we are a couple hundred miles from the texas coast and the only way to reach san antonio was by boxcar from the texas coast. that took a couple days. it was a very difficult city to get to. until san antonio finally got a railroad in 1877. at which point, san antonio began to explode. the tourism business was one of the first that took off because san antonio had been a familiar topic of magazines and other publications in the united states. sanrters loved to come to antonio and report on what it looked like. there is a great awareness of this. this did not totally please houston where the railroad came from. after the railroad came, one newspaper reported that hordes of people went to san antonio friday and then wood around and come back and tell everyone how queer the city looked. san antonio is probably three hours from the mexican border, but the proximity to mexico has been very beneficial to san antonio long-term because of immigration. when the mexican revolution began in 1910, there was so much violence that mexican citizens began coming up into texas. they were settled in refu

visit toook at recent san antonio, texas. you're watching american history tv all weekend and every weekend on c-span3. >>'s name was william c velasquez, but everyone knew him as willie. willie was and is a name synonymous with democracy in america. through the organization he founded, the southwest voter registration education project, he nearly doubled hispanic voter registration and dramatically increased the number of latino elected officials in this nation. his appeal to the hispanic community was simple passionate, , and direct. your vote is your voice. >> we are going to be talking about the records of the southwest voter registration education project. they are the oldest and largest nonpartisan latino voter registration organization in the country. the collection contains the first 20 years of the organization's existence. they are still in existence today. it is a deep and wide collection if you are interested in learning about voter registration, particularly in minority communities. the organization was started i

its appearance shakes its appearance is we are a couple hundred miles from the texas coast and the only way to reach san antonio was by boxcar from the texas coast. that took a couple days. very difficult city. at this point, san antonio began to explode. been a topic of different publications in the united states. there's a great awareness of this. this did not totally please people like in houston. people whoordes of went to san antonio for a day. and they would come back and tell people how cute -- how city the -- how queer the was. san antonio is probably three hours from the mexican border, but the proximity to mexico has because ofeneficial immigration. revolution began in 1910. grande'ssed the rio and came into texas. tens of thousands came to san antonio. there were leaving citizens in the community. we have the first hispanic congressman in the 1950's and that has really helped make san antonio the type of place it is today. think it would be important for people to realize, amply to understand what distinct and diverse city san antonio is, how significant its roots are in history. and how much it has

we are inland, a couple of hundred miles from texas coast and the only way to reach san antonio was byxas coast and that took a couple of days when it wasn't raining and there wasn't mud. it was a very difficult city to get to until san antonio finally got a railroad in 1877 at which point san antonio began to -- to explode. the tourism business was one of the first that took off because san antonio had been a familiar topic of magazines and other publications periodicals of the united states. people -- reporters would love to come to san antonio and report and what it looked like and there was great awareness of this, this didn't totally please people like in houston where the railroad came from and after the railroad came one newspaper over there reported the people went to san antonio for a day to peak around and come back and tell everyone how clear the city looked and it did. it did. that was a big attraction then and still become attraction now. san antonio is probably 3 hours from the mexican border from way of laredo but the proximity to mÉxico has been very beneficial to san a

next, a look at our recent visit to san antonio, texas. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span three. [bell tolling] anna: san antonio is here because of these missions. what is really kind of wonderful is that a lot of people who this their call parish home and come here can trace their ancestry to the colonial period, the people who build these mission buildings and built these churches. the missions are about the start of the city of san antonio. we are at the entrance. this is a part of san antonio mission's national historic park. this is a unit of the national park service. there are more than 400 national park sites around the country. each of these 419 help to tell -- 419 plus units help to tell some part of the american story, the part of the american story that we tell here at the san antonio mission is the spanish colonial history of this area of this part of the world. mission san jose is one of four missions that make up the national park. the national park is comprised of the four missions. w

