bing crosby took up the drums when he joined the band.e set up his mail-order drum kit right here. his brothers had written a book about this. he was in here banging away. these doors could be closed, but it drove his mother crazy, and she was thrilled when bing crosby finally gave up the drums. in here are a representation of his many awards. for a half a century, bing crosby was a major figure and he accumulated awards daily, all entertainment awards. he was in a time when just a handful of stars could dominate the whole celebrity world. radio -- these are his radio awards. every year he was the top radio performer from the mid-1930's. his radio show continued until the early 1960's. he holds the record for continuous radio weekly programs, it will probably never be beaten because it goes over a period of 30 years. the gold records, these are just a few of his gold records. each gold record means a million copies sold. by now all of his records have sold tens of millions. while he was dominating radio in the 1930's and 40's, he had the

by 1920, bing crosby was already in a jazz band. you can see that he was quick on the uptake. , the band breaks up because the other boys are going off to college. bing crosby was the only one in college when they had the band. he and a friend did not know what to do, so they decided they would go to california where bing crosby's older brother already was. he was already working in los angeles. rinker's sister also came from spokane, and she was working in los angeles, so they thought we have connections in los angeles, so they decided to take off for hollywood. that was fall of 1925. the crosby parlor. they used it as a music room, both of bing crosby's sisters played the piano. bing crosby took up the drums when he joined the band. -order drumis mail kit right here. his brothers had written a book about this. he was in here banging away. these doors could be closed, but androve his mother crazy, she was thrilled when bing crosby finally gave up the drums. here are a representation of his many awards. for a half a century, bing cr

they wanted to talk about hope and -- about bob hope and bing crosby.hey wanted distance from the harsh reality of things. bob hope was all over the pacific. bing crosby was in europe. so the comedy team did a lot of the morale work. it was a tremendous contribution. of course, many stars did the same thing. the ufo was set up for this. the real point was, this, the military forces were not the only ones who needed to be involved in the war, the whole nation needed to be involved in that war. bing understood it as a patriotic duty and he carried out as only he could come because it was the major star of the time. [indiscernible] [chatter] married five years later. had seven children altogether. >> what i found pretty quickly when i started volunteering at the museum was many people did not know how many children he had, or you know, what happened to his first wife. usually they thought that they divorced. actually, tragically she died of cancer very young. so he remarried. in other words, they did not know hardly anything about his personal life. bing h

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bing crosby, for the rest of his life, treated people like neighbors. that is why the neighborhood is so important to understanding the rest of his life. >> all weekend, american history tv is featuring spokane, washington. c-span city to her visitlearn more,. cspan.org/citiestour. ♪ in 1974.4 took place smoke and was off -- it's most place in the world tab or hosted world's fair. it was the first environmental world's fair, the first to use an environment. or wasve it's 1972 -- the first birthday. was a great consciousness around the world about environmentalism. it became arguably the accession -- obsession of what drove people to create a world fair -- and a series of behaviors that corresponded to a better consciousness of the environment. right now, we are in the archives section of the northwest -- museum of arts and culture in spokane. quite a few of the records from 1974 here, what we're looking at map, now, is a very large this was goingor ironically before people went up in airplanes. they had these maps that put you in your imagination above

. >> we will visit the childhood home of bing crosby. c-span the city tour in spokane, washington saturday at 7:30 p.m. eastern. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> next, david davis british secretary of state for exiting the european union. he talks about the future of brexit and u.s.-u.k. trade relations. this is an hour. an hour. >> well, what a behaved crowd. i'm the executive vice president of commerce.hamber of the u.s. chamber of ommerce ap u.k. business counsel, we're delighted to host he u.s. secretary of state david differences. applause! round of is ow secretary davis, this your first visit back to back.gton, so welcome it's an interesting times on atlantic, we he have interest ng and complex .hallenge coming ow that you're off a interesting round of gorks parts which weer look forward to hearing from you. crowd there are a lot of business leaders. i want to recognize one from the u.n. who has .one a tremendous yob [applause] an unusual occurrence, years that i 2

bing crosby, for the rest of his life, treated people like neighbors. that is why the neighborhood is so important to understanding the rest of his life. >> our cities tour staffers at we travel to spokane, washington, to learn about its history. learn more about spokane and other stops at our tour on c-span.org/tour.c-span.org/citi. americane watching history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. we continue with our look at spokane. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies, and is brought to you today by your satellite or cable provider. >> up next, on american history tv, lisa ocean of des moines area community college uses photographs and diary entries to describe the enduring friendship between republican herbert hoover and democrat harry truman. part of theas herbert hoover presidential library and museum's daylong conference. it is 45 minutes. >> welcome back. for the second half of our conference, starting off this by dr. lisa a paper payne ocean. she is

