learn about other stops on the c-span cities tour at c-span.org/local content. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span 3. >> the political landscape has changed with the 114th congress. not only are there 43 new republicans and 53 new democrats in the house and new republicans and democrats in the senate, there is also 108 women in congress, in thing the first african-american republican in the house and the first woman veteran in the senate. keep track of the members of congress using congressional chronicle. the page has lots of useful information, including voting results and statistics about each session of congress. new congress, best access. >> you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. each week, american history tv since then on a lecture. you can watch the classes here every saturday. next, paul mapp

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to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. all weekend long american history tv is featuring greensboro, north carolina. greensboro is home to where civil rights activist started the sit in movements, inspiring nonviolent protest throughout the south. our time warner cable partners worked with our staff, and we recently traveled to greensboro to discover the city's rich history. learn more about greensboro all weekend here on american history tv. >> we are in greensboro, north carolina at the military park, standing on the battlefield. during the revolutionary war the british had moved their campaign to the southern department and had captured georgia and south carolina and tried to what they called restore the party, which meant they would conquer the land, and that is how they ended up here in the middle of north carolina. it was march of 1871. general nathanael greene was pitted against the british army, and cornwallis was making his march through north carolina by conquering the land and so forth, and general greene wanted

learn more about greensboro and other stops on c-span's cities tour at c-span..org. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> each week american artifacts takes you to national sites. the museum has hosted several events since 2008 called save our african american. treasures. people can bring in family artifacts and talk to curators about how best to preserve them. we talked to museum staff and participants at the museum and washington, d.c. >> my name is esther washington. i am the director of the museum. here we are with our save our african-american treasury program. we have visitors, and find out the history, the materials they are made from and they tell the public how to preserve them. >> here we see several photos a -- >> and they are escorted into a room. >> here we see several photos a mother took from 1937 to 1947 in brooklyn, new york. she did it from the time she was 8 to 20. each week, on a sunday, she would have a group of her friends get together after church and they would take photos. photos at coney island, phot

c-span: mad at your dad. >> guest: mad at my father. c-span: and what did you call your father? >> guest: da. i guess that started when my sister was born. my brother and sister arrived about nine and 10 years after i did. my sister was little, and she was learning her letters and how to spell, and she learned daddy was spelled d-a-d-d-y. so she started calling da, which was short for the spelling of `daddy,' and it stuck. even the cowboys started calling him da. c-span: what about your mom? she also had a nickname. >> guest: mo, short for m-o-t-h-e-r. so they were mo and da, until they died. isn't that the greatest... c-span: and you all called them that? >> guest: we all did, even their friends. it was funny. c-span: so--so da and rastice--what happened? >> guest: well, they were out one day on a roundup, and if you don't have corrals, you have to hold the herd of cattle together by having people on horseback surrounding them and keeping them all in and preventing them from running off. and anytime you're working the cattle, you're also sorting out ones that you want to keep a

follow us on twitter at c-span history. get a schedule of our upcoming programs and keep up with the latest history news. >> each week, american history's tv real america brings you stories that tell the story of american history. up next is a training film that outlines the history of snipers and the american military and shows how's my first should be deployed and used in a variety of combat situations. some of these techniques may have been used by the late u.s. navy seal chris kyle, whose memoir of four tors in the middle east was the basis for the film "american sniper." ♪ >> the military sniper dates from the time of the revolutionary war. since then snipers have been employed in every war and conflict. during our civil war, general hiram burden affected techniques snipers use. world war i saw german soldiers use high-powered rifles with telescopic sights. during world war ii, the u.s. armed rifles to conduct sniper operations. world war ii taught us that a sniper is a weapon of opportunity and a typical rifleman cann

