augustine. it was built for a very particular reason. spain decided they had to build the stone fortification in saint augustine to ensure their foothold on the florida territory. they were concerned about england encroaching and pushing them out of the area and they saw florida as important in helping to defend their hold on the caribbean and central south america. they started construction in 1672 so you have 23 years worth of construction and the biggest reason for all that time is only about 175 people were working on the project at any one time. all the stone had to be quarried from the island across the bay and shipped across a no mechanical stuff, no metal barges, it was all man-made stuff. brute force and ignorance played a part and add to that the fact that really they are dealing with very simple machines building these ramps and pulleys and things like that. spain always wanted to have stone fortifications here. all the way back to the late 16th century. 1580's or so they were talking

augustine, fla.. >> in st. augustine, fla.er and discuss social issues that arose in northwest florida following the civil rights movement. >> most history of the civil rights movement focus on the montgomerie years, the king years they focus on what happened in terms of how facilities integrated and that is an important story to tell. what i was most interested in was what happens in communities that didn't grab national headlines which was number one. and number 2, what happens when the television cameras went away in most parts of the region and pensacola, fla. one of the most perfect place to examine, found the majority of struggles the pensacola encountered, the more serious struggles happened after facilities in degraded after the lunch counter was integrated, happened after employers began to hire more african-americans live it happened after king's assassination in 1968. of pensacola story is an important story to tell because it gets us into the heart of what happened in most southern communities in the aftermath of i

augustine. in 1763, as part of the treaties that ended the french and indian seven years working the french and indian war in the united states, the british had captured cuba havana and the spaniards in order to retake havana and cuba trade of florida to the british. so we had two primary governors under the british period come in here for 20 years. there was government grant and governor tommy. so we were very lucky and get a volunteer who went through the colonial office papers from the public records office in london. these were on microfilm, who went to those documents and abstracted all of the documents that related to st. augustine. so we have a cubic foot of the transcribe material that talks with his you st. augustine during that period of time. so he we have come in 1767 we talk about orders from his majesty and counsel david 1764. tracts of land blackberry. we have information about the pork being damaged by hurricane to request to have carpenters put the port and state a defense again

at the bottom of the list was saint augustine. ignacio diaz had the original plan and how they would use the land in the area they had to work with. literally, it is a 1/5 scale model. it was defending the frontier between two nations. if you look at maps of sieges from the 16th and 17th century they will have fortifications around the city. you will see 15 or 16 of these in some places that they built up to go ahead and conduct a three or four year siege of the city so it was a common design. he took that design and worked with the area which is one of the reasons why the inside is a little bit odd ball because windows are slammed into a corner. there are things out of balance. that was in the architectural details. the original design of the fort 's was called trace of italian. it has a couple of innovations that come from different people. right off the bat, they stole one from leonardo da vinci. the way the walls flare out at the base, it increases the fort and distributes ground pressure over a greater surface area so we don'

augustine. so clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler, and later on some we asked him that question. did you envision an empire that would expand all the way to miami and key west? and flagler said yes. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. and the question is what impact and flagler have on florida history and on the future of florida. and would florida have developed the same way they did without flagler? well, we don't know but i suppose you could guess that yes, florida would have developed pretty much the same way but flagler certainly accelerated the process. so much of the east coast of florida was essentially wasteland until he build his railroad. you simply couldn't develop an area like palm beach or miami until you had secure rail transportation to the outside world. so flagler realized that he was pioneering, that he was opening up of these areas to development, and it surprised even him in his old age he said i always believed in the future of florida but i

shannon o'neill: we are at the san augustine lighthouse and museum. this is the location of florida's first lighthouse. there was originally a lighthouse that was built here sometime in the late 1600s, and in the 1700s, it was turned into a functional lighthouse. it was down on the water. and then after florida became a state, they kind of put the money into it, made it into a lighthouse with an oil lamp, and they realized it was going to fall into the ocean, so they started building the current lighthouse we had today, and that was completed in 1874, and the old one fell into the ocean in 1880. so the current tower we have has been here since 1874. so the purpose of the lighthouse here, there's kind of two. one is to serve as a location reminder to all of the ships in the area, so each lighthouse has its own individual day mark and night mark. our lighthouse day mark is the black and white stripes with the red top. no other white house can have that. so if you see that white house -- that lighthouse, those colors, you know you are in san augustine. w

