eng would give up his free will. then they would go to eng's house and he was the master. chang would give up his own free will. brian: did it work? yunte: apparently. they had 21 children. chang was the more temperamental, eng was more mild. brian: how did they buy slaves and why? yunte: the first ones were a wedding gift from the father-in-law. it was a black woman. she was born in alabama and was sold to north carolina a were -- and were given to the twins as a wedding gift. very soon, they started buying slaves themselves. interestingly, they tended to by young sleeves. the first ones were aged 7, 5, and three. the plan was to raise them and then sell them later on at a profit. brian: did they? yunte: yes. they lost a lot of money in the civil war. when the civil war broke out, they fought on the confederate side. that is the other part of the mini story i want to tell in the book. asians in the civil war. people want to know if there were asians in the civil war. there were at least two. christopher bunker and stephen juncker, half siamese, half white. it turns out th

those were horrifying hours for eng.riginal plan was, as soon as chang dies, a doctor was to come and separate them. the doctor didn't arrive in time. eng was lingering for hours and living cold morning, his life by himself. it is hard to fathom that existential crisis and the depth of that horror and feeling of loneliness. brian: how long did their wives deaths?after their yunte: one of the sisters died, the last one died in the 20th century. they lived pretty long lives. brian: the twins died in 1874? there were 61? yunte: right, the wives were younger though. the twins were 28 and a married the sisters at 17. when you retire to north carolina, they had $10,000. that was a lot of money in those days. how far you can go with $10,000 in those years -- they bought their first land for only $300. they bought a few thousand acres of land in mount airy. if you go there today, you can see the andy griffith show. i camped there, i saw the farm. wanted tom chinese, i the placeeng shui of though it was 150 years ago. it is still

are chang and eng? >> they are the original siamese twins, but they were born in thailand and they were joined flesh that a band of was about four inches in length and neighbors freaked out and the parents were scared. the mother, because they were together they grew up walk and swim and that was sort of a milestone and they are known as the chinese afterand, it was only they were brought to the united states that they got branded. >> this picture on the screen is probably at what's age? >> this would be middle-aged. you can see the hair is starting to get a little bit gray. that would be when they went back on the road after the civil war. >> where are they joined? >> they are joined at their chest. they, you can still see preserveder in a liquid. get interested in them question mark >> i wrote my , who was arlie chan 20th century story about 20th-century america and how of asians wase fashioned. so, writing that book, i spent some time researching the siamese twins story and the siamese twins gave me

when eng woke up, he realized his brother was gone.magine, throughout their lives, they learned to do everything together. they learned to walk together, eat together, go to the bathroom together, make love together, everything. they were shadows of each other. as human beings, when we don't ,ee our showers, -- shadows something funny is going on. that was what he experienced for the first time. the sense of being alone. literally, really alone. those were horrifying hours for eng. a doctors chang dies, was to come and separate them. the doctor didn't arrive in time. andwas lingering for hours living his life by himself. it is hard to fathom that existential crisis and the depth of that horror and feeling of loneliness. one of the sisters died, the last one died in the 20th century. they looked pretty long. brian: the twins died in 1874? there were 61? yunte: right, they were younger though. the twins were 28 and a married the sisters -- they married the sisters at 17. when you retire to north had $10,000.y that was a lot of money in t

later, they move to eng's house and he will be the master. >> did it work? >> apparently. they had 21 children. >> q&a tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. on tuesday, president trump announced the u.s. would pull out of the iran nuclear deal. he called the agreement a one-sided deal that should have never been made. this is about 15 minutes. president trump: my fellow americans. today, i want to update the world on our efforts from preventing iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. the iranian regime is the leading state sponsor of terror. it exports dangerous missiles, fuels conflicts across the middle east, and supports terrorist proxies and militias such as hezbollah, hamas, the taliban and al qaeda. over the years, iran and its proxies have bombed american embassies and military installations, murdered hundreds of american service members, and kidnapped, imprisoned and tortured american citizens. the iranian regime has funded its long reign of chaos and terror by plundering the wealth of its own people. no action taken by the regime has been more dangerous than its pursui

