are watching american history tv, 40 hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span3. follow us on twitter at c-span history for information on our schedule and keep up with the latest history news. american history tv was at the organization of american is trying to new orleans where he spoke with historian adriane lentz-smith about african-american involvement in world war i. she discussed how their military service expose the rachel tensions at the time. this interview is about 15 minutes. >> adrian lynn smith, what was the experience of black soldiers during world war i? adriane: african-american soldiers had a variety of experiences. there was roughly 385,000 african-americans in the wartime army. about 200,000 of them traveled overseas with the american expeditionary forces. of those 40,000 were combat troops, and another 160,000 did mainly labor. folks who wrote home about their spirits is from both the from combation, and units, talk about two things. they talk about the difficulty of fighting for democracy, sort to speak, in a jim crow army. and they talk abo

of americans that served in the war. about 4,800,000 americans were in uniform by the end of the war in june of 1919. to illustrate the variety of insignia that were worn on the american uniforms we've now moved over to the model 1917 u.s. service coats that were worn by the majority of the soldiers in the army during the war. one of the insignias that i'm standing by is the standing buffalo. this was a very important insignia and it was worn by the african-american soldiers of the 92nd division, and there were two african-american divisions in the war, 92nd and 93rd. both of them were segregated from the rest of the army. most of the soldiers, of course, were african-americans and most of the officers were caucasians. even though they fought alongside their compatriots in the war and fought along -- especially along with the french during the war, they were segregated and were not treated very well throughout the course of the war. as we progress through the museum into the rest of the american section, we're going to l

american grit. when we purchase products made in the u.s.a., the profits stay here, the revenues stays here and the jobs maybe most importantly of all, they stay right here in the u.s.a. in the audience today -- true. [applause] in the audience today we have skilled workers. we have business leaders whose american-made goods we're proudly displaying all over the white house and outside. i saw fire engines. i saw tractors from caterpillar. i saw some incredible machinery, make it right here. we thank you for being here. we're honored to showcase your creations and i will say they've really taken on and some of you have built names that i know of for so long and it's -- congratulations, right, you in particular. what a great job you've done. thank you very much. i saw you on television this morning. you were fantastic. i don't know what you're doing exactly but you could always have a second career. you did a great job. thank you very much. american workers, farmers and innovators are really the best

the american jim has never really existed specifically for african-americans because black americans have been in the u.s. for over 500 years. when i would ask your guest is this, what other group of people i've had to experience over 450 years of being terrorized, 250 years of slavery, 100 years of jim crow, decades of bad public policy decisions which disrupted the healthy life developing, and crow?e jun new jim frasca and americans, those folks who made it, they did have to make a way out of no way. -- for those americans, those folks who have made it, they did have to make it out of no way. reificatio reunification or advancement that was never, ever given to african-americans. residue.ay, we see the with the country has done is left this legacy of an urban underclass. connect isn dream -- never doubt with african-americans. your take is these new immigrants you talked about have jumped the line ahead of african-americans? caller: what i'm saying is there volunteer immigrants. they came on their own. they don't have the legacy of all of the hundreds of years of slavery and jim cr

watching as you are watching american history tv on c-span3.u are watching american history tv on c-span3. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. announcer: 50 years ago on july 23, 1967, a series of riots erected near present-day gordon in detroit, michigan. we have a historian there to learn about the causes and events of the uprising which led 43 deaths, over 7000 arrests, and the deployment of 5000 federal troops to restore order. >> my name is jamon jordan. i am a historian and a tour leader with blacks scroll network history and tour. i do history tours throughout the city of detroit. >> what happened on july 23, 1967? >> a undercover or plainclothes officer, charles henry, attempted to get inside 9125 12th street, which is what police call a blind pig, an illegal after-hours bar. after he was finally able to get in mainly around 3:00 in the morning, the illegal after-hours bar was raided by the police for breaking the law. when they rated the place, they found it was not a small