learn more about saint augustine on american history tv. shannon o'neill: we are at the san augustine lighthouse and museum. this is the location of florida's first lighthouse. there was originally a lighthouse built here sometime in the late 1600s, and in the 1700s, it was turned into a functional lighthouse. after florida became a state they kind of what some money into it, made it into a lighthouse with an oil lamp, and they realized it was going to fall into the ocean, so they started building the current lighthouse we had today, and that was completed in 1874, and the old one fell into the ocean in 1880. the current tower we have has been here since 1874. the purpose of the lighthouse here -- there's kind of two. one is to serve as a location reminder to all of the ships in the area, so each lighthouse has its own individual day mark and night mark. our lighthouse day mark is the black and white stripes with the red top. no other white house can have -- no other lighthouse can have that. that lighthouse with those colors, you know you

saint augustine was noted at the time and still is as the oldest city in america. so he was sensitive in coming up with a modern building and one that would fit in with the ambience of an old spanish town. henry flagler was a hardheaded businessman and as we saw in standard oil he was a hardheaded business man and also someone that had big ideas, there he was able to envision a giant corporation. i believe he came with a limited idea at first to just build a hotel in saint august dean. but i also believe very quickly that that dream expanded. he realized that he needed to own the railroad between jacksonvjacksonv ille and saint augustine to make sure that his death could get through conveniently. he built the first railroad bridge across the st. johns river in jacksonville so that people could make it from new york to saint augustine without changing trains and in buying that railroad, he bought the rights to extend the railroad all the way to daytona beach. and this is even before he had completed his hotel in saint august bean and soap really the dream was beginn

they occupied saint augustine for 52 days. everyone went inside the castillo days and marcos. -- de said marcos. english occupied the town, spanish reinforcements came from cuba as scared off the english. before they left they burned just about all the houses in town. the house that had been here was burned in the early 1700s. this was at least one of the replacements. there probably was sort of a hot in between. this was built in 1725. of the local jail stone of which the castillo de san marcos was consult -- constructed as well. it appears very close to the surface, the water level is very high here. it is in a watery environment, it is really soft. when you dig down and find it in the ground. when you take it out, it starts to harden. this has been hardening for 300 years. the original building was probably -- we know it was just the downstairs. the second story was added later. as to whether or not it was two rooms as it is today, i don't know that we are so certain about that. it could have been just one large room. this

saint augustine is the nation's oldest port. they find shipwrecks using a magnetometer, like a big metal detector. they dive down to those wrecks and analyze what's there. we bring up some of the artifacts and we use those to figure out the story behind the ships. if the ships were coming and going, that was the main transportation in and out of saint augustine. it can tell us a lot about the people were coming and going from saint augustine. at one time, there was a ship wreck every two weeks in saint augustine. there are hundreds of wrecks off the coast waiting today -- to be discovered. we look forward to the next piece of history we will uncover. >> find out where the city's tour is going next online at cspan.org/citiestour. you are watching "american history tv" all weekend, every weekend. we are featuring c-span's original series "first ladies: influence and image" on sunday nights. we look at abigail adams. c-span produced this in cooperation with the white house historical association, or contrary -- conversations with e

all of his colonies back to saint augustine. it lasted here for about nine months. evidently, relations with the spanish have degraded to the point where the natives were as in the most direct manner they could. the colony was moved across the river to anastasia island, where it was located for seven years. the location proved to be exposed to the weather and after constant erosion and perhaps a pirate attack or two, the city was moved to its present location at the west end of the bridge of lyons where it sits today. >> throughout the weekend american history tv is featuring saint augustine, florida. our cities tour staff travel there to learn about its rich history. learn more about saint augustine and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you're watching american tv. all weekend, every weekend. >> american artifacts visits museums and historic place s. you are looking at peterson house in washington dc, where abraham lincoln passed away at 7:22 on april 15, 1855. a tour of the boarding house located across the str

