c-span: moms background? my mother went to hunter college in new york city and got married at an early age. my mother and father got married right out of high school. my father went through pharmacy school and my mother went through hunter college, both married, and as soon as my mother gave birth to my sister three years older than i and then me she became a homemaker. c-span: the jazz it was .-dot you high school. what did it mean to be taught by jesuits? >> guest: it was a great experience. they combine intense intellectualism with discipline not in discipline, not in the sense of smacking you around but intellectual rigor discipline and how you handle yourself zero as a human being. and they have a general motto and i and i think this had a major influence on me and what i did the issue of service to others that is big it does not mean people who don't go into public service are doing anything lesser with their lives but they tend to have a pushing but leaning toward something about what you do is public

c-span: ... your parents started out in fujian province in china, and you end up at one of the top universities in the united states, both undergraduate and a law degree. hard? >> guest: i think... c-span: come easy to you? >> guest: well, we always worked hard. we always worked hard. c-span: how many are there in the family? >> guest: three younger sisters. i think -- in some ways, i think my immediate family my immediate family is probably a fairly typical immigrant story. my parents came over -- my father was from a very wealthy family, but he left all that. and my mother was not. she was from a poor intellectual family. so when they came over to the united states, they were penniless. they really had no money, no -- no heat in boston. so it was just very natural. we all -- you know, we had to work hard, and we were all good students. c-span: i can`t leave it without asking -- this subject without asking about your three sisters. what are they doing? >> guest: one is a lawyer in d.c. another i

c-span: like?>> guest: well, people like berns and allan bloom at cornell, and then leo strauss, harry jaffa, martin diamond at claremont, harry neumann. these are people that didn't go with the conventional flow. they questioned a lot of the contemporary orthodoxies, made a point of returning to the original sources in the tradition. and i respected that and, i think, got my own turn of thought decisively from that approach. c-span: was there a point where you were starting to figure out that professors had a point of view? >> guest: that's pretty obvious i think. you walk into a classroom, unless it's on something like calculus or physics, if it has anything to do with human life the point of view is going to come across pretty quickly and pretty decisively, usually. there are some exceptions to that, of course. but you can tell--doesn't take long to figure out who has an ideological agenda and who's really trying to understand something. c-span: i guess the question was related to what--when you

c-span: what year was this? >> guest: may of 1778. c-span: where was he? >> guest: he was in philadelphia. he's still commandant, just married. sent a letter to sir henry clinton, the british commander-in-chief in new york city. c-span: how did he get that letter to him? >> guest: there was a china dealer named joseph stansbury living in philadelphia who was a purveyor of fine china to philadelphia high society. obviously, peggy shippen knew this guy. he was a tory. she must have known that. anyway, i can't believe that she didn't tell him how to send it and she would also have told him who to send it to, which was not necessarily sir henry himself -- it would have been hard to get to him -- but to major john andr, who was sir henry's aide-de-camp and, by the way although they may not have known it at the time, sir henry's spy master. so stansbury gets to new york and goes to meet with andr, and offers arnold's services, and from then on there is correspondence. there are letters that went back and forth. they were all written in cipher or with inner linin

c-span: dr.rances jensen author of "the teenage brain"," what impact did the fire in your house have on your life and your teenagers? >> guest: will have brought us a lot closer together. it was one of those events that you certainly don't plan for and be learned how to function as a team. it was basically we lost everything in this house fire that happened just as they were turning into teenagers. c-span: what you are that? >> guest: around 2000 or 2001. so it was an interesting experience and for them to also be on the side of people donating things to us. it was an unusual experience where we had been on the other side of the giftgiving in the past and we had to work through re-creating our physical lives but i think we all learned that stuff doesn't really matter. it's really all about people and was an incredible lesson not that i would ever recommend this to anybody but what it was an incredible life lesson. c-span: you were a single mother but what was the impact on the teenager with that

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eastern here on c-span. >> d c-span city store takes book tv on the road. traveling to united states cities to learn about their history and literary life. we partnered with comcast for a visit to galveston, texas. >> with the opening of the suez canal in 1860 nine, sailing ships were dealt a death blow. with the opening of the canal coal-fire chipset a shorter route to the far east, to india, to all those markets. so, sailing ships needed to find a way to make their own living. so they started carrying that lower value cargoes. call. cotton. etc.. so, alyssa found her niche in carrying any kind of cargo that did not require getting to market at a fast pace. >> watch all of our events from gallup -- from galveston on saturday. and sunday at 2 p.m. on history tv on c-span three. >> in his weekly address president obama discusses , retirement issues and new rules to protect middle-class america's future earnings. representative jim renee c of ohio has the republican response. he talks about the importance of saving for college and legislation passed by the ho

