latino asian, or native american. race is a conversation is that we all need to engage in. so whether you are a customer or whether you're an employee this is something that impacts your everyday life. >> sure. absolutely. as you look at the distribution of people of color at the top of the starbucks hierarchy, it's not a great picture. while if you look at the workforce, it's very heavily populated with minorities. is starbucks well placed among american companies to have a conversation like this? >> well i don't know that starbucks is any different than a lot of organizations. so when we talk about making this criticism about the lack of diversity and organizations and companies across the country, let's be clear that we not limit it to starbuckses. we see it in industries whether they're retail restaurant or involve domestic workers. we see this in lots of different places. so, yes, it exists but it's not unique to starbucks. >> one great pitfall of americans talking to each other about race is when one person intr

that is what americans do. we challenge each other to be better, constantly be better in the present, and we challenge each other to see our history more clearly as well. sometimes, that challenge comes from think tanks and people sitting in big towers, or in the houses of congress or white house. just as often, it comes from the people themselves. it is this process of constant challenge that renders what one generation believes insufficient for the next. it has always been so. it always will be so. content as we might be with our perspective on certain issues today, our grandchildren 50 years from now are going to look back and say, what were you thinking? just as we look back on those state troopers at the edmund pettis bridge or pick a dozen moments in american history. what were they thinking? this process of challenge and revision and improvement is what america does. it is noisy, raucous, sometimes painful, but arguments and failure and discord are every bit as much a part of the american fabric as succe

napoleon lifted the restrictions on american ships already in the port, but american ships on the high seas would still be subjected to seizure in the terms of making declarations and uncompromising based on the -- and compromise them engaging these alterations and of these trainings. -- and this trade. these matters of course, this left our negotiations with france very tenuous, but still more advantageous than our previous negotiations had, with england. i had the secretary of state we had negotiated for powers to negotiate with the united states regarding the difference between the two nations. the presence of sailors. the hostility of western tribes. the nature of open ports. the paper blockade in europe and a host of other restrictions placed on american trade. we had come to an agreement and in consequence of that agreement we lifted the restriction on british trade for three months and allowed trade with england. but it turns out that his arrangement was rescinded by the administration and, because of that and later accounts from john foster, we found that the british would be i

it's hurting european americans and african americans and hispanic americans and everyone else. and this is the one group you can't criticize in america. you can criticize european americans. you can call them whatever you want to say it. you can call them a privileged class, white privilege is a very common word we use. but how is it wife privilege when we have all of these major studios which have a tribtre impact on the values that we believe in and not one single american studio is controlled by european americans? not a single studio. the last one was walt disney now controlled by iger. before him, eisner. not a single studio. >> i think if we got eisner and eiger into this room two huge american entertainment executives they would tell a family story about their families coming to this dainty tree from europe as well. the sleight of hand that's involved in removing the juice from the united states from the history of europe is an interesting kind of historical three-card monte. they are europeans, too. to remove them from europe is nonsense. >> first of all, i don't remove

here is the american view. the british are insistent on a native american buffer zone out on the western frontier. that will not fly. they see the british actively using native americans to resist westward expansion. there was no thought that the native americans might be actors for their own benefit. two things that will help turn things around is in september two major battles are fought that are both big american victories. baltimore in september 1814 is going to say the third largest city in the national anthem. at the same time, another british invasion is stopped on lake champlain. the british are invading in new york and maryland and both massive invasions are stumped with major american victories just two weeks after the burning of washington. what this means is that fighting is going to go into 1815. the british will say, they were holding out. they were hoping the news arriving from america would come up with another major victory where they could then stick it to the american negotiators. it did not

who has a say in american government and what does the american government do? does it promote equality or protect property? and what you are going to see in the middle of the 19 century is republicans like abraham lincoln standing very strongly on the idea, and this by the way is the brady portrait -- the first taken when he came to new york to give the speech at cooper union in 1858. you get people like abraham lincoln standing on the declaration of independence and the idea that the government has a duty to make sure that every man has an equal opportunity to rise. and that the government does not get taken over by the wealthy. on the other hand, you have powerful slaveowners because slaves are property, they must be protected under the constitution. so their right to carry slaves into the west is protected by the american constitution. it is a fundamental contradiction between the declaration of independence, which is not foundational to our system of laws it is only our aspirations. and the constitution, which is our fundamental law. and this is the fight w

