give us your facebook -- your feedback on facebook.com/c-span history and on twitter at c-span history. this year, c-span is touring citiesoss the area, exploring american history. a look at our recent visit to newport, rhode island. you're watching the american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span3. we are fortunate to have a wealth of information about the battle of rhode island, the battle for rhode island, and the revolutionary period in general. it has been a number of different ways. mostost helpful, to the elaborate. they all tell a story and you are able to read them. we can start with this one, a of the firstflag rhode island regiment. this was the first integrated regiment of the american revolution, certainly one of the most famous and american military's history. this was a piece of a flag -- this is a piece of the flag they carried. we know that because this particular note, which was written in 1878, almost exactly 100 years after the battle. a piece carried by the regiment rhode island,of october 29, 1778. humble, it tells an extraordinary story about a group of people fighting for their freedom i

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and there is a bull moose engraved on the side plate of this gun. >>> watch c-span city tour of springfield missouri. saturday at noon eastern. on c-span 2 book tv. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv. on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >>> now to hide park new york. the birthplace home and sfinl resting place of president

c-span history. this year, c-span is touring cities across the country, exploring american history. next, a look at our recent visit to newport, rhode island. you are watching american history tv on c-span3. >> my grandmother would remind me that slavery is how we got here but it does not tell you the story of the people. my interest is telling the story of the people. people of african ancestry arrived in the americas under the most perilous and difficult circumstances of human slavery. on the other hand, we persevered. the fact that so many of african heritage exist in newport or boston or new york or anywhere in the western hemisphere is a testament to our perseverance. in 1639, over the course of the next 100 years, newport and the colony of rhode island would grow to be one of the most active port in british north america but also the most active slave port. between 1705 and 1805, newport merchants and bristol merchants were responsible for over 1000 avery voyages from rhode island to the west african coast and back. they transported about 100,000 africans during that 100 year.

and there is a bull moose engraved on the side plate of this gun. >>> watch c-span city tour of springfield missouri. saturday at noon eastern. on c-span 2 book tv. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv. on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >>> now to hide park new york. the birthplace home and sfinl

. >> watch c-span's cities tour of springfield, missouri, on c-span twos book tv. and on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> georgetown university's institute of policy and public politics recently discussed the legacy of president clinton and foreign affairs. this is about an hour and 15 minutes.

next weekend, c-span city tour takes you to fayetteville, arkansas, had with the help of our communication cable partners we will explore the literary scene and history of fayetteville. watches c-span city's to her on fayetteville, arkansas, next saturday at noon eastern on c-span's to look to be in in it 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america >> monday, hawaii governor delivers the annual state of the state address in honolulu. in it he outlined some of the legislative and budget priorities including a request of $100 million for housing construction. he also expressed opposition to the trump administration policies on immigration and the environment. the first-term governor is up for reelection this year. this is 40 minutes. [applause]. [applause]. >> speaker, president kochi, former governor, distinguished justices of the court, representatives of our congressional delegation, members of the hawaii state legislature, elected official, military leader, honored guests, family and friends, good morning and loja. as a new legisla

c-span 3. >>> this weekend the c-span city's tour takes you to n newport, rhode island. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, we'll visit the nation's oldest working library. >> the middle class has been the center piece. it's our dna. it literally has become our central nervous system. and when it prospers, the whole rest of the economy prospers. and when it doesn't, what it tends to do is create sort of a barbel effect where a few people get really really rich and the poor get really, really poor. and the balance between these two, the key sort of fulcrum position is the middle class. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv, hear about newport's history as the largest slave trading port in north america. >> settled in 1639 over the course of the next 100 years newport and the colony of rhode island would grow to become not only the most active ports but also the most active slave port. newport merchants and bristol merchandisants were responsible of nearly a thousand slaving voyages. they transported about 100,000 africans back to the new world during that 100

about 100,000ed africans to the new world. >> watch c-span's cities tour today on book tv on about 100,00 c-span2 and sunday at 2 p.m. on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> defense secretary james mattis spoke friday at the johns hopkins school of advanced international studies. he discussed the implications of a potential government shutdown on military operations and urged congress to provide budget predictability for that offense e defense department. this is just over 45 minutes. sec. mattis:sec. mattis: good m. peter: good morning. i'm peter

