as lindsey mentioned there were carolinians, uth william transfers and james bonham in the alamo. onham was sent out to get reinforcements and fought his way back in through the atta to come back to the alamo where he gave his life. that is the tradition and of south carolina and texas. and it is a tremendous link. so, thank you for the support south carolina has given then side by side fight for freedom. joe biden is in town. is you don't g even need a punch line. you just say that and people laugh. but the vice president has some advice for all of us on the guns issue. he told everyone if anybody is your home, attacking your family, just go outside shotgun ande barrel fire both barrels in the air. if it so eat advice hams you are being attacked by a geese.f i would note the last person to was vice t advice president dick cheney. when he had that tragic hunting where a in texas terrific lawyer from austin was shot. will tell you something i bet most of you don't know. in the two weeks after vice hunting cheney's accident there were more than 200 phone calls to texas parks wildlif

session three, which most people recognize as the civil war had calculated the value, which thought carolinians began to do in the 1820s, but also the question of how you do with the majority of the population who are enslaved. south carolina had the largest in state population in of the nation united states. 1860 or 60% of the population and if slavery were abolished as many of the north are calling for, which he took the population is all of a sudden. so there are a lot of issues involved in south carolina made a decision in 1860 that abraham lincoln on the republican party came to power in november 8260 election fairly at the

session three, which most people recognize as the civil war had calculated the value, which thought carolinians began to do in the 1820s, but also the question of how you do with the majority of the population who are enslaved. south carolina had the largest in state population in of the nation united states. 1860 or 60% of the population and if slavery were abolished as many of the north are calling for, which he took the population is all of a sudden. so there are a lot of issues involved in south carolina made a decision in 1860 that abraham lincoln on the republican party came to power in november 8260 election fairly at the union. i was not a constitutional issue. there was a political issue. south carolina and our way of life cannot endure union by the republican party and abraham lincoln in 1860. he tried to close the substitution down. he let a political revolution to overthrow the old south carolina by civil war heroes liquid hand in. his goal was to establish an agricultural college and to shut down the other institution of higher education, which are the said adel college of south ca

chairman, there is not just three north carolinians here today. for with the mayor and we claim since his parents reside in north carolina. asconfirmed, i am confident secretary of transportation, ther foxx will be up to challenge of not only keeping our nation moving, but moving in the right direction. members of the committee, it is a pleasure to be here with my colleague, so that we both can welcome and introduce anthony foxx. i appreciate the opportunity. i also want to thank the mayor's family for their commitment while he has served and moved through this nomination process. and his, thank you, children, hillary and zachary, have stayed in charlotte to go to school. i am honored to have the opportunity to introduce a man who has been a tremendous asset to this entire state. said toing to be benefit from his leadership. he earned an undergraduate degree in history from davidson college and the glaze a trail as the school's first african- american student body president. he received a law degree from new york university and has as heldions --

south carolinians will reverse what has been a republican seat since the 1980s.bert busch taking to the stage against mark sanford. they are vying for the first congressional seat. the debate covered fiscal responsibility and healthcare and got personal. >> everybody had a furlough in the state and losing their jobs and pulling our belts in. when we talk about fiscal spend protecting the taxpayerings, it doesn't mean you take that money we save and leave the country for a personal purpose. [ applause ] >> i couldn't hear what she said. [laughing] repeat it, i didn't hear, i am sorry. >> he is up nine percentage on her opponent. san ford has never lost a race. >> it is a 20 year track record of trying to do something with the way the government spins. >> it is drawing more attention than the race. his ex-wife trespassing claims and an uptake of busch campaign support is fuel would by stephen colbert. >> thank you. >> we all know it is not a good idea to shake up a can of soda. what happens when a truck carrying an entire load of it overturns? our first stop in the

black people represent 25% of the electorate. 70% of black people voted in 2012 and 65% of north caroliniansth the changing electorate, the time of ultra conservative and the silent south is almost over. this is a power grab to try to stop a future they cannot stop. >> is there a big regional difference in terms of the way the laws are going? >> that's not the kind of difference that we see. what we do see is where there are places on the ground where people have been able to be successful in terms of using the courts. one thing that i think we should all remember comes under the voting rights act. it would be very difficult for a number of these laws to be able to demonstrate it's not going to make minority voters worse off. i wonder if cynically perhaps some are presuming there's not going to be a voting rights act to stop it. >> in north carolina they also have to understand, and this is important for the national audience, 145 years ago, there were things placed in our state constitution. they are violating -- states rights people are violating the state constitution. >> i'm glad you're