weekend, american history -- history tv is running our cable partners to showcase the history of san antonio, texas. to watch more video from the cities on our current tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. we continue now with our look at the history of san antonio. catherine: the american civil war has had a really grand impact around the world because people look to this nation nearly coming back together and having a new birth of freedom and here we are in the 21st century having really quite serious debates. the headlines, the newspapers, a lot of commentary was focusing in on statuary confederate statutes. in people's deep feeling about the legacy of the civil war, what the civil war meant today and i think students in the classroom and general readers want to know how people feel about these issues. i got interested with a colleague i worked with for many years jim downs and we put together a series. we had a panel called history and headlines we got historians to talk about how we wanted to make sure that we were plugged into these larger issues. we put out a book a year on a topic that's a bur

weekend, american history tv is joining our spectrum cable partners to showcase the history of san antonio, texas. to watch more video from the cities on our tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. we continue with our look at the history of san antonio. [ bells ] >> san antonio is here because of these missions. what's really kind of wonderful is that a lot of the people who call this their parish home, who come to church here on a regular basis, can trace their ancestry to the colonial period, to the people who actually built these mission buildings, who built these churches. so these missions are really about the start of the city of san antonio. we are at the entrance to mission san jose. this is part of the san antonio mission national historic park. this is a unit of the national park service. there are more than 400 national park sites around the country. each of these 419-plus units help to tell some part of the american story. the part of the american story that we tell here at the san antonio missions is the spanish colonial history of this area, of this part of the world. mission san jose i

with support from our spectrum cable partners, we travel to san antonio, texas. coming up in the next hour, we'll experience the history of this south texas city, starting with a visit to the san antonio mission's national historical park. following that, in about 20 minutes, we'll hear about the role the city played in early military aviation. and in about 40 minutes, visit one of the city's most recognizable features and biggest attractions, the historic river walk. later, a trip to the spanish governor's palace, one of the oldest buildings in the city, dating back to the founding. we begin our special feature at mission san jose, one of four remaining colonial spanish missions in san antonio. >>> welcome to spanish governor's palace. what you're looking at is actually the last visual remnant s. the original facility was built in the 1720s. it was the residence of the captain. we're looking at a romanticized version of what this building would have been. again, it was the military headquarters and adina desavalo wurngs of our original, she worked hard when she i

san antonio, texas. what is the situation where you are? >> reporter: well, senator sanders was very excited today in speaking to about 5,000 people in the old san antonio dance hall. he was excited. you could tell based on the results why he is so excited. one thing that stuck out to me is when he said we put together a multigenerational and multiracial coalition not only going to win in nevada, which he

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unprecedented need for us here in san antonio, texas. just briefly, if you would, you expect this situation to continue, do you, as long as the measures remain in place and people don't have jobs? that's right. in america they have the supplemental nutrition assistance programme, called snap, the government's way of getting through to families. many of those families that have lost jobs will many of those families that have lostjobs will be applying for the public benefit, but it's a supplement. it doesn't meet all their needs. it relies on households to have some income, and because they are not working, they will rely on charitable organisations like i was told to make ends meet. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: unity breaks out among the democrats as bernie sanders endorses joe biden to fight donald trump for the us presidency. pol pot, one of the century's greatest mass murderers, is reported to have

congressional district, congressman will hurd joining us live from san antonio, texas. >> it's always fun to be on and conversation. >> you're a former cia officer, served in congress since 2016, the only black republican in the house and you represented more than two third of a latino district. you decide today leave congress rather than run again in november. i'm curious for our younger listeners interested in entering politics. what's your message to gen z. is congress anyplace to get done, should you run for office or can you get more done outside of elected office. >> margaret, great question, i think it's all of the above. i've been able to be effective as a black republican in a latino district, i've had about 16 pieces of legislation signed into law under a democratic

texas coast. and the only way to reach san antonio was by ox cart from the texas coast. and that took a couple of days when it wasn't raining. it was a very difficult city to get to. until san antonio finally got a railroad in 1877. at which point san antonio began to explode. the tourism business was one of the first that took off, because san antonio had been a familiar topic of magazines and other publications, periodicals in the united states. reporters would love to come to san antonio and report on what it looked like. this didn't please people in houston where the railroad came from. after the railroad came, one newspaper over there reported that hordes of people went to san antonio for a day to peep around and then come back and tell everyone how queer the city looked. and it did. that was a big attraction then and is now. san antonio is probably three hours from the mexican border. but the proximity to mexico has been very beneficial to san antonio, long-term, because of immigration. >> they were settled in refugee camps and tens of thousands of them came to san