augustine. at one time there was a ship recollect every two weeks in st. augustine so there are literally shipwrecks so we look forward to the next piece we'll uncover. >> we're live again in charlottesville charlottesville, virginia. >> we tend to actually focus too much on the cultural stuff and forget that the north wanted reconciliation because it had won everything -- exactly. they even reconstruction which we see as failure was a failure from the viewpoint of african-americans great. they're nullified it. they're a symbol of the local autonomy. that's the main tangible thing they get and they have. >> i think it's hard for us to -- it's hard for me to recapture the south and northern allies of the south utterly dominated the united states government down until the election of abraham lincoln. it's a stunning degree of control and that never comes back. >> and how little control they had really. >> only democrat until the depression is grover cleveland and woodrow wilson should be president. there would have been that entire suite with only grover cle

next, a look at our recent visit to saint augustine, florida. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. >> we are at the st. augustine lighthouse and museum. this is the location of florida's first lighthouse. there was originally a lighthouse built here sometime in the late 1600's. and in the 1700's's it was turned into a functional lighthouse. it was down on the water. after florida became a state, they put the money into it and made it a lighthouse with 10 whale oil lamps. they realized it would fall into the ocean. they started building the current white house that was completed in 1874. the old one fell into the ocean in 1880. the current tower has been here since 1874. the purpose of the lighthouse is to serve as a location reminder to all of the ships in the area. each lighthouse has its own individual day and night mark. ours is the black and white stripes with the red top. no other lighthouse can have that. if you see those colors, you know you are in saint augustine. our night mark has three bull's-eye

that would not have happened in augustine's church. he had taught them you are the people of god and when bread and wine are put on the off altar they are you. receive what you are, the body of christ. so priests are very nice. most of them i like it and they make contributions but the idea that the spirit only transcends for this one conduit pope bishop to priest if that were true all of the protestants would be without god. they don't have the right channel. >> thank you so much [applause]. >> good evening and welcome to the adler planetarium. i'm dr. grace chase. i'm an astronomer here and also very pleased and honored to be able to present to you tonight's speaker, brother guy consolmagno. brother guy is

augustine, florida.this was the era of the most elegant winter resort hotel in the country when it opened in the 1880s, and this room was used for receptions on occasions. president grover cleveland had a reception here, admiral dewey had a reception here. president-elect warren g. harding in 1921 had a reception here. so it's a room that is full of history. the hotel ponce de leon was built by henry morrison flagler. now, flagler is a man who is very little known outside the state of florida. but he was one of the wealthiest men in america. he essentially had been a cofounder of standard oil company with john d. rockefeller. and in the early years of standard oil, rockefeller and flagler were best friends. they had homes on euclid avenue in cleveland near each other. when standard move its headquarters to new york city, rockefeller and flagler had homes across the street from each other on fifth avenue. into office back in cleveland they pushed their desks back to back so

that would not have happened in augustine's church. he had taught them you are the people of god and when bread and wine are put on the off altar they are you. receive what you are, the body of christ. so priests are very nice. most of them i like it and they make contributions but the idea that the spirit only transcends for this one conduit pope bishop to priest if that were true all of the protestants would be without god. they don't have the right channel. >> thank you so much [applause]. >> this weekend the c-span cities tour has partnered with cox communications to learn about the history and lit literary life of tulsa, oklahoma. >> he was born in 1912 in oklahoma, and so we are very proud to have his work back in oklahoma where we think it belongs. he was an advocate for people who were disenfranchised for those people who were migrant workers from oklahoma, kansas and texas during the dust bowl era who had found themselves in california literally starving. and he saw this vast difference between those who were the haves and the

we continue now with our look at the history of saint augustine.story tv on c-span three. >> [speaking spanish] [cannon fire] >> we want to welcome you all to castillo de san marco national monument, part of your national park service. behind you is the castillo which is

he was a man that had big dreams , he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from say augustine, saturday at noon eastern on book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00, on c-span3. >> during this month, c-span is pleased to present winning entries from a documentary competition. student cam is the annual competition that encourages middle and high school students to think critically about issues that affect the nation. students were asked to create documentaries based on themes, the three branches and you. to demonstrate how a policy, action, or law by one of the three branches of government has affected them or their community. giuliana italy on oh -- tijuana and jan oh, fear of thought, and martha flores were winners. >> you have a chance to meet people from all walks of life, but those voices you needed to hear the most are hiding in the shadows. what immigration means to us and the community, in order to understand the situation, we went to tucson, arizona to learn about the effects of president barack obama's immigration action. >> if you live in america for more than five years,