i'm ashley hill, a producer on the c-span cities tour team.s year we visited 24 cities exploring rich histories and literary communities. up next we take you to concord, massachusetts, the site of "the shot heard around the world" and

c-span. announcer: next weekend, c-span's cities tour takes you to newport, rhode island with the help of our cox communications cable partners. we will explore the rich literary scene and historic sites. watch the cities tour, newport rhode island, next weekend beginning saturday at noon eastern on book tv on c-span2, and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. announcer: c-span said down with energy secretary rick perry as part of our interviews with trump administration officials. he talks about his family and his political career, including 14 years as governor of texas, the role of the energy department, and his working relationship with president trump. this is 40 minutes. steve: rick perry, as former governor of texas, having served 14 years. what was the biggest learning curve you had to take in order to be energy secretary? sec. perry: working for somebody. i worked for the united states air force when i was between 22 and 27.

we showed it to introduce you to c-span's cities tour. years we've traveled to u.s. cities bringing the literary scene and historic viewers. our you can watch more of our visits c-span.org/citiestour. weekend, c-span's cities tour takes you to newport, rhode island. of our coxlp communications cable partners, we'll explore newport's rich scene and historic sights. watch c-span's cities tour of island, nexte weekend on book tv on c-span2 sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. [captions performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] >> c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up saturday morning, we'll discuss the possibility of congress reviving legislative earmarks with citizens against waste president thomas schatz and krista case the christian science monitor will talk about efforts the city of st. louis, missouri, to improve race relations after the riots in ferguson. and chris wals

[applause] >> this weekend c-span's cities tour takes to you springfield, missouri. while in springfield, we're working with mediacom to explore the literary scene and history of the birthplace of route 66 in southwestern missouri. saturday at noon eastern, on booktv. author jeremy neely talks about the conflict occurring along the kansas-missouri border in the struggle over slavery, in his book, the border between them. >> in 1858 john brand having left kansas comes back to the territory and he begins a series of raids into western missouri during which his men will liberate enslaved people from missouri help them escape to freedom. in the course of this they will kill a number of slaveholders. and so the legend or the note right of john brown really grows as part of this struggle that people look -- locally understand the beginning of the civil war. >> on c-span booktv at 2:00 p.m. we. >> teddy roosevelt the first thing he did when he left office was go on a very large hunting safari to africa. this particular rifle was prepared specifically for roosevelt. it has t

[applause] >> next weekend c-span cities tour takes you to get the arkansas in the help of our cox communicationsh c-span cities tour of fayetteville arkansas next saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and next sunday at 2 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> there's a look at some of the authors recently featured on booktv ease afterwards. "hillbilly elegy", and its mention in my book because outset of my public that's really the only piece of work that i can point to that really try to describe a moment history, a moment in this election of the people who made that moment heaven. of course "hillbilly elegy" profile secretary devos voters in west virginia and he didn't provide them as voters but as people, the sector workers, blue-collar workers really swing votes in this election. wonder take a broader look. capital for the whole country by scott and at my desk i wrote down the issues i think it comes this election and among them were terrorism, the wait list was a part of it. i try to pair individuals to those issue

c-span. listen live on the free c-span radio app, and available live or on demand on the desktop, phone or laptop at cspan.org. this weekend, c-span's city tour takes you to fayetteville, arkansas, and with the help of cox communications partners we will explore the literary scene and history of fayetteville. watch the c-span cities tour of fayetteville, a arkansas, saturday at noon, and then sunday at 2:00 p.m. on the american history tv on c-span3. working with the cable after fill yalts as -- aftefiliates a exploring america. >>> c-span's history series landmark cases returns next month with a look at 12 new supreme court cases. each week historians and experts join us to talk about the constitutional issues and the personal stoi ares are behind the significant supreme court decisions beginning february 26th at 9:00 p.m. eastern. to help you understand each case, we have a companion guide written by tony morrow, landmark cases, volume 22, and the issues cost $8.95. to get your copy go to cspan.org/landmark cases. >>> the senate energy and natural resources committee recently held a hearing to m measure the impact of weather events on