announcer: you have been watching american artifacts on c-span 3's american history tv. you can view this and all our other programs online at c-span.org/history. up next on american history tv, cornell university history professor fred logevall talks about how policymakers use and misuse the past. he cites a number of analogies and how they have been used by contemporary policymakers including neville chamberlain's appeasement policies and the vietnam war. southern methodist university hosted this event. it is about 80 minutes. professor log -- host: my main purpose is to introduce you to professor fred logevall a professor of history at cornell university. and the vice provost for international affairs. he is those things but much more. those further attributes are the reasons why you're here tonight, here to listen to one of the truly great minds working the field of history today. let me be more specific when i call fred one of the truly great historians of our day. he is in my opinion -- and i am biased but i have the microphone -- nothing less than a foremost histo

native american people and non-native american people.i think when you look at polls we are very misguided because we are looking at numbers. we are looking at several people participating in these things. the validity of them, it is not there. i always ask, would you lead a civil rights movement to a poll? no. because this is a movement. it's not going anywhere anytime soon. [applause] >> sounds like overwhelming majorities and things like that. i believe you even mentioned some polling. i'm wondering where that came from. >> suzanne, why don't you talk about the annenberg poll. >> we do know how to count. we have given our organizations responsibilities for carrying out their wishes. since the late 1960's and the early 1960's for some organizations, or major national native organizations have all been moving in the same direction. they represent the overwhelming majority of native people here it that is how we know what we are talking about. i used to run one of them. the national congress of american indians. i ran -- i run it -- i ran

that is the american argument. we are the united states, we are the champion of freedom, the engine in the global drive to stamp out communist expansion. that is what we are doing. that is the american argument about their involvement. this was, i submit to you this evening, most -- mostly self-delusion. it turns out that france's war was also america's war. the u.s. supplied most of the weaponry, the u.s. bankrolled the war effort after the french tired of the war, and sought a way out through negotiations, it was the americans that pushed french leaders to stay in. by the end, the u.s. and leaders more committed to the french war then were the french themselves. long before the end of the french war, ho chi minh and his colleagues consider the u.s. not france, to be the principal foe. i mentioned a moment ago churchill's claim that each case, that individual circumstances have to be considered in each and every case. and i do think john f. kennedy to come back to kennedy, understood this perhaps better than anyon

one in 100 american japanese or japanese americans americans could pass any kind of fluency test inapan. and the test was third grade japanese. the kibae were recruited in military service. the japanese blooeched that their codes were unbreakable. they interrogated prisoners and stole their maps. the chief intelligence officerest maited at the end of the war, that the mis never known to the american public, the public didn't know they had existed, had shortened the war by two years and saved american lives. so, finally i'll end up, obviously i could go only forever. but -- i -- the press kept at it. in 1944, the l.a. times did a poll, do you favor a constitutional amendment after the war for deportation of all japanese from this country? and forbe bidding further immigration. yes, 10,598, no, 72. so that i'll end up here. here we go. there was a very famous incident, a town called hood river valley. which is in mt. oregon. it's between m.t. washington and the cascade river. it was 40 pnts japanese. they're very famous for growing apples and cherries before the war. after the war, th

american values. these debates go right back to the founding of the republic and i think will continue. or whether the u.s. should withdraw from the world and not let the rest of the world and penned upon it. it is in this debate in the first world war that the word isolationist first enters the vocabulary. a word which is still very much with us today. you probably all know what happened. the war drags on. the united states is more and more involved economically. american opinion is debating what the united states should be doing. wilson runs in 1916 on the platform of keeping the united states out of the war. we will be too proud to fight, he said. he kept us out of the war, was what the democrats said when wilson won. this was the platform he ran on. there's a real parallel here with franklin delano or roosevelt in 1940, are doing he's the one who would keep united states out of the war. in the end, what brought the united states in was this gradual shift in public opinion. it was what the germans