using american harbors, american ships, american provisions to supply their colonies. it didn't work out as they hoped for reasons we can talk about. french revolution also quickly spilled over into the caribbean. shortly after revolution exploded in france, insurrection broke out in today's haiti. 1791 slaves in the northern part of the colony began a rebellion that soon turned into a revolution against slavery itself. under leadership. they fought off invading spanish force and the british navy. the americans needed france and spain to defeat the british. the haitians defeated the french, spanish and the british. the haitian revolution would upend the atlantic economy and the labor regime and it would bring tens of thousands of refugees pouring into the united states. this was another lesson that was driven home powerfully over the course of writing this book, was the importance of the haitian revolution for american history in this period. i think it's impossible to tell the story of how the united states was transformed from this weak fragile power into a consnecon

and he was celebrated by americans. this tavern sign hung in front of the tavern kept by israel putnam who would be famous in the revolutionary war in the battle of bunker hill. so the second gallery we title the voice of victory. so after the british victory in the seven years war with this vastly expanded empire, particularly in north america, britain faces this challenge. because of course everyone's excited about having this larger empire. but there are now tens of thousands of new subjects that look to king george iii, of course, desiring him to act as their sovereign or in the case of people who do not recognize him as a sovereign like native-americans, at least seeing him as a person who they can ask for assistance with their problems. and so you have tens of thousands of native-americans. you have more than 70,000 french catholic and some former spanish colonists who now britain claims as its subjects. in addition, you've got 2 1/2 million british colonists, people like george washington, people like jechgman fr

stephanie see itbic, director of the smith son known american history, american art museum, robb shinkvernon. ruth taylor, executive director of the newport historical society, catherine robinson, president and ceo of historic charltz ton foundation. david row sell, the executive director of withina ter museum garden and library. beth hill of for tying of new york, and betty joe of the delaware tribe of indians. [ applause ] >> and now i'd like to introduce the members of the board of directors of the museum of the american revolution. will you raise your hands so everyone knows where you are and that you are here today. [ applause ] >> these are the volunteers who have guided and sustained the multiyear initiative to create the museum. and now it is a very great pleasure to welcome the mayor of the great city of philadelphia, mayor jim kenney. [ applause ] >> good morning, everyone. i can't tell you how proud i am as a native life-long philadelphiian to be standing here in front of this building and in front of all the great dig that dignataries that have come here today. i just perso

they >> what happens if the americans, american military, stops helping them? do they fall apart again in. >> we're not going to stop helping them. we're going to continue. i'm fully confident we're going to follow the operation and help the iraqis dominate. >> for how long? >> i don't know. >> do you have to stay with them forever? >> i don't know how long it's going to take. it's iraq. it's complicated. but we're going to be here to help them because our common enemy is isis and we're going to continue to help them attack isis. >> when does the united states commitment to iraq finally end? >> i don't want to take a stab at american foreign policy. what i will say is we're fighting a common enemy here. we can't do it without them. they certainly can't do it without us. >> isis lost mosul but where is its leader? the simple answer is we don't know. there have been repeated rumors he's been killed. some say the russians killed him in syria. others that a u.s. air strike in mosul got him. at this point we can't confirm any of these rumors. most likely they're a c

citizens by being born to an american mother or only american fathers? >> as long as you're born in the u.s., you are an american citizen, regardless of the citizenship of your parents. if you were an american women and you married and foreigner and were living abroad, then your child is not a citizen. but any child torn in the u.s. -- we have birthright citizenship in the u.s. it is still the case. if you are born in the u.s., you have the defensive. that is true then and is true no w. >> this is a follow-up to that. when did it become necessary for people coming to the united states to become naturalized to become citizens? longere has been quite a shifting thought there. there has always been a process became a citizen, though sometimes it was very informal. century orthe 18th 19th century, you just got off the boat. and you were a citizen. >> right. >> when does that change? >> sometime in the late 19th century. and it is still very informal in the early 20th -- and it is different in different places. it gets codified in the early 20th century. the

to institute buy american and hire american. and all of those policies and pursue the steps necessary to revitalize american industry, including, repealing and replacing obamacare. we better get that done, fella, please, mike, we need that so badly. cutting taxes, fixing our trade deals, and rebuilding our infrastructure. we'll be submitting a infrastructure bill in the not distance future. we're going to be submitting a tax bill in the very near future. [applause] right? when this investment is complete, foxconn has the potential to create more manufacturing jobs than we have seen in many, many decades. chairman goh, i thank you for your investment in the american worker. they appreciate it. they will not let you down. they never let us down. there is nobody like the american worker. terry goh, told me, he believes in america. he really believes in america. and that is a great entrepreneur, one of the greatest in the world, by the way. he won't say it but i will, one of the great entrepreneurs of the world, he has a real bond w

