, in american rico caruso, the great american italian -- italian american opera singer. it shows the unity of americans going into the first rolled war, that there were different versions for different communities, by the way with no government involvement it all. this is 1010 allie making money off of this. and there are no african-americans making money there are no african-americans. -- this is tin pan alley making money off of this. i want to finish with this and i will be happy to open it up to q&a. in my view, what the american people were doing was preventing the threat to their homes. stopping things like the zimmerman telegram from getting in the way. why is that important. we will commemorate the end of the first world war in 1911. .hat is the day we pick they areer 12, 1918, saying stop the spending and get back to normalcy. commemorate the day that they treaty of versailles is signed. why that matters, i think, and why the book and the evidence in the book suggests, what the american people thought they were doing was stopping the threat to the united states.

his response, i am american and born of american parentage. time he believed that his german ethnicity and his american identity were now conflict with one another. at the same time, he stopped writing articles about germany. he with drew from an article he supposed to write about. >> there was german intrigue in belief that was poncho's actions, the invasion of the southern united states columbus, new mexico, could never have happened had germany not been behind it. was happy to ncho fuel in order to try to make it seem like he had big southern plains source. roberts was a firm believer in what became known as preparedness. building up american strength so that the united states would not be dragged into the war. the goal was not to make america fight, but to make america too strong. one would rds, no attack us. the movement was led by largely led s and by people like theodore roosevelt who was furious that wasn't doing more and i can talk more about that in the discussion. at&t this ad, this is an a from the fall of 1915 and you can see the

into a american domestic space rather than the exportation of american values out into the wider world. if americans had been fully present at the creation of a global human rights order -- in the 1940's -- and they were, i think, and that is part one of my book, and human rights have banished from discourse by the end of 1970's. by the end of the 1970's, human rights was everywhere on the american scene. so, how come that is the case? critically when human rights , moved from the margins of global political discourse, it becomes a central optic through which a variety of people saw the world around them. it did so almost everywhere before human race came to -- -- human rights came to the united states. not only was amnesty international a leading global rights nongovernmental organization in the 1970's, the contours of human rights thought and practiced in the united states were deeply shaped ofa diverse network local actors in the soviet union, asia, and latin america. so did western european leaders and activists in the reaction to political oppression in greece in the 1960's and va

. >>> you're watching american history tv. like us on facebook at c-span history. >>> unnext on american history tv, author derek beck discusses his books "igniting the american revolution 1773 to 1775" and the war before independence, 1775 through 1776. in this hour-long talk at the tavern museum in new york city, mr. beck details both sides of the conflicts in and around boston, massachusetts, prior to the declaration of independence. >>> tonight we are delighted to have derek beck presented "the war before independence" 1775. derek has always had a passion for military history which inspired him to start his career in the u.s. air force, he has served as an officer on active duty and science roles and in space operations. in 2005 he earned a master of science degree at m.i.t. where he also fell in love with boston's revolutionary past. to more fully pursue writing, he later transitioned to the air force reserves, though he still remains quite active, presently holding the rank of major. derek's first book "igniting the amer

was very important to the vietnamese-american community and the american community as a whole, but americans only saw one side of the story. apocalypse now, for example, scarred me for life -- saw it at 10 years old -- [laughter] my own personal life is very uninteresting, frankly, whereas the novel is my revenge on hollywood, francis ford coppola -- [laughter] also my attempt to also tell the history of the vietnam war and the story of the vietnam war from a perspective that most americans have never heard it before, which is how their own allies, their friends, the south vietnamese experienced this. and my narrator is a communist spy who is also giving us the communist perspective on it. and when he arrives in the united states, he is telling the -- he's giving us the viewpoint of how the vietnamese see american culture which is not necessarily in a positive light. so there's a very satirical dimension of the novel as well. i get white people to think about what white culture actually looks like to people from outside of the country. but i think the topic has been hard to exhaust for me wh

