c-span: woodrow wilson was president of princeton at one point? >> guest: he was president before he was president of the united states. c-span: did you know who he was, and did you know what you were getting into before you got there? >> guest: i knew who he was, but i had no idea what i was getting into. my first year at princeton i was scared to death. all the people around me had come from, i thought, the best prep schools in the united states. in those days princeton was about two-thirds prep school and one-third high school. today it's about the reverse. i went through 11 years of school before going to college which was georgia in those days, and all these other guys, i thought, were way ahead of me. and they were. so, i worked my tail off my freshman year. each year it got a little bit easier until i graduated. c-span: when did you first know that you were interested in writing for a living? >> guest: my best friend, the guy who i applied to college with, says that when we were in the third grade i came in off the playground one day after p

follow us on twitter at c-span history. and scheduleon programs and to keep up with the latest history news. >> people be hitting people in the head. >> i don't think other people and america could take this stuff. what you think about the police? they ate nothing but cakes, man. they picked me up because i was not in school. they said, i'm going to take you to the pig cage. i said, you are going to take me aunt, buddy. >> people are living like they have to live in the black community, how are you going to get a handle on these problems. had you create an awareness of a need? washington's third least restricted, there is contrast here -- third police district, there is contrast here, a court or of violence in the spring rights of 1968. robbers, 16 aggravated assaults, and high incidence of rape, homicide, and arson. ,ith drug abuse as the source baby attics will die from overdose. a mayor's committee had chosen this site for a new opportunity. with high hope in more than $1 million, the plan was this. he wrote suspicion an

c-span radio. on 90.1o c-span radio fm in the washington, d.c. area, online at c-span.org, or download our c-span radio app. , from ourht on q&a emergency manager of detroit, kevin or -- former emergency ,anager of detroit, kevin orr talks about overseeing the largest municipal bankruptcy in our country's history. >> if detroit had taken that money when the stock market went down and had invested it in an index fund, dow jones industrial, standard & poor's, whatever. the stock market is now trading him is three times what it was. they not

in addition to excerpts of more than 30 titles not just nonfiction over though that's the folks at c-span to have fiction ngos. we also have middle grade. the adult buzz books opens with the larger fall and winter preview of books in all of those categories. i do prepare that so i tirelessly go to all the catalogs whenever they're ready and try to pick out which are the titles which be of particular interest. and nonfiction i know for a fact many, many people will be interested especially c-span watchers a book called exceptional by former vice president dick cheney which he wrote with his daughter. no, interesting is going to have some pointed criticism of our current president and i'm sure that that will garner a lot of attention. on a different task, officials announced is a book by gloria steinem, feminists, the founderr of ms. magazine and also to get a lot of attention. finally, any given thing is a new book from space a shift to a previously written a biography of cleopatra that up into different myths. her new book will be out of place in october and it's about the same witch tria

c-span: and where did you go to college? >> guest: at the university of north carolina for my undergraduate years and bryn mawr college for a phd. c-span: if we had followed you around since 1990 you were at the battlefield out in montana where else would we have seen you working on this book? >> guest: many places. it's the thing that i discovered about the difference between literary criticism and historical research; a lot more traveling is involved. i went to berkeley, california, where i spent eight months doing secondary sources in the bancroft library there, which is famous for its western collection. but i had to go to a number of repositories of original documents; for example, monroe, michigan, where both the custers grew up, both george armstrong and his wife; to yale for some significant letters; certainly to west point; to new york public library; and, of course, to washington, dc, to the national archives and the library of congress. c-span: where'd you find the most material that was useful primary material? >> guest: well

at 8 p.m. eastern and -- onc on cease van "q&a c-span "q&a." >> and highlight at the c-span collaboration with our cable and. -- partners. visit c-span.org/citiestour. >> it is texas's official state history museum. 2001.n we are charged with telling the story of texas. we had three floors of exhibition space where we feature around 500 original artifacts that tell the story of texas. we also have temporary exhibitions, including fly girls , which is what we are standing in right now and to theaters that show films regularly. ♪ [video clip] >> this is texas. and out of those are stepping girls. girls give a new angle to the air force story. women's air force service pilots. victoria: the fly girls exhibition is very important to us, and it is an exhibition we opened on veterans day, and to tell the story of these world war ii female pilots and share that with the public was, we thought, and important texas story, but also an important story that connects texas with the nation. when world war ii broke out in 1938 and 1939, one of the women pilots of america, her name was jacqueline, and she was