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other hearings with administration officials discussing the president's 2016 logit request online at c-span. org. german chancellor angela merkel and french president francois hollande are attempting to work on an agreement to defuse tensions between ukraine and russia. they travel to kiev and moscow to discuss a peace deal. reuters reports that chancellor merkel conceded it was uncertain if a franco-german he's plan would succeed and reflected on the idea of sending weapons to ukraine. something the u.s. is currently considering. the current conflict has killed more than 5000 people according to reuters. we will bring you chancellor merkel's remarks are munich later today on c-span. next a look at the president's request for defense spending in fiscal year 2016 with pentagon officials. a recent hearing held by the senate armed services committee focusing on potential changes to military retirement conversation followed by your thoughts on the subject and other issues affecting the military by telephone, twitter, and facebook. >> the political landscape changed with the 100 14th congress. 4

you can join the conversation on twitter at c-span wj or send us an e-mail at c-span.org. presidents of the let's talk more about the science and math part of this. what is the role of stem education at florida a&m? >> guest: the role of stem education we offer them our mental science courses and a doctorate in nursing. it's to prepare our students for the global society. the world at large is looking for more scientists and more engineers and people to solve -- solve problems. the majors that we have and the educational offerings and science prepare our students to be global citizens and solve problems that are globally related especially our sustainable institute that i started when i arrived at florida a&m cuts across all disciplines and is designed to provide integration and merge the fields we have so that we can create solutions and prepare critical thinkers to create innovations to solve world problems. science has always been a part of where we create knowledge and expand ourselves as a society and that is what we are doing at florida a&m. we have merged their scie

. >> this president's day on the c-span networks, on c-span at 10:00 a.m. eastern -- >> to prove that leadership is our challenge in 1992, and that is why i announce my candidacy for president of the united states of america. [applause] >> a special presentation on campaign announcements from ronald reagan in 1979 to barack obama in 2007. we will reenter the announcements later in the evening at 9:00 p.m. on book tv. finalist for the book circle critics award starting at medical eastern. david brion davis on his third and final volume on the history of slavery, focusing on emancipation. at 1130, elizabeth kolbert argues we are undergoing a sixth as extension. and that senator elizabeth moran talked wealth and economic inequality on american history tv at 8:00 eastern. cartoonist patrick oliphant draws residential candidates. at 7:00 eastern, a 1960 nbc interview with herbert hoover discussing his life be on the presidency. at 9:30, our conversation with james still and mary bacon about the ford theater production of the widow lincoln to mark the 150th anniv

follow us on twitter at c-span history. for information on our schedule of incoming programs and to keep up with the latest history news. on wednesday, february 11, members of the u.s. house of representatives introduced a bill on the floor to award a congressional gold medal to the participants in the march selma to montgomery voting rights marches street next, a debate. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of this very important bill, h.r.431, a bipartisan bill to award a congressional gold medal to the foot soldiers, the courageous men and women who were dissipated in historical days like bloody sunday, turnaround tuesday, and the final march from selma to montgomery to march for voting rights for african-americans. mr. speaker, sometimes it is hard for people in today's society to realize the historical significance of the events that took place in the past, or for younger people, it may seem like a lifetime ago, but for those who lived through those experienced, it might feel like it just happened yesterd

learn more about greensboro and other stops on c-span's tour at c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. up next on american history tv, former cia chief of disguise jonna mendez recounts the story of how czech husband and wife, kgb spies karl and hana koecher infiltrated the cia and gathered top-secret information through the use of sex in the 1970's. mendez reports that one popular swingers club frequented either czech spy couple counted at least 10 cia staffers and a u.s. senator as members. this session from the smithsonian associates and international spy museum is about an hour and a half. >> let me address our speaker today. is jonna mendez. someone womhom i've known for a number of years. i should mention off the bat, i see jonna write your labor chicas on the board of advisors of the international spy museum. and she and her husband, tony, whom many of you know from his fame in particular from "argo." tony

. >> here are some of our featured programs for this weekend on the c-span networks -- this morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern, live on c-span, our nation's governors get together to discuss issues affecting their states. sunday morning at 11:00 a.m., we continue our live coverage of the national governors association meeting. these are the featured speakers -- on c-span two today at noon, both tv is on the road experiencing the literary life of greensboro, north carolina, part of the 2015 c-span cities tour. sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern wes moore retraces his career choices from combat veteran to white house fellow, wall street rancor, to social entrepreneur to find his life's purpose. on american history tv on c-span three, tonight, just after 7:00, the 1963 interview of the former nation of islam minister malcolm x discussing race relations in opposition to racial integration. sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern former cia chief of disguise, john amendez tells the story of a spiting that infiltrated the cia through the use of sex in the 1970's. find our complete schedule at www.c-span.org. let us