only $448 above that of the lowest fifth of white american households. the black middle class has always been concentrated in the public sphere of social services where mobility is tied to the state spending on domestic programs. in celebrating the inclusion championed by the activists and their allies in classrooms across the nation during black history month every year, the fact that many of the critical reforms in the pulitzer period has been negated by the national crime priorities are unrecognized. for instance, nine years after the passage of the voting rights act, the dawn of the mass incarceration, the supreme court ruled unconstitutional to give convicted felons the right to vote. states have removed the convicts from the rolls ever since the 1974 richardson ramirez decision and say nearly 6 million americans most of whom already served their sentences are deprived of the franchise. as a result of the racial disparities of the american policing and criminal justice practices and estimated one out of every 13 african-americans will not vote in th

were they made for the american public? in many ways made to document for historians the event for miller, people involved with them. they might have been shown on news reels but this was a really important moment in the commemorative culture that was developing in the u.s. after world war i so they wanted to capture it on film and record it for future generations. >> how was it preserved and how do people access it today? who is in charge of this kind of precious resource? >> these were u.s. government films that were in some warehouse probably here in washington, d.c., and survived many years, and then eventually were transferred to the national archives, probably sometime after world war ii. the archives had the original cut. then eventually they were duplicated. i'm happy to say now they have been digitized, cleaned up quite a bit, and they are available on the national archives youtube channel. >> overall, what's the volume? how many films like this were made? >> there are thousands and thousands of them made by almost

. >> item e advisory committee report we have one we have a report from the african-american parentsdvisory council. >> so i'm going to ask the representative to come on up. >> okay. a power point great. >> parents and future city hall there looks like. >> (laughter). all right. >> thank you for the time to share all the wonderful work the patents have put together to do what we do to make sure there are replacement for the - so thank you for that video it was very touching and it seems often i have a high schooler and interested what her experience is i'm the program corridor for the african-american parents visitorsy council and here with - >> drop the baby off - we have the support of alison here and i'm going to turn it over to those wonderful ladies. >> good evening, everybody and thank you for inviting you guess out tonight to give you an update what pooiblg has been doing since june so what you see above the mission of the african-american advisory council i'll read it for those who carton see that the mission of advisory council to provide a forum for hear the ideas of san fr

eisenhower, family life, can well be an example to the american home, american youth. that alone, mr. president, i will cast my ballot for your victory tomorrow, november 6th. >> thank you very much, mrs. jones. now next to me is a young lady by the name of dorothy who works in the custom relations department of the michigan consolidated gas company. >> mr. president, as an active member of women's organizations for the past ten years i would like to thank you for having placed 118 qualified women in policy making posts. >> thank you very much. our cameras pick up the tremendous motorcade passing through the streets of detroit. and we're giving you a salute mr. president and mr. vice president that can be heard throughout the whole city. michigan will lead the victory parade tomorrow. this is don carly in detroit, returning you now to the white house in washington, d.c. >> now mr. president, and mr. vice president, we're going to visit the farm country in the heart of america's great midwest. chuck exington wlab , what is going on in springfield, missouri?, what is goi

then i was contacted about american express.hat really sold me on it was -- at that time he was president of the major division at american express, travel-related services. he was forming a very small, strategic playing group. one of the things he said to me that really has a stuck with me throughout my career was, i want a few catalytic agents of change. that concept of being a change agent was very important. david: you went to work for lou gerstner. he wanted to shut down the merchandising aspect, and you said you would run it. how did you turn that around? kenneth: the merchandise business was intriguing to me. i first went to the business as head of marketing. lou was not thrilled that i did that. but to his credit, he allowed me to do it. two months later, we had a review with lou, and he said he would close down the business. i said, can you give us three weeks? i really believe this is a business that not only has growth potential, but is a business that can help american express achieve its strategic objectives. so we

so it's not a patriotic holiday per se but it is a celebration of american values and american heritage. as ken was saying earlier all your ancestors came here and learned in appreciation and the native americans have their own thanksgiving ceremonies which i write about in the book too. >> i do not want to occupy the stage. will open up and because this is being broadcast on c-span i want you to state your name and your question. please raise your hand and we will call upon you. it can be a simple question or complex question. anyone out there in the audience we have a gentleman here, in the back of the microphone is coming to. >> my name is stafford reynolds can you go into depth with the fallout with the originally indians can give us your most accurate about what happened there and the strieff. >> i can't really do that because my focus is on thanksgiving, [inaudible] the later years. >> at the time of the first thanksgiving in 1621 the relationship between the english settlers and the indians are very good. they were peaceful, they were friendly then this moment in time at least po