at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. we look at the latest developments in the presidential race with political strategists from this morning's "washington journal." host: joining us, stefan hankin a democratic pollster and david winston, republican strategist. how much attention should people be paying to as far as pulling when it comes to the presidential race? guest: it is the only thing they should be watching. for most americans, a little early. for those of us in the beltway and people who are political junkies, obviously, this is what we live and die by. we are still five months away from the first primaries. a long way to go before the general. it is early. want to talk about, fun to look at. but what you are seeing now is not necessarily indicative of what we will be seeing in 2016. guest: i do not necessarily disagreeguest:. there are a lot of things that will change. on the republican side, pulling is critical given that is how fox will select who they support in the debate. it is important for the candidates t

2016 on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> ahead of tonight's forum, you can share your thoughts on c-span's facebook page on what you expect to hear from candidates. you can weigh in at facebook.com/c-span or send a tweet that c-span. leticia writes things to help the middle class that's not abortion, benghazi, terrorist. paul writes i want to hear about legalizing the growing of hemp strengthening native american relations and getting tougher on illegal immigration. we read more comments i had of the forum. while we wait for the remarks of the young african leaders summit we will take a look at washington journal. host: medicare markets 50th anniversary. here to discuss that the former administrator from the centers for medicare and medicaid services from 1990 to 1992. dr. robert berenson the acting administered are from 2000 to 2001, thank you for being here. i want to show viewers and you what president lyndon b. johnson had to say 50 years ago when he signed this legislation into law. pres. johnson: there are over 50 million americans over the age of 55, most have limited income and are threatened by illness and expenses. through this new law, every citizen will

at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. coming up on c-span, our special programming marking the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina continues with a look at the city of new orleans one year after the storm. that is followed by testimony from hurricane katrina evacuees at a 2009 senate committee hearing. then keith hall gives an update on the budget outlook. later, a senate committee looks at the increase in the number of americans working later in life. >> on the next "washington kristol,.william he is here to talk about the 2016 presidential campaign. then a discussion on police reform and community relations. sson,uest is deray mcke community activist and black lives matter participant. you can join the conversation with your cause and comments on facebook and twitter. wednesday, a discussion on banking access in various countries and how technology can expand the access. we are live from the center for technology at the brookings institution at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. ♪ >> we are so thrilled and excited to b

also, send us a treat at c-span and your comments are welcome at facebook.com/c-span2. let's go to michigan with dave on the democrat line. caller: [indiscernible] we got all this stuff going on. a need to get this country going again. they need more jobs, get rid of abortions. there were interceptions of religion it is about -- and it is a bust. bush and his family have blood on their hands. it is a loss. host: here's francine in maryland. a jeb bush supporter. left hime just speaking at the state fair. i especially loved what he said about common core. 'sam a teacher and i loved answer and how he wants to support education. host: andy is next up on the democrat line in kentucky. andy, there you go. welcome. caller: thank you. i have listened to the speakers and everything and i heard some yesterday. i like ms. clinton. she is a dynamite lady and everything. ms. clinton has been good for us for america and everything and for the united states. i know she doesn't obstacles and everything. i like jim webb. i think he is a good candidate on the democratic ticket and every

follow us on twitter at c-span history. and to keep up with the latest -- historys for news.sound recordings. american history visited the packard campus to learn about the earliest public affairs films, including u.s. residents, spanish-american war, world war and the first ever political ad created by the democratic party. like this is the earliest ad in our collection. may 1958, quadra flex tape. this is the inauguration of color television ad and nbc owned and operated station in washington, d c

at these fine items. thank you all for coming. [applause] >> you are watching american history tv. 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span3. follow us on twitter at c-span history for information on our schedule of upcoming programs and to keep up with the latest history news. august 30, 1945. general douglas macarthur, commander-in-chief of the u.s. army forces in the pacific, supremeed allied commander to accept a surrender of the japanese. he was met by lieutenant

