lawrence roberts?t. i think that's right. i think that most people did come out of this extreme conviction that it was time to do something more to end the war. i think that the response of the nixon administration was informed a lot by what had happened in the previous weeks of these 1971 protests. so, i mentioned that the speech that nixon gave on april 7th had given him a bump in approval of his handling of the war. but as soon as these protests started, particularly the vietnam veterans, the white house was getting alarmed because they noticed that public opinion was going in the other direction. and they were worried that a really successful shutdown of the city by, you know, by protesters would put even more pressure on them and would make them look weak. so, nixon and his men started holding these secret war councils to figure out how to undermine the mayday protest. and, as i mentioned early in the program, one of the things they did was revoke this camping permit and bust up the campground whe

lawrence roberts?inating. you know, one thing that sometimes gets lost in thinking about these protests, you brought it up, greta. this notion it wasn't just -- the culture of the time wasn't just the question of radical politics, there was also a counterculture, sort of a cultural revolution going on in the late '60s, early '70s. so when rennie davis pushed for the idea of mass civil disobedience in d.c., he set up an all-day rock concert that would start on saturday, may 1st, and go through sunday, may 2nd, in order to set up for the may 3rd protests. so there were groups, lynda ron stat was there, charliemin gus was there. and the opening group for the mayday concert at the west potomac park was the beach boys. who were on sort of a revival tour. and they showed up and played and bands played all through the night. all afternoon on saturday and awl all through the night with thousands of -- tens of thousands of people laid out in their blankets, sleeping bags and lean tos. and it was 6:00 a.m. on su

lawrence roberts?scinating. you know one thing that sometimes gets lost about these protests. and you brought up greta, this notion that it was the you know the culture at the time it wasn't just radical prompt politics there was also the counterculture. it was sort of a cultural revolution going on in the late sixties and throughout the sixties and early seventies. so when renÉe davis decided to push for this idea of mass civil disobedience in d.c. as a way to try to attract more people, he set up a all day rock concert that would start on saturday may 1st, and go through sunday may 2nd. that was an order to set up for the may 3rd protest. so there were groups like linda ronstadt she was there, charlie mingles was there. and the opening group for the made a concert at the west potomac park was the beach boys and they were on sort of a revival tour. they showed up and played and then bands played all through tonight. all afternoon on saturday, and all through the night. there were thousands or tens of

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joining us is lawrence roberts. mr. roberts, thank you for being with us. : thank you for having me. i am looking forward to it. greta: let's look what is going on with the vietnam war at the time. lawrence: let me paint a picture. it was also sunday morning, may 2. president richard nixon and his aides ordered hundreds of d.c. policeman riot squad to clear out a park down by the potomac river, in which tens of thousands of mostly young people had been camping, in preparation for what would be the most audacious protest and all of the antiwar movement. people had come from all over the country to camp in west potomac park to get ready for this traffic blockade, which was sort of a last-ditch effort after six years of the movement, to force the government to pull all of the u.s. troops out of vietnam. greta: why did they come? what was happening that they decided that they needed to descend on washington? lawrence: the war had been going on for six years in intense way. the movement started almost the same time that the war did, by people who believed that th

our guest is investigative journalist lawrence roberts, author of "may day 1971: a white house at war. a revolt in the streets and the untold history of america's biggest mass arrest." watch tonight, beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern and watch american history tv every weekend on c-span 3. >>> walter mondale, who served as jimmy carter's vice president, died on april 19th. in 1984, he accepted his party's presidential nomination at the democratic national convention in san francisco. in the november general election, mr. mondale was defeated by incumbent president ronald reagan. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> thank you very much. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you very, very much. my fellow democrats, my fellow americans, i accept your nomination. behind us now is the most wide open race in political history. it was noisy, but our voices were heard. it was long, but our stamina was tested. it was hot, but the heat was passion and not anger. it was a roller coaster, but it made me a better candidate and it will make me a stronger pr