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earlier i spoke to chloe chua, a student at the nanyang academy of fine arts and her mum, eng lee. in the competition. i was really happy to join and when i heard that i got into the competition i was wheeping because i did not know that i could do it and i have such great talent. let's see some of the pictures of the competition in geneva, switzerland. tell us, which particular pieces did you play in the final? they gave us a choice of the inaudible. why did you choose these pieces? because i find it very special. the commissioned piece is written by a 22—year—old current american teenager and that song was very, very complicated. it is very memorable i am sure for you. you are 11 years old and you have been playing the violin for the past seven years. let me talk to your mum, what did it feel like being in the audience and watching your daughter on stage playing the violin in front of an international audience? i was really nervous the whole time. i was backstage because this is one of the most difficult competitions she has participated in, i was backstage keeping her company an

later, they move to eng's house and he will be the master. >> did it work? >> apparently. they had 21 children. >> q&a tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. on tuesday, president trump announced the u.s. would pull out of the iran nuclear deal. he called the agreement a

practically we have almost exclusively heard from democratic scientists and engs that are running. >> reporter: like runa miller, campaigning for congress. >> i think it's important right now in the united states of america that diverse voices be reflective of their communities. >> reporter: but first, they have to get elected. >> you know, as a scientist i have had a hard adjustment while speaking and staying out of the weeds. >> reporter: he is in the jungle primary. top two finishers face off in november. a test for him and 314 action. is this the beginning of a science party in america? >> i hope it's certainly the beginning of scientists realing their role in public life. >> reporter: if they can find the formula for winning. ann thompson, nbc news, irvine, california. >>> voters in venezuela today went to the polls and president madera expected to easily win a second term despite the crippling economic crisis. most of the main arrives will not take part in fact election at all keeping a close eye on that situation, a family of young american in two years imprisoned. morgan radfo

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and eng will give up his free will. that is alternate mastery. three days later, they move to eng will be the master of the house and chang will give up his free will. >> did it work? >> apparently. they had twice won children. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> an important issue in my state is there seems to be a division that is being promoted in our citizenry and national concern. it is important to remind the citizens of washington that if you get an opportunity to talk to each other, or than likely, you will find there are issues that are significant to each of us are very similar and we should try to remember that. betweenthese divisions ourselves at times. [indiscernible] and i did pass the bill. >> i live here in columbia and the important issue is the death penalty. i want to abolish it. it is -- we can put money into education and other resources that would be better suited. >> an important issue in my state is education for the children. to have the proper education and funding to do that. that is the one -- one of the

three days later, they move to eng's house and he will be the master. >> did it work? >> apparently. they had 21 children. >> q&a tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> on tuesday, president trump announced the u.s. would pull out of the iran nuclear deal. >> i heard some of these phrases in the past couple of years and did not attach a lot of meaning to them until more recently. maybe you could find in your view the shadow government and swamp. how do you differentiate between them? is thatmy terminology the state feared others may call them the shadow government because they are affecting their own aircraft which is rather of the peoples that elect donald trump for instance. and the swamp is probably the term most americans immediately understand because washington was at one point swamped and the creatures coming out of the swamp are fighting back for their turf. >> watch tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span two tv. >> on thursday, about the incident --

