american stay 1930's. out of the spanish civil war. they stay out of conflict with italy's invasion of ethiopia. they stay out of china and the war between china and japan. and we are seeing in some of these newsreels the extent of anti-immigrant sentiment. in the united states, as all. our own employment is transferred from the united states to foreign lands, and if we had refused admission to the midst, therein our would be no unemployment problem to harass us. was arguably the height of anti-semitism here in the united states. one of the people who give voice to this more than anyone else is a radio priest out of detroit. you see him in a popular way ranting against jewish communism, questioning the american loyalty of jews and others. you see that in some of the newsreel footage we show in the exhibition. ♪ >> new york turns out 18,000 strong for a glimpse of detroit's famous radio partner. >> i ask you in the name of abolishesty, which communism, in the name of patriotism, which loves america, i ask y

he is married to an american. his wife is an american, maybe even an american spy. wife is someone to look at if you are doing female spies. he has been in america since the french and american -- since the indian war. throughout the fall of 19 -- 1775, gagering of keeps asking for reinforcements. he sends letters to england, the situation is pretty bad, we should send more reinforcements. gagead of sending reinforcements, the british sent three more generals. a guy by the name of william howe. he will feature prominently in your book. a guy named henry clinton. and a guy named john burgoyne. what do you suppose the significance is that gage asks for reinforcements and britain sends three generals? what was the ramification of that? any ideas? [indiscernible] prof. gabriel: a lot of conflicting views. student: the british don't think manpower is necessary at this point. prof. gabriel: they might not think manpower is necessary. they might not have a lot of faith in thomas gage. ask for reinforcements and they send three more generals, that's not a huge vote of suppo

so what almost 200,000 african-americans served in the american civil war. what did that accomplish? the 13th, the 14th and the 15th amendment and the army reorganization act of 1866. we may talk about that during the q and a. but in every section in this gallery there is an educational piece. it's not just to come and look at images and artifacts. as my colleagues here have said, it is to educate. if we continue on, i'll just talk about this section really quick. this is the 100th anniversary of world war i. my colleague that was sitting next to me said that people told him he did not belong and he learned about the tuskegee airmen. there were these gentlemen and women in world war i. this actually shows the mock-up where you see we have about 16 artifacts and 15 images that tell the story of the african-american participation in world war i and about 13 of those artifacts have direct provenance to african-americans. that's very key. we did not set out to build a museum and show artifacts just to tell a story. we could have got a uniform from anywhere. we c

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african-americans never knew what they would face. whether it was through segregation patterns, with laws that prohibited them from going to certain places of illness, whether it was trying to find something to eat while they were on the road and being denied service. if you were driving and your car been out of gas and you are in a community that was hostile towards african-americans, will you do? even as air travel becomes more popular, how would you be treated in an airport? what would this eating pattern be? they were seeing large groups. for african-americans, the open road was filled with a great deal of uncertainty. a place for african-americans were legally prohibited from being outside after dark. it was terrain that they had to navigate across america and in places around the world. >> it wasn't that long ago and it was very different. >> there are still challenges when african-americans are on the road, whether they will face harassment from the police or even a couple weeks ago and a doubletree hotel in portland, in africa

nazism is an enemy of american values. what you don't see here is a nazism -- is nazism as an enemy of european jews. america's go to war to fight fascism, to defeat nazi germany, but the message is not to rescue jews. the priority is not to rescue jews. that's an essential question we ask in this exhibition. -- why a rescue jews didn't become priority in wartime? the nazis fight two wars. they fight a war against the allies and a war to destroy the jews. in response the allies aside to fight one more, they fight a war to the feet nazism. you see this in the poster art, in the messages that these are government issued posters. you see it in hollywood films. hollywood films don't mention jews specifically. there are deep nazi .nterventionist films films like the mortal storm, or foreign correspondents, or sergeant york, casablanca may be most famous film of the 20th century. it's a film about refugees stranded, waiting for visas. what you don't see is a direct mission -- direct mention of jews. the exception is charlie chap

