i only use american express cards. david: what happens if they do not take american express?neth: i walk out. there are alternatives. the reality is, we'd meet the vast spending needs of our customers, there are other options they have, and it is certainly in my interest to take advantage of those options. david: is your wife allowed to have a visa or mastercard? kenneth: my wife is very independent. she has decided on her own that she only carries our products. david: ok. kenneth: what is very, very important is that i studied the competition intensity. -- intensively. we do have people in the company who have other cards who test them, use them so we can find out what is happening in the marketplace. and i think that is very important. david: your largest shareholder , i think is warren buffett. , does he call you up every day to say what you should do to increase the value of stock? kenneth: he is not someone who is on your case about how the stock price is doing every day. he is very focused on making sure you have a unique and differentiated business model. ♪ david: goin

black and white and latino and native american and asian-american.idn't live through the struggles represented here, i hope you draw strength from the changes that have taken place. come here and see the power of your own agency. see how young john lewis was. these were children who transformed a nation. in a blink of an eye. young people come here and see your ability to make your mark. the very fact of this day does not problem that america's perfect. but it does validate the ideas of our founding. that this country born of change this country born of revolution, this country of we the people, this country can get better. and that's why we celebrate, mindful that our work is not yet done, mindful that we are but on a way station on this common journey towards freedom, and how glorious it is that we enshrine it here on some of our nation's most hallowed ground. the same place where live were once traded but also where hundreds of thousands of americans of all colors and creeds once marched, how joyful it is that this story takes its rightful place a

, 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

were they made for the american public? allison: i think in many ways the films were made to document the events for historians for the military or people involved with them. they might have been shown on news reels. 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. host: mitch yockelson, how was it preserved and how do people access it today? who is in charge of this kind of precious resource? mitchell: these are u.s. government films that were in some warehouse probably here in washington, d.c. and survived many years then eventually were transferred to the national archives probably sometime shortly after world war ii. and the archives had the original cut and then eventually they were duplicated. i'm happy to say now they've been digitized, cleaned up quite a bit, and they're available on the national archives youtube channel. host: overall what is the volume? mitchell: wow. thousand

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

. >>> 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

and i have a hard time with american undergraduate audiences, with american audiences to get them to understand how devastated europe was. i'll show you photographs in just a second. i saw this russian art who was in berlin in 1945. and this painting is called concert in a defeated berlin. i don't know how well comes across on the powerpoint. one is the devastation of the buildings behind the figures in the painting. and the second is the incredibly somber looks on their faces. to me this is a very sharp contrast, stark contrast to the way americans think of the second world war. for us it will be the sailor kissing the woman at times square. it will be celebration, joy. for the russians it was anything but. for the city of berlin, in which this conference is going to take place, or at least in its suburbs, it was anything but. and i think this image sets it really, really well. i can't prove it definitively, i can't prove it 100%. but joseph stalin and the russian delegation intentionally delayed their arrival in berlin by 24 hours. i think he did it. i think the russians did it to

to send a message that black americans were needed and wanted in the american military. and that 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 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 make it clear that the stakes in this war were high. in the wake of his famous victory over german boxer maximum schnelling in 1938, joe louis became synonymous with being a symbol of opposition to nazi ideas about racial supremacy. 100 million people were tuned in worldwide to hear this match set up as a confrontation between democracy and fascism. lewis enlisted in the u.s. army a month after the attack at pearl harbor and soon became the face of a recruitment campaign encouraging black men to enlist in the army. in response to criticism to civil rights leaders he was using his fame to legitimize a very segregated

then i was contacted about american express.-t 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 was very important. david: you went to work for amanda wanted to and 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. was not thrilled that i did that. but to his credit, he allowed me to do it. two months later, we had a 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 presented him with a strategic plan. he accepted that plan. eight mo

- 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

the american energy and conservation act will benefit american families and small businesses by expanding opportunities for states. not just gulf coast but elsewhere, to support energy development. now for years, energy activities in coastal gulf states and adjacent offshore waters have produced billions of barrels of oil and trillions of cubic feet of natural gas for american fema. these states support offshore energy development for the rest of the country and provide the support and pay for the infrastructure needed to bring this energy to market. as with all development, there are increased costs associated with supporting increased traffic, additional use of local and state resources, as well as transportation corridors such as pipelines, vessels and trucks to get this energy delivered to consumers across the united states. this bill is truly an all of the above energy jobs bill. this legislation includes legislation -- language introduced by senators heller, heinrich, risch and tester that streamlines a process for developing the renewable energy and public lands while establishing

