has this worked out for the american worker, the american consumer, the american citizen? >> yeah. i mean i think overall it has worked out for the american worker and particularly the american consumer. you know, that's one thing we haven't even heard about so far is just the immense consumer benefits that international trade provides us. studies show that about 90% of all consumers benefit that are poor and middle class americans. these are the folks who shop at target and wal-mart and who can stretch their family budgets because of international trade. i don't argue that, you know, the idea that we are going to see this grand ren answer is of manufacturing jobs is simply belied by the data. we have been losing the american manufacturing jobs as a share of the total workforce since the 1940s, in shear numbers since 1979 long before we had a nafta, long before china was in the world trade organization. the fact is if you look at the vast majority studies on these issues, we see that the decline in manufacturing jobs is not a result of unfair trade. it's the result of productivity.

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

american muslims was alsod, asking about religious identity. american identity, political identity, civil engagement, and it found that muslim americans answered those questions like americans. during the hotly contested primary season, a look at a small and fascinating group of american voters. muslim and american. it's the "inside story". welcome to "inside story". i'm ray suarez. from the olster hen and women of the 18th century, to the germans and austrians of the 19th, to the asians, southeastern european jews and italians of the 19th and 20th centuries, lots of people professing many things, they had to make a journey from being them to being us. millions of american muslims are still on that road for reasons involving culture, religion, national it security, and the obsessions of an anxious age. as they are a religious group rather than a national, racial or ethnic one, muslims defy easy caggization. they trace their heritage from dozens of countries. they are every race that come on this country from every corner of the globe. what they have in common is islam. and you have to go back to panics over roman agent lick immigration in the 1

takei: he has a lot to learn about american history, and it is really a worrisome thing that so many americans do not know american history and our swept up by this man's rhetoric. it is a commentary on our education and that is why it is so vitally important that we know our history, and particularly the more shameful parts of american history. we learn more from those chapters where our democracy faltered then the glorious chapters that we are exposed to all the time. so, people like donald trump need to know our history. the mayor of roanoke also expresses the same types of comments, and i extended an invitation to him and i spoke with them over the telephone as well. he is a charming, southern gentleman. [laughter] responded he has not to the invitation get, --yet, but he extended to me that he has a human rights commission for something like that that to me toan invitation come and speak there, so i am serving as an example for the mayor of frodo, i have accepted that -- mayor of roanoke, and i have accepted that invitation. i said to mayor bowers of roanoke, it is time to see "allegiance" is limited. we are

tv'sweek american history american artifacts visits museums and historic places. up next, a visit to the national museum of americanewish history in philadelphia to learn about their exhibition, tracing the history of the jewish people in america from 1654 to the present day. this is part one of a two-part program. >> welcome to the national museum of american history -- jewish-american history. my name is clear pingel, i'm the associate curator at the exam and i'm happy to be a tour today. 1976useum was started in by one of the five original jewish congregations that date period.the colonial we shared a building with them for 35 years and open in this location of november of 2010. we are right in the middle of independence mall in philadelphia, halfway between independence hall or the nation got its start and the national constitution center which explores the founding documents of the nation. we like to think we are an example of what happens when a people are allowed to live in liberty. our museum is organized so we have a big atrium in the middle of the building. on this side of the atrium we have some orientat

american people, done it on issues and in ways that they could not achieve through the ballot box. this isbox. this is the decision facing the american people during this presidential election. if the american people elect 255 seconds. the american people elected liberal as their next president and he or she dominates a like-minded judge to replace justice clear liberalism will be imposed on the american people to a degree this country has never before witnessed. issues i hope will take very serious note. i yield. >> super tuesday with presidential primaries and caucuses in several states. >> a whole different campaign. we have moved beyond the early primary and caucus states and are in super tuesday. twelve states, voters in each we will have a defining impact on who the democrats and republicans nominate. it is a different phase because we have moved from retail campaigning, the one-on-one and now we are campaigning in 12 states12 states where the candidates are literally going from airport to airport trying to appeal to as many voters as possible. advertising is key, organization is key, but it has moved to aa different level of the campaign with a candidates hope the voters know who the

