thank you for being with us on c-span. we appreciate it. >> thank you for having us. >> thank you. >> donald trump's running mate, governor mike pence was in salt lake city today and urged utah voters not to vote for an independent candidate. recent polls have evan mcmullen in second place behind donald trump in utah. this is just under one hour. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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independent presidential and vice presidential candidate joining us on the campaign and salt lake city, utah. thank you for being with us here on c-span. we appreciate it. >> thanks for having us. >> thank you. >> this afternoon, donald trump makes a campaign stop in springfield, ohio, live at 1:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network c-span2. the michelle obama will join hillary clinton at a rally in winston-salem, north carolina, live at 2:00 p.m. eastern. celebrity chef in florida senator bill nelson joined hillary clinton on the campaign trail yesterday. from tip of florida, this is just under an hour. >> thank you, thank you, thank you for being here today on behalf of hillary. florida, you know is exceptionally important. that is why you're here. corridor is important. that yount to tell you have already concluded this, but look at the assault that has at this candidate, not just this year, but for years, and look who is standing tall. and if there is any question about it, how about that third debate? it is a privilege for me to be going around the state with hillary and with tim. we've had the nelson family has had the privil

on c-span3. follow us on twitter at c-span history. her information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history news. >> c-span is visiting pueblo, colorado this weekend to take a look at the city's history. coming up next, we will visit the museum and hear about the city's contribution to world war ii. >> we are at the pueblo aircraft museum in pueblo, colorado. this museum is located at what was the site of the world war ii pueblo army air base. ii,he opening of world war fore was a tremendous need training americans. the bombing of pearl harbor, pueblo had been looked at and identified as a potential location for a training facility. 1941 thate in surveying began here in pueblo and pueblo county for the pueblo army ordinance, which is just located to the east of the airbase. initially the airplanes that we would see coming in and out of were transport type aircraft. -- we hadn personnel fortresses started training here in pueblo. we would seabees flying fortresses out over the city, then pretty soon we heard about where w

thank you for being with us on c-span. we appreciate it. >> thank you for having us. >> thank you. >> donald trump's running mate, governor mike pence was in salt lake city today and urged utah voters not to vote for an independent candidate. recent polls have evan mcmullen in second place behind donald trump in utah. this is just under one hour. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello utah. [applause] thank you so much. i am mike pence. [applause] i am i am from the great state of indiana. it was just a little more than three months go with my wife karen by my side that i accepted my party's nomination, to run and serve as the next vice president of the united states of america. [applause] i cannot be more honored. [applause] cannot be more honored and more humble than to be with you today. thank you to to speaker greg hughes. greg knows me well enough to know that the introduction i actually prefer is pretty short. i'm a christian, a conservative, a conservative, and a republican, in that order. [applause] i appreciate gr

thank you for being with us on c-span. evan mcmullen in second place behind donald trump in utah. this is just under one hour.

on c-span 3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook @c-span history. tch c-span's live coverage of the third debate between hillary clinton and donald trump on wednesday night. our debate preview from las vegas starts at 7:30 p.m.. 8:30 and theg is at 90 minute debate is at 9:00 p.m. stay with us for your calls, tweets and facebook postings. watch the debate live or on-demand using your desktop, phone or tablet at guest:. listen to live coverage of the debate on your phone with the free c-span radio app. downloaded from the app store or google play. up next on american history tv, historian lori stokes addresses five myths about the puritans that have given the negative group a reputation. the boston public library hosted this one hour and 10 minute event. >> hello, everyone. i am happy to be here tonight. i hope everyone can hear me. i'm pretty allowed on my own but i also have a mic. i am glad to give your opening up this lecture series for the partnership of historic boston's charter day. 2016. hereappy to see you all ready to learn about some myths

us. [singing] >> you are watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span3. follow us on twitter at c-span. her information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history news. >> c-span is visiting pueblo, colorado this weekend to take a look at the city's history. coming up next, we will visit the museum and hear about the city's contribution to world war ii. >> we are at the pueblo aircraft museum in pueblo, colorado. this museum is located at what was the site of the world war ii pueblo army air base.