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us at c-span or leave a post on our facebook page. kimberly joins us from washington state on the line for democrats. your thoughts? caller: i was calling. i love that she is talking about wanting to hear from everyone on all sides. thisall for only 6 debates election season is a little ridiculous. as a democratic voter i would like to hear from all of the candidates equally. i feel like the way it is set up is in favor of hillary clinton. that is really unfair to the democratic process. as some of that is the head of the democratic party, she has not called attention to that she continues to support it. i would love to see us have more debates this election year then the 6 that are proposed. >> if they're democratic candidate other than hillary clinton that has impressed you at iowa or another event? -- othe -- caller: even martin o'malley has great things to say. ,ssues with all of the things the candidates, it would be great to hear sites from everyone. i've not heard very much about lincoln chaffee. i would love to hear his opinio

to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span/history. >> -- people be hitting people in the head. >> i don't think any other people in america could take this kind of stuff. drive anybody into being a revolutionary. what do think about the police? >> -- [indiscernible] like, pick me up because i wasn't in school. man, what are you are going to do to me? -- [indiscernible] i said -- [indiscernible] >> the question always comes when you live in a community that is suppressed and people are living like we have to live in the black community, you know, how are you going to handle all these problems? an awareness and a need for change in this community.

edith roosevelt, this sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's series, "first ladies." from martha washington to michelle obama. sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. sees -- this year, c-span is touring cities across thecountry and exploring history. this week we are in a gusto, georgia. you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> the augusta canal is a man-made waterway. the water comes from the savannah river, our main river here. it travels to town in about 7.5 miles. here, the son of the first mayor of augusta was in massachusetts and saw how they built the canal and how they built the mills. augusta's economics came to a standstill. people are leaving town to go out west. he says, we have to think of something. said,ught of lowell and we can do this. we can build a canal and pull that savannah river and bring high so it canp flow and we can bring in job. the canal was his main purpose was hydropower. a second use was travel. there were long barges bringing goods to town. they had to shoot the rapids of t

and it still didn't sink in that we were the prisoners of war. >> on wednesday night at 8:00, c-span's 2006 tour of hurricane damage and recovery at st. bernard parish in louisiana. >> you can't describe it. that's your whole life gone completely. got nothing but cement and rubble left. not only your house, but your whole community. all of yourp friends, your family, everybody is gone. and now it's going to be a year later and still, your family and friends you don't see anymore that you used to see. hell of a feeling. you don't forget it. you'll never forget it the rest of your life. >> followed at 9:00 with a 2005 town hall meeting in new orleans. >> i'm relying on you. i know all this state level, federal level and all other levels. i don't have them. i voted for you to represent me on a local level. i don't know where else to go. i don't know what else to do. >> thursday night starting at 8:00, more from the atlantic conference in new orleans with fema's craig fugate and "the new york times" executive editor. at 9:00 we'll show you president obama's trip to the region as well as re

. ♪ narrator: this weekend on the c-span networks, politics, books, and american history. tonight atstern on c-span, congressional profiles with 4 freshmen members. sunday night at 9:00, with elections coming in october, we will show you a debate among the 4 national party leaders in canada. , charles murray argues that through the use of technology, we can rein in the power of the federal government. the cityening at 7:00, and people of now the sake, japan, from the morning it was bombed on august 9, 1940 5, 2 today. this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, we commemorate bombingsersary of the of hiroshima and nagasaki, japan. our programming starts his morning at 10:00 with a conversation with president harry truman's grandson, clifton truman daniel. theer, we will visit american university hiroshima-nagasaki atomic tom bomb exhibit.mic sunday, our coverage continues with a documentary on the making of the atomic tom and later, interviews with two bomb survivors. get our complete schedule at www.c-span.org. >> this month, c-span radio takes you to the movies. here the suprem

that is coming from c-span's producer with a tweet. that is tonight on c-span at 7:00 p.m.astern time. act ii a discussion with all of you about the senate action today. they plan to move forward legislation or try to move forward with legislation that would cut funding to planned parenthood. democrats object. they don't have enough though. will they get 60 votes they need? should congress me moving on this? caller: i think that in light of the recent investigation on planned parenthood where they were found to have been selling the aborted fetuses to different people, that they should cut funding. if you are being funded and then you are making extra money outside doing other things, why would you take money from other sources that could use it? they are taking money and making money but youth -- you say you need help. evidently, you don't need help. host: ok. frank and utica, new york. what do you think? caller: i am a republican. thank you for taking my call. i am embarrassed to be calling in as a republican because they probably won't do anything about defunding planned