learn more about springfield and other stops on our tour on c-span/cities tour. you're watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> tonight on c-span's q&a. >> i propose action now before it is too late. i say again and again and again that i propose it for our own american self interest. hendrik hank meyer with his book the man in the middle of the american century. himself in opposition when fdr is elected and the democrats take the majority in the senate. he is in opposition for the next dozen years. that means that to get anything done, which often meant resisting some of franklin roosevelt's initiatives, there needed to be a coalition. he needed to reach across the aisle. "q&a" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> next on lectures in history, i was state university professor teaches a class on food during the great depression. she describes the way families try to stretch their money and food supply, often while gardening, buying cheap ingredients, and eating the same thing over and over. her class is about 50 minutes. prof. riney-k

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c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. on wednesday morning. join the discussion. speaking this weekend, c-span cities tour takes you to springfield, missouri. while in springfield we are working with media come to explore the literary scene in history of the birthplace of route 66 in southwestern missouri. saturday at noon eastern on tv, author jeremy talks about the conflict occurring along the kansas missouri burner in the struggle over slavery in his book the border between them. >> in 1828, john brown having left kansas comebacks to the territory and begins a series of raids into western missouri during which his men will liberate enslaved people from missouri and help them escape to freedom and in the course of this they will kill a number of slaveholders. so, the legend or notoriety of john brown really gross as part of this struggle as people locally understand is the beginning of the civil war. >> then sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv we visit the nra national sporting arms museum. >> theodore roosevelt was our shooting is president. he was a very, very avid hunter, first thing he d

c-span. in c-span2, a look at ongoing political protest in iran and the future of that country from the bookings institution in washington's d.c.. >> this weekend, c-span's city takes you to tour springfield. ofking at the birth pace route 66. saturday at noon eastern on book tv. the kansas med surrey border over the -- the kansas and the slaveorder and fight. >> his men would liberate the slave people. in the course of this, they will kill a number of slaveholders. so, the love -- the legend of john brown grows as part of this struggle that people locally understand. it is the beginning of the civil war. >> then, sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv. we visit the nra national sporting arms museum. >> theodore roosevelt was our president. he was an avid hunter. the first thing he did when he was organize and go on a large hunting safari to africa. this particular rifle was prepared specifically for roosevelt. it has the presidential seal engraved on the breach. of course, roosevelt was famous for the all moose party and there is a bull moose engraved on the side plate of this gun. >> watch the cities tour, springfield, missouri on saturday. sunday come

c-span. touris weekend, the cities takes you to springfield, missouri. toare working with mediacom explore the literary scene and history of the birthplace of route 66 in southwestern missouri. authory at noon, an talks about conflict occurring along the kansas-missouri border in the struggle over slavery in his book "the border between them." >> john brown comes back to the territory in 1858 and begins a series of raids into western missouri during which his men will liberate enslaved people from his rate and help them escape to freedom. in the course of this, they will kill and number of slaveholders. so the legend or the notoriety of john brown grows as part of this struggle that people locally understand as the beginning of the civil war. p.m., we visit00 the nra national springs are -- sporting arms museum. >> theodore roosevelt was an avid hunter. the first thing he did when he left office was organized and go on a large hunting safari to africa. this particular rifle was prepared specifically for roosevelt. it has the presidential seal engraved on

. >> watch c-span's cities tour of springfield, missouri, on c-span 2, on book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv. working with our affiliates as we explore america. >>> earlier today at the white house, president trump met with republican senators to discuss immigration policy including daca. the president said that any renewal of the program would have to coincide with increased border security, and that ending chain migration is a key priority for his administration. this is 15 minutes. >> thank you very much for being here. we're making progress on a lot of different things. today i'm meeting with the senate on immigration. i think that started around december 8 and maybe a year and a half before that, starting with the campaign. we're all working in an effort to develop an immigration reform plan that will serve the interests of the american workers and the american families and safety. i want to thank chairman grassley, along with senators tillis and langford, cornyn, cotton and graham for being here today. these are great people, they have become friends of mine

announcer: watch c-span's cities tour of springfield missouri saturday at noon eastern on c-span's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3, working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. yesterday, a panel of active-duty and retired u.s. air force officials discussed the importance of maintaining air superiority on the global stage. posted by the mitchell institute for aerospace studies, this is about an hour. >> our fellow on panel, which we are fortunate to have with us. deputy chief of staff for the airports for operations nolan and his partner, lieutenant mison.l -- -- dash ja a cat bit of introduction for you all. i think most of the people in this room understand that air superiority

