that is what makes biltmore. 's american history tv, we are taking your questions and comments -- your vote, i should say. the question is -- which party changed the most since 1868. the vote right now with more than 24 thousand casting their vote, saying the democrats changed the most, 56%. republicans at 44%. >> thanks to everyone who voted in our twitter polls on 1968 america in turmoil. more than 200,000 votes were posted on issues ranging from the vietnam war to the presidential election to women's rights and race relations. you can tweet us questions and comments during life events, see video previews of upcoming programs, or look back to what happened on this day in american history, on twitter at c-span history. >> monday night on "the tedious -- s," talking about the issues facing rural and suburban broadband providers. many areas.so 30% of our customers do not have traditional cable provider. in many instances, we are the only provider in those areas. we work closely with the federal government, the sec

much of a man that biltmore was purchasing and looking at at this time -- much of the land that biltmore was purchasing and looking at at this time, much of forested,ad been over been burned over, cut over, people had taken everything from firewood off of it and people farmed on this land. it was not rich farm land at that time. the land was not nearly as pretty as we see it now. anda lot of vanderbilts , their planmstead was to rehabilitate the land, and make it that hospitality-based location for george vanderbilt's family and friends. was probably what we call the first banks sticker -- was probably what we call the first landscape architect, but what he looked at as the big picture. here done everything from central parks in new york city, prospect park in brooklyn, and he had a vision that could stand huge acreage, and also, that ability to see what he called the picturesque, that pretty, little vignette would look like. he was a man of great vision, and he first started landscape architecture in the united states. frederick holmstead had worked family aerbilt's number of times, was

to biltmore, the largest home in america. the curator of interpretation led us through the main level of the 175,000 square foot home. we also learned about the .andscape design this is about 25 minutes. >> welcome to biltmore. we are in america's largest home. it will be my pleasure to welcome you and tour you through the house. it is a beautiful estate with an incredibly expansive home. it is a home with more than 33 bedrooms for guests and family, 65 fireplaces, a massive staircase, and architectural beauty. welcome to biltmore estate in ashford, north carolina. we will head in. this house was constructed over a period of six years starting in the 1880's and finished in 1895. george vanderbilt, the owner and builder of the home envisions this as a getaway for family and friends and opened it christmas eve of 1895. he was the youngest son of william henry vanderbilt and the grandson of commodore vanderbilt. this was an incredible family that had been building railroads and shipping industries across the world. he was the yo

welcome to biltmore estate in ashford, north carolina. we will head in.

welcome to biltmore in nashville, north carolina. we are in america's

in the early 1920s, william wrigley bought the chicago cubs baseball team and then the arizona biltmorecago, he began expanding and renovating the cubs' stadium, which would become wrigley field. in arizona, he decided to build a winter cottage for his wife as an anniversary present. between 1929 and 1931, the wrigley mansion was constructed on a mountain overlooking the city of phoenix. >> the wrigley mansion is just a rare, unique beauty here in the phoenix valley. >> now tourists and locals alike come here for tours, meals and private events. ben sinon is now the mansion's general manager. >> and you show your guests -- very few homes in the area have been around quite as long. and very few homes have as much to see. >> this little winter cottage was the smallest of their five homes, coming in at only 17,000 square feet. i guess a lot of people were buying chewing gum at that time. >> as winter would set in in chicago, the wrigleys would travel out this way, spend about 6 weeks a year here. >> it was only meant as a stopping point for the wrigleys to spend a few weeks a year as they

of heartburn and gas ♪ ♪ tum tum tum tums new tums chewy bites with gas relief >>> the millennium biltmored hotel in downtown l.a. it's quite ornate. tonight they hosted attorney general jeff sessions in the emerald ballroom. he gave a speech to a criminal justice group. outside, a whole bunch of people gathered to protest jeff sessions and the border policy that has taken so many kids from their parents. that's pretty much par for the course in states all across the country now. people are protesting this policy everywhere. tens of thousands of people are expected to protest in all 50 states in coordinated protests this weekend, on saturday. but today in l.a., this protest looked a little bit different, as you can see, because it was mostly clergy. they formed a human chain in the middle of the road. they spread out a pile of baby onesies to represent toddlers and babies taken from their parents. they chanted that kids belong at home, not in cages. when they laid down in the street and decided not to budge, police loaded them into vans. that's got to be a nice day at wo. how was your day

to biltmore, the largest home in america. the curator of interpretation led us through the main level of the 175,000 square foot home. we also learned about the .andscape design this is about 25 minutes.

trace recorded that the parent company of this is the biltmore sun. so they swept the newsroom there just as a precaution. you know, something happens in one division of your company, you want to check it all to be as careful as you possibly can. our understanding is they found no reason for concern at the baltimore sun newsroom. but here, of course, the investigation is just beginning. no doubt it will go on for months and months. trace gallagher, i guess we're just waiting now to hear more from police. >> just to pick up on a few things, there was no threat to the baltimore sun. it was a precaution. the reason they went through that newsroom is because it was the parent company of the capital here. you mentioned roads closed in the area. we heard that the interstate 450 and the 178 have now been shut down in both directions. so in anybody that is thinking about going near annapolis will have a very difficult time getting in and around that area. when you bring up the fact that there's bombs that have been said -- there's a possibility they're lookin