- african-american vote to do so. they fueled -- debuted new anti-american.st so a victory abroad would also need to have a victory at home against franklin roosevelt. professor ogline: yeah, these things are very, very much conflated. pointed out, the poll tax becomes a lightning rod for this controversy for a number of different reasons. he explained so much back taxes before being able to vote that many african-american voters could not afford to register to vote because they could not pay all of these back taxes. but the poll taxes also -- the poll tax is also doing something else at the same time. in addition to keeping african-americans from the polls, how else is the poll tax functioning? >> it is keeping poor whites from voting also. the people who could vote in the white primaries were a small group of the richer white americans, white southerners. good.sor ogline: and i cannot remember the statistics he gives right off the top of my head, but basically he is saying in large swaths of the american south, teen

on food stamps, 8 million more americans in poverty, over 43 million americans total in poverty, one in five american families don't have a single family member in the workforce, one in six men, 18 to 24, prime working years, they're either in jail or living in mommy and daddy's basement. and by the time obama leaves office, this president will have accumulated more debt than 43 other presidents before him combined. now here's how donald trump plans to fix this. he's going to lowerer taxes, we form the tax code. we're going from seven tax bracket to three tax brackets. he'll fush for 4% gdp growth. by the way, obama the first president in history not to have a single year of 3% gtp growth. trump wants to create millions op jobs right here in america insisting on free and fair trade. he'll incentivize the multinational corporations and he's going to allow them to bring back trillions of dollars into our economy with a low one-time 10% tax. that means factories and manufacturing centers will be built here. donald trump, he's talked about becoming energy independent. the life blood of o

one of his parents was american? >> i defer to legal minds to answer that. my understanding, and the rules have changed. have dualr example citizenship, which was not possible that far back. my understanding was no. his package was equally divided, no, he did not officially hold that role. parentage was equally divided, no, he did not officially hold that role. i am looking for confirmation. did she take british citizenship when she married randolph? [inaudible] >> thank you very much. i appreciate it. [applause] >> you are watching american history tv. 48 hours on american history every weekend on c-span3. follow us on twitter, at c-span history for information on our schedule. republican donald trump is elected as the next president of the united states. the nation elects a republican-controlled u.s. house and senate. follow the transition of government on c-span. we will take you to key events as they happen without interruption. watch live on c-span. watch on-demand at c-span.org. on november 11, 1921, an estimat

view, when you come to american-statesman and american foreign policy and what america actually does, the dichotomy is useless. there is always a moral and ideological element to everything that anyone ever does. whenever we talk about this, people don't say realist, they say pragmatist, and my question is, pragmatist toward what? whether you are pragmatic or not has to do with what you are trying to accomplish. people take for granted what it is they're trying to accomplish. america is always animated by the fact that we are a democracy, that we have principles that we believe are true, and we are also animated by tangible interests. sometimes these things conflict and we are constantly trying to find our way through it. to say anyone is just a moralist or a realist is absurd. james: in his book, henry kissinger sadly concedes that all presidents at least instead he was about have basically been roosevelt have basically been moralists. it is deeply in the american among and there are few us, except perhaps kissinger. >> does the role adams played in the amistad case give evidence of

