then the americans. the way that the french ran the fur trade was probably the best way that anybody could run the fur trade. they really understood the indians. they, at least as far as the indians thought, they really cared about them. they took on their customs. there was a really good culture -- cultural exchange. they intermarried with the native americans and started a whole nother group of people. those were the people involved in the fur trade even coming into the british period. people of indian and french descent. now, britain kind of came into play around here right after the french and indian war because they won it. the french were still involved in the fur trade as far as being the traders. so the people actually still dealing with the native americans were the french here but now they had to answer to the british as far as, you know, what is fair trade and where they would receive their licenses and that respect. john jacob astor started the american fur trade company and its effect in gre

that's the american tradition. we are critical of ourselves. >> the question was, which group is a bigger threat to world peace? america or isis. how in the world do you call america a threat to world peace? >> no. how do you say that isis has anywhere near the power of the united states of america? you're underselling us, buddy. >> okay. you're twisting the debate a little bit. the answer to that question. john, go ahead. america threat to world peace? your thoughts? >> well, it's no wonder mark zuckerberg dropped out of harvard, eric. the ravages of multiculturism in my opinion. the whole idea, america isn't that exceptional. we're just like everyone else. just like islamist beaches, just like socialist european countries. just like communist china, always hear from the president how we should emulate china. the end result, hatred for america. it's well and good to criticize american policy, but multiculturalism encourages people to criticize america. the basic foundation of america what it sounds like and that's

the americans were pretty sick of iraq at the time.and frankly, i think the iraqis were pretty sick of the americans. >> narrator: the negotiations had failed. still, the president declared victory in iraq. >> all the way! everything that american troops have done in iraq, all the fighting, all the dying, all of it has led to this moment of success. >> the last 6,000 u.s. forces in iraq... >> narrator: after nearly nine years, 4,000 americans killed, more than 30,000 wounded and an estimated cost of $2 trillion, the last u.s. troops left iraq. the iraqis were on their own. >> next time... >> this is the al qaeda that osama bin laden only dreamed of. >> the story continues. >> the intelligence continued to point to what could happen. >> the view was, this is iraq's problem. let them deal with it. >> the growth of isis was noted, and the deterioration of the iraqi forces was missed. >> if you threaten america, you will find no safe haven. >> "the rise of isis," next te frontline. >> go to pbs.org/frontline for our extended interviews wit

--est in new american enemy american energy and make the economy stronger.f we make high quality preschool available to every child, not only will we give our kids a safe place to learn and parents go tohile work we give them the start they need to succeed in school and earn higher wages. today i am setting a new goal. by the end of the new decade, let's enroll 6 million new -- children in high quality preschool. that is an achievable goal we know will make the work for stronger. [applause] -- will make the workforce stronger. schools,esign our high we will graduate more kids with the real world skills that lead directly to a good job in the new economy. if we invest more in job training and apprenticeships we will have more workers coming back to this country. if we make it easier for students to pay all college loans, we will help all whole lot of young people breathe easier and feel free to take the jobs they really want. [applause] so let's do this. let's keep reforming the education system to make sure young people at every level have a shot at success

american workers was the gold roll. that was for the american workers. they were paid in gold. there was the silver roll for everybody else. they were paid ten cents an hour. but conditions were really, really very harsh. and there was a high turnover always. so the number of workers fluctuated say from 35 to 40 or even 50,000 from year to year. it year. it varied because there was a lot a lot, a lot of turnover. they did try to bring families because as i said, there was a lot of turnover. there were reports from each of the divisions. how many workers from such and such a period. you not only get how many towns of this and that or whatever. but you get so-and-so visited the canal. the ymca is holding such-and-such date. the band is having a concert on saturday afternoon. you get a mix. it's more entertaining. of course you get the annual report. that would give you a more concrete and specific idea up to what was done here. in 1964 the canal society had a contest in which it asked people who worked during the construction years to send their personal stories. we have about cl

