has this worked out for the american worker, the american consumer, the american citizen? >> yeah, i think overall, it has worked out for the american worker, and particularly the american consumer. it's one thing we haven't even heard about so far, the immense consumer benefits that international trade provides us. studies show that 90% of all consumer benefit are americans. people who shop at target and can stretch their budgets because of international trade. the idea that we're going to see this grand renaissance of manufacturing jobs, its blighted by dat a we have been losing american manufacturing jobs, with a share of the total workforce since the 1940s, and numerical numbers, since 1979. long before china was a member of the world trade organization. and if you look at the study on these issues, the decline in manufacturing jobs is not a result of unfair trade. it's the result of productivity gains. and in fact, manufacturing output is still setting records. the united states is the number one global destination for foreign investment. peter talks about foreign com

those questions like americans. during the hotly contested primary season, a look at a small and fascinating group of american voters. muslim and american. it's the "inside story". welcome to "inside story". i'm ray suarez. from the olster hen and women of the 18th century, to the germans and austrians of the 19th, to the asians, southeastern european jews and italians of the 19th and 20th centuries, lots of people professing many things, they had to make a journey from being them to being us. millions of american muslims are still on that road for reasons involving culture, religion, national it security, and the obsessions of an anxious age. as they are a religious group rather than a national, racial or ethnic one, muslims defy easy caggization. they trace their heritage from dozens of countries. they are every race that come on this country from every corner of the globe. what they have in common is islam. and you have to go back to panics over roman agent lick immigration in the 16th century to find a similar h

so, americans -- seem that crazy compared to other nations. when american soldiers come home, they're absolutely expected to go back to their old lives and pretty much walk away and say, thanks for the memories. there's almost no preparation made for their return home. again, america had not been prepared for fighting the war, didn't expect it to end in 1918. they knew there war we casualties but had not constructed a hospital system to care for the men so when the war ended unexpectedly soon, how did he mobilize these men and how to return them home in a way that was going to help them re-adjust, either emotionally or medically or vocationally. the government was just completely unprepared for that. so there's a few kind of half-hearted efforted but the whole thing falls apart, and the reason that this is important is it leads to several political movements by veterans to sort of address this lack of appropriate planning for their homecoming, and the first sort of moment of veteran activism that we see comes in the early 1920s when veterans b

spirit as we enter century three of american life.he president said -- richard nixon: as all of you know, we are gathered in this historic house for the opportunity that comes to people once in a century. the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the united states which will take place in 1976. and we are starting to plan now. we have representatives not only from the federal government but from most of the states in the nation here to plan that celebration. i would like to speak to that subject very briefly. to speak to it in perhaps a way that most of you would not have thought of. would not have thought of because traditionally when we , think of this kind of celebration, we think of the nation's past, and we glory in that past as we should. we think of the nation's present and we consider the problems we , must deal with. this celebration i would hope would look to the america's future. look to the year 1976 and set for ourselves goals for that year, 1976 which we can achieve. , in the space of seven years, we can achieve great

learn more all weekend on american history to be -- american history tv. this library started, which was in 2005, it was envisioned as a sort of mini research library. something i had really never anticipated began, and that was the holocaust survivors that we had come to know and build relationships with began to give us

from the era of the american revolution to the crisis that resulted in the civil, terrorism shaved american communities and -- in married ways. the united states continue to terrorize the missions of indian country as oppressed western man claims. on the international scene, joined -- ics and again when it invaded mexico in the 1840's. they routinely face terrorism of various kinds and come as the sectional crisis heated to the best way boyle, white americans terrorized each other based on their beliefs regarding slavery. culminating in a spectacular raid on harpers ferry in 1859. we can talk about john brown in more detail later. but it bears mentioning that brown believes slavery was an active war and therefore should be destroyed using terrifying violence. he was not alone in this belief. he drawn the examples of people who had come before, like net turner. briefly by up terrorism,that though perhaps not known by that particular term, has the brutes in american history. and i've only scratched the surface in these remarks. i think that reflecting on the violence that shaped early america

tensione is the ethnic between mexican-americans and americans bornen in mexico. he also finds that the mexican government is augmenting their petition. the mexican government is augmenting their exploitation. they are being detained. the mexican government is not doing much for them. the mexican government is not working for their interests. the mexican government leave them out in the cold. and it is not the first time, right? there are multiple moments when more, and the do mexican government did very little for them. sometimes, councils interceded. but it was a powerful movement. what do we know what the end of this article? decide after the strike that he cannot organize these men? that it is not possible? ernesto serrano saying, page 229, who can read it? he is part of the leadership of alianza, send a letter to galarza and says -- student: he wrote your distance is odd. i don't know if you're thinking of retiring from the fight, or if it is too insignificant to reach your goals. if it is this, i am i'm sure you will find another campanero that on principle