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

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 american idea. what the american idea is. 2017. to flag the number i am not here to talk about the presidential election of 2016. the things the presidential usction of 2016 are showing is anxiety, issues, a lack of cultural transmission or cultural amnesia that is deeper than one particular presidential election. we will leave a decent time for question and answer, but i want to pre-flag something bigger than who occupies the white house, or presides over one third of the federal government from january 2017-2021. the challenges in front of us are larger. first, what the american idea is . second, why this is such a disruptive moment. not the presidential election, but the era. the last 20 years or 30 years, and the next 20 years or 30 years. we live in a disruptive moment. ground.istorian by back that means you are a killjoy at parties. when people tell you this is truly unique, usually the historian's job is to say, actually there is more continuity than discontinuity. we are not special. we think our moment is unique because we

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

and he told the american people just how unfair our tax system is. if i have anything to say about it, they will start paying their fair share of taxes an if we hae to move to prevent corporations not only in our country but from all over the world from costing the government all over this world trillions of dollars. >> i would like to take the chapter. last time i checked you had 7 million or so followers on youtube and facebook and that sort of thing and does you no, there's been a discussion about big news on the site and in fact there was a story this morning that says in the final three months, the top performing news sites on facebook outperformed the stories on legitimate websites come in "new york times" and others like that. facebook is a 320 billion-dollar company in the larger then ge and wal-mart and a lot of american corporations. first, are you concerned about the fact and second, do you put facebook in this corporate media influence clucks >> that is a great question into the figures you gave should concern all of us. i can't give you

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

how do we do that to the american citizens? we are given the obligation to stand in the gap for them, to make sure that we take care of yet and ery turn but still, because it was cheaper to use another water source, it was done to these people. and so i traveled back to my district in norton, new jersey, and i talked to several mayors in my district and i said, you know what i saw in flint, you need to pay attention to what's going on with your water source. and that was on friday evening. by tuesday morning, they had found lead in 88 schools in newark, new jersey. d so they had to switch over to bottled water. and the testing continued and more schools were involved. i created legislation for testing for lead in school systems around the country, because it is not -- not legislated anywhere in the country to test for lead in school systems. so i moved forward on that legislation. you wouldn't know it, because the majority wouldn't allow it to hit the floor. and so here we are, going back to our offices in the cannon office bui

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,

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

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

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

you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. today, the triangle of brown encompasses what is now the park but in the 18th century it was going to be the home of one of the largest british military installations in north america. the diorama in front of it represents what pittsburgh would have looked like in the mid-1760's. look at tod place to understand the history of why this triangle of land inside of the park today was so important in the 18th century and into the 19th century for a lot of reasons. the biggest is just the location along the two rivers, the allegheny on one side. they come together to form the ohio. is so important is certainly during the 18th century and the mid-18th century, the allegheny takes you all the way up to french canada. you can also from the ohio, travel up smaller streams and make it a great theory -- make it up to lake erie. ittish america, the heart of along the potomac. those two rivers are important enough but want to get on the ohio, you can continue and basically -- once you get on the oh

. >> 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

way out the american dream. in 1898 or '99, they had to disban the village because it was on arlington cemetery. at the time they started building graves from the south end of friedman's village and were bringing them in the direction of the house, arlington house. so freed man's village were in between where they started the grave all the way to the house, it was in between. they said, you all have to disban and go somewhere else while we use this property to put graves on them. when friedman's village disbanded in 1898 and 1899, the citizens created the african-american communities of arlington. these neighborhoods were created out of the landowners, people that owned these farms, neighboring farms outside of friedman's village allowed these people parcels of land to bring their church. they built houses around the church to create a community. section 27 section 27 and right inside the wall, outside of the memorial is where section 27 is and that's where the slaves that were here during arlington house days b

daughter of an american, the sister of an american, my mom could not come with us.hose months when we were separated, those nine months, we suffered and i needed my mom there. i cannot imagine what it would be like to be six years old and and to have your parents deported overseas and you -- because you are american-born and they are not. whatever we do, it must become preventive and we must humane about it. we need to get to work on this. moderator: congresswoman duckworth, u.s. intelligence officials identify isis as the number one terrorist threat in the world right now. the u.s. response has primarily been one of airstrikes and special ops forces. do you believe that that strategy goes far enough? if not, do you believe that we should have more american troops on the ground in syria and iran -- iraq? rep. duckworth: i think the problem we have right now -- first off, we must destroy isis. they are an enemy of the american people and freedom-loving people everywhere. they are an enemy of our closest ally in the middle east, israel. the problem we have right now i