. >>> over the next three hours here on c-span 3 we're e we'll take a look at some of the places featured in our c-span cities tour. our first stop is richmond, virginia, where we're hear from the zit's mayor. we'll visit famous sites like the edgar allen poe. after that we head to california for a university professor and author larry gerston. we'll also tour the japanese american museum and take a look inside the lick observatory. >>> hi, i'm tiffany rock, a producer on our cities tour team. this year we visit the 24 cities. right now we're going to show you several stops from our time in richmond, virginia. >> while until richmond, we took a driving tour of the city with merrill levar stoney. >> all right. mayor stoney, thank you for showing us around richmond today. >> thank you. >> if somebody has never been to richmond, virginia, what should they know about the city swl i think they should know that this is the cultural history arts capital of all things virginia. we're a city on the rise, we're drive, but imagine a thriving city with the backdrop of all the historic riches we have here as well. >> so w

i'm ashley hill, a producer on the c-span cities tour team. this year we visited 24 cities exploring rich histories and literary communities. up next we take you to concord, massachusetts, the site of "the shot heard around the world" and the literary scene of ralph emerson, david alcott and thorough. >>> the bridge that afternooned the flood, their flag furled. here once the embattled farmer stood and fired "the shot heard around the world." this national historical park was established to celebrate activities and events that took place april 19th, 1775. behind me is something called north bridge. this is what is considered to be the beginning of the american revolution. it was here that americans, colonial militia, if you've will, and british regulars will encounter one another, shots fired, lives lost on both sides, more importantly, it's where the colonial militia was ordered to fire upon the king's troops, creating in essence an act of treason. massachusetts was a royal colony. there had been tensions growing with the mother country since

you can watch the house live on c-span and the senate live on c-span2. >> this weekend c-span's cities tour takes you to springfield, missouri. while in springfield, we're working with media come to explore the literary scene and history of the birth place of route 66 in southwestern missouri. saturday at noon eastern on booktv. author jeremy neely talks about conflict occurring along the kansas/missouri border and the struggle over slavery in his book, "the border between them." >> in 1858, john brown -- having left kansas -- comes back to the tore story, and he begins a series of raids into western missouri during which his men will liberate enslaved people from missouri and help them escape to freedom. in the course of this, they'll kill a number of slaveholders. and so the legend or the not ryety of john -- notoriety of john brown really grows as part of this struggle that people locally understand is really the beginning of the civil war. >> then sunday at 2 p.m. on american history tv we visit the nra national sporting arms museum. >> theodore roosevelt was probably our shootinge

c-span 2. >>> hi, i'm debby lam, the coordinating producer on our cities tour team. this year we visited 24 cities exploring their unique history and literary life. we're going to show you several stops from fresno, california. it's the statist's largest inland city and serves as a major hub for agricultural production. ♪ ♪ they're flying me back the mexican border ♪ >> it comes from woody guthrie's lyrics. it story goes when the plane crash happened in 1948 and the news reports went across it country woody guthrie was in nuvg at the time and of course one of the great sort of rebellious folk icons that he is, he heard the news reports and he really was upset at the omission of the names. he himself had traveled to the valley, so he was familiar with the plight of migrant farm works at the time. and he was upset by the omission of the names. he said that's no way to treat our brothers and sisters, and so he wrote a poem about it. and in his poem he attempts to restore the dignity of those anonymous passengers by giving them fake names, assigning them names. and he sa

and there is a bull moose engraved on the side plate of this gun. >>> watch c-span cities tour of springfield, missouri. saturday at noon eastern. on c-span 2 book tv. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on

c-span's "q&a." >> next weekend, c-span cities tour takes you to fayetteville, arkansas and with the help of the coxedications cable partners, we explore the literary scene and history of fayetteville. ofch c-span cities tour fayetteville, arkansas and etc. book eastern on c-span2's tv and they are history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore as we explore america. on tuesday, president trump delivers the first state of the address. we look back to 1982 at president ronald reagan's first state of the union speech. this is about 45 minutes. >> mr.