. >>> now on a special weeknight edition of american history tv, a look at african-american history. first the discussion about the decision to put abolitionist harriet tubman on the $20 bill. later, a look at preserving african-american sites. >>> in april, treasure secretary jack lew announced that harriet tubman would be on the front of a newly designed $20 bill. the association for the study of african-american life and history. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> today's panel has to do with harriet tubman and harriet tubman, the decision of april 20, 2016, to put her on the $20 bill. it was announced at that time. as many of you know, it was met with some degree of controversy. there are those american citizens who said this was just political correctness and there were others who, in fact, did not even know who harriet tubman was, and various pictures of harriet tubman appeared on the internet and people, women who were not, in fact, harriet tubman. harriet tubman has usually been a subject of children's fiction and very few people really know, at least american citizens -- we

met americans -- americans know eisenhower by heart. >> white elite cheer from him -- for him?ecause we believe in him. we hail the hometown boy who was all the best of america. i come here first to thank you to say the proudest thing i can claim is that i am from abilene. [applause] >> i want to speak first of the dreams of a barefoot boy. they are to be a streetcar conductor or a policeman. --ve all, he may rich reached the position of locomotive engineer. is that days dreams when finally he comes home, comes home to welcome from his own hometown. >> ike has been claimed as a native son. texas the cattle state of has first claim. that is where he was born. >> dwight david eisenhower was one of seven sons of deeply religious parents. pennsylvania dutch who moved west and brought the bible with them. where did he takes them, he likes to get back home. paris,s paris -- even in his kitchen was texan. keeping close to the earth and fresh water. stories does he exercise the right to stretch the truth a little bit. you should've seen the one that got away, three feet long. >> if you

it never happened in american sa mowa. last year, they f lawsuit arguing the 14th amendment which guarantees citizen to those born on u.s. soil should apply to the territor territories. >> they have been raised in an american system. they served the american government. there is no reason why they should not be citizens. because they are on sovereign u.s. soil. >> let us be united states citizens. >> one of the plaintiffs in the vietnam veteran. i have been discriminated against. i cannot be a united states citizen. >> if nationals move off island to. say california, they still can't vote or hold certain jobs. unless they pay a fee and apply. >> if you were a citizen by birth. go to any state and establish residency. and as a u.s. sit taen for voting purposes in the state. can't do that in american >> also a matter of personal pride. feel like i don't belong. >> in june, the supreme court declined to hear his case. he is exploring other options. worth noting not everyone here want to be a u.s. citizen. >> i am pretty much

and other types of americans. prof. titus: demographics are really shifting. we would assume that the fact that these demographics are shifting so dramatically means that most employers would recognize exactly what you just said. we need to start hiring african-americans in larger numbers keswick young white men are going to war -- larger numbers because young white men are going off to war. but it takes a lot of fighting to achieve. the summer of 1941, the leading black voice in the labor movement is the head of the pullman porter union. massivethe threat of a march on washington by black workers to pressure the white house and to taking some steps to open up jobs in the defense industry to african-americans. as american industries were shifting toward wartime production, hundreds of thousands of whites were finding high paid jobs in this industry, whites who were not going off to fight. they were so lucrative that they were pulling their families out of the depression. but more than half of employers were using

in his army uniform to send a message that black americans were needed and wanted in the american military and their service would be recognized and rewarded and respected. but as you read, the reality of the black experience during the war wasn't that simple. and the posters themselves, when we sort of tease them apart a little bit, reflect this gap between promises and reality, that characterize the experiences of this generation of black americans. both of these posters visually i think make it clear that the stakes in this war were high. in the wake of his famous victory over max schmeling in 1938, joe lewis became synonymous with being a symbol of opposition to nazi ideas to racial supremacy. when they squared off for that famous fight in 1938, 100 million were tuned in worldwide to hear this match set up as a confrontation between democracy and fashism. he enlisted a month after the attack at pearl harbor and became the face of a recruitment campaign encouraging black men to enlist in the army. was using his fame for what was a very segregated military. again and again, lewis shifted

, as americans, will go on, and as americans, will go on, and lam looking forward to doing as americansnt is successful, i think of this job the next president is successful, i think of this job is the next president is successful, i think of this job is being think of this job is being a relay runner‘ think of this job is being a relay runner‘ you take think of this job is being a relay runner‘ you take the bat runner‘ you take the bat on, you run your runner‘ you take the bat on, you run your best runner‘ you take the bat on, you run your best race, and your best race, and hopefully, by the your best race, and hopefully, by the time you hand it your best race, and hopefully, by the time you hand it over, you your best race, and hopefully, by the time you hand it over, you are a the time you hand it over, you are a little further ahead. little further ahead. you've made a little little further ahead. you've made a little progress, little further ahead. you've made a little progress, and | little progress, and i can say that i little progress, and i can say that i hope i have done this.