americans will hear edward r. murrow saying millions of human beings, most of them jews, are being gathered up with ruthless efficiency and murdered. we can't say americans didn't know. we didn't have all the details. but if you think about, what is the crux of the story? the story is that the nazis are deporting jews to the east for mass murder. that story we had, and that story was reported even if all the details were not known. it doesn't mean that all americans believed it. americans are asked in january of 1943 by gallup, just months after this became public, they are asked, do you believe the stories the 2 million jews at that point had been murdered? the results were about half and half. 40% of americans believe it was true. what we are showing here is how the american magazines picked up that story. you see a chart like this in pm magazine, a graphic in pm magazine from august of 1943, showing country by country how many jews had been murdered and how many remained. you also see pictures from newsweek mag

among those hardest hit is our african—americans and hispanic americans.ern border as a pipeline for vast quantities of illegal drugs including heroin, meth, cocaine and fentanil. every year, people are killed by heroin alone. drugs flood from across the southern border. more americans will die from drugs this year than were killed in the entire vietnam war. in the last two years macro —— ice officers made thousands of arrests officers made thousands of arrests of aliens with criminal records including those charged or convicted of 100,000 assaults, 30,000 sex crimes and 4000 violent killings. over the years, thousands of americans have been brutally killed by those who illegally entered our country and thousands more lives will be lost if we don't act right 110w. will be lost if we don't act right now. this is a humanitarian crisis. a crisis of the heart and a crisis of the soul. last month, 20,000 migrant children were illegally brought into the united states, a dramatic increase. these children are used as human pawns by vicious coyotes a nd are used as

of cincinnati, library of the american revolution, and the american philosophical society. the is his third book on era of the american revolution. join me in welcoming him. [applause] dr. spero: thank you all for coming, and i want to thank the society for bringing me here. cliff for probably my phd,, before i had thanks to the generation -- generosity of the society, they gave me a fellowship which became my dissertation and my first book. that was important support that i received at a very important moment in my graduate group. -- career. would start by talking a little bit about where i work. americanbrarian of the philosophical society. many people ask me what that is. how many people have heard of it? all right, well. usually the further i travel from philadelphia, the lower the hands go. what does the american philosophical society do? that is a little bit harder. i want to briefly talk about what we do. we promote useful knowledge. we were founded by benjamin franklin in 1743 to do that. that -- 275 years ago, this is our 275th anniversary. it's called philosophy b

american indians and subjugating american indians. which, from an american point of view, necessitated confining -- while the wild with shows are still ongoing. the image of the plain indian warrior moved into the 20th century with the latest technological investment. in the battle of little bighorn is portrayed in silent films and in talkies all throughout the heyday of hollywood and 1940's and 30's, technicolor period of the 50's. well into the counterculture films. with the silent films in 1925, there is a film considered one of the great epics of the silent era. in this movie it's made clear in the written dialogue that plain indian warriors in particular were impeding the "advancement of white men." this storyline of american indians standing in the way of progress continues to be told throughout the golden age of hollywood, and even in the counterculture films. the counterculture films even begin to reflect a little bit more. -- a little bit more what was actually going on in the west. native people are still being portrayed fro

[applause] you're watching american history tv only on c-span3. history professor talks about land-use and water access on the colorado plateau. piloting the difference between navajos andpla mormon settlerst in the 19th century. american history tv recorded the interview at the western history association annual meeting in san antonio, texas. >> joining us from san antonio, texas got a professor of history at the university of texas at austin and your paper, your presentation is titled as follows, droughts, dams, and the attempt to stave off the disaster on the colorado plateau. explain your research, what have you learned? prof. bsumek: my research started with the dam on the utah eurozone of order completed in the 1960's. i became interested in how society was attempting to mitigate extreme water shortages in the american southwest. >> how did they do that? prof. bsumek: there were a number of different ways americans who settled in the region actually attempted to deal with a water shortage. they first tried barrier dams and canals and then th

patriotism and american internationalism, which is to say that for the american people, they can see a larger purpose that goes beyond simply looking out for the us at the expense of others. but rather taking of how do you arrive at securing america's national interest while contributing to the larger global common good? and so both in terms of international audience in terms of domestic audience, some notion of the united date playing a distinctive and unique role as a significant power in world affairs to me is an incredibly important organizing principle to successful american foreign policy in the years ahead. now i will just make to other points before close. the first is, this is not an argument in the face of all changes in the world that predated trump by the way, and in the face of trump himself for us just to go back to doing things the way that we were doing them before. quite the contrary. what i argue in the piece is that there is this it and i try to identify them with some care and purpose of distinctive american character with sticks and attributes, but we need to put