thursday night our look back at the 2017 c-span cities tour continues.n tacoma, washington, we hear about the 1940 collapse of the narrows bridge and its impact on civil engineering today. in concord, massachusetts, we'll take you to minuteman national park where some of the first shots of the revolutionary war were fired. and in fresno, california c, a special tour of an exhibit chronicling the japanese american experience at internment in the 1940s. >> this weekend c-span cities tour takes you to springfield, missouri. while in springfield, we're working with media com to explore the literary scene and history of the birthplace of route 66 in southwestern missouri. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, author jeremy neely talks about the conflict occurring along the kansas-missouri boarder in the struggle over slavery in his book "the border between them." >> in 1858, john brown, having left kansas, comes back to the territory, and he begins a series of raids into western missouri during which his men will liberate enslaved people from missouri and help

course famous for the bull moose party and there is a on the side graved plate of this gun. > watch c-span citiesour springfield, missouri, saturday 's book tern on c-span, t.v. and sunday 2 p.m. on american history t.v. on c-span3, working with cable affiliates as we explore america. >> "washington journal" continues. on : it's open phones "washington journal." any public issues you want to democrats, lines for 202-748-8000. republicans, 202-748-8001. independents, 202-748-8002. calling in, as we show the front page of the palm beach post this morning, from florida, trump departs maralago, with the picture of president the plane at west palm beach yesterday afternoon for the flight back to washington, d.c. picture of air force one taking off there, below that, d.c., and nt back in he's been active this morning on twitter. since we've been on the air this morning, by my count. want to hear from you on the that are on your mind this morning. in oklahoma city, oklahoma, line for democrats. j.d., go ahead. yeah, i want to know about the oil spill in south dakota, was that part of pipeline that trump

. >> this weekend, c-span's city tour takes you the newport, rhode island, with the help of cox communicationsnoon eastern, and then sunday on book tv on c-span3, and working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television company, and it is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> next, stanford university professor claiborne carson talks about civil rights' leader martin luther king jr.'s upbringing and chronicles his life. this takes place at ebb thesier church in atlantaer. the class was part of a three-week seminar which included field trips to visit historic sites. this is about an hour. >> who is martin luther king? when we look at martin luther king, there is one side of him that is a famous individual. he is the 1964 winner of the nobel peace prize. he is the person who really was the most influential leaderf

c-span's cities tour staff recently visited many site showcasing its history. in 1861, more than 16,000 union and confederate troops fought the battle of wilson's creek near springfield, which resulted in a confederate victory. learn more about springfield all weekend on american history tv. researching the telework townsite 1998. -- the delaware townsite 1988. i live across one of the fieldnotes denoting the location of what became known as delaware village. i believe it was 400 square miles southwest of the state, which included springfield. delaware town was south of springfield, just across the green county line. over the course of five

city the union address trump before a joint session of congress. you can watch the house live on sees and and see the senate on our companion network c-span2. >> this weekend, c-span's cities tour trump before a joint session of congress. you can watch the house live on takes you to springfield, missouri. we're working with media, to explore the takes you to spring, missouri. we're working with media, to explore the history of the birthplace of route 66 in southwestern missouri. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, jeremy neeley tocsin of the conflict occurring along the der in-missouri bor the struggle over slavery in his book. takes you to springfield, missouri. left kansas coming back to the territory, begins a series>> jof going into western missouri where his men will liberate people from missouri and help them escape to freedom. in the course of this, that will kill a number of slaveholders. the notoriety of john brown really gross as part of this -- grows as part of the struggle that people locally understand is really the beginning of the civil war. >> then sunday at 2 p.m. on american history tv, we visit the nra national sporting arms museum. >> theodore r

