lemonis: bentley's corner barkery is now much more inviting and a lot brighter.[ laughing ] oh, my god. giovanni: i mean, look at the graphics. lis, look at the dog house. we didn't have one picture of a dog before. lemonis: uh, i know. we've brought in a lot of graphics so that people could feel like they're in a pet store. giovanni: "the snack wagon"? i'm not kidding you -- i am totally blown away. giovanni: we've created a new display for the chew bars. it's our highest-margin product, and we want to make sure that customers are attracted to it. we put two of them in so that we constantly are reminding people. highest-margin items, right? the commodity margins are on that wall, kind of impulse section. -giovanni: sure, yeah. lisa: i just can't stop looking around. it's crazy good. giovanni: it feels like it's three times the size. -lisa: yeah. -lemonis: there's less than half of the inventory. and, so, part of merchandising it this way is taking the categories that matter, stocking them properly, getting the margin, getting the turn, and letting it just pump o

it's the grand opening of bentley's corner barkery. what do you think of the store?and who is this? -woman: luke. lemonis: luke! i'm excited that people are actually able to move around this store. it's not cramped, it's not overloaded, and there's got to be 125 people in here. [ dog barks ] -oh, this is bentley? -giovanni: yeah. -lemonis: hey, buddy. -giovanni: you want a piece?

we've taken on a new name -- bentley's petstuff.ve done a phenomenal job overseeing a rapid expansion without compromising their values or the culture that got them where they are today. ♪ i'm here in chicago so that i can meet with lisa and gio and really dig into their numbers and their business. but, first, we're going to their new location in schaumburg, a store that they're in the process of opening. and gio wants to show me this new prototype item that he's come up with. hi, guys. how are you? man: good. how about yourself? lisa: so, we've changed up some of the fixtures, redone the snack wagon. we kind of gave it a fresher look. so, people can come in and use this self-wash machine. they can pick shampoos, dry the dog, rinse the dog. everything is kind of self-contained. lemonis: how much did this cost to do? giovanni: i mean, the machine is $17,000. -lemonis: $17,000? -giovanni: yeah. this isn't a revenue generator as much as it's more about traffic. lemonis: $17,000 investment just for the machine. what did it cost to build

. >> i'm in front of a bentley. i drove a bentley today.t out of queens, now i'm driving a bentley. >> just five years ago, awkwafina, whose real name is nora lum, was making $9 an hour working at a vegan market. when she started posting funny rap videos to youtube. >> drank too much now the iv's dropping. >> after her videos went viral she landed a few small tv roles before getting a part in the 2016 sequel to "neighbors." >> i said hey! >> fast forward to this summer, the 30-year-old released a new critically acclaimed rap album, landed a role in "ocean's 8" and tonight, you can see her steal scenes in "crazy rich asians" alongside "the hangover's" ken jung. >> how proud of you is your family? if we're really talking about it. >> to be honest. they're not -- they could be prouder. they're cool with it. bestie fit in with her boyfriend's crazy rich family. >> have you guys had your own experiences bringing somebody home to meet the family? >> my family just wants me to find someone, you know what i mean? they're just like, oh, him? he'll d

. >> and in the weeks ahead we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kennely and nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories, sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> each week american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places to learn about american history. next we visit the henry ford in dearborn, michigan, to see the garage where ford built his first car, the quadricycle. historic structures curator jim johnson shows us ford's childhood home where he was born in 1863. both buildings were relocated to greenfield village, the living history section of the henry ford. >> my name is jim johnson and i'm the curator of the landscapes here at the henry ford and we're here at henry ford in greenfield village and here with a 1914 model t. and it was just one of the things you get to experience here in greenfield village. behind me is the bagley shed and this stood behind his house in detroit, a rented house where he developed his first gasoline engine and eventually his first car in 1896. and then we'll be having a look at his birthplace, which

. >> and in the weeks ahead we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> every spring the u.s. army heritage and education center in carlisle, pennsylvania, hosts a living history event featuring several hundred reenactors from all eras of american history. next on american artifacts, we visit a mock world war i trench to hear from two u.s. army veterans who specialize in portraying french soldiers of the great war. this is about 20 minutes. >> good morning, i portray a first lieutenant in the 18th infantry regiment french army, circa 1917, 1918. we're sitting here at carlisle barracks at army educational historical center and we're giving presentations on the french army and its role in world war i and its links to the american forces. if you take a look here at this trench system, you'll see it's riveted with wood. this was actually taken off the u.s. army manual dated 1917 of how to build a trench system. it was copied from the british manual. but you can see that