"exporting american dreams: thurgood's american journey." " cold war civil rights: race in the image of american democracy" from princeton in 2000. and two edited collections "legal borderlands," and" september 11 in history." mary's next book, entitled "going to war: an american history" is under contract with oxford university press. mary's research has been supported by the guggenheim, mel lon fellowships, the institute for advanced studies at princeton, and numerous other foundations. her books have been distant wished by her passion for social justice and progress by extensive research, by cogent analysis, and by very careful articulation of ideas and evaluation. have bestowed numerous accolades on mary's work. the book onto regarding marshall was described as "a gem of a book" and "a work of true genius." reviews of "wartime" described it as "a provocative meditation and a fascinating and nuanced narrative." mary helps explain the journal of american history, "why national security continues to have such influence on american politics, why the u.s. continues to field such a lar

pence: in the coming days with the leadership of our president, the american people and american small businesses, i believe, will witness the beginning of the end of the obamacare nightmare. i'll speak more about that. [applause] vice pres. pence: i'll speak more about health care in just a few moments. but first, let me again give my thanks and admiration to all the members of the national federation of independent business. nfib is a titan of american excellence and entrepreneurship. for nearly 75 years, the nfib has brought together american small businesses and given them a voice in the halls of government. today, those of you gathered in this auditorium at the united states capitol represent a staggering 325,000 small businesses from every state in this country, and it's remarkable to think about the impact that each and every one of you have. you create jobs, you provide a pathway of opportunity for generations of americans, and you are literally the corner stone of american communities from the smallest towns to the largest cities. you know, president trump probably said it bes

and native american.won those votes by overwhelming numbers, and we ended up, i believe, getting almost twice as many votes as clinton and trump combined, among young people. and what that means -- what that means -- and please do not forget this -- is that our ideas and our progressive vision, we are the future of this country. audience: bernie! bernie! bernie! bernie! bernie! bernie! sen. bernie sanders: no. audience: bernie! bernie! bernie! bernie! bernie! bernie! sen. bernie sanders: it's not "bernie." it is you! we are in this together, and always have been and always will be. together, during our campaign, we organized some of the largest rallies s in the campaign, speaking to over 1.4 million people. in other words -- in other words, we have the enthusiasm. we have the momentum. and as i look around this theater tonight, i can see we have the energy to transform america. and this is what else we have accomplished. after the campaign, we helped write the most progressive political platform of f any

a lot of welcome to worlds apart the russians have long taken americans more seriously than the americans took that is until the russia gave candela obsession with their logic the election hacking and been seeing policy paralysis have dismayed many in moscow showing washington in a way revolution before as lacking in confidence and they able to pull itself together how accurate is this impression to discuss that i'm now joined by matthew craning a senior fellow at the atlantic council mr craning it's great to have you on the show thank you very much for joining us thank you for having me on it's a pleasure to be here while it may be a pleasure for you to be here but i assure that you're not going to fall under suspicion of colluding with the adversary because of appearing on our t.v. no i'm not worried about that i think it's important for americans and russians to have a dialogue to important countries and we need to do a better job of understanding each other i absolutely agree with you but do you know that if you're if you read the publicly available parts of the u.s. intelligence repo

in american history. filly wheatley was enslaved and brought to the new world in the 1750s. as a young girl, maybe about 8 years old. she eventually was sold to a family under the name of wheatley. the daughter taught her to read and write. she has a real natural talent for writing verse. of course at the time, this was an extraordinary development. so much so that there were those she began publishing pieces ott news paper and they began to be circulated. there was actually a trial held in boston where john hancock and other significant figures in the community were brought together to basically put her on trial, ask her questions to try to determine if it was possible this african-american woman could have written poetry like this. of course she passed and they wrote a testimonial saying they believe she, in fact, had been the talented writer who produced this poetry. in 1773, she traveled to london and this volume was published. it's also remarkable in that we have an engraved image, presumably a good