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i am here representing public service enterprise group and our subsidiary ps eng, a 114- year-old company that is the largest electric and gas utility. despite the fact that pse&g has been one of the midshipman- atlantic's most reliable electric, much of it is old. while it has helped power the industrial northeast, in recent years we have worked to replace, upgrade, modernize, and sometimes move parts of the grid to ensure that the system can withstand extreme weather events and other threats. customers are using less electricity, but the reliance has never been greater. we do not have a blank check. investments must be prudent. over the past 10 years we have made improvements that have reduced unplanned outages by over 80%. -- the customer benefit is clear. investment has been helped by federal policies that have recognized the importance of transmission and the risk of building large projects. however, order 1000 stands out as a policy that undermines these efforts. order 1000 was touted as landmark reform that would promote cost efficient transmission planning and remove barriers to d

the group direct action everywhere claims the farm is keeping chick engs in inhumane conditions and even took birds from the facility today. nbc bay area's jodi hernandez is in sonoma county with more on their claims and video for instance side that farm. ♪ >> reporter: singing songs and holding while flowers, hundreds of animal activists gathered outside a petaluma egg farm to draw attention to what they claim are inhumane conditions. >> we were in the facility exercising our right under 597e to give care to sick and injured animals, dehydrated animals. >> this shows the activists forcing their way inside the sunrise farm facility. they got a look at the birds' living conditions and took out about did two dozen chickens. we immediately found deceased individuals in a pile laying inside the organic shed and when we proceeded to try to enter one of the other sheds. we saw bird feathers everywhere, feces. >> they were discolored and covered in filth. >> reporter: activists agreed to least property with the hope of negotiating and inspecting with the owner but the negotiations broke down. >

they are enging with the international community and seeking innovative methods to find sustainable wayivinggal's traditionally aridio r people are finding new ways of using water in order to limit property damage. despite continuob

eng, if we had had -- again, if we had had earlier notice of this, lisa brommel would have been able to attend, but she simply couldn't do it, so i have to serve double duty here. the maximum contamination level per a lot of con tam nanlts has been made -- of contaminants has been made more strict over the years. if you look at arsenic, for instance, it's basically 1/5 of what it was previously. so it's five times more stringent. there was a professor at the texas a&m university who did a study of birth defects of 3,000 women in texas and in iowa. she found that at 1/10 of the m.c.l. per nitrate injegs, the chances -- of ingegs, the chances were twice the rate of the m.c.l.. when we get a 15% blend, which is what's being proposed, which is basically four million gallons to about 24 million gallons of hetch hetchy regional water system. and that we could have nitrate levels at double the level that creates birth defects. so the other thing is you have to look to talk about using this for emergency purposes and the north lake and the latest groundwater quality report that you put out.

mistake on the part of the president to fire robert mueller but you did hear from those trump voters engt-coein hear from the white house. that this is a deep state conspiracy to delegitimize the president. >> not surprising to hear that split there. good seeing you. thanks, mike. >>> all right. so president trump yesterday responded to the news that north korea may be pulling out of his summit with kim jong un. watch this. >> we haven't been notified at all. we'll have to see. we haven't seen anything. we haven't heard anything. we will see what happens. we'll see what happens. we'll see. time will tell. >> not a lot said there. so among the many reasons cited for possibly pulling out of the summit, north korea singled out trump's national security advisor john bolton who said over the weekend the same strategy used in the nuclear negotiations in libya should be used in the dprk. yesterday bolton discussed the current state of the summit. >> the question is whether this really is a sign that -- that they're not taking our objective of denuclearization seriously. if they're ready to meet

toee days later, they go eng's house, and he will be the master and chang will give up his free will. >> didn't work? -- did it work? >> apparently, they had 21 children. american history tv is on c-span3 every weekend, featuring new zealand horse, archival films and programs on the presidency. the civil war and more. here's a clip from a recent program. >> you are watching american artifacts and joining us is the co-author of the book "what fools these mortals be." thank you for being with us. cartoonthe first depicting a president as a bomb thrower and arctic is. anarchist.o they called him a demagogue. and he was a bit of a demagogue in the sense that he was a great orator and people were in's world with him. william jennings bryan back on the bennett -- on the ballot in 1900. >> he was a gift that kept on giving for republicans. in 1896, he burst on the scene and was defeated. the thought was, he will be gone. gone,not only was he not the imagery is so stark, the cartoon is beautifully drawn, the picture is perfect, you have the populisting party has swallowed the popular -- the d

