flow by charles lindbergh, an unknown male pilot. his goal was to win for the first nonstop flight from new york to paris. the hotel entrepreneur wanted to join his former country of france with the united states. that was the impetus for the flight. what it represents in the history of aviation is part of the telling of the airplane and the transformation of the airplane from what the wright brothers created and how it transitioned to the modern airplane. lindbergh was an unknown pilot in 1926 flying from st. louis to chicago thinking about if it was possible. building upon that idea, he he gets financiers from st. louis. he trained them to fly and interacted with them in aviation circles. he gets the backing to either purchase a long-distance airplane or to build one. what happens, he ends up in san diego and meets the chief engineer and they design a purpose built transatlantic airplane from new york to paris. he calls it the spirit of st. louis in honor of his backers in saint louis. this is a product of his vision. it is not nec

lindbergh never regained his military commission.and was forced against his will to work stateside in the development of aircraft and eventually he did on his own go to the pacific and fly fighting missions, but these were entirely is a free boot or. >> retired from the university of pittsburgh. i have a question, there was not the influence behind the peace movement on college campuses, interviewing one of the alumni, talks about the peace movement, there was a huge movement across college campuses. have you discovered any truth to that? pacifism on college campuses that spread so much during the 1930s? >> the question of how these organizations in the case of organized efforts, what support they received possibly from the german embassy, the german embassy and its consulates were actively supporting various organizations. i would say that in fact the communist party was far more influential on college campuses and in the antiwar movement. i haven't come across direct 1-to-1 evidence that says there were specific infiltrators from n

lindbergh flew across s the atlantic for a prize. there was a $25,000 prize for the first person that could fly non-stop from paris to new york or new york to paris. and it went on and on and on. in fact, prizes were one of the main tools that governments had to get innovation because either, you know, our modern research institutions weren't set up or, you know, the money just wasn't being set. and then came around world war i, world war ii, when the government really started funding innovation and just started throwing a ton of m money at things, that prizes sort of disissipated. >> when we started d the xprize back in 1996, everybody knew that only governments----in fac, only two governments could put human beings into space. and the purpose of the xprize was to change what everyrybody knew abt that by requiriring a demonstration of private space flight twice in two weeks with the same ship. and that kicked off the whole suborbital space flight industry. >> and launchch of the spacex falcon 9 rocket, as nasa turns to the e private

i got lindbergh, lindbergh's great. like i god lindbergh all set to jump out and henry ford and we're going to really explore this idea that we don't have to worry about the continent. no, i got 40% in the s&p that is going to go down on this. at&t will go down 2 bucks 5% yield. i am going to tell you that monday, you're going to come in and say, oh, my. eu. may be falling apart. i have to sell at&t. i'm going to say, have you thought about that. have you thought about whether that's logical or not. and you're going to -- you'll say, i don't know. i'm really scared. bristol-myers. bristol-myers, j&j is uniquely overseas like on a -- i don't know j&j, it was on a tear yesterday. why? some people say j&j is a pretty good company and i just don't want to be as scared. when everybody is scared i don't want to be scared. when nobody is scared i'm a little frightened. >> on the flip side if there's a remain vote how big is the chase a week from friday? >> oh, man. you know, j&j, 121 and you're going to say what were we thinki

lovingly stroking the iceberg. ( laughter ) and his great-grandmother was seen playing with the lindbergh triangle shirtwaist factory just hours before archduke ferdinand was shot by ted cruz's father after he dressed as a cow and kicked over the lantern that started the chicago fire. ( cheers and applause ) all true. nobody talks about it! nobody talks about it! but, of course, senator ted cruz did not take this attack lying down. he fired back at trump standing up. >> this morning, donald trump went on national television and attacked my father. donald trump alleges that my dad was involved in assassinating j.f.k. but donald is a bully. every one of us knew bullies in elementary school. bullies don't come from strength. bullies come from weakness. bullies come from a deep, yawning cavern of insecurity. >> stephen: yes, cruz is right. trump is a bully. and if there is one thing that stops a bully, it is telling on them. ( laughter ) ( applause ) but ted didn't just call him a bully. he called him a specific bully. >> if anyone has seen the movie "back to the future 2," the screenwriter s