, american loyalist militia also committing rapes of american women. but this is not the result of a systemic policy on either side. this is the conduct of individuals, mostly soldiers, occasionally officers, in the field, taking advantage of vulnerable populations. thank you. >> all right. thank you. that's it. >> we were getting a sign from at the back. thank you all very much. >> thank you. [applause] >> that was rather somber note to end on. [inaudible discussion] [inaudible discussion] ...

his institute for american history has developed a highly acclaimed national program for teaching american history in high schools and colleges throughout the united states. lewis lehrman also created the lincoln prize and the center for the study of slavery, resistance, and abolition at yale university which awards the frederick douglass prize for the best work of the year on slavery, resistance, and abolition. for all of this tremendous work in american history, lewis lehrman was presented with the national humanities medal at the white house in 2005. lewis lehrman is the author of several books, including his latest "churchill, roosevelt & company: studies in character and statecraft." in a complementary review this past march, the wall street journal noted " the book is packed with fascinating detail and illuminates not only the past, but challenges of the present day. the subtitle, studies in character and statecraft, he makes it clear that in geopolitics, the two go together." before i welcome him to the stage, i will ask everyone to check their cell phones and anything else that mak

military and american society.he is a key contributor to the popular american history textbook, a people and a nation, and has authored five books including her most recent work "america's army making the all volunteer force," which examines the nation's transition from the draft to an all-volunteer force during the vietnam war. and we have mark adams who is the education director at the truman s. -- pardon me, harry s. truman presidential library and museum. he's been adjunct professor, you may notice his famous accent which is in part why he's moderating our conversation this evening, but as you might know we have experts who are here with concentration in world war i, in vietnam and world war ii. so we're really covering that breadth. normally i have a podium. makes it a little easier. right -- yeah, that would be fantastic, thanks. prior to world war i the united states which makes it small army of volunteers to head into mexico. no one ever expected that they would actually head out to europe. on this 00 years

in terms of the draft, in 1942, 90 3% of americans thought the draft -- 93% of americans. the draft was fair. at the end of the war, ebony 9% 79%ght it was fair -- thought it was fair. it is strange when you think about the way that men lost the ability of their choices. it is significant in terms of -- was drafted, divert deferred or exempted. it is not about in terms of we need armors were someone to manage the bureaucracy, fathers were exempted. men who were married and had a dependent were exempted for quite a long time. this was after they were drafting people who were illiterate, after the drafted single men. this was a social decision that fatherhood and preserving the emily was critically important and those men -- and was critically important and those men would put into a category. it did not mean those men did not volunteer. it is being designed, it is not simply how do we get enough people into the military, it is also thinking about who is exempted and why and how that mirrored values of society. mark: let's move that forward to the 1960's of vietnam. obviousl

what we should do is take this critical matter that affects every american and every american's health care, send it to a committee, the help committee chaired by senator lamar alexander, republican of tennessee, ranking member patty murray, who is the senator from washington, the finance committee, senator hatch of utah, republican, senator wyden, of oregon, democrat. they need to sit down and look at these bills carefully. let's not make a mistake at the expense of the people who sent us here. let's stand up for sound, thoughtful judgment. let's stand up for a senate that works, as john mccain challenged us. is that what the american people wish? i think it is. at the heart of all of it. and i think john mccain really set a standard that we ought to live up to. let us stop this waste of time over a debate, over a bill that cannot even be printed. let's take this to the regular order. let's do it the right way to the credit of the senate and to the credit of our country. we took an oath each and every one of us to swear to uphold the constitution, and that constitution, that document

the problem is americans can afford premiums and the americans who cannot afford premiums will not be able to afford health savings accounts. there, the changes on opiate as a measly $45 billion to calm back the opiate epidemic while slashing 770 billion the medicaid funding which is how most of you. epidemic is funded. it's an insult to families that have suffered a loss of a loved one who died of an overdose. 45 billion is a drop in the bucket as to what it will take to combat opiate abuse in this country. adding $45 billion in opiate funding is about buying a republicans vote. the bottom line is this, the core of this bill is just as rotten as it was before. this bill, like the old one means out-of-pocket and deductible costs will soar. this bill, like the old one is a huge blow to families with loved ones in nursing homes rely on medicaid to parents whose kids are alive because of medicaid. this bill, like the old one means millions of americans will lose coverage. the bill was me when it passed the house, it's me when it was introduced in the senate, and it is still mean today. r