complete television schedule at c-span.org, and let us now what you think about the programs you're watching. you can e-mail us at comments at c-span.org, or send us a tweet at c-span hash tag comments. join the c-span conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> next, a look at what liberia is doing to address the ebola outbreak. then another chance to see some of today's white house cyber security summit beginning with president obama talking about information sharing between government and private industry. followed by homeland security secretary jeh johnson, with business leaders from american express, pacific gas and electric and kaiser permanente. >> liberia's assistant minister of health spoke at the center for strategic and international studies friday about his country's response to ebola. he talked about ongoing challenges some of the lessons learned and what is currently being done to help eradicate the disease. this is an hour and a half. >> good morning, everyone. i'm steve morrison senior vice president here at csis, i direct the globe health programs here, and we are joined and honored to have with us tolbert nyenswah. and i'll say a f

at c-span.org. and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us at 202-626-3400. e-mail us at comments @c-spanents @c-span.org or send us a tweet at c-span #comments. like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> up next, more house college psychology professor and author david rice explores the meeting and origins of the slogan, black lives matter which became increasingly popular after the shooting of michael brown by police in ferguson missouri. he spoke recently in massachusetts. this is just over -- just under 90 minutes. >>> dr. david rice is associate professor and chair of department of psychology at moorhouse college. the lab explores expressions of identity balance through engagement, the exploration of varied contacts and personal narratives. it's a lab that works to understand due to elicit behavioral bests. practical application of this work is found in dr. rice's service to the gordon commission on the future of assessment and education and as assistant for student success at the college. dr. rice is faculty representative for moorhouse college's board of trustee and cinema, tele

c-span networks. saturday morning starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern live on c-span, our nation's governors get together to discuss issues affecting their states.

and you can share in the conversation on our twitter page at c-span at wj. i want to draw your attention to this piece inside "the new york times" on congressman paul ryan, the chairman of the house ways and means committee and playing a key role in the president's agenda, his role with house republican leaders. let's go to mike. have you read the story, by the way? guest: i have not. i work a lot with glenn and if something changed i don't know it. host: from wyoming, the republican line. caller: thanks grover, for your service to the american public to explain things in a way that they can understand. i think it helps out a great deal to simplify it like you do. and i guess my comment would be you know, president obama last year, i saw, he only paid 20.5% in his adjusted gross income. now, they talk about that fair share, i think he needs to be voluntarily lead by example and say here, i'll pay the 39.6% or whatever it is, the high rate, and also bill clinton is always hollering about income equality. and he's worth $100 million. how about if he just gives

to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. >> up next on american history tv, john richardson author of the forthcoming biography alexander robey shepherd: the man who built the nation's capital discusses renovations of washington dc during the civil war and reconstruction era. richardson argues that alexander shepherd's corrupt practices led to wasted money, a poorly designed so it system and wooden plank roads that deteriorated after only two years. this session from the smithsonian associates and historical society of washington, d.c. is about one hour. >> given the fact that the time -- even though that's added 11 years onto the time that i'm going to cover -- it starts about the start of the civil war. between that time and 1901, and we'll be talking about the city beautiful in washington, there is so much that happened in the city, to deal with the city, from the city, about the city, it was a next-door new and complex change. what i thought i would do, and i would ask you to -- i would recommend that in terms of developing a way of thinking about what is impo

at c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us at 202-626-3400. e-mail us at don'ts at c-span.org or send us a tweet at c-span #comments. join the c-span conversation, like us on facebook follow us on twitter. >>> next members of a review panel that are investigating recent security lapses at the secret service testify at a house oversight hearing. the four-person panel was created in response to a number of security failures at the agency. congressman jason chaffetz chairs the committee. # >>> good morning the committee machine oversight and government is chaired to come to order and without objection, the chair can call a recess at any time. pleased to be holding this hearing with ranking member cummings, reforming and restoring the united states secret service is not a partisan issue, a united front with mr. cummings and i have presented -- presented have driven change within the agency. together, we have center wills attended closed door meetings and briefings with the secret service and asked for change. this morning in a bipartisan way, we went and visited the secret service headquarters and appreciate their accomm