join us on c-span at 7:00 a.m. ern in just a reminder we will be hearing more from donald trump slide coverage from portsmouth new hampshire and i will be at noon eastern time over on c-span. earlier today we heard more from the road to the white house. president obama campaigning on behalf of hillary clinton in cleveland ohio and here's a campaign stop. [applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [applause] [applause] >> hello zero ohio. hello, ohio. [applause] thank you. thank you so much. hello, cleveland. [cheers and applause] i love you back. i do, i do. the head of the airport here pointed out that in 2012, one of our last rallies was right here. [applause] some of you might have been there. i have got to say, it's an amazing rally and everybody was so enthusiastic and it was a beautiful, so fired up. but the one thing i have got to say since i've been in cleveland this time it seems like there's extra temperatures set. [applause] i don't know what happened exactly. i don't know whether, did somethi

us. [singing] >> you are watching american history tv. 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span3. follow us on twitter at c-span for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history news. >> this month, former secretary of state madeleine albright received a great americans award from the museum of national american history. we will show the ceremony and her remarks. here is a preview. is --st of all, my name and this is a very weird story. apparently there was a play in prague at the time that i was a little girl, and it was called matalin -- matta line in the eline in the brick factory. my mother never pronounced anything right and i have nothing -- no idea how to spell it. it is when i went to school in switzerland they decided that my name was mdeline spelled the french way. when i got my first passport issued and you know where you have to sign your name, i would ine, and theydel would say this is not you and i would say it is. it was not until i was secretary of state that i could order another passport that said madeline. >> plus the entire program on 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern on

us tonight. [laughter] [applause] >> you are watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. next on american history tvs railamerica, esther american, -- mr. american, dwight d. eisenhower, a campaign video biography of eisenhower. according to the library of congress, this 14 minutes style -- this 14 minute real style film was shown in movie theaters and organizations. ♪ [video clip] >> through 20 years of wavering and wandering, through hot and cold wars, through corruption and cynicism, the american people have hungered for leadership founded on integrity and wisdom and courage. >> we have sought a leader who is of the people. >> a man raised to leadership by the people.

on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. >> what makes movies or stories about people, and in crisis or in a crisis, and the crisis either changes them or changes everybody else, and if you don't show conflict and if you don't show flaws, and if you don't show somebody growing out of their flaws or something like that, you are seeing something you can't really connect to and it doesn't quite have the same impact. the editoron "q&a," of "commentary" magazine and movie reviewer for the weekly standard talks about the movies he has revered, ranging from "lincoln" to "straight outta compton." the movie as an update of the classic showbiz story about how the band got together and recorded its big hits was pretty strikingly effective. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." themerican history tv is in city of ludlow, colorado this week and next, we take you to the l pueblo history museum. up next, we take you to a museum to learn about the children of ludlow exhibit. >> we are in the children of ludlow exhibit, which commemorates the 100th anniversary of the lud

its triumph and its failures and to all of you at home watching us on c-span, welcome as well. and i know you'll enjoy our author's talks and we'll have questions we'll save until end of the presentations. both of these deal with integration and education. and we in nashville take a lot of of pride in our history and we see ourselves as a moderate progressive southern city and we also like to present the story of integration as almost a triumphant story with the success of the sit-ins. we didn't have the violence of other southern cities. and unfortunately, we've chosen to craft that narrative and forget some of the painful parts of our story. and today, we're going to hear some of the painful parts as well as some of the successes. our presenters today are andrew maraniss who lives in nashville now and went to vanderbilt. he has written a book about the integration of athletics at vanderbilt and the book has a tremendous amount of national and local lift in -- history in it as well. i know you'll enjoy his book, "strong inside" about abouterry wallace, another nashvillion who

us. [singing] ♪ >> you are watching american history tv. all weekend every weekend on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span. >> tonight on the civil war, storian discusses the may, 1864 battle of the spanssylvania ourthouse. here's a preview. >> they start yelling general lee to the rear! we will not go forward unless general lee goes to the rear and a very angry lee starts to visibly get upset and gordon this full cheerleader mode and he's like these men are virginians, they will not fail you now. will you, men? no! the crowd goes wild. yeah, that's right. some poor corporal has to haul him to the rear while gordon pushes forward, connects and begins to plug the gap, driving federals out of the mule. the federal hunkered down. build works of their own and they will trade potshots back and forth with confederates on the east side of the line. >> you can watch the entire program tonight at 6:00 p.m. eastern. american history tv, only on c-span3. next on american history tv, the life, legacy of jack london. in this two-hour program, we'll see selection of london's photojournalism and learn how the author of