. >> you do know where america first comes from, right, charles lindbergh, a fascist -- >> you're totallyboard with the fascist slogan of "america first" slogan comes from? >> i would imagine -- you got out of the military as a conscientious objector. you got out. you can go hang out with beau berg dal. and right out of trump's play book is the minute a veteran doesn't fit in with his nave ti -- narrative, doesn't act like the puppets he wants us to be, he tries to discredit us and it's straight out of his play book. you don't like what i'm saying, rather than answering my questions, you're trying to attack me personally. >> are you diminishing because he's a conscientious objector? >> i would say you got out after your first deployment because you didn't agree with the cause, a lot of us stayed and fight because i agreed with the cause. >> is there something for him for standing up for his beliefs even if they're not your believes? >> absolutely. this is a free exchange of ideas, this is america, america first. he has an opinion, and i have an opinion. >> clearly you googled me and you'r

space museum. , in may 1927,ne flu 3600 miles in 33.5 hours from new york to paris, flown by charles lindbergh, an unknown male pilot. his goal was to take the $25,000 prize for the first nonstop flight from new york to paris. that was the in the test for the flight. the it represents in history of aviation is part of the telling of the airplane and transformation of the airplane from what the wright brothers created and how it transition to what we call the modern airplane. >> for the complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> presidential candidate bernie sanders spoke to supporters through an online video feed, where he discussed the future of his campaign and his role in the democratic party. this is 20 minutes. senator sanders: good evening and thank you for joining me. common goal, a political and social revolution to transform our society -- they never end. they continue every day, every week, every month. in a fight to create a nation and world of social and economic justice. that is what the trade union movement is about, that is with the civil rights movement is about. that is what the

leadership know there's a problem. 1948, the chief of staff of the air force is going to ask charles lindbergh who we know from spirit of st. louis for a, fly with the crews few months and tell me what you seep in if you go to the yale library archives, you find his letter to the chief of staff of the air force. standards performance is low. maintenance is inadequate. left with a lack of proficiency, the men are overworked and the moralities low. this is a civilian talking about the military. droppedthe pilot who the first tom iqbal to do the same thing -- atomic bomb to do the same thing -- we have problems with air crews as it is. areb-29's and b-50's we going to use, they can't reach youtarget in some places know what one of the solutions is if they can't make it there and back? this is hiroshima. this is where they think the bombs should drop. force standard under 10,000 feet. if you drop little boy -- you can see you would miss a large part of the intended target. this is the average score. this is the problem you have with the range problem. you are on a one-way trip, pal. you're not com

charles lindbergh.it was a fascist slogan. >> well, i'm putting america first because that's what i fought for. >> you're totally onboard with the fascist slogan of america first, which is where trump got that? >> i'm onboard with putting my country and my way of life first. >> luckily carl does not represent most iraq and afghanistan veterans that i know. >> i would imagine that i represent most. you got out of the military as a conscientious objector. you can go hang out with bowe bergdahl for all i care. >> unfortunately this is the exactly the trump narrative, right? >> look, i respect your service. >> so do i. >> i think what you're not going to see me doing in this discussion here is going after your personal decision or life. >> i'm going after your personal beliefs. >> trump's play book is the minute that a veteran doesn't fit in with his narrative, he attacks us personally. he tries to discredit us. he tries to accuse us of being organized by the hillary clinton campaign. whatever it is, this i

objects include the 1903 wright flier, charles lindbergh's "spirit of st. louis" chuck yeager's bell x-1. the "apollo" 11 command module colombia and the key brothers airport from meridian, mississippi. i thought i'd throw that in. [ laughter ] which perfected aerial refuelling in 1935. next month the air and space museum's mall facility will celebrate its 40th anniversary. with nearly seven million visitors a year, the museum is the most visited museum in the united states and is one of the most popular museums, having received more than 320 million visitors since its opening. the more than 500,000 square foot mall facility was constructed by gsa between 1972 and 1975 at a cost of $41 million. it includes over 20 exhibit galleries, a plan taryetariupla theater and the popular interactive flight simulators. the facility includes a restaurant, gift shop, and administrative staff space on the third floor. approaching its 40th anniversary this july, the museum's mechanical systems are nearing the end of their useful life. additionally the building's original d