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at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> here are some of our featured programs for this weekend on the c-span networks. saturday morning starting at 10:00 a.m., live on c-span, our nation's governors get together to discuss issues. guests included danny meyer, and maria of fox business news. and sunday morning at 11:00 with continue our coverage on the national governor's association meeting and features speakers include jeh johnson and epa administrator. on c-span 2 saturday, book tv is on the road experiencing the literary life a greensboro north carolina, part of the c-span cities tour. on afterwords, retracing his career choices from combat veteran to white house fellow to wall street banker to social onto for nor. -- entrepreneur. in american history tv, saturday night, just after 7:00, a 1963 interview of malcolm x discussing race relations and opposition to racial integration. and sunday, former cia chief of the skies tells the story of a husband and wife kgb spy team that infiltrated the cia through the use of sex in the 1970's. find our complete schedule at www.c-span.org and let us know what

follow us on twitter at c-span history for information on our schedule of upcoming programs, and to keep. >> each week american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places to learn what artifacts reveal about american history. the national elysium of african-american history and culture is currently under construction at the national mall, and expected to open in 2016. the museum hosted several events since 2008 called save our african-american treasures. people can bring in family artifacts and talk about how to preserve them. we talked to museums the museum staff in washington d n, d.c. >> my name is esther. i am the director. today we are here with our african american treasures program where we invite the public to bring three objects. we have curators who look at the objects find out the history , the materials they are made from and it they tell the public how to preserve them. they sign off on the museum to handle this objects. and they are escorted into the room where they take a look at the objects. >> here we see several photos a mother took from 1937 to 1947 in brooklyn

follow us on twitter at c-span history for information on our schedule, upcoming programs, and to keep up with the latest history news. >> each week american history tv's reel america brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. developed during world war ii as a more powerful version of the liberty ship, 500 victory cargo ships were built to replace ships destroyed by german submarines. the 1945 film "hannibal victory" documents the journey of a victory ship from san francisco to the philippines to deliver cargo for the war effort including several steam railroad engines. ♪ >> are ready to run engines are going to get one more left before their under their own steam by one of the always present docks which work on land and water. it will tow our locomotives under solid ground once again. it is a strange setting to find our engines in. they will carry the war gets first. what we know after the war is over, they will mean a lot in the rebuilding of the philippines helping our friends get on their feet again. maybe she will have a better world to live in becaus

saturday march 7th on c-span 2's book tv and sunday march 8th at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> this task force on policing practices was created by the white house to examine the relationship between local law enforcement and the communities that they serve. philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey co-chairs the task force. good morning, and welcome to the president's task force on 21st century policing. today is a special day. we have one distinguished and i will say the final panel. be careful saying we save the best for last because all of our panels were outstanding. in many ways we save the best for last. and i'll leave it to the co-chairs to explain what the thought process was and why we're closing out the public listening sessions in this way. it's an outstanding way to close out. as you know on december 2014, president obama announced 21st century policing to deal with what was really simmering at the time the issue of trust between police and communities. not all of our communities, but many of our communities. and put together a task for

legend that now accompanies this dress. >> want all of our events from greensboro saturday at noon eastern on c-span's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span 3. >> president obama met with secretary ashton carter thursday in the oval office. president obama: i just had a chance to meet the first time with my new official secretary of defense, we spoke about a wide array of things around the world, to make sure we're dismantling isil, not only stabilizing the situation in iraq but addressing the foreign fighters and the violent extremism that has been turbocharged through the internet. we had a chance to talk about situations like ukraine. we also had an opportunity about how to maintain the strongest and most effective military in the world. i could not be more confident. he will do an outstanding job as secretary of defense and he is hitting the ground running having already spent a lot of time in this administration. i want to thank the senate for confirming him almost unanimously. i look forward to working with him for years to come. i think america will be well-ser

c-span: at any given time, how many do you have there at the... >> guest: we have about 70 to 75 a year. c-span: who pays for it? >> guest: i like to say that brian, we make our money the old-fashioned way: we beg for it. we ... c-span: is it hard? >> guest: yes. it's a constant effort. i spend a lot of time doing that, writing letters to foundations and donors of all types who are interested in these issues about the media and raising the money to run it c-span: do you teach people how to become a conservative journalist? >> guest: no. no. it is not political at all. and that's a misunderstanding a lot of people have when they come to the program. we try to teach them to be good journalists -- that is, to get the facts, not to go to only one side, not to put a spin on it, not to try to correct liberal bias by introducing conservative bias. we try to teach them to be reporters, and good reporters. and i say that and we get a lot of conservatives in the program, as you might imagine, and i say to them that, "i'm conservative you're conservative. that's fine. and if you believe in what yo

