renewing our culture, renewing opportunity for every american, renewing american strength. believe this freedom agenda provides a clear roadmap for conservative leaders like all of you to connect deeply with the american people on their top priorities. we want american leadership in the world and that we cherish our culture. on these ideas, i believe we can unite this conservative movement, which has maybe been more important than ever before. the need has never been greater for unified conservative action. when you see the aggressive liberalism of this administration and their allies in congress. 2022 may be the best chance we ever have to build a lasting majority, to invigorate the conservative movement to fulfill conservatism's purpose and save our nation from the left-wing tierney socialist decline -- tyranny socialist decline. some people may choose to focus on the past, but elections are about the future. i believe conservatives must focus on the future to win back america. [applause] we cannot afford to take our eyes off the road in front of us because what is at sta

some americans, for the american colonists were enormously proud of being british. not just true with english or scottish and they resisted parliamentary acts that they saw as unconstitutional in the british constitution, right? and even when new england militia took up arms in 1775, they saw themselves-- took inspiration from the british civil war and some felt -- the american revolution initially was kind of-- the patriots thought of a continuation of that tradition. >> patrick, let's kind of stay on the topic with you a little more about the tragedy of the loyalists, if you will. thomas hutchinson, a great example of a really maligned figure after being forced to evacuate, he spent the rest of his life in england hoping to come home to america, but unable to do so. this is an interesting tragedy. people born in america, true american citizens, with the british constitution and their own government, were forced to flee because of their political affiliations. so what happened to those people? did they become refugees? where were ex-pat communities created? can you

i mean, i know many of many of the most popular images of native americans and american culture kind of identify native americans as being like nomadic or not rooted in the landscape, but pretty much everybody here in is agricultural. the corn farmers although they also use a very wide variety of wild and and cultivated plants that we're talking about agricultural towns. um, it's on the most important towns are also have at their center sacred earthworks. so mounds mounds that support council houses at the center which are religious and political and social centers of towns surrounding those areas you have houses made of wood and while end up and then agricultural field stretching along the creeks and the river bottoms. and so you're talking about a very a farming people fairly sedentary people people that that use wide range of other resources, i guess who's saying the landscape, but but who are very much since we're talking about place very much rooted in these specific valleys these river valleys so like that tuckaseegee, where where i work the the little tennessee, so this is a w

i am proud to be an american. i'm proud to be an african-american. just wanted to say to the lady from new jersey, she needs to check herself into a mental hospital if she supports donald trump for this country. i just wanted to say i'm proud to be an american. i have two american flags in front of my apartment. host: we are losing you but i think we got your point. let me get richard in san francisco. go ahead. caller: i am proud to be an american, definitely. my family has been here since 1630. i am not proud of a major part of america. there is one major point i want to make addressing gas prices and a lot of other things. the main factor involved in all of that is greed. it has nothing to do with biden or the democrats. they cannot do anything to control the price of gas. it is greed by the oil companies , who we gave trillions of dollars in subsidies to. here is a big thing they are not talking about. it is going to be a huge wave of foreclosures because the moratorium during covid has ended. it is going to be a huge wage of evictions -- wave of

american manufacturing without american energy and can't rely on wind and solar to power american manufacturinge sources and that's fossil fuels. you don't attack that industry 23 you're looking to build back better truly build back better american made. that's not what you do. climate change is a noble goal. we want to make sure we're preserving our economy and we want to be good conservatives and not im. you don't do it when we're in this position, and i don't think the american people will buy it when they're struggling at the grocery store and gas pump. >> jessica, joe mansion is not every republican's favorite player anymore. they got played. >> this is far less malicious than it seems and i think joe mansion actually has been consist in his commentary saying i will support a bill i feel does no harm. now -- >> it was sneaky doing it hours after they got through the semi-conductor bill. >> the republicans changed their vote after kevin mccarthy whipped against it. that's an investment in america and that's what conservatives are talking about all the time and then to turn your back on the