everybody knows the american cowboy. everybody all over the world mostly american cowboy. what i have argued in previous work and obviously i think is right is that one of the central themes of reconstruction was the argument on behalf of southern democrats that the republicans had created a behemoth government that was taxing americans because republicans invent taxes during the civil war. it was taxing americans to support black people. and the seniors the west opens up in the west opens up because americans poured money into the west in the civil war and after the civil war with the rovers and the indian war and the land surveys and damning and irrigation. they are pouring money out there but especially in the southern plains newspapers what you get is a region that is run solely by individuals by these hard-working cowboys who don't want anything but to work their own way up. it's an image that people like buffalo bill tap into for popular entertainment. it plays hugely and american south but also an american city but it's an image that catches on. the cowboy, the west

[applause] >> you are watching american history tv, 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span3. follow us on twitter @cspa nhistory for information on our schedule, upcoming programs, and to keep up with the latest history news. >> each week, american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places. from the founding of the united eights, george washington encourage the creation of a botanic garden in the nation's capital that would inspire and educate citizens on plants and their uses. ins vision was realized 1820, when congress created the u.s. but to a garden on the capitol grounds. the most recent edition -- the national garden -- features plants of the mid-atlantic, including a rose garden and regional garden. curator explained the history and use of some of the country's indigenous plants by native americans, colonials, and others. model -- myrtle got their name from colonial use. the plants were boiled. the wax would come up to the top of the pot. they would use that to make candles. this was a source of light and early colonial days. it's very arom

san francisco has a proud heritage of filipino-american leadership. certainly know that as someone who represents the former manila town and the former international hotel and i want to thank and congratulate all of you for that. my honoree is someone who is part of the amazing leadership of nonprofit organizations that we have in san francisco. amor santiago received a master in public health at san jose state. he has been teaching health care organization and administration for 14 years, has served as the senior fellow of the american leadership forum, and he has served in critical health leadership roles throughout his career. as the founding executive director of [speaker not understood] of santa clara county, ceo for asian with community involvement, the executive director of the india community center, the director of the healthy living initiative, and director of healthy silicon valley. but many of us we know amor not just as a great guy and an amazing mentor, father and friend, but as the current executive director of apa family support servic

then the americans. the way that the french ran the fur trade was probably the best way that anybody could run the fur trade. they really understood the indians. they, at least as far as the indians thought, they really cared about them. they took on their customs. there was a really good culture -- cultural exchange. they intermarried with the native americans and started a whole nother group of people. those were the people involved in the fur trade even coming into the british period. people of indian and french descent. now, britain kind of came into play around here right after the french and indian war because they won it. the french were still involved in the fur trade as far as being the traders. so the people actually still dealing with the native americans were the french here but now they had to answer to the british as far as, you know, what is fair trade and where they would receive their licenses and that respect. john jacob astor started the american fur trade company and its effect in gre

it is german-americans telling other german-americans how to behave. the same is happening over here. herman is the county seat up here. what you have is a division in the county between, what i want to call urbanites, because herman is not really a big city when compared to the city, but you have bankers, shopkeepers who are telling the farmers how to behave, telling the city folk -- the city folk telling the farm wives on how to conserve the food. how to put more crop into the field, how to get a better yield, and you have the farmers saying, what are you telling me what to do? you live in the city. you don't get your hands dirty. you have this kind of division. the county very quickly gets a slacker label. they barely meet the quota for the first and the second liberty loans. they hardly get any women to sign the hoover food pledge. you've got men who are using every excuse that you can find of getting out of the draft, even if it means getting married at the last minute so you can move into category b to get out of immediately being drafted. the st

the american revolution institute promotes the knowledge and appreciation of the achievement of american independence, for filling the aim of the continental army officers who founded the society in 1783. the institution supports advanced scholarships, conduct public programs, and makes resources available to teachers and students to enrich the understanding of the war of independence and to the principles of the men and women who secured the liberty of the american people. if you are not out our public program mailing list and would like to be, you can fill out the form you found on your chair. we also have our fall public program out front if you don't have a copy and would like one. tonight i am pleased to introduce dr. dennis conrad, who will speak about the changes to naval warfare during the spring of 1778. dr. conrad as a historian at the naval history and heritage command. as a editor of the naval documents of the american revolution series, and is one of the authors of "sea raiders of the american revolution." he is currently the lead historian for electronic document to him as