american dream isn't about getting rich although that may be your dream and a lot of americans wouldam that. american dream is about achieving happiness as you define it. for most people the american dream and happiness is about simple things like owning a home in a safe and stable neighborhood, being able to raise your family in a safe and stable environment, having a job that you find both rewarding but that pays you enough to be able to enjoy the things in life save for retirement and be able to leave your children better off than yourself. of all the communities and i have spoken in many places there are few if any were have to spend less time describing that dream than ours. both in this audience and our community there are hundreds of thousands in fact millions of people in south florida are up to three counties who have lived that dream despite starting from very difficult backgrounds and circumstances. i want you to imagine for a moment being born into a society where your future was determined by who your parents were. imagine growing up in a society where you only got to do

the title of the book is american dream. the the american dream has nothing to do with how much money you make. it's not really about getting rich, rich, although that may be your dream. the american dream is about achieving happiness. for most people the american dream and happiness is about simple things like owning a home in a safe and stable neighborhood, being able to raise her family in a safe and stable environment having a job that you find rewarding but also pays you enough. of all the communities -- and outspoken about the american dream in many places -- there are few if any plan to spend less time describing that than howard. i want you to imagine for a moment being born into a a society where your future is determined by who your parents were. he only up to do whatever it is your parents it before you. you have to move ahead. if you came from parents that were poor are disconnected from power, no matter how hard you work for how much you try to how much talent you have you would not be allowed to succeed. >> all

, it affected white americans. it made for a late 20th century martyrdom that in a way could edge lincoln slightly aside. lincoln never left us, there is been a major revival of, especially attending to his words. douglas wilson, who is here, is one of the leaders of that whole era in bringing back a sense of lincoln the writer and or tour -- greater -- orator. lincoln was brought back too with obama and steven spielberg especially here in a kind of centrality in our culture as the emancipator. that is a historically decisive and significant developments. we have to protect that if we care about equality, as lincoln did. that is lincoln in a nutshell. he is a zealot for equality. he thinks that it has to take time to happen. if you believe in lincoln as the egalitarian as the emancipator we have to defend that. it's never going to be fully established. does not deny that he is also a reunify or of the nation, but is to say that as you put it in pre in 1854, he didn't want just to have a nation, he wanted to have a

each week, american history tv's "american artifacts, visits museums and historic places. founded in 1923, the museum of the city of new york's collection contains nearly 750,000 objects. we visited to learn about the exhibit, guildled new york. >> my name is janine falino. i'm one of the co-curators of guilded new york fashion, society, and culture that's being shown here at the museum of the city of new york. a show that happened in november of 2013 and closes in october of 2014. in this beautiful little jewel box of a gallery we've assembled a variety of objects that help the pub luck to appreciate what life was like for the 1% in the original guilded age i, that period that followed the civil war from about the 1880s to about 1910. and that period was characterized by great wealth, kind of like the dot-.com people of our own era, but in those days, the money came from various kinds of industries, mining, railroads, smelting iron, and also the rise of the modern corporation. all those businesses yielded enormous wealth, at the same time that there was mass immigration t

there is only an american lp problem. [ applause ] as americans, not as democrats or republicans. here as americans to solve that problem. this was the first nation in the history of the world to be founded with a purpose. the great praises of that purpose still sound in every american heart, north and south. 1 men are4 created Ñiequal. government, by consent of the governed, give me liberty or give me death. those are not just clever words or those are not just employment theories. in their name americans have fought and died for two centuries. and tonight around the world they stand there as guardians of our liberty, risking their lives. those words are a promise to every citizen that he shall share in the dignity of man. this dignity cannot be found in a man's possessions. it cannot be found in his power or in his position. it really rests on his right to be treated as a man equal in opportunity to all others. it says that he shall share in freedom. he shall choose his leaders educate his children, provide for his family according to his ability, and his merits as a human being

the american genius of the american people. and what we have always had, however is a situation where big guys did try to steal the creativity of the little guy. but in our country they couldn't get away with it. in our country, the philo farnsworths knew that they would be protected if they created something that uplifted their fellow man. so americans and american genius was put to work as never before in any country's history to make sure ordinary people and especially our working people in our factories, in our companies could be competitive with those factories and companies and the workers overseas. our people don't work harder than the people overseas. that's not what made us a great country. the fact is people work really hard all over the world, especially in third-world countries where people live in utter poverty. they work really hard but it is the technology that has put -- that is put into play the technology put into play with that hard work and the profit motive for investing in that technology and creating that