. >> eng tangle -- entanglements? >> absolutely. so the fact that he got some degree of clearance from the fbi indicates that he's not at risk of being blackmailed. the other part of the story here on jared kushner is the revelation today that he sat for six more hours of interviews, which from the perspective of a former prosecutor looking at that, that is an indication that he is trending more towards being a witness than a subject or target in the common parlance that we've all come to understand. because you would not expect, bob mueller, if he's interested in charging him, to not indicate that to his lawyer in some fashion, or at least not reveal it during the course of the questioning. >> and what is the eastern district about? >> so last fall, there was some reporting that deutsche bank had received a subpoena for records related to kushner and his companies. so we're reading tea leaves here, but the fact that abbe lowell is saying that bob mueller focussed solely on the mandate of collusion and obstruction doesn't necessaril

some of the president's advisers head to eng pore this weekend to -- singapore this weekend to meet withthe north koreans. we'll see you at the top of the hour. >> harris: it got chippy in here during the commercial, people. [laughter] primaries in four southern states last night may serve as a warning to democrats ahead of the midterm. zac, it will be okay. progressive candidates beating the more moderate opponents in the key races. georgia gubernatorial primary underscoring that point. liberal stacey abrams defeating the moderate stacey evans. and they are warning that a civil war is looming for the democrats over the party future direction. raising uncertainty about the democrats' ability to take the house. we are back now. remember he was with clinton for eight years. david avella, quite an interesting turn. you have got the left push inside the democratic party. is this a fissure? >> for all of those longed for the jerry seinfeld show to come back so they are talking about nothing we have it with the democratic party. by and large they talk about nothing. that is why democrats who d

he says he choseavo do this to enge houthi invaders. >> ( translated ): two of my friends died, and the other had his leg broken.d they dcause the missile fall near them. >> reporter: you lost a hand and you lost your friends? >> yes, i still feel sad about them till today. >> reporter: does the new hand help a little? >> yes. >> reporter: ali says he wants someday to be a doctor or a pilot, and dreams of travel. and the young men who gave him his new hand say it's their calling to give back to those wo have suffered during the war, and to show tld what yemenis can do. >> we hope that everyone seesve that whetechnology is new, something can happen here in yemen. you can ing it, you can deal with it. it's not this that we are lower than the whole world. no, we can do anything. >> reporter: but back at the prosthesis center, imad heads homeith his mom and sister, leaving his heavy prosthetics behind. and until those young gineers can produce better ones, his life is confined ta wheelchair, waiting and hoping for a better life. for the pbs newshour, i'm marcia biggs in aden, yen. >> woodru

the way get that reduced investment is a process, an it agement,e process of eng induce. s, and occasionally little prods. >> brangham: the presidentes belie can renegotiate this deal, the things that have bothered him all along, that some of the restrictions have sunset clauses, that iran is developing ballistic missiles, theta tau are doing all of these things in thon that the administration is not fond of. all of our allies who helped negotiate this deal in the first place said that putng those elements in the deal was not going to work. why does the president berea t thse will work now? >> well, i think the president's view is that when the deal was gotiated, we were at a place of intense pressure on iran. we had a t of leverage. we hadprecedented national and international sanctions on the regime. we gave up too much for far too little. i think he's said it again and again. i was a bad deal. we could have gotten more out of it. i think by reimposing some of these sanctions and working with our partners we'll get to a place where we can that. >> brangham: what about t

r for our next edition of q and a when our guest will be the university of california santa barbara engeneficiary professor will talk about his book "inseparable" the original siamese twins. you can see that sunday at 8:00 and 11:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. the u.s. house is back at 2:00 p.m. eastern for more speeches before beginning legislative work at 4:30 today. members will consider unanimous of post office namings. requested votes will take place at 6:30. bill to are week a advance the bill to advance the federal approval process to store nuclear waste in in in nevada. a resolution to overturned an obama era consumer protection bureau auto financing role. the u.s. senate continues debate on u.s. court of appeals nominations. lawmakers have confirmed 15 of the circuit court nomyeas so far. watch the house live at 2:00 p.m. eastern and the senate at 3:00 p.m. watch the house live at 2:00 p.m. eastern and the senate at 3:00 p.m. on c-span2. join us later today when first lady melania trump announces her policy priorities. that takes place in the white house rose garden in afterno

