district in the city of beaufort. recall that the antiquities act says the object must be on land owned by the federal government. of the objects that i just ontioned, only camp saxton the navy grounds belonged to the federal government just before the national monument was claimed. through the remarkable generosity of several, including penn center, the beaufort baptist and brick baptist churches, and the kaiser lang -- keyserling family, donations of land already and made to the federal government. all of these transactions has to be completed before the president could act. beyond meeting the legal requirements of the antiquities act as, the administration wanted to know if there was public support for a national monument. thanks to the efforts of many, we were inundated with letters of support from public and private individuals and organizations, including influential historians with almost no dissents. representatives clyburn and mark sanford introduced the bill to establish a reconstruction era unit in may of 2

district in the city of beaufort. recall that the antiquities act says the object must be on land owned by the federal government. of the objects that i just ontioned, only camp saxton the navy grounds belonged to the federal government just before the national monument was claimed. through the remarkable generosity of several, including penn center, the beaufort baptist and brick baptist churches, and the kaiser lang -- keyserling family, donations of land already and made to the federal government. all of these transactions has to be completed before the president could act. beyond meeting the legal requirements of the antiquities act as, the administration wanted to know if there was public support for a national monument. thanks to the efforts of many, we were inundated with letters of support from public and private individuals and organizations, including influential historians with almost no dissents. representatives clyburn and mark sanford introduced the bill to establish a reconstruction era unit in may of 2

billy kaiser ling is the mayor of beaufort south carolina. prior to his election he worked on capitol hill. , we will asker do the first, we will ask the first question -- >> it began when i left law school. i had always kind of what the historical antecedents were of the revival of the civil rights on the american agenda. beginning a promising . right after the civil war and it disappeared from the agenda. some years later, i am secretary of the interior, thanks to bill clinton. and we are in the monument business. i got acquainted with a academic who, in my judgment more than any other person has brought reconstruction back into its place in american history. i got acquainted with them and he said we ought to go down and i will show you around. beaufort port royal center as the best a living example of all of this reconstruction history. so we trekked off to south carolina. eric was my guide. , met all of the usual suspects the irrepressible mayor, mike allen from the park service and got a nice view of what this was all about the this seem

just on inel we were beaufort, south carolina, and of course, one reason it is in south carolina is south carolina had some of the most interesting politics. many more african-americans served in the state legislature the most other states, and therefore had a really dig say in the policies they passed. -- big say in the policies they passed or is there are terrific books about the state during reconstruction because it is so famous. it is almost like the most avagard, -- avagard, forward thinking state. --federate monuments confederate monuments, i think described --idely there are two different monuments where white communities were feeling very empowered. there's also the civil war generation. that theye are people admired. and i should say those monuments to the greatness of the confederacy were exclusionary monuments that were saying these are the heroes of our community. they are our heroes, not your heroes. we stand for something that involves your subordination. i do not think people had to say that explicitly in order for that to be what the monuments men. once again, there were

mike is coming from beaufort, missouri. republican line. caller: good morning. mr. whipple, i am surprised the staff is not wearing heavy sunshades so they are not blinded by your brilliance. -- you are to you typical of the lemmings that i see on c-span. all you do is criticize, criticize, criticized. if you had come up with something helpful, my suggestion would be why don't you apply to be a chief of staff for donald trump? with your political savvy, i'm sure you would help with him. run for political office. i think your political brilliance is stunning. guest: let me respond. let me go way out on a limb in just that you probably have not read the book. if you had, you would realize that i do not have all of the answers and i don't pretend to. i tried to be evenhanded between democrats and republicans. i have cited a democrat and a people in as the two think were the outstanding white house chiefs. i have no ax to grind. governance.bout it is about what works in the white house. with all due respect, i simply suggest you pick up the book and read it. host: and i

ride experience where you're in a heated planetarium watching everything you ever wanted to know beaufort chris stackhouse art director for the nfl says they created this just for super bowl lii. >> it's been actually really interesting challenge to work in a city like this and in temperatures like this. it's forced to us work very differently and think creatively about how we bring super bowl creative to life. >> logistics and transportation to get down here is s the snow has fallen. now are we need are the fans ready to have some fun. >> it's transformed. i love it. >>> meanwhile two synagogues one in philadelphia and one in boston are making a friendly super bowl wager. if the patriots win, congregation shalom in philadelphia will donate 18 times the difference in the score to group studying brain trauma at the boston university school of medicine. if the eagles win, temple israel in boston will donate 18 times the difference in the score to philly youth basketball. >> we're really able to take, um, what could potentially be a rivalry with some -- some nasty name calling and other piec

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just on inel we were beaufort, south carolina, and of course, one reason it is in south carolina is south carolina had some of the most interesting politics. many more african-americans served in the state legislature the most other states, and therefore had a really dig say in the policies they passed. -- big say in the policies they passed or is there are terrific books about the state during reconstruction because it is so famous. it is almost like the most avagard, -- avagard, forward thinking state. --federate monuments confederate monuments, i think described --idely there are two different monuments where white communities were feeling very empowered. there's also the civil war generation. that theye are people admired. and i should say those monuments to the greatness of the confederacy were exclusionary monuments that were saying these are the heroes of our community. they are our heroes, not your heroes. we stand for something that involves your subordination. i do not think people had to say that explicitly in order for that to be what the monuments men. once again, there were

host: ron is in beaufort, tennessee -- independent. caller: i thank you for taking my call.ommunityee the black to getven tryg people back to work. they do not do anything to help them. they say, we are a victim. we are always a victim. why don't you lift people up? trump is trying to lift people up, get businesses back to work. what happens is, if you become successful in what he is trying to do -- don't look like you are puzzled. he is trying to help us bring our economy back, which it is. you can't deny that. i know obama does. that is a joke. host: congressman, a response. guest: i think that is an unfair characterization of black leadership in general, and an example of the way this president's denigration of black people and people of color has impacted your thinking. we lost clayton, our last color in the segment. i do want to thank you for the time. congresswoman bonnie watson coleman, democrat from new jersey. guest: thank you for having me. host: up next, we will be joined by gallup's john clifton to discuss the latest survey looking at liberal approval of u.s. lea