the american worker. d of late, most notably, that free trade agreement of which there is much concern expressed is the transpacific partnership, the t.p.p. which by the way would speak to a great number of nations that encompass about 40% of the international g. deform p. it is no small compact here of which we speak. fast track as a concept would constrain congress' ability to conduct oversight. restrain oversight that congress should provide so as to be the voice for the people who elect them to place their given concerns in the discussions here in the house. it would delegate congress' constitutional authority over trade policy in a way that would provide for no solid debate no sharply restricting debate and it would prohibit amendments. so basically congress would be limited to a simple up or down vote. thumbs up, thumbs down, to what could be a devastating outcome for the american economy and most importantly the american worker. these so called free trade agreements have far-reaching impacts on ame

completely out of breath, he reports to me -- the americans.he mill was located immediately behind. as it was, they had reached the bridge. i told him that the bridge will blow up. but i had no provision. there was only one who could give the order for demolition. at that moment, he was on the other side. 350 meters away from us. only to be reached by foot. i took off to reach the major and reported to him -- the americans are going to cross the bridge. he told me to stay calm. i said -- major, if we do not get orders to blow the bridge, i will do so. he said -- go ahead, have the bridge blasted. i raced back to the captain. minutes passed in the region. he shouted -- full cover, full cover. in order to escape the tremendous blast that was expected. >> us far as we know, we saw the bridge lifting off of its foundation there was dust and debris all over. after a while, you could not see the bridge anymore. it was not too long when the dust cleared in the bridge was still standing and timmerman said -- ok, move out. >> my hands came up to my neck

the title is american and british leadership -- the american revolution and the rate of the empire. this is the british edition. you will notice that with the camera pulled back, you have this rugby scrum a victorious looking red coat because british publishers will tell you there is no interest in britain in defeat. the only ones who read about victory, we figure it looks as though you have been crucified in the corner and it has disappeared. my middle name disappeared. the british overture was very worried people might think i was american and that they were not getting the british perspective. then the subtitle changed instead of british leadership, it was british command, which has a slightly different tone to it. instead of the fate of the empire, it's the preservation of the empire. part of the book is indeed about victories the british one against the french in the late ages of the war which are not very well known on either side of the atlantic. this was a war that supposedly britain should have one. it had all of the advantages. the british is -- the british had become the

most americans are insured by their employer. your employer tells you, this is what your insurance plan is. the only choice you get is your primary care physician out of a book. you can accept your employer plan or you can take that money into a health savings account or some protected account where that money is now available to you to spend on your own behalf. pretax. you can make choices on what to do with that money. you can pay out-of-pocket for primary care. and perhaps just by catastrophic coverage. that makes sense for my 28 euro brother-in-law who is healthy and single and thinks he is never going to die. he does not really go to the doctor. if he does, it could be something bad. and he could use that money, say $600 a month, to fund the catastrophic plan for $200 or $300 a month. he puts the rest of way in an account. for the minute clinic or whatever other needs he has that year. alternatively, maybe myself, father of four need more coverage. i can take my health care money whether i am self-employed or it came from my

one of the latest polls showed that the greatest concern of american s americans across the country is the government and that should not be the case people should be proud of their government's operations and how we work together to accomplish and address the challenges that we face. our national debt has soared past $18 trillion. our entitlement programs are unfunded liabilities. and over 90 million people are not participating in the work force. it is our responsibility, not only as members of congress but specifically as members of this committee to produce a budget that will return washington to a time of fiscal responsibility and that will strengthen our country's economy unfortunately the president in his budget submission chose political short cuts over long-term solutions. instead of working towards meaningful reforms he chose to grow the size of the federal government with more taxes and spending. on top of that his budget never balances. ever. the budget before us however, is a bold plan to solve many of our fiscal problems that we face. for starters, it does balance within

you never hear american on american crime, american on american violence, why.don't expect that identity to operate in a way. that would preclude that violence that leads to the injustices seen now. >> you are saying that african-americans to a certain degree feel left out. >> i'm not talking about a feeling, i'm speaking about a reality. it doesn't matter how you feel. if you are shot and killed your feelings don't matter. you are very right from a citizens, they've been champ pd upon. the countries in which you live say that's okay. you don't have to feel any way about that. as far as i'm concerned, it's self-evident. i'm clear as a brown skinned woman, a proud west african, that this is a context in which it becomes very, very difficult to feel entirely safe. home. >> still ahead on "talk to al jazeera". taiye selasi talks about a debut novel. >> there's more to financial news than the ups and downs of the dow. for instance, could striking workers in greece delay your retirement? i'm here to make the connections to your money real. >> "real money with ali vel