. >> in the weeks ahead, we will hear from helen bentley, barbara cannoli, the jostle, and lynn woolsey. watch oral history, sunday at 10 am eastern, on american history tv on c-span three. >>> american history tv was that the organization of american historians annual meeting in sacramento, california. we spoke with the university of texas san antonio professor greg michelle, about the fbi's covert surveillance program. the targeted student organizations during the civil rights movement. if the offer had struggled for a brother saw, the saturn -- southern student organizing committee 1964-1969. this is just over 15 minutes. >>> greg michelle is the associate professor of the department of history at the university of texas in san antonio. >>: tell pro stands for counterintelligence program. it was the name of fbi programming designed to conduct primarily covert operations against organizations and individuals that the fbi deemed a threat to domestic or national security. >> why is this important? >> for several reasons, this was a artifact in the cold war era when communists, or suspec

. >> and in the weeks ahead, we'll hear from elin bentley, barbara canali, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. watch oriole histories sunday at 10 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> each week american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places to learn about american history. next we continue our tour of the driving america exhibit at the henry ford museum in dearborn, michigan. transportation curate or matt anderson shows us a 1931 car and describes how auto manufacturing changed during world war ii. we'll also learn how vehicles evolved based on customer preference and available technology. one of the last models we'll see is a 1983 honda accord, the first model built in the united states. >>> we're standing in front of what is probably our guests' favorite car, if we had to poll all the visitors who came through to ask which car they enjoyed seeing the most, i suspect it would be this car here, our bugati1931royale. he was a designer of race cars in the 1920s, but he had hopes in the early 19 #30s of building cars that were so luxurious that they would be favored b

. >> and in the weeks ahead we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. ♪ over there over there ♪ ♪ send the word send the word ♪ ♪ over there ♪ that the yanks are coming the yanks are coming ♪ ♪ the drums rum-iteming everywhere ♪ >> the 2018 is the centennial year of u.s. participation in world war i and american history tv is marking the anniversary with a variety of programs. every spring the u.s. army heritage and education center in carlisle, pennsylvania, hosts a living history event featuring several hundred re-enactors from all eras of american history. next on american artifacts we visit with several re-enactors who specialize in portraying german soldiers of the great war. we'll also go underground to see a reconstructed german bunker. this is about 20 minutes. >> good morning. my name is hans and we're at the army heritage center in carlisle. today we're representing world war i soldiers. we're representing the regiment 52. i'm wearing pretty much the early war

. >> in the weeks ahead we are going to hear from helen bentley, barb mcanally, nancy johnson and lynn mobley. watch oral history at 10 am eastern on american history. >>> coming up next, real america. a look at the push for road and highway construction in the 1950s. freedom of the american road is a half hour ford motor company film from 1955. with opening remarks by henry ford the second. who introduces the ford company study of the nation's road problems and calls for individual citizens to help solve those issues. it is narrated by the voice of the march of time radio and tv newsreel series. >>> i am henry ford the second. in recent years, there has been a lot of talk about our highway situation. so much has been said that i feel a great many of you may have wondered as i did, whether there was anything a private citizen could do about a problem so big? that is why we decided to study the situation. the results are published in this book. we call it, freedom of the american road. simply because we americans like plenty of elbowroom. freedom to come and go as we please and be in th

. >>> in the weeks ahead, we will hear from helen bentley, barb racanelli, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories. sunday at 10 am eastern on american history tv on cspan 3. >>> [ music ] >>> 2018 is the centennial year of u.s. participation in world war i. and, american history tv is marking the anniversary with a variety of programs. every spring, the u.s. army heritage and education center in carlisle, pennsylvania hosts a living history event, featuring several hundred reenactors from all eras of american history. next, on american artifacts, we visit with several reenactors, who specialize in betraying german soldiers of the great war. we will also go underground to see a reconstructed german bunker. this is about 20 minutes. >>> my name is hans. we are here at the army heritage center in carlisle. we are representing world war i soldiers today. we are representing the infantry regiment 52. i have learned pretty much the early war. 1910. 1910 trousers. and of course, the traditional jackboots. also, i have got the strap, and the brown petroleum pouches. i am wearing my