south carolinians began to do beginning in the 1820s. it's also the question is how do you do with the majority of the population who are enslaved. south carolina has the largest insect population in terms of percentage in the united states. 1860 was almost 60% of the population and if slavery were abolished as many of the north were calling for an 1850s, what do you do with a population that is all of a sudden a majority. what about economic competition for the white working class. there were a lot of issues involved, but south carolina made a decision in 1860 that of abraham lincoln on the republican party came to power in november 1860 elections they would leave the union. that was not a constitutional issue. i was a political issue. we cannot endure the union had up at the republican party. to talk about ben tillman is interesting because he close the institution. he led a political faction to throw wade hampton. his goal was to establish another cultural college, which became clemson college and shut down the other institutions of h

bottom line is new york city people see this in a very different light than the south carol south carolinians> this is the ring of fire that he designed for himself to walk through. jimy williams, thank you very much. >>> dear vice president biden, i have a great idea. >> still ahead for you this friday. the request one little boy made to in a letter to the vice president and what the vice president wrote personally in reply to him. [ female announcer ] doctors trust calcium plus vitamin d to support strong bones. and the brand most recommended by... my doctor. my gynecologist. my pharmacist. citracal. citracal. [ female announcer ] you trust your doctor. doctors trust citracal. big time taste should fit in a little time cup. new single serve cafe collections from maxwell house now available for use in the keurig k-cup brewer. always good to the last drop. talking about the walmart low price guarantee. charcoal. if someone else advertises a lower price, walmart will match it at the register. i didn't know that. i'm full of good ideas! okay. not so much muscle! wow! that's the walmart low pric

bump with our b-bop friend jimmy did a fist bump with our b-bop friend ♪ ♪ my friend bobby a north carolinianal day weekend he's going to indy 5 you're going to be rooting for the red car ♪ ♪ with four wheels and someone to drive ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's good. that's good. appreciate it, buddy. that was awesome. who else? who else? who else? you want to? right here? >> yeah. >> jimmy: you don't really want to do it? do you want to do it? come on. stand up. here you go. all right, pal, ready? >> ready. >> jimmy: what is your name? >> kelsey. >> jimmy: very good, kelsey. kelsey, "star trek into darkness" is currently number one at the box office. would you ever go to space? >> absolutely. >> jimmy: really? that would interest you? >> yeah, that would be awesome. >> jimmy: oh, really. you definitely would, yes. and if you ever met an alien, what's the first thing you would say to him? >> i would probably ask his name. >> jimmy: you'd ask him what his name was. just assume he speaks english? >> yeah. >> jimmy: what is your name, yeah. roots, we've got our pal, kelsey, here. she

for with mayor foxx, and we claim model as a north carolinian. [laughter] since his family, his parents reside in north carolina. mr. chairman, if confirmed i am confident that as secretary of transportation mayor foxx will be up to the challenge of not only keeping our nation moving, but moving in the right direction. i thank the chair. >> thank you, senator. >> thank you, mr. chairman. chairman rockefeller and grant -- ranking member thune and all of the most of the committee that certain is a pleasure to be with my colleague, senator byrd, so we both can welcome and introduce anthony foxx to. but i do appreciate the opportunity i also want to thank the mayor's family for their steadfast service and commitment. while he has served as mayor of charlotte and move through this nomination process, his wife, samara, thank you. and his two children, hillary and separate have state in charlotte to go to school. so i'm honored to have the opportunity to introduce a man who has been a tremendous asset to our entire state. while it's going to be sad to s

and then there's a book that i just ordered on james burns who was legendary south carolinian politics jonathan martin of political, reported with the summer greater and said you're going to love this book. it is a guy who very nearly was vice president instead of truman and 44, and continued to play an extraordinary role in politics and became one of the architects of nixon's success in the south and 68 and 72. and is actually interesting, pop-up working with harry hopkins on the 1940, and his book i'm reading on the 1940 nomination of fdr, the third term which was pretty neat political work. and so look, i like to read about the process and i like to study history. to read more policy unless history but i just seem to learn better in history. >> you've been watching booktv, 48 hours of programming beginning saturday morning at eight eastern through monday morning at eight eastern. nonfiction books all weekend every weekend right here on c-span2. >> what are you reading this summer? booktv wants to know. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> let us know what you are reading this summer. tweet us at the booktv