standing near the direct graphic -- near the geographical center of san antonio, texas, in front of the spanish governors palace in a town set up. due to the conflicts between two european umpires, france and spain, in the 18th century. -- european empires. self well inshed a latin america, south mecca and mexico. mexico was especially important to spain because of a very rich silver mind. france was to the northeast in the louisiana, and reached up to the northern borders of new spain, along the red river. there, it was causing trouble with the indians and looking straight across the empty reaches of texas into the summer minds down in zacatecas and

entras tanto, un segundo vuelo con evacuados arribÓ a san antonio, texas alabasen donde les espera un preparado para proporcionar el mismo apoyo de alojamiento que ofrecieron a principios de febrero ando recibieron un aviÓn que trasladaba 91 estadounidenses en una base conjunta para su periodo de cuarentena. recuerde que puede obtener la informaciÓn mÁs reciente sobre el coronavirus en esta pÁgina web y recibiendo alertas descargando nuestra aplicaciÓn univisiÓn Área de la bahÍa. las autoridades de california expresaron su desacuerdo debido a la posiciÓn tomada por el gobierno para desplegar un

joining me now is the mayor of san antonio, texas. mayor, thank you. >> thank you. >> texas reported a record high of over 2300 coronavirus hospitalizations today. why do you think your state is seeing this kind of rise? >> it is pretty simple. we're seeing more transmission. there's more activities taking place. people are mixing and mingling a lot more than they were when we were under stay-at-home orders throughout all the urban areas. we knew transmission was going to rise. what we don't want to see is increase in severity and overwhelming of our hospitals and medical systems. we are starting to see those peak as well. so there is definitely a concern people have let their guard down. >> you had protests in your city and around the state at the end of may. you think it con ttributed to t spike? >> what we are seeing right now is actually data coming in from two weeks after the reopening began. we don't really see -- we are not seeing the activity from the protests yet but i can tell you that i've been out there with the demonstrati

special continues with a visit to the university of texas at san antonio special collections. to hear about the southwest border registration education product and the impact it had on the latino population across the southwest. william velasquez but everyone knew him as willie. synonymous with democracy in america. organization he founded, the southwest voter registration education project, he nearly doubled hispanic voter registration at increased the number of latino elected officials in the station. his appeal to the hispanic community was a simple, passionate, and direct. your vote is your voice. about the talk records of the southwest voter registration education project. they are the oldest and largest nonpartisan latino voter registration project in the country. the collection contains the first 20 years of the organization's existence, they are still in existence today. collectionp and wide if you are interested in learning about what registration, particularly in minority communities. the organization was started in 1974 by willie velasquez. he is from san antonio. w

was earlier we spoke to emergency medicine physician a ways to ronnie in san antonio texas and we asked him how soon frontline workers like himself can expect to be vaccinated psyche just found out today that i have a date on next wednesday to get vaccinated so that super exciting at sight you know jaimie some good news after these long last 9 or 10 months it's you know good news also for all of society it's a big scientific achievement and you know most most of the most americans are going to get access to a vaccine at the next couple months next 6 months at least and so right now it's more important than ever that we truly focus on the basic public health measures like avoiding social gatherings where the mask because each infection and each life lost now is that much more painful because we are so so close and so i really you know urge all the patients that i see on a day to day basis that right now is the time to hunker down and we're going to get there we just need a few more months. and that was a merchant see medicine physician a waster ronnie speaking to us earlier from san anto

let's speak now to talk to always to ronnie he's an emergency medicine resident physician in san antonio texas dr dirani it's great to have you on with us today the u.s. is in an exceptionally tough position right now soaring in fiction numbers and deaths health care systems are at their limit what is this like for you and your colleagues on the front lines in image and see rooms what are you experiencing thanks for having me yeah you essentially nailed it on the head hospitals are at capacity i see you start a city and the hospitals are so full essentially that we aren't even able to move the patients that we admit to that i see is up to the to the rooms that they need to be and so for example i'm going to merge and see providers so we get sick sick patients you know patients that are out symptoms from coated strokes heart attacks and whatnot and they need to be stabilized which we do and then move them out to critical care areas the hospitals are so full that they end up staying in the emergency department for extended periods of time and that is you know not good for them we take care of th