this is an american imperative. we must rebuild the strategic consensus that america cannot lead from behind. america cannot disengage from the world. that america is the indispensable nation. we need to restore the belief in american exceptionalism. i truly believe that this is the first president that i can remember that does not believe in american exceptionalism. so even before the budget changes and the defense buildup, think there needs to be a change in our strategic positioning, vis-a-vis our allies and enemies. and a new strategy without the investment of the military will ring hollow. i think that a new administration hopefully supported by a bipartisan majority of the congress will take the steps to increase the investments in military for things like the modernization. i say, as a guideline we should , get to 4% of gdp. it needs to be informed by threat analysis. i don't think we simply give the pentagon a blank check, but we can start by going back to the secretary gates baseline the last time there was

that is the asian-american and for norse -- asian-american entrepreneurs. it would also facilitate u.s. trade with asia, which is very important to u.s. economy. see thatwords, i don't the money they brought in -- of course, we see investment from japan, china, india, and we have immigrants were coming with at least $1 million investments. a number of those people are very, very small. camee seeing people who with very little capital in terms of cash. -- thate this capital is a bilingual and bicultural background that could bridge trade between the united states and asia. >> one thing i was thinking about this is the rise of nasta in the 1990's was detrimental to the latino immigrants who fled mexico to the united states. rise ofthe globalization and international trade does not necessarily benefit the workers either in the country of origin or the country they go to. you have to think about how globalization plays out in different countries. different resources and people who are selectively coming to the united states are different. one of the questions t

the breaking news, north korea has released an american, jeffrey fowle, that american is now in guam having been flown by a u.s. plane that went into pyongyang, brought jeffrey fowle out of north korea. he's in guam on his way back to the united states. a sudden, very surprising decision by the north koreans to let this american go. two other americans remain captive, remain prisoners in north korea right now. matthew todd miller and kenneth bae. much more of the breaking news and all the day's other news right after this. you know.... there's a more enjoyable way to get your fiber. try phillips fiber good gummies. they're delicious and an excellent source of fiber to help support regularity. mmmm. these are good! the tasty side of fiber. from phillips i won this 55 inch tv for less than $30 on dealdash.com. visit dealdash.com for great deals. and start bidding today! >>> there's another developing story we're following right now. it involves a killing of a soldier just miles from the u.s. border, killing may have been terror motivated. two canadian soldiers were hit by a car in queb

americans were more concerned about baseball. although president woodrow wilson had officially declared the united states neutral in the conflict, we were supplying the british and french with munitions and germans knew it. using a manhattan brownstone as a headquarters, several german spies organized an attack against america. at 2:08 a.m. on july 29th, 1916, an enormous explosion occurred near the statue of liberty at a place then called black tom island. >> plaqblack tom was an ammunit depot off the coast of new jersey in new york harbor and it had an extraordinary amount of explosives. >> richard powers is a history professor at city university of new york and the author of "secrecy and power, the life of j. edgar hoover." this was detonated with one of the most remarkable explosions in new york city until the world trade center bombings, shattering windows in new jersey, manhattan, over in brooklyn. >> the dark cloud of sabotage rose above the united states. though still neutral, america was becoming painfully aware of the e

for american workers. so there was a division -- american workers were on one side and everybody else was on the other. the spanish workers were housed in a barrack-style building with cots. those were the lucky ones. there were others -- they had to sleep in railroad cars. others, they had to sleep in tents. the west indians, they suffer the most because they were basically left to fend off by themselves. and oh, they also kept nationalities apart. spanish on one side, italians on one side. there were 1200 italians, greeks. they try to keep nationalities apart so as to avoid conflict. you cannot get an impression of what life was like for foreign workers from the canal records. the canal record was a weekly newspaper published by the canal commission. but that was basically a. newspaper for american workers so, you would get, you would be able to get an idea of what life was like for american workers. for other workers, it is very difficult, as there was a big division between the american workers and the