we are familiar with matthew brady, his photographs of the american civil war and famous americans document a significant part of the country's history. brady is aspiring to a career as a painter himself, was thought to have live -- learned about the practical photograph from american artisan in mentor, seminole morris. had opened the first of photographic studios in new york city where he began making notable portraits. he strived as a businessman. it -- anhe opened additional portrait studio here in washington dc. portraitndoned the studios for projects he conceived as a conference of documentation of the war. expecting about the government and individual collectors would eventually by his photographs, brady went deeply into debt. in the years following the war, his images lost appeal with the public eager to forget the conflict. auction in galleries 1868, to pay his debt. a continued to operate collection of smaller studios, photographing many official deserters. -- visitors. there is little doubt that if bruce, or someone on his behalf, did not seek out rated to have a portrait made in

. >> i love american history tv. >> i had no idea they did history. that is probably something i would really enjoy. american history tv gives you that perspective. >> i'm a c-span fan. a panel of historians and authors looks at the 150th anniversary of reconstruction and examines the challenges paste -- faced in the post-civil war era of rebuilding the union. they talk about the role of the freedmen's bureau, carpetbaggers, and the importance of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. the new york historical society hosted this event. we join this discussion in progress. and if i may add, what followed slavery would be black codes. and so every southern state passes these laws, trying to impose what looks like quasi-slavery on the newly emancipated. >> these were governments johnson had created. >> absolutely. you had incidents of african-americans not being able to purchase land, when they would have been able to do that, because you had black soldiers who may have had a little bit of money. you had people trying to limited resources, they were not all

. >> i met many americans. i met many germans, french people and english people but many americans. guys from new jersey. >> there were also american weapons. soldiers carry them like a badge of honor, even the children. these child soldiers, 12 and 13 years old, now go to what isis calls schools. >> they start a new school system, which i thought is completely wrong, completely crazy. but it's a system. >> isis officials trotted out a few prisoners for him to talk to. this man is one of a group of captured kurdish soldiers. >> when did they catch you? >> he told him he was afraid. shortly after, isis put kurdish prisoners in cages dressed in jumpsuits. they were paraded through the streets and isis made a propaganda video out of it. >> it hard to believe but according to todenhofer, he say there are some better under the islamic state. they have ufrd under the hands of the shiite government. >> first of all, instead of anarchy, they have now law and order. and people don't like isis but they like the security.

no wonder americans feel powerless.republicans spent eight years torching the institutions americans relied on to help them face the challenges in their diely lives. instead of engaging upon policy republicans told americans there's nothing to be done. what thrived in the the wasteland the republican leaders made? hatred. the republicans to cowardly to denounce. radical groups like the tea party, with dark money from the koch brothers. the ideologies veried but one thing in common. a searing hatred of president obama whom they considered an illegitimate president. views that the tea party wave was driven forward by some of the darkest person -- forces in our cull true. but republican leaders tried to -- this resentment took three main forms. first, rendering president obama illegitimate. second, fear mongering against muslims. third, hatred against latinos. these forces, which are all now synonymous with trump's candidate are incubated by the republican leaders for the past eight years. the most recognizable attempt to

form of americanism.now, to my mind anti- communism is the most profoundly american thing imaginable. that is what we really have to get back to. their images a consensus, which is increasingly unlikely as it appears to me. it will be difficult to have unity. unfortunately, right now it is almost like out of two, we have a conservative america and we have a liberal america and political correctness is all about dividing people, all the opportunity to people into groups, pockets, divisions and the culture of complaint. those things have got to be addressed because they are just un-american. yes ma'am. >> one of the things-- i would not even call it a hurdle, i would call it a brick wall is dealing with or understanding the threat of radical islam. is the confusion of it being a religion as oppose to it really been on in great ideology that covers aspects of religion, but covers aspects of their entire life, so how do we get to the point-- how do we educate people on the concept that it's not just a religio

