benjamin harrison was seven years old when his grandfather died. regiment harrison served a full four years. as president, he has a phenomenal legacy that is a little understood that we think is an opportunity to share that more deeply and to investigate what it means for the modern presidency. we were very lucky that our collection contains a lot of items that belonged to the harrison's, they had over 10,000 items. the family was very good at saving those items. that belong to or associate with benjamin harrison the third and the fourth, and william henry harrison. to an treasure for his family through the years. we are happy to have that very large collection. >> the harrison's are immigrants from the u.k. start, the the harrison's came into the united states and settled in virginia. were harrison's that served in public office from the early 1600s through the 1970's. for benjamin harrison, his great-grandfather was benjamin harrison the fifth. the signer of the declaration of independence. his grandfather was william father,rrison, his own john s

she and benjamin harrison during college so caroline harrison was college-educated. professor and a for the harrison's, education was always deeply important to them especially with their own children. caroline harrison studied language, music, art. that really carried through in her priorities. so the harrison's as they were building their home in indianapolis were very tasteful .n doing so certainly carolyn had a flourish for art and we know that she loved watercolor painting. she loved china painting. we have one oil painting by her. tos just really remarkable see her work especially with china painting that she's done. she's best known as first lady for having protected the white house china collection. she went through the white house when they came to washington at a time when the white house was in total disrepair. she drove forward plans to significantly restore and build upon the white house, expand it. from congress to be able to remediate the great dilapidation that the white house was in at that time. dining roomw in the on the first floor of the home. ch

history tv on cspan3, we will visit different historic sites around the town including the home of benjamin harrison. >> the great sense that you have is how understated it is. if anything it speaks deeply of quality and i think that is harrison's character through and through, understated but of quality. >> watch c-span city tour of indianapolis is retaken history and literary scene working with cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >> sunday night on q&a. wall street trader turned photojournalist chris on his book dignity. about the flight of those living on the margin of society in america. >> a sunday morning or saturday it was empty because all the semi's were gone and it was in an industrial park and immediately her intelligence came right through and we spoke for about an hour, half an hour or so. and she told me her life which was just like a clichÉ of everything wrong that can happen to somebody. eventually i asked her what i asked everybody why photograph, which is what's one sentence, how do you want me too describe you, give me one sentence. and she shot back something like

history tv on c-span3, we will visit historic sites around town, including the home of president benjamin harrison. >> as you walk through this space, it is understated. it is not ostentatious. it speaks deeply of quality. characterrrison's through and through -- understated but of quality. >> watch c-span's city tour of >> sunday night, wall street trader turned photo journalist, on his book about the plight of those living on the margins of society in america. it was a sunday or saturday morning, all of the semi's were done. it was in the industrial part. immediately her intelligence just kind of came right through. we spoke for about an hour, half-hour or so come and she likeme her life, which was everything wrong that could happen to somebody. , i asklly i asked her everybody this that i photograph, how do you want me to describe you? she just shot back, something prostitute, a mother of six and a child of god. that is sender night -- that is sunday night. >> in the second of a three-part program, we looked back to the 1998-99 impeachment of president bill clinton with alexis simendinger. she

important people in indianapolis here including authors like meredith nicholson, booth tarkington, benjamin harrison, one time president of the united states and the biggest business men like eli lilly and william fortune. anybody who is anybody would want to meet mister riley and he was so famous you could see postcards produced at that time with a home in the background as the home of james malcolm riley. this is james malcolm riley's bedroom, he moved here in 1893 and when he moved in he was a well-established poet, brought a lot of his own furniture with him so some of the pieces are older than the homes themselves. this is his original writing desk where he composed 1000 works of poetry. he liked to write in bed. they would find him sitting in bed surrounded by little scraps of paper where he was writing deep into the early morning hours. that is his original top hat and cane and near the fireplace is a portrait he commissioned one of his best friends, he love that little dog so much he had a painting commissioned over the mantle in this room. james malcolm riley became one of the most popular

on c-span3 will visit just under different historic sites around town including the home of benjamin harrison> the great sense that you have as you walk through the space is how understated it is. it's not ostentatious, but anything is deeply of quality and it's here since character through and through. understated but of quality. >> watch c-span city tour of indianapolis has retaken the history and literary scene. >> book tv covers bookers and festivals around the country, here is what's coming up, the 2020 festival season will kick off in january with rancho mirage writer festival in california and then in georgia. in march book tv visits arizona for the tucson festival of books. later that month the virginia festival will take place in charlottesville. for more information about upcoming bookers and festivals and to watch the previous festival coverage click the book for tab on a website, booktv.org. [inaudible conversations] >> welcome my name is jason, i'm the director of the public library, thank you for joining us, i have to say it is really wonderful to see a bunch of people in your h