and so african-americans had land. the third group was -- there are many african-americans who, after coming out of slavery, were able to purchase their own land later on. so you have african-americans who have some land in the south. and land historically in america has been seen as the basis of wealth. washington said if we can make this land functional and work for us, we can establish an economic base. if we can establish an economic base, the political and the social arenas of life will be easier to achieve. political rights will follow. social rights will follow. once we get an economic base. washington is looking at the example that immigrants already had established. they had come in and within a generation or so, they had established their own economic foundation. their own economic bases, their communities, etc. washington is looking at immigrants and saying, black people can do that, too. of course, that is a little bit shortsighted as we criticize washington, and say he is looking at immigrants this way and

somebody whisper that in the womb. >> stephen: yes, non-american babies born to americans will now be able to get u.s. citizenship. somebody whisper that in the womb. but first, press the bellybutton twice for english. and it's all because this week, the department of homeland security expanded the definition of mother to include qem who gave birth to the child, regardless of whether they are the genetic mothers, all to accommodate women using assistive reproductive technology such as in vitro fertilization. previously, if an american woman pregnant with an anonymous donor egg had her baby in, say, london, children would not be a u.s. citizen, dooming it to a lifetime of british cuisine. i for one do not think babies should be drinking warm beer. now, i don't know what any of this really means, but i think we all know what this really means. >> if feels like an expansion of the definition of motherhood, just like we expand the definition of gender and other things. >> when it's surrogate, you're not genetically the child's mother. >> got it. so there's no american genetics involved at

you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> each week american artifacts takes you to museums and historic basis. in honor of the 100th anniversary of the panama canal opening, curators presented items from their collection for a special exhibit. work on the canal began in 19 know for. -- in 1904. workers came to panama to build it. the canal was not only an engineering feat but a subject of fascination for americans. who follow the progress of this construction with keen interest. she music was produced about the canal, newspapers published regular updates. and photographers took hundreds of pictures of the construction and the people who lived and worked in the canal zone. name is juan manual perez, a reference specialist in the hispanic division. exhibit tries to be a window i to the past and to give the tople who see it a way understand the magnitude of the enterprise. 1914 forrom 1904 to the canal to be finished. there were perhaps over 45,000 workers working at different times. aboutal, there were workers from perhaps 40 different countries. it is sa

the federal government mandates that americans -- that americans buy health care coverage and not just any coverage but the coverage that federal government says it good enough. sadly, millions of americans have lost their health care plans and health plans they liked and wanted to keep despite the promises and continued delays of the administration. obama care expanded medicare an unsustainable health entitlement program on which 40% of physicians on average do not even agree to see medicaid patients. i believe the experiences of other countries will reinforce what many medicaid patients already know. their coverage does not always translate into timely access to care. today's hearing will also examine costs. while the president promised that obamacare would bring down premiums by $2500, premiums have actually gone up by an average of 41% in the individual market due to the law's mandates, how do they attempt to control costs? for starters it established the independent payment advisory board on unelected board of 15 bureaucrats empowered to make cuts to the medicare program most like

american commerce, they were willing to commit their navy to assist the americans. in able to move that was credited to the triumvirate of nd thee, his assistant, adn th chevalier, the french decided to dispatch the squadron to american waters. since the british had few ships in the mediterranean, they were free to go on the offensive. at the same time, the presence of a larger french squadron, the threat of a cross channel invasion, and concerns supported by intelligence that was incorrect but on good authority, that the spanish were preparing to enter the war as allies of the french, disquieted the british and forced them to keep theificance naval forces in english channel and to delay sending a reinforcement under admiral john byron to north america. orders tot received sail with reinforcements to america on 3 may, but avoidable delays and a decision by the lords of the admiralty, postponed to the departure of this relieving fleet until the british fleet commander got "good intelligence of the fleet "is satisfied it is down to america or the west indies." it did