. >>> c-span is at the iowa state far. live coverage on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org as the candidates walk the fairgrounds and speak at the des moines register's candidate soap box. here is the schedule. saturday, republican rick santorum at noon followed by democrats lincoln chafee at 12:30 and senator bernie sanders at 3:00. on sunday afternoon, republicans ben carson at 5:00 and george pataki at 5:30. c-span's campaign 2016 taking you on the road to the white house. >>> each week american history tv's real america brings you archival film that help tell the story of the 20th century. in april a 1964, american and iranian armed forces conducted a series of joint military exercises designed to send a cold war message to the soviet union, which then shared a 1,400 mile border with iran. exercise delawar was documented in this episode of the big picture, a television series produced by the u.s. army. delawar is a persian word meaning courageous. the united states and iran were allies from the time of a 1953 british a

to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. >> this weekend, politics, books, and american history. on c-span today, that's is a p.m. eastern, hurricane .atrina's 10th anniversary speakers include president bill clinton and new orleans mayor mitch landrieu. p.m., evening at 6:30 speeches from hillary clinton and bernie sanders at the democratic national committee summer meeting in minneapolis. on c-span 2, book tv tonight, at p.m.,evening -- 10:00 dan-el padilla peralta talks "undocumented," tracing his track from an undocumented anchorman to the top of his class at princeton -- immigrant to the top of his class at princeton. and

visit ncicap.org] >> this weekend on the c-span networks, politics, books, and american history. tonight aton netroots nations closed immigrants.gal and sunday, governor chris christie on national security. on c-span, tonight at 10:00 "afterwards," i called tan talks about the growing national debt and talks about restructuring entitlement programs as a solution. sunday at 3:00, going back presents his thoughts on islamic extremism. on american history tv at sunday morning 10:00 eastern, we commemorate the 50th anniversary johnson'snt lyndon signing of the voting rights act. our coverage includes phone calls between president johnson and his aides, martin luther king, junior, and strategy on how to enact and enforce the law, and lbj's 1965 speech at the capital and the signing of the bill. tonight at 7:10, the university history'snia berkeley defector looks at the history of gun production in europe and how lead to an american victory in the revolution. get our complete schedule c-span.org. joseph banister, the only pirate in history to have fought the british missionary -- the british mili

at c-span.org/history. >>> with this month marking the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina, president obama will meet residents. that's live at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. our look at hurricane katrina continues on friday's washington journal. we'll hear from former mayor marc morial, jim amoss, and karen durham-aguilara. your calls, facebook comments and tweets. washington journal is live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this sunday night on q&a, brookings institution senior fellow brown talks about the u.s. counter insurgency in&state building efforts in afghanistan. >> the u.s. did achieve improvements in security but nonetheless has it ultimately been worth depends on how it ends. and the years that i hesitate that i increasingly interrogate myself and question myself, we don't know how it will end. and i think that is the moment that moment where things may collapse. but it is also possible that two, three, five years down the road we will be back in a civil war in afghanistan. isis is now slowly emerging in the country. terrifying prospect that it is. much worse than the taliban. the taliban is deeply entrenched. if we end up five yea

c-span, c-span radio, and www.c-span.org . as the candidates wealthy fairgrounds and speak at the des moines register's candidate soapbox. monday, republican scott walker, followed by carly fiorina at 1:00 and senator lindsey graham at 4:00. tuesday morning, senator marco rubio and governor john kasich at 5:00. on wednesday, republican rick perry will speak at 11:00. on friday, senator ted cruz and on saturday, republican governor chris christie at noon and governor bobby jindal at 1:00. c-span's campaign 2016, taking you on the road to the white house. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook @cspanhistory. each week, american history a" brings youeric archival films that tell the story of american history. pearl harbor.f from okinawa to the third and fifth fleets, japan came under the in rain of ruin. up to the japanese home islands, they shelled the mainland almost without opposition. 's strategy was bringing the enemy to his knees. but there is more coming. the atomic bomb, perfected by .llied's scientists japan had its choice. complete