exploring the american story. watch american history tv saturdays on c-span2. and find a full program schedule at c-span.org/history. >> the world's first general purpose electronics computer was a top secret u.s. army project during world war ii. it weighed 30 tons and took up 1800 square feet. sunday night on q&a, an internet governance expert at american university college of law and the author of proving ground talks about the six american women who programmed it and her efforts to get their work known to the larger public. >> john was the visionary of it and he worked to build it. who were the women and what are they doing in the pictures? i wanted to know because if they did something technical, i really wanted to know. because i could use some role models at that point. i took the photographs to my professor. he sent me to the co-founder of the computer history museum and she told me they were models. and that they weren't in the captions because they were just posed, they were just models. i didn't think that was right. and i went looking for the people

one one of the leading figures in american sports was a supporter of the ideas of american participation. a navy very close vote, the american delegation of society decided to continue to support the olympics and the participation. >> it was not just sports organizations who were weighing in on the debate, i know jewish organizations, the naacp, the national association for the advancement of colored people, many people and many groups saw the symbolism there, right? >> definitely. i think it was widely debated and discussed that the naacp certainly had strong feelings about this issue. >> as i understand it, the initially supported a boycott from participating. but once it was decided that the attend delegation, they were supporting the athletes, is that right? ? ? a >> that is right. >> danny, let's put more of a personal piece on this, it is not just an abstract or organization making a stand. it is about athletes, young athletes, many of whom who trained their entire lives for this moments. can you share some of the stories? >> sure, absolutely, many of them were in college at the ti

edward -- who was one of the leading figures and american sports was a supporter of the ideas of american participation, and in a very close vote the american delegation decided to continue to support the olympics and participate. >> and it was not just sports organizations who are weighing in this debate, i know. jewish organizations and the naacp, the national association for the advancement of colored people. many people and many groups saw the symbolism. >> definitely. i think it was widely debated and discussed, and the naacp certainly had complicated feelings about this issue. >> as i understand it it they initially supported a boycott of participating but once it was decided that they would send a delegation they were supporting of the athletes, is that? right >> that is right. >> so, danny, let's put a personal face on this because it is not just about abstract organizations making a stand. it is about athletes, young athletes who have trained their entire lives for this moment. could you share a couple of these stories? >> absolutely, many of them were in college at the time, the

strong native american communities are strong american communities. i look forward to learning about your work and what you have found and i thank you again for your willingness to ask difficult questions. in order to protect children, i think you for this opportunity to be here this morning. we welcome the opportunity to clarify anything or answer any questions about what it is that we saw in the ground. thank you. thank you very much for your work that you are doing and i'm so impressed by how thoughtful you have been with your reports. and i know that this work will help to keep children safe. i'm so glad that you have taken the time to work hand in hand with travel leaders. during this process and to listen to their input first ladies and their own words continues now on american history tv. president trump's border policies were among the most controversial of his administration. so the first ladies 18 visit to a texas shelter for migrant children was newsworthy. she was accompanied there by health and human services secretary alex azar. thank yo

the pelosi pay cut effects every american. it's especially hard on families who have extra expenses. i don't know if you watched the clip, but i watched this clip of a 15-year-old girl named ginger vincent from indiana. this poor girl was diagnosed with bone cancer and she has to travel every week for treatment. located more than an hour away. last year her parents, keith and elisa, paid around $100 each week for that trip. but because of the surge in gas price -- but it's ok if i listen to the democrats. the president said it's a good thing. a good thing. they're now spending more than $200 each week. they also have two other children. the vincents say they simply can't afford the price hike and they've turned to loans to cover the cost. can you imagine having to take a loan to pay for the gas to take your 15-year-old daughter to get cancer treatment at the same time losing a full month of pay? you know what's worse, in this story, that 15-year-old girl, ginger, this is what she said. having watch her parents say we have to p

it is going to allow free african-americans and ultimately enslaved african americans. the question is why the change? two schools of thought. one is pragmatic paid the british under a lord dunmore was the loyal governor of virginia is going to issue a proclamatiod providing freedom for any slave who fights against the colonists. and washington is shocked as all other stakeholders. washington responds to offices this about men is this about combating this? the other possibility is maybe he has a change of heart when he starts getting reports likepo these. the veteran of campaigns in and around boston. a character so brave a man who behave like an experienced officer asik well as an excellet soldier. not just any soldier but as an experienced officer so elevating an african-american soldier general john thomas is there equally serviceable with other men. all other men. looking at the conduct in the honorable nature. it could be a little bit of both. we do note roughly about 5000 african-americans served in some capacity in the continental army offering freedom for servic