augustine to ensure that guests could get to get to his hotel conveniently. clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from st. augustine saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 on c-span3, american history tv. >>> the brookings institution hosted a session on how technological advancements help the workforce. robert rubin opened the forum. >>> okay. i think we'll get under way. good morning. i'm bob rubin. and on behalf of my colleagues at the hamilton project, i look forward to talking about the machine age. before i lay out some of the issues, let me say a few words about the hamilton project. we started about nine years ago. we are not an institution, but rather, we're a small partnership of policy experts, former government officials, academics and business leaders organized as an advisory council. and our architecture is totally open. when we have policy proposals, they are commissioned from leading experts around the country, and then they are peer revi

augustine, 42 years before the settlement of jamestown and 55 years before pilgrims landed on plymouth rock. >> the hotel was built by henry morrison

augustine to ensure that guests could get to his hotel conveniently.so clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from st. augustine saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >>> with live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span, and the senate on c-span2, here on c-span3 we complement that coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hearings and public affairs events. and then on weekends c-span3 is the home to american history tv with programs that tell our nation's story, including six unique series. the civil war's 150th anniversary, visiting battlefields and key events. american artifacts touring museums and historic sites to discover what artifacts reveal about america's past. history book shelf with the best known american history writers. the presidency looking at the policies and legacies of our nation's commanders in chief. lectures in history, with top college professors delving

one of my favorite stories about memory is one of the oldest i seen augustine. -- saint augustine. he has a 4250 page section about the nature of memory. it's amazing. it's there because it's the confession of saint augustine. he is worried that god knows his memories. if you are a sinner and you really believe that god knows your memories and god has a plan for you, that's troublesome. he reflects on memory and how it functions. he is anticipating a lot of modern psychology. he calls the memory many things. he calls it are treasury of the mind. he calls our chamber of the mind. then he says that no one has ever found the bottom thereof. our memory is potentially limitless. we don't know what its limits are. we know it has terrible limits about where and i find my keys? on the other hand, there is an infinity of personal memory and now we live in the world of google. most of you are old enough to remember pre-google. pre-search engine. talk about a vast treasury. we don't have to remember anymore, just google it. it's so true. we all do it. if i can't find it then i am angry. why d

saint augustine's like it's the it's really evident each day and the way we move through the street and the buildings that we see. certainly, we are standing in the building that is recognized most rectally with him in northeast florida. people recognize that saint augustine would not have become economically well off, would not be physically, aesthetically attractive probably if it was not for henry coming here and having the vision to really because my apology and a half to bring in -- really because my politics enough and being in the money that it took to do a world-class hotel. this skyline is very much representative of henry's legacy with the hotel. >> and we are back live again at the university of virginia in charlottesville. this is ""american history tv" on c-span3. >> -- among these questions, we will post a question. sometimes, they will be directed at a specific panelist, but all the panelists are welcome to give their two cents worth. i am going to start here with the question and that gets back to lincoln and the press. a question from the box asks, was the pushback agai

he realized that he needed to on the railroad between jacksonville and saint augustine to ensure that guests can get is out of immediately. clearly the dream was beginning to grow. announcer: "washington journal" continues. host: it is our regular spotlight on magazines segment. "black ves tter," the >> it is a regular spotlight this week. black lives matter. take a look at the shooting that took place in south carolina. walter scott. joining us in new york of "time magazine." good morning. guest: good morning. host: could you tell us the latest of where we are on the shooting of walter scott? guest: we really have not seen too much come out since the day the video was released. the agency that took over the investigation is a state law enforcement agency in south carolina. they have been pretty mom, as -- they have been pretty mum, as you would expect. it might be days or weeks before they handed over to the prosecutor. we heard soundbites, that perhaps it is not a case where they would be pursuing the death penalty. but we really do not know. the case is still in the hands of the in

augustine to ensure guests could get to his hotel conveniently. clearly, the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a map who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >>> watch all of our events saturday at noon eastern on c-span2'sbook tv and sunday afternoon at too on american history tv on c-span3. >>> coming up, we'll show you our conversations with new members of congress. in 25 minutes, republican will hurd of texas and in 50 minutes, norma tor res of california, and in an hour over 15 and 15 minutes, ryan of montana, but we begin with steve russell of oklahoma. after a long career in the u.s. army, congressman russell became an advocate for veterans and later served in the oklahoma state senate and is a successful author motivational speaker, and owns his own rifle manufacturing company. this interview from the congressman's capitol hill office is 25 minutes. >> congressman steve russell from oklahoma's fifth congressional district as a freshman representative, a few months into the job. is it what you expected? >> i think the electlegis

