this is the way charles ii came on the way to his coronation, and alsojames ii, and it was the main way the house of commons would have come this way, many mps over the centuries, so it is a very historic route. it shows —— the chamber was a passageway to the house of commons. and the contents of the space are fascinating. for example there was graffiti on the wall which was put there by charles barry's masons in 1851, which showed they had at party with old ale and gives all their names and declares them to be true democrats. history was lost and now it's found, and in fact, we found — it is amazing — we talk about graffiti but here it is going back to 1834. the builders come in with a jug of ale and had a bit of beer and a bit of history about themselves and they were the workmen that came in 1834 and the fact they left their mark is the mark of history. sir lindsay hoyle discovering that the palace of westminster still has a secret of two to give up. that was the week in parliament. thank you for watching. i'll be back on bbc parliament at 11pm on monday evening with the latest from

britain is hosting the first—ever exhibition of baroque culture in britain, from the restoration of charles iiws the shift in powerfrom monarchs to politicians in the later stuart era, from the magnificence of monarchy restored — albeit with limited powers — and the royal favourites to the rise of the party politician and new artistic patrons. here's the commons speakerjohn smith, who hired the court artist godfrey kneller for this portrait. it's a magnificent portrait for the pomp and display, probably commissioned by smith himself in order to commemorate his role in the negotiation of the union of england and scotland. he's holding in his hand a scroll marked "the union act", so it's obvious what the whole portrait is about. you have the gold of the mace to one side, and all the light is concentrated on the gold embroidery on his cloak, his face and also the act of union. and then, there's this. it's an enormous portrait which actually shows the collected leadership of the whig party in the reign of queen anne. it's the only known group portrait of the whigs done, so it's really quite signif

and so charles hamilton houston finally decided to become a lawyer because of his experience in world war iin houston and a few others. world war i was a transformative event for many reasons. and so when we get to the point where setting and planting the seeds for the civil rights movement, thurgood marshall writes when charles hamilton houston dies in 1951, '52, or '53, he says we would not have gotten anywhere or we would not be where we are without charlie, and he's referring to charles hamilton houston. and we all know the history of thurgood marshall. >> less than 15 minutes left in this segment. a lot of calls for you. we'll try to get to as many as we can. william, on that line for african-american veterans. >> caller: good morning. how are you? >> doing well. you're on with colonel salter. >> caller: yes, i was in the navy. i went in the navy in 1955. and there was a lot of discrimination going on then. and to make a long story short i was on one vessel, and i was sent there to be the barber. and they didn't want me to be the barber. they gave me -- i was -- they gave me a broom swe

charles hamilton houston finally decided to become a lawyer because of his experience in world war ii. first horace pippen, charles hamilton houston and i think we talked about others. world war i was a transformative event for many reasons. when we get to the point where setting and planting the seed of civil rights movement, thurgood marshall writes when charles hamilton houston dies in 1951, 52 a 53. he says, we would not have gotten anywhere or we would not be where we are without charlie. he is referring to charles hamilton houston. we all know the history of thurgood marshall. >> less than 15 minutes left in the segment. a lot of calls. william, emporia virginia, african-american veterans. >> how are you? >> doing well, you are on with colonel salter. >> i was in the navy in 1955. there was a lot of discrimination going on then. to make a long story short, i was on one vessel. i was sent there to be the bomber. they did not want me to be the bomber. i was rated. e1. doing my job -- [indiscernible] -- another ship i went aboard, they may be the master at arms. i was in charge of

ii are still alive, do you know? and oneiams: yes, me other. charles coolidge from national 98. probably 10 years. he is still going. opening a museum in the nashville area. he wanted me to come down and join him and i would like to do that but i'm headed someplace else. charles and i are the only two remaining. -- mr. williams: not to insult you or embarrass you in any way, we prefer that you call us recipients rather than winners. i didn't have any competition out there. to have had four other guys out there. had four othere guys out there. [applause] [laughter] mr. williams: any other questions? >> just a comment. my father, jack mckay was in the fifth marine divisions. .e had three purple hearts sorry that i am crying. he was also a demolitions expert. of lifen the cover magazine. it is a picture called sticks and bones. he is the third one in. but thank you for your service. my dad never talked about it. he had three daughters. he only time he did was when my nephew graduated from marine corps training and my dad told him about his experiences. daughter, what you went through was terrific. th