. >> and in the weeks ahead, we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnsens and lynn woolsy. sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on cspan 3. ♪ >> 2018 is the centennial year of u.s. participation in world war i and american history tv is marking the anniversary with a variety of programs. previously on american artifacts, we visited the u.s. army and heritage center's history event in carlisle, pennsylvania, to talk to reenactors who portrayed soldiers. up next, we return to the army heritage days event to learn what life was like for the two million doe bugh boys. >> i'm here to talk what about the average soldier from the american expedition nair force in world war i thought, felt, carried. what we have here to start with, this is the 1910 haversack. this is what we would call a knapsack or backpack today, but this was the -- what all of the soldiers would have carried, everything they would have needed, at least according to the united states government's view. in the back here you have -- then to open the pack, you would unattach a buckle beneath t

from a maryland congresswoman helen delich bentley served in the u.s. house of representatives. from 1985 to 1995. she was a member of the merchant marine and fisheries & appropriations committees. she talks about her career as a reporter for the baltimore sun, covering maritime issues and her appointment as chairwoman of the federal maritime commission which made her the highest ranking woman in the nixon administration. she also discussed her run for congress. much of the winning election to interview focused on her career before the house. a second conversation was planned, but the former congresswoman died in august 2016, just months after this was recorded by the u.s. house of office of thetives' historian conducted this interview. it is about one hour and 20 minutes. >> my name is kathleen johnson, i'm here with the house his taurean. the date is much 21 2016. we are in the house recording studio and we're with helen bentley, former representative from maryland. we are delighted to have you join us today. helen: i am devoted to be here with you, kathy and matt. matt: thank

. >> and in the weeks ahead we'll hear from helen bentley. barbara kennely, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> >> 2018 is the centennial year of u.s. participation in world war i and american history tv is marking the anniversary with a variety of programs. previously on american artifacts we visit the u.s. army heritage and education sister's living history event in carlisle, pennsylvania, to talk to reenactors who portray french and german world war i soldiers. we return to carlisle to learn what life was like for the 2 million american dough boys who served overseas. >> my name is michael mccloskey. i'm here to talk about what the american average soldier from the merp expeditionary soldier would have thought, felt, carried, that sort of thing. what we have here to start with, this is the 1910 haversack. this is what we would call a knapsack or backpack today, but this was the -- what all of the soldiers would have carried, everything they would have needed, at least according to the united states government's view. in the back here

. >> we will hear from helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >>> each week american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums and historic sites around the country. next we visit the smithsonian national air and space museum to learn about u.s. army combat artists in world war i. the exhibit is a collaboration between the national air and space museum and the national museum of american history. >>> welcome to the flight and arts gallery here in washington, d.c. i'm peter jacob. artist soldiers artistic expression in the first world war. we are in the midst of observing the centenary. our exhibition focuses on the artistic work produced. the first was really the first industrial war where millions of people were mobilized. not only military people, but civilians were broadly effected. artistic expression was different in world war i. unlike previous war art where you would have heroic depictions of leaders long after the battle, far from the battlefield, these artists were embedded with th

are becoming more common, e-cigarettes are battery operated nicotine inhalers, and attorney greg bentley told us via skype he's representing hundreds of people who have been injured. >> people that are vaping need to understand that they're almost playing russian roulette because there's no rhyme or reason as to when or how these batteries are going to explode. but they are ex >> reporter: the fda regulates e-cigarettes. it advises consumers to use safety features, to keep it away from metal objects like keys and coins and says don't charge the device with a phone charger. a group that promotes vaping as an alternative to smoking says the fda should go further. >> we would like to see device manufacturers be able to make safer devices without having to, you know, go through a very burdensome and prohibitive approvals process. >> reporter: attorney bentley says the fda has delayed stricter regulations until 2020. >> the public needs to know that this is still an unregulated industry that operates like the wild, wild west, and they're rushing -- >> reporter: and here's an interesting note.