benjamin harrison is known for one thing. he served in between two non-successive terms of grover cleveland. and that was his contribution. but served as a major general during the civil war. and he has seen death on an unimaginable scale. and he was troubled. he was troubled by the reports that continued to come in from the war department that hundreds, almost thousands, of officers and men in the frontier army were taking their lives with her own hands. that was the first cataloging a suicide by the united states government. veterans take their lives each and every morning. 60% are not in our v.a. this is not a crisis just of those who have worn the uniform. the leading cause of death for america's youth is not what it was when i was a teenager, car accidents, it is suicide. the new york city police department is now overrun with policemen veteran ending their lives tragically. what we have promised this time is that we are going to take veterans, because most americans understand at some level what veterans experience, wha

today the hometown of president benjamin harrison.e will travel to communities all across the country, all of it available at c-span.org. we want to welcome back lisa davis, with the organization share our strength which is what? guest: share our strength is based on ending childhood hunger and poverty in the u.s. and worldwide. host: some news over the weekend from the department of housing and urban development showing that homelessness is on the rise. statistics in california doubling in the last year. guest: one of the things that most people don't realize is that the economic recovery has left a lot of families behind. nearly half of all americans would not know what to do if they had an emergency expense of $400 or more. they would have to sell belongings, go into debt or simply not be able to pay it. we see this is exacerbated in areas with very high cost of living, high housing costs, transportation, and that is why we are very concerned that some of the proposed rules coming out from the administration would actually exacerba

into the james whitcomb riley area including authors like marilyn mickelson , booth tarkenton, benjamin harrison, one time president of the united states would visit him and a lot of indianapolis, the biggest businessmen such as eli lilly basically anybody who was anybody in indianapolis would want to come meet mister riley and in fact he was so famous i the time that he moved into the home you could see postcards produced at that time thathad just the home in the background as the home of james whitcomb riley . >> this is james whitcomb riley's bedroom. he moved in here in 1893 and when he moved in it was already awell-established poet. he brought a lot of his own furniture with them so some of the pieces in this room are older than the home themselves . this is his original writing desk here. this is where he composed many of his over 1000 works of poetry. he also like to write in bed. so they'd often come up and find him sitting in bed surrounded by scraps of paper where he had been writing deep into the early morning hours. at his original act and cane on the bed and up here where the firepl

the 2008 benjamin harrison award marks the first additional christmas tree in the white house, the 2019nlike the rest, a 3-dimensional helicopter on the white house lawn. >> this one is one of the most exciting because it pushed technology to the limit. >> attribute to president number 34, dwight eisenhower. >> the first to use a helicopter for presidential travel. >> the president of the white house historical association believes this here's ornament honest the most iconic images that come from the white house. >> we see the majestic butterfly in, land on the south lawn of the white house, the president first family disembark. it reminds you this represents the united states of america. >> in washington, david fund, fox news. >> when candy stand above all the others, the candycane. from the standard minced to all kinds of wild flavors, religion correspondent lauren green looks at the sweet treat's origins. >> reporter: this bubbly pot of gooey liquid will in a matter of minutes become the most iconic christmas candy of all time, the candycane. here at lucas candy in new york, nick mak

the first ornament honored george washington, and the 2008 benjamin harrison ornament marks the firstonal christmas tree in the white house. 2019 ornament is unlike the rest. at three dimensional helicopter on the white house south lawn. >> every year is exciting with the white house but i think this is one of the most exciting because it really pushed that technology towards it. >> it's a tribute to president number 34, dwight d. eisenhower. >> he was first american president to use a helicopter for presidential travel. >> and the president of the historical -- you see that majestic helicopter fly in and landed on the soft lawn on the white house and the president and the first family disembark, it reminds you that this represents the united states of america. >> in washington, david's font, fox news. >> mike: one candy stands above all the others in connection with christmas, the candy cane. religion correspondent lauren green looks of the sweet treats origins. >> this bubbling pot of gooey liquid will in a matter of minutes become the most iconic christmas candy of all time, the ca

the first statistics were taken in the 1890s under administration of benjamin harrison.ught it front and center. what i'm looking for is a market approach to this. government closest to the people is that which works best. so when we delivered the report on suicide prevention, we will deliver to the president a national road map on suicide prevention, but we will open the aperture so that we can get help, resourced funding to localities, charities so they can help us find those 60% of veterans who take their lives who are not within the va system. liz: often in chronic pain. there is opioid crisis we're aware. veterans keep telling us they do need the opioids. your final word on that, secretary? >> it's a culture change we're going through. we reduced opioid prescriptions by 51%. but we're changing the way veterans think about pain. instead of treating the brain, we're going to the source of that pain, offering alternative therapies like yoga and tai chi. things in my father's day in vietnam would have been been anathema to warriors. the prescription rate is coming down.