indian-americans are fast growing and we'll continue to see more asian-americans and women of color,, asian-american women, inspired by these examples to run for office. >> and korean-americans doing well in politics and media. another segment you and i will have to sdhadiscuss that one. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >>> and next, mixing family business and politics. the role that donald trump's children may play in forming their father's administration and how their new role could also create controversy along the way. >>> welcome back. when the prime minister silvio berlusconi was a multibillionaire owning three major media companies and immediately accused of a major conflict of interest with dual roles and a media mogul. later reduced because of calls. some are making the same comparison to donald trump who says he's transfers his assets to a blind trust run by his eldest children. same children named to his team earlier. doesn't seem like it's a blind trust and why not just sell or have somebody else run this? >> two issues here. one is a blind trust, you're not supposed to know

they tell the stories of the american involvement with world war ii. i'm observed all that history is ethics, but -- and this is very -- the wilsons and we often associate and they're certainly linked. but actually was sunk in may of 1915 and we didn't enter the war until almost two years later in april of 1917. president wilson had to get up every day in those two years and deal with the fact that we were going to be in the war and all the reactions the constituents and other nations of the political figure that is he dealt with. some felt he should have entered the war and others felt strongly that we never should have measured the war and wilson had to navigate that period of time those decisions as our president. >> i think it's fair to say that woodrow wilson is the most consequential president until the time of franklin roosevelt. i say that because he was our president during this remarkable event in world history. at a flexion point of world history and american history, not only dealing with world war i. but rise of the united states. by 19 mo

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

they're not just african-americans but they are white americans, they are latinos and asian-americans and native americans. as a country and as a people we must say that all of our citizens are lifted up and they have the grace and the support to move ahead. we must see all of our children receive the best possible education, receive good health care. >> host: a text message, i'm a history teacher of western virginia payday possible routes using your book. it's an excellent resource. i bet the students know that this was a movement by young people. what else do we need to do to come back from apathy? >> guest: i think we have to help young people ask the fundamental questions they were asking during the movement. one of the things i i like best is when we go out into the schools and the communities, what would dr. king tweets andwa how would they use these tools? i service the congressman's directors on the send us a tweet for a living. for these young people they have at their fingertips the capacity to organize on a scale never before seen on the face of this planet. sopa can put th

mexican workers paid far less than americans, average over $8 an hour in the plants, american counterparts making about $46 an hour, it is called middle class, it has been under assault by particular by the auto industry for decades now. ohio, indiana, kentucky, alabama, tennessee, missouri, michigan, voted for trump, but they have not officially called it, i am sneaking it in . i have to tell you, who are these car companies for? should that money be invested in this country? tion those cars be made in this country? for this market? i have no problem. build all of the plants you want in mexico for the mexican market, for us, i believe in that america first thing, don't you. >> coming up much more straight ahead, stay with us. lou: donald trump's transition team weighing there are cabinet recommendation for president-elect about john would be a very good choice. >> is there anybody better? >> maybe me, i don't know. >> who will president-elect trump choose, ambassador john bolton is joining me next with his view, and his reaction to rudy guliani. >> now more reason to believe radical left

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

americans are not stupid. given the number one state sponsor of terror, $150 billion, ability to spent their own center fujs, that's a bad idea. and you don't pull out of iraq for pure political purposes ignoring american lives, blood, sweat, treasure, it tears. they fought, bled and died for falluj fallujah, ra ramadi, thakrit, mosul. everyone feels bad for the victims of a civil war. but if you come from a country, an area of the world that has ha values that conflict with our co constitution it may be a danger to be here. m saudi arabia, women can't drive. they need permission to travel. rape is not recognized. and marital beating is not recognized. gays and lesbians can be killed and thrown off the tops of buildings. and of course you can't build a church or temple in a country like saudi arabia. and fwbenghazi. remember hillary's failure. 600 separate requests for additional security before the attack. all of them ignored. four americans died. it makes a big difference. we failed the american soldiers and

. >> 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

>> 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

one final note on cuban americans.uban americans support by 52% so a recent poll by the "the new york times." it is neck and neck here in the sunshine state and voters like vivian may make the difference on election day. >> tell vivian i'll be in florida soon and we can share a sandwich, if she drinks, we can do that too. give her a hug for me. thank you. >>> a deal has been reached to end the strike by thousands of mass transit workers in philadelphia. up next, the impact on the race in a state that does not have in-person early voting and a live look here at 30 rock. renamed democracy plaza. for nbc's special election coverage, you'll see quite a site on the rink tomorrow night. the states will appear and some will go blue, some go red. we'll see if we get a winner tomorrow. our mission is to produce programs and online content for african women as they try to build their businesses and careers. my name is yasmin belo-osagie and i'm a co-founder at she leads africa. i definitely could not do my job without technology

