i think that if congress changes inds and democrats are charge, we're going to have prounion,hat are more pro-environment and necessary check on erratic, unreliable white house. states, partm the tour.pan's 50's capitols >> election day getting ever closer, three weeks away. by jan leakily, of public affairs. general, the common thought is midterm elections are lower turnout. what are the reasons they give for not voting? guest: a lot of times they report they do not have information about the election. they do not care or do not want to have anything to do with politics. it is not worth their time or effort to make to the polls on election day. host: look at the midterm turnouts as lower than the presidential election. has that always been the case and historically, have turnout levels in the united states been low? announcer: in terms of midterms --guest: in terms of midterms, yes there is a 20% difference. this is common. there is lotuses group issued into campaign -- less information and campaign excitement. historically, in presidential elections the turnout has not declined sys

if congress changes hands, we will have policies that are more prounion, pro-life, though environment and a necessary check on a out-of-control white house. >> american history tv is on c-span3 every weekend featuring museum tours and programs on the presidency, the civil war and more. here is a clip from a recent program. >> we come now to the 20th century. in the beginning of the 1900s, we have the the eugenics movement. well read. most people have never heard of it. read about the darkest part of our history like slavery and the genocide of our native indians -- the atrocities and war. if you have ever heard about the eugenics and the harm that it brought to thousands of people with disabilities. the person who coined the phrase lived in britain. advocated selective human breeding. charles davenport was an american biologist and started a facility in cold harbor springs. eugenicslled the recording office at cold harbor springs. its purpose was to improve the mental and physical qualities of the human family and eliminate promiscuityit like and physical impairments. a mandatory enac

congress changes hands and democrats are in charge, we will have policies that are more prounion, pro-life, pro-environment, and a very necessary check on an unreliable white house. announcer: voices from the states. part of c-span's 50 capitals to her. -- tour. studentcam video competition is in full swing. this years question, "what does it mean to be american." to socialave posted media. glad you've shared a few moments at mungo molly -- montgomery blair high school. tweeted mcmillan adventures eighth-graders created collages for c-span classroom studentcam 2019 competition. what does it mean to be american? katie storm tweeted behind the scenes to in the scenes. posters for ap students to break down student promises. excited to process their ideas. and in oklahoma senator tweeted i visited with yukon public schools as they worked on their project for c-span's 2019 studentcam documentary cup petition. this year, -- competition. this year, we are awarding $100,000 in cash prizes for more information, go to our website, studentcam.org. announcer: each week, american artifacts takes viewer

changes hands and him regret are in charge, we are going to have policies that are more poor union -- prounion. anecessary check on unreliable white house. >> voices from the states. part of the 50 capitals to her. >> sunday on the 50 states to tour, talking about the biography of george w. bush. >> i am still studying these adore roosevelt or harry truman. -- theodore roosevelt. there's not going to be an objective history. >> it is not too soon to judge some aspects. the war in iraq. why? it did not accomplish what he thought it was going to accomplish before he started the war. it cost 4000 plus american lives. book, and i don't think the judgment will change, it was one of the biggest strategic blunders in american history. >> james mann at 8:00 eastern. >> in the georgia governors cap --emocrat brian three candidates faced each other. publicy of georgia broadcasting, this is one hour. atlanta press club debate series. brought to you from the studios of georgia public broadcasting, this is the race for georgia governor.

think if the congress changes hands and democrats are in charge, we will have policies that are more prounion pro-life, pro-environment, and a very necessary check on an erratic white house. >> voices from the state. more debates this evening. new york congressman sean maloney faces james o'donnell for new york's 18th congressional district. live coverage starts at 6:00 p.m. eastern. maryland's sixth district. watch tonight at 9:00. campaignary source for 2018. a rallydent trump held in houston for republican senator ted cruz, who is running for reelection against him a credit congressman beto o'rourke . the president covered a range of .ssues this is about one hour and 40 minutes.

changesof congress hands and democrats are in charge we will have policies prounion,ore pro-life, pro-environment, and a very necessary check on an erratic and unreliable white house. from the states. part of c-span's 50 capitals tour. >> well in madison, wisconsin, we learn about senator william proxmire, a democrat elected in 1957 who fought against wasteful government spending. >> one of the great things i was able to do was to get elected in the last two campaigns, 1976-1982, without accepting any contributions at all and spending less than $200 in each campaign. in one, i spent $170. that was 1976. in 1982, i spent $145. i got more votes than anyone ever got in the history of wisconsin. >> do you think your other colleagues can say the same thing? >> no question. two thirds could be reelected. >> we are in the wisconsin historic society headquarters in madison. deep in the archive stacks where the public never gets to go. this is what the inside looks like. filled with miles of boxes of paper. we have come down to the location where the 200 boxes of the senator and family donated to us to lo