so the message is we are also americans. time it is performed there is a claim of belonging. whether in translation or in a different style like whitney houston with gospel elements, that says, i am here, i am american, i am part of this story, i am part of this patriotic message. and there is a message of devotion and hope. so for me, understanding the role of the star-spangled banner alongside this little light of mine and we shall overcome and all the civil rights anthems we think of, right before martin luther king gave the i have a dream speech, the star-spangled banner was sung. it was wanting america to live up to its ideals and not calling for revolution for destroying the country, but calling for reform and recognition. susan: a well-known protest about the star-spangled banner is: cap her neck -- is colin kapearnick. >> refusing to stand during the national anthem again. this time, he took a knee behind the service being honored. as the crowds stand, you can see him on the sideline. >> he is receiving boos. susan:

i am proud to be an american. i'm proud to be an african-american. just wanted to say to the lady from new jersey, she needs to check herself into a mental hospital if she supports donald trump for this country. i just wanted to say i'm proud to be an american. i have two american flags in front of my apartment. host: we are losing you but i think we got your point. let me get richard in san francisco. go ahead. caller: i am proud to be an american, definitely. my family has been here since 1630. i am n ot proud of a major part of america. there is one major point i want to make addressing gas prices and a lot of other things. the main factor involved in all of that is greed. it has nothing to do with biden or the democrats. they cannot do anything to control the price of gas. it is greed by the oil companies , who we gave trillions of dollars in subsidies to. here is a big thing they are not talking about. it is going to be a huge wave of foreclosures because the moratorium during covid has ended. it is going to be a huge wage of evictions -- wave o

of living americans.the first news lindbergh's safe landing in paris. how many symantec first giant step the planet the american flag on the moon. at this moment, then manda i think the planet mars. it has only been 80 years since the smithsonian it likely launched his amanda pardo for half-mile flight before plunged into the potomac. the amazing american achievement in space tell us something even more important about ourselves on earth. the hallmark of the american inventors has been the willingness of the minute and eagerness to reach for the unknown. for three and a half centuries, americans and their ancestors have been explorers and inventors. pilgrims and pioneers all searching for something new across the ocean at, across the continent, across the solar system, across the frontiers of science and beyond the boundaries of the human mind. and find within these walls and windows, are the products of american men and women is imagination and determination could not be confined. there is nothing no mor

evil american generosity.ll for reforming adoption laws so more forever family can be formed because you can't be pro-life if you're not pro-adoption. [applause] and finally we call for ending all taxpayer funding of abortion and defunding planned parenthood once and for all. let me say from my heart to each and every one of you in this rising generation i believe the destiny of our nation is inextricably linked to restoring the inalienable right to life for every american born and unborn. so we must not rest. we must not relent. we must not tire until we've restored the sanctity of life at the center of american law in every state in the nation we save the babies . we'llsave america . so our culture agenda begins with the sanctity of life. but also involves securing liberty. that means defending religious liberty and freedom of speech from the censorship portion of cancel culture. it means curing our border. supporting law enforcement. it means finishing the wall and giving the men and women of law enforcemen

anti- american agenda culture. that's i want to focus on this h weekend. in the past we may have disagreed but we all agree on the core ideas that made america the greatest country in the history of the world. that decentralize decentralization of power free enterprise capitalism and american exceptionalism that today's left is trying to actively undermine every single one of the values and it's not as we have laid out the number of times the far left will extremism it has infected so much of america today from academia to corporate america and even the military and bureaucracy in your kids go part of the ideological movement almost 100 years ago by marxist philosophers and in germany at the frankfurt school it was the bourgeoisie faith and culture to oppress the working class marxist had to attack those things to. imagine what they have been doing. we've seen it for years in hollywood life. >> with a straight face you will tell students for the only ones in the role that have freedom? >> there's no evidence to sup

uh, an article uh in american magazine uh american singer was written by cj baker, md, a well-known neuro-e neurological diseases in the united states of america and wrote he is literally the following listen president biden is suffering from dementia it is progressing before our eyes the president of the united states is one of the most supported and protected people on the planet. biden makes short public appearances that are well planned, tightly controlled and carefully staged. we see biden only in his at its best it is possible that his dementia has reached the fifth stage of the seven possible and is a mild decrease in cognitive functionality on election day. november 2024. biden will most likely still be alive, but by then, his dementia is likely. it will develop so much that it will become obvious to everyone that he is not able to work out another term. well, stage five of seven dementia in the center, you have no idea this worries the american public, and should we be worried, because this man still has a hand on the nuclear button. you know, the problem here is not that he has a