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on c-span 2. constitution project looks at the use of surveillance by law enforcement. legal means to monitor -- and legal means to monitor it live on c-span 2 at 12:20 p.m. eastern. >> initially when i was trying to come up with my documentary ntedstudentcam, i was dau because they were just so many different elements that i was trying to put into it. of it's just a lot information to communicate in seven minutes. then i took a step back and i realized it is a visual essay could i have been writing essays throughout high school. so, it was something that became a little bit less daunting as i looked at it from that perspective of just gathering information and instead of writing that information, i was drawing it. -- i was filming it. i would encourage anyone to reach out to his many different people as they could to get a lot of interviews. get as many different perspectives as you can, because they are experts out there that are so much more knowledgeable about the subject than you are. and as many of those people that you can get in your piece the more credibility yo

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on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. artifacts american takes you to museums and historic places. we visited woodrow wilson's house in washington dc, where the 28th president retired in 1921, after leading the nation through world war i and its diplomatic aftermath. he died here three years later. the executive director guides us through. the united states entered the war on april 6, 1917, as an ally of britain, france, and russia. 2 million american soldiers saw combat in france. >> ,r. enholm: i am robert enholm the president of this site in dc.ington this is the home into which president and mrs. wilson moved the day they left the white house in 1921. the home itself was built in 1916, and the wilson's acquired in december 1920, and decided to remain in washington, d.c.. is a time capsule. it basically takes us back about 100 years ago, and allows us to see the way the world was then. haveme have -- sometimes the illusion that people in history where like us, only they were dowdy clothes, or something. but actually th

on c-span 3. to join the conversation like us on facebook at c-span history. >> coming up next, author alison kibler looks at images of irish americans and african americans used in popular culture, as well as the backlash to the book "the klansmen," the basis for the movie "birth of a nation." >> hello. good evening. thank you so much for being here. i am the deputy director of affairs for the kansas city public library. it seems all you need to do these days is turn on the television, and you can quickly hear what alison kibler talk about what we will talk about tonight, hate speech. reality television to the nightly news, we see examples in the headlines that show that hate speech is alive and well in our country. some would argue hate speech has a long and difficult history and our country, but also has a long way to go for improvement. others say it pits equality and free speech against each other. alison's book is examining how our society has changed since the early 20th century to verbally recite, the country we live in, one nation, under all. hate speech is a complex issue and i am proud to

thanks for joining us on c-span. called -- >> guest: thank you for having me. >> host: polling showing hillary clinton up by a couple of points. will that remain or other factors to consider? >> guest: we have a couple of weeks. got a c this has been a pretty in predictable election so who knows what might happen but i think she's in very good shape. north carolina is a really close day. we have been closely followed for the last two cycles.same. nobody is going to win a blowout here in any way. most of the polls show her up. her debate performance particularly helped a lot. there seemed to be a lot of democrats turning out for early voting. think democrats feel pretty good about her chances.lina. >> host: you wrote this about her on a recent blogpost. i will read a little bit about it. he said if she could introduce americans to likeable character with a plan for the future she will do more than win. she will get her presence presidency off to good start. you may talk about that first portion at likeable admirable c

on c-span 3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. weekend, the 10 commandments for presidential leadership by talmage boston. here is a preview. probably heard that most people of history for two reasons. the first reason is because it shows us how much things change. in the second reason is because it shows us how things stay the same. one of the main ways that history shows us how much things stay the same is that the traits that make for a great presidential leader are the same in 1789as they were when george washington got sworn in. book, "crocs examining in history -- " cross-examining history," after my interviews, i synthesize what i called the 10 commandments of presidential leadership. this audienceat is filled with leaders. we've got business leaders. we've got civic leaders. we've got all kinds of leaders. by believe these traits are important for all leaders because they come from the stories of those who faced the most important decisions of -- theireas t --heir er eras. the standard not only for their own leadership but

on c-span tv. to join the conversation like us on facebook at c-span history. >> george washington university professor chat he teaches a class about the origins of the gay rights movement. he describes how participants found common ground. with other groups fighting against the status quo of american cold war society. he also talks about different groups within the gay rights movements which is focused on more specific issues, like removing the ban on lesbians and gays from holding governmental jobs. his class is about one hour. professor heap: so welcome back to class. today our topic is going to be gay and lesbian liberation. i want to spend a bit of time setting that up for you and we will move right into discussion of some of the issues. for the last couple weeks we have been talking about the ways that cold war conformity gave rise to new forms of sexual and social order in the first decade or two after the second world war. we talked about how the cold war conformity established a white suburban, middle class heterosexuality as the domestic ideal and norm in america, and how nuclear families cam