greta: lawrence roberts, you vote a book about that day. what did you learn about what that was like for the protesters? lawrence: i think what you are watching before was essentially the police version of what happened that day. they produced that film not long after the protest. it is a propaganda film. what it does not say is that the tax makes the police used and the nixon administration used turned out to be entirely unconstitutional. in the end, the federal courts throughout, based -- threw out every single arrest that was made that day and the subsequent two days after that. 12,000 people were taken into custody and kept in detention without charges. police launched a dragnet, were they arrested people that had been sitting in the streets and anyone who looked like they might have been a protester. they had long hair and were wearing hippie style clothing. they were swept up the first day . they had not been breaking any laws at all. that kind of throwing out, the rejection of the tactics that were used, the violation of fourth amendm

lawrence roberts is next like most of the village back he belongs to the indigenous which in tribe ok if you read the information see for many years he's relied on his strong constitution but in time of the pandemic he wants to play it safe after all there aren't any doctors or ventilators in vina thai either you are done and i'll see you in 4 weeks. is pretty important i mean. from wherever and you go the way you would have to get sick or you know if it will prevent possible ization that's good. to know. lauren's takes us to his home. we use his quad bike to get to the edge of the forest of the 200 person village there are no roads here during winter you drive on a snow slope and in summer on a meadow. he lives alone in a locked cabin with his son for the past year he hasn't been allowed to leave the village the tribal government imposed strict rules to protect the community from the virus lawrence roberts says that the modern lifestyle is what makes people so vulnerable to the pandemic like we don't have no car off by contact and we're always doing is this piece of the travelling wi

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our guest is investigative journalist, lawrence roberts, author of may day 1971, a white house at war, a revolt on the streets and the untold his degree of america's massive arrest. watch tonight beginning at 8 pm eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span 3. here the meeting at the summit the most momentous international conference of the post-war era turned the eyes of the world meeting at the summit. in the gleaming palace of nations, the big four, america, england, france, and russia met to seek an end to the end of the cold war. -- communist party chief, -- displaying russia's planned policy friendship, nominally outranked by the premier, kristoff appeared very much the boss. president eisenhower accompanied by secretary of state offered to give military information to the russians and eight military. appeal the presidents wartime friend -- had left. they supported the daring american proposal. the president startled and delighted geneva not by going window shopping, he proved an american ambassador of good well. on the return to washington, heavy rain drenched

lawrence roberts is next like most of the village but he belongs to the indigenous which in tribe ok if you read the information sheet for many years he's relied on his strong constitution but in time of the pandemic he wants to play it safe after all there aren't any doctors or ventilators in vina thai either you are done i'll see you in 4 weeks. is pretty important i mean. from wherever they go the. you would have to get sick or you know if it will prevent parts musician that's good you know. lawrence takes us to his home. we use his quad bike to get to the edge of the forest of the 200 person village there are no roads here during winter you drive on a snow slope and in summer on a meadow. he lives alone in a locked cabin with his son for the past year he hasn't been allowed to leave the village the tribal government imposed strict rules to protect the community from the virus laurence roberts says that the modern lifestyle is what makes people so vulnerable to the pandemic. we don't have no car also contact and we're always doing is just basically travelling with ballparks and it

the village the tribal government imposed strict rules to protect the community from the virus lawrence roberts says that the modern lifestyle is what makes people so vulnerable to the pandemic. we don't have no car off site contact and we're always doing is just basically travelling with ballparks and that here and there and a cramp oh shoot move or something that's where we settle down for a month. you know and try to meet this is what it is and it. took me when i listen to your i didn't come out here to the over 1010 years for. it was much healthier lifestyle you know that i knew that i experience never get 2nd in your army with you know it all. back and forth you can the village has come together at the traditional spring carnival for the 1st time since the pandemic began there hasn't been a cold case here for 2 months. the coronation of the princess is one of the year's highlights. up until recently deborah may card you would not have expected to see this much normality even though sled dogs are racing again this year. i feel very fortunate i mean we hear about other places that don't even

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our guest is investigative journalist lawrence roberts, author of "mayday 1971" and the untold historyica's biggest mass arrest. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern and watch "american history tv" every weekend on c-span3. >> we continue our look back at the life of former vice president walter mondale who died recently. in 1984 reran against incumbent president ronald reagan. here is her their second and debate held in kansas city, missouri, where they took questions on defense and foreign policy issues. the republican ticket of ronald reagan and george h.w. bush went on to defeat mr. mondale and his running mate, geraldine ferraro, in the general election. [ applause ] >> good evening.