americans. >> americans? >> yes yes. >> as well? >> yes yes. it was 2:00 midnight. >> bahir was handcuffed barefooted and taken away. along with his friend who was a bodyguard for the group's leader. that was the last time bahir saw gol alive. they were be be taken to the detention site and gol warvetion ol was beaten. in 200 2002 he was left chainedo his cell. in the morning go l r ahman was found dead, hypothermia was likely the cause. >> a letter from his daughter, my dear father i'm waiting for your coming. gol raol rahman was the only detainee known to have died in the detention. >> he has five daughters. >> has never spoken on camera. they live in a refugee camp. it is hard for journalists to go there but bahir has offered to take us there. as a tribal elder he says he can guarantee our safety. but he wants us to keep a low profile. >> there are judges asking people, you're not going to inform the people but gist to wait in case something happens here. >> so there's a couple of checkpoints leading into the camp and a bit of concern that we might be stopped. dr. bahir is calling ahead and letting his guys know we're on the way. bahir is worried about attracting attention. at several points we're told to hide the camera. eventually, we pass through last pakistani checkpoint. from here on in, we're on our own. so all of this area is under -- >> it's under our command. >> yes. >> this is actually the camp. >> it is a huge camp actually. this is bahir. >> and the arms -- >> they are own people. thee are here for your security. >> it is a short drive to the rahman family home. that's the family's house? >> yes. >> gol's brother habib took over the care of his brother's house when he disappeared. >> thank you, thank you. so this is gol's house and his wife and mother still live here and his four daughters, we're just trying to work out if we can speak to them on camera. eventually we're invited to come in with the camera. gol has been dead for more than a decade now but this seems like a house still in mourning. for gol's mother one of the most painful things is that her son didn't get a proper burial. she says the americans never returned his body. in fact, it turns out the family went for years without knowing anything at all. despite relatives continually approaching authorities. the pairns had not only de-- the americans had not only detained gol, he died in their custody. simply stating that they weren't holding him, communications. >> they advised no person of this fame is currently being held. and this was in 2004 when they got this letter. >> yes. >> when did he this actually learn of gol's death? >> here. >> the family says nobody from the cia has ever contacted them about gol's death. habib only learned how his brother died from news reports. he's kept the details hidden from their mother. he said it would break her heart if she knew. >> we couldn't find anything in the report about gol rahman's body but it's likely he was buried close to the facility where he died. we know that was detention site cobalt. and based on our interviews with detainees, we believe dark prison and cobalt are the same.

americans historically. ne of them is to look at native americans as savages and -- but there is another way, that kind of romanticizes native americans and has kind of a rosie view of spiritual practices of native americans. so you get this kind of dualism alongside. so i would say actually to the extent that the whites paid attention to the spiritual practices of native americans, that they saw that in a kind of favorable sort of way. this is kind of strange, two attitudes so order of exist ide by side. yeah. >> did your research on the native americans involve any of he way that the native americans' tribes treated each other in their type of warfare? was that looked at or considered? >> yes. i can talk a little bit about that. you know, it's not as though native americans were, you know, just nice people who were just sort of blameless, misunderstood kids. ou know, their warfare against ne another could be pretty unpleasant. one of the things, for example, that the western indians did was they practiced mutilation as a matter of course. and within native americans' culture, this kind of mutilation, it wasn't like -- this kind of m

americans. -- americans are you where all americans are aware of the third branch of government. issues on voting, marriage, health care and immigration and women possible rights -- and rights -- the buck stops at the supreme court that i feel is unprecedented given that the supreme court is making these impactful decisions in our lives. sunday in a at 8:00 eastern on c-span "q&a." on wednesday, president obama formally announced he was nominating district court of appeals chief judge merrick garland to the supreme court. speaking at the white house row's garden, they called on judge merrick to give him a fair vote. this is 30 minutes. pres. obama: good morning. everyone, please have a seat. of the many powers and responsibilities the constitution vests in the presidency, few are more consequential than appointing a supreme court justice. particularly one to succeed justice scalia, one of the most influential jurist of our time. the men and women who sit on the supreme court are the final arbiters of american law. they safeguard our rights. they ensure that our system is one of la