this one landed in san antonio, texas, just a few minutes ago. we showed you that life. r today, the first plane landed at marine corps air station miramar in san diego, california. officials close to the cdc tell fox news there are two persons of interest, one on each plane, showing symptoms of the deadly coronavirus. passengers will be put under quarantine upon landing. the incubation period is about 12 to 14 days. speaking of that particular number, the update currently 12 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the united states. we will keep you updated on this developing story. a pledge to investigate the bidens and ukraine after that impeachment trial wraps up and an acquittal for the present. that sparks divisions among some senate republicans. senator lindsey graham has vowed oversight while the treasury department has already handed over documents to top senate republicans. other g.o.p. senators are warning it's time to move on. meanwhile, the democrats, seething over the fact the administration has already turned over and don't like information on this after stonewal

this is from joe, san antonio texas. go ahead. >> good morning. >> today is obviously a day of solemn, a day of remembrance of all that happened and unfortunately, a kind of feel better about the situation we're in and all that we are dealing with and the death we've had, it just feels so distant 9/11 and the numbness we have towards this. i remember the sense of togetherness in the attacksen happened, i saw it on tv while at school and i remember not knowing what was going on w or what it meant, just a general sense of support in the community and as i've grown older, there's been a lot of support, at least initially in overtime, it's sort of rain a little bit in terms of the support we have, i know there's pushing for first aid, responders who have succumbed to certain illnesses do to the toxicity of the particles and what was emitted from the new york area and i wanted to hope and pray in dealing with the coronavirus that we don't have that same situation there is a huge court forwards going on right now, everybody ha

back home carter evans has more on the patient in san antonio, texas. >> reporter: the latest person to test positive was on this flight to texas from the epicenter of the outbreak, after the 15th case of coronavirus in the u.s., the cdc has an urgent warning for americans. >> there may be additional cases that we identify. i do want to prepare you for that. >> reporter: 600 people are still quarantined on military bases including marine corp air station miramar where two evacuees have the virus. this 3-year-old's father worry his daughter could be infected. they were on one of the evacuation flights from china where the virus killed the little girl's grandfather. the largest concentration of cases outside of china is on this cruise ship docked in japan. kent frazier's wife is at a hospital after showing symptoms. concern on board the ship is growing. >> the longer they stay here the more likely they are to get it. >> reporter: members of the world health organization are meeting with top tech companies in silicon valley like google and facebook to make sure they are communicating the

technologies at a base we can see what the impact was. >> are special and san antonio continues with a visit to the university of texassan antonio's special collections to hear about the southwest voter registration education project and the impact it had on the latino ablation across the southwest. was william -- his name was william c velasquez. everyone knew him as willie. that is a name synonymous with democracy in america. the organization he founded, that southwest voter restoration education project, he doubled hispanic voter restoration and dramatically increase the number doublehs registration -- hispanic voter registration. voz.to es su your vote is your voice. >> we will talk about the records of that southwest voter education project, the oldest and largest nonpartisan latino voter registration organization in the country. the collection contains the first 20 years of the organization's existence. they're still in existence today. it is a deep and wide collection if you're interested in learning about voter registration, particularly in minority communities. the organization was started in ,974 by willie v

bllas and san antonio, texas, dallas and san antonio, texas, could see baseball-sized hail tomorrow.er sunday, tornadoes could hit louisiana, arkansas, mississippi, and alabama. forecasters expect it to be the biggest severe weather day so far this year. a major announcement from apple and google today. they are teaming up to create voluntary coronavirus tracing and tracking software for iphones and androids, to tell people if they've been near an infected person. you essentially get an alert. it's a type of contact tracing which experts say is key to stopping the spread. the companies say privacy safeguards will be built in. the a.c.l.u. said today, it should only be used for public health purposes during the pandemic. at new york's northern westchester hospital, the condition of an 88-year-old coronavirus patient named rita rooney is now listed as "code sun." ( applause ) in that hospital network, "code sun" means a covid-19 patient has recovered and is being d,scharged. and, after two weeks of treatment, rita was serenaded by applause from medical workers and-- can you hear it? ♪