they're showing their honor and patriotism towards the americans and supporting the role of americans played in helping to deliberate france during this really difficult time. >> so the french populace had a real understanding of the appreciation for the role, american soldiers played and this was their opportunity to pay honor to them. if we can spend just a moment. they brought the four soldiers in and it was very elaborate process so that the ultimate selection of the one who would be the unknown soldier was really democratic and kept secret. why did they go to that length. >> they really want today make sure this was not a soldier who would be identifiable. and this is a problem that later came up. so they chose for it and they sele selected to actually blindly figure out which one -- >> just to be clear there were four caskets in the room. we're seeing it being carried on board american ship? >> yeah. naval ship, uss olympic, which was famous during the spanish american war. >> i think it was a little under two weeks. >> what was the preparation on the home shores for the arrival

the majority of americans.e point being, it's not just whether or not you reject an endorsement, the issue is whether or not you reject the platform and reject the values. the point being here, stop demeaning women. stop demeaning muslims. stop demeaning jews and african-americans. lift this campaign out of the gutter and speak with specificity and clarity as to what you're going to do. that's what the people are calling for in this country. so when, in fact, you lift up a platform for a new deal for african-americans, in a room without african-americans, and with a platform and on a platform without specifics, you insult our intelligence and literally demean our character. so the fact of the matter is, this campaign has veered morally off course. i'm not entirely sure if it's ever been on course, but what i do know is it's offensive to most people in this country. >> he says the democratic service gives lip service to the african-american community every four years, but then does nothing really to help them. a

the african-american in the background. i forget what he is saying, i don't know if you can read it that he says something like -- they are coming for me. but the african-american and asian person, everyone here is looking at their fate and understanding that their time is nigh. the brings us to significance of the images that surround us. we have talked about photographs made of, rather than by, with the center of native american subjects. -- theyes images involve actual -- the reproduction actually involves liquid material. a sheet of coding metal with a different material. the image is reversed, left to right. and it was a cheaper alternative. these seemaspects of apparent in the richness of the images. apparent. way, as career minded and author as this who writes for "native american thinkraphy," writes, we of them as recipients of a dominant power acted upon by an abstract force. rather every step of the way, native americans found ways to eradicate their culture and themselves. social, political change the inevitable

direct american jobs as a result of that steel being american steel. on time, on budget. and made in america. o, here's the deal, folks. if, mr. president-elect, you want an infrastructure program, if you want to bring manufacturing back to america, then you better pay attention to this. which is make it in america. use our tax dollars, your tax dollars, the american tax dollars, on american-made goods and services. not on something from some other place. this doesn't violate trade agreements. and if it does, those trade agreements ought to be changed. this is about rebuilding the american manufacturing sector. let me give you another example. ah, yes, one of my favorites. another example. beyond the bridge, the tappan zee bridge, which is a very good example and a very bad example. the bay bridge, san answer from-oak left-hand side bay bridge. those of -- san francisco- oakland bay bridge. this is an amtrak locomotive. 100% made in america. oh, but america doesn't build locomotives anymore. well, that used to be true. ybe a decade ago we didn't build locomotive. however,

american history. professor unger says by the end of the 19th century, bars and clubs catering to homosexuals could be found in most major american cities. she argues these establishments offered gays and lesbians not only a place to socialize but served as venues for creating movements to push for more social and

americans.his is not the outcome we wanted, or we worked so hard for. and i'm sorry that we did not win this election for the values we share and the vision we hold for our country. and to all the little girls who are watching this, never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world to pursue and achieve your own dreams. jon: and from the white house, president obama promised his full cooperation to the president-elect. president obama: one thing you realize quickly in the job is the presidency and vice presidency is bigger than any of us. i have instructed my team to follow the example that president bush's team set eight years ago and work as hard as we can to make sure that this is a successful transition for the president-elect. because we are now all rooting for his success in uniting and leading the country. page in american history has -- jon: i new and astonishing page in american history has been turned. we know what donald trump's