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new congress, best actress on c-span c-span two, and c-span radio. -- new congress, best access on c-spanpan2, and c-span radio. host: david drucker. you have been covering this town for about 10 years or so. how significant is the hillary clinton e-mail situation? guest: at this stage in the campaign it is significant. i am surprised at the lives it has because you see so many of these stories and they come and go in the news cycle is so fast. it has really captured the imagination of political players and journalists in washington and new york and around the country. it will be interesting to see where it goes next. host: a lot of ink. a lot of editorials. he was today's "washington post." sunlight foundation. even the "new york times." guest: well they broke the story. you have to give them a lot of credit for the work they did. i think the key point about the clinton e-mail situation is not that she is a politician who didn't necessarily want everybody to have access to her e-mails, even though some people try to make this a story about politicians and whether or not they are willing

on c-span 2's book tv saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on afterwards peter wallison says government housing policies cause the the 2008 financial crises. and sunday, the director of the earth institute jeffrey sacks on a development plan to counter global issues like poverty, political corruption and environmental decay. and saturday morning at 10:0030 eastern on "american history tv" on c-span 3, a discussion on the last major speeches of abraham lincoln and martin luther king jr. and sunday afternoon at 4:00 on reel america, the 1965 "meet the press" interview with martin luther king jr. find the schedule at c-span right lane andc-span.org and let us know what you think about the schedule. join the c-span conversation "like" us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >>> supreme court justices anthony kennedy and steven brier testified on the court's 2016 budget request. the court is requesting $78.27 million, an increase of just over 1% from last year's request. kennedy announced the court does the legislative branch and the judicia

. >> this year, c-span's touring cities across the pond country. next, a visitor greensboro, north carolina. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span three. >> the international civil rights center and museum opened in greensboro on february 1 2010. it tells the story of the citizens that happened in the city, which launched a wave of anti-segregation sit in across the south. >> what happen here in 1916, 4 men from north carolina university jojo that day to make a stand, to take a seat so that the rest of us would be able to do that. they took a stand against jim crow segregation, whites only access to accommodation. they came here to this lunch counter to sit down, to be treated and served against the policies and practices. this year, the museum is the actual lunch counter area that has been preserved. there have been some seeds taken out in other areas that are at the smithsonian institute, greensburg historical museum, and so the gentleman -- the four young men that sat in here have talked to us about around whe

c-span: can you tell us to this is? >> that is my husband. c-span: why did you do that? >> i don't know for fun. my stepson and son and daughter. alexander hamilton. i want to know about that dual. c-span: here is the book, the man in the mirror. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> the redesigned book notes website features over 800 notable nonfiction authors interviewed about their books. you can use the searchable database and find links to the other's blogs websites, facebook websites, facebook pages and twitter feeds. book notes .org, a helpful research tool and a great way to enjoy authors and their books. >> i would like to get a started with a question which we have discussed briefly in e-mails. exactly what is meant by narrative techniques in writing history and what are the limits. >> are you looking at me? >> whoever wants to -- >> there is a lot that we can say about this. we are a fiction and non-fiction intersects. all three. all three of us intergroup -- all three of us agree that we are not the sort of writers will make anything up in the context of writ

in c-span's new show, "hatewatch."hen at 11:30 p.m., on book tv author michio discusses the challenges of writing a memoir when there's a bee trapped in your office. >> hi, everybody. welcome to "hatewatch" on c-span 2, i'm jon stewart. why don't we take a look today and see what the congress is up to. >> a bipartisan bill to provide assistance to human trafficking victims and additional resources to law enforcement has gotten stuck in the senate. >> jon: it appears the senate is stuck on a bill i'm not sure every american not involved in trafficking humans for sex would support. that sounds like something i would hate. tell me more. >> democrats are stripping out hyde amendment. >> jon: hyde amendment named after republicans, blocking use of federal money for abortions, just because the procedure is completely legal doesn't mean it has to be treated that way. i see what's happened a little bit of republican what we at c-span two call (bleep)ry. how did the sex trafficking bill get passed past committee without any not

