fought the battle colorado by making sure we got our fair share. -- how did he do that? beginning his state career and then going

. >> the c-span cities tour, visiting cities across the country. this weekend, we are joined by charter communications to learn more about the history and literary life of grand junction, colorado. the mining of a certain mineral had a long-term importance in this area of colorado. plateau the colorado and outside of grand junction, we are surrounded by morrison rock. we find a lot of dinosaur bones and fossils. that has intrigued scientists for a long time. the other thing we also find is a mineral called carmen tight -- carnatite. it contains three different elements. radium, which is radioactive, which was used to fight cancer. it also has been made him -- v d nadium, used to strengthen steel. carnatite also contains uranium. uranium is one of the best sources for atomic power and atomic weapons. >> the colorado congressman was largely responsible for this area's agricultural development through his legislation. >> he fought the battle to preserve water for western colorado by making sure we got our fair share. how did he do that? beginning in h

. >>> the c-span cities tour visits literary and historic sites across the nation to hear from local historians, authors, and civic leaders. you can hear them every other weekend on book tv and on c-s. with congress on its summer recess, the cities tour is on c-span every day at 6:00 p.m. eastern. today we head to wheeling, west virginia. the first major highway built by the federal government. we'll take a look at civil war battle flags and recount senator joe mccarthy's "enemy from within" speech which he delivered in wheeling in 1950.t >>> next, legal analysts talk about government surveillance and data gathering technologies in the digital age. they examine the role of congress, the courts, and the administration in enacting rules to protect consumer privacy. american university hosted this event. >> >> the senior counsel with the national association of criminal defense lawyers. if you missed it, but if you're watching online and you have questions you can e-mail them to nacdlquestions@gmail.com.xrikz we'll do our best to get them asked. for those tweeting we've been tweeting wit

the final days of world war ii. that's tuesday night at 8:00 eastern here on c-span3. >>> the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. this weekend, we're joined by charter communications to learn more about the history and literary life of grand junction, colorado. the mining of a certain mineral had a long-term importance in this part of colorado. >> all over the colorado plateau, and especially here in mesa county, outside of grand junction, we are surrounded by morrison rock. we find a lot of dinosaur bones, a lot of fossils. that's really intrigued scientists more a long time. the other thing we find in the morrison is a mineral, a rock, called carnatite. it contains three different elements. it contains radium, which is radioactive and was used to help solve and fight cancer. it also contained vanadium, which is used to strengthen steel. so during the buildup to world war ii and during world war ii itself, it was of extreme value. it also contained uranium. uranium, as we know, is one of the best sources for atomic power and atomic weapons. >> colorado congress

. >> 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 both tv and c-span3 american history tv. this month with congress on summer recess, the cities at 6:00c-span each day p.m. welcome to wheeling, west virginia, on american history tv , located in the northern panhandle of the state, it was the first capital and known as the friendly city. due to the location along the , it girl --o river boomed as an industrial hub in the earlier 20th entry. with the help of our comcast cable partners, or the next half-hour we ask for the history, starting with the first federally funded road, which went right into the city. >> the first project funded by the federal government for late production was the national road that extended from maryland to wheeling, virginia. one of the reasons for that was ohio had become a state in 1803, the country is moving west, and we needed to find a way of tying the new western areas in with the capital. the easiest way of doing that was to put in a road. that's road w

the debate over planned parenthood. washington journal lye every morning at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >>> the c-span cities tour working with cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. this weekend we're joined by comcast to learn more about the history and literary life of santa rosa, california, considered part of napa wine country, we'll look at the evolution of the wine industry in sonoma county. >> the agricultural history began with wine. the first vines planted here were at the mission in sonoma probably in the late 1820s or early 1830s, which is a very long time ago. they were mission grapes and nobody in their right mind would make wine out of them now. but, you know, with the wine country label that started in the '70s, by the '80s and 1990s we were becoming to be better known. >> when my folks first purchased the ranch in the late '50s, they didn't know it at the time but they saw quite a change in the ag industry happening just in our little valley here. it hasn't always been quote unquote wine country. we have a wonderful storied agricultural history here and in sonoma county also. >> we visit the

. >> the c-span cities tour working with cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country.we are joined by charter communication to learn more about the life of grand junction, colorado. the mining of a certain mineral had a significant meaning. >> all over and especially here in mesa county we are surrounded by morrison rock. we find a lot of dinosaur bones and fossils and that has intrigued scientist. but we find a mineral or rock called carnotite. it continues three elements. radium which is radio active and used to help solve and fight cancer. it had another mineral used to strengthen steel. during the build up to world war ii and during the war it was of extreme value. it also contains uranium and that is one of the best sources for atomic power and weapons. >> colorado congressman wane was responsible for the agriculture development through the water legislation. >> he fought the battle to reserve water for western colorado by making sure that we got our fair share. how did he do that? well beginning in his state career and then going on to his federal career he climb

the deadline is january 20, 2016. winners announced on march 9. you will find more information on our website, studentcam.org. this year, c-span is touring cities across the country, exploring american history. a look at our recent visit to grand junction, colorado. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. >> we are currently at dinosaur hill. this is a spot that is part of the national conservation area managed by the bureau of land management. it was settled in the 1880's. as people were settled, they were finding bones out of the morrison formation. the area is so rich. paleontologist a with no intention of coming to the grand valley. on a expedition to the basin, where people were looking for early dinosaurs. the leader of the academy of sciences in grand junction, sent him a letter. dr. bradley. he said, we have just been settled. all of the ranchers keep picking up giant bones. these are dinosaur bones. no one is here to look at the bones. would you consider coming here? map, saw theree was a railway system for getting supplies. so he decided to come here. the first skeleton he found was on the base of

later, more from the c-span cities tour. we go to wheeling, west virginia for more historical sites. we will travel national road, the first federally built mccarthynd recount joe 's speech that he delivered there in 1950. that is

the project. each night this week on c-span3. >>> the c-span cities tour working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. this week we're learning more about the literary life of grand junk, colorado. the mining of a certain mineral had a long term importance in this part of colorado. >> all over the colorado plateau and especially here in mason county, outside of grand junction, we're surrounded with morrison rock. we find a lot of dinosaur bones. but the other things that we find in the morrison is a mineral, a rock called karen hit. karen tithe contains three different elements. it contains radium. it also contains va nad yum which is used to strengthen steel. during the buildup to world war ii and during world war i irk itself, wit was of extreme value. and also uranium. and uranium, as we know, is one of the best sources for atomic powe e power. >> he fought the battle to reserve water for western colorado by making sure that we got our fair share. how did he do that? well, beginning in his state career and then going on to his federal career, he climbed up the ladder of s

that is a few of the fairs and festivals on c-span2's booktv. >> the c-span cities toward looking at cable affiliates visiting cities across the country. this week we are joined by charter communications to learn about history and literary life of brand junction, colorado, the mining of some minerals have long-term importance in this part of colorado. >> in mesa county outside grand junction we are surrounded by a rock and we find a lot of dinosaur bones and fossils' and that has intrigued scientists for a long time but the other thing we find is a mineral, a rock called charnidite which contains iridium which helped to fight cancer, it contains vanadium which is used to strengthen steel. during the buildup to world war ii and during world war ii it was of extreme value. it also contains uranium which as we know is one of the best sources for atomic power and atomic weapons. >> colorado congressman wayne aspinol was responsible through water legislation. >> he fought the battle to reserve water for western colorado. by making sure we got our fair share. how did he do that? beginning