i'm really honored to have him here to talk about what's happening for the american -- with the american electorate, what's happening to our politics, where the republican party is going and what democrats can do about it. please join me in welcoming senator harry reid. [applause] senator reid: excuse me. sorry i was a little late, there was quite a bad accident a few blocks from here that held us up a little bit. i want to take just a minute and publicly acknowledge john podesta. when john podesta came to me with this idea, i frankly was underwhelmed. i couldn't believe he could do what he said he was going to do. he was right, i was wrong. and i have such admiration for this man who could have been out in the private sector and made a fortune and that's not what he chose to do. and stepping into those big shoes, you've done an outstanding job, and thank you for allowing me to be here today. many americans are scratching their heads about donald trump. i know i have on more than one occasion. most of us cannot fathom how he rose so far and so, so fast. his violent rhetoric -- his violen

more than 50% of americans wanted national healthcare but the american medical association campaign against it. the growth of the 1950's is phenomenal. everyone likes to believe that the struggles of the 30's and 40's are somehow forgotten. one out of every three workers was in a labor union. in the 1950's the civil rights movement really does begin to militantly challenge southern white supremacy and jim crow laws. movements, of these the leaders of the labor movement and the civil rights movement, these are veterans of the new deal and world war ii. the had not forgotten promise of the four freedoms. in 1960 the democratic party offers possibly its most progressive platform since 1944. liberal thatt the many of us might of wished for. but the democrats were poised to make history. , southern white democrat, but had been a new dealer. in spite of his reputation as a , he never actually voted against civil rights. hen he becomes president amazes his fellow citizens by redeeming the roosevelt vision at least to some extent. .n the 1960's in 1935 those that we think of as the greatest generat

that's what the american people want. that's what the american people deserve. thank you for your time, god bless you, and may god continue to bless the united states of america. we will talk more about this a bring court in the nomination of judge merrick garland on newsmakers this weekend. -- the supreme court and the nomination of judge merrick garland on newsmakers this weekend. you can watch the interview tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, and again at 6:00, pending any political coverage. >> this weekend, the c-span cities tour hosted by our charter communications cable partners take it to montgomery, alabama, to tour the city's history and literate culture. on book tv, -- >> we show you a house that was the turning point for scott and zelda fitzgerald. when they moved here, the idea was to regroup. when it was with a landing pad. it was a regrouping, as i've , stage, and was not the sort of place where you're going to find scott and zelda in domesticngaging activities, if you will. it was the sort of place where they were going to be planning their

creed, right, and the notion that americans, and particularly white americans, subscribed, or had an abiding commitment to these notions of freedom and equality and democracy. right? they noted that myrtle demonstrated great skill at celebrating american democracy, even as he detailed the great breadth and scope of america's brand of racial apartheid. but they charged that myrtle, in many ways, underestimated the depths of racism that existed among all classes of whites. like among the upper class and working class whites. and that swedish sociologist treated racism and racist acts as vestiges marked by pre-democratic, pre-scientific modes of thought. he rendered these problems of segregation, discrimination, and violence as something kind of removed from the essence of american sentiment, and something kind of not fitting with the american creed. african american sociologist oliver carts in particular, chided myrtle for treating racism as a disembodied element of american political culture. and contended -- and cox contended instead that the problem of race and racism was kind of pa

in american, not a white american, brown american, i am an all the american -- olive american and part country. populationgrant continues to grow, the united states will be driven into and at this -- an abyss because there's no way of doing a 50-50 voting block in this country. you cannot stop it, but when it comes to immigration, i remember back in the days of george bush where we had e-verify, and e-verify was very effective, but nobody wants to talk about that. talk about building fences, modes, whatever you want to do, but i was -- but it was very effective. host: i have to get it of calls, so i will have to leave it there. ruy teixeira, any thoughts? guest: sal, i cannot say i agree with what sal is saying, but i think it is interesting in that it represents a lot of the views of white americans about immigration patterns and what they really mean. i think we can leave aside this claim that these people are all socialists are come from socialist countries and that is demonstrably not true. also, the claim that i am upon of george soros, not that i have anything against george soro

i can tell you're cuban, not american.w, if too many americans come, they could say, i want colder beer. i want better accommodations. it could change your life. >> we get nervous when americans come. that's true. >> well, i apologize on behalf of -- [ laughter ] while the trickle of americans turns into a stream in a countryside, they are bracing for a full-on flood back in havana. but are they ready? it's like finding an archeological ruin. you want to go in? >> yeah. can we? >> yeah. sure. man: dear mr. danoff, my wife and i are now participating in your mutual fund. we invested in your fund to help us pay for a college education for our son. we've enclosed a picture of our son so that you can get a sense there are real people out here trusting you with their hard-earned money. ♪ at fidelity, we don't just manage money, we manage people's money. ♪ whyto learn, right?e? so you can get a good job and you're not working for peanuts. well what if i told you that peanuts can work for you? while you guys are busy napping, pea