only the native americans were doing the trapping.there were hardly any europeans at all doing the trapping. the french set up outposts right in the indians' backyard. the bird trade -- fur trade cabin was used as a business and a residence for the traders. the french called their traders the bhuj law. he would set up his life in this wilderness, and the indians would come to him in the spring of the year to do the trading. thatwould bring their furs they had been trapping and hunting all winter long, bring them into the cabin, and this is where the trade would happen. they were giving the indians trade goods mostly coming from europe. it was technology not available to the indians. by this old trade, the indians went from stone age to iron age. now they were starting to do things with a lot better tools. for instance, they could now have it, hack -- a tomahawk or an ax blade made out of metal. it would be a whole lot that are than the stone and bone they were using before. beads involved are coming from europe, and they would be porc

these were american -- if these were american citizens.epresented the people on the island to try to get the navy to change some of its perhaps. we won our litigation, but the navy continued. so the people on the island led by the mayor asked me to engage in a civil disobedience which i did. at the time, i said, how long do you think they will put me in prison? they said probably two or or three days which was okay. i ended up having to go to jail for 34 days, a maximum security prison in puerto rico. you asked what it was like. for me, it was a wonderful experience. >> really? >> it was very quiet. i had no cell phone. i had nobody asking me to make decisions. i got to read books that i had not, that had been sitting on my shelf for 20 years. and it was like almost going on like a catholic religious retreat, you know, which i used to go on when i was a kid. the people in the prison were -- we all had meals together every day when they let us out of our cells. there was 140 people in the cell block and about half of them, about 60 of them

japanese-americans were integrated back into the american community relatively quickly. as the country moved away from the precipitating event, the persecution got better gradually. what you see in this campaign is the opposite. we have one successful terrorist attack on u.s. soil 11 years ago, get if you look at such -- things never get better. never or the abuses curtailed. even further away from the 9/11 attack, things continue to worsen. you see far more fbi raids and arrests where the fbi creates and funds and conceals a plot that it tricks young muslims into joining, then they trumpet that they have dismantled the plot. then they put them in prison for decades, far more so now than 10 years ago. when you look at the form of material prosecutions, they are far more remote connections to his designated terrorist groups, literally 20 two-year-old muslim americans who upload youtube videos critical of u.s. foreign policy are being indicted based on the grounds of the youtube video encouraging support for terrorist group, done in coordination with them, therefore being

these were american -- if these were american citizens.epresented the people on the island to try to get the navy to change some of its perhaps. we won our litigation, but the navy continued. so the people on the island led by the mayor asked me to engage in a civil disobedience which i did. at the time, i said, how long do you think they will put me in prison? they said probably two or or three days which was okay. i ended up having to go to jail for 34 days, a maximum security prison in puerto rico. you asked what it was like. for me, it was a wonderful experience. >> really? >> it was very quiet. i had no cell phone. decisions. i got to read books that i had not, that had been sitting on my shelf for 20 years. and it was like almost going on like a catholic religious retreat, you know, which i used to go on when i was a kid. the people in the prison were -- we all had meals together every day when they let us out of our cells. there was 140 people in the cell block and about half of them, about 60 of them when i got there were political

on the american side, the americans really only engaged in two major offenses.helped in a modest way in defending against the german spring offenses. american intelligence was, to be frank, not pivotal in the actual military operations. american intelligence played some role in the senior commanders, so pershing and his staff, and back in washington so they are understanding the general strategic direction of what is going on. but, intelligence was -- the important thing about intelligence was it was performing the mundane, day-to-day order of battle like understanding who the german forces are across from us and how many are there. how many divisions can we expect the germans to bring in terms of reinforcements to help defend once we attack in how many days. it is important but not dramatic like a big turning point kind of -- we stole the key document and it told us we need to go over there. that was really none of that. you got some that during world war ii, but in world war i, it was more day in, day out, daily grind of intelligence. not a whole lot of sexy i

