. >> the president's oldest daughter became the bride of captain charles robb of the united states marine corps. historically, it was the first white house wedding in 53 years. >> and at 6:00 on american artifacts, the 200 year history of the willard hotel in washington, d.c., whose guest include abraham lincoln, world war ii soldiers and the first japanese -- >> abraham lincoln stayed here 10 days. when he introduced himself and his wife, who was quite a bit shorter than him, he said i want to introduce the long and short of the american residency. >> american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. slap discussed her personal and professional life, the current state of discourse in the u.s. and serving in the administrations of bush to the bush and donald trump -- administrations of george w. bush and donald trump. steve: mercedes, let's begin with your story. you came to the u.s. when and why? mercedes: i was born in miami, florida. my parents came from cuba, they were fleeing the castro regime. my father at the time was in prison under fidel castro. he was a political prison

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days after his return from new york, the president's oldest daughter became the bride of captain charles robbed states marine corps. this was the first white house wedding in 53 years, and one of the most brilliant social events since the wedding of alice roosevelt in 1906. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ announcer: from washington or the texas white house, few moves are as characteristic of the theson presidency as brainstorming tour of several states. barnstorming tour of several states. first up, a dedication ceremony that marked the opening of the county library at central texas college. >> let us show, by our actions, that progress is not too expensive. announcer: departing frequently from his text, the president rejected the notion that america could not solve problems of poverty and educational excellence. both would succeed, if the american people have the courage to stay the course. three hours later, he defended america's 10-year, $20 billion investment in space exploration. [applause] narrator: that evening, before a national television audience and 2500 union delegates at the afl-cio convention, the pr

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from new york, the president's oldest daughter, linda bird johnson became the bride of captain charles robb of the united states marine corps. historically, it was the first white house wedding in 53 years. >> and at 6:00 on american artifacts, the 200-year history of the willard hotel in washington, d.c. whose guests include abraham lincoln, world war ii soldiers, and the first japanese delegation to the united states in 1860. >> abraham lincoln conducted quite a bit of business while he was here. he stayed for ten days. and in