eastern on c-span. host: this weekend on "the communicators,," a discussion on the future of television, the internet, and video. joining us is rocco commisso the founder of mediacom communications corporation. welcome to washington and welcome to "the communicators." what is mediacom? mr. commisso: mediacom is what they used to call cable-television companies. in fact, we started our company back in 1995. little by little our mission at that time was to go out and which is maintained, to deliver to the air in smaller markets in the u.s. same level of services you could find in san francisco, new york city, or washington d.c. up $7.3 billion of investment. we have achieved that. we are in 22 states. we have 1500 communities in 22 states. we have 4600 employees. regenerate -- we generate $1.7 billion in revenue. i am a lucky man i have the people i have. host: reporter:are you a cable company? mr. commisso: we like to say we are a cable company but we are multi services. we started as a media company in

thank you c-span and book tv and the founder of c-span.lease put more topics in about animal rights and thank you thank you. host: ok. if uses thanks, we appreciate -- effusive thanks, we appreciate it. david in albuquerque. go ahead. caller: the things that the republican party to you are crazy. i think it will get to a boiling point. i don't know what is going to happen, but it is scary. host: what do you mean it's going to get to a big willing point? -- boiling point? where is it going to go? caller: you know, i don't know but they keep doing crazy things. if they don't stop, then maybe there's going to be a public outcry. host: david, republicans are saying they are trying to assert their role as lawmakers in this process. caller: why can't they make it inclusive of the president? for instance, the thing of inviting netanyahu to the human -- to the u.n., but why don't they say in a letter to the president this is what we want to do. we would like your input. we don't care what your input is going to be, but we would at least like to ha

eastern on c-span. >> president obama will be in boston tomorrow for the dedication ceremony for the kennedy institute. it includes every creation of his u.s. capitol office sometimes referred to as the hideaway office. in 2005 senator kennedy gave c-span a tour as part of our documentary on the capital. >> i don't believe so. it was one of the great honors. a wonderful time to serve in the united states senate with my brother and it has been a terrific experience serving with my son as well. to be able to serve with your son as a colleague, almost, as an equal house representative in the senate to talk about these issues is a great thrill as a father and very meaningful. >> the capitol building itself what does it mean to you? >> i think of the capital building, and it is an extraordinary association with massachusetts. i grew up in a family that valued history. we were taught history from the first moments of our lives. the value of history. all of us put a special place on it. i see massachusetts all through it. in one sense, i see the daniel webster lane, the cornerstone for the

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eastern on c-span. later, a hearing on the consumer product safety commission's 2016 budget request. the commission's chair will be among the witnesses. that is live at 3:00 eastern on c-span3. the c-span cities to work takes book tv and american history tv on the road. traveling to cities to learn about their history and literary life. next week, we partner with comcast for a visit to galveston, texas. >> heave ho. >> with the opening of the suez canal in 1869, sailing ships are almost dealt a death blow. with that opening of the canal coal-fired ships had a shorter route to the far east to india those markets. sailing ships needed to find a way to make their own living. instead of high-value cargo they started carrying lower value cargo. coal oil cotton, etc.. alyssa found her niche in carrying any kind of cargo that did not require getting to market at a fast pace. >> watch all of our events from galveston, saturday, march 7 at 12:00 noon eastern, and march 8 at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> flori

this is the communicators on c-span from las vegas. one of the larger exhibitors here at c.e.s. international in vegas is intel. and joining us now is andrea raines who is a tech

also here on c-span. former texas governor rick perry spoke at the politics and eg gs breakfast at saint anselm college on wednesday. he discussed foreign policy issues and the u.s. economy. it is cohosted by the new hampshire institute of politics. this is 45 minutes. >> governor from the institute welcome back. mr. perry: good to be here, and even remember it. >> my son sat next to you at the pizza place the last time you came through. mr. perry: oh, the last time we were here. >> he spoke to you about biomedical engineering. >>congratulations. mr. perry: what is he doing now? >> he is in pharmaceuticals and is now going for his masters in process engineering. senator graham:mr. perry: in what engineering? >> process engineering, it is biomedical tech. he tried to get into texas. mr. perry: there is some fascinating stuff going on in texas -- we became, in this last year -- actually in january 2014, texas became the number one high-tech's exporting state. >> i know, that is going on. mr. perry: people a