law and american life. so it will impact all of us. a host of supreme court precedents on free speech the right to keep and bear arms, the death penalty, abortion would be overturned. the articles speculate that abortion rights would become more secure, gun rights less so, first amendment arguments in cases on campaign finance and commercial speech would meet a more skeptical reception. in that same article one law school dean noted that with another liberal on the court the judicial debate over the fundamental possibility of obama care would likely draw to an end. let's consider a few of the supreme court precedents that would likely be overturned with another liberal justice on the court first and foremost it is our 2nd amendment rights that would fall squarely within the liberals cite, the heller decision authored by justice scalia recognize based on the intent of the framers that the second amendment guarantees and individual constitutional rights to gun ownership again is as one law professor noted in

resound loud enough, and muslim-americans will be welcomed into the american family as were protestants and catholics and mormons, at least that's my hope and my predictionment of -- prediction. of course, this path is typically pockmarked with poisonous partisanship, with hateful language and sometimes with lethal violence. still, to look at our culture wars over the long term is to see not only how americans have been divided, but also how they have eventually agreed, however grudgingly, to define their nation in increasingly inclusive terms. it's no longer liberal to include mormons as fellow citizens. that sort of toleration is now an american value. and soon it will be simply american to embrace gays and lesbians as our neighbors and friends. and the time may not be too far off when americans will also agree with my spanish friends that efforts to exclude our muslim laborers from the american family is simply loco. so those are my comments, thank you very much. and we have time for questions up here at the fancy microphone, right? right here to my left. [applause] thank you. [appla

he discusses his book "the rise and fall of american growth", looking at the growth in the american standardf living between 1870-1970. and whether we will ever see anything like it again. ♪ brian: professor gordon, author of "the rise and fall of american growth." 750 page

the people in jail are disproportionately african-american, latino, and native american. so, together, we are going to take on and fight institutional racism and a broken criminal justice system. [applause] sen. sanders: we spend $80 billion a year of taxpayer money locking up fellow americans. there are a lot better ways to spend money than locking up fellow americans. [applause] sen. sanders: this campaign is listening to our brothers and sisters in the latino community. [applause] sen. sanders: and they are telling me that they are tired of being exploited, tired of living in the shadows, tired of seeing a family member being deported and family separated, and what they want and what i want is comprehensive immigration reform and a path towards citizenship. [applause] >> bernie, bernie, bernie -- sen. sanders: now, this campaign is different than other campaigns and a whole lot of ways. it is not just that we have the most progressive agenda, but there is something more profound than that. it is me telling you what no other candidate for president will tell you, and th

and we know this because if you think about the american century, which we hope will go on to the american millennium, there are certain presidents of the united states responsible for that. of course, harry truman, born in independence. dwight eisenhower. he grew up in abilene kansas. ronald reagan, dixon, illinois. the dark suburbs of the midwest in arkansas, bill clinton. barack obama, we frequently talk about hawaii, we talk indonesia, a lot of kenya. a lot of places, but let's face it, he grew up in kansas. if you think about that and triangulate all of that, basically you triangulate all those presidents who had been important to create in the american century, basically it is right here. so it is really a midwestern thesis. the frontier stopped right here. i was looking for evidence of this thesis in eisenhower's diaries and i could not find it. i did find this. the great line in the frontier thesis is that the expansion of the frontier leads to the growth of independence in america. and independence of american character. i did find this in the eisenhower diaries. during world war

in fact, americans support generally about 53% whereas jewish americans support was at 59%. so if we look at the latest pew charitable trust survey, you find that 82% of the jewish population of this country does not belong to such organizations. they are only somewhat attached to israel, 70%. most have never traveled to israel, 44% think settlement building is a bad idea. it you take the remaining 18% multiplied by the untold jewish population, it's about 774,000, or the population of charlotte, north carolina. and the lobbying knows, talked about this internally saying, someday we will be challenged on these numbers and all of these broad claims. so does the lobby really represent? well, the views and concerns of mega- donors for sure, the views and concerns of a relatively small group of boards of directors and top officials and, of course, the israeli government with which many are indirect and ongoing consultation. if we look at donor concentration and control of some of the top organizations, we find that within the republican jewish coalition some $143 give 76% of the