american story is written everyday. it's not always pretty, but it's real... and we show you like no-one else can. this is our american story. this is america tonight. >> islamabad pakistan. after 9/11, the cia was operating in the open here. picking people up and taking them to black site. mohammed and khalid were captured not far away. one of the most disturbing things they told us is that doctors and psychologist he monitored interrogations, pushing detainees to their physical and breaking points without killing them. that sometimes, things went wrong. thank you. bye-bye. okay so we're on, that was dr. tbvmentaraz bahir. he was detaind by the cia in 2002 in a huge raid that happened here in islamabad. he rarely speaks to the media but he said he would meet us. pakistan has often been a refuge for the groups engaged next door in afghanistan. after 9/11 some of those people became cia targets. >> hi. >> hi how are you? >> very well. >> it's on this street? >> it is. >> we'll follow you. >> thank you. >> hey how's it going. sebastian. >> dr. bahir was part of an islamic organization. hasn't ever been on u.s. soil but members of its offshoots have. >> over 200 people, police and intelligence guys and the americans. >> americans? >> yes yes. >> as well? >> yes yes. it was 2:00 midnight. >> bahir was handcuffed barefooted and taken away. along with his friend who was a bodyguard for the group's leader. that was the last time bahir saw gol alive. they were be be taken to the detention site and gol warvetion ol was beaten. in 200 2002 he was left chainedo his cell. in the morning go l r ahman was found dead, hypothermia was likely the cause. >> a letter from his daughter, my dear father i'm waiting for your coming. gol raol rahman was the only detainee known to have died in the detention. >> he has five daughters. >> has never spoken on camera. they live in a refugee camp. it is hard for journalists to go there but bahir has offered to take us there. as a tribal elder he says he can guarantee our safety. but he wants us to keep a low profile. >> there are judges asking people, you're not going to inform the people but gist to wait in case something happens here. >> so there's a couple of checkpoint

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americans are better. american exceptionalism is a claim about history. american exceptionalism is what happened in the american founding. and if we don't understand why the american founding was extraordinary, you can be sure that our kids won't understand why america is extraordinary. and we live in that kind of cultural amnesia. this has been going on since the 1960's. but this president has attacked the nature of american history. e should go back because our founding moment because it is truly extraordinary. our founders were making a claim about human dignity. everybody everywhere, not just people like us, but everybody everywhere is ordained with natural rights. everyone everywhere is created in the image of god with natural rights and government is our project to secure those rights. government is not the author or the source of any of our rights. [applause] government is a tool and our founders recognized that tool is necessary, because unfortunately the world is broken and people want to take your property and take your liberty and your life. you don't w

he has a lot to learn about american history, and it is really worry some, that so many americans don't know american history and are swept up by this man's rhetoric. ours a commentary on education and that is why it is so vitally in that we know our particularly, the more shameful parts of american history, because we learn more from those chapters where our democracy faltered than the glorious chapters that we are exposed to all the time. trump need tonald know our history. roanoke has also expressed the same type of comments and i expressed an invitation to him and talked to him over the phone. he is a charming southern heatin test gentlemen and has not responded to the invitation yet, but he extended commission -- a human rights commission that extended an invitation to me to come and speak their, so i am serving as an example for the mayor of roanoke, i have accepted the invitation and we have set a date when i will visit roanoke, and i said to the mayor, that is time to see allegiance is limited, we are closing on the 14th of february, so you'd better hurry up because i'm coming to roanoke. .>

american history tv. i had no idea they did history. that is something i would probably enjoy a. >> with american history tv, it gives you that perspective. >> i am a c-span fan. announcer: each week, american history tv's american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places. coming up next, we visit whitney plantation in wallace, louisiana, to learn about the history of slavery in america. ashley: i am the director of museum operations at the whitney plantation. we are beginning our tour today in an historic church, which was built circa 1870 by people who lived on the opposite side of the river in louisiana.

nominee, why we will defeat him, and that is because the american people do not want a president who insults .exicans and latin americans the american people do not want a president who insults muslims, one of the largest -- [cheering] the american people do not want a president who insults women. who insults african-americans. remember, don't -- please, when you think about trump, please do not forget that this was a guy who was one of the leaders in this so-called birther that was an intentional effort to delegitimize the president because he was black. it is a funny thing. president obama's father was born in kenya. my father was born in poland. asked me for my birth certificate. [applause] sen. sanders: maybe it has something to do with the color of my skin -- i don't know.

american idea. if you have inherited the american tradition as we have, we want to lift it up and celebrate the american had ingically, we have this country the last seven years, a guy as president who said that one of his quarter purposes is to fundamentally remake america. i don't think we want to remake america. we don't want to change america. we want to recapture the greatness of america and we want to pass that on to the next generation. [applause] president aas our man who does not pay respect to the separation of powers. two divided government which are things that our founders gave us on purpose. these are features. we have a president who has tragically said that if the congress will not do what i want deal.o do, it is no big i have a pen and a phone and i can make up law unilaterally. that is tragic. we have a guy who as president was asked -- do you believe in american exceptionalism? you could see the political polling running through his head when he's head, i don't but i know i am supposed to say yes so i will say -- sure. i believe in american exceptionalism in the same way that the gree