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

, including african-americans.second inaugural address did not disappoint. when the former slave attended the inaugural reception, the president asked him what he thought of his speech. douglas assured him it was a sacred effort. one imagines that was left the -- that douglas left the reception convinced that in lincoln's second term, african-americans would secure the freedom and equality they had envisioned and for which they had fought. in the address, the president had called for reconciliation. he had suggested the need to bind up the nation's wounds and to care for those who had borne the battle. douglas understood that african-americans would need all of the nation's good wishes and assistance if they were supposed to meet the challenges of post-emancipation. during the war, leaders in the african-american community had pressed vigorously for civil rights for prewar blacks and the newly emancipated. the great agitator was now encouraged by the presidents final public remarks on april 11 when he spoke for vot

the americans would have to retreat. i told him that americans were crossing the bridge. get the people out? i told him no, go ahead. he told me that he had summoned everyone. here are 1, 2, 4, 9 men, run along, get me my men. they should be put into action. i looked for some more men. i shouted that i had five men now. it's impossible, i think to myself. he said to open your eyes, he is standing there at the entrance to the tunnel. he is aggravated and sergeant major replied. what do we do now? i welcomed him to the entrance. of the tunnel. the major was gone. he left the tunnel with the two lieutenants. that was the last thing that i could make out. i made an announcement -- i am taking over combat command at once. i run back to town. i said i don't know why they left and we have to get a man out of the tunnel and gather everyone and launch a counterattack. there is no other alternative. it was agreed. we pushed all the men from the back to the front, we evacuated the entire tunnel. those were the first soldiers to leave the tunnels. the hand grenades struck in the fron

knowing our condition, you the american congress and the american people, will decide how to ensure that our common goals and interests are written into the books that will be telling the history of our shared future. thank you, again and may god bless the partnership between america and afghanistan.

we want more americans and more american companies to make it in america. i want it thank chairman smith for bringing this important legislation to the floor today. and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from texas, ms. johnson is recognized. ms. johnson: thank you mr. chairman. i yield four minutes to the gentleman from illinois, dr. foster, a scientist. the chair: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for four minutes. mr. foster: i'm disappointed to be here once again speaking out against the secret science reform act. there are many problems that our nation faces that we need to tackle. growing income inequity, a badly groken immigration system, an under investment in federal research and development. so i'm having a hard time understanding why congressional leaders think that this body composed largely of lawyers and career politicians, should devote its attention to telling scientists how to conduct their research. we ever heard many of these same politicians declare proudly, i am not a scien

we are americans.e make these choices for the future of the dream we share and the dream that we have the privilege, if we so choose to pass on to our kids. when a family can send their children to a good school, and get a good education, the dream is alive. when every family through hard work, their hard work, and claim a seat at the table of american prosperity, that dream is alive. none of these things happen by accident. they happened by choice. our economy is the product of the choices that we make together. it doesn't blow in here off a polar vortex or across from the gulf stream. the choice to believe in one another, the power of the american dream, and our ability together to make it come true, our economy is the product of the choices we make. here is the good news. as a nation, we have achieved 60 months in a row of positive job growth. [applause] there is no progress without a job. 60 months of consecutive month over month job growth. that is the good news. as a party we haven't done the job

this destroys lives and destroys every american. we stand for all americans. we believe having a balanced budget for a stronger america is the way to solve these challenges. we believe is important to save strengthen and secure the programs that are so vital to the american people. the gentleman has been working on this as vice chairman rokita. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rokita: i thank my colleagues for their hard work. it is nice to have this honest conversation with the american people. the whole goal here is to allow the opportunity for americans to build better lives for themselves and their families. not for the federal government to attempt to provide that better life, because, mr. chairman, after 50 years of the war on poverty, for example, we know that the federal government can't do the job. a lot of rhetoric out there. certainly, mr. chairman not positive and not right either. it's just plain wrong. we talk about hard work. you know what's hard work? getting the competing priorities in a continuing assertion of our limited monies in

american music, american jazz especially translates everywhere, because it doesn't require a writtena language of the soul of the spirit of the heart. and because we were there playing music that they could relate to was just this incredible synergy between an audience and an artist that you just -- it is something that people who are not musicians can never quite understand. [ applause ] >> that's bob belldon. now our picture of the day, an aerial day of cross country skiers climbing up a hill. part of a marathon in switzerland. 13,000 skiers participated in a 26-mile race. that's our broadcast, thanks for watching. i'm john siegenthaler. the news continues next with antonio mora and stephanie sy.