among americans. in the american focus on peace went wrong with a thoroughly conventional and, let's say, proper understanding that statecraft requires like everything else in human life requires a clear to a destination of independent means, that what must make sure that thought that one has asked that means to secure what every claims one makes and that one ought to make no claims other than the claims that one is able to support. this, of course, is no different from the notion that one ought to half in the end the money necessary to pay for was purchases, to presume to have certain goods without the right to pay for them to his at the very least quixotic. so both of these insights, the necessary co assassination, and the priority of peace really was behind the paradigm of international relations of the founding generation most clearly by john quincy adams. in the monroe doctrine and in the explanation. the monroe doctrine, contrary to contemporary misunderstandings thereof had nothing to do with a

the key is to keep americans safe.number one priority of the president and the whole of government, including cdc. part of that means making sure we don't do anything to make it harder for us to stop the outbreak in west africa. >> dr. frieden, i want to look forward with you. but i want to ask you about last week. the cdc last tuesday announced they'd isolated thomas eric duncan in dallas for ebola. i think there are a lot of questions about why it took until the end of the week, friday, before those soiled towels and sweat-stained sheets were removed from the apartment he'd stayed in, where these other individuals were quarantined. can the cdc really say it's prepared when something like that happens? >> we wish the medical waste issue had been resolved sooner. there was a glitch in resolving it. but it is resolved now. the bottom line about stopping the outbreak or stopping any transmission or spread of ebola in dallas is contact tracing. and the team on the ground, the city of dallas, the locations around there in

because if you're an american, american living in cuba, and if you're an american journalist living in cuba, you were being watched. you were being spied on. >> we assumed. >> hinojosa: i mean, you assumed. >> we assumed, yeah. >> hinojosa: what does that do to you, when you're thinking, "okay, well, this guy is parking my car, but is he really just parking my car, or is he..." you know, or, "the woman who's cleaning my house, is she really cleaning my house, or is she picking up..." did that... did you let that get into your head, about the fact that that's your life in havana? >> well, i mean, i was cognizant of it, and quite frankly i did see a lot of people write down my car license plates at different parking lots and stuff. they would... you know, that was sort of a matter of course. i mean, i remember going to the clinic, the health clinic for foreigners, and every car that was parked down there they'd write down their license plate, every single one. >> hinojosa: we talked about the fact that you assumed that your phone line was being tapped. >> yeah. >> hinojosa: but when you

all weekend american history tv is in green bay, wisconsin. in 1634, french explorer jean nicolet became the first european to discover lake michigan. he landed near green bay on an expedition -- a mission to find a route to the ocean. he named the area green bay because of the greenish waters. c-span's city tour staff recently visited many sites show casing green bay's history. learn more about green bay all weekend here on american history tv. >> we're in champion, wisconsin. this is the shrine of our lady of good help. in october of 1859, adele bryce was walking through this area when she claimed to have witnessed an apparition or a vision of the virgin mary. the catholic church defines an apparition as an appearance of jesus christ, the virgin mary, or any of the saints. there were three occasions that adele bryce believed she had visions of the virgin mary. and on the third vision, on the third appearance, the virgin mary instructed her to spread the word of salvation throughout the area. among the pioneer people living here in the wilder

it suggests american leadership and global growth. do you mean in this economy, in this world, american growth and then come to the leadership question? >> i mean, we have to get the economy growing, so it grows faster and the distribution of income is more equitable. we have to be create cing jobs peep. not part time jobs. real jobs. and we have not been doing that in this economy. >> and then, finally when you say global leadership, what does a that mean and how do we achieve in this world, global leadership without one having to be the world's policeman as some may put it or number two, doing it with a arrogance because we are the american empire? >> i don't mean that we are the only global leaders, but the structure that we have now, all of it came out of the u.s. led victory against theñp enemies i world war ii and we defended it during the cold war and russia and china, who when they were communist adversaries, they were not participating with us. but they are participating now. we are trading oil and so forth, all those things