e-mail us comments at c-span.org or send us a tweet at c-span #. like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. it only are there 12 republicans in the house, there's also 108 women in congress, including the first african-american would republican in the house. keep track of members of congress using congressional congress the congressional congress has many interesting facts, including about congress. this is on c-span, c-span2 c-span radio and c-span.org. >> next about the interactions with tribes on the 1700s. he talks about the importance of owning horses and guns for colonial sub others for having the upper hand in trade and war. this class is an hour and 10 minutes. it's going to this lecture about the great plains. unlike some of the classic american history courses, we have a more expansive view. that includes the great plains. i think we will enjoy this. we have a couple of starting anecdotes. the year is 1720, the spanish in new mexico are hearing more about french activity coming out of louisiana and canada. they hear these rumors that f

you can watch them all at c-span .org. >> monday night on the communicators, we spoke with two industryxecutives at the consumer electronics show in las vegas. the senior vice president ericsson and cisco senior vice president talking about their companies and the technology on which the cloud operates. >> you talk about the network society. it is a society where everything that can benefit from having a connection actually has one. be put a vision forward in 2009 in barcelona, during the trade show going on there. of 50 billion connected

c-span: what is it, by the way? >> guest: it is a research institute that does research on reproductive-health issues. c-span: you also tell a little story at beginning of your acknowledgment about an avis rent-a-car agent. >> guest: yes, it's true. c-span: was it important to you? >> guest: for the good feeling it gave me that maybe this thing was going to work out. it was on my first trip to alabama. i flew into birmingham. then i had an appointment over in tuscaloosa. i needed to rent a car, and the woman is making conversation "what brought you to alabama?" so i told her and she seemed to listen, actually with interest and told me that the book sounded interesting and that she was going to look for it. and i thought, "god bless you, that's such a nice thing to say" and truly it made me feel like as i say, it was going to work out. c-span: you also thank nancy lisagor. why? >> guest: nancy and i went to college together at the university of michigan, and she and her husband wrote a book a few years ago about the law firm sullivan and cromwell -- an interesting concept, a book about the social history of a law firm. i believe the book is

all weekend and every weekend on c-span three three to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. >> coming up next, congresswoman eleanor norton and cbs white house correspondent bill platt look back on the civil rights movement and the struggle for voting rights 50 years out of the protests. they discussed the film, "selma," and the fraternal of events. the 50 minute event was held by the museum in washington dc. >> hello, and welcome. this is the first inside media of 2015. i will be your host for the program that highlights the exhibit. this is a feature that we began back in 2013 and we take a look at, march on washington. we're looking back on another marched that led to a major civil rights victory. some of, alabama, was the location and voting rights for blacks was the issue. a student activist organizing the cause and a journalist reporting of it. civil rights leaders worked to regroup and carry out a plan from selma to montgomery. this award-winning government has been the white house correspondent since ronald reagan's administration. also, eleanor holmes

learn more about corpus christi and other stops on c-span city tour at c-span.org last local content. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span three. >> american history tv's railamerica rings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> in 1955, over 10 million children received one or more injections of salt fact scenes including this boy, the president's own grandson, david eisenhower. like millions of boys and girls across the nation, david is protected against paralytic polio free to play and enjoy the delights of summer time with the president, his grandfather. from the united states public health service, report on these vaccinations in 1955 by the distinguished former surgeon general, dr. leonard feeley. >> it's my very pleasant duty to report to you the results of polio vaccinations today and the findings of the effectiveness. it is good news indeed. we have had an opportunity to study the effectiveness last year. he