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the second presidential debate, watch live on c-span or on-demand using your desktop, phone, or tablet using c-span.org. you can listen with the free c-span radio app on the plate store -- google play. we are joined by steve gibbons from washington university for tonight's debate. thank you for joining us. >> good morning, glad to be here. host: we have a little bit of a delay, so i will try not to speak over you, but if i do, i apologize. is washington university ready for the debate? >> we are. this is a culmination of six months of planning. a lot of hard work especially the last week or so. we have been ready for the media for about a week or so with forrds to facilities between 2500, 3000 members of the media here. and in the last two or three the team has arrived, and we focused on getting the debate venue sets. late last night, and i think we are ready to go. you are also a chief of staff. how many audience members will there be tonight. we talked about members of the media. how many will be in attendance? guest: we think right about 1000. the last number i heard. that number so

on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. week, american history tv's railamerica brings you archival films that divide context for today's public affairs issues. he saw occasional cars go by on the rough roads, but these mechanical contraptions were for city people, not for him. grooming his old reliable horse and waited. suddenly, one day, it appeared. it was called the model t. it had a four cylinder engine and a planetary gear that defied the laws of science. on roughtake a beating country roads and get you there. built forarmers car, a farmer. there was only one thing wrong with it. it cost $850. millions of citizens looked at the model t and licked their chops. there it was -- the car of their dreams, but they could not afford it. back in detroit, henry ford wondered how he could bring the price of the model t down to her everyone could buy it. he figured the more cars he made and sold, the cheaper he could sell each one. he went to work on this idea. and not our -- framer was built from the up on stationary wooden hors

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you can catch her stop in philadelphia at noon streaming online live at www.c-span.org, and join us on c-span for her stop at your spurred at 3:45. on c-span2, donald trump campaigning in arizona at 5:00 eastern time. the next debate between clinton and trump will be held sunday in st. louis. c-span.org this evening for the vice presidential debate on your desktop, phone, or tablet. watch live streams of the bait and -- the debate. not able to watch? listen to the debate live on the c-span radio app. live coverage of the vice-presidential debate this evening on www.c-span.org and the c-span radio app. the vice-presidential debate happens tuesday, october 4, at longwood university in farm bill, virginia. c-span's live coverage starts at 7:30 p.m. eastern. hours, wext 2 1/2 will take a look at the candidates, virginia senator tim kaine and indiana governor mike pence. first we will hear from tim 1937.in may in he was then serving as a member of the richmond city council and was joined on the program by a republican discussing a bill on taxing the internet. the legislation was signed into law in

on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. >> what makes movies or stories about people, and in crisis or in a crisis, and the crisis either changes them or changes everybody else, and if you don't show conflict and if you don't show flaws, and if you don't

eastern stay with us for fewer reaction including your calls, tweets and facebook postings. live ore debate on-demand using your desktop, phone or tablet at c-span .org. listen to live coverage of the debate on your phone with the free c-span radio app. >> first lady michelle obama campaign for hillary clinton in manchester, new hampshire, and made remarks on donald trump. we're joining the event a few minutes after the start. mrs. obama: while i would love to pretend nothing is happening, that would be dishonest and disingenuous, like this was all just a bad dream. this is not something we can ignore. not something we can sweep under the rug as just another disturbing footnote in a sad election season. because this was not just a lewd conversation. this was not just locker room banter. this was a powerful individual speaking freely and openly about sexually predatory behavior. and actually bragging about kissing and groping women, using language so obscene that many of us are worried about our children hearing it when we turn on the tv. and to make matters worse, it now seems very clear that this isn't an isolated incident. it's one of countles