and they said yes, they would, because they are americans and have an american passport. now these are terrorists. , these are terrorists who have taken up arms against the united states. and they would be allowed free passage to return to the united states of america? there isn't a citizen i've spoken to who thought that was a good idea. i just had that confirmed again within the last two weeks by our fbi and homeland security that that is how they read along. -- read the law. i have read the law, united states code section 349a. law, i believe our government would not be required to allow them to come back into the united states, but i want to make it absolutely clear, so my legislation would add another subsection that would say if an individual who is an american citizen with a u.s. passport is either affiliated with or a member of a foreign terrorist organization, u.s. designated, then the government would have the right to pull their passport and begin the process of the naturalization -- denaturalization. in other words, they would have full due process rights but

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will african americans go out to vote?asons, one there's still an african american president. number two, there is a concern, i think justified, that the republicans are doing voter suppression against the black community and young people. and this whole issue of ferguson and all the rest of it. will there be a black turn-out consistent with presidential campaigns, or more like the usual turn-out, which is much lower in a midterm? what do we know yet? >> i've been looking at the numbers as they've come in from early voting in a lot of these states. they will not match what happened in 2012. they are exceeding what happened in 2010, and that's a bright spot for democrats. but, you know, you can't be sure that that's going to balance out the strong antipathy for the president among white voters, white men especially, in these states. and in the end, that may just overwhelm however many blacks turn out. >> i'm going to ask michelle. do you think the hatred of obama down south and in a lot of parts of the country, by white peo

your talking points the best americans can hope for the new american dream under the democrats is a minimume. >> brad, i realize you've been using those talking points that wall street might be doing well, but not main street, but the fact is main street is starting to do well as well. the housing market is doing better. consumer confidence is going up. there are a number of different ways that americans are saying consumer -- lou: consumer confidence went down in most recent reports. home ownership is down. household median income has fallen from the time the president took office. from 54,000 dlawrs per household to now $51,000. so i'm not going to take sides in tonight's debate, but i will side with the facts and those are the facts. also we should point out when we talk about the unemployment rate that the labor participation rate reveals 55 and a half million americans who are women are no longer working. they're not participating in the work force. that is, i think, a fair characterization of a war on women. if there were any war being conducted at all, don't you, christie. >> no. i w

oscar was among those early designers who were able to put american design on the map able to bring americanesigners out of the back rooms and give them a voice, and they became names on a label. so i think in some visceral way, he was still sort of nighting for the respect of the american fashion industry. and i do think he felt very sincerely that an american first lady should, on the biggest occasions, wear an american brand. >> robin the guy did quality work, and that is a big part of why so many first ladies and celebrities wanted to wear his clothes. but personally what did he do to relate to, spend time with the clintons, the bushes, the ragans, that made him think of him not just as hired help designing clothes, but as a friend? >> well, he was an absolutely incredibly charming guy. comments have come in from various members of the fashion industry. one of the words that come up repeatedly is gentleman. he was a gentleman in sort of that old school way. the last time that i interviewed him, he apologized to me for having taken off his tie. who apologizes for taking off a tie? which i

this is american history tv on c-span3. we are at the public museum in brown county in green bay, wisconsin. collection your own of phenomenal artifacts and objects and stories from the northeastern wisconsin region. we are standing in the core exhibition. 7000 square-foot exhibition on northeastern wisconsin history. area, in this crossroads where we are looking at the intersections of the founding of green bay and the different groups that were here and thrived during a particular time. . he was a missionary in the area of wisconsin. this piece was given to him by nicholas, a french commander who presented it to the missionary in the 16 80's. for those of you who may not have heard of that, it is a religious relic piece that would've been brought together where it was a communication or ceremonial piece. the pieces made out of silver. it is one of the oldest things that was brought to the area and used in the area. about a year after it arrived, there was a fire at the log church where was at. then the object got buried.