histories, we continue our series on women in congress with former republican congresswoman helen bentley. >> i know i had to do well because i could not afford not to. i just kept plugging and working hard. it is not a play pad. campaign is tough work. and i admire anybody who goes into it. fromncer: we will hear robert canales, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. announcer: the franklin d. roosevelt residential library did your a unique film collection and joining us on the phone is library director paul sparrow. -- was an assistant to franco roosevelt starting in 1920 and was with him for more than 20 years and was a close friend of the family as well. she lived in the white house when he was president and she became intrigued with film cameras. she would film a number of these at formal pictures and events and luncheons. -- picnics and events and luncheons. movies to herme included in her collection. she had a stroke in 1941 and left the white house and took possessions with her and died several years lat

. >>> helen delich bentley. a republican, she was a member of the appropriations and merchant marine and fisheries committees. next, miss bentley talks about her career as a reporter for the "baltimore sun" covering maritime issues and her appointment as chairwoman of the federal maritime commission which made her the highest ranking women in the nixon administration. she also discusses her run for congress. much of the interview focuses on her career before election to the house. the former congresswoman died in august 2016 just months after this was recorded. the u.s. house of representatives office of the historian conducted this interview which is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> my name is kathleen johnson. i'm here today with the house historian. the date is march 21st, 2016. we're in the house recording studio in the rayburn house office building here with helen bentley, former representative for maryland. and we are delighted to have you join us today. >> and i'm delighted to be with you, kathy. >> thank

with former republican congresswoman helen bentley. >> i couldn't afford not to. i kept working and working hard. the campaign is tough work and i admire anybody who's doing it. watch oral histories >> eva clayton served as a -- in the u.s. house of representatives from 1992 to 2003. she was the first african american woman to represent north carolina in congress. up next, ms. clayton talked about serving as the congressional freshman class president, her assignment to the agriculture committee, and her focus on national hunger and nutrition legislation. the u.s. house of representatives office of the historian conducted this interview. it is about two hours. mattasniewski: i am wa

one of my favorite quotes from the entire series was with helen bentley who served in maryland from the 1980s for more than a decade. but she had come up through a very male-oriented culture, she had been a reporter on the docks in baltimore, she worked for the federal maritime commission, had a lot of experience. and when we put that question to her and said, well, what was it like to come to the house with two dozen women? she said, let me put it this way. they didn't exactly roll out the red carpet but they didn't shut the door, either. i think for that group, really up until very recently, that was the case, that was the experience for a lot of them. >> one of the things we asked about, too, were some of the obstacles the women had to face. nancy johnson from connecticut talked about how she and barbara boxer were interested in women working out in the gym, members' gym, and the difference between the difference in the gym that the male members had and the difference in the women. the women's gym had just a rowing machine and nothing much at all. they talked about how they went to t

with former republican congresswoman, helen bentley. >> i knew i had to do well. because, i could not afford not to. and, i just kept plugging, and working hard. it is not to plague them. a campaign is tough work. and, i admire anybody who goes into it. >>> in the weeks ahead, we will hear from barb racanelli, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories. sunday at 10 am eastern on american history tv. on c-span 3. >>> saturday at 10 am eastern on c-span. live coverage of the democratic national committee's summer meeting in chicago. to decide on changes to the parties residential nominating process, including the role of superdelegates. watch live on saturday at 10 am eastern on c-span, cspan.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app . >>> since 2011, architect and historic preservationist, joby hill, has been visiting and compiling a database of former suede -- slave dwellings in the united states. are interested was -- interdisciplinary work includes documentation, photography, interpretation and -- slave history. up next on american artifacts, we

one of my favorite quotes was helen bentley, who served in maryland from the 1980's for more than a decade. and -- but she had come up through a very male oriented culture. she had been a reporter on the docks in baltimore. she worked with the federal maritime commission, had a lot of experience. and when we put that question to her and said, what was it like coming to the house with less than two dozen women? she said, but me -- let me put it this way, they didn't exactly roll out the red carpet, but they didn't shut the door either. for that group, and up until very recently, that was the experience. >> one of the things we ask about are the obstacles the women had to face. nancy johnson talked about how she and barbara boxer were interested in women working out in the gym, the members gym, and the difference between the gym at the male members and the women's. the women's gym had an old rowing machine, nothing much at all. so they talked about how they went to the member in charge of the committee that was overseeing the gyms. and he talked about the exercise equipment, and he couldn't