augustine, florida. >> they may or may not have been searching for the fountain of eternal youth. people said he was out for additional property for the king of spain and colonization attempts and goals this is undecidedly true. we do know once ponce de leon came assure took on water and wood. this area presents one of the few fresh water springs in the area around 30 degrees 8 minutes, and it's also the location of the 1565 first settlement of st. augustine, 42 years before the settlement of jamestown was founded and 55 years before the pilgrims landed on plymouth rock. >> this was built by henry morrison flagler. little is known about him, but he was one of the wealthiest men in america. he essentially had been a cofounder of standard oil company with john d. rockefeller rockefeller. he was a man who always wanted to undertake a great enterprise, and as it turned out florida was it. he realized he needed to own the railroad to ensure that gusts could get to the hotel conveniently, and so clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man with big dreams. he was a v

this was even before he completed the hotels and say augustine -- saint augustine.learly the dream was starting to grow for flaggler. he was a visionary. host: our topic this morning is your view of the fasttrack legislation. if you support the bill, give us a call at (202) 748-8000. if you oppose, (202) 748-8001. let's take a look at a couple of your tweets. "trade is good because we get to by other countries's products whose cost is not jacked up due to owners u.s. regulations." from inconceivable one "if anything this trade deal is too restrictive." we also got a tweet from the caving institute -- cato institute, "trade promotion authority is not an executive power grab." as for opponents of trade, most from the left, but some from the right, they have decided to wage the next battle in the war against trade liberalization. if they succeed, the tpp and the ttip will be sidelined indefinitely. that comes from cato.org. let's go now to robinson illinois where rob opposes this legislation. caller: i totally opposes legislation. i was in manufacturing for 40 years. w

. >> the c-span cities tour has partnered with comcast to learn about saint augustine florida. >> hey or may not have been searching for the fountain of eternal youth. a lot of people said he was searching for property for the king of spain. we do know that constantly on came ashore --ponce -- ponce de leon came ashore. this is the location of the first settlement of san augustine 42 years before the settlement of jamestown was founded and 55 years before the pilgrims landed on plymouth rock. >> the hotel was built by henry morrison flagler. flagler is a man who is very little known outside of florida. he was one of the wealthiest men in america. he had been a cofounder of standard oil company with john d rockefeller. he always wanted to undertake some great enterprise. as it turned out, florida was it. he realized he needed to own the railroad between jacksonville and saint augustine to ensure guests could get to his hotel conveniently. clearly, the dream was beginning to grow. he had a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from saint augustine on sa

watch all of our events from saint augustine saturday at noon eastern on book tv.germany's finance member minister talks about economic policy issues throughout europe. in exchange for financial assistance. he was hosted by the brookings institute in washington d.c. where he and other ministers are talking about international monetary. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. it is my pleasure to welcome you to the brookings institution. those of you who have come to the from the other side of the atlantic, thank you. this is a particularly important event and i want to say a word about that. we are very pleased that a number of very distinct figures are figures in the audience here and i want to point out that ambassador peter is in germany this year. he is a friend of many of us here and a friend of the institution. brookings is delighted today to welcome and host finance minister wolfgang schÄuble. the importance in the german government and their role in europe is reflected i think by the representation of three units here at the

he realized that he needed to own the railroad between jacksonville in saying augustine to ensure that guest s could get to his hotel. so clearly, the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from saint augustine saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's boo k tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on c-span 3. were you a fan of c-span's first lady serious? it is now a book. looking inside the personal life of every first lady in american history. based on original interviews with more than 50 historians and biographers, learn details of all 45 first ladies that may these women who they were, their lives, ambitions and partnerships with their presidential's houses. the book " first ladies, presidential historians on the lives of 45 american women," provide stories of these fascinating women who survived the scrutiny of the white house, sometimes at great personal cost while supporting their families and famous husband. and even changed history. c-span's first lady is an entertaining and inspiring read and is now avail