but eng do you think it was donald trump's commitment to israel, his ignorance of the region or what, there is no peace process? >> there is no peace process. but this always concerns me from a domestic standpoint, who does it help? maybe it increases and improves our relationship between donald trump and benjamin netanyahu. and yes there is a history to it. but if it needs to instability and increased violence i don't know why we need to do it now. again, there is historical precedence to it but if it leads to an inability to initiate the policies we want in other parts of the middle east i don't see the need to do it. >> there wasn't a peace process before and there is not going to be a peace process now. i will say this president and this white house does not understand the difference between having a gesture, having a bone to throw to their domestic base and creating a viable policy. whoopie they got us out of the iran deal. what is the deal now? they don't have one. what's the policy on reducing the tension with the palestinians? >> they don't have one. it's the absence of coher

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it's hard not to eng tangle that i understand what the ambassador was saying but what he said last weeknking of china and trade, he thinks of the border with north korea and how much they're doing to help. >> it's a little bit hard to read president trump's methods obviously, when they wrote the letter and canceled the meeting june 12th of north korea, he really wanted to have the meeting but he was threatening back saying, don't do it this way. let's do it the right way. when it comes to trade, president trump has established a relationship with xi jinping and i don't think he wants to put that at risk so, you know, i would -- we need to separate the tactics from the long-term strategy the goal is to settle terms of trade with china and i think that china, to add to what was said, what will be the u.s. military footprint on a reunified korean peninsula will we still have all these troops that's a major question. they need to be in close consultation with us at every step of the way. >> gentlemen, thank you for shedding light on this complicated issue. ambassadors, thank you >>> adobe c

on c-span2 at 10:00 a.m., the senate continues its current englehart nomination -- kurt eng elhardt nomination. nominee the president's for the next cia director, gina gina haspel. >> live coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. 1968,day morning on america and turmoil. we look at the cold war as the backdrop for the events of 1968 including the of vietnam war, the presidential campaign, and the space race. joining us to talk about the turbulent time are elizabeth cox and mark kramer, program the project of cold were studies at harvard university. turmoil68, america and live on sunday at 8:30 a.m. eastern on c-span's washington journal and american history tv on c-span3. >> connect with c-span to personalize the information you get from us. go to c-span.org/connect and sign up for that you now. the program guide is a daily mail with the most updated schedule. word for word gives you the most interesting daily video highlights with no commentary. the book tv newsletter sent weekly is an insiders look at upcoming authors and book festivals. the american history tv newsletter gives you t

we need to pass h.r. 2083, the eng dengered salmon prevention act now. i introduced this bill along with my northwest colleague, jamie herrera butterler. it will provide wildlife managers with the -- jamie herrera beutler. it will provide wildlife managers to protect these endangered fish. if we don't act now, oregon department fish and wildlife says there's a 90% chance that the steelhead run will go extinkets in the next few years. it will be unconscionable to let this happen. we know the problem. it's identified. let's take action. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from utah seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. stewart: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to recognize colonel james brown, a friend of mine who has faithfully served the army depot in the united states army. it's my honor to the years of service to c

a few days at later they move on eng will bese and the master of the house and cheng will give up his free will. brian: did a work? had 21 children between them. white male was twice rejected admission to the university of california davis medical school. was passed over in favor of less qualified minority applicants and took the system to court. the decision struck down existing admissions program and ofeld the constitutionality the 14th amendment. are a lawyer and a professor and libertarian commentary are. live monday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern. c-span.s at we have resources on our website for background on each case, the landmark companion book, a link to that in her next if constitution