at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> here are some of our featured programs on the c-span networks. ay morning at 10 a.m. eastern, live on c-span, our nation's governors get together to discuss issues affecting their states. guests include any meyer ceo of union square hospitality group and maria barbara roma -- maria bartaromo. also, secretary of security jeh johnson. saturday, book tv is on the road experiencing the literary life of greensboro, north carolina. sunday at 9 p.m. eastern, on "afterwords," wes moore retraces his color your choices -- retraces his career choices to find his life's purpose. one american history tv on c-span3 saturday night, just after 7:00, the 1963 interview of former nation of islam minister malcolm x discussing race relations and opposition to racial integration. at 6:30 p.m. eastern, the story of a husband and wife kgb spy team that infiltrated the cia through the use of sex in the 1970's. find our complete television schedule at c-span.org and let us know about the programs you are thinking. call us, e-mail us, or send us a tweet. join the c-span co

to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. each week, american history tv since then on a lecture. you can watch the classes here every saturday. next, paul mapp talks about the interactions between european colonial powers and native american tribes on the great plains during the 1700s. he describes the importance of owning horses and guns, and how the tribes had the upper hand on trade and more. >> let's go into this lecture about the great plains. unlike some of the classic american history courses, we have a more expansive view. that includes the great plains. i think we will enjoy this. we have a couple of starting anecdotes. the year is 1720, the spanish in new mexico are hearing more about french activity coming out of louisiana and canada. they hear these rumors that french traders are moving west. that they are aligned with the indians on the great plains. 1720, the governor of new mexico sends an expedition to investigate. 45 spaniards and 60 pueblo indians go out. everything is uncertain, but they probably get into

c-span networks. saturday morning starting at 10 a.m. eastern live on c-span our nation's governors get together to discuss issues affecting their states. guests include danny meyer ceo of union square hospitality group and maria bartiromo of fox business news. and sunday morning at 11 we continue our live coverage of the national governor withs' association meeting. featured speakers include homeland security secretary jeh johnson and epa administrator gina mccarthy. on c-span2 saturday booktv is on the road experiencing the literary life of greensboro north carolina part of the 2015 c-span cities tour. and sunday at 9 p.m. eastern on "after words" wes moore retracing his career choices from wall street banker to social entrepreneur to find his life's purpose. and on american history t on c-span -- american history tv on c-span3 saturday night just after seven the 1963 interview of malcolm x discussing race relations and opposition to racial integration. and sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern, former cia chief of disguise josh that mendez -- jo

going to serve us. >> watch all our events throughout the day on c-span2's book tv, and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span 3. congress returns from its weeklong recess next week. the senate gavels and monday at 3:00 p.m. eastern when north dakota republican senator john hoeven will be recognized to deliver the annual reading of president george washington's farewell address. at 4:30, the senate will continue debate on the house passed homeland security spending bill which includes provisions to block the president's executive order on immigration. at 5:30 p.m., senators will vote to limit debate on proceedings of the bill. 60 votes required for the bill to advance. house returns on tuesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. later in the week, members are expected to debate a bill to expand 529 college savings programs and a bill to reform the no child left behind education law. for more, we talked to a congressional reporter. >> what is the latest as the senate comes back? >> so they have vetted and him has for weeks. they are still at an impasse in congress over the spending bill. basically, the problem is that repu

at 7:00 eastern. >> the c-span city's tour takes book tv and american history tv on the road, traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. we partnered with time-warner cable to visit north carolina. >> after months and months of cleaning the house, charles was making one small walk-through and he saw an envelope with a green seal on it and walked over and noticed the date was 1832 document. he removed a single mail from a panel in an upstairs attic room and discovered a trumping, books and portraits stuffed under the eves a there was this treasure of dolly madison's things. different items are displayed, but trying to include her life

watch c-span live at noon eastern on c-span three. >> the second court of appeals recently considered a case challenging the health care laws contraceptive mandate for religious affiliated employers. the roman catholic archdiocese is arguing that the opt out still violates their religious belief by making them complicit in providing coverage to a third-party. this oral argument is 45 minutes. >> >> they have all rejected the same claim. the religious exercise is substantially burden combination that allows them to opt out of providing contraceptive coverage and instead require an incentivize third parties to step in and by the coverage. as the d.c. circuit recently explained, the objectives here are the government's independent axes them everything coverage. >> can i ask a question about the exemption which art exists for religious institutions? i just want to know how it is working. how do those employees get contraceptive coverage if they wanted? >> the employer says that -- the employees of religious employers are not currently receiving coverage under these regulations . we have p