it was flown by charles lindbergh, and unknown pilot. his goal was to win for the first nonstop flight from new york to paris. that was the impetus for this light. what it really represented in the history of aviation was the transformation of the airplane from what the right brothers created to what we call the modern airplane. chest but the complete weekend schedule, go to www.c-span.org. >> known as the center of the industry, the c-span cities tour examines nashville, tennessee. we have an examination of the detailing now this nashville venue became the site waspolitical rallies and the home of the grand ole opry. >> the civil war was very important to nashville, tennessee. a few blocks from here, students sitdid the lunch counter is, including congressman john lewis. they challenged the system of what was going on in nashville, tennessee. and the conscience of the country. visit jackson for all home and learn about -- jackson's home and learn how it grew into a presidential residence on par with mount vernon and monticello. and then

in front of you the - patricia was the person that was responsible for going public with charles lindbergh in 2015 and turn out that chief suhr was in his last dying days to protect and punish people coming forgettable with the truth and at the highest level of reform, and, secondly, another article about nicholas buckley one of the persons that did me wrong a corrupt officer and chief. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good evening and welcome. >> and i need to have something understood the reason for tasers being introduced by chief suhr was the cause of mario woods being shot i said an office they have tasers that mario woods would be still alive and that does that make sense and does that make sense now 7 officers are 7 tasers they all shot mario woods at the same time it i don't think the guy would still be alive this is something that chief suhr introduced why are we still talking about tasers he's no longer here this is the new sheriff what we have a new topic that was goth then and does that make sense can we change and let the tasers go thank you. >> thank you, sir this is general pu

is the 1927 plane that flew the 3600 miles and 33.5 hours from new york to paris flown by charles lindberghize ofto win $25,000 for the first nonstop flight from new york to paris. that was the impetus for this flight. what it represents in the oftory of aviation is part the telling of the airplane and the transformation of the airplane from what the right others created and how it transitions over the 20 some 30's to what we call a modern airplane. >> for the complete schedule, go to www.c-span.org. "washington journal" continues. host: we are back with er,gressman paul gos republican from arizona to talk about enlisting illegal immigrants in the u.s. military. where does it stand now of undocumented or legal status immigrants serving in our you was military? president gave an executive order in september of 2014 that would have allowed anybody under his jurisdiction of deferred action to be able to serve within the military. that is contradictory to what has occurred before. before, you had to have a green in order to serve in an application. congress has passed and funded this. there was

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flown by charles lindbergh who was an unknown male pilot. his goal was to win a prize for $25,000 for the first non-stop flight from new york to paris. and so that was the impetus for the flight. what it represents in the history of aviation is part of the telling of the airplane and this transformation of the airplane from what the wright brothers created and how it transitions to what we call the modern airplane. >> for the complete american history tv schedule. go to cspan.org. >>> madam secretary. we proudly give 72 of our delegate votes to the next president of the united states. >>> and now to a panel discussion on access to produce and healthy foods. georgetown law center's o'neil institute for national and global health law held a summit on food and public health. this portion is about an hour. >> i know people are still trickling in from the break, but in the interest of time because we have this fabulous panel, let's get started as people come in. i want to say we just had this panel about sugar and obesity and what we should eat a

. >> this airplane in may 1927 flew 33 1/2 hours from new york to paris by charles lindbergh who was an unknown male pilot. his goal was to take $25,000 for the nonstop flight from new york to paris. that was the impetus for this flight, but what it represents is part of the telling of the airplane and the transformation from what the wright brothers created and how it transitions to the modern airplane. >> for the complete kkd schedule, go to c-span.org. >> i often say that 50 is not the new 30 and 60 is not the new 40. 50 is the new 50 and it looks good and it's okay. people are to own their age and we ought not be talking about being over 50 as the period of decline. >> aarp ceo talks about the challenges older americans face and what aarp is doing to assist them. disrupting aging. a bold new path to living your best life at every age. >> the fastest segment is the people over 85 and the second is people over the age of 100. when these programs were put in place, life expectancy was 67 or 68. not only there more people in the system, but they are living longer. we have to be able

airplane in may 1927 included the 3,600 miles in 33 1/2 hours from new york to paris, flown by charles lindbergh. but what it represents in the history of aviation is part of the telling of the airplane and this transformation of the airplane from what the wright brothers created and how it transitions over the '20s and '30s to what we call the modern airplane. >> for the complete american history tv weekend schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> islamic scholarship hamsi use yef is a muslim-born convert who founded the first arts college in the united states in berkeley, california. news reports say mr. use yef is on a isis hit list of muslim leaders in the west. he spoke last month about islam, citizenship and religious liberty. >> it is an honor and a privilege to welcome all of you here this afternoon. our discussion today on islam citizenship and religious liberty couldn't be more timely. today the relationship between muslims and non-muslims is at an important crossroads, a time when tensions are high and the very place and identity of muslims as citizens in america is being put into question. th