one of my favorite quotes from the entire serious was with helen bentley, who served in the 1980s in maryland for more than a decade. she had come up through a very male oriented culture. she had been a reporter on the docks of baltimore. she first -- worked with the federal maritime commission. when we put that question to her and said what was it like coming to the house with less than 2000 woman, she said let me put it this way, they didn't exactly roll out the red carpet, but they did not shut the door either. i think until very recently, that was the case in experience for a lot of them. >> one of the things he asked about, too, with some of the obstacles woman had to face. nancy johnson from connecticut talked about how she and barbara boxer were interested in women working out of the gym, and the difference between the -- with the male members had and the women. and then male members had machines. >> it was some of those instances that seem so comical now, that male members did not understand some of those things that women take for granted now. >> that anyway is my next quest

. >> and in the weeks ahead, we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara canali, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday on c-span3. >>> each week american artifacts takes you to mu # see museums. next we take you to dearborn, michigan. transportation coordinator matt anderson shows us early vehicles made by henry ford, including the model t. we'll also see the sporty and stylized mustang and hear how and why the brand changed over time. >>> my name is matt anderson. i'm curate or of the museum in dearborn michigan taking a look at some of the vehicles in our driving america exhibit. the first one i want to look at is arguably the most significant one we have, where most of them came from. it is the quadricycle, the very first automobile built by henry ford. ford was fascinated right into early adulthood and automobiles being the new technology of the time, he was very much caught up in the excitement surrounding them and knew that he wanted to get into it. he never had intentions of selling this car. instead it was something of a prototype, a way for him to wrap his mind ar

. >> in the weeks ahead, we will hear from helen bentley, barbara tonelli, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories. sunday at 10 am eastern. on american history tv on cspan 3. >>> every spring, the u.s. army heritage and education center in carlisle pennsylvania hosts a living history event, featuring several hundred reenactors from all eras of american history. next, on american artifacts, we visit a mock world war i trench, to hear from u.s. army veterans who specialize in portraying french soldiers of the great war. this is about 20 minutes. >> good morning. my name is carter bartel. i portray a first lieutenant and 18th infantry regiment french army, circa 1917, 1918. we are sitting here at carlisle backs at the army hysterical education center. and, we are giving presentations on the french army and its -- world war i and its link to american forces. if you look here at this trench system, you will see, it was fitted with wood. this was actually taken off the u.s. army manual, dated 1917, of how to build a trench system. it was copied from the british manual, but you can

first britain based car maker and here's to the list of the other british luxury brands like jaguar bentleyand was are now belonging to foreign owners as martin is planning an i.p.o. by the end of the year analysts say it could be valued up to six billion euros that's even though it sells only a few thousand cars each year. i believe of myself that's it you're up to date with the latest from the world of business if you want more do check out our website that's your dot com slash business or better yet simply follow our social media feeds while you always also find the latest on the negotiations for frustrate deal between the united states canada and mexico mexico. to learn from me and the entire business team thanks for watching i'll be back here for the first update in forty five minutes. anyone visiting the spyhole should know here boats any way to get around. this no matter a way of getting to know the old. let's walk on our joint house nicole furnish as she explores this nash region and its speciality is. next on. the temple of technology. the result of a market. of the morning work. y

histories" we continue our series with women in congress with former republican congresswoman helen bentley. >> i knew i had to do well. because i couldn't afford not to. i just kept plugging and working hard. it's not a playpen. a campaign is tough work. and i admire anybody who goes into it. >> and in the weeks ahead we'll hear from barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch "oral histories" sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv. on c-span3. >>> saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, live coverage of the democratic national committee summer meeting in chicago to decide on changes to the party's presidential nominating process, including the role of superdegrees. watch live saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >>> since 2011 architect and historic preservationist jobie hill has been visiting and compiling former slave dwellings in the united states. her inner disciplinary work includes architectural documentary. up next, we travel to southern virginia near the north carolina border to visit the former b