c-span: he is nine. >> is she is 10. c-span: what is he doing today? >> guest: he lives in tucson and so does my sister i served in the state senate eight years until she was term limited out the very place i served before her the issue was the county supervisor. she also had a life in politics the. c-span: there are a couple of images in the book if i read there rights of you and your father where they see the atomic bomb test. >> guest: my father and i we were rounding up cattle on the very date that the first atomic bomb exploded in new mexico. we were up at 3:00 a.m. for a roundup we had some coffee and breakfast in the kitchen and the window looked north. i was rinsing off the dishes at the sink and it must have been maybe 4:00 in the morning. and we saw in the north and little bit east an explosion on the verizon and a huge cloud go up. my father came over and we looked at it and we could not figure it out. he said i don't know. maybe it was the munitions dump or something like that. it wasn't and tell some time later when it became public knowle

that is on c-span3. >> keep track of the republican let congress on c-span, c-span2 c-span radio and www.c-span.org. >> marco rubio was in manchester, new hampshire to speak at a politics and express it host by saint ann's own college. this was his final stop on his tour in the state. before the event began senator rubio met with several attendees and posed for pictures. this is just under an hour and a half. >> thank you. >> thanks so much. >> thank you. good luck. how are you? >> thank you for having me. >> hello, how are you? >> good to see you. thank you so much. >> senator, good to see you again. >> yet -- yep. >> high, good morning. >> thank you for having me here. you work with bankers right? >> alexander is the banker. >> hello. >> how are you? good to see you. >> thank you. nice to meet you. >> hello, senator. >> good to see you. thank you for having me here. thank you so much. >> hello, how are you? >> glad to be here. [laughter] >> i put my heater on in my room. thank you for having me here. thank you for having me, guys. >> thank you so much, senator. >> thank you for hav

rubin good morning, c-span. a quick question -- what are the differences between netanyahu and obama as far as these talks? what are the big sticking points, especially when the u.s. policy is iran is not about to have a nuclear weapon? guest: ok. caller: why is israel and the u.s. not more together on these talks or negotiations? guest: i hate to say this, but a lot of the difference between benjamin netanyahu and president obama seems increase make the personal rather than motivated by politics. the question is what the red line should be --iran's ability to develop a nuclear weapon, or the ability to become nuclear weapons capable, meaning develop the knowledge, the material, you are just a turn of a screw away. the difference between the two could be as little as a week but what prime minister netanyahu would say is no one has the human intelligence in iran to know when they have made the decision and put the components together to build a nuclear weapon. the other major concern that israeli prime minister b

on c-span, c-span two, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> this week, the senate fell short of the towing of -- of the xo pipeline. it fell four votes short 62 to 37. here are some of the debate leading up to the boat. we begin with massachusetts senator. this is about one hour. >> protecting the president's veto of the keystone of her is about protecting the review process for this project. the president deserves to have all of the input from the different agencies deliver to him so that he can make his decision. so today, in the hope that we will be having -- in the vote we will be having shortly, we are saying the president should be able to exercise his prerogative to review the pipeline and to the side whether or not it is in the national interest to have this pipeline constructed through the united states of america. but we are also protecting his prerogative to decide in the end because this is a pipeline that should be rejected. -- should be rejected on its merits. it feels its test on job creation. it will only add 35 to 40 permanent jobs that the united states will have on its s

through congress, best access, on c-span, c-span2, c-span radio, and c-span oth.org. >> here at c-span around this time we talk to you about our student documentry competition. the goal with the annual competition is to challenge middle and high school students to think about issues that affect them and their community. the 2015 theme for student cam this year was the three branches and you. we asked students to tell us a story that demonstrated how a policy, law, or action has affected them or their community. and in addition to telling it through video, we asked them to use c-span programming in their video and explore alternative points of view. before we meet the -- one of the grand prize winners and watch a portion of their grand prize video, here's a little bit more background on the competition. there were five top themes among the many entry this is year. they were education, health, economy, equality and immigration. we received more than 2,200 entries from 45 states and the district of columbia. students were able to enter as a team of up to three or individually. and there w