augustine to ensure that guests could get to his hotel conveniently. so clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from st. augustine saturday at noon eastern on book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >> next weekend in los angeles is the annual los angeles times festival of books and book tv will be alive april 18th and nineteenth from the university of southern california campus. michael neely is deputy publisher of the l.a. times. when and how and why did the l.a. times are sponsoring this book fare? >> los angeles times started this book fair 20 years ago, the 22 anniversary of the festival of books and it was an important way to engage with the community to provide space for all kinds of people from publishers authors thinkers, but also chefs and artists and actors and actresses to come together to celebrate los angeles as one of the creative capitals of the world. >> what can we expect next weekend in los angeles? >> we will h

between jacksonville and saint augustine to enuresure that guests could get to his hotel. so clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from saint augustine saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span 3. >> senator bob corker, the chair of the senate foreign relations committee, thanks for being with us on c-span. senator corker: the senate foreign relations committee passed out legislation that requires -- before lifting the sanctions on iran to come to congress first, some of the details and allow it to lay before congress without lifting no sanction and to give congress, if they disapproved, the right to pass a resolution of disapproval was with stop sanctions. then to continue to play a role to ensure they comply. most people worry that iran would cheat. that is said by both sides of the, including the president. so this was a great victory. the american people do need -- people on their behalf looking at the details.

he realized that he needed to own the railroad between jacksonville and saint augustine to ensure thatuests could get to his hotel conveniently. clearly, the dream was beginning to grow. he was a man who had big dreams, he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from say i saint augustine. saturday on c-span 2. "washington journal" continues. host: here is one of the headlines following carrie reads -- harry reid's tweet yesterday on the nomination of florida bench. here is the senate leader in his own words on msnbc. [video clip] senator reid: this is a woman who no one can question her poise, her educational background, her experience. in fact, we had republicans saying what a good woman she was. suddenly, they are not allowing her to have a vote. they are basing it on such shallow evidence. we are here trying to have a woman confirmed as attorney general, and they are off on some abortion issue. i want to say this to all the reviewers -- all of your viewers, we have put up with this for far too long. we need to have a flow on her soon, created by mitch mcconnell, or i will creat

tim: any time we talk about augustine, augusta i get excited because it means the start of spring. the hottest player on the planet, gets into trouble. hits it stiff to the pin 8 under par. everybody was talking about the championship record. he bogeyed 15, got back with the birdie, finishing with a remarkable 64 today. >> this place is the most special place in golf. it's early right now, and i try not to think about anything other than getting back on number one tomorrow and finishing. tim: tiger woods was very pleased with his performance. he thought he played well enough to be at three under par. he short game was tremendous. he had three birdies, but he also had four bogeys, getting a little sideways, including on number nine. his second shot on nine, but a solid round for tiger woods definitely a confidence builder for him. baseball fans come it's been a surprisingly rough start for the nationals, a team not shy about being fitted for championship rings. but the world series favorites lost their first series with the mets. this afternoon, stephen strasburg was cruising, the p

augustine, too, to ensure that gusts could get to his hotel conveniently. so clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from st. augustine saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span 3. >> earlier this week members of the house oversight and government reform committee criticized d.e.a. administrator michele leonhart for not firing agents amid allegations of attending illegal sex parties hosted by drug cartels overseas. the fbi deputy director and justice department inspector general also appear before the committee during this three-hour ten-minute hearing. congressman jason chaffetz chairs the committee. congressman elijah cummings serves as ranking member. >> good morning. the committee on oversight and government reform will come to order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. we're here today to talk about some alarming problems that our country's premier law enfor

and is also the location of the 1565 first settlement of saint augustine, 42 years before the settlement of jamestown was founded and 55 years before the pilgrims landed on plymouth rock. >> the hotel ponce de leon was built by henry morrison flagler. flagler is a man who is very little known outside of the state of florida but he was one of the wealthiest men in america. he essentially had been a co- founder of standard oil company with john d rockefeller. he was a man who always wanted to undertake some great enterprise. and as it turned out florida was it. he realized he needed to own the railroad between jacksonville and saint augustine, too, to e nsure guests could get to his hotel. so clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man who had big dreams. >> watch all of our events from saying augustine saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2 and sunday at 2:00 on c-span 3. on april 14, 1865 at 10:15 p.m. eastern, john wilkes booth entered the presidential boxed and shot president abraham lincoln. the president died the following morning at the peterson house across the s