c-span three. follow us on twitter at c-span history. collects -- >> boston history professor, heather cox richardson, talks about cowboys in the post-civil war years. she explains how cowboy individualism was used as a counterbalance to the reconstruction dominance of the republican government. she also says that they are lasting symbolism for american culture, and far outweighs the actual numbers. this hour-long talk was part of a symposium hosted by the vermont humanities council. >> this afternoon, i'm supposed to talk about why cowboys mattered in the postwar years. they mattered more than perhaps anything else. as an example.com i want to show you some images of reconstruction and ask you how many you know. i would suggest that probably very few of you could take rebels out of a group. shortly after the civil war, he died, so you may not know one. how many of you would know red cloud? there you go. he was so important after civil war. he was the most important indian at the time. if you came off of boat from europe, within two week

you can watch them all at c-span .org. >> monday night on the communicators, we spoke with two industry executives at the consumer electronics show in las vegas. the senior vice president ericsson and cisco senior vice president talking about their companies and the technology on which the cloud operates. >> you talk about the network society. it is a society where everything that can benefit from having a connection actually has one. be put a vision forward in 2009 in barcelona, during the trade show going on there. of 50 billion connected devices in 2020, which has gone very well in the world. that i think is close to many people's minds. that no industry is limited to smartphones, the devices we carry around. it is a great technology to connect so many other things and build a better society based on those kinds of technologies. >> the internet started with this thing that people needed to get somewhere or somehow. we brought the internet from that thing somewhere to your home. he brought that internet from being your home to being in every device that you carry around. the next age

at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> with the sec focusing on net neutrality, we spoke with two industry executives. chris riley and hank hultquist. >> at the end of the day, the internet needs strong, enforceable, effective rules. those need to include non-determination and resource management and they need to be effectively enforceable. >> the problem we have now with where the net neutrality issue has gone is that -- there is a lot of consensus around the fcc's legal authority to adopt rules and jurisdictional

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c-span tv. if you like us like us on facebook at c-span history. >> this week while congress is in recess, book tv and american history tv are in prime time. beginning tuesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, war on terror. the green berets and guantanamo diary. on wednesday talking about china's secret plan to replace america as a superpower, the egyptian revolution and the emerging crisis on europe. on thursday politics and the white house from our afterwards programs with david axelrod, mike huckabee and april ryan. and on friday, a look at pakistan from the eyes of a woman who was named in kurachi. and on tuesday on c-span3, a look at the korean war veterans digital memorial. skpl i showing of the entire 1915 film "the birth of a nation," followed by a re-air of our call-in program with author dick lehr. and thursday social changes in the 1970s at the 2015 american historical association meeting. book tv and american history tv this week in prime time. >> up next, thomas jefferson and union of the states. they debate jefferson's provocative relief in the preservation of races, preservation of union du

. >> sunday at 8 p.m. on c-span's q1 day. >> all weekend long american history tv be featuring greensboro, north carolina. television commentator edward r. murrow was born in greensboro. he was known for criticizing senator mccarthy and his catchphrase "did night and good luck -- "good night and good luck." >> the international civil rights center and museum opened in greensboro february 1, 2010. museum tells the story of the sit-ins that happened in the city that launched a wave of sit-ins across the south. >> what happened here in 1960, february 1, four young men from north carolina amt state -- amt -- north carolina a&t state university chose that day to make a stand, really to take a seat so that the rest of us would be able to do that. so they took a stand against jim crow, against segregation, against whites-only access to public accommodations and to being seen as a first-class citizen. they came here to this woolworth building and this lunch counter to sit down and be treated like a first-class citizen and be

at c-span.org. call us or e-mail us at c-span.org. join the c-span conversation. like us on face it and follow us on -- follow us on twitter. rand paul attended the american spectator magazine gala on tuesday. the attentional rubble -- republican candidate defended the government shutdown and criticized secretary of state hillary clinton for the benghazi attack. this is almost a half hour or an caller: >> said, like that your granddad didn't get to be a hundred and five eating like that. they said no, he lived to be 105 by mining his own business. when we talk about the leave me alone coalition we are talking about people who say to the government, leave me alone, mind your own business. if you want a unifying theme that brings together people from the right and the left, talk about leaving people alone. you can give that speech at sea pack and you give that speech at berkeley. it is received. people want to be left alone. it isn't a government, it is a small government that wants to leave us alone. it is a lot less expensive to have a smaller government that leav