americans and gives hardworking americans a raise. progressive caucus budget grows our economy and will create .4 million jobs by investing -- 8.4 million jobs by investing in things like infrastructure and teachers. it puts money into the pockets of workers so that you can.net a raise and go out -- can get a raise and go out schooping -- shopping. the progressive budget puts our next generation on a better track by making college more affordable, even debt-free, and more accessible for more people. that's why i'm supporting the people's budget the progressive caucus budget because it will grow your paycheck and create more hardworking -- more jobs for hardworking americans and i encourage my colleagues to join me in that support. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. mr. mcclintock: at -- mr. ellison: at this time i'd yield two minutes to the gentlelady from california, barbara lee, former chairperson of the progressive caucus black caucus, and appropriations committee member. the chair: the gent

women marched, latinos marched, asian-americans, gay americans, americans with disabilities, they allugh those doors. [applause] their endeavors gave the entire south the chance to rise against by transcending the past. what a glorious thing, dr. king might say. and what a solemn debt we o we. which leads us to ask, how might we repay that debt? first and foremost, we have to recognize that one day of commemoration, no matter how special is nowt enough. if the selma taught us anything, it is that our work is never done. the american experiment in self-government gives purpose to each generation. selma teaches us that action requires that we shed our cynicism. when it comes to the pursuit of justice, we can afford neither complacency nor despair. just this week i was asked whether i thought whether the department of justices ferguson report shows with respect to race, little has changed in this country. i understood the question. the report narrative was sadly familiar. it evoked the kind of abuse and disregard for citizens that its bond the civil rights movement -- that spawned the ci

it is against that american spirit. under this rule, long-standing policies that allow employers and employees to guide how they relate through unions has been deeply damaged. companies could have as little as 11 days, or employees in relating to the companies, as little as 11 days to make a choice that could drastically affect their career and the health of the business that they reply lye on to put bread on the table. employers would only have a seven-day period to obtain counsel, set parameters and are even restricted in contacting and discussing issues with their employees. they are prohibited from making any changes after that seven-day period based on new information that they may acquire. further, the privacy and safety of workers is placed in jeopardy by a swift ambush election process imposed by these rules that could put their employment in jeopardy. this resolution stop this is. it restores policies that have guided labor relations for decades. it upholds the right of american workers to gain information to m

strictly speaking, as an american, i think americans are nuts. the only japanese apprehended have been the ones the f.b.i. actually had something on. that was not true. the rest of them, are free as birds. i know this is the melting pot of the world and all men are created equal and there must be no such thing as race or creed hatred, but do these things go when a country is fighting for its life? i'm for immediate removal of every japanese on the west coast to a point deep in the interior. i don't mean a nice part either. personally, i hate the japanese. and that goes for all of them. let'm be pinched, hurt, hungry and dead up against it. so this fellow is pretty famous fellow in his time. he prattled on that way. but the one that counted was when waulter litman, i want to read a couple of the headlines hey, from the papers, in early 1942. "the los angeles times." these are headlines. page one headlines. " crime and poverty go hand-in-hand with asiatic labor." "brown men are made citizens illegally." "japanese are minister american women." "japa

on american history tv. in just a few moments, live coverage of the 150 denver three of -- anniversary of abraham lincoln's second inaugural. it was president lincoln's last major speech before he was assassinated in april of that year. we will be hearing from sally jewell, lucas morel edna medford, chuck todd of nbc news to talk about the political climate of 1865. and the reenactment of the inauguration. the event today hosted by the national park service and the lincoln group of d.c. should be starting in just a few moments per we will watch the sights and sounds around the lincoln memorial until then. [no audio] >> good morning. i am the regional director of the national capital region of the national park service. it is my great pleasure to welcome you this chilly march morning to the lincoln memorial as we commemorate the 150th anniversary of abraham lincoln's second inauguration as president of the united states. abraham lincoln's first inauguration was held beneath the gathering clouds of war. a tens