the american cancer society. the american heart association, opposed. the american academy of family physicians. the american academy of pediatrics, opposed. the american stick a trick association, opposed. virtually every major national health care association is opposed to this disastrous legislation. so the american people are opposed, the health care organizations r. all across this country are opposed. the bill is written behind closed doors, and yet under those circumstances, they want to bring it to the floor for a vote. now, what most americans are signature around and thinking -- are sitting around and thinking, they are saying, look, the affordable care act has done some good things. before the affordable care act, mr. president, we had some 50 million people without any insurance. the affordable care act provided insurance for about 20 million people. that is no small thing. in the majority leader's own state of kentucky, the rate of uninsured went from 20% down to 7%. that's pretty good. not great, but it's pretty good. west virginia, the ra

un-american -- an american general can manage american officers and british commanders. inspire.ey ability to overcomingikability insurmountable allied challenges. the british admiral wrote, "from the very beginning eisenhower said anglo american unity and friendship as a primary purpose. staffs work closely integrated. it was not long before the british and americans ceased to look at each other like warring tomcats and came to discover that nationals of both countries had brains, ideas, and drive." thus it is fitting that we now listen to general eisenhower's major tribute to the anglo-american victory given the hall in london on june 12, 1945. i quote the general, "no one could alone have brought about this result. had i possessed the military skill of a marble, the will -- wisdom of solomon, the understanding of lincoln, i would been helpless without the loyalty, the vision, the oferosity of thousands british and americans. some of them were my companions in my command. enlisted men and junior officers that carried the fears brunt of the battle in the field. many oth

. >> tonight american history tv on c-span 3 will be live from the museum of the american revolution in philadelphia. we will be joined by top museum staff to look at exhibits and answer viewer questions. that's 7:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span 3. >>> back on april 19th the museum officially opened to the public, here is that ceremony now with remarks by joe biden, david mccullough, cokie roberts of abc news and museum officials. ♪ ♪ >>> ladies and gentlemen, please recognize the color guards from each of the original 13 states as they are introduced in the order in which each state ratified the u.s. constitution and entered the union. delaware, first delaware regiment. [ applause ] >> pennsylvania, first troop philadelphia city cal valerie. new jersey, old barracks museum. georgia, sons of the revolution in the state of georgia. connecticut, the governors foot and horse guard. massachusetts, 54th massachusetts volunteer regiment. maryland, maryland society, sons of the american revolution. south carolina, south carolina national guard. new hampshire, first new hampshire regiment. vi

and it's a problem for older americans. our older americans whose rates would go way up. for example, a man six years old earning $20,000 you currently pays $80 a month for health care, and affordable policy. under the republican trump care bill that would go to $570 a month. a challenge to my colleagues. find me someone earning $20,000 a year who can pay $570 a month for health care. finite individual and defender plan on the floor of the senate and why that is an equivalent from taking health care away from that individual. and then of course, we have the issue of preexisting conditionsg high school thought all or maybe softball or gymnastics are wrestling and they carry it with them their entire lives. or maybe something develops further on in life. maybe asthma or diabetes or an episode of cancer. and now they have a preexisting condition. under our old health care system, prior to 2009, 2010, they could acquire insurance unless they were fortunateet enough to get it through their job, which millions of americans do not get it through their work place. so they were ou

it is an american issue. it is about the concern of so many americans that improper voting has taken place and canceling out the votes of lawful american citizens. that is why president theodore roosevelt once said, it is the affair of every honest voter wherever born, to see that no fraudulent voting is allowed anywhere. i want to thank vice president pence for cheering the commission. i also want to thank kansas secretary of state kris kobach for serving as vice-chair. it will be a lot of work. they will work very hard over fairly short period of time. i want to thank you both much,r. chris, mike. there is bipartisan panel consisting of both republican and democratic leaders and experts on voter integrity.. i would like to personally thank each of our panel members for serving. really do appreciate it. in addition to the chair and vice-chair, this distinguished bipartisan panel includes indiana secretary of state connie lawson. thank you. new hampshire secretary of state bill gardner. thank you. maine secre