american services, american goods. is it doesn't simply mean that that money goes poof and disappears, that 25,000 dollar camry, you can safe $10,000 on that, you are going to be able to buy other things with that $10,000. that's the great myth that surrounded this trade did he have sit obsession. the fact is -- >> aren't a lot of the things you buy with the $10,000 you saved also imported? >> they don't have to be. >> as a practical matter, when you go into a store and try to buy stuff to fill up your basket to take home, it's all imported, too. >> that's a fantastic point. that's one of the reasons why there are so many misconceptions about u.s. trade policies. when you go into wal-mart and you see "made in china," you think, oh, everything is made in china. the reality is american consumption, only about 5%, under 5% of total american consumption is actually chinese stuff. at the same time, american manufacturers make a lot of things we don't see on a daily basis. satellites, aircraft. again, american manufacturing

-- italian american.is very american and understandable to cherish your heritage. done a place we have not good job of that is africans who came to this country. some of those magazines, some of were beauty pageants created because they were not allowed into those things. when we talk about affirmative action we have to be there careful that you do not believe in no longer discrimination. chris rock says i am a multimillionaire but you would not change places with me for a second. meaning there are people who can talk about equality, but would not actually want to live as an african-american. tamir rice, who is a 12-year-old kid who is dead. if he was white, he would not be dead. trayvon martin would not be dead if he was a white american so there are differences. i think what we have done is try to figure out. everything is not equal. a friend of action, however flawed they might be, also don't understand the peculiar experiences that african-americans have. they have the expense of being unfree in a fre

because they knew that so many american forces were distracted by the american civil war. that's why you get the sioux uprising in minnesota in 1862. but in terms of stan waite and the cherokees, the cherokee out in indian territory, they were slave holders. and they were -- and quite a number had a kind of mixture of caucasian blood. and so when confederate agents went to the indian territory to try to enlist native americans, you know, on the confederate side, one of the reports they sent, these people are like us. they're our kind of people. you know? you know, they dress like us. they arm like us. they farm like us. they hold slaves like us. you know, and that particular score the confederates were surprisingly cosmopolitan about dealing with the native americans. of course, as i imagine you know, a portion of the cherokee nation did go with the confederacy and a portion went with the union. this happened with other indian tribes, too. that wound please having within the tribes as well as without. >> i was just wondering the way the army fought the war with native amer

tv weekend, american history is featuring montgomery, alabama. the city was the site of the , whichery bus boycott began when rosa parks refused to give up her seat on a city bus. posted by our charter communications cable partners, staff's city's tour recently visited the city. all weekend here on american history tv. >> we are in the museum of alabama, which is a unit of the alabama department of archives in history. it was founded in 19 no one. -- it was founded in 1901. we are the oldest independent history organization in the country. we are in the alabama voices exhibit, the centerpiece permanent exhibition of the museum of alabama. this exhibit opened in 2014 to help us present a new telling of the story of our state's past. the exhibit provides a nice introduction. we introduce then the european colonial powers and later, the new united states government, who becomes both trade partners and at times, adversaries to the people who live here in alabama. we're looking here at an artifact that is extremely important to the story of changing r

we do have too much money in american politics. but in america it's still possible f somebody like me, a child who was raised by a single mom, a child of mixed race who did not have a lot of money to pursue and achieve the highest office in the land. that's what's possible in america. [ applause ] >> we do have challenges with racial bias in our communities, in our criminal justice system, in our society. the legacy of slavery and segregation. but the fact that we have open debates within america's own democracy is what allows us to get better. in 1959 e y yr that my father moved to america, it was illegal was white in many american states . when i first started school we were still struggling to desegregate schools across the american south. but people organized. they protested. they debated these issues. they challenged d dosit officials and because of those protests and because of those debates and because of popular mobile station i'm able to stand here today as an african-american and as president of the united states. that wa

so the republican party has run african-american, not for for president but has run african-american candidates for high office, governor in michigan, ohio, senate in maryland, michael still ran against -- people may remember in pennsylvania. that's not really make a big impact. they were not seen as representing the interests of the community. so not sure that ted cruz running on build a wall would have a big positive impact for republicans among latino voters, or even to be nominated which to seems unlikely right now. >> we have time for two more questions. one here. >> sorry, if i could i could just add on the african-americans icon just for where we are right now, of very rich african-americans stayed in south carolina lloyd rutherford also african-american is the only lieutenant african-american in the country. also i think you're going to see this trending further and more positively as we move. >> sir, your name please. >> hi, michael mccarthy from the center for latin american studies. my question every person on the panel can address it has to do with the question about what