of the american economy.ond anyone's expectations. as for his critics, many still frustrated, even angry but they do concede that ronald reagan leaves washington an enormously popular figure and in this day and age, that alone is an historic achievement. >>> on the next "eighties." [ chanting ] >> there is one sign that the soviets can make that would be unmistakable. mr. gorbachev, open this gate. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> announcer: "the eighties," next on cnn. >>> the only morality they'll recognize is what will further their cause. they reserve under themselves the right to commit any crime, to lie, to cheat. >> the russians are gearing up for war. >> the senate approved $136.5 billion defense budget. [ chanting ] >> the largest anti-nuclear protest in u.s. history. >> president reagan is more eager to meet with new leader of the soviet union. >> you had an agreement, mr. president! >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. ♪

to protect american jobs. there is much ahead that will lie ahead in the new term and in the new administration. we could act with certainty now for at least the funding for next year if we acted and we acted with a long-term c.r. mr. president, i could elaborate on more, but, please ... let us do our job. let's work together. there's still a few days where we could really get this done the right way. mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. thune: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: i ask unanimous consent to be able to conclude my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, two years ago the american people entrusted americans with the senate majority. at that time, things were in a bad way here in the senate. under democratic control, the legislative process had almost ground to a halt; important bills weren't getting passed; and those that did get passed were frequently drafted behind closed doors with republicans and many rank-and-f

was very important to the vietnamese-american community and the american community as a whole, but americans only saw one side of the story. apocalypse now, for example, scarred me for life -- saw it at 10 years old -- [laughter] my own personal life is very uninteresting, frankly, whereas the novel is my revenge on hollywood, francis ford coppola -- [laughter] also my attempt to also tell the history of the vietnam war and the story of the vietnam war from a perspective that most americans have never heard it before, which is how their own allies, their friends, the south vietnamese experienced this. and my narrator is a communist spy who is also giving us the communist perspective on it. and when he arrives in the united states, he is telling the -- he's giving us the viewpoint of how the vietnamese see american culture which is not necessarily in a positive light. so there's a very satirical dimension of the novel as well. i get white people to think about what white culture actually looks like to people from outside of the country. but i think the topic has been hard to exhaust for me wh

women, to americans with disabilities, to native americans. while all americans have the freedom to marry the person they love. [applause] president obama: it's why we welcomed people of all races and all religions and all backgrounds and immigrants who strive to have a better life and who make our country stronger. and so here where democracy was born we affirm once more the rights and the ideals and the institutions upon which our way of life endures. freedom of speech and assembly because true legitimacy can only come from the people who must never be silenced. a free press to expose injustice and corruption and old leaders accountable. freedom of religion because we are all equal in the eyes of god. independent judiciaries to uphold rule of law and human rights. separation of powers to limit the reach of any one branch of government. free and fair elections because citizens must be able to choose their own leaders. even if your candidate doesn't always win. [laughter] we compete hard in campaigns in america and here in greece, but after th

hate crimes have skyrocketed an american muslims like many americans are genuinely fearful. if if president-elect trump wants to bring america togethere and be a leader for all americans he will need toosals n disavow the dangerous proposalss and ideas that single out and demonize muslims and other communities. now is the time for president-elect trump to make changes and his rhetoric, his selections, and the and the policies under consideration by his incoming administration in order to send a strong message of unity to all americans. thank you. my name >> my name is janet not president and ceo of the national council --le >> less than 48 hours after election night, we hosted a check-in call with all of the affiliates across the country. our affiliates arere community-based organizations that provide health, education, economic and social services to millions of latinos and others every single day. many run charter schools are afterschool programs. more than 100 organizations, nearly 150 participated and what we heard from them troubled us deeply. virtually all of these aff

