. >> this weekend from cooper union, lectures in history, architectural historian barry lewis on new york city in the late 19th and early 20th century. later today at 6:00 and 10:00 eastern, part of american history, on c-span3. >>> next saturday may 12th "american history tv" will be live from jamestown. the first permanent english settlement in the united states. the long-lost 1607 fort was rediscovered in 1994 by william kelso director of the archaeology project. we'll meet senior curator bly straw who explains life in the colony while showing us some of the 1.5 million artifacts collected at the site. join us saturday may 12th beginning at 1:30 p.m. eastern. >>> each week "american history tv's" "american artifacts" takes viewers behind the scenes at archives, museums, and historic sites. in 1215, a group of noblemen confronted the king of england demanding that their rights be recognized, written down and confirmed by royal seal. king john agreed, binding himself and his heirs to the magna carta or the great charter, granting fundamental legal rights to the noblemen, including t

this week architectural historian barry lewis looks at architecture in new york city from the light 19th and early 20th century. this 90 minute program took place at cooper union in new york city. >> how do you do? i am barry lewis and we're starting the second semester of a city transformed and the two semesters take us on a trip through new york's history through its architecture and city planning and the fall we go from colonial days until the 1890s and this spring semester we'll go from the 1890s until today. first we got to make sure we all know what new york is. most of you are new yorkers, so of course we do know, but do we? new york begins basically in the 17th century by 1800, just 60,000 people crammed into the southern point of manhattan island. remember, it was the english that made all of manhattan contiguous with the borders of new york city but it only existed in the lower part of the island and in 1800 with 60,000 people once you got to 14th street you were in up state, new york. now, that changes on the left is a civil war era print and an aerial view of new york and by

barry lewis on new york city in the late 19th and early 20th century. saturday night at 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern. >>> british comedian and actor russell brand recently testified before a british parliamentary committee on the uk's national drug policy. and told members that drug abuse should be treated as a health issue and not as a criminal issue. he talked about overcoming his drug addiction and discussed his documentary on how society views addiction. later, the committee heard from critics of the drug policy, who advocated for tougher drug laws. >> does anyone know where the witnesses are? >> they're on their way, sir. >> oh, right, okay. >> hello. hello. >> good morning, mr. brand. >> thank you. >> please have a seat. mr. brand, mr. thomas, thank you for coming. mr. russell brand, you gave evidence, written evidence to this committee, which members of the committee have read. can i start with a point about what you say in your evidence? that you disagree with the legalization of drugs because you think that a determ effect is necessary? is that

architectural historian barry lewis in new york city on the late 19th and 20th century. part of american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> sunday on q and a. >> i don't regard it as just the biography of lyndon johnson. i want each book to examine the kind of political power in america. i'm saying this is a kind of political power. see what a president can do in a moment of great -- in a time of great crisis. great crisis. how he gathers -- what does he do to get legislation moving to take the man to washington? what's the way of examining power in a time of crisis. i want to do this in full. it takes 300 pages. so i couldn't -- that's why i just said let's examine this. >> robert caro on the passage of power. his multivolume biography to have 36th president this sunday at 8:00 on c-span's q and a. look for our second hour of conversation with robert caro sunday, may 20th. >>> now a forum on u.s. policy in the mideast brought the anti-defamation league's national leadership conference. speakers include steven simon the national security council's middle east and nor

architectural history can barry lewis on new york city in the late 19th and early 20th century. saturday night at 6:00 and 10:00 eastern, part of american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >>> next, it's a look at u.s. foreign aid. a panel discussed the need and effectiveness of aid at the university of colorado's annual world affairs conference in boulder in mid-april. you'll hear from peace corps deputy director carrie hessler-radelet. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >>> my name is clint talbot, i'm the moderator, which basically means i introduce the smart people and let them talk. and i will do that now. we have to my left, immediate left is carrie hessler-radelet. she is best known right now for being deputy director of the peace corps, which is a capacity in which she served since 2010. she's also worked in the field of public health for the past two decades specializing in hiv and aids and maternal and child health and a number of other philanthropic and altruistic skbefrs. to her left is heather hurlburt who is executive director of the national security network, a no

barry lewis on new york city in late 19th and early 209 century saturday night at 6:00 and 10:00 eastern on c-span 3. former treasury secretary lawrence summers and chief economic advisor to president reagan martin feldstein discuss ideas for tax reform. the two harvard university professors debate the capital gains tax and tax code. it is about an hour and 20 minutes. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the project began about six years ago and it brought together a truly destictive group of policy experts, academics and practitioners. in that context, we don't endorse specific ideas but we do organize serious discussions around issues that are critical to our economy. and in that respect, we have events like we have today with academic and policy experts and practitioners. when we have papers, those papers are subject to rigorous peer review. we believe that the objectives of economic policy should be growth and competitiveness, broad based expansion of living standards and opportunities and economic securi

be in it because they figured the building would topple over there it >> architectural historian barry lewis on the late 19th and 20th century. part of american history tv this weekend on c-span three. >> osama bin laden was a strategic communicator with various and disparate outfits, and to a certain extent--i worked in afghanistan, and i worked in iraq, and we knew osama bin laden personally. we were involved into medications to try to corral, and we knew he was making out reach early on and involved in all these types of things working through mediums and other individuals. as a consequence, no surprise when you are talking about a global ideology, he was relevant. >> how has counterterrorism and national security changed since the death of osama bin laden? officials and analysts weigh in. see what they have to say online at the c-span video library, all archived and searchable. this weekend on "book tv," seth jones documents the war against al qaeda since nine/11 in "hunting in the shadows." also this weekend, your questions and comments for tom brokaw him a "in-depth," sunday at 9:00 a.