americans and american indians share a deeply in tangled history. shaped united states of america, and had a profound and lasting impact on american national consciousness and popular culture. in the central gallery, which we call indians this largeyou gallery is covered floor to ceiling with images. pervasive inis americans lives. most american people are conscious that anywhere you look imagery ofnd american indians. we are offering that this imagery exists as evidence of the deeply entangled history that americans and american indians share. in exploring the history that lies behind this imagery, we explored three events, the story of pocahontas, the trail of tears, and the battle of little bighorn. today we are going to explore the battle of the little bighorn. c-18 sunday six battle was fought between u.s. cavalry and of tribes. it resulted in the death of general george armstrong custer, who was a civil war hero, and in the death of almost 300 cavalry men. this was the most shocking event of the late 19th century. within less than 10 years, wa

work for a state funded channel i'm seeking knowledge from you clearly you used to work for the american government for the treasury department or you devised them at least in some capacity i'm trying to be friendly as well i have planning on calling the f.b.i. after this encounter. one of the great things about academia is that we believe in transparency and since i believe this is going to be on television i don't think i need to alert the f.b.i. about the fact that i've had a conversation with you all so. much more you know then will simply work for the intelligence agencies to be fair i think brennan's advice is an accurate one for a certain subset of americans i think i'm fortunate as an academic the those rules don't necessarily apply today that's have said of americans would already know that i mean somebody working for the intelligence agencies they would be more suspicious of interacting with the russians but here they are giving an advise to the american public and it's specifically about having random interactions with the russian i mean as a russian i'm sure if any russian ch

the american 82nd division attacks and it's a death trap in the germans as the americans coming. the key german players here are lieutenant paul palmer from germany, overall commander. we have max the reinforcing unit and the machine gun commander that killed so many americans so alvin york's unit attacks into the argonne forest. all hope is lost. york and 16 others break through the german online. surprise about 70 germans behind the line and capture them and try to push them into a group. german machine gun on the hill above sees the plight of the germans down below and yells get down. the germans hit the deck. all 17 americans are standing in the open. killing six, wounding three and york is the only noncommissioned officer not dead or wounded. in that instant york knows what to do a becomes clear to him when he looks over to his side where his only friend in the army corporal maria savage was moments before he was among the first hit in his body was so shattered that it was in pieces on the ground and he would be buried in the spot. york said i had to stop the killing and it

people for saying that change of perspective within the american military establishment most americans don't care about foreign policy this is the dirty truth about the united states the reason is that america is a very large country we are separated from the rest of the world by two large oceans and we are friendly neighbors to the north of the south most americans when they vote for president do not think about foreign policy it's not the issue that affects their pocketbook they care about the economy they care about other things it would take a u.s. military engagement on the scale of vietnam and on the losses comparable to vietnam to generate that kind of american public response and it's telling the fact that we've had wars in iraq and afghanistan that have head dead but not nearly the number of casualties as we had in vietnam and it hasn't led to that sort of public blowback i mean you could argue that obama. barack obama beat hillary clinton in the in the two thousand primary i think foreign policy did play a role. there i don't think foreign policy really played a large role in

they are 100% american made and many factors -- american-made manufacturers. they are now being hurt because their competitors on the global market are buying the excess steel thatglut of china and other countries have put on the market, and they are buying it at a cheaper rate. so while their competitors' prices for raw materials are going down, their prices are going up. it is making it very difficult for them to compete. that is just one of many. but you know what those employers tell me? stay the course. this is built over a long period of time. it is not going to resolve itself overnight. we've got to get these countries to the table and help them -- wetand that fair trade are over 50% of the world's economy. most of the customers in the world live in america. so we have a responsibility to do our part where the global economy is concerned. and if america begins to shrink, the rest of the world begins to shrink with us. i think we are doing the right thing. it is going to take some time to get through it. host: let's hear from sam in california, independe

on american exceptionalism and the changing role of american foreign policy. this event hosted by the german marshall fund in washington, d.c. this is live coverage on c-span3. >>> and once again we are live this morning awaiting the start of a conversation on american exceptionalism and the changing role of american foreign policy. hosted by the german marshall inned washington, d.c. should start in just a moment. while we have a quick second i want to tell you about some of the other programming coming up today. food is the 17th naefrps of the opening of military prison at guantanamo bay in. there is a discussion on what happens to the prison and the 40 detainees starting live at 129:15 eastern on c-span3. be with us more road to white house 2020 coverage. the focus on former obama administration mousing and urban the development secretary. expected to announce whether he runs for president in 2020. live from san antonio, texas, to hear his remarks. starting live at 11:00 a.m. eastern. foam is saturday on our companion network c-span. and food is the 21st da