let's speak now to dr always to ronnie he's an emergency medicine resident physician in san antonio texas dr de ronny it's great to have you on with us today the u.s. is in an exceptionally tough position right now soaring infection numbers and deaths health care systems are at their limit what is this like for you and your colleagues on the front lines in emergency rooms what are you experiencing. thanks for having me yeah you essentially nailed it on the head hospitals are at capacity i say use our city and the hospitals are so full essentially that we aren't even able to move the patients that we admit to the i.c.u. is up to the to the rooms that they need to be and so for example i'm an emergency providers and we get sick sick patients see on patients that have symptoms from coded strokes heart attacks and whatnot and they need to be stabilized which we do and then move them up to critical care areas the hospitals are so full that they end up staying in the emergency department for extended periods of time and that is you know not good for them we take care of them while they're down

the gateway is a big schooling ground in san antonio texas, the primary training point for airline pilots. >> we are here at randolph air force base, where airpower begins. one of the great iconic buildings in air force history. from here, you can see the entirety of the air force base, the circular design. it is a beautiful place. it is a functional base. it was built in time to help the air force build their numbers so they would have a winning air force by 1942-1934, and they build it to be the showplace of the air force and it became known as west point of the air, with engineers and artillery specialists in the army, this is where you learned the craft of flying and supporting flying operations. so it started here and have come back here. >> a lot of people mention the base as being important to san antonio. >> it is. >> why is it important? >> it has always been a generator for technology and innovation. some of the best of american society come here. it is one of the most diverse bases in the air force. if you want diversity of thought, diversity of backgrounds, religions, the air

we're headed to morgan's wonderland, which is a theme park in san antonio, texas, for special needs childrenognitive levels to experience. morgan's wonderland came about when the founder, gordon hartman, sold his construction company and was able to devote all of his time to building this park for his daughter. she was developmentally delayed. and he made this wonderful playground in her honour and for her, and opened it up to the world. this beautiful park with a carousel, a ferris wheel, train, with sensory fun things and everything that small children and big kids alike would love to come and have fun. it was almost as if it was built for us. so where do you all recommend we go first? do you like it? oh, my goodness. what do you think? alex is in his happy place because he loves trains so much. we will probably ride the train at least five times today. so tell us more about the park and how you came to build morgan's wonderland. well, actually, it occurred many years ago when maggie, my wife, morgan and i were on a trip. and morgan wanted to go swimming. morgan and i jumped in and we were

we're headed to morgan's wonderland, which is a theme park in san antonio, texas, for special needs childrennitive levels to experience. morgan's wonderland came about when the founder gordon hartman sold his construction company and was able to devote all of his time to building this park for his daughter. she was developmentally delayed. and made this wonderful playground in her honour and for her, and opened it up to the world. this beautiful park with a carousel, a ferris wheel, train, with colours and sensory, fun things and everything that small children and big kids alike would love to come and have fun. it was almost as if it was built for us. so where do y'all recommend we go first? bell rings. do you like it? oh, my goodness! do you like it? yeah? what do you think? toot toot! alex is in his happy place because he loves trains so much! we'll probably ride the train at least five times today. chuckles. so tell us a little bit about the park and how you came to build morgan's wonderland. well, actually, it occurred many years ago when maggie, my wife morgan and i were on a trip. and

opcional, igual que cuando el pÚblico usa los camiones, en san antonio se recomienda el uso de mascarillas, mÁs no de manera obligatoria, en san antonio texasumir alcohol puede generar mayor riesgo de contagio, te pregunto yo. el vinito? jorge: te pregunto yo, el ron pope? que es riquisÍmo. >>hoy en el gordo y la flaca, amlo manda a investigar las finanzas de peÑa nieto, la gaviota y muchos de los que le rodeaban. kiko del chavo del 8 duda que haya una pandemia por el covid 19 >>muchos