american chaplains marines and journalists shared these stories and stories like these with the american public in private and public letters and news updates some were published in the missionary herald others in secular outlets like lifetime and the saturday evening post together. they illustrated how central religion was in a place like the marshall islands as admiral chester nimitz who was in charge of the allied land air see and see forces in the pacific during world war two and coordinated the invasion of the marshall islands wrote by taking the marshall islands. we are liberating a people who will once again be able to practice the christian virtues brought to them by american missionaries when fdr declared that everyone should have freedom of worship in his january 1941 state of the union address shortly. this was what he meant. on kwajalein members of the marshallese community shared the japanese armed forces had tried to stamp out christianity during the war. they told marshallese people that jesus was dead and they ordered that all bibles and hymn books be burned. they threate

i wonder if the american people realize the same exact american drugs sold here at the highest prices are sold in deep discounting other countries, canada. canada, the reason american drugs cost less than they do in america is because the canadian people won't tolerate the prices pharmaceutical companies charge people in this country so they establish standards and cut the prices for the exact same drugs, made, manufactured, and sold in the united states. they are not alone, europe does the same thing bringing down these prices. so we decided that at least in one area, one area we were going to make an exception to this overpricing of prescription drugs are the veterans administration. we said it cost a lot to keep our veterans who served this country and need medical care "after words," so we are going to allow the veterans administration to negotiate with drug companies to bring prices down. it works. it brought down dramatically. for the longest time many of us thought that isn't enough. because most of the drugs are being sold outside the veterans administration, there's no negoti

nor could americans be confined to the atlantic seaboard, the wide open spaces have lured americans fromhe frontiers, shaped and molded our society and our people. gertrude stein one throughout, in the united states, there is more space where nobody is then where anybody is. this is what makes america wet it is. indeed, the impact of the unknown, of what was dimly perceived to be out there, has left a permanent mark on the american character. and the early 17th century, a few, fragile vessels like the discovery in 16 07, and the mayflower in 16 20, sailed across 3000 miles of unfriendly sea. their passengers and crew knew far less about their destination than the american astronauts knew at liftoff about the lunar landscape a quarter million miles away. the pilgrims feared the perils of the voyage and the misery of the unfamiliar land. but the sentiments that sustained them were recorded by governor william bradford, that all great and honorable actions are accompanied with great difficulties and must be both enterprise and overcome with answerable courage. behind them lay the mighty oce

will american workers, american tech and american ingenuity shape the world over the next 100 years, in the same way we've shaped it in the last hundred? of course i believe america will lead the way, if this chamber is willing to do what's necessary for our economic and national security. now, on prescription drugs, later today, senate democrats and republicans will meet with the parliamentarian to start the so-called byrd bath on legislation to bring down the cost of prescription drugs, cap out-of-pocket expenses and make sure millions of americans do not see their premiums go up in the coming months. this is an important step in the larger process of bringing a reconciliation bill to the floor that can win the support of all 50 democratic senators. ask any americans on the street, it's a guarantee that they will agree the price of prescription medications one the most us from rating and debilitating problems in our country. it's a vicious pincer grip. on the one hand, americans desperately need their medicines to stay healthy, live a normal life, stay alive in some cases. but on t

he's on going to move back, allow free african-americans and enslaved african americans and the questionis why the change? two schools of thought, what is the pragmatic, the british under lord dunmore, the royal governor of virginia will issue a proclamation providing freedom for any slave who fights against the colonists. washington is shocked, responding to the same officers, is this about men combating this? the other possibility is he has a change of heart. when he starts getting reports like these. talking about a veteran of the campaigns in and around boston, so brave man who behaved like an experienced officer as well as an excellent soldier, not just any soldier but experienced officer elevating african-american soldier. general john thomas saying they are equally serviceable with other men and looking at the conduct, there's roughly 5000 african-americans or so are going to serve in some capacity with the continental army offering freedom for service. meanwhile things don't go so well for washington's army. battles in and around philadelphia washington is going to lose. the fred