augustine, too, to ensure guests could get to his hotel conveniently. so clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from st. augustine saturday at noon eastern on cspan2 book tv sunday at 2:00 on american history tv on cspan 3. >>> now our campaign 2016 coverage continues with a discussion on the entrance of hillary clinton and senator marco rubio into the presidential race. from washington journal, this is 45 minutes. >> already a busy week on the road to 2016. here to break it down boston globe political editor and katherine lucy based in iowa where hillary clinton is heading today and tomorrow and katherine lucy, want to start with you. who is hillary clinton meet white golding with, what are the events she's appearing at? >> she got out to iowa as fast as her scooby van could carry her this week. clinton is making a clear choice to stay away from bigger cities, bigger rallies or events. she's in small towns doing much more intimate gatherings. she's going to be

augustine to insure that guests could get to his hotel conveniently. so clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from st. augustine, saturday, at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >> at age 25 she was one of the wealthiest widows in the colonies. during the revolution while in her mid 40s, she was considered an enemy by the british to threatened to take her hostage. later she would become our nation's first first lady at age 57. martha washington, this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series, first lady influence and image examining the public and private lives of the women who filled the position of first lady and their influence on the presidency from martha washington to michelle obama, sunday 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span history tv. first ladies, presidential historians on the lives of 45 iconic american woman, fascinating women and illuminating and entertaining inspiring read

augustine too, to ensure that guests could get to his hotel conveniently.learly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he wasn't a man with big dreams. he was a visionary. watch our events from st. augustine saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2 's, book tv and sunday afternoon on american history tv on c-span 3 chlt. c-span 22 providing live coverage of the senate floor proceedings and key policy events and every weekend book tv now for 15 years the only television network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. c-span 22 created and brought to you by a satellite and cable provider. watch us in hd and like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. how should the west deal with russia? panelists in the debate of toronto debated if the west will engage more or less with russia when it comes to the international affairs. and arguing for more than gaugement is the veteran journalist vladimir poser in by the new york university russian study's professor steven cohen and further engagement is russian born political dissident and issue with a wash post columnist

number ten at the bottom of the list saint augustine.comes up with the plan how they're going to use the land that they have to work with, we're a 1-fifth scale model of what was a frontier fortification in spain. i mean defending it between two nations. if you look at maps of 16th century and 17th and early 18th century they'll have fortifications. you'll see 15-16 of this in some places they built up to conduct the 3 or 4 siege of a city. it's really common design. but he took design and scaled it down which is one of the reasons why the inside where the windows are laid out are odd ball because you'll see windows or doors slammed up against the corner but the rest of the details balance everything out. it's trace italian design. couple of innovations that come from different people. right off the bat there's one we stole -- i should say they stole exactly from will he narred dough did he sraoepbchy. so it distributes its ground pressure over a greater surface area. with the wall angled the way it is, it will pop up into the air and no

golf fans, tiger woods played a couple rounds that augustine national and has decided he will play aweek's masters. tiger has not played competitively a nine months. he did not play on the masters last year, but said he has worked a lot on his game, back up to speed and wants to compete. phil mickelson, lefty getting ready for the masters, the old-fashioned way through tournament play. he is in the hunt at the houston open, another strong 67 this afternoon, just one shot back. leon: and you and a surprise tiger is playing. tim: not at all he has great success there. the is coming back with low expectations. leon: over under? tim: 74's. that is what he had today. leon: you've heard of finding a pearl in an oyster, but how about this? around here, we're all about fast. that's why xfinity is perfect for me. with millions of wifi hotspots all over the place - including one right here at the shop - now we can stream all things fast and furious. you've done it again, carlos! ♪ with the fastest in-home wifi and millions of hotspots xfinity is perfect for people who love fast. don't miss fur

augustine to ensure that guests could get to his hotel conveniently. so clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man with big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from st. augustine saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 23:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >>> were you a fan of c-span's first ladies series? it is now a book published by public affairs. looking inside the personal life of every first lady in american history. based on original interviews with more than 50 preeminent historians and biographers, learn details of all 45 first ladies that made these women who they were. their lives ambitions and unique partnerships with their presidential spouses. the book, "first ladies." presidential historians on the lives of 45 iconic american women provides lively stories of these fascinating women who survived the scrutiny of the white house, sometimes at great personal cost while supporting their families and famous husbands. and even changed history. c-span's first lay days is