the 2008 benjamin harrison ornament marks the first traditional christmas tree in the white house.s unlike the rest, a three-dimensional helicopter on the white house south lawn. >> every year is exciting with the white house, but i think this one is one of the most, because it really pushed our technology to the limit. >> it's a tribute to present number 34, dwight d. eisenhower. >> he was the first american president to use a helicopter for presidential travel. >> thehe president of the white house historical association believes this year's ornament honors some of the most iconic immigrant images that coe white house. >> you see that helicopter flight income on land on the south lawn of the white house, the president of the first family disembarked, it reminds you that this represents the united states of america. >> in washington, david spunt, fox news. >> mike: standing about all of the others when it comes to a connection with christmas, the candy cane. from the standard meant to all kinds of wild flavors, correspondent lauren green looks at the sweet treats' origins. >> this

history tv on c-span3 we will visit different historic sites including the home of president benjamin harrison. >> the great since that you as you walk through the space is how understated it is. it's not ostentatious but if anything it speaks deeply of quality and i think that is his character through and through, understated but of quality. >> watch c-span's cities tour of indianapolis as we take in its history and literary scene. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >> education secretary betsy devos went before the house lay between sets question about her departments student loan debt forgiveness program. it targets students who took out loans at institutions that misrepresent chances for jobs, potential sellers after graduation leaving students unable to pay back large loans. >> the meeting will come to order.

00 c-span3, we'll visit different historic sites around town, including the home of president benjamin harrison. >> the great sense that you have as he walked through the space is how understated it is. it's not ostentation's. it speaks deeply of quality. i think that's harrison's character through and through, understated, but of quality. >> watches c-span cities tour of indianapolis as we take on is history and literary scene, working with our cable affiliates as we explore america's story. sunday night on q&a, wall street trader turned photojournalist chris are ,"ughty on his book, "dignity about the plight of those living on the fringes of society in america. >> it was empty because all the semi's were gone and she was in the industrial part of hunts point. and immediately, her intelligence kind of came right through. and we spoke for about an hour, half an hour or so. she told me her life, which is just, inner, almost -- you know, almost like a cliche of anything -- everything that can happen to somebody. i asked everybody for a photograph. what's one sentence to describe you? t's what i a

taking all this historical data going back through bush versus gore, rutherford for the haze, benjamin harrison, if an election is within three percentage points of the popular vote there is a one in three chance that the popular vote winner will end up not becoming president of the united states. and this is a risk that can go in both directions. for instance, if john kerry had pulled out a win in ohio, he would have become president in 2004. i think our conversation would've had a slightly different center today. just to emphasize the risk can go in either delectation, and one in three risk is, in my view, a pretty large risk. so there's a belief i, want to talk about this popular belief. there's a belief that if we have a national popular vote we would end up with a system of which folks on the coast would end up determining presidency. and i just want to show you that this is, in fact, not the case. this is a graph of what fraction of the hillary clinton and donald trump vote is one by state, on a horizontal access. i love saying horizontal axis, very academic and nerdy. on the horizontal a

president benjamin harrison signed the law. wyoming is technically the 44th state to enter the union but the first state when it comes to women's ee equality. -- equality. back home 2019 is the year of wyoming women. our state is paying trib the ute to our strong women leaders. we had the great honor of electing the first women governor. wyoming boasts many more firsts, the first woman to serve on a jury, the first female justice of the peace. wyoming claims the first all-female city government. these pioneering women leaders were elected in 1920 in jackson, wyoming. the jackson press dubbed them the petty coat government. so we celebrate 150 years of equal rights in wyoming and 100 years of women nationwide. in 1919, congress passed the 19th amendment to the constitution, granting women surge. this hard-fought legislative victory would ensure women's full participation in our democracy. president trump recently signed into law the women's suffrage centennial law act. i had the pleasure of cosponsoring this, it was introduced b

c-span3, we'll visit different historic sites around the town including the home of president benjamin harrison. >> the great since you have as you walk through the spaces out understate it is. it's not ostentatious that if anything it speaks deeply of quality and to think that is his character through and through. understated but of quality. >> watch c-span's cities tour as we take in its history and literary scene. >> judges on the fourth circuit court of appeals heard oral argument in two lawsuits filed by the district of columbia and maryland that claim president trump violated the emoluments clause of the constitution which bars presidents from receiving gifts from ford or state governments while in office. next, the oral arguments. .. [inaudible conversations] >> may is please the court.

president benjamin harrison. >> the great since that you as you walk through the space is how understated it is. it's not ostentatious but if anything it speaks deeply of quality and i think that is his character through and through, understated but of quality. >> watch c-span's cities tour of indianapolis as we take in its history and literary scene. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >> education secretary betsy devos went before the house lay between sets question about her departments student loan debt forgiveness program. it targets students who took out loans at institutions that misrepresent chances for jobs, potential sellers after graduation leaving students unable to pay back large loans. >> the meeting will come to order. i want to welcome everyone and note a quorum is present. we we will hear testimony from e department of education implementation of borrowed eventual. pursuant to commingle 7c statements are limited to the chair and ranking member. i want to thank secretary devos of being with us today and thank her for a green to hold enough t