, and the american dream lives. my agenda is to work for working people, who struggle to pay their bills. people worry that retiring is a luxury they can never afford, which is why i will fight for the middle-class tax cut, fair overtime pay, a minimum wage equal pay forthat equal work is accessible to women. and that women can exercise control over their own bodies. [applause] i will expand held grants and make higher education affordable. i will fight to reform the criminal justice system, and i will be ever aware that throughout ohio, and america, black lives do matter. [applause] mr. strickland: i propose a union to bargain for higher ises, and what i will not do shirk my constitutional duties and insult the president of the united states by refusing to even consider a new supreme court justice when the vacancy occurs. [applause] mr. strickland: senator portman puts the interests of the washington powerbrokers and his own party above his duty to ohioans. i think she has an expiration for her position -- his posi

who insults african-americans. and there was a candidate running like he was in a cafeteria food fight in the eighth grade. [ applause ] but most importantly, i think, the american people understand what every major religion on earth has taught us, whether it's christianity, judaism, islam, buddhism, whatever religion has always taught us that love trumps hatred. [ applause ] tomorrow morning, 12 hours from now, people of washington will have the opportunity to make a very profound statement and that is that washington will help lead this country forward into a political revolution. [ applause ] if there is a large voter turnout tomorrow, we will win. if there is a low voter turnout, we will lose. please come out tomorrow, bring your friends and relatives. let's make history tomorrow. thank you. [ applause ] ♪ >> bernie sanders wrapping up a long and boisterous speech on a west coast tour there at safeco field in seattle, washington. you see him dismounting from the makeshift stage on the baseball field and walking

americans?f the things that's striking is they're overwhelmingly americans. they're not foreigns are coming into this country to do terrorist attacks. they tend to be middle class, average income, similar to the average american. they tend to be as well educated as the average american. a third are married, a third are kid, army age 29-- these are not the young hot heads of popular imagination. if you look at the san bernardino case, they were married. they had a child. the guy was earning $70,000 a year. they were basically living the american dream, seats a big puzzle why would you them kill your fellow americans? and i can't say even after two and a half years' study they can answer that question. i try, but each case is individual. >> warner: so let's take a couple of more obscure cases. there was a young man named carlos bled so, african american, from a conservative christian upbringing, shoots and kills a u.s. soldier at a military recruiting base in little rock. it seems so unlikely. >>

american citizen, 16 years old, maybe they would care more about an american. the army claims that he came to a checkpoint two weeks ago and had a knife. in any case, did he have a knife or didn't he? we don't know because there are very few witnesses. he was shot dead immediately. 16 years old, with a background that makes the belief that he wanted to stab a soldier almost impossible. he came to palestine to spend some years in his village. he was born here in tampa, florida. he had his plans and dreams to go back to study medicine, his fiscal cliff palestine was good, very well-off family. did he go really to stab a soldier? did he endanger the soldier? was there only one choice but to kill him dead and to shoot him three or four bullets? wasn't there any other choice? is there any definition but execution? and i give his example but a we have them unfortunately on a daily basis in the recent months. american congressmen should know that the life of palestinians in israel right now is the cheapest ever, with everything we went through, never was it so cheap.

my boss is african-american, my editor is african-american, and we have been the leading progressive in kentucky. we were inundated for 24 hours. everybody. these serious phone calls, screaming at us for being racist. from all over the country, not from our own readers, of course. event was held by new humanities. you can watch it tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-spa. c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up on sunday morning, talking about the latest developments in the scene refugee-- syrian migrations. the the rollout of affordable care act. be sure to watch live at 7:00 eastern on sunday morning. join the discussion. >> also tomorrow, "newsmakers" with representative tom cole on the house debate over the 20 2017 budget. interviewed by christina peterson of "the wall street journal" and scott long of the hill. you can watch it at 10:00 eastern on c-span. >> american history tv on c-span 3 this weekend. today at 2:00 eastern, jeffrey rosen talks about former justice john marshall. >> adams famously said, my gift to john marshal

week, american history tv's american artifacts visits museums and historic places. up next, a visit to the national museum of american and jewish history for a tour of their exhibition, tracing the history of jewish people in america. present day.the in the second of a two-part visit, we pick up a story in the 1880's, when an era of mass immigration brought thousands of immigrants to the united states from eastern europe every year. >> we started to see big waves of immigrants coming to america. they included jews, irish, italian --all kinds of people coming to america at that time. coming to all different ports, not just ellis island, which is the archetype of the arrival story. people were coming to baltimore, philadelphia, boston, and places like galveston, texas, and california as well. we have on display a number of the types of documents immigrants would have needed when coming into these ports. everything from passports to visas, luggage tags, health inspection certificates. these are things that people tended to save for a long time afterwards, and even pass