augustine to ensure that guests could get to his hotel conveniently. so clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from st. augustine saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> here are a few of the book festivals we'll be covering this spling on c-span 2's book tv. this weekend we're live from the university of southern california for the los angeles times festival of books with discussions on science, biographies, american history, and crime. we'll also have conversations with authors and be taking your calls throughout the weekend. and on the last weekend of the month we'll be in maryland's state capital for the annapolis book festival. hearing from authors such as former attorney general roberto gonzalez and "new york times" reporter james risen. in the middle of may we'll revisit maryland for live gofrnlg of the gaithersburg book festival with former congressman tom davis and narnt frost

augustine to ensure that guests could get to his hotel conveniently.so clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from st. augustine saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >> a live picture from capitol hill as we await remarks from house democratic leader nancy pelosi. this afternoon it's time for her scheduled weekly briefing set to begin shortly. we'll have live coverage when that starts. to let you know, the house is in session although they've completed legislative work for the week. that only after passing a bill that would repeal the federal tax on estates. it's been referred to as the debt tax. the vote was 240-179. the white house has threatened to veto that bill. the senate also in session today. they have been debating human trafficking. earlier, senate lawmakers withdrew an abortion amendment. votes on executive nominations remain on the senate agenda for this afternoon. the hill is

he was a man who had big dreams, he was a vision nar. >> watch all of our events from saint augustine saturday at noon and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on c-span3. >>> a live picture from the heritage foundation this morning as we're expecting remarks shortly from republican senators marco rubio of florida and mike lee of utah. they are expected to discuss their tax policy plan today. again here at the hertage foundation rubio announced his presidential run on monday. we'll get under way here in a few minutes on c-span3. >>> once again we're live at the heritage foundation as we await remarks from marco rubio of florida and mike lee of utah, expecting to discuss their tax policy plan. it should get under way in just a couple of minutes here on c-span 3. while we wait for that to start a discussion now on health care and the future of medicare from this morning's "washington journal". >> our first guest, jim mcdermott. good morning. >> good morning. >> stories talking about the medicare bill that was passed yesterday. tell us about what it does. what did it mean for doctors under this system? >

augustine to insure that guests could get to his hotel conveniently. so clearly, the dream was beginning to grow. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from st. augustine saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >>> with live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span and the senate on c-span2, here we complement that coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hears and on weekends, c-span3 is the home to american history tv with programs that tell our nation's story, including six unique series, the civil war's 150th anniversary, visiting battlefields and key events. american artificatesactrtifacts, touring museums. history bookshelf with the best known history writers, the presidency, looking at the policies and legacies of our commanders in chief. lecturers in history with top college professors delving into america's past, and reel america, featuring government and archival films. c-span3, created by the cable tv industry and funded

augustine, florida to see the serious literary sites and speak with local authors. check booktv.org for complete schedule. booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend on booktv. booktv is live from the campus of the university of southern california, home of the los angeles times festival of books. we will cover author events from newman hallway you will have the chance to talk to several best-selling authors during our call in programs. gay updates will be on the bottom of your tv screens throughout the day and you confine our full schedule on line at booktv.org. >> law publisher of the l.a. times. when and how and why did the l.a. times start sponsoring this book fare? >> guest: the los angeles times started this book fair 20 years ago, the 22 anniversary of the festival of books an important way the newspaper could engage with the community who provided space for all kinds of people from publishers authors, but also chefs and artists and actors and actresseses who come together to celebrate los angeles as one of the creative capitals of the wor

he realized he needed to on the railroad between jacksonville and saint augustine to ensure that guests can get to his hotel conveniently. so clearly the dream was beginning to grow. a man who had big dreams and he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events saturday at noon eastern on c-span2 book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock on american history tv. it's. >> the cato institute held a a discussion on the challenges and implications of tax reform and ways to broaden the tax base. panelists what does some of the reform plans laid out by the 2016 presidential candidates. [inaudible conversations] >> well, good afternoon. thank you for coming to the cato institute briefing. i am peter russo, director of congressional affairs and then pleased to host this event. in january in january we initiated another effort to give tax reform deal done. no easy task. the the last five years have seen a bewildering variety of tax proposals. simpson bowles and none of which cost the finish line. many economists urged something more radical. the flat tax the fair tax the national sales tax and th