texas coast. the only way to reach san antonio, was to come from the texas coast. nd that's when there wasn't mud or raining. it's a difficult city to get to. until, san antonio finally got a railroad in 1877. in which point san antonio, began to explode. the tourism business, was one of the first that took off. because san antonio, had been a familiar topic of magazines, and other publications, and periodicals in the united states. people would love to come to san antonio and report. so there is a great awareness of this. this did not totally please people, like in houston where the railroad came from, and that's where one newspaper over there reported, that hordes of people went to san antonio for a day, and then to peak around come back and tell everybody how clear the city looked. and it did. and that was a big attraction then, and has still become an attraction now. san antonio is probably three hours, from the mexican border, from laredo, but proximity to mexico, has been beneficial to san antonio, long term because of immigration. when the mexican revolution

the third person was taken to a hospital in san antonio, texas. this afternoon, officials in china said nearly 1800 people have now died from the virus in the chinese mainland, but the director general of the world health organization said today that the virus is not as deadly as other coronaviruses, such as sars. he said 80% of patients have mild cases and will recover. >> in 2% of reported cases, the virus is fatal. and the risk of death increases the older you are. we see relatively few cases among children. more research is needed to understand why. >> so far, authorities say about 11,000 people have recovered from the virus. our rob roth is live now outside travis air force base, with an update for us. rob. >> reporter: well heather, there are two groups of evacuees about to end their 14 day quarantine, and now a new group about to just begin theirs. the flight touched down at travis air force base at about 11:30 sunday night. travis says the 171 passengers will be quarantined here for at least the next 14 days. >> another flight carrying mor

envoy to africa on arab political affairs at the international air transport association in san antonio texas travel and aviation rights have been a wilson and in the spanish capital madrid they go on maida a international aviation law expert as well as an accident investigator welcome to you all let's begin in the spanish capital madrid would you go only don't do you think that easy jet ryanair and british airways have a case that needs to be heard can they take the british government to task over this hello thank you thank you very much yeah i mean when he starts all we can hear is that it's absolutely understandable what they're doing because this type of measure the government of laws are implementing their british are disproportionate the effect that these measures are going out on the industry and yeah landslides it's not so it's absolutely normal that they're trying to challenge these type of measures. for example when you think about the different roads that governments are being they're comparing for example of if you gave anybody or in spain where we're supposed to be opening our ow

public health nurse lisa campbell there in san antonio, texas.mpact of all this on the financial markets? let's get on update from our asia business reporter monica miller. the president says this is that i've financial crisis but it has financial crisis but it has financial and economic impacts? this announcement has escalated fears here in asia with equity and oil prices falling through the floor. we have seen the neck a drop 5%. the hang seng in hong kong is down 2.5% and in australia, the snp... asx 200 is down 6% and this is after prime minister scott morrison announced an $11 billion stimulus package. we are also looking throughout asia, japan had released a $4 billion package a couple of days ago, sing a point on the same but none of this seems to be stopping this freefall that we are seeing in the equities market. president trump did sign an $8.3 billion package just a few days ago but has gone back to congress. he wants to increase that funding to $50 billion. and he also has a bit ofa billion. and he also has a bit of a terrestrial move

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representative of texas's 23rd congressional district, congressman will hurd joining us live from san antonio, texas. >> it's always fun to be on and conversation. >> you're a former cia officer, served in congress since 2016, the only black republican in the house and you represented more than two third of a latino district. you decide today leave congress rather than run again in november. i'm curious for our younger listeners interested in entering politics. what's your message to gen z. is congress anyplace to get done, should you run for office or can you get more done outside of elected office. >> margaret, great question, i think it's all of the above. i've been able to be effective as a black republican in a latino district, i've had about 16 pieces of legislation signed into law under a democratic president, republican president, a democratic speaker, a republican speaker. it's not easy and our system was designed not to be easy, but i'm proud of my legislative success and i'm proud that i've tried to be someone known who is willing to solve problems and i'll work with anybody in order to d