on c-span begins at 7:30 p.m. tonight. the debate itself begins just after 9:00. you can check it out on c-span, c-span.org, and listen to usn c-span radio. sharon is in california, a donald trump supported. r. caller: i have a comment and i do have a question, too.my question is about social security . i have very concerned about the social security system. i've worked all my life. when i went down to apply for my social security when i was 65, i saw this room full of young people. i was thinking, what are they doing down here? they are not old enough for social security, so i inquired about it. is a supplement, i guess, to welfare. that is why social security has gone broke. i am concerned about that and people need to go down there and look at the waiting room and see who is down there applying for social security besides people who are legally of age to do that. my comment is that i'm really concerned. my husband is going to retire soon. my concern is all these young, single mothers that are supporting the children. what about the taxes if they go up if hillary is elected and they go up? that is just more money out of t

on c-span. watch on-demand using your desktop or tablet using c-span.org, or listen on your phone using the c-span radio app. debate in 2000 between vice president al gore and texas governor george w. bush was in the town hall format and was held on the campus of washington university in st. louis. lehrer ofator was jim pbs. it is about one hour 30 minutes. [no audio] >> good evening from the field house at washington university in st. louis. i'm jim lehrer of the newshour on pbs, and i welcome you to this third and final campaign 2000 debate between the democratic candidate for president, vice president al gore, and the republican candidate, governor george w. bush of texas. let's welcome the candidates now. [applause] >> before proceeding tonight we would like to observe a moment of silence in memory of governor mel carnahan of missouri, who along with his son and his former chief of staff, died in a private plane crash last night near st. louis. a reminder, as we continue now, that these debates are sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. the formats and the rules were worked out b

watch live on c-span, or on-demand using your desk top, phone, and tablet on www.c-span.org. listen on your phone with the c-span radio app, available in the app store and google play. >> next, on american history tv, republican vice presidential nominee governor mike pence and -- his daughter charlotte tour the good -- the battlefield where men from several indiana regiments fought. he lays a wreath at the indian at thet and stops cemetery where the gettysburg address was delivered. >> governor pence, welcome to gettysburg national military park. i want to provide you with a brief overview of the battle and campaign and indiana's contributions to the battle. indiana, a prominent state during the civil war. go -- governor oliver morton supported abraham lincoln. he was elected in 1850. contributed 200,000 soldiers to the war effort. only about 2200 fought here. there were two cavalry resume -- regiments during the three a battle. -- the three-day battle. one out of every four indiana soldiers set foot on these fields. gettysburg is remembered as the bloodiest that'll america's

thank you for being with us on c-span. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] moderator: good evening from the thomas and mack center at the university of nevada, las vegas. i'm chris wallace of fox news, and i welcome you to the third and final of the 2016 presidential debates between secretary of state hillary clinton and donald j. trump. moderator: this debate is sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. the commission has designed the format: six roughly 15-minute segments with two-minute answers to the first question, then open discussion for the rest of each segment. both campaigns have agreed to those rules. for the record, i decided the topics and the questions in each topic. none of those questions has been shared with the commission or the two candidates. the audience here in the hall has promised to remain silent. no cheers, boos, or other interrupt

on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. the 2016eek until elections, road to the white house rewind brings you coverage of presidential races. this weekend, from 1988, the second debate between incumbent ice president george h.w. bush and michael dukakis. here is a preview. governor, if kitty dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor and irrevocable death penalty for the killer? >> no, i don't. i oppose the death penalty. i don't see any evidence that it is a deterrent. i think there are better ways to deal with violent crime. we did so in my state. it is one of the reasons why we had the biggest drop in crime of any industrial state in america, the lowest murder rate, as well as her. we have work to do in this nation. we have work to do to fight a real war, not a phony war against drugs, something we haven't had over the past many years, although the vice president has been allegedly in charge of the war. we have much to do to step up the war, to double the number of drug enforcement agents, to fight here and abroad