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announcer: lawrence roberts tonight at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. announcer: c-span shop.org is c-span's online store with a collection of c-span products. every purchase help support our nonprofit operations. further to order a copy of the road -- directory. in leading up to mother's day, get our newest apparel. you will get a special discount on your purpose. go to cspanshop.org, announcer: the workers securing the spacex dragons capsule after return to earth lives morning with an ocean/down off the florida coast. the first nighttime splashdown of a nasa crew since the apollo eight mission. after the cruise return to earth, nasa held a briefing. >> welcome to this morning's post splashdown briefing for nasa's spacex crew. nasa astronauts mike hopkins, victor glover, shannon walker, splashdown off the coast of panama city florida this morning at 150 6:00 a.m. central time they will make their way back to houston a little later this morning. the crew launched in november of last year spent 168 days in space. members of the resilience crew were invol

lawrence roberts is next like most in the village back even longs to the indigenous which in tribe ok if you read the information see for many years he has relied on his strong constitution but in time of the pandemic he wants to play it safe after all there aren't any doctors or ventilators in vina thai either . you're done i'll see you in 4 weeks. so it's pretty important i mean. both of them were literally. you would have to get sick or you know if it will prevent parts musician that's good you know. lawrence takes us to his home. we use his quad bike to get to the edge of the forest of the 200 person village. there are no roads here during winter you drive on a snow slope and in summer on a meadow. he lives alone in a locked cabin with his son for the past year he hasn't been allowed to leave the village the tribal government imposed strict rules to protect the community from the virus laurence roberts says that the modern lifestyle is what makes people so vulnerable to the pandemic. we don't have no car off i contact and we're always doing is just basically travelling with ballpa

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our guest is investigative journalist lawrence roberts.r of mayday, 1971, a white house at war, a revolt in the streets and the untold history of america's biggest mass arrest. watch monday beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern and watch american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >> american history tv on c-span3, every weekend documenting america's story. supports american history tv on c-span 3 as a public service. on may 23rd and 24th of 1865 two military processions in washington dc called the grand review of the armies drew thousands of spectators to pennsylvania avenue. president andrew johnson cabinet and government officials and general ulysses' s. grant watched from this reviewing stand in front of the white house. on may 23rd an estimated 80,000 soldiers of the army of the potomac led by general meade took about six hours to pass before the reviewing stand on may 24th, general william t sherman led about 65,000 soldiers of the

like most of the villagers lawrence roberts belongs to the witch and tribe for many years he's relied on his strong constitution but in time of the pandemic he wants to play it safe. from wherever they go the. you would have to get sick or you know if it would prevent possible ization this could . take off to the next village it may be one of the world's remotest places but when it comes to the vaccine program alaska is leading the way. a shanty town on the southern edge of the dreaded this would have to do with his poorest neighborhoods. people here lack of electricity you know they basically let it ease and the government looks on without taking action. regional authorities and the process of demolishing these houses. social work a canal he menaces eyewitness to this transition right in front of us is where they were build a regional park. demolition the government's attempt to stop the illegal settlements here but relocation a slow going though trucks can be seen coming and going to the ring sand. the menace and his team often come to visit they bring families basic supplies and mi

our guest is investigative journalist lawrence roberts, author of "may day 1971: a white house at war. a revolt in the streets and the untold history of america's biggest mass arrest." watch tonight, beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern and watch american history tv every weekend on c-span 3.