in peaceful opposition to the legislature's all-out assault on not only voting rights of north carolinians but also their economic well-being. joining me, reverend dr. william barber, president of the north carolina naacp. he has led protests and been arrested in response to the actions of the north carolina legislature. also with us, ben jealous, president and ceo of the national naacp. it's wonderful to have both of you gentlemen here. >> thank you, chris. >> i think the most interesting wrinkle coming out of virginia was this moral coalition that happened between civil rights activists and evangelical christians who are part of the base of the republican party and there's a moral case made for redemption, for second chances for felons. you are calling the protests and doing north carolina moral mondays. why did you choose that name? what does that mean? >> if you step back for just a second, chris, we've been successful in north carolina and we're being attacked because of the success that we had for years. we built this massive coalition. what we see now is an attack that is extreme an

into tesla's direct delivery business practice and make it harder and more expensive for north carolinians to buy environmentally friendly cars actually the state's automobile dealers association is lobby supporting the bill screwing over the environment to protect big business cronies sounds like a great plan sounds fair republican. and a very very ugly jim inhofe what is it about talking about benghazi that brings out the worst in republicans during an interview on the rusty humphries show last thursday the oklahoma senator weighed in on former secretary of state hillary clinton's demeanor during the initial benghazi hearings in june. you know i think that she has gotten by with that type of forceful attitude a is somebody that is not normally accustomed to you don't hear from women is much if you do it and she came out so forcefully. it was just so completely sexist and. very fair. coming up in seventeen eighty nine george washington struggled to find an american made suit for his presidential inauguration as a result he made sure that finding and purchasing american made goods would ne

we'll see how long the memory south carolinians have. >> that is the key question in this race, christineorning that's right. voting locations are open in the first congressional district of south carolina. and if you believe the polls, mack sanford just might pull off what was widely considered an unthinkable political comeback for the former south carolina governor. he hopes this trail leads to washington. >> i really appreciate it. >> reporter: mark sanford has been to political hell and back after his extramarital affair became synonymous with the appalachian trail, the former south carolina governor knows redemption is in sight. >> i don't know if i win or lose, but i'm at peace with where i am, you go out, try the best you can and then the final verdict is in the good lord and the voter's hands. >> reporter: locked in a tight race for an open congressional seat, he argues voters are more interested in solutions than the salacious details of his argentinean mistress turned fiancee who showed up at one campaign event, or his legal battles with his ex-wife. do you think the voters are

darwin was wrong and south carolinians are here to prove it. >> wheel of right-wing hypocrites! bryan fischer. >> have you ever had a gay impulse? >> i'm not going to talk about that -- >> i'm just wondering -- >> alan, i'm not going to go there -- >> just sample yes or no question -- because maybe if you have been able to overcome your gay impulses you could be a model for other people who act the same way -- >> the focus here is alan everybody experiences sexual imputses, and if they acted on them, it would destroy them. >> give me an example from your own life. >> every man and woman have experienced certain sexual impulses that if they conducted themselves it would destroy them. >> i have never had sexual impulses that would destroy the society or culture or make me a deviant in some way, even in your eyes. i would love to know what impulses you are talking about if you have had them. >> the focus is on sexual conduct and behavior not impulses. >> so you can't tell me whether you yourself have been able to overcome gay sexual impulses. >> alan give it a rest. >> wow! >> why

north carolinian in wake forest, kelly. caller: i'm worried about sequestration and security.becomes a dangerous place if you do not have safety for your campers and hikers. with the donations of funds and the rules and how they take money in and corporate sponsors and things like that, is there a rule that says you cannot during fires and things like that to help without allowing a one-time donation that must be anonymous or must not be linked to a corporate interest or something like that, where it is a one-time donation and it yields no power over the park? is that allowed? host: before we get an answer on that, would you make a donation? what is that? caller: absolutely. and it is important preserve our .ountry and make sure of safety i want to hike in our parks. i do not want to be worried about a predator or someone else. i want to make sure that safety is key in that political process. and is maintained, whether they are cutting funds were not. guest: first of all, you can donate directly to the park service. sometimes there are donation boxes. they prefer you do not be