jobs in the american heartland. [applause] >> since the very first day of the administration rolling back of federal red tape is to rebuild the infrastructure to give the american people in world-class health care they deserve. and with optimism businesses large and small create more than a hundred thousand new jobs since president trump took office. for company after company and today's announcement is the latest vote of confidence in our president so companies across the country will continue to invest in american jobs than workers in future because under president donald trump america is back. so ladies and gentlemen,, with gratitude for his leadership and determination to make america of prosperous again it is my high honor and privilege to introduce the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. [applause] >> i want to think the great rice president juan governor walker, of the first time we announced that there was a small amount of interest going into this country and to that that

the productivity gains of the american worker have not gone to the american worker. instead, they have gone to the privileged few, to the wealthy, and to the well off, to the special interests. the american people deserve a better deal. [applause] rep. jeffries: the american dream has always been about if you work hard and play by the rewarded. can be but for far too many americans, that fundamental contract has been broken. working families, middle class folks, senior citizens, the poor, the sick, the afflicted, people in urban america, suburban america, and merle america increasingly left behind by an economy that works for the privileged few and not for all americans. we deserve a better deal. [applause] rep. jeffries: for far too many americans, wages have failed to keep up with the rate of inflation. for far too many americans, wages have failed to keep up with the rising cost of living. for far too many americans, wages have failed to keep up with our collective aspiration to provide a better future for our children and for our grandchildren. the american peopl

and bill mclean obviously has written great books on american history and society in american modern history. at theed looking introduction, think both diana and jim spent a year her at the madison center said they have a connection here. i noticed looking at the bios that diana and jim both attended st. john's,ge and which is a common feature of many people here so i think this is the panel with people who attended the smallest colleges. [laughter] >> there has never been a panel with more small college representation on it. i don't know what that means but i was struck by that. i was also going to make some joke about their sports teams but i looked online for a time. is it still true that the kenyan sports teams are called the lord's hand ladies? amazing. in st. john's, they had sports teams, what would they be called? joke. >> druids. >> without further do, the panel. applause] i had the very great privilege of working with amy and leung on the anthology "what so proudly we hail." i learned a great deal about american patriotism. alexis did tocqueville, whom we reluctantly but un

the police did not have a good relationship with the american -- african-american community at that time, there had been a number of reports at that time about release -- police brutality. the police are bringing people out, it is sunday morning but still dark outside. it was 80 degrees. nobody had air-conditioners, particularly people at the poor neighborhoods. so a lot of people come outside, 80 degrees outside is about 100 degrees inside. people are coming outside and they see -- initially, people are curious. but as time goes on, take so long to bring the people out of this club and put them in paddy wagons and police cars and that crowd starts to get a hostile, particularly because of the history of police brutality and detroit. other issues are on the table with the african-american community. discrimination had been a long issue in the city of detroit. many of the people here were displaced by the historic african-american neighborhood and they were forced to move here after that neighbor and, urban renewal happened that day -- and a freeway was built to destroy that neighborhood

the american heart association , the american academy of pediatrics and sit psychiatric association, federation of hospitals, american lung association, march of dimes, the american nurses association, one might think that one virtually every major national healthcare organization as opposed to legislation that maybe just maybe my republican colleagues might think twice. : about go forward. but they have not had in this process the opportunity, amazingly enough, to hear from doctors, to hear from hospital administration, to hear from patient advocates, because, mr. president, as you may well know, despite the fact that we are dealing with an issue that impacts every single american, which is what health care does, an issue that impacts one-sixth an issue that impacts one-sixth impacts one sticks of the american economy over t $3 trillion a year. there has not been one hearing, one public hearing on this bill. this bill has been written behind closed doors. anyone listening to senator mccain the other day made that point. how do you deal with one-sixth of the economy and their desire