charles, thank you for being with us. patrick: thanks, steve. >> you're watching american history tv, all we can come every weekend on c-span3. >> next, national world war ii museum senior historian robert citino discussed how decisions made at the february 1945 yalta conference effected the ending of world war ii. this talk is part of a day-long symposium marking the 75th anniversary of the pivotal meeting between british prime minister winston churchill, president franklin roosevelt, and soviet leader joseph stalin. >> welcome back to the metal and paul hilliard conference center here at th

question i have for you, how many meddol of honor winners from world war ii are still alive, do you know? >> yes, me and one other. charles cool ichidge from nashv, 98, and he's been in real bad health for the last probably ten years. but he's still going. and he was -- he's opening a medal of honor museum in the nashville area. fact, he wanted me to come down and join him, and i would like to do that, but i'm headed someplace else. so but charles and i are the only two remaining. >> thank you. >> uh-huh. oh, and i might like, not to insult you or embarrass you in any way, we sort of prefer that you call us recipients rather than winners. i didn't have any competition out there. [ laughter ] boy, i would have loved three or four other guys out there. [ cheers and applause ] any other questions? >> just a comment, sir. my father, jack mckay was in the first and then the fifth marine divisions. he was wounded, had three purple hearts, two of them he got at iwo. i knew i couldn't do that without crying. he was also a demolitions expert. he's on the cover of life magazine as a famous picture called sticks and bones. he's the

ii are still alive, do you know? mr. williams: yes, me and one other. charles coolidge from nashville 1998. he has been in really bad health for the last, probably 10 years. but he is still going. he is opening a medal of honor museum in the national area. -- nashville area. he wanted me to come down and join him and i would like to do that, but i am headed someplace else. charles and i are the only two remaining. mr. williams: not to insult you or embarrass you in any way, we prefer that you call us recipients rather than winners. i didn't have any competition out there. [applause] i would have loved for other guys [applause] out there. [laughter] mr. williams: any other questions? >> just a comment. my father, jack mckay was in the fifth marine divisions. he had three purple hearts. sorry that i am crying. he was also a demolitions expert. he was on the cover of life magazine. it is a picture called sticks and bones. he is the third one in. but thank you for your service. my dad never talked about it. he had three daughters. the only time he did was when my nephew graduated from marine co

ii. she's 93, the duke of edinburough is 98. he has deep underlying health issues. the last time charlesith the queen was about two weeks ago. we don't know whether she and the duke have been tested, but she's said to be in good health and good spirits. charles has spoken to her, spoken to his sons william and harry who is on vancouver island in canada. he's a bit of a workaholic and said to be working steadily at home. he and camilla are in the same house but different rooms, self-isolating. >> let's hope as he is working, he is also resting so he's able to be on the mend here. let's talk about uk quickly as a whole. they were pretty slow to put restrictions in place. major criticisms with regard to that. how are things different there today? >> reporter: yes. i think the criticism of the government, it was widespread and probably valid, but they changed course about five days ago. boris johnson, the prime minister, has been on the television every single day giving updates. another one today. the government called for volunteers for a quarter of a million people to help vulnerable peop

charles, thank you for being with us. patrick: thanks, steve. >> you're watching american history tv, all we can come every weekend on c-span3. >> next, national world war ii museum senior historian robert citino discussed how decisions made at the february 1945 yalta conference effected the ending of world war ii. this talk is part of a day-long symposium marking the 75th anniversary of the pivotal meeting between british prime minister winston churchill, president franklin roosevelt, and soviet leader joseph stalin. >> welcome back to the metal and paul hilliard conference center here at the higgins hotel. i hope everybody enjoyed their lunch. morning doing high-level analysis of the political and strategic situation that existed amongst the allied leaders. fought on, wars are battlefield, not in boardrooms. these summits, though they dictated much of what would happen on the ground, they would not have mattered much if we did not have armies in the field. our next session will look at affected the execution of the closing months of world war two. robo this we have asked executive director democracy as of well as at the world war ii museum. he is an awar