you will see more at http://twitter.com/cspanwj. this week on c-span at prime time. clerics it should be a bentley or something. instead, it is just a taxi. for that privilege of leasing the car for $40,000 per year, he gets to be a porridge. >> hear from insiders as part of a special presentation while congress is in recess. >> israel, when digital first for gdp growth, job creations increased inclusion of minorities. >> three nights of text starting on tuesday at 7:00 eastern. >> going back to a special program on residential campaign announcements. kansas governor senator, bob dole announced his campaign on in april 19 1985. it was in topeka kansas. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you, governor graves, my good colleague, senator kassebaum. good morning friends, i see a lot of friends in this audience. [applause] elizabeth, robin, and i thank you for that tremendous welcome. we really appreciate it very much. it's great to be in kansas. [applause] of course, i'm not the first kansan to say, "there's no place like home." but for me, th

at c-span.org. let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. e-mail us at comments at c-span.org. send us a tweet at c-span #comments. join the conversation. like us on facebook. >> former governor rick perry spoke to a meeting of the seacoast republican women in new hampshire on wednesday. he discussed a range of issues including energy immigration and the economy. governor perry ran for president in the 2012 primary. he is considering another campaign in 2016. this is just under one hour. [inaudible chatter] >> civilian contractor. that is a great facility. i go down there pretty often. the burn center, i have a lot of kids there. >> they used to bring them in their. -- there. >> wilford hall was outside of kelly. >> we were there when it was second army. it was such a great place. >> there have been changes. >> we were back a few years ago. it was so different. >> when i got out of pilot training, they had a unit there. [indiscernible] i think there was for some reason i think that they had a unit there. i was there. [indiscernible] they still use them. they have been around for 60 years now. last year

at the back and down the stairs and thank you very much. >>> you're watching american history tv. all weekend every weekend on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. >>> up next on american history tv, university of virginia history professors gary gail ger and peter onuf discuss thomas jefferson's views on federalism and the union of the states. they debate jefferson's provocative belief in the separation of races. president lincoln's preservation of the union during the civil war and how jefferson would view today's federal government. . session from the miller center at the university of virginia is about two hours. >> anyone who hopes to understand the 19th century in the united states has to come to terms with the importance of union. as a deeply important concept and highly charged word in the political vocabulary. it is a word that's gone from our political vocabulary now. it literally means flog to most americans now. the word union. if it isn't associated with labor. union in a sense was so important during the 19th century is gone. there were contending understandings of the meaning of union. almost always tied to ideas about li

programs are also available at c-span podcasts. >> all 10 years of q & a interviews are available online and if you enjoyed this week's interview here are some others you might like. dr. wayne a.i. frederick president of howard university dr. alfredo quinones-hinojosa neuro surgeon at john hopkins university and documentary film maker jonathan goodman levitt talking about his film "follow the leader." watch them all at c-span.org. host:[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> yet cece focusing on net neutrality in february, we spoke with two industry executives at the consumer electronics show in las vegas. >> we believe at the end of the day, the internet need strong and forcible effective rules to protect the users and developers. that needs to include nondiscrimination, subject to reasonable management and they need to be effectively enforceable. >> the problem we have now with where the net neutrality issue is is that they are not

this year c-span is touring cities across the country exploring american history. next a look at our recent visit to corpus christi, texas. you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span 3. >> 70 miles of a barrier island with beach, bay, coastal prairie. we're located just about 25 minutes from the city of corpus christi, texas. this island traditionally started out being used by native-american tribes seasonally, and they would come here during nice weather. there was a bounty of fish in the area. there was lots of plants they would use on the island and leave when the weather was bad in the winter. what happened next was when the spanish arrow was happening, there was a man up the river last name obali who became a priest. and they called him padre, and the island is named after him. what happened is he got a spanish land grant and he got padre island split it with his nephew. they started doing over 200 years ago was cattle ran muching and that's how it started out with his name and it actually did very well for him and his nephew. once he passed aw