fewer questions as we look back 50 years at the forces that collided on the capital streets with lawrence robertshe's the author of a white house at war. this is a joint production of american history tv and c-span's washington journal. this week, we are looking back to this date in history. >> it was almost two years ago that five men broke into the democratic national committee headquarters in washington. it turned out that they were connected with my reelection committee. the watergate. can we came a major issue in the campaign. the full resources of the fbi and the justice department were used to investigate thoroughly. i instructed my staff and campaign aides to cooperate fully with the investigation. the fbi conducted nearly 1500 interviews. for nine months, until march 1973, i was assured by those charged with monitoring the investigations that no one in the white house was involved. nevertheless, for more than a year, there have been allegations, insinuations that i knew about the planning of the watergate break-in and that i was involved in a plot to cover it up. the house judiciary comm

back 50 years to the forces that collide on the capital streets with investigator journalist lawrence roberts. this is a joint production of american history tv and c-span's washington journal. >> today, robert certain, u.s. air force b-52 navigator during the vietnam war describes his days in captivity after being shot down by the north vietnamese. here is a preview. >> they told us back at fairchild and p.o.w. training you should have a simple story with few details as a cover story in case you are captured . you don't get caught telling more than one lie. i didn't have that done. i was on my way home. i was only 25 years old. i flew b-52s. i had to develop that on the run. i told him i was just a celestial navigator. all i did was navigate over water using the sun or stars. we got over land and the radar navigator took over. he did all that other stuff with electronics. i don't know anything about it. they said we know you are plenty smart. we will take you are the b-52's are. i'm thinking, you're not going to leave the building. did not seem to be excited about the idea. they asked questi

our guest is journalist lawrence roberts, author of mayday 1971, a white house at war.evolt in the streets and the untold history of america's biggest mass arrest. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern and watch american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> former vice president and u.s. senator walter mondale died on april 19th at the age of 93. coming up on on c spn's america history tv, we'll look back at his life, starting with a 2015 conversation he had with former president jimmy carter. after that, mr. mon dale's 1984 democratic national convention speech when he ran for president against ronald reagan. >>> c-span is our unfiltered view of government. we're funded by these television companies and more, including comcast. >>> you think this is just a community center? no. it's way more than that. >> comcast is partnering with 1,000 community centers to establish lift zones so students can get what they need to be ready for anything. >>> comcast supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat

lawrence roberts is next like most in the village back even longs to the indigenous which untried ok if you read the information see for many years he has relied on his strong constitution but in time of the pandemic he wants to play it safe after all there aren't any doctors or ventilators in vina thai either you're done i'll see you in 4 weeks. so it's pretty important i mean. from what i've learned of the. year you would have to get sick or you know if it will prevent parts musician that's good you know. lauren's takes us to his home. we use his quad bike to get to the edge of the forest of the 200 person village there are no roads here during winter you drive on a snow slope and in summer on a meadow. he lives alone in a locked cabin with his son for the past year he hasn't been allowed to leave the village the tribal government imposed strict rules to protect the community from the virus laurence roberts says that the modern lifestyle is what makes people so vulnerable to the pandemic. we don't have no cut off i contact and we're always going to space the travelling with ballpar

like most of the villagers lawrence roberts belongs to the gwich'in dr for many years he's relied on his strong constitution but in time of the pandemic he wants to play it safe. from wherever they go the. you will have to get sick or you know if it will prevent hospitalization this could. take off to the next village it may be one of the world's remotest places but when it comes to the vaccine program alaska is leading the way. community a shanty town on the southern edge of the tree is what if you were the poorest neighborhoods. people here lack of electricity and other basic amenities and the government looks on without taking action. regional authorities are in the process of demolishing these houses. social worker ministers eyewitness to this transition right in front of us is where they will build a regional park. demolition the government's attempt to stop the illegal settlements here but relocation a slow going but trucks can be seen coming and going to the ring sent. the minutes into steam often come to visit to bring families basic supplies and middlemen between the authori