the american people deserve better. a better deal is exactly what democrats are fighting for to give the economic power back into the hands of the american people. and so as we go forward, we do so with the origins of our country and our patriarchs, the patriarch of our country george washington cautioned as he left office to beware of political parties that are at war with their own government. we don't want to be at war with anyone. we want to revitalize in a bipartisan way to detail the infrastructure of america, increase our paychecks, over the cost for families to in a way that prepares every family to be assured that their children have a place in the economy and the america of the future. >> and with that, i'm pleased to yield to the distinguished gentleman from illinois and i'm sure he's an orioles fan and maybe understand, that's up to him to decide. of course that's the unifying thing, we also get our differences and simplify them when it comes to choosing teams. in any event, a very distinguished young man fr

poet in american history. phyllis wheatly had been enslaved the west coast of afri africa probably in senegal and brought to the new world in the 1750s. as a young girl maybe about 8 years old. she eventually was sold to a family by the name of wheatley in massachusetts. and the daughter in the family taught her to read and write. and she had a real natural talent for writing verse. and, of course, at the time this was an extraordinary development. so much so that there were those that she began publishing pieces in the newspaper and they began to be circulated and was actually a trial held in boston where people like john hancock and other significant figures in the community were brought together to basically put her on trial, ask her questions. broug together to basically put her on trial, ask her questions, to try to determine if it was possible that this african-american woman could have written poetry like this. of course she passed. and they actually wrote a testimonial saying they believed she, in fact

let me be very clear to the american people. certain rules will mean that you will not have medicaid for the vulnerable, senior citizens who are in nursing homes, young mothers, those who have chronic illnesses like young brittany with autism. you will not have healthcare, you will have a state that will take block granted medicaid dollars -- >> the gentle lady's time has expired. >> i believe the jackson-lee amendment can be fiscally responsible but it will save lives and i ask for the support of the jackson-lee amendment. >> the gentle lady's time was expir expired. the question is agreeing to the amendment offered by ms. jackson lee. all those in favors, say aye. >> aye. >> all those opposed. >> no. >> a recorded vote is posted. we will postpone the recorded vote until we have finished debating this batch the seven amendments. are there other amendments? >> madam chair, i have an amendment i would like to offer. >> the amendment number is number 3, the clerk designate the amendment, the staff will distribute copies of the ame

we need to think how to buy american and hire american.hope people's eyes aren't glazing over now. alex, do you agree with ford? should we stop these special programs and just focus on american jobs, forget h2b visas and alphabet soup of special visas? >> the alphabet visas are a map it's super complicated. it's difficult to come to this country legally to work. i think the answer to this is not to get rid of these visas or stop people from coming in, but to create categories to allow broad, large categories of people to come in, work legally in the youth, pay taxes and go home when they are done. in the early 1950s, the bacerra program aloud temporary immigrants to come in and work in united states and go home. one of the big results of that was it decreased the number of illegal immigrants by 95% over the course of two years in the early 1950s. gerri: cape cod, the folks up there. they have a tourism business and they are getting hammered because they don't have the workers they need to do business. they are missing about 1,000 of their

number one, don't investigate the american people. investigate russia. the intelligence community's unanimous and clear in their findings that russians interfered with the 2016 election. every day that goes by that the president and his administration continue to deny it is one day last that we have to prepare for the 2018 elections. and to maximize the security and integrity of elections forward. number two, as has and stated, new systems in the united states of america. the last time the government was a true partner in funding, upgrading, and adding secure systems to our elections was in 2002. the help america vote act was passed, also on a bipartisan basis. number three, don't eliminate, fund the eac, the election system commission. the very body we look to that sets the security standards for voting systems in the country. the very body we look to to aggregate data as to what is working and not working in elections administrations to make it at her for voters in our -- and more secure. the commission is seeking to eliminate it. we need that now more

first is the freedom to the american people to make their own health care choices. the second is restoring the kinc of free market that will allow the health insurance innovation to happen to bring down the cost of health insurance for every american. senator ted cruz and others have worked on legislation to give people wider choices. the president is determined, before we are done with this process, and maybe this willre take another bill after this one, to give people the ability to buy health insurance across state lines. and lastly, what we want to do is end the one-size-fits-all medicaid for our most vulnerable population. the president believes the time has come for us to get done, give states the ability toha reform medicaid the way we did when i was governor of indiana. in ways that will better meet the needs of our most vulnerable people. >> tucker: sounds like choice is the main goal. >> vice president pence: giving people freedom, giving them more choices, lower cost insurance and allowing states to innovate and be creative about the way -- >> tucker: but