looked at world war i as a european war and world war ii as a war that had to do with europeans and not with them. prominent voices, chief among them, charles lindbergh who traveled the country blasting the president as a warmonger in the strongest possible terms. there was actually a student antiwar movement. now, not as many people went to college at that time as did in the 1960's, but it was really a precursor to that movement. why? because these people in college were the ones that would be sent to war if there was one and they wanted no part of it. and then in the blink of an eye at 7:48 a.m. on december 7, 194 1-rbgs the japanese attacked -- 1941, the japanese attacked the u.s. naval base pearl harbor, sunk four of our battleships, we lost almost 200 airplanes and 23 americans perished. it remained the third bloodiest day of that very bloody conflict. america was not ready for war. they had started a draft by a one-vote margin. they were able to vote it into place. they had -- we had lost a significant percentage of our pacific fleet and, frankly, to this day there are legitimate questions not about whether the roosevelt administratio

charles: that's an intangible sometimes that has to be kept aloft if you will from leadership? >> you know, as, roosevelt said, world war iily thing to fear is fear itself because fear itself makes you sometimes do illogical things and, for the most part people can go on living their normal daily lives but they need to recognize that we are dealing with a contagious virus. what do you do when you're in flu season? that is the way you should be acting now. charles: you're not saying it is the flu. at this point considered far more dangerous. >> same kind ever precautions. >> same precaution. >> exactly. charles: the deaths in washington state, mostly elderly folk. >> right. all concentrated in one cluster. and, you know, although we feel horrible for the people there, it is somewhat encouraging that it doesn't seem to be spreading wildly across the country. charles: i can say with certainty another thing that is encouraging you're involved in the project. >> well, thank you. charles: i really appreciate you. i respect you. and i know with you involved along with all the other members of the task force we're in great hands.

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charles tests positive. >> there is no question about the magnitude of the event. this is the most significant event that has happened to the american people since at least world war iid unlike world war ii, american life didn't stop. it was reordered. this has led to a cessation of theater, of music, of concerts, of sports, of economic activity really of any and all type. we have more than half the country under governmental orders stay in their homes. the economic situation is likely to be calamitous when you see estimates that show 20, as high as 30% unemployment rates, so this is a seismic event in american life. it will also see obviously when we look at the death totals rising, we're going to see calamitous numbers in terms of casualties from this pandemic. it affects the entire world. so the world as it was just weeks ago and the way it is today isn't just unimaginably different, it is going to be different profoundly so for a long time to come. you look at this country, the reality is things will get harder, things will get tougher before they get better. that's why it is so important why people have made the criticism that it is essential that we have leader

looked at world war i as a european war and world war ii as a war that had to do with europeans and not with them. prominent voices, chief among them, charles lindbergh who traveled the country blasting the president as a warmonger in the strongest possible terms. there was actually a student antiwar movement. now, not as many people went to college at that time as did in the 1960's, but it was really a precursor to that movement. why? because these people in college were the ones that would be sent to war if there was one and they wanted no part of it. and then in the blink of an eye at 7:48 a.m. on december 7, 194 1-rbgs the japanese attacked -- 1941, the japanese attacked the u.s. naval base pearl harbor, sunk four of our battleships, we lost almost 200 airplanes and 23 americans perished. it remained the third bloodiest day of that very bloody conflict. america was not ready for war. they had started a draft by a one-vote margin. they were able to vote it into place. they had -- we had lost a significant percentage of our pacific fleet and, frankly, to this day there are legitimate questions not about whether the roosevelt administratio