. >> we will also visit the childhood home of spokane native bing crosby. tour today from 7:30 p.m. on book tv. the c-span cities tour. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities around the country. labor day weekend on american history tv on c-span 3. at 8:00 p.m. eastern, tonight, fears about overpopulation. >> some of the issues talked about our pesticides was a big one. pollution was a big one. nonrenewable resources. things like oil and gasoline. but the super big one, the thing that really overshadow that first earth day was the prospect of global famine due to overpopulation of the earth. >> sunday on the presidency, the friendship between presidents hoover and truman. >> it is easy to overlook the fact that they both had roots in farming communities. they had known economic hardship and self-reliance. they were transformed by the confederation of world war i. and they lived in the shadow of franklin d. roosevelt. >> and monday, the 1967 detroit riots. >> we prefer to think about it like a rebellion. all of the energy and anger and activism that went into that mome

is this afternoon on c-span twos book tv as we look back at bing crosby and c-span threes american history tv online anytime and c-span.org/citi estour. we are going to welcome robert , he was at the table back in 1994 during the clinton administration's negotiations with north korea. let's talk about the news overnight. how concerned are you about the successful testing apparently of a hydrogen bomb? guest: there are two parts to that question -- whether it was a true thermonuclear weapon or not. analysts are going to be looking at that, starting with the yield, but the yield is as initially were ordered, 100 kilotons. so besides times or the bombs were dropped on japan at the end of the second world war in hiroshima and nagasaki. they were bad enough, they were legitimately called city busters. this means that the north koreans don't have to have a terribly accurate missile is attacking the city when you have that kind of a yield. it's a very large weapon. it's not as big as weapons can be they are true thermonuclear weapons, a lot of the yield comes from fusion as opposed to fission, bu

is this afternoon on c-span twos book tv as we look back at bing crosby and c-span threes american history tv online anytime and

. >> and visit the child hooled home of bing crosby. eastern.at 7:30 davis, british spec of state. it and u.s.ut bregs trade relations. this is an hour. >> well, what a behaved crowd. i'm the executive vice president of the

. >> also visit the childhood home of spokane native bing crosby. saturday at 7:30 p.m.. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on "american history tv" on c-span 3. the c-span cities tour. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. c-span. where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. that is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider.

. >> we will also visit the childhood home of bing crosby. announcer: today at 7:30 p.m. on c-span's 2 book tv. and on c-span 3. working with cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. lectures: tonight on in history, virginia, what university professor emily raymond teaches a class on the 1973 film, soiling green -- soylent green. here is a preview. window intos us a what was happening in the 1970's. it was easy for audiences to relate to what was happening because they had seen similar images, or had dealt with similar problems in their daily life. albeit in tamer fashion, but for example, the shortages. here is a scene from the movie where people are waiting in line to get their water canisters filled. you have to wait in line and hope they still have some by the time you get there. and same thing with the gas stations all across the country. where there were shortages, gas was divvied out in small rations, or you might be able to go to the gas station if you had an even license plate on one day, but then if you have an odd lessons but you go on another d

. >> also visit the childhood home of spokane native bing crosby. saturday at 7:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 2's book tv. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on "american history tv" on c-span 3. the c-span cities tour. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. c-span. where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. that is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> next, on lectures in history. university of north carolina at chapel hill professor joseph glathaar. removal from command by president truman and civil relations. his class is about an hour. >> today, i'm going to talk about the korean war. we're going to talk a little bit about civil military relations. last time we met we talked about the cold war and the development of containment. korea was an unusual situation in that it had been a colony of japan's since 1910, during the second world war there was fighting in korea, the u.s. and the soviet union jointly occupied korea and they agreed to divide korea.

. >> we will visit the childhood home of bing crosby. c-span the city tour in spokane, washington saturday at 7:30 p.m. eastern. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>

. >> we will also visit the childhood home of bing crosby. c-span cities tour in spokane, washington today at 7:30 p.m. eastern on c-span two's both tv and on american history tv on c-span3. working with her cable affiliates in visiting cities across the country. . monday, reverend al sharpton, founder and president of the national action network, led administers march for justice in the nation's capital on the 54th anniversary of the march on washington. we will hear from martin luther reverend jesse jackson and reverend sharpton on race, recent violence in charlottesville and the trump administration. this is just under two hours. >> praise the lord. praise the lord.>> we will alsoe childhood home >> no justice, no peace. >> no justice, no peace. what do we want? >> justice. >> when do we want it? >> now! >> when do we want it? >> now! >> without further adieu, let us hear from our first speaker for the rally in front of the justice department, that is here now from jay david cox senior, the national president of afge. >> no justice, no pea

announcer: bob newhart, phyllis diller, and of course bing and crosby. eed to be on the road to have a good time. >> i can't believe this. a devout coward like you. aren't you afraid of rats? him himaren't you afraid of rats? bob: why should i be? him bob: why should i be? i made six road pictures with one. announcer: america has always loved bob hope and we always will. bob: i just want to say we are in beautiful thailand, where in october you get the monsoons and in december you get me. [laughter] >> quite simply, the world has been a happier place and a better place because bob hope is in it. >> i am going to blow your brains out. him him brains out. [laughter] [applause] announcer: introducing "thanks for the memories," a brand-new collection exclusively from time life. >> bob, i have a confession to make. bob: speak, my son. >> i like you. i really do. bob: i just wish you hadn't said that. you just killed 48 jokes. announcer: 10 dvds of bob's beloved iconic tv specials, including hours and hours of rare gems that haven't been seen since their origin