african-american, latino american, asian americans. the numbers are not there. that question of, within the context of the state of rights that we are discussing, i am watching those numbers and what are the issues that will determine these three communities to participate at the same levels or greater levels we saw in the last two cycles because as i was saying earlier, i believe the stakes are just as high if not later. >> i agree. let me ask someone to raised their hand to would like to ofticipate on this question how it transfers from the conversations we had before about the knowledge campus and the neighborhood into the national neighborhood with regard to the 2016 election. >> hello. i am karen, i am a white methodist lawyer, lifelong advocate for the rights of women and children. it, a very reluctant voter in this election. theseot feel like candidates are representing my issues. i do not feel like they care about me. they do not care about race which is one of the primary issues i care about. racial justice. i think the reason we are not seeing the numbe

american people in ways that they could not achieve through the ballot box. this is the decision facing the american people with this presidential election and. if the american people elect a liberal as an ex-president if he or she dominates to replace justice scalia liberalism will be imposed on the american people to a degree this country has never before witnessed. anyone who cares about these important issues need to syria's help. i yield. >> kenny river the first time your interested in the news business? >> and high-school i was ted paris suburb immigrants and interested in this country and what was happening and what was happening around the world. so with the reading of newspapers to watch local and national news i got interested in myself. >> where did your parents come from? >> they came from israel. they came to the united states they believed the american dream they stopped in paris and came to the united states. >> when did you understand what journalism is supposed to be? >> id with the profession i was pretty sure i wanted to make my career at an early age. to read about a head to observe that i tried to be as professional as possible i don't

american population in the country. both cruz and rubio are of cuban decent. the candidate spoke up. >> cuba and its regime remains an anti american, communist dictatorship, is harboring fugitives of americantice, including people stealing our medicare money and moving back to cuba all in exchange for nothing. [ cheers ] >> reporter: trump was also questioned about recent incidents of violence at his rallies. >> reporter: people come with tremendous passion and love for the country, and when they see protests -- in some cases -- you are mentioning one case, which i haven't seen, i heard about it, which i don't like, but when they see what is going on in this country, they have anger that is unbelievable. >> reporter: the possibility of a brokered convention looming, trump painted a process that he says boils down to two candidates. >> i'm going to have the delegates. okay? i think whoever gets the most delegates should win. >> if you are one of the 65, 70% of republicans who recognizes that if we nominate donald trump hillary clinton wins. that's why the media wants him to be the candidate so much. if you recognize that, i want to invite you to come join us. >> reporter: the next big conte

american american decision, quote, a appeases extremists. >>> the dow added 22 points. the s&p lost three points and the nasdaq slipped 21. >>> the obama administration lifted the last restrictions on travel to cuba. americans are now permitted to travel on their own with no prior permission. the new rules, besides making it easier for family members to see each other, will likely be a boom to cuban tourism. >>> a series of food safety issues took a toll on the bottom line at chipotle. sales dropped over 26% last month, more than expected by analysts. that is its first quarterly loss as a public company. the mexican restaurant chain is working to return from a scare of norovirus outbreak. >>> harrison ford and steven a fifth "indiana jones" movie. it made 2 billion at the box office worldwide. there is no word on plot details but disney says the new movie will be released in july of 2019. that is when ford will be 77 years old! >> hopefully, he has been working out. you have to be limber for that role. >> he looked great in "star wars" so i'm sure that will continue. >> he is an icon, right? hena daniels at the new york stock exchange, thanks a lot, hena. >>> march madness claims its first victims. we will

. >> you are an american living the american dream. >> yes. >> every american at one point, i think, wants a bar or restaurant and run it. it's a lot of work. >> you are an african american. >> i am an african american. >> being an african american today. educated, financially successful or not is complex, more than it has been in a few decades. discussion? >> of course. >> being a black man is a blessing to me. being an african man having spirits and roots in africa, it's a blessing. being able to have windows into throwar four different communities is something that i feel privileged to. the world today is - it's more complex because also there's more channels to talk about it. but, i also realise the opportunity and my responsibility as a black man. it's very important for me to hold a high standard, to take not just being a chef. but being an employer serious, and i - being part of - reshaping the narrative of what a black man can be in the 21st century is important to me. there's a generation of african-americans that when i think about the civil rights movement. and the fact tha

american? >> creating black americans. >> hinojosa: creating black americans. >> yeah, southern history across the color line, the united states 1977-1919... >> hinojosa: you've been pushing up against this as a... as an academic... >> yeah, i've been... >> hinojosa: your entire career... >> yeah. >> hinojosa: ...has been kind of like, "i'm going to push these buttons." >> no, no, no, no, me? moi? >> hinojosa: ( laughing ) you? >> i... i just write. >> hinojosa: what is the motivation? i mean... >> i love history. i love to do historical research. i love to write history books. i love history. >> hinojosa: you, nell, i know that you don't like to talk a lot about your personal experience, but it does influence who you ended up becoming and the work that you ended up doing. >> absolutely, absolutely. >> hinojosa: you grew up... you were born in texas... >> yes. >> hinojosa: ...but you grew up in... in the bay area. >> in oakland. >> hinojosa: yes. >> i only spent ten weeks in texas. >> hinojosa: so you're not really a texan. >> ( sighing ) >> hinojosa: ( laughing ) so then you also travel around