you can watch the house live on c-span, and the senate live on c-span2. >> this weekend c-span's cities tour take you to springfield, missouri. while in springfield we are working with meaty, to explore the literary scene and history of the birthplace of route 66 in southwestern missouri. saturday at noon eastern on booktv, author jeremy neeley doc to the conflict occurring along the kansas-missouri border in the struggle over slavery in his book the border between them. >> in 1858 john brown having left kansas comes back to the territory and he begins a series of raids into western missouri during which his men will liberate enslaved people from his misery and help them escape to freedom. and a course of this they will kill a number of slaveholders, and so the legend or the notoriety of john brown really grows as part of this struggle that people locally understand is really the beginning of the civil war. >> then sunday at 2 p.m. on american history tv we visit the nra national sporting arms museum. >> theater resident was probably our shooting asked president, a very, very avid hunte

and there is a bold moose engraved on the side plate of this gun. >> watch c-span's cities tour of missourisaturday at noon eastern and saturday at 2:00 p.m. on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >>> sunday night on afterwards, federal appellate judge john newman looks back at his 38 judicial career on his book "benched." >> as a judge of 45 years having gone from that active life of making decisions and going to court and advocating a case to judging, was that a difficult transition for you? and did you ever miss the life of advocacy, so to speak? >> it wasn't difficult. it has been for some i've known. in fact, i've known people who became judges and so disliked the decision making process that they left the bench. i was an advocate. i was glad to be an advocate. i found the decision making process while it was different, enormously challenging, enormously satisfying. i got to say i loved being a judge. because the opportunity to resolve disputes large and small, they all matter to somebody, but some of them have large public significance. and that's a very

. >> watch c-span cities tour of springfield, missouri, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> next, we'll take you to kansas city, missouri, for a look at the city's role in the civil rights movement. we'll start with mayor sly james. >> physically, kansas city is 318 square miles. it is 480,000 people spread across those 318 square miles for a density of about 1,460 per mile, which is pretty sparse when you get right down to it. we're roughly, 29, 30% african american. about 11% latino, 5% various mixes of immigrants and various cultures there. the rest caucasian. kansas city has variety of neighborhoods. it has an extremely sophisticated purpose and culture. things that people might not expect. we have tremendous sports teams. we have great art. it's a place of variety and a place of music and barbecue. one thing i can tell you as a mayor is that all cities have similar problems. we have issues that we have to deal with crime. just like everybody else, too

it's worth it. >>> this weekend, c-span cities tour takes you to springfield, missouri.le in springfield working with media con to explore the history of the birthplace of route 66 in southwestern mayor, saturday at noon eastern on book tv, author jeremy talks about the conflict of slavery and in his book "the border between them. >> john brown, having left kansas, comes back to the territory and begins a series of raids in western missouri in which his team performs raids and helps them escape. a number of slave holders. the notoriety of john brown really grows as part of this struggle that people locally understand is really the beginning of the civil war. >> sunday, at 2:00 p.m., on american history tv, we visit the nra national sporting arms museum. theodore roosevelt was our shootingist president, a very avid hunter. the first thing he did when he left office was organize and go on a very large hunting safari in africa. this particular hunting rival was prepared specifically for roosevelt. it has the presidential seal engraved on the breach. roosevelt was famous for

c-span bus 50 capitals tour. our guest on the bus on washington journal starting 9:30 a.m. eastern. >> next weekend, c-span's cities tour takes you to fayetteville, arkansas. with the help of our cox communications partners, we will scene ande literary history of fayetteville. watching c-span's cities tour of fayetteville, arkansas on c-span2's book tv. scene and next sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable leads as we explore -- cable affiliates as we explore america. announcer: a group of people were in the nation's capital th

watch c-span cities to her of newport, rhode island this weekend beginning saturday at noon eastern on booktv on c-span2 and sunday afternoon in american history tv on c-span 3. working with cable affiliate as we explore america. >> iowa governor kim reynolds delivered her first state of the state address in des moines and talked about her agenda, including rewriting iowa's tax code and health care legislation. governor reynolds assumed the role of iowa's chief executive after former governor terry branstad resigned to become u.s. ambassador to china. this is 45 minutes. >> governor reynolds. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. [applause] >> mr. lieutenant governor, mr. president, madam speaker, legislative leaders, senators and representatives, justices and judges, elected officials, officials, distinguished guests, families, friends and my fellow iowans, it is an honor to be here today as your 43rd governor and to deliver my first conditions of the state address. [applause] .. as state that we live in where a small-town girl from rural iowa can become governo