he was the american worker. [applause] pres.iden: when i was a young man, too young to serve as senator but old enough to get elected, i got elected 17 days before that. and i had the great honor because of a guy named mansfield, a majority leader from montana to put me on a committee at the time. that is when i first met john mccain a couple years later. he was a navy liaison of the united states -- the united states senate. one would travel, we travel with a liaison person now. don and i traveled the world together. we became friends. we agreed on a lot more than we disagreed on. the two things we never talked about, we never talked about his imprisonment nor the deaths of my wife and my daughter. the pain was different but somehow we seemed to understand each other. it was a long time ago. we both wanted to make things better for the country. i am the guy that encouraged john to go home and run for office because i knew what incredible courage, intellect and conscience he had. we used to argue like hail on the senate floor. t

s the find its place in it, and that's something that americans can't contemplate because of american exceptionalism, which we'll talk about later. go ahead and cali or, you know, up heated, you're absolutely right. the other commenters are spot on the money. the basically what we have is at the u. s. the lead on able to, to excel the new political reality. they seem to be committed to their notion of full spectrum dominance no matter what the conditions are. and it seems that they are prepared to basically blow up the world in order to maintain the dominance of the, of the european project. and that's why we say to david this, this of this represents the existential threat to collective global. you manage that this pathological commitment on the part of the, of the white west, if you will, or to maintain global hegemony is putting all of us a threat. and that basically, unless and until we able to ship power from the u. s. u natal project. all of us are facing the possibility of a global catastrophe. well, peppy, i mean what, what is driving this here? i mean, from the west, there is

so it's obvious a is americans that are dragging their feet, americans that were violating the deal, the americans who taught the deal, and by them ever since he came to power, even though he criticized up, he's been following policy of maximum pressure. so therefore, these new sanctions have absolutely no impact on iranian oil export or iranian petrochemical exports. they're all of iran to oil is being sold at market price and iran doesn't have enough oil to export for its customers under the current situation. ok, so why doesn't the u. s. just resume these talks? clearly that would be of interest to both parties. well, the u. s. has a history of arrogance towards iran. in the past, every time the iranians agree to some sort of rapprochement with the united states, the american stab them in the back in the 1980s, the americans asked the wrong to help them for free hostages in lebanon. back then of course there was no has, will lock in the, in the early years of the the, the revolution in iran. and you run did so the americans out the run in the back after the war and of the saddam h

will give the americans and the american administration.erhaps. but you see, we have done everything for you. you couldn't, so it's pointless, but we won't. we are humanists. we will not be until the last ukrainian. it's all lies. we do not want to the last ukrainian, but always americans, if a well-known expression, uh, i remember when uh hmm somewhere in africa when american uh soldiers killed there in the seventies or eighties . i forgot now, but i liked very much, uh, interpretation. they died there. many americans, after some time, said the mission was over. it seems to me that it was in salt that exactly exactly uh, failed absolutely announced that the mission was over, we won, and therefore we are returning. that's how it happened recently in afghanistan, that is, again. the main thing is to report and say that, in fact, that's what we they wanted to do it. what did we want, what did we do? this is, uh, the tenth question. and here too. i think that if there is no serious push in this direction, but because no matter how they say, yo

please help us americans. here's darrell from mornings port, as your constituent, i urge you to publicly call for and vote in favor of the immediate and permanent expansion of domestic oil and gas production. no more green new deal nonsense. energy dependence is driving higher gas and diesel prices that are causing skyrocketing gas and food prices. we can't rely on jaren or vens -- on iran or venezuela. we need to produce our own energy here in america and now. lastly, karen from gretna asks why are we importing any oil? energy independence is a vital importance to us and our national security. louisiana was a leader in domestic energy production. it is shocking to see how quickly our country has changed. please continue to work on our behalf to force our government to reinstate the energy independence policies that were in effect during the trump administration. speak loudly for us. speak loudly for us. speak loudly for us. what these letters make clear is that americans are hurting. that is why i've called f