at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series, first lady's influence and image, examining the private and public lives of these women from martha washington to michelle obama sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> next, "after words" features ralph nader discussing his book "return to sender: unanswered letters to the president, 2001-2015". he is interviewed by the founder of busboys and poets. it is about one hour. >> it's great to have you here, ralph nader. >> thank you. >> i'm honored to be able to interview you on this new book that you have which is "return to sender: unanswered letters to the president, 2001-2015". is that in homage to elvis presley? [laughter] >> it is a message of 103 letters that i sent to president bush and president obama from 2001 through 2015 with very few exceptions, not acknowledged and not answered. i thought that i would embarrass myself and put them all in a book to raise a bigger issue, which is the most democratic media is that when a person writes to an elected official that a mayor or a senator, it cannot be distorted and not to

that is monday on c-span starting at 6:00 p.m. stern. >> c-span's road to the white house coverage continues as we take you live to the medallion center in south carolina for a town hall meeting with senator bernie sanders of vermont. speak, do q&a, and will also take questions from the c-span audience. this is lie. -- live. . [applause] kaman, you can do better than that. how are you doing? all right. this is the last stop of the evening. we are excited to be in columbia, south carolina. i have the privilege of serving as the national press secretary for bernie 2016. you will be dmc for this evening. is that ok -- i will be your mc for this evening. the man ofing out the hour, i want to chat with you all. america celebrated the 50th anniversary of the voting rights act? the voting rights act was a civil rights moment, landmark legislation. we we are knowledge how far have come. but the supreme court 2013 decision getting the voting rights act was a shameful step backwards. it was. today we know our voting rights

to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. quarstein discusses the battle of mobile bay in august of 1864, and the leadership roles of union rear admiral david farragut and confederate admiral franklin buchanan. it closed one of the last major ports. the victory, coupled with the gave a boost to president abraham lincoln's bid for reelection just a couple of months later. the mariners museum host this 45 minute event. [applause] john: there is an unseen battlefield in every human breast where to opposing forces me to and where they seldom rest. the battle of mobile bay is actually the story of a contest between the two highest ranking naval officers in the civil war, and franklint buchanan. if you think of two opposing wills, that is what you have the battle of mobile bay. first, i want to talk about who these characters are. start with franklin buchanan, since he was on one of our ironclads here in hampton roads. franklin buchanan was born on seven -- on september 17, 1800 in baltimore, maryland. his father was founder of the

c-span there throughout the next week and a half. we hope you tune in here on c-span television, c-span radio, and online at c-span.org. front page of the washington times, the krclinton e-mails ha data drawn by spy satellites. the revelation that hillary clinton's previous e-mails contain sensitive information derived from spy satellites undercuts her defense that she had no reason to believe she was dealing with classified information. that according to security expert larry johnson. telling the washington times, if she's so ignorant she doesn't recognize this type of information in the e-mail is being classified, it just calls into question her overall competence. next is carl joining us from beverly springs, west virginia, republican line. on the clinton e-mails, what impact do you think this has on her campaign? good morning. >> caller: good morning. i really don't know where to start with this. i think the clintons are in a class all by themselves when it comes to white-collar crime. going all the way back to the rose law firm records that she had, investing $1,000 in cattle futures and two months later turning i

keep up with the latest history news. >> american history tv featuring c-span's original series, first ladies, influence and image, at0 p.m. eastern time on sunday night throughout the rest of the year. c-span produces the series in cooperation with the white house historical association. through expert, video tours of historic sites, and questions through seat -- from c-span viewers, we tell the story of america's first lady. next, helen taft. this is about an hour and ms. swain: helen taft was more ambitious about getting to the white house than her husband, william howard taft, and was willing to get personally involved in politics to get him elected. as first lady, she overcame a serious illness to directly manage the white house, invited top classical musicians to perform there, and supported causes that mattered to her. helen taft also has one of the most visible legacies of all first ladies, washington, d.c.'s famous japanese cherry trees, the ones that frame the tidal basin in the nation's capital and bring tens of thousands of visitors to washington every year. ms. swain: good evening, and welcome to first l