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

i urge all americans.ll americans who supported me to join me and not just congratulating him but offering our next president our goodwill and earnest effort to find ways to come together, to find the necessary compromises to bridger differences and help restore our prosperity, defend our security and the dangerous world and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited. whatever our differences we are fellow americans. please believe me when i say no association has never meant more to me than that. [applause] it is natural tonight to feel some disappointment. tomorrow we must must move beyond it and work together to work in our country moving again. we fought as hard as we could. though we fell short the failure is mine, not yours. [inaudible] [inaudible] i am so deeply grateful to all of you for the honor of your support and for all you have done for me. i wish the outcome had been different my friends, the road was a difficult one from the outset, but your support an

we call on you to address the american people and demand that all americans end these verbal and physical attacks and replace their acts of hatred with acts of kindness. we call town exclude the proponents of discrimination and hatred from the ranks of your administration and that includes immediately firing steve bannon as your chief strategist. the letter concludes, "it is time for you to act boldly and powerfully to put our nation on a path of healing for the sake of all americans. we call on you to rise to the challenge," and it is signed, in addition to myself, senator hirono, senator warren, senator sherrod browning, and senator ed markey, senator bernie sanders, senator al franken, who spoke so eloquently a moment ago, senator ron wyden, senator debbie 125 stabenow, senator-elect chris van hollen, and senator tom carper. and i thank my colleagues who have appropriately said this moment, this unusual moment in our history, in our time here in the 21st century, that we have a president-elect playing on hate and prejudice and bringing a white supremacist as a chief advisor is unaccept

tax was very effective at keeping american -- and african-americans -- african-americans away from theolls. voters who were african-american wouldn't even try to vote because they could not pay these back taxes. but the poll tax also -- of the -- thex is also doing poll tax is also doing something else at the same time. how else is it functioning? what else are they trying to hold onto there? student: it was also keeping poor whites from voting as well. primary is mostly who are a small group of richer white southerners. jill: good. i can't remember the statistics given off the top of my head, but basically he's saying that in large swaths of the american ofth, tiny percentages eligible voters are actually voting and elections. in a poll tax state, less than one quarter of adults voted. jill: it's a shocking statistic. what does that mean? if less than one quarter of voters are voting, what is the implication of that? student: going off of that in the article, rhode island, i think, had like two representatives. basically, there were more thene voting for those two alabama, mississippi

a lot of our fellow americans are exalted today. a lot of americans are less so. but that's the nature of campaigns. that's the nature of democracy. it is hard. and sometimes contentious. and noisy. and it is not always inspiring. and then people vote. and then if we lose, we learn reflection, we lick our wounds. we brush ourselves back off and we get back in the arena. we go ate. we try even harder the next time. the point though is that we all go forward. with the presumption of good faith in our fellow citizens. because that presumption of good faith is essential to a vibrant and functioning democracy. that's how this country has that's how we have pushed boundaries and promoted freedom around the world. that's how we have expanded the rights of our founding to reach all of our citizens. it's how we have come this far. and that's why i am confident that this incredible journey that we are on, as americans, will go on. and i am looking forward to doing everything that i can to make sure that the next i said before -- i think of this job as being a relay runner.

americans know the promise of eisenhower. >> the american system rests on the rights and dignity of thendividual. the success depends on the personal, individual responsibility of the states' welfare as a whole. no citizen or soldier can assume your responsibilities. toe democracy will cease exist. a united american citizens or he -- citizenry is the mightiest force the world has seen. to mikeead the world and justice and to peace. >> out of uniform as president of columbia, eisenhower warned the war must be fought on every front. in today's struggle, no free institution can be -- almost be joined in democratic citizenship. there will be no distortion of any subject that merits a place in this university's curriculum. the facts of communism shall be taught here. it's ideological development. message.tical it's probable course in the future. the truth about communism is today and indispensable requirements if the true values of our system are to be properly assessed. >> just as i am a student with you, so you are a soldier with me. because it you are here, fundamentally to prepare yourse

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

latino and asian-american. obama still has some good work the ills facing the african-american didn't just pop up in 2007-2008. we've got 246 years of slavery, 87 years of jim crow. we've got real systemic issues that will not be fixed overnight which is why it's dangerous what donald trump is saying. he can come in and do it all. secretary clinton has a plan, okay? she has a plan to put more money in communities. she has a plan of $25 billion in colleges and universities, entrepreneurship we know young people particularly young african-americans, they want entrepreneurship. so again folks like jay-z and trina going out on the campaign, carol, that adds some excitement, and some well-needed excitement that folks want to see out on the trail. but those are not the only things going on. i was in nevada -- >> let me just stop you there because i want to get in one more question. one more question. so brunell, we know that, you know, we know from early voting results that african-americans aren't as excited to vote