next jet america to engineer the largest voter youth mobilization last year and nearly 7 million americans organized to put the impeachment question squarely into the political conversation i am willing to do whatever i can to protect our country from thisr reckless , lawless and dangerous president. mister trump reveals new depths to his incompetence and corruption so now the impeachment question has reached a new level. my will dedicate 100 percent of my time and effort and resources working for mister trump's impeachment and removal from office. i have not running for president at this time. instead, i am strengthening my commitment the need to impeach in 2019 until they impeach or he resigns and that is how we will define success today i'm announcing the following actions with more to come in the near future including three more town halls in nevada, new hampshire and washingtonam d.c.. with the organizing summit in the nation's capital to detail our plans we will be launching a public education campaign to deepen america's understanding of misternd trump's impeachable offenses and we

that keep other americans from voting. for example, and as noted last november, florida voters by a very large margin, restore the right to vote to over 1 million individuals with only convictions in their pastor had finished serving their sentences. the task force action fund was on the ground organizing and we want to see that change nationwide. the proposed hr1 democracy reforms will amplify lgbtq voices and important policy debates. we will elect candidates to recognize the wholeness of our lives and the issues that we face. everyone can agree that democracy works best when all communities are able to participate. thank you . >> i now bring up michael keegan, president and ceo of people for the american way. [ applause ] >> thank you, and with this cold maybe we should move the timeline up faster than two years to pass this. i want to say what an honor it is to be here, representative sarbanes-oxley leader of this and i want to say that if this millage can sell in orange county can sell around the country. i also want

american indians and subjugating american indians. while the wild west shows are still ongoing, the image of the plains indian warrior moves into the 20th century with the latest technological advancement in the form of mass entertainment, and that his motion pictures. -- that is motion pictures. the battle of the little bighorn is portrayed in silent films and talkies all throughout the heyday of hollywood in the 1940's and 1930's, the technicolor of the 1950's and well into the celt -- the counterculture films. with the silent films in 1925, there was a film that is considered one of the great epics of the silent era, and in ins movie, it is made clear the written dialogue that plains indian warriors and lakotas in particular were impeding the, quote, advancement of white men and with -- the western frontier. so this storyline of american indians standing in the way of progress continues to be told throughout, as i say, the golden age of hollywood, the films of the 1950's, and even in the counterculture films. the counterculture fil

this is the american creed.it is the cataclysmic foundation for the liberal tradition of the united states. it is the reason, you know how supreme court justices especially when testifying say i'm just an umpire. i call balls and strikes. what i say to them is baseball didn't exist in 1787. baseball has been extending the past 200 years. it has been expanding in terms of what those words mean. you can talk about that, that is a whole seminar. jefferson simultaneously firmly believed blacks and whites cannot live together in the same society, the reason he couldn't lead america towards gradual emancipation policy when he had the opportunity to do it with the louisiana purchase, he genuinely believed once the slaves were freed they had to be sent somewhere else. he could not envision a biracial society. and a society that corrupted the purity of the anglo-saxon race. he never assumed a leadership position on slavery because he believed until we could come up with a plan to deport them initially thought the america

so the not stopping iran from taking americans hostage. what is happening with this american? >> this administration is proud of the work we have done to get americans released from across the world. with respect to the michael white case particularly i can't say much. it's a on-going matter. the american people should know we take the security of eastern american traveling in the world as a foremost priority. we will work to get each back. your point about the island you're spot on. many americans are held there today taken by the iranian regime. these are among the worst terrorists in the world with the least in the world. it's why the administration has taken this hard line, you described, again iran. >> brennan: is the trump administration open to a prisoner swap with iran. >> i won't talk about that. brennan: michael white's mother spoke with cbs. she said she would like the administration to negotiate for her son. she said, what is a human life worth. i want the u.s. to negotiate. i want my son home. what can you say. >> we have great sympathy for all americans detained