on c-span, c-span2, c-span radio, and c-span.org. next, arizona senator john mccain talks about the murder of russian opposition leader morrison himself. -- boris mnemtsov. >> the senator from arizona. senator mccain: i want to thank the previous speaker for his long-standing efforts in eliminating government mismanagement. if we are going to convince the american people that we have to make significant sacrifices, we have to start with an efficient government that does not waste taxpayer dollars. so i thank my friend from indiana. i ask for consent to address the senators after morning business. i introduced a resolution condemning the murder of my friend and a true russian patriot boris nemtsov. the resolution calls upon the russian federation to support an investigation into his murder. and take immediate steps to end oppression of free speech and justice. it urges president obama to continue to sanction human rights violators and increase support to like-minded activists in russia. i was devastated to learn of boris' murder last

it seems as though our c-span all three of your networks -- i've been watching c-span for a while and love it, but i notice that you guys are going heavily on the republican side. there does not seem to be a balance going on. all of these channels lately, for the last couple of months or so has been heavily favorable to republicans. it seems as though there are very few democrats that are being given a voice lately. it seems it was not like that before. it seems like something is happening. i hope you could explain that to me. steven scully: what specifically are you noticing? caller: i am sure -- every time i turn on one of these channels -- steven scully: are you talking about cpac coverage over the weekend or other events? caller: not only cpac. there is always some kind of senator or somebody right wing and no balance that i can see. that seems that is comforting best something that has come on lately. -- something that has come on lately. i watch all of your channels. it is heavily republican. steven scully: henry, thanks for the call. there has been a lot more republican events

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. >> sunday night on c-span "q&a." >> here at c-span around this time, we talk to you about our student documentry competition. the goal with the annual competition is to challenge middle and high school students to think about issues that affect them and their community. the 2015 theme for student cam this year was the three branches and you. we asked students to tell us a story that demonstrated how a policy, law, or action has affected them or their community. and in addition to telling it through video, we asked them to use c-span programming in their video and explore alternative points of view. before we meet one of the grand prize winners and watch a portion of their grand prize video, here's a little bit more background on the competition. there were five top themes among the many entry this is year. -- entires we received this uyea -- year. they were education, health, economy, equality and immigration. we received more than 2,200 entries from 45 states and the district of columbia. students were able to enter as a team of up to three or individually. and there were four catego

also, no one is watching c-span so who cares?o would watch c-span are in this room right now. but i give them credit. what they do is hard. an unfiltered view of the workings of congress and federal government. no one cares. you might as well just but a gas station security camera. no one cares. c-span needs to be more like cnn and just forget about the news. [laughter] [applause] seriously, lastly, i find up in the bargain break into the situation room with breaking news -- anthony bourdain break into the situation when with breaking news about a philly cheesesteak. the only way we will care about the budget is if the budgett suddenly mysteriously disappeared. then, you get a budget simulator, get a panel, you put me right in the middle of the non-action. i am riveted. [laughter] or you go the fox news route. you get the budget to shoot an unarmed black kid and rush to the budgets defense arguing the budget was written on white paper and that is why this is happening. [laughter] i don't care how this goes tonight because tomorro

c-span. or you can log on anytime to our video library at c-span.org. today marks the 36th anniversary of the u.s. house of representatives first being televised. and c-span was there when then representative al gore made that first speech. you can see his comments online at c-span.org. c-span. created by the cable tv industry brought to you as a public service by your cable or satellite provider. >> with live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span and the senate on c-span 2, here on c-span 3 we complement that coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hearings and public affairs events. and then on weekends c-span 3 is the home to american history tv with programs that tell our nation's story, including six unique series. the civil war's 150th anniversary. visiting battlefields and key events. american artifacts touring museums and historic sites to discover what artifacts reveal about america's past. history bookshelf with the best known american history writers. the presidency,

"q&a." >> live today on c-span, "washington journal" is next.n a 1:00 p.m. eastern, kentucky senator rand paul visits luis state university in maryland to discuss overhauling the criminal justice system. at 7:45 p.m. from dover, new hampshire, a meet and greet for former florida governor jeb bush. coming up in 45 minutes on "washington journal," trita parsi of the national iranian american council discusses the role of congress in the iran nuclear negotiations. at eight: 30, eleanor smeal of the feminist majority station looks at the status of women in 2015. and later gawker's john cook talks about access to hillary clinton's personal e-mail accounts. "washington journal host: it's friday, march 13. we have more political coverage later today on c-span. welcome to "washington journal." you are reading about the stories online. this is how you can join the conversation. if you are a democrat you can call% (202) 737-0001. four republicans