it was formed by charles lindbergh who is an unknown pilot.his role was to win the prize of $25000 for the first nonstop flight from new york to paris. that was the impetus for this flight. what it represents from the history of aviation is part of the telling of the airplane and the transformation of the airplane from what the right others created and how it transitioned over the 20s and 30s to what we call the modern airplanes. >> for the complete tv schedule, go to cspan.org. >> next a hearing on the threat of transnational organized crime to the u.s. the senate foreign relations committee heard from ilium brownfield, assistant secretary of state for international narcotics and law-enforcement affairs. this is one hour 15 minutes. [inaudible conversation] former relations committee will come to order. this morning we will look at how we are moving beyond the war on drugs to understand our challenges of transnational organized crime. what strategies can be effective in combating this threat. illegal drugs and crime associated with them are s

flown by charles lindbergh who was an unknown pilot. that w .istory of aviation is part of the telling o f the airplane and the transformation of the airplane is how it was created and how we call it a modern airplane. for a complete schedule, go to cspan.org. >> 50s is not the new 40s. people are to own their age and we ought to not be talking about being over 50s is the period of decline. >> sunday night of q&a, aarp ceo talk about the health and challenges of older americans face. she's also the author of5 x "disrupt aging." so when these programs were put in place, life expectancy were 67 or 68. not only there are more people in the system and they are living longer. we have to be able to look at these programs and make meaningful adjustments that's going to be allowing people to live with dignity and a much longer period of time. >> sunday night, 8:00 eastern of q&a. >>> several others gop lawmakers were part of the conference in washington dc hosted by the faith & freedom coalition. this portion of the event is two hours. >>> good morning.

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in front of you the - patricia was the person that was responsible for going public with charles lindbergh in 2015 and turn out that chief suhr was in his last dying days to protect and punish people coming forgettable with the truth and at the highest level of reform, and, secondly, another article about nicholas buckley one of the persons that did me wrong a corrupt officer and chief. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good evening and welcome. >> and i need to have something understood the reason for tasers being introduced by chief suhr was the cause of mario woods being shot i said an office they have tasers that mario woods would be still alive and that does that make sense and does that make sense now 7 officers are 7 tasers they all shot mario woods at the same time it i don't think the guy would still be alive this is something that chief suhr introduced why are we still talking about tasers he's no longer here this is the new sheriff what we have a new topic that was goth then and does that make sense can we change and let the tasers go thank you. >> thank you, sir this is general pu

it was formed by charles lindbergh was a non- no pilot. his goal was to win the prize of 20 25,000 dollars for the first nonstop flight from new york to paris. so that was the impetus for this play. but what it represents in the history of aviation is part of the telling of the airplane in the transformation of the airplane from what the bright brothers created and how it transitioned over the 20s and 30s 12 called the modern airplane. >> for the complete american history tv weekend schedule, schedule, go to c-span.org. >> @this year's network of enlightened women conference, panel of conservative authors and policy analyst talk about campus speech codes and student debt. this part of the conference also includes a q&a sessions with author and blogger, katie. this is one hour and 45 minutes. >> i'm sorry never had that happen before. >> hello everyone. my name is megan, i am a writero and editor for politics.com. if you have not heard of red alert, it is a website for news and opinion of conservatives send written by young conservatives. w

flown by charles lindbergh who was an unknown male pilot.his flight. but what it represents in the history of aviation is part of the telling of the airplane and this transformation of the airplane from what the wright brothers created and how it transitioned over the 20s and 30s to what we would call the modern airplane. >> for the kpleem northwestern history tv weekend schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> the democratic party's platform committee is holding a forum in phoenix to hear testimony on what should be included in the party's platform ahead of next month's democratic national convention. the platform committee is meeting saturday at noon eastern, and you can see that live on our companion network, c-span. and then sunday on c-span, conservative activist steve lanagan and bon vander plaats on the 2016 presidential campaign. both were supporters of ted cruz before donald trump clinched the republican nomination. news makers is sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> retired air force colonel morris davis was formerly th