on c-span. watch anytime on c-span.org and listen on the c-span radio app. markeding us now is bauer, the executive director of the project. rights of felons vote just weeks away from the 2016 election. good morning. thank you so much for joining us. so the sentencing project released a report earlier this month looking at felons and the right to vote. what were the overall findings? guest: the broad finding is that 6 million people will not be eligible to participate in the election next month not because they don't necessarily care about the outcome but because they have a current or previous felony conviction depending on the state in which they live they are prohibiting from voting. the largest number we've seen in any point in history. host: what are the states in which felons voting rights are most affected? guest: in two states maine and vermont no one is affected. even in prison you can vote. but in 48 states you can't vote while you're in prison and 4 of those states you also can't vote while on probation or parole. and in 12 states you may even be denied the ri

on c-span tv. to join the conversation like us on facebook at c-span history. >> george washington university professor chat he teaches a class about the origins of the gay rights movement. he describes how participants found common ground. with other groups fighting against the status quo of american cold war society.

thanks for being with us here on c-span. we appreciate it. >> guest: steve, thank you very much. >> before the final debate between hillary clinton and donald trump, we're looking back to past presidential debates. this saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, the 1984 debate between president ronald reagan and former vice president walter mondale. >> we must understand that we are a democracy. we are a government by the people and when we move, it should be for very severe and extreme reasons that serve our national interests and end up with a stronger country behind us. >> i will not make age an issue of this campaign. i am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience. [laughter] >> then the 1988 presidential debate between vice president george h.w. bush and massachusetts governor michael dukakis. >> you have a president that will work with the congress and the american people. we can bring that deficit down steadily, 25, 30, billion dollars a year, build economic growth. build a good s

on c-span3. follow us on twitter at c-span history for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest his three news. history news. announcer: road to the white house rerun brings you archival coverage. this weekend from 1984, the second and final presidential debate between ronald reagan and his democratic challenger, former vice president walter mondale. here's a preview. i want to raise an issue that i think has been lurking out is a nationalit security term. recall that president kennedy had to go for days on end with very little's sleep during the cuban missile crisis. is there any doubt in your mind that you would be able to function in such circumstances? >> not at all, i want you to know that i would also make not -- not make age an issue. extend, for political purposes my opponent youth and inexperience. [laughter] [applause] >> if i still have time, i might that it was seneca or cicero that said, if it were not for the elders correcting the mistakes of the younger, there would be no stakes. i would like to catch that one before it goes over. i will go on to another question.

watch one on c-span, orpan or using your desktop tablet at c-span.org. than onet, more million people in the state of florida after hurricane matthew hit the state. electricity was knocked out across the state's eastern coast, even strong enough to reach central florida cured -- florida. morgan 100,000 people in orlando without power. are areas in south carolina under curfew at this hour. it is expected to reach south carolina overnight and near charleston at daybreak, with hundred -- 100 mile per hour winds. accused by the united states of hacking and trying to interfere with the presidential election. officials saying they are confident now the russian director approved the breach of u.s. political organizations. president obama is in chicago. he did some early voting himself and attended fundraisers for hillary clinton and congresswoman tammy duckworth. is casting his own early ballot. democrats have been encouraging people to vote early nationwide. cameras watch from about 30 feet away as he marked his ballot. here is a look. [cameras clicking] [indi

on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. releaseda recently 2000 pages of previously classified material from the richard nixon and gerald ford administrations. the documents were part of the president's daily briefs on security issues, which are seen only by the president and selected other officials. theext, historians discuss changes that have been made. they also talk about the cia, department of defense, and the white house during the nixon administration. >> it has been closely guarded and in great demand since they were created during the kennedy administration. there were lots of individuals in the chain that made this possible, but i want to publicly joe during his time as an archivist. he truly embodied the slogan, releasing all we can, protecting what we must. thanks, joe, for making that happen. [applause] with an advance copy of today's release, i had an opportunity to did in and go through the history through the lens of the daily brief. i immediately went to five marks of 1970, the first marine my firstinto na

on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. yale lectures on history, university professor emeritus john day most explores how african europeans, and population converged and exchanged germs, food, and cultural practices. about one hour and 20 minutes. john demos: all right. coming finally to today's yesterday, our topic was discovery. today is going to the plantation. there is something else that sort of bridges the two that we should not pass over without comment. the headline fort would be quite simply conquest -- for it would be quite sickly conquest. the beginning phases of plantation involved conquest of a particularly intensive sort. worldy put, the old progressively and massively conquered the new. the most famous part of this process was the spanish conquest of wide regions of mexico and central and south america, and the destruction along the way of aztecs and my is and he goes -- mayas and incas and many other native groupings. historians ever since have wondered how such a small group of invaders could win out so wi