the majority of you i've never met in person but i know you are americans and because you are americans, i know everyone is probably just a generation or two removed from a story not unlike my own. [applause] who are we? ofare the descendents pilgrims and sellers, the descendents of immigrants and slaves, of people who overcame extraordinary obstacles to stick their claim in a better life, in what is now known as the american dream. that is the blood that runs through our veins. every single one of us -- i don't care what your last name is, the color of your skin or where you worship -- the blood that runs in our american veins is the blood of a go-getter, of someone who refuses to accept the limitations of the old world. [applause] mr. rubio: this is who we are and now, we must choose whether this is who we will remain. will loom a in the place where people can do what my parents did for me? that is what is at stake here. if we stay on the road we are on, these things will leave us because the american dream was never automatic. the american dream didn't happen on its own. what your pa

between the ethnic whites at chicago and african-americans in chicago, like african-americans could relate to his mexicans because we were not as racist as the white folk. the white people could relate to us because we were not black folks. we were right in the middle. now because what's happening is especially mexicans moving into the south, republican politicians will go to african-americans and say we haven't liked you for almost 200 years by now have this new group, we will like you now because let's unite in taking these mexicans. so those questions are the type of questions i take on and what ioc is look, especially when it comes to race relations in this country, it's been a game of maneuvering and using the news people to demonize the people that follow after. let's get over the. we will never be a postracial society but at the very least we can say okay this is what we have to do. we have more similarities than differences. let's unite against true discrimination. humor has been an amazing tool to talk about serious issues. i always love satire. i tell people satire is a wa

senator reid has been an incredible champion for the american people, working to help all americans on almost every issue that i have worked on in the last several decades. fighting his heart out to keep immigrant families together, protecting our environment for future generations. he has been an incredible voice for all of us. i'm really honored to have him here talk about what is happening with the american electorate, what is happening to our politics, where the republican party is going, and what democrats can do about it. please join me in welcoming senator harry reid. [applause] senator reid: i want to public lee recognized john podesta. i have such respect for this man who could have gone out to the private sector and make a fortune. that is not what he decided to do. thank you for inviting me to be here today. many americans are scratching their heads about donald trump. i know i have on more than one occasion. most of us cannot fathom how he rose so far and so fast. his rhetoric is embarrassing, his proposals are dangerous. the republican establishment acts bewildered, but th

their path to the american dream. proud to tell your stories. al jazeera america. >> we've been talking about immigrants joining the united states military and being rewarded with american citizenship. closer to home many local police departments require recruits to be full citizens before joining the force but now in the wake of white officers killing black teens, there is a push to making be officers look more like the citizenry they serve. here is mary snow. >> meet officer william. a 16 year veteran of the oakland, california police department. >> when i was 16, my family paid money to fishermen to smuggle me out of vietnam. i was brought to the united states. when i was 21 years old, ten years after living in this country, i was given ajob as a police officer. by the city of oakland. >> officer oyen is emblematic of what officers say is needed to make a better police force, cops that accurately reflect the community they police. >> it is important in oakland to be part of the community. >> that was up from a department that was only 9% asia

american idea.e all three. i am a happy republican. conservativepal and we obviously all in this room believe deeply in the american idea. we are inherited her's of a great and rich tradition. we are blessed to live in the best time in history, in the best country that the world has ever known. [applause] i urge you all to be republican. to be conservative. and to be un-american. in howis very important we rank order those three. i stand before you today and as a creedal matter, i say i am an american first, a conservative second, and a republican third although i am happily a republican. i would like to urge you to think a little bit about how we rank order those different identities. if we get them out of order, we , sometimesainst them intentionally and sometimes accidentally. i think back to cs lewis who talked about the little old lady who loved her catch. you can only properly have affection for a cat if you first recognized that the cat cannot be the first thing. if you think a cap might acci