c-span 2's book tv and c-span 3 american history tv. this month with congress on summer recess, city tour is on c-span each day at 6:00 p.m. today we look at the literary life of madison, wisconsin. our first stop is an exhibit at the university of wisconsin at madison called world war i 1914, then came armageddon. we are on the ninth floor of the memorial library and a special collection the university of wisconsin madison. in the middle of an exhibition thend world work i 1914, came armageddon. it highlights the collections at the university library system as well from the wisconsin historical society. different artifacts related to not only wisconsin's role in the war but also what was happening in each country when the conflict began in the summer of 1914. the war broke out in the summer 1914 after france ferdinand, the archduke and air to the austro-hungarian throne was assassinated by a member of a serbian military group called the black hand. his goal was to bring all serbs together in one country, independent of us -- of austro-hungarian empire. austria put pressure on serbia to allow them to conduct an investigati

eastern on span. -- at 6:00 p.m., eastern on c-span. chuck schumer announced he will vote against the nuclear agreement with iran. here is the response from white house press secretary josh earnest. josh: i will like to get straight to iran and to the very large scale chuck schumer and eliot engel how well is the administration suffer to avoid the otherwise loyal democrat join to the group. do you want to choose the -- over diplomacy? making a common cause. josh: mark, the president stands by the arguments he made a speech on american university on wednesday. you cited the two members of congress come out in opposition to the deal since the president delivered his. but we are going to do the math here.

at baylor. >> more "c-span cities tour" of waco, texas, tomorrow on c-span with a look at the city's starting ate 6:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow, a book about gospel music from the rightsar to the civil movement, the story of the 1917 lynching of a black 17-year-old, history of the first african-americans in the space program. that's tuesday at 6:00 p.m. c-span.on [captions copyright national cable satellite corp, 2015] idea is to take the programming from htv and book of the road beyond the beltway to produce pieces that are a little more visual that provide a window in these city that the viewers wouldn't normally go to that also have really rich history and a rich literary scene as well. >> a lot of people have already citiesistory of the big like new york and l.a., chicago. but what about the smaller ones albany, new york? what's the history of them? to over 75 cities. we will have hit 95 cities in april twist 2016. -- april 2016. >> most of our programming is event coverage. these are not event coverage pieces. they're shorter. they take you someplace. historic you a home, a site. >> we part

at all? i think those are the questions that will be the most useful. >> sunday night on c-span's q&a. >> congress is in recess for the summer district work period all this week we're bringing you american history tv in prime time on c-span3. tonight, a look at the major speeches of our nation's 40th president, ronald reagan. up next on american history tv, a panel discussion from regent university's 2015 ronald reagan symposium. this year's fame was democratic revolution challenges to fostering global freedom. the session coming up focuses on the speeches that define president reagan's administration, including what became known as the evil empire speech and his 1987 west berlin call to gosh chaff to tear down this wall. this is an hour and ten minutes. >> good morning. welcome. i'm delighted that you chose to join us for this, the tenth annual ronald reagan symposium here in this cold, lake winter warning. my name is eric patterson. i serve as the dean of the robertson school of government here and i'm delighted that you chose to join us. i'd like to introduce to you one ever our senior lead toe

c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. as the candidates walk the fairgrounds and speak at the "des moines register's" candidate soapbox. today at 11:00 a.m. eastern it's republicans governor scott walker followed by carly fiorina at 1:00 and senator lindsey graham at 4:00. tuesday morning republicans senator marco rubio at 11:30 and governor john kasich at 5:00. on wednesday, republican rick perry will speak at 11:00. on friday afternoon at 2:30 it's senator ted cruz. on saturday, republican governors chris christie at noon and bobby jindal at 1:00. join the twitter conversation at #dmrsoapbox, c-span's campaign 2016 taking you on the road to the white house. >>> washington journal continues. >> joining us is michael farris co-founder of the convention of the states project here to talk to us about their efforts to amend the u.s. constitution. tell us what prompted you to get behind this effort? >> i've been working around government for about three decades, and specifically here in washington, d.c. and i became convinced that the combination of big cities, big immediate area big government in washington meant that the