our guest is investigative journalist lawrence roberts, author of "mayday 1971: a white house at war,evolt in the streets and the untold history of america's biggest mass arrest." watch tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern and watch american history tv every weekend on c-span3. ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> walter mondale, who served as jimmy carter's vice president, died on april 19th. in 1984 he accepted his party's presidential nomination at the democratic national convention in san francisco. in the november general election, mr. mondale was defeated by incumbent president ronald reagan. ♪♪

like most of the villagers lawrence roberts belongs to the question tribe for many years has relied on his strong constitution but in times of a pandemic he wants to play it safe for us this is pretty important i mean. if you're from the border illegally. you would have to get sick or you know if it will prevent possible zation just get. on his squad lawrence takes us to his home at the edge of a forest. for a year he wasn't allowed to leave the village. the tribal government imposed strict rules to protect the community from the virus. lauren says it's the modern way of life that makes people so vulnerable to cope at one time or group we don't have conquer over to this place so they're traveling with all purpose and that they're there and. move or something that's where we settle down for a month. you know. this because. it was much healthier lifestyle you know for that i knew that our experience never gets 2nd year on with you know it's taken off. take to the next village it may be one of the world's remote places but when it comes to the program alaska is leading the way. planet is

in an effort to stay in power. >> investigative journalist lawrence roberts tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q and a. monday night, brookings institution discusses his book turning point, policymaking in the era of artificial intelligence. >> it is not just one revolution taking place. it is 10 or 20 different things taking place simultaneously. it is the growing ubiquity of technology and all of our lives in every sector, and domestic policy applications as well as national defense. we have a long chapter on national defense.

>> lawrence roberts, sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> now homeland security secretary alejandra may arcus reviews resident bidens initiative. the secretary looks at the president's executive action and strategy for dealing with young migrants on the southern border. >> i get to do a lot of terrific things, a lot of fun things and the introduction of today's special guest. it is my great pleasure to introduce alejandro who currently serves as the secretary of the united states department of homeland security. in his first three months ago and is already been the center. secretary is the first immigrant and the first latino to serve at this position. in immigration gives an important view of the issues that are at the heart. i look forward to hearing more from him in just a moment. secretary and his family fled the cuban revolution. in his family eventually settled in los angeles where he grew up. it headed beverly hills high, uc berkeley and loyola will law school. he was appointed the u.s. attorney of californ

back 50 years of the forces that collided on the capitol streets with investigative journalists lawrence roberts. he's the author of mayday 1971 a white house at war a revolt in the streets and the untold history of america's biggest mass arrest. this is a joint production of american history tv and c-span's washington journal. this week we're looking back to this date in history. it was almost two years ago in june 1972 that five men broke into the democratic national committee headquarters in washington. it turned out that they were connected with my re-election committee. and the watergate break-in became a major issue in the campaign. the full resources of the fbi and the justice department were used to investigate the incident thoroughly. i instructed my staff and campaign aids to cooperate fully with the investigation. the fbi conducted nearly 1,500 interviews for nine months until march 1973 i was assured by those charged with conducting and monitoring the investigations that no one in the white house was involved. nevertheless for more than a year there have been allegations and insinuat

like most of the villagers lawrence roberts belongs to the which i'm dr for many years he's relied on his strong constitution but in time of the pandemic he wants to play it safe. from wherever they go the. you would have to get sick or you know if it would prevent possible ization this could . take off to the next village it may be one of the world's remotest places but when it comes to the vaccine program alaska is leading the way. the shanty town on the southern edge of the truth is what if you were this poorest neighborhoods. people here lack of like true city you know that basically that it is and the government looks on without taking action. regional authorities and the process of demolishing these houses. social work a canal he menaces eyewitness to this transition right in front of us where they were build a regional park. demolition the government's attempt to stop the illegal settlements here but relocation a slow going but trucks can be seen coming and going to the ring sent. the minutes into steam often come to visit to bring families basic supplies and middlemen between