fox. >>> what i can tell you is that unfortunately there were americans thatÁhave died. >> closing guantanamo bay and admitting that americanse been killed by released gitmo detainees. >>> and this is we're finding out one of the belgium attackers was arrested before and released by authorities over there and another one might have been kna nabbed if they didn't prohibit overnight raids. let's go in focus to find out with steve forbes and elizabeth

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

just not relative to them any more. >> they are voting, as we are americans, not cuban-americans, bl americansing that by being pro american are also pro cuban. support u.s. policy and they will see the overthrow for fidel castro. >> your family is from cuba? >> they are. my farther's side. t >> they came here in the '60s. ted cruz gop candidate, same thing with his father and his very critical of the president's trip and thawing of relations. let's listen to cruz. >> so his policy concerning cuba and iran both have parallels where he is allowing billions of dollars to go to tyrants, who hate america, who are state sponsors of terrorism. fighting against our nation. i think it is a real mistake. i think the president ought to push for free cuba. 90 miles off the coast of america. and to go there and essentially act as an apoll gist, it was striking. my dad was imprisoned and tortured in cuba. he fought with castro if the revolution and imprisoned and tortured by bautista. and my aunt was imprisoned and tortured by castro. so my family has seen firsthand the evil and oppression in cuba. and whe

american exceptionalism is not an ethnic claim because something of that americans are better. americanm is a claim about history. american exceptionalism is what happened in the american founding. and if we can't explain it, you can ensure. and we live in that kind of cultural amnesia. this has been going on since the 1960's. but this president has attacked the nature of american history. we should go back because our founding movement is extraordinary. our founders were making a claim about human dignity. everybody everywhere, not just people like us, but everybody everywhere is ordained with natural rights. everyone everywhere is created in the image of god and government is our project to secure those rights. it isn't the source of our rights. [cheers and applause] government is a tool and our founders recognized that tool is necessary, because unfortunately the world is broken and people want to take your property and take your liberty and your life. you don't want a world where there is anarchy. we need a world to restrain evil and create a framework for ordered liberty. but this

american value. soon soon it will soon be americans to embrace gays and lesbians as her neighbors and friends. the time i not be too far off when americans will also agree with my spanish friends that efforts to exclude our muslim neighbors from the american family are simply local. so those are my comments, we have time for questions at the microphone. [applause]. >> an issue that conservatives are quite anxious about rain or climate change. it does threaten to such an extent that some conservatives have just not talk about it or tonight. i'm wondering if you can extend that to where we are now with liberal nations. how do do you see that play now? >> i know in the international summit of climate change came out the main argument republicans gave it was that was a waste of time. why are we going to talk about this non- issue when we had more important things like terror at home to deal with. so it seems to me at least my perception that conservatives as represented by the republican party presidential hopefuls are ignoring the issue and they do not really see any good to be gained from us talking about it. for me, the way i understand t

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american economy? is this good for american workers? is this good for american wages?he ttp did not meet that standard for a variety of reasons, including allowing mine countries to under environmental protection laws, and i opposed the fast track and i opposed the previous multilateral trade agreements. you have to look at each of these on their own merits. tom proud in the selection have been endorsed by the united auto workers. we are very interested in expanding manufacturing in maryland. we have a manufacturing plant in washington county. we need to bring more manufacturing here. have theird to support as was

american history tv. the presidency. american artifacts. they are fantastic shows. >> i had no idea they did history. that's something i would really enjoy. >> with americanhistory tv, it gives you that perspective. >> i'm a c-span fan. >>> each week american history tv's american artifacts visits museums and historic places. and up next, we travel to philadelphia's independence national historical park to learn about congress hall. the meeting place of the u.s. house and senate between 1790 and 1800. our guide is park ranger matthew aifel. >> we are in the old house of representatives in a building we call congress hall. originally, it was built as a county courthouse for philadelphia. for most of its history, that's what it was. in the years that the city of washington, d.c. is being built, philadelphia serves as our temporary u.s. capitol. this room serves for the house of representatives, the second floor of the building that we will see in a moment was the united states senate. the house of representatives, each representative at that point in our history represented 30,000 people. we had a population at our first census of about three and three-quar