. >> this weekend from cooper union, lectures in history and barry lewis of new york city in the late 19th and early 20th century. saturday night at 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern on cspan 3. former federal reserve vice chair and former white house budget director alice rivlin join former white house chief of staff john podesta to talk about principles for tax reform and are joined by the former michigan governor john engler. they discuss the expiration of the bush-year tax cuts, the national deficit, jobs and the economy at the brookings institution. this lasts about one hour. >> thank you very much for joining us for the second panel. fortunately, we have a star- studded cast here. i will begin by introducing alice rivlin to my left. alice may well have the best budget resume in washington. she was director of the omb, founding director of the cbo and served on the president's commission on fiscal responsibility and was the co- chair of the domenici-redlariv commission and chairman of the fed for several years. >> john enlger served several terms as governor of michigan and is currentl

the first big wave of stars, elvis, jerry luluieu lee lewis, little richard and chuck barry were no longerork recording his first album, which would later change everything. ♪ i'm out here a thousand miles from my home ♪ >> right then all seemed lost to david brinkley, who we should point out was a big tommy dorsey fan and clearly the musicians of 1961 didn't come close. >> for about ten years we've seen rock 'n roll star after another, each more callow than the last at the microphone with a guitar he couldn't played learning a song that made no sense and which he couldn't sing if he did strumming and stopping and sings nonsense through his nose. >> the british invasion hadn't started yet in 1961. the beatles were playing in a bar many liverpool with a different drummer named pete best. that week it was elvis presley's "blue hawaii" and the number one song was about a coal miner. buddy holly, the big bopper and richie valanz were kimmed in a plane crash and maybe that contributed to the dark view of rock 'n roll music which he considered not just bad but a danger to society and the america

lewis. and "jesus christ, superstar." anyway, congratulations. i think the tonys are the 10th or 11th of june. >>> we're excited because barry manilow's in the house. >>> and where is he? >> he's probably down -- >> he's in the green room but we have a hot dad announcement to make. >> what is hotter than a hot dad? we are repeating the contest we did last year. ivillage is holding one to find the hottest dads in america. the grand prize is a royal caribbean cruise. you go to ivillage.com to enter. we'll reveal the winner, the hottest dad in america -- i can think of a bunch right now -- right here on "today" on june 12th. >> is frank gifford not eligible because he knows me? >> yes, he's definitely not eligible. >> are there still those stupid rules about that? >> i'd like to see you logon to the website. >> find out -- that's hot. that is hot. >> i'm going to reveal among other things why we're wearing these particular dresses -- >> the toast -- >> just, just came out! >> 13 minutes. >> jenny and john perez, everybody sends you their love. all 280-some people here who fight over that daggone toaster. >>> coming up next, fans, gather around. >> ba

dirksen and barry goldwater who were opposed i mean openly aggressively opposed to corporations messing in politics this this flip didn't come about until the one nine hundred seventy s. when lewis powell was put on the court. i just don't get why you you know how do you read everyone always points to the problems of politics there's too much money they say oh if we have mccain for what would be acceptable on a dollar as dollar donation of it how taking the money out of politics i've been having a problem with if i'm going to lections how about you know are there still plenty of that now at that point you're asking congress to come up with the same that the media live on how much money they give themselves to one for off if you want to if you want to have a broadcast license you have to give time to these political candidates i don't think that should be forced on anyone but to ask congress to suggest congress should come in and regulate how much how many of us we have people i think we the people should be should be have an assembly corporations the problem but you truly believe congress is we the people they really represent us well i've never voted for a corporation what i ha

lewis. anyway, congratulations. i think the tonys are the 10th or 11th of we're excited because barry manilow is in the house!s? >> what is hotter than a hot bed? we are repeating the contest we did last year. ivillage find the hottest dads in america grand prize is a royal caribbean cruise. go to ivillage.com to enter and we will be revealing the hottest dad in america. i can think of a bunch right now. right here on "today" on june 12th. >> is frank gifford not eligible because he knows me? are there stupid rules about that? >> logon to the website and enter him. >> find out if that man -- that's hot! that is hot! >> we will reveal, among other things why we are wearing these particular dresses. the toaster! >> that just came out! >> 13 minutes! i'm telling you. 10:14! >> jenny and john perez, everybody sends you their love. all 280 some people here who fight over that dag gone toaster! all right! coming up next, stick around. you can't smile without barry manilow. >> he's in our house and we are so excited after this! [ woman ] my washer had a foul odor that made the whole room stink. [ woman #2 ] even my