to join the conversation like us on facebook at c-span history. each week of american history tv sitting on a lecture a you can watch the classes every saturday at 8:00 p.m.. university of illinoiskevin schultz talks about the politics of 1960's and what freedom meant to different groups. he describes how the goals of these groups are often at odds with the federal government. kevin: obviously today we're going to talk about the 1960's. stephen stills wrote it. crosby stills nash and young. it talks about -- he wrote the song after a protest. it they put a law on how long people could be outside of bars in los angeles. all of the young people protested. i don't want to go to edit 10:00. i want to party at the whiskey a go go. the cops came, they beat some heads. there was a protest. stephen stills writes this song all about the contentious nature of the 1960's. the thing about that song as a key protest song, you nice know it all. it was written 40 years ago 50 years ago. the thing about that song is it's not so much a protest song i'm right and y

. >> now look at highlights of the c-span cities tour as we learn about the history of the cities and towns across america in cooperation with her cable partners. to learn more about the stops on our 2015 tour, visit www.c-span.org/citiestour. ♪ >> where standing in the main waiting room of union station here in omaha, nebraska. it was a second union station built by union pacific to serve the citizens of omaha for real travel. the architects wanted to make a statement about what the

listen to c-span radio at 90.1 fm in washington, d.c., online or download our c-span radio app. on american artifacts, to mark the 70th anniversary of the bombing of hiroshima and visited anapan, we exhibit at the american university museum in washington, d.c. peter: i am peter kuznick, professor of history at american university and director of american university's nuclear studies institute. i began our institute back in 1995. the institute was born in the midst of the controversy around the in only gay -- enola gay exhibit which was going to be held at the smithsonian institution but got canceled. this was an attempt by the smithsonian to do an honest and balanced exhibit about the decision to drop the bomb and the consequence of the atomic bombing. this was in 1995, the 50th anniversary. the smithsonian a civic got canceled. -- exhibit got canceled. the museum in hiroshima and nagasaki asked to bring some of those artifacts to american university and do an exhibit here on the 50th anniversary. that was the first time the hiroshima-nagasaki a-bomb museum did an exhibit outside

you can see the entire program tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. it is book to2, be programming with authors and books on immigration issues. and on c-span 3, american history tv with a look at congressional history, including women in congress and the history of the house ways and means committee. tomorrow on "washington journal," michael warren talks about donald trump and his view on policy issues following last week's debate. young invisibles looks at millennial voters and what is important to them, including student loan debt and health care. after that, political contributor mark perry looks at his recent article on infighting at the pentagon and what is the best way to combat china. plus your phone calls, facebook comments and tweets. "washington journal" live wednesday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. this sunday night on "q&a," institute for policy studies fellow and antiwar activists phyllis dennis on u.s. foreign-policy since 9/11. the recent negotiations with iran and the war on terrorism. >> who is isis? all of those questions are import

listen to c-span movies at 90.1 fm at the washington area, c-span.org, or download be c-span radio app. >> recently, american history tv was at the organization of american historians annual meeting at st. louis, missouri. we spoke with professors and graduate students about research. this interview is 20 minutes. >> alexa roberts, history of professor at penn state. and author of "a misplaced massacre, struggling over the memory of sand creek." what was the massacre? prof. kelman: november 1864, the third colorado regiment, federal soldiers, and part of the first colorado regiment attacked a peaceful encampment of arapahos. in southeasstern colorado. the native people were camped along the banks of small creeks, sand creek. and became one of the flashpoints in the plains indian wars, and also an important emblem of how the civil war played out in indian country. >> how many victims? >> that is somewhat disputed. somewhere between 150, 225. what is not disputed is the overwhelming majority of people killed were women, children, or the elderly. this was a camp under peace chiefs, made u

wednesday night at 8:00, c-span's 2006 tour of hurricane damage and recovery. >> you cannot describe it. that is your whole life, gone. house, but your whole career and all your friends and family and everybody's gone. it is probably a year later and you do not see what you used to see. you do not forget it. you will never forget it the rest of your life. >> moderated by the then mayor. >> i know all of this is state level, federal level, and all other levels. i voted for you to represent me on a local level. i do not know where else to go. i do not know what else to do. >> thursday night, more. and i :00, we will show you president obama's trip to the region and remarks on the recovery effort. hurricane katrina efforts all this week on c-span. >> you are watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook. recently, american history tv was at the society for historians of american foreign relations annual meeting in arlington, virginia. we spoke with professors, authors, and graduate students about their research. this int