chad williams i&< of african-american studies. executive director ofify alpha threat da national history honor society and a board member of the world war i association. and last but not least, author of borrowed soldiers, americans under british command 1819, he is a national archivist who also teaches history at the u.s. naval academy. gentlemen, our panel of experts will be answers questions from me. if you're watching live, they can also answer questions from you as well. they'll be taking questions from our audience. you can tweet questions to us @www1cc or message us on our face boork page at world war i spelled out. world war i centennial commission. before we hear from our panel, we would like to take you to gaza and to al jazeera correspondent john henry who has been watching the crisis unfold for the past few weeks. he filed this report for us last week before the most recent round of cease fires. >> somehow i ended up at the wrong war, on sunday morning i had a ticket to iraq and by monday evening, i was on my way to ga

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at least not on ordinary americans. a new survey by the pew research center found that three-quarters of americans can't identify ms. yellen as chair of the federal reserve. in fact, about one in six people think alan greenspan is still in charge at the fed. he resigned back in 2006. now, to be fair, ms. yellen has only had the job since january, maybe it will take her a few years to catch on with the public. i think she's quite unmistakable. >> how do you think ben bernanke feels? >> and still greenspan is the guy people know. >> that's it for tonight. thanks for watching. >> and i'm tyler mathisen. thanks from me as well. have a great evening, everybody. we hope you'll join us here tomorrow night. >>> "nightly business report" has been brought to you in part by -- >> thestreet.com featuring stephanie link from shares or investment strategies, stock picks and market insights with action alerts plus, the multimillion-dollar portfolio she manages with jim cramer. you can learn more at thestreet.com/nbr. >>> presents revo

the americans agreed to sign the treaty document, but the americans were very bad at enforcing that.they did not really cooperate with the british. one of the worst offenders was john quincy adams who signed the treaty, he was the principal negotiator at gent, and do you think john quincy adams could force the trade when he was president a few years later? no z and one of the reasons is it required the naval vessels to have stopped american merchant men and slaves in the coast of africa ask snd say, let me see cargo. let me see your manifest. this was sdplz and john quincy adams, who was the last wuchb in his open right, so that became pretty much a dead letter. the other clause you're referring to is an agreement that the united states and the british would undertake to restore the indians to the safest place in 1811, the year before the war broke out. now, the british insisted on this even though we know as they were doing this, they were in the process of throwing indian allies to the wind in 1782 and 1783. the british put there largely a fight-saying device. in the beginning of n

so, it's white. >> it's the deeper stories of real serious issues in american history and american culturehave resonanswer that should be saved. >> i think the worst time in my career was when those four girls were killed in birmingham, alabama. >> was the worst time. i think that was something that i couldn't hardly take. >> if you think this project is all about terrible stories and hardship, listen to mudcat tell this one. it begins when his cleveland indians were on a road trip in detroit. he gets a call in his hotel room. >> the president was asking me to have breakfast with him this morning. i said, yeah, yeah, yeah. and i hung up the phone. well, they came up and they knocked on the door. and you can tell them anywhere. they dressed alike. they looked alike. and i said, oh, this must be something. so they knocked on the door, and i opened the door slightly. and she said we hate to bother you but really, president kennedy would like to have breakfast with you this morning. and i said, can you wait until i get dressd they said, yeah. i got dressed. i went down there and there was pres

this is an american issue, not a democratic issue or republican issue, it's something that all americans care about. >> it's something that both parties think is a political winner. whether they leek it or not, we'll see more ads focused on them and their issues before election day. >> so just how influential can the members of the military be at election time? jake ward has been punching the numbers. >> this memorial in san francisco lists the names of americans who lost their lives in the pacific during worlworld war ii. now, world war ii veterans have always combined the leans of americans because world war ii veterans are the single largest group of veterans to fight on behalf of the united states. of the 42 million who have fought since the american revolution, 16 million of them have fought in world war ii, but those numbers are beginning to change. of the living veterans today, only 1.7 million world war ii veterans are still alive, and it's the vietnam veterans who are the largest group right now. over 7 million people. so when the numbers change, our assumptions about their poli