him to work from his apartment as he house trained his new pup.conner mccarthy/dog owner:"having bentleytside is where i go to the bathroom, is a big deal. also, understanding where he sleeps at night and his place in the house, that was really crucial."needless to say, he's thankful for his company's new age way of thinking.donna robinson/nina hale ceo:"we have a culture where we try our best to accommodate different things that happen in employees' lives."c-e-o donna robinson said they regularly conduct surveys to learn employees needs both at work and outside of it. "furternity leave" as well as two work from home days per month... are just the tip of the iceberg.donna robinson/nina hale ceo:"we really wanted to focus on what would make their life better, what would enrich their family time, what would make for a better day to day living- working environment for them." for mccarthy, that meant fulfilling his role as an account manager and new pet parent...natsat the same time. conner mccarthy/dog owner:"it didn't affect the work load, so i think at the end of the day it was a win-win

. >> in the weeks ahead we are going to hear from helen bentley, barb mcanally, nancy johnson and lynn mobley. watch oral history at 10 am eastern on american history. >>> coming up next, real america. a look at the push for road and highway construction in the 1950s. freedom of the american road is a half hour ford motor company film from 1955. with opening remarks by henry ford the second. who introduces the ford company study of the nation's road problems and calls for individual citizens to help solve those issues. it is narrated by the voice of the march of time radio and tv newsreel series.

. >> and in the weeks ahead we will hear from sue myrick, eva clayton, helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> this weekend the c-span cities tour takes you to las cruces, new mexico. with the help of our comcast cable partners we will explore the life and history of las cruces located at the foot of the oregon mountains and along the banks of the rio grande. saturday at 12 noon eastern on book tv author john hunter explores the impact of the manhattan project on new mexico in his book. the cold war and the atomic west. >> when oppenheimer brought nuclear physics west, first to berkeley and to caltech, and then to new mexico, he changed particularly new mexico. it brought this state that was poor, had very little infrastructure, and put in the middle of it this federally funded facility that just transformed the state. >> then author martha andrews discusses the roles of western frontier women in her book out of the shadows, the women of southern new mexico. on sunday at 2:

. >> announcer: and in the weeks ahead, we'll hear from sue myrick, eva clayton, helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories on sunday at 10:00 a.m. on c-span3. >> announcer: this weekend the c-span cities tour takes you to las cruces, new mexico. with the help of our comcast cable partners we'll explore the life of literacy in las cruces along the banks of the rio grande saturday on book tv. his book, j. robert oppenheimer, the cold war in the great west. >> when oppenheimer first brought history to cal tech and then to new mexico, he changed particularly new mexico. it brought this state that was poor, had very little infrastructure and put in the middle of it this federally funded facility that just transformed the state. >> announcer: then author martha andrews discusses the roles of western frontier women in her book "out of the shadows: the women of southern mexico." we visit the white sands missile range museum. >> the testing that's been done out here, people think it's been mostly military testing, but it really -- it's involved a lot o

. >> in the weeks ahead we will hear from helen bentley, barbara cannelly and lynn woolsey. american history tv on c-span 3. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> senate minority leader chuck schumer says democrats stand ready to sue for documents regarding supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and his work in the white house during the bush administration. he and sheldon whitehouse spoke with reporters earlier today. >> hi, everybody. welcome to the abbreviated week,

well, we had to "out bentley" them, and we did. we finally got them out of there. that was one hell of a night, i can tell you. that is still my favorite streetcorner. >> when you came to the house in 1985, there were 23 women in the house total. did you find because there were so few women at that point that women tended to gravitate towards each other across party lines in the house? helen: to a point. to a point. one of my best friends today is marcy, democrat from ohio. marcy and i have remained very close friends because she thinks like i do. if we don't have jobs in america, there is going to be an economic push. and just today, i had a call from a businessman who had read something about the lack of jobs somewhere. and he said, if they had listened to you 20 years ago, we wouldn't be having this problem. i said, i know, but they all thought i was crazy at that time. and i wasn't. >> of that small number of women, there were quite a few from maryland? helen: at that time, there were four of us. >> did a special bond emerge between you? helen: we are close. an

met in the weeks ahead, we will hear from helen bentley, barbara canelo, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey, watch oral history sunday at 10 am eastern. on american history tv on c- span three. >>> c-span was in memphis tennessee for events commemorating the 50th anniversary of martin luther king jr.'s assassination on april 4, 1968. that is the outdoor ceremony from the national civil rights museum plaza in front of the motel where the reverend king was shot. you will see remarks by religious and civil rights leaders including andrew young and jesse jackson. both of whom were with martin luther king. nearly 3 our commemoration and with the tolling of the bill is exactly 50 years after the assassination. >>>