technology will dramatically improve the lives of all americans and most people around the globe. america will continue to be the world's wealthiest nation with its most productive workers. that would have been incredible truly astounding set of predictions all of which as it turns out would have come through. but imagine if the speech continued, my fellow americans with all the new welfare country produces 95% will go to the top 1% of income. 50% of us combined. an 80 to 90% will debut debut tonight increase pay pay and about 50% less to take a pay cut. we are going export manufacturing, import wages and the sooner the structure the tax deregulate globalize privatized bankrupt our pension system strike funding for rural in urban public education make debt-free college thing of the past. we are going to turn our backs on the class and replace old jim crow laws with a new economic apartheid for black and brown america. the economic impact for women doubling their workplace participation will be $0 take him for the bottom 90% of income earning families and the families that can reas

in the american revolution, the french come in on the side of the americans. and then they go home. >> it died. i wanted this to be a picture, which is the the yellow fever and other things. think it might be a nation. [laughter] go to barnes and nobel and all upset. this is the guy that kills the french troops. fremp troops are dying by the thousands. when thomas jefferson sends them to negotiate the purchase of new orleans because jefferson said whoever controls new orleans is our natural enemy and think about the expansion. f you are -- if you are in kentucky or points west, you are not thinking to what you are thinking about across the mountains. you are thinking about the mississippi. looking to buy new orleans have we got a deal for you because in a poleion has decided to unload. the war with britain is careebyeen. the the french revolution. slavery in haiti suffers in a poleion to rebuild and empire in north america. >> and heading up to the village. >> and you recognize our sompt y giving us gifts. you got a boatload of stuff. give us some of it. frenc

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american jews. his own secretary of commerce had to be subpoenaed by the congress to reveal the name boycott. they didn't volunteer the information. he had to be subpoenaed. and the last thing i would like to see is this -- secretary and three embargoes one against the wild life in japan. >> a question for governor carter. >> i would like to pick up on that point only and on your greater measure of american idlism. foreign affairs come home to the american p public pretty much grain sales, that sort of thing. would you be willing to risick on embargo to hold it for the same purpose. i think, as a matter of fact, you perhaps answered this final, but would you withhold grain in order to promote civil rights. >> i would never single out whom as a trade embargo item because of a crisis in international relationships, it would include all shipments of all equipment, for instance, if the arab country ever again declare embargo, i would consider that not military or economic declaration of war. and i would

he also helped: to found the american legion. host: so his dedication to those who fought was consistent throughout his career. yes, and itein: believe that is the man who became very famous for playing "taps" during the ceremony. where we today see the larger sarcophagus, which was not done at this moment. and that is the cemetery, much as we see it today, with the white rate stones marking the fallen. i think it isn: important to pause for a moment and think of the meaning of the unknown soldier at this moment. it was world war i, but it was about to be a memorial that was about to connect all of the conflicts and really honor all of those who served in our nation's armed services, and that really continues very strongly until today. and at the time, they did not know how it would end, but at the time, they thought it was the war to end all wars. mr. yockelson: yes, but i think even general pershing understood that they surrendered not with a surrender but with an armistice, and the war did not come to an absolute closure, that

. >> each week american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places. we visited woodrow wilson's house in washington, d.c., where the 28th president retired in 1921 after leading the nation through world war i and its diplomatic aftermath. he died here three years later. executive director robert enholm leads us through as wilson experienced it. united states entered april 6th 1917 as ally of britain, france, russia. 2 million american soldiers saw combat in france. >> i'm robert enholm, executive director of this president woodrow wilson house, site of national historic preservation here in washington, d.c. this home is the home to president and mrs. wilson the day they left white house. the home it's self built in 1916 and willsons acquired it in december 1920 knowing they would leave the white house and decided to remain in washington, d.c. this home is a time capsule. it basically takes us back about 100 years ago and allows us to see the way the world was then. we sometimes have the illusion that people in history were very much like us, only they