if congress changes hands and democrats are in charge the policies that our more prounion and pro-life and pro- environment and a necessary check on the white house. >> good evening everyone welcome to the iowa gubernatorial debate against ken reynolds and democratic challenger fred hubbell i am here in sioux city iowa one of those that have partnered with the broadcast to stream this debate to two thirds of the state of iowa. >> man from the quincy media station serving all of eastern iowa the major cities cedar rapids and dubuque iowa city coralville and all across the viewing area. >> i'm from rochester serving mason city iowa questions from our panel will help you make an informed choice november 6. >> nationally be all what you hear at morningside to hear every single word spoken by our candidates we will remind you once again during the debate no cheering or applauding during the debate tonight. >> there is one exception. right now governor kim reynolds and fred hubbell to the debate stage. [cheers and applause] [applause] and now that you have that out of your system thank you s

prounion, pro-life, pro-environment, and a very necessary check on an erratic and unreliable white house. >> voices from the state, part of c-span's 50 capitals tour. announcer: senator heidi keltkamp and her opponent, kevin cramer, met for the first of three debates. responded to the vote against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. this race was leaning republican. >> good evening. welcome to bismarck state college for tonight's u.s. senate debate sponsored by the northnorth dakota newspaper association. tonight's event is also sponsored by the american american cancer society action network, forum communications company and bismarck school's , career academy. i'm corey wendell -- whenfield. joining me on the paddle -- i'll tonight is steve wagner, cecile peel editor ofen , the courier, the student newspaper at the high school. these panelists have crafted tonight's questions and they'll take turns reading them. both candidates have been provided advanced notice of the rules and have agreed to them. here are the rules. each candidate will have two minutes for opening remarks. the ord

if the congress changes hands and democrats are in charge, we will have policies that are more prounion, pro-life, a veryironment, and necessary check on an erratic and unreliable white house. >> voices from the states, part of c-span's 50 capitals tour. with the midterm election stay away -- days away, watch the competition for the control of congress on c-span. cv yourself the candidates and -- see for yourself. make c-span your primary source for campaign 2018 kerry -- 2018. >> in colorado's sixth congressional district, mike coffman is seeking a term against democrat jason crowe. in denver.r a debate it ran just under half an hour. good evening. host.our joining the

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if the congress changes hands, and democrats are in charge, we will have policies that are more prounion, pro-life, pro-environment, and a very necessary check on an erratic and unreliable white house. voices from the state, part of c-span's 50 capitals tour. former first lady barbara bush died this past april. next on "the presidency," her son and 43rd president of the united states, george w. bush, introduces a panel of speakers who reminisce about his mother. she was only the second woman in history to be married to one american president and the mother of another. the george w. bush presidential center in dallas texas hosted this 45-minute event. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 43rd president of the united dates, george w. bush. [applause] pres. bush: thank you all. please be seated. thank you. thank you. romo. [laughter] pres. bush: mother would have liked you a lot. [laughter] pres. bush: thank you for coming. laura and i welcome you. this is an unusual event, honoring barbara bush. we thank you for being here. i want to thank the sponsor this event. i want to thank our

. >> it is prounion, it is not settling for peace. is basically saying, we will win the union back. to me, that means before the war. it does not mean peace. >> but the restored union? >> yes. >> the word win is pretty important because it suggests there is a loser, as well. that they are getting drawn back in. >> so, that is some of his party's propaganda. on the right, you see the republican propaganda. on the left, you see lincoln with the saying, union and liberty. on the right, union of slavery. what jumps out at you when you look at the imagery? >> is that a slave being hung in the background? >> it is an auction block. okay, what else? >> shaking hands, it seems like with an immigrant, not a former slave. it seems to also in blue -- involved, not just slaves, but the lower class, immigrants , too. >> you will notice the gentleman is holding a saw. so that free labor imagery. it is probably not a really well lit slide, but it is an integrated group of people, here. >> his putting his hand on his shoulder. >> it looks like a woman kneeling by the stage as slaves are being aucti

the congress changes hands, and the democrats are in charge, we will have policies that are more prounion, pro-life, pro-environment, and a very necessary check on an erratic white house. announcer: voices from the states. apart of c-span's 50's capital tour. c-span's studentcam video competition is in full swing. this year's question, "what does it mean to be american?" students have taken to social media posting about their entries. once we did glad to have shared blairmoments in my comely high school as they produce a documentary to enter the competition. eightha mcmillan tweeted graders create in my america collages to brainstorm for c-span classroom to the cam 2019 competition. what does it mean to be american. katie storm tweeted behind the scenes to in the scenes, created posters for ap students to break them the student promise. expected to process their ideas. an oklahoma senator tweeted today, i visited with yukon public schools as they worked on their project for c-span's 2019 studentcam documentary program. this year, we are asking middle and high school students to produce a