i know what it takes, it takes american leadership and american presence. we have told the world we won't be present. it will have a dramatic ramification. that's why what i wrote in the washington post. we have hard truths. number one, we are leaving. the president has made that clear, we are leaving. the force should have one mission, get out and get out safely. we can't add additional missions. with drawing under pressure from a combat zone is one of the most difficult maneuvers to ask our people to do. >> brennan: i think what you're sketching out, putting it plainly is. how we with draw with the president's mind made up. one of the issues is how the president is doing puts the forces and gains at risk. >> announcing you are with drawing without a plan, there is no plan for what is coming next. there is no plan. it increases the vulnerability of the force. increases the not environment on the ground in seer ya. this environment has been fairly permissive and safe. i have been there almost to times. it's increasing the risk to our people on the ground in

and american interests. we are trying to find spaces where we can work with them. trying to find opportunities where the russian and american interests overlap so we can work together. it has been tough. vladmir putin has not cooperated. we are still trying to find a place to do that. >> sean: the president has some critics as it relates to saying that he wants to withdraw from syria and afghanistan. is there a timetable or will it be based on the situation on the ground? >> the president has always been very clear that he wanted to get our soldiers back home. in syria, he has made that decision. we are working in that direction. that decision is done. we will withdraw from syria. the timeline will be consistent with what we can do to make sure that our soldiers are safe and that we continue the counter ice sis campaign, that we do all that we can to keep the coalition against iran together. those are also things the president has made very clear he is going to do when he visited iraq. goodness. a week ago,

we made a promise to the american people. the new members who have come made that promise and made it clear they wanted this to be the first order of business. so h.r. 1 is delivering on that promise back to the american people. and telling them in return for you giving us the gavel, we're going to do everything we can can, every single day, to give you your democracy back and make sure this truly is a government of, by, and for the people. thank you for being here today. [applause] it's my privilege someone who has been a fighter for democracy, he talks about fighting for the soul of our democracy every single day, the new chairman of the oversight and government reform ommittee, elijah cummings. mr. cummings: thank you. thank you, john. i want to thank you for putting your blood, sweat, and tears in this effort. you have been simply spectacular. i want to thank speaker pelosi, majority leader hoyer for your leadership with regard to this historic package. the midterm elections were monumental and historic. the american peop

the third parade, african-americans were invited, well, in fact, pat raid is for an african-american, who happens to be commander in chief of the armed forces. [ applause ] so this time as we see pat raid coming down pennsylvania avenue, you see the tables had turned. you think about the symbolism of president obama speaking at the opening of this museum. this museum that so many people had been waiting to see and had fought to build. at the museum to open it, they brought a bell from an african-american church in virginia, a church that had been around since the 1700s i believe, and they had ruth bonner, who was 99 years old, ring the bell. miss bunner's father had been born a slave in mississippi. you had someone, one generation, from bondage, ringing the bell, signaling the opening of the national museum of african-american history and culture at the center of the national mall with the black president of the united states. [ applause ] this is one of my favorite photos. at the end of the ceremony, because i think it exemplifies the spirit that was behind the creation of this insti

these reforms will and powder american voters. -- empower american voters. they are going to encourage more diverse candidates to run for office and help break the stranglehold that big donors have on american politics. we're proud to deliver on our promise to the american people. we're proud to roll this many -- this comprehensive package out as h.r. 1. and we fully intend to do everything in our power to return power to the american people. with that, i turn to one of our outstanding new members who has just been through a campaign and can testify as to some of the rigors and some of the changes that need to be made, very, very convincingly, representative escobar. [applause] ms. escobar: good morning, everyone. i want to thank speaker pelosi and house majority leader steny hoyer for their leadership. my name is escobar, from the -- my name is ron at the -- my name is for monica escobar, from the great safe-secure u.s. mexico border, el paso, texas. i want to thank congressman sarbanes for the incredible privilege of allowing us as new members to be able t

the americans. trying to do the same thing but they have absolutely no idea how to do this thing when i go to america if i tell somebody i'm from them then i have to say london england because they think it's some sort of a village in one of the wyoming state they they have they have no idea about that region now at the present moment the regimes that indigo in jordan egypt and precisely in iraq are all protected by the americans and trump is absolutely right in saying we are protecting all of you and we are keeping you there all of you this is absolutely correct america never talks about iraq he has five thousand soldiers in iraq that's tom he talks about syria he talks about afghanistan he never talks about iraq because under the pretext that he's fighting iran he's keeping the american soldiers to protect the regime in baghdad which is pro iran which is a conflict off nobody can understand this idiocy of policies but as far as the american policy america no longer has friends other than israel an