east and on c-span. over on c-span 2, we will be live from liberty university in virginia, where ted cruz is scheduled to speak. he is expected to announce his candidacy for president, making him the first to officially enter the 2016 presidential race. again, live coverage on c-span 2 starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern. monday night on "the communicators," we met up with tim moynihan at the consumer electronics show in las vegas. he gave us a tour of the latest technology. >> organic light emitting diode. it refers to the backlight system. it uses led backlight to color liquid crystal display. this one is using the individual particles as a source of light. so they can be turned off and on independently. with an led set there will always be some sort of light seeping through. to my eyes, this is pretty amazing. this is 4k and oled, the big buzzwords at this years show. this is sort of the holy grail of tvs. >> monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "the communicators." >> consideration of attorney general nom

check the c-span video library. and the house is out for this week but the senate is in session working on anti-trafficking legislation. they are looking at language for victim restitution to include funds for abortion. mitch mcconnell said next week this le look at loretta lynch's nomination to replace outgoing eric holder. and you can watch it live on our companion network c-span 2. and later a defense secretary hearing with ashton carter to talk about the situation in ukraine live at 2:30 on our companion network c-span. and carter talking about isis joined by secretary of state john kerry and the chair of joint chiefs dempsey. that started at 9:00 a.m. and continues on our live network c-span. and we'll show you that hearing tonight at 8:00 also on c-span. and should congress approve the use of military force against isis. log on to our facebook page at facebook.com facebook.com/c-span and leave your comments. >>> here are the features programs for this weekend on the networks. saturday at 1:00 p.m. eastern c-sp

eastern on c-span.sident obama will be in boston tomorrow for the dedication ceremony at the edward kennedy institute for the u.s. senate. the building was created in honor of the late massachusetts senator and aims to educate the public about congress and encourage citizens to take a proactive role in the democratic process. >> 50 years ago, i managed the successful reelection campaign for the junior senator for massachusetts, john f. kennedy. although i certainly did not anticipate it at the time, i myself have been deeply honored to hold the same seat he had for some 46 years. during my service in the united states senate, i have often been called a liberal. and it usually was not meant to be a compliment. but i remember what my brother said about liberalism shortly before he was elected president. he said, if by "a liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without quick reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people, their health, their h

. >> find out where c-span's cities tour is going next online at www.c-span.org/citiestour. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> each week, and american history tv's american artifacts visits museums and historic places. next we travel about 15 miles north of washington, d.c. to great falls visitors center where we will take a boat ride to learn more about the chesapeake and the ohio canal. [foghorn] >> i would like to introduce myself. im a park ranger here -- i'm a park ranger here at the chesapeake and ohio canal. i think we will cast off shortly. we will give you a brief history here on the canal. all right, it is called the chesapeake and ohio canal, but it definitely -- starts at the chesapeake bay and rose up to the mouth of the ohio canal. when we told it we wanted to connect to the eastern shore with what was considered the west back then. the west was up in ohio, pennsylvania, that area. we wanted to connect its part to the chesapeake bay. and the piece of the canal from the 1870's -- there were about 15 or 20 boats waitin

new congress best access on c-span, c-span 2, c-span radio and c-span.org.-span city store takes booktv and "american history tv" on the road to learn about cities literary life and history. this week, we partner with comcast to go to galveston, texas. >> the rising tide, the rising when through them. they watched in amazement as both of these factors battered the beachfront structures. at the time, we had wooden bat houses out over the gulf of mexico. we also had piers, and a huge pavilion, called olympia by the seed. as the storm increased in intensity, the structures turned into matchsticks. the 1900 storm struck galveston saturday, september 8, 1900. the storm began before noon increased in germanic intensity and finally tapered off toward midnight. that evening. this hurricane was and still is, the deadliest recorded natural event in the history of the united states. >> watch all of our events from galveston, today at 2:00 eastern on c-span 3. >> live here at the historic brown chapel a.m.e. church in some a alabama on the 50th anniversary of the selma-

live on c-span two.t will be republican senator ted cruz at liberty university in lynchburg, virginia. we will certainly be talking more about him and other potential candidates in the days and weeks ahead. we are going to shift gears and after this break, we will talk about the federal budget. maya mcguiness will be with us. she is be president of the committee for responsible federal budget. she will give us a blue print of the budget proposals in congress. then, we will talk about the freedom of information act request in fy 2014. first, jeff zients spoke on the crafting of the gop budget. [video clip] mr. zients: it is impossible to project forward on how the mechanical go. from our perspective, our goal is absolutely to get to an agreement. that reflects the principles we have laid out. we have laid out many policies that would enable you to get there. there is bipartisan support to lift the defense caps, lift the nondefense caps, and pay for it over 10 years. that's the blueprint where there is bip

