i knew a lot of other people, davis and carter collins, kerry washington. i knew a lot of people in chicago politics, the dealey family, but i never heard of barack obama. so we met him that spring 2003, and let me say this, the rest is history. announcer 1: humid day tonight at -- q and a tonight at 8:00. >> i am tiffany rock a producer on the city's tour team. we visited several cities, looking at literary life of different communities. now we will show you several stops from our time in richmond, virginia. announcer 2: while in richmond, we took a driving tour with mayor lavar stoney. ashley: well, mayor stoney, thank you for showing us around richmond today. if somebody has never been to richmond, virginia, what should they know about the city? mayor stoney: i think they should know this is the cultural history arts capital of all things virginia. we're sitting on the rise, we're thriving, but imagine a thriving city with the backdrop of all the historical -- historic riches we had here as well. ashley: so we are going to a historic everett as well righ

i knew bobby ross and a lot of other people, carter thicke -- carter collins, i knew a lot of people in chicago politics, but i had not heard of barack obama. and so we met him the spring of 2003 and let me just say this, the rest is history. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. mayorcer: new york city bill de blasio was the headline speaker at an event hosted by political activist group progress iowa. he talked about the changing political landscape and what he called the beginning of a progressive era. this was part of the group's annual holiday party in des moines. it is 35 minutes. [applause] mayor de blasio: thank you. thank you so much, everybody. this is a very nice evening we are having. thank you so much, everybody. this is a very nice evening we are having. i just want to say at the beginning, i love progress iowa. [applause] mayor de blasio: everyone in this move -- room means business, cares, is here to be a -- make a difference. i did not hear any fear or trepidation, any depression. i hear people ready to fight and win. [applause] it is a veryio: good

i knew about a lot of other people, daniel davis and carter collins. i know a lot of people in chicago politics. i had not heard of barack obama. we met him that spring of 2003. the rest is history. >> q&a, tonight at 8:00 on c-span. month, new york city bill de blasio was a headline speaker at an event hosted by the political activist group progress iowa. he talked about changes taking place across the political landscape, and what he called the beginning of a progressive era. this is almost 40 minutes. mayor de blasio: thank you. thank you so much, everybody. this is a very nice evening we are having. i just want to say at the beginning, i love progress iowa. everyone in this room means business, cares, is here to make a difference. i did not hear any fear or trepidation, any depression. i hear people ready to fight and win. [applause] mayor de blasio: it is a very good time to be alive. it is a good time to be a progressive. things are about to change. we are here together, at the beginning of what will be a new era. let me thank everyone at progres

i knew about a lot of other people, daniel davis and carter collins. i know a lot of people in chicago politics. i had not heard of barack obama. we met him that spring of 2003. the rest is history. >> q&a, tonight at 8:00 on c-span. month, new york city bill de blasio was a headline speaker at an event hosted by the political activist group progress iowa. he talked about changes taking place across the political landscape, and what he called the

i knew bobby rush and knew a lot of other people, danny davis and carter collins and robin washington but i haven't heard of barack obama. we met him that spring of 2003. let me say this. the rest is history. >> q&a, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >>> the c-span bus tour continues its 50 capitols tour in january. on each visit we will speak with state officials during our live "washington journal" program. follow the tour and join us at 9:30 a.m. eastern for our stop in raleigh, north carolina, our guest is north carolina general, joshstein. >>> our vietnam war coverage continues. next, a conversation with historians, mark lawrence and

i knew bobby ross and a lot of other people, carter thicke -- carter collins, i knew a lot of peoplen chicago politics, but i had not heard of barack obama. and so we met him the spring of 2003 and let me just say this, the rest is history. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. mayorcer: new york city bill de blasio was the headline speaker at an event hosted by political activist group progress iowa. he talked about the changing political landscape and what he called the beginning of a progressive era. this was part of the group's annual holiday party in des moines. it is 35 minutes. [applae]

i knew a lot of other people, davis and carter collins, kerry washington. i knew a lot of people in chicago politics, the dealey family, but i never heard of barack obama. so we met him that spring 2003, and let me say this, the rest is history. announcer 1: humid day tonight at -- q and a tonight at 8:00. >> i am tiffany rock a producer on the city's tour team. we visited several cities, looking at literary life of different communities. now we will show you several stops from our time in richmond, virginia. announcer 2: while in richmond, we took a driving tour with mayor lavar stoney. ashley: well, mayor stoney, thank you for showing us around richmond today. if somebody has never been to richmond, virginia, what should they know about the city? mayor stoney:

of other people, danny davis and carter collins and robin washington and rob emanuel, a lot of people in politics, but i haven't heard of barack obama. we met him that spring of 2003. let me say this. the rest is history. >> q&a, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >>> the c-span bus tour continues its 50 capitols tour in january. on each visit we will speak with state officials during our live "washington journal" program. follow the tour and join us at 9:30 a.m. eastern for our stop in raleigh, north carolina, our guest is north carolina general, joshstein. >>> our vietnam war coverage continues. next, a conversation with historians, mark lawrence and lien hang nguyen on the legacy of the vietnam war. this is an hour and a half. >> professor nguyen, looking back was it possible for the u.s. to win the war in vietnam? >> no. it wasn't a war for the united states to win or lose and by 1967 it definitely wasn't in the cards. >> take us to the end of 1967 and politically that presidential elections are happening in 1968. what's on the horizon? >> lbj was there a fair amount of diffi

i knew bobby rush and a lot of other people, and danny davis and carters collins and -- i never heard of barack obama. we met him spring of 2003. let me just say this, the rest is history. >> q&a, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> well, every month for the past 20 years one of the nation's top nonfiction authors has joined us on our in depth program for a fascinating three-hour conversation about theiror

i knew bobby rush and a lot of other people, and danny davis and carters collins and -- i never heard of barack obama. we met him spring of 2003. let me just say this, the rest is history. >> q&a, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> well, every month for the past 20 years one of the nation's top nonfiction authors has joined us on our in depth program for a fascinating three-hour conversation about their work. now, just for 2018 in depth is changing course. we've invited 12 fiction authors onto our set, authors of historical fiction, national security thrillers, science writers, social commentators like geraldine brooks and many others. their books have been read by millions around the country and around the world. if you are a reading, plan to join us for in depth on book tv. it's an interactive program the first sunday of every month and lets you call in and talk directly to your favorite authors. and it all kicks off on sunday, january 7th at noon with david ignatius, a columnist, and the author of ten national security thrillers. join us live on sunday, january 7th or watch