as americans and american citizens, we are bound together in love and loyalty and friendship and affection. we must look out for each other, care for each oh and always act in the best interests of our nation. and all citizens living here today, we love each other. we're proud of each other. the beauty and majesty of citizenship is that it draws no distinctions of race or class or faith or gender or background. no matter where our story begins, whether we are the first generation or the tenth generation, we are all equal. we are one team and one people proudly saluting one great american flag. again, i want to congratulate you and welcome you to the family. it's a family, it's a beautiful family. it's a family doing very well. we're setting records economically. our economy is the hottest in the world, and it's continuing. we're continuing upward. our unemployment is the best it's been many more than 50 -- in more than 50 years, and for certain individuals it's the best it's ever been historically. and will probably soon be now for everybody. it's an honor to have you with. god bless you,

next on american history tv, historians >> next on american history tv historians michael neiberg andeoffrey wawro discuss how french and u.s. military strategies used towards the end of world war i were applied in world war ii. this talk was part of a three-day conference hosted by the national world war ii museum in new orleans. good morning, everyone. i do have the longest title in the museum. being the executive director for the study of war and democracy is a high calling. we think the museum will do great things in an area that has, until now not done too much and that is the higher education phase. to talk toappy anyone about that. one of the great things about the conferences looking out and seeing so many people i know largely from pleasure cruises in the mediterranean. i'm looking around and thinking what a great time we had together in malta and southern italy. we can talk about those memories as well. i am here to introduce the first panel. i will be calling both of them up in a moment. i am really pleased to be introducing professors neiberg and wawro. they are top-of-the

eastern on american history tv on c-span3, working with our cable affiliates as we explore our americantory. announcer: sunday on "few and day," author and journalist patricia miller on her book on a late 19th century sex scandal involving a kentucky congressman sued by his former mistress. >> william campbell preston breckinridge and the number of middle names he had should signify the fact that he was a southern elite, he was a well-respected colonel in the confederate cavalry. at the time of the lawsuit, he is in his fifth term in congress. nobody.ast, she was she was a poor girl from kentucky with literary aspirations, very hungry for a n education. she ran into breckinridge at the time and she was hungry to make yourself into something in the world. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern q&a."withn >> with the shut down its record onh day, here is the debate the bill from the house floor. i yield myself such time as i may consume. madam chair, while president trump continues to keep our government shut down, house democrats are committed to working for the american people. i am pleased to

we know that we want to keep americans safe. and we know that our -- that there are smart ways to do that. this wall is not an answer. we can no longer allow our federal employees and their families and that economic ripple that goes through our economy to be held hostage by this president. and i am very pleased to introduce one of our new members xochitl s, torres-small, from new mexico she represents the storn part of new mexico with almost 00 miles of border. she knows firsthand the type of thing we need to be doing to secure that border like making sure there's cell phone service for our border patrol in her district. xochitl, we're pleased to have you, welcome. mrs. torres small: it's an honor to be here today to talk about getting the government back to work. i represent new mexico's second congressional district. new mexico is the state most affected by the government shutdown. and my district includes 178 miles of border. so i know how this is impacting people in my home. and the way it's impacting people, it's keeping h

that that's what the american people expect us to do. honestly you know the hearts and minds of the american people today are thinking about it being the weekend. we are remembering the life and the work of reverend martin luther king jr. one of my favorite quotes is, now is the time to make real th- he inspired america and inspired that'sctlly whatperfect union. president trump is calling on the congress to do. come to the table in a spirit of good faith. secure the border, reopen the government, and move to a broader discussion about immigration reforms in the months ahead. >> brennan: you have said the offer on the table is not amnesty. the president tweeted something "amnesty will be used on a much bigger deal whether on immigration or something else" was that a offer for a path to citizenship? >> i will let the president's words stand. >> brennan: do you know what he meant? >> yes i do. brennan: what was it. >> at the end of his remarks yesterday he made it very clear. this proposal is funding to secure our border, to build a steel