>> you are watching american history tv. 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span 3. follow us on twitter for information on her schedule, and to keep up with the latest history news. toanaheim is home disneyland. the park opened in 1955, and welcomed its one millionth visitor after only seven weeks. our time warner partners worked with the c-span city towards staff when we visit anaheim to explore the city's rich history. >> one of the reasons why some way people are interested in this collection is because it is something that many americans can relate to. when someone hears about this collection, they immediately inc., my grandfather fought in world war ii, maybe we have some letters. it is something that is a shared experience for so many american families. it immediately captures the interest, and makes people feel like it is something they can relate to and participate in. wered about 2012, we approached by a guy called eddie carol, a journalist who would started a project where he someted the loss of personal family letters. he felt that was important

economic barriers, it is time americans got a raise and we had more, good paying jobs for every americants to work. we know a little bit about how to do this because you know, the economy always does better when there is a democrat in the white house. [cheers and applause] my husband was: here yesterday in tucson and in fephoenix. he did a pretty good job. 23 million new jobs and incomes went up for everybody, not just people at the top. people in the middle, working people, poor people, everybody's other incomes go up. why did it stop? republicanhad a president. that is the easiest explanation. someone who took his eyes off of the financial markets and the mortgage markets and you know it what happened. we elected another new, young, dynamic president, barack obama. [cheers and applause] hillary clinton: and when he was elected we were losing 800,000 jobs each month. 9 million americans lost their jobs. 5 million homes were lost. and people say, why are some americans so angry? well, one of the nation is people really got knocked down so hard. and they don't think anyone was looking out

this is our american story.his is america tonight. >>> obama becomes the first serving president to visit cuba in almost 90 years. you're watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. coming up in the next half an hour. >> hold your horses >>> syria is accused of stalling the geneva talks. now the opposition is calling on russia to put pressure on the bashar al-assad government. the u.s. steps up air strikes against i.s.i.l. in iraq

. >>> every weakened on american history tv, feature programs that tell the american story. some of the highlights include saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. eastern, the association for the study of african american life and history host the annual black history and luncheon and a keynote address by the university maryland professor white head. >> first tool is commitment and that's laced with passion. i think of the 1992 olympics and some of you might remember that with me. i don't remember who won. i don't remember anything else but the guy derrick redmond. on the first lap he snapped his hamstring and got up and homebled around. they waved him off and a man broke through the stands, that was his father and put his hand over his shoulder. they asked derrick why didn't you stop? he said because i came to barcelona to finish a race and not just to start one. >> at 8:00 a.m. on lectures and history, state university professor brian craig miller talks about confederate veterans and how southern organizations founded to aid veterans instead put their money towards war monuments.

the aspirations of cubans and americans alike and to the bridge between cubans and cuban-americans. i think he will talk very much about sort of the similar challenges both peoples confront in terms of jobs, in terms of education and other areas that i think will really be very powerful to the cuban people. now, as you had said earlier, i don't think he's going to lecture the cubans and i think he's probably been scripted a bit not to talk directly about human rights but i don't think he needs to. i think if he talks about the power of freedom, the power to determine one's own destiny, the importance of gaining access to economic needs, and as allen mentioned, raul castro has unleashed a series of economic reforms on the island intending to give some individuals the right to be able to develop their own businesses, to save money, to invest. that's very, very important for cubans in terms of breaking away from the economic control of the cuban state and overall. >> and we're just about out of time but i do want to -- i also want to point out there's going to be a pretty big baseball

that's what the american people want. that's what the american people deserve. thank you for your time, god bless you, and may god continue to bless the united states america. -- united states of america. has 48 hoursok tv of nonfiction books and authors every weekend. here are some programs to watch for. tonight, a book discussion with city university of new york professor douglas rushkoff, author of "throwing rocks at the google bus." he talks about how americans can build on the digital economy, by growing how they businesses to benefit employees and employers. afterwards, law professor john yu. -- john by au is interviewed former deputy assistant attorney general. obvious that the government can't regulate the money that you use to participate in a constitutional right. since you have a right to free , and politics, during a campaign is when the framers wanted to protect the right of free speech, -- announcer: on sunday at 8:00 eastern, former first lady laura bush discusses her book "we are afghan women." ms. bush wrote the introduction to the book, which w

[applause] these are not just african-american history, they are american history. together on working these for a long time. to firmly state that slavery was the cause of the civil war. [applause] been a to the has restoration of the woodson home. currently we are completing the first stage of a $3.2 million renovation of the home with additional financial services to and from the national park foundation and we are working to have that competed this year -- completed this year. stop by and see my mentor, bob. -- rob stanton. bob stanton.n -- [applause] -- the oldest private hbcus in the united states. she reminded us about truth. the national park service is here to learn more about the african-american legacy from you so that we can all have a clearer view of the world. i'm very proud to be a partner and for the national park service, every month is black history month. so go out there and find your part. thank you. [applause] thank you very much. so much important work the national park service is doing. thank you for your leadership. it's really important. now