. >> in the weeks ahead we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsleya.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> up next on american history tv's reel america, a look at the push for road and highway construction in the 1950s. freedom of the american road is a half-hour ford motor company film from 1955, with opening remarks by henry ford ii, who introduces a ford company study of the nation's road problems and calls for individual citizens to help solve those issues. it's narrated by westbrook van vorhees. he was the voice of the march of dime radio and tv news reel series. ♪ >> i am henry ford ii. in recent years there has been a lot of talk about our highway situation. so much has been said that i feel sure a great many of you must have wondered, as i did, whether there was anything a private citizen could do about a problem so big. that's why we decided to study the situation. the results are published in this book. we call it "freedom of the american road." simply because we americans always have plenty of elbow room. freedom to come and g

. >> and in the weeks ahead, we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kennely and nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> up next on american history tv "reel america," give yourself the green light. a 1954 general motors film encouraging citizens to support programs to improve roads and highways. the film begins by depicting traffic jams, unsafe roads and city congestion and then documents the results of a nationwide gm contest seeking road system ideas, infrastructure advocacy such as this film helped result in the passage of the $25 billion federal aid highway act of 1956. this is about 25 minutes. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> this is the american dream. a freedom on wheels. an automotive age traveling on time-saving super highways. future free flowing channels of concrete and steel. but these wide lanes of reality actually measure out to just a few miles scattered far apart across the friendly face of our land. we have become the nation on wheels. with more motorized mobility than ever dreamed of before. though we have the

. >>> firefighters helped rescue a tortoise named bentley. the poor thing got trapped in a hole, no food, no water. they shared this video of the rescue. the 25-year-old tortoise had been stuck in the hole for several days. nudge from the crews. >>> a couple in the philippines didn't let a monsoon ruin their wedding day. heavy rain had caused flash flooding and had to get to the church by boats because no cars would take them. and look at this, the bride waded down the aisle, she was barefoot. the groom sitting there on this like little dry piece of -- i don't know what that is. and they put some chairs onto protect them from even more water. and you're telling me in the philippines this is their monsoon season? >> this is their monsoon season. they're committed. >> i mean they literally are committed. and maybe they should be committed because can't you wait, wasn't there a better time to get married. thanks for watching. who wants to be a millionaire is anything up next. >> one player. 14 questions. $1 million on the line. that's what i cal

. >> in the weeks ahead we will hear from helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> each week american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums and historic sites around the country. next we visit the smithsonian national air and space museum to learn about stone carvings created by world war i soldiers and recently rediscovered. >> my name is dr. jeff. i am a physician, explorer, and television host. welcome to the smithsonian national air and space museum and to artist soldiers which is an exhibit on world war i commemorating the anniversary of world war i. the space that i'm standing in front of is a large underground city. we are seeing a small segment of this vast space. the french took it back and then the americans. in this place soldiers from the main national guard which were part of the yankee division lived underground for almost two months. what is remarkable about this particular place -- and you can see this in the smithsonian channel documentary called ameri

announcer: in the weeks ahead, we will hear from heaven bentley, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. america's 30 third president estates life in washington, d.c. by visiting what he calls the little white house in key west, florida. we take you there as we hear the stories of how president truman spends his time at this historic retreat. ♪ >> the little white house got its name partly through an accident. partly through just the fact that franklin roosevelt had had a little white house. in our particular case, president truman was at everglades city dedicating the everglades national park in december 1947, and the press corps started yelling at the president, are you going to return to florida? he responded by saying, of course, i have a little white house in key west. the house at that time was painted gray. the navy took this as a clear indication the president was returning so they painted the building all white. it is no longer navy grey, it is all white for the little white house. i would like to