ladies and gentlemen, american business is the product of american dreamers. and it is the conduit for american dreams. we're working to force the world's most competitive workforce so businesses have a deep well of talent to draw from and people have broad opportunities to work and succeed. we're urging modernization of our nation's infrastructure because it is the foundation on which dreams are built. we're advocating for trade deals and not trade wars because continued growth requires global engagement. remember, 95% of our customers are outside this country. we're pushing our leaders to restore responsible governing and rebuild the political center the so that washington and the states can be a help and not a hindrance. and we're advancing an agenda for growth now and anticipating the challenges that threaten our prosperity later. and we're confronting attacks on companies and assaults on free enterprise so that business can continue to do what they do best, create opportunity and fuel the dreams of all americans. we're on a mission of dreamers. even bette

couldn't we just covered the american -- the dead american indian? setting the framework of the genocide, the answer is no. those committing genocide systematically enforce eight stages that lead to annihilation it perpetuates stage two symbolization and stage eight denial of the genocide of american indian peoples. put your minds together with me on this. symbolization. uncivilized, savages, native americans are portrayed shirtless and half naked. he painted scalps on american indians but none on american indians and colonial soldiers. scalping was committed by europeans long before they landed in the land. indians are sampled or symbolized a savages well washington attempts to annihilate indigenous -- indigenous people is denied and forgotten. a depicts american -- native americans as slaves and killers to attack while whites stand with arms up in surrender. it omits our true historic identity. can you put your minds together with me on this? it all needs to be replaced. accept may be the rainbow and sunshine above one doorway. thank you. [applause

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on american soil. members of our armed forces were lined up at a food pantry while they were on the clock. because their employer, the united states government, wasn't paying them for the work that they put in that day. madam speaker, look around this country and will you see nearly a a million civil servants, and more than a million contract workers who are forced to deter medical care, find part-time return n christmas -- christmas presents. take out loans. pawn possessions. draw down retirement savings just to afford to feed their family. and keep a roof over their head. you'll find families that are terrified that their food stamps will run out. you'll see notices threatening eviction for families upholding their end of their rent. but the government will default on its own. you see businesses struggling to stay afloat under lost federal support. organizations have to turn away survivors because critical grant funding isn't coming through. yes, this is about a misguided and demagogued immigration f

i think the american people want us to cooperate with russia where it's mutually beneficial. i have been over and over again labeled putin's favorite congressman. that is absolutely absurd and i will say right now, i believe that everything i have ever done in this body has been based on my love of my country and thinking of what would be good for the people of the united states, in this case, working with russia in order to defeat radical islamic terrorists that threaten us was the right thing to do. same as maybe working with india and japan and russia and these other countries, but instead, we have had just as i say, an unrelending efforten on the part of some powerful interests to keep america and russia in a hostile situation. we should be able to talk to people and try to work out differences rather than trying to establish something that would lead to armed conflict eventually. soif taken a will the of hits on that. and i consider that to be the right thing to do. or the -- over the years, of course, i am very grateful for other things that i have been able to play a r

a voice for american style. ♪ ♪ >>> in the beginning of the 1940s, american style was very simple withoutot of adornment. >> coming out of the '30s, consumption was not something you did. we all hear stories about grandparents saying hold on, i'm going to save that tv dinner foil. i'm going to use that again. that's the mentality of growing up in a depression. when you don't have stuff, you work with what you have. >> most women learned how to sew at a very early age, and they would make their own shirts and dresses and, you know, whole wardrobe. my mother had a sewing machine. i was constantly telling her what i want wanted and she would constantly tell me it would have to be something else. it was a different mentality. >> and everyday man would probably own one suit and one hat. >> my grandfather would take my mother to baseball games. he always was in a suit and tie and often a vest. on the hottest day. my mother, who loved to go with him, would say why are you wearing a suit? he would say, you know, i'm taking a lady out. i always wear a suit. there wasn't a lot of ingenuity going on

foundation, the david library of the american revolution. the american philosophical society. book, join me if you would in welcoming dr. spero. [applause] >> thank you all for coming. i want to thank the society for inviting me to come, and the american revolution institute, and cliff for that introduction. i have known him for about a decade. before i had my phd, thanks to the generosity of the society providing me a fellowship to finish my dissertation which became my first book. it is important support i received from the society at an important moment in my graduate career. i am honored to be here. i thought i would start by talking about where i work. i'm the librarian of the american philosophical society. manyi travel around, people say, what is the american. society? let me take a quick poll. how many have heard of the american philosophical society? all right. i'm in d.c. tougher question, what does the american philosophical society do? you cannot look at that slide. . >> that's a little bit harder to nswer, and i just want to briefly talk about what we dodado do. i