president and the american people. in my first foreign conversation with president trump, he came across as a man of determination and pragmatism, leaving me a powerful impression. --terday and today [inaudible] [speaking in korean] -- during my visit, president trump and i were able to forge friendship, as well as deep, mutual trust as we endeavor to tackle numerous challenges ahead of us. this will give us a solid foundation to rely on. first, president trump and i agreed that only strong security can bring about genuine peace. we concurred to strengthen our overwhelming -- the threat of provocation by the north will be met with a strong response. the greatest challenge confronting our two nations is the nuclear and missile threat posed by north korea. president trump and i decided we should place a top priority on addressing this issue and coordinate closely on relevant policies. to this end, our two leaders will employ both sanctions in dialogue and encumbrance approach -- comprehensive approach. we both seek a res

the american cancer society. the american heart association, opposed. the american academy of family physicians. the american academy of pediatrics, opposed. the american stick a trick association, opposed. virtually every major national health care association is opposed to this disastrous legislation. so the american people are opposed, the health care organizations r. all across this country are opposed. the bill is written behind closed doors, and yet under those circumstances, they want to bring it to the floor for a vote. now, what most americans are signature around and thinking -- are sitting around and thinking, they are saying, look, the affordable care act has done some good things. before the affordable care act, mr. president, we had some 50 million people without any insurance. the affordable care act provided insurance for about 20 million people. that is no small thing. in the majority leader's own state of kentucky, the rate of uninsured went from 20% down to 7%. that's pretty good. not great, but it's pretty good. west virginia, the ra

we captured an american john walker who happened to be fighting for the taliban. he had all of these front covers a new stories and he kept getting referred to as brainwashed. serious expert, serious newspapers were writing about the sky. but having been brainwashed. my first reaction was, can people really seriously be using this kind of science fiction turn to be talking about a real person. and that i kept wondering into work that story and that kind of metaphor describing the decision to be against american this moment as unthinkable, as something a thinking person couldn't fathom we do. in the years after that story we kept versions of a brainwashing story in america, the manchurian candidate got to be made, then invasion of the body snatchers get remade. homeland, the showtime show that has a lot of strong resemblance so my book what i'm trying to do is think about that story and why we want to tell it. . . >> >> and the kinds of ways that day talk about coercive persuasion of brainwashing and propaganda. >> are they accurate or inaccurate to?. >> they are p

the american cancer society. the american heart association, opposed. the american academy of family physicians. the american academy of pediatrics, opposed. the american stick a trick association, opposed. virtually every major national health care association is opposed to this disastrous legislation. so the american people are opposed, the health care organizations r. all across this country are opposed. the bill is written behind closed doors, and yet under those circumstances, they want to bring it to the floor for a vote. now, what most americans are signature around and thinking -- are sitting around and thinking, they are saying, look, the affordable care act has done some good things. before the affordable care act, mr. president, we had some 50 million people without any insurance. the affordable care act provided insurance for about 20 million people. that is no small thing. in the majority leader's own state of kentucky, the rate of uninsured went from 20% down to 7%. that's pretty good. not great, but it's pretty good. west virginia, the ra

the american writers museum is a long overdue book. art is about capturing duty in the way we captured the beautyberry emotions and feelings where we came from and who we are in the american writers museum will provide that opportunity for people all across the nation. it is amazing we have not had this before but we do now. [applause] >> so to have a rich literary tradition we plan to see that continue to grow not only to honor the past authors but also engaged courage authors and more importantly encourage future authors to bring their skills to this event. so those friends that our important to help us to encourage us from the very beginning a school teacher who taught history as an avid reader and somebody who has been important to us and to encourage us to get started. , say a few words. [applause] good morning. i am glad to be here today at the opening of the american writers receive the first of its kind. we are honored to be with david mccullough and i will tell you shamelessly i brought my copy for him to autograph a he was gr