i really like c-span. wanted to talk about the speech that president obama gave compared to what dr. king was saying. they are saying exactly the same thing -- 50 years later, it is the same speech pretty much, as far as how are people being treated. i think one of the things, from dr. king, the original speech after the ceremony from yesterday was how he was talking about jim crow was introduced. how the poison was in -- especially when he talks about poor people, white people and black people, this is what is happening to you. then, he talked about how to jim crow poison poor white people. everybody needs their poison to keep a separated and not work together. when dr. king started his poor people's campaign, that's when he actually got shot. i don't think it's a real problem of race relations. i really think it's poor people. when we all get together, and say, hey, we do not like how we are being treated. poor white people are getting treated very badly too. as far as black people, as a whole, the gentl

eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. each week, american history tv's "american artifacts, visits museums and historic places. founded in 1923, the museum of the city of new york's collection contains nearly 750,000 objects. we visited to learn about the exhibit, guildled new york. >> my name is janine falino. i'm one of the co-curators of guilded new york fashion, society, and culture that's being shown here at the museum of the city of new york. a show that happened in november of 2013 and closes in october of 2014. in this beautiful little jewel box of a gallery we've assembled a variety of objects that help the pub luck to appreciate what life was like for the 1% in the original guilded age i, that period that followed the civil war from about the 1880s to about 1910. and that period was characterized by great wealth, kind of like the dot-.com people of our own era, but in those days, the money came from various kinds of industries, mining, railroads, smelting iron, and also the rise of the modern corporation. all th

eastern time as will live coverage here on c-span 3. >> this weekend, the c-span city store has partnered with media cocom to learn about the history and literary life of columbus, georgia. >> here are the remains of an ironclad, the jackson. those oval shapes that you see are actually begun ports -- the gun ports of the jackson. the jackson was armed with six rifles. the rifle that we are firing today was created specifically for the jackson. it was cast in selma, alabama and completed in january 1865. the real claim to fame is directly connected to the fact that there are only four ironclad from the civil war that we can study right now. the jackson is right here. this is why this facility is here. it's first and foremost to tell the story of this particular ironclad, and to show people that there were more than just wanted to ironclad. there were many. >> watch all of our events from columbus throughout the day on c-span 2. >> 150 years ago on march 4, 1860 5,000 gathered on the east front of the u.s. capitol to hear president lincoln deliver his secondary not real address. it was seve

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this is american history tv on c-span three. here are some of our featured programs for this weekend. on c-span twos book tv, tonight at 10:00 eastern on afterwards, former marine and were corresponded david morris on the history of post-traumatic stress disorder that affects over 27 million americans including himself. sunday night at 8:00 am a former navy seal sniper scott taylor argues the obama administration is hurting our national security. on american history tv on c-span three, the commemoration of bloody sunday when 50 years ago voters rights advocates begin a march from summit to montgomery alabama and were met with violence by state and local police. that begins at noon eastern. we are live from soma with your phone calls followed by the commemorative ceremony with president obama and congressman john lewis. on sunday, our live coverage continues with a service from historic round chapel ame church, the starting pouring for the selma-montgomery marches. follow our complete schedules at www.c-span.org and let us know w

eastern on c-span three. later, the featured speaker at the center for strategic and international studies. she will discuss her department's energy priorities. to that lot at 1:00 p.m. eastern also on our campaigning network c-span3 bank. >> this week in, the c-span city store has partnered with media, to learn about the history and literary life of collapse, georgia. >> inside the museum is the remains of the confederate army clad, the css jackson, and this is an ironclad that was built your in columbus and the war. there are oval shapes that are actually the gun ports of the jackson. the jackson is armed with six rifles. the particular rifle firing today is one of the guns built specifically for the jackson. it was cast at the selma naval works in some a, alabama and completed in january 1865 -- and selma, alabama, and completed in january to 65. the row claim to fame, there are only 4 ironclads from the civil war we can study right now. the jackson is right here, and that is why this facility is here. fir