>> you are watching american history tv, 48 hours of programming on history every weekend on c-span 3. c-span us on twitter @ history for history on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history news. of tuesday's vice presidential debate, we will take a look back at the candidates using the c-span video library. >> i have seen this story before. i have turned on the television and seeing the bad news of a shooting or a weather emergency or a famon. i have seen the stories and the will be more stories. but there was something in the story yesterday that was different and it was you. your spirit of even in the dark day of optimism and community and hope. moste presidency is the invisible thread that runs through the tapestry of the american government. more often than not for good or ne for the sets the to other branches and spurs the expectations of the people. its powers are vast and consequential. his requirements from the outset and by definition impossible for withouto -- humility and attention to its purposes as set forth in the constitution of the united states. at tim kaine and mike

like us on facebook at c-span history. >> the smithsonian museum of african american culture opens. judge robert luden's discusses his book long road to hard truth. he talked about the early effort create a memorial for african-american civil war soldiers and a nut and bolt into the movement to create the national museum and described his on an altman and advocating for the needs him -- have according for the museum. the harvard law school hosted this 50 minute event. >> robert l wilkins sits here is a graduate of the harvard law school, have many honors, appointed to the u.s. court of appeals district of columbia 2014. he is a native of indiana with a bs in chemical engineering. judge wilkins served as a law clerk to the united states district court for california. in 1990, he joined the public this -- service district and later for several years. in 2002, he joined the law firm as a partner handling white-collar defense, intellectual property, and litigation matters. judge wilkins served as the lead plaintiff in wilkins in the state of maryland, a landmark civil rights lawsuit tha

on all of the c-span networks. mark.s from there is this from doral. todd says -- also join us on facebook, tom from boca raton on the republican line. caller: good morning. i would like to echo and agree with a few of our previous scholars and tweeters from both sides, who seem to agree that the really is not proof the russians are behind it. quite frankly, it does not really matter, after what is being exposed. i just want to call attention to two things that have not really been brought up in the mainstream media. one being john podesta's acknowledgment that saudi arabia and yemen are key financial and silelligence supporters of i and others. another mention by donald trump this week that this is a campaign against elitist, globalist corporation-run governments. that has been brought up several times this week. host: tom from boca raton. im from chicago. don't: i personally believe the russians did it. but which is worse, russians e-mails orlary's america destroying iraq, libya, syria, venezuela? hacking is nothing compared to all of the lies and the people who have died due

ncicap.org] >> you are washing american history tv, 48 hours of programming every weekend on c-span 3. follow us on twitter @c band cspan history. to keep up with the latest history news. wednesday, the national trust for historic preservation announced its 2016 list of america's 11 most endangered historic places. stephanie meeks, the ceo, is here to talk about some of the sites on the list. thanks for being with us. first off, what is the national trust for historic preservation, and why does it create an annual list of endangered sites? the national trust is a privately funded, nonprofit mission isn whose to advocate for the protection of cultural resources in the united states. as part of our mission, we publish this list every year of most endangered places in the united states. we have been doing it now for 29 years. and we published the list to shine a spotlight on places that are facing a significant threat and where we hope the community will rally to put some sort of protections in place. >> what sites are on the list and what makes them endangered? ms. meeks: well, we have a variety o

watch the debate live or on-demand using your desktop phone or tablet at c-span.org. listen with the free c-span radio app. downloaded from the app store or google play. >> at washington post.com this is the headline. war on thep declares republican party for weeks before election day. john sullivan is meeting us from the washington post newsroom. is back to the tweets. what has he been saying. ton: he took to twitter unleash a barrage of attacks against paul ryan, john mccain, and allnst any republican elected officials who backed away from him. insaid that paul ryan is ineffective and weak leader providing zero support. he insulted mccain. he called himself-mouth to and said he begged him for his support. basically signaled he is going to go all out against these republican critics at a time when usually parties band together and start direct energy at opposing party nominees. pretty clear this will not be the case for the republicans. >> it isn't now the party of trump more than ever? sean: it is two different parties. the party ofch trump. e1 record numbers of votes. he continues to draw tho