we have all these american companies that have pulled out of their. to bring lebron up in this whole conversation is just wrong. that young man has never done anything wrong and has never been associated with any drugs or anything like that. it is a wrong comparison. but i want brittney to get out of there, but why is the wnba in russia? danielle: i would not be surprised if the wnba players do not go back to russia again. the russian state demonstrated that it is not a safe waste -- place for americans to travel. even before this incident, they were treated like stars there and made lots of money. they were relished as star athletes. i can't imagine any of them will be going back anytime soon. there is other leagues in other countries around the world, and you are probably going to see a shift of wnba players to other places around the world. >> james in chicago. james in chicago? >> i read that in russia, if you have between one and five grams of cannabis, you only maybe get 10 days end up in. -- and a fine. brittney only had one gram of cannabis, s

what makes you americans that you believe inis republicanism [inaudible] so to be american is to believe that people should govern and this makes us unique in the world between the federalist and democratic republicans they would call the federalists tories as a way of saying this becomes a smear word at least among their view of the loyalists is increasing interest to the late 20th century and the history of native americans and we've covered the importance of the revolution looking at those thats give cyber it helped us to for thee sympathy perspective. >> do you have anything you want to jump on and add to that is at work? >> scholars were looking at the loyalist histories. on the historiography of the loyalists and how that works in preparing for this presentation, it was kind of a like it's background in the for me. i think that's an interesting take and f it will be interestig to see how it plays out in the future how these loyalists become more a part of the regular knowledge. >> being aware of loyalist monuments and what happened to those monuments, so i want to give it to patric

amazingly for most white americans at this time, particularly white male americans who were the onesho had power and authority, they would have interpreted it in a myopic way. which is that, the word slave is use a lot in american patriotic rhetoric going back to revolutionary period. it refers to the distinction between europe which was a land of kings in which citizens were subjects, not free, independent operators. so what was celebrated after the revolutionary war was liberty. freedom. the notion that american citizens, white men, could decide whether or not to fight in a war or not. in england with king george, who we revolted from in 1776, still king in 1812, king george orders his subjects into battle in britain. so the contrast in the third verse which is about the british enemy is making a distinction between the british bad guys who vessels and nash were vessels and subjects of king george and not fighting of their own free will and who were hirelings and professional soldiers fighting for money and to take the wealth from baltimore and ransom cities on the american coast.

and american culture, citizenship studies and african american history. in his first book, the practice of citizenship and culture, the early united states published by the university of pennsylvania in 2019, one association price first book in the s bibliographical society, a finalist of the library company philadelphia's first book award and editor of genealogy special issue of american literary history published in 2020. his work was supported by fellowship from the national humanities, social science research council and melanie's initiatives. derek, the floor is yours. >> think it to the organizers for bringing us together and to robert for writing this incredible book, the teachable version. want to acknowledge tht i'm speaking to you from the traditional homelands of the gay kono or cayuga nation members that are holding shawnee confederacy that figures in part and robert's book. reading 13 clocks a book about store. the stories revolutionaries told about themselves. i couldn't help but think of letters from an american farmer the book published by

i love the idea of americans reading about our american heroes. his new book about our second president. it's so interesting to all of us. so, i hope people will read that book, and i also hope they will read a lot of other american history books. we have great children's writers here today. chris curtis, who was the first african american to win the new very award is here reading from his book. we have a number of storybook characters. they said i could, they could tell i was from the south. i said, you can get your picture taken with clifford the big red dog. i hope people come out into that. >> as we close, out our look at laura bush. she unveils her official portrait at the smithsonian's national portrait gallery. this was only weeks before the bushes left washington to return home to texas. >> so, if the first lady would please join me in the unveiling of her portrait for the national portrait gallery. [applause] >> you're ready? [applause] >> visiting the smithsonian's museum, and particular this must billions art museums has been one of my

and to recognize the experience of black americans was not the same as of other americans. i mean, i'm acutely aware waking up this morning seeing the news from kenosha. this is not a topic or a struggle that is entirely in the past and thinking about that these athletes in 1935 36 are experiencing pervasive and even legalized discrimination at home and yet they're going to go and represent represent their country. i also wanted to ask you damien had african-american athletes represented the us at games in the past or was this something new? african-american's had been involved in the olympic games since the the beginning of the modern olympics the first african-american to win a medal was at the 1904 olympic games. and so there had been a long history of african-american's being involved. but 1936 was was special because this was a year where we had a critical mass where there were 18 african-american who who competed in the game. so this was a a watershed moment in many ways. right an extremely visible in a way that had not been before. and in fact in the end 49 nations t