c-span 3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook. now, a look at highlights of the c-span city store, as we learn about the history of cities and towns across america, in cooperation with our cable partners. to learn more about our stops on our tour, visit c-span.org. ♪ >> we are standing in the main waiting room of union station in omaha, nebraska. it is an art deco building built in 1931. architects wanted to make a statement about what the railroad was. in his mind, it was things, masculinity, and permanency. that is what he wanted the a building to an body. embody. omaha started out as a frontier town. citizens decided they wanted to found the city on the site of the river. everybody knew there would be a transcontinental railroad, they just didn't know where. they wanted it to come through their so they would have a better chance of having a railroad if they have a city on the opposite side of the river, already established and ready to go. it worked. council bluffs didn't think omaha would it bigger than council bluffs, because that was an es

to join the conversation like us on facebook at c-span history. each week of american history tv sitting on a lecture a you can watch the classes every saturday at 8:00 p.m.. university of illinoiskevin schultz talks about the politics of 1960's and what freedom meant to different groups. he describes how the goals of these groups are often at

the c-span cities tour of topeka, kansas, monday at 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> monday night on, "the communicators," the 20th anniversary of digital television. mark taher discusses how modern television has changed. >> what many of us, and that is increasing every day, are watching is a multi screen world. that has been one of the more exciting outcomes of this whole digital revolution. it used to be there was a stationary screen, and that was a big screen in the living room. with the internet and the wireless world extending things, now you have tablets and smartphones and wi-fi all over the place, such that tv is not just the stationary lean back experience of the living room, but a mobile experience wherever you want to go. it is also video. >> monday night at 8:00 eastern on "the communicators" on c-span 2. >> republican presidential candidate scott walker outline his foreign policy goals on friday in a speech at the citadel in south carolina. the governor called for a no-fly zone over syria, increasing military spending, more gove

announcer: the c-span city tour is back in wisconsin tomorrow for a look at the literary life. we hear from david moran s on his book about vietnam war protest in madison. the author of a book detailing the city and their transformation from wilderness to a laboratory of democracy. and a look at the home that frank lloyd wright designed for himself. announcer: follow the c-span city's tour as we travel outside the washington beltway to communities. >> the idea behind the tour is to take program from american history television and book tv beyond the beltway. we will produce pieces that are more visual, and will provide a window into the cities that viewers with -- would not normally go to. >> a lot of people have already heard history of the big cities like new york, los angeles, chicago, but what about all ones like albany, new york? what is the history? >> we have been to over 75 cities. we will hit 95 in april of 2016. our coverage is a vent, these are not those type pieces. these take you to a historic site or home. announcer: we partner with affiliates to appreciate the cu

is the story that we are currently here telling at the history museum. >> throughout the weekend, american history tv featuring highlights from c-span'sities tour week on the road to learn about american history. learn more about these cities at /citiestour.rg you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. at 8:00 p.m. eastern time on sunday night, throughout the rest of the year. series anduce the cooperation at the white house historical association. experts,rsations with video tours of historic sites, and questions from c-span's

take a look at the ad put together in the papers by c-span. it re-airs at 9:30 and 11:30 p.m. eastern time for those of you on the west coast. there is also in the papers this morning this headline that, donald trump was on sunday talk shows criticizing his fellow republican candidate for recording -- four courting the coke brothers. -- koch brothers. jeb bush, marco rubio, scott walker, and carly fiorina were in attendance. we are in open phones. go ahead with your thoughts, william in prescott, arizona, a republican. caller: good morning. i was watching about our climate change in the united states, how some companies will restrict stuff and yet china keeps building one cold plan every week. -- coal plant every week. i heard on tv once that back in the viking days, ozone was worse. i do think there is climate change but we are not going to be able to do anything if we cut our economy off here. china is going to keep on building and building and polluting the world so it really is not going to do anything. i am sure glad for c-span. i just woke up in a casino. i had been watc