knowing our condition, you the american congress and the american people, will decide how to ensure that our common goals and interests are written into the

and african-american youth unemployment is much higher than that. what the american people want and what the republican budget completely ignores is the need to create millions of decent-paying jobs. if you go out to maine to vermont, to wyoming to california, you ask people what they want and they would say we need more jobs, and those jobs should be paying us a living wage. in my view and in the view of many economists, if we are serious about creating jobs in this country the fastest way to do it is >> the fastest way to create jobs in the country is to rebuilt the crumbling infrastructure, roads, bridges, waste water plants airports broadband in rural areas. according to the american society of civil engineers we need to invest $3 trillion by 2020 to get the nation's infrastructure under repair and then we will create millions of decent paying jobs which is exactly what we should be doing and what our side of the aisle will fight for but it is an issue virtually ignored by the republican majority. crumbling in -- in fuand the need to create jobs

the american house. live life. we are hispanic, asian american, native american. but we're one people. thank you. my beloved brothers and sisters. it is a great honor for me to return to my home state of alabama. to present to you, not to introduce to you, but to present to you the president of the united states. if someone had told me we would be crossing this bridge. that one day i would be back here introducing the first african-american president i would have said you're crazy, you're out of your mind, you don't know what you're talking about. president barack obama! >> well, you know i love you back. it is a rare honor in this life to follow one of your heroes. and john lewis is one of my heroes. now, i have to imagine that when a younger john lewis woke up that morning 50 years ago and made his way to brown chapel heroics were not on his mind. a day like this was not on his mind. young folks with bed rolls and backpacks were milling about. veterans of the movement trained newcomers in the tactics of nonviolen nonviolence, the right way to protect yourself wh

clearly, african-americans don't jaywalking a greater percentage than white americans.is astonishing. >> absolutely. you see the disparity in new york city, as well. we should not think of this as a problem in ferguson that is somehow unique to that community. thanks to broken windows policing here in new york city you have statistics that rival the ones we see in ferguson. the new york civil liberties union issued a report showing that here in new york city more than 80% of those who are issued summons for things like jaywalking are people of color. the revenue streams that fund the criminal courts in new york city, just like those in ferguson, come from poor people paying tickets for minor offenses that are being enforced against them, but are not being enforced in other parts of town. >> we see that it is lethal. the jaywalking, what exactly was michael brown stopped for by darren wilson? because he was walking in the middle of the road. this was not a very trafficked road. it was a back road to the main road. the fact that these two young men were simply walking on

i want it to benefit american companies. and i want it to benefit american workers. i grew up in mansfield, ohio who. i know what globalization and i've seen what globalization has done for jobs and i've seen what globalization has done to wages. mansfield, ohio is a city of 50,000. we have a mansfields, chillicothe lima, springfield, cities that used to be -- used to be prosperous manufacturing hubs that have lost so many jobs not all because of globalization but a big part of that is globalization. that's why when ustr won't share the information that we need to devise this proposal, it's particularly -- it's particularly troubling. you can see what's happened. this trade agreement a corporate handout and worker sellout, look what's happened since 1980. these are -- these are the average wage, the average salary the blue line of the richest 1% in america. look what's happened to the richest 1%, starting in the early days of the reagan administration. look what's happened to everybody else. you got the richest 1% that have seen their incomes go up about 130% you've

in fact, because plaque history is american history and american history is black history, it is literally just our history. as a country, it is a history of a people it is a legacy, it is a historical presence. i love black history month while the joke is that it was created during the shortest month of the year, that's false, he situated the month at a time in february,s entwo the birthdays of president douglas and abraham lincoln, so you have a opinion who is a culture center and an intellectual bastion of liberation, and then you have a politician that he respects. so i think it is important to remember that. >> i remember black history month means what? and rufu tell a.j. stream, that awareness -- black history month is awareness to we still have work to do. it means loving martin luther king, amean says it is one for two, it means black history has been disconnected from american history. >> call it just iffy case, and it is no coincidence, thes the shortest month, and he has a # conspiracy, and i am old enough to know that, the intersection in light of what has happened in the past