love your water. >>> 500,000 american troops, 14,000 american dead. no longer simply their war to win or lose, it's ours as well. and it has become the most divisive in 100 years of american history. >> please stop, please stop! please stop! please stop! >> it was the first time that all of these different factions and philosophies and personalities came together in one place. >> the seed was planted when there was a massive march on the pentagon. people realized that we could go beyond polite protests into more massive civil disobedience and shake up the war makers. . >> mcnamara had been managing the war since 1961. the man was just overwhelmed with guilt. >> in less than 60 days, i will have served seven years as secretary of defense. no one of my predecessors has served so long. i myself did not plan. >> robert mcnamara leaves office. i think it's fair to say that he is by that point tortured on a personal level by the war. >> tonight the communists hit the very heart of saigon, the brand-new u.s. embassy building. and at least ten cities in that

interface african americans are living in hell. you walk down the street and you get shot. >> listen to how he talks about us. >> i have a great relationship with the blacks. look at my african-american over here. >> but we should not be surprised. mr. trump: president obama has been the most ignorant president in our history. >> while he is the meaning our community, a larry clinton has in fighting for us -- hillary clinton has been fighting for us. mrs. clinton: we cannot get to where we need to be unless we upk together and stand against prejudice and paranoia, because i truly believe we are stronger together. >> it is almost time to vote in pennsylvania. find out where to vote at iwillvote.com. mrs. clinton: i am hillary clinton, presidential candidate, and i approve this message. candidates are seeing what you found out in your survey, that black clinton supporters are voting for her, 49% say they're voting for her, 51% say they are voting against donald trump. could it be that both camps are looking at those numbers? sure, an

it wasn't german americans. >> that's correct. >> so you didn't american polish american jew.you may correct it if you're so inclined. it's significant because after world war i poland was larger than latvia, estonia and hungary combined, so this was not a minor ethnic group. >> and the polish legion created in 1918 was done on the south side of pittsburgh. but you're right about that. >> here's the question. the beginning thing about world war i sit ended four umpires, germans, austria, hungarian, russia and turkish ottoman. it did not end the french and the british empire. i'm concerned that we may have adopted some british values into the american military system, for example, in 1922, the crest at the military academy, it was reversed. duty honor, country is an interesting motto. it makes more sense if it's the other way around. what good is duty without honor. this was prompted by an appeal -- by some captain in d.c. >> i don't know, it's the case of the west point motto. it would be a wonderful thing to take a look at. i don't have a direct answer but it wouldn't surpris

>> he promised he was going to do something to help all americans be americans.and he has kept the promise because of desegregation in the nation's capital, the public schools. for those reasons i feel ike is the man and the party is for the negro in the future. >> that's fantastic, thanks a lot. let me have this man right here. your name, please. are you from the college here? and where are you from? i see. and why are you voting for ike? >> i feel strongly about civil rights. >> i think you can hear from all of this locomotive, we like ike here. the victory polls tomorrow for you, president eisenhower. now we return you to the white house in washington, dc. >> we like we like ike! >> mr. president, we'reent, we'o hop to the capital of the automobile industry. don carly, let's see what's going on in detroit, michigan. >> this is detroit where thousands of democrats, republicans, and independents for ike and dick have gathered on this election evening. mr. president and mr. vice president, we're celebrating on the eve of your election with a gigantic victory para

americans were unprepared. there was a case to be made we could have done a good job in iraq and maybe we started to do the job by 2007-2008 but we going without proper planning and prepared for what we were doing. the job in nish÷÷÷÷ afghanistan. the only place in iraq, two major nationbuilding operations, and move on to another. >> what about afghanistan accused >> i argue in the book and i believe this firmly that in late 2001-2000 to the people of afghanistan had a history in the 60s and 70s. nation any of us want to live in but a functioning nationstate, wanted to go back to the negotiation process and we took our eyes off the ball, diver resources to iraq and we will rue that decision. >> host: any place else in the world the us is nationbuilding? >> we are in libya, we served a long serving dictator, qaddafi, for decades, we have been working closely along with our allies, a traditional counsel made of various rebel forces so we are part of this process. >> then we are involved in nationbuilding doesn't