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i mean companies that are concerned about the environment, that are prounion. >> if you look egy, it's really focused on boom. we want our oakland grown companies to thrive here, and be the first in line, as oakland sees the revitalization. >> so, on the issue of law- enforcement accountability, libby schaaf says more has to be done and she expressed the need to strengthen the new independent review citizen commission. both brooks and price say more transparency in the department is needed and for her part, brooks says she has helped introduce legislation that would do just that. we learn the outcome of the race on election day on november 6th. frank? >> three weeks away. andre senior, thank you. >>> there are three other entities including ken houston, saied karamooz, peter liu, and jesse smith. to learn more about all of the candidates go online . >>> senator dianne feinstein is at risk election day. we will carry it live on ktvu plus beginning at noon. the discussion is being held at the policy institute of california in san francisco. >>> a voter registration drive was held in the

so, it's sentiment is very prounion. which is why west virginia eventually becomes a state in the union, something virginia did not take too well. but early in the war, lee is assigned to defend western virginia, this kind of hostile area, and he has in different troops for that. the trade is difficult. he is not good at it. the reason he is not good is because subordinates are absolutely terrible. he gives orders and they decide to do something else. there is a west pointer, that is not the way it worked. but, he learns from this experience also, how you give your orders, and to whom you give the orders determine whether those orders are going to be fulfilled. so, it's a learning experience for him. and then, on several occasions, he orders the troops to dig in. culturally, this is not satisfactory. the civil war will become a war of spades, trenches, as much as it is of bayonets. it will come to presage, what happened in france and flanders, in 1915, 1916. early on in 61, the white troops he commands, dig with a shovel

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think if congress changes hands and democrats are in charge we will have policies that are more prounion, pro-life, pro-environment, and a very necessary check on an erratic and unreliable white house. the state, part of c-span's 50 capital store. tour.capital's more debates. live coverage starts at six copy and eastern on c-span. thecrat david trone and republican challenger are vying for maryland's sixth u.s. house seat. later, the georgia governors debate with governor -- with democrat stacey abrams, her opponent -- and her opponents. >> in california's 39th district, democrat gil cisneros debated republican young kim. they exchange views on president trump, the robert miller investigation, and negative cap -- mueller investigation, and negative campaign ads. >> hello, i am here with the

. ,f the congress changes hands and democrats are in charge, we will have policies that are more prounion, pro-life, pro-environment, and a very necessary check on an erratic and unreliable white house. >> voices from the state, part of c-span's 50 capitals tour. announcer: senator heidi keltkamp and her opponent, kevin cramer, met for the first of three debates. responded to the vote against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. this race was leaning republican. >> good evening. welcome to bismarck state college for tonight's u.s. senate debate sponsored by the northnorth dakota newspaper association. tonight's event is also sponsored by the american american cancer society action network, forum communications company and bismarck school's , career academy.

that if the congress changes hands and democrats are in charge, we will have policies that are more prounion, pro-life, pro- environment, and a very necessary check on erratic and unreliable white house. >> voices from the states, part of c-span's 50 capitals tour. >> the video competition is a full swing. this is question, what does it mean to be american? students and teachers from around the country have taken to social media boasting about their entries. i'm rain tweeter, glad to have shared a few moments with montgomery blair high school as they produce a documentary to enter the competition. another treaty, the eighth graders great my america collages to brainstorm for c- span classroom student cam 2019. what does it mean to be american? katie storm tweeted, behind the scenes to in the scenes. created posters with ap students to break down the prompt. excited to process their ideas.

that if the congress changes hands and democrats are in charge, we will have policies that are more prounion, pro- life, proenvironment and that is very necessary -- and provide a very necessary check on an unreliable white house. >>> american history tv begins now with programs about the formation of the american government and its effectiveness . of next, the separation of powers and the three branches of government. that is followed by a discussion on how the executive, judicial and legislative branches have dealt with civil rights. after that, a class about the people and ideas that shaped the pennsylvania constitution written in 1776. >>> next on american history tv. historians on how the founders envisioned the three branches of government and why the idea of a separation of powers has been important for the survival and success of the american republic. the speakers evaluate the ways in which powers have shifted between the branches overtime. this hour-long event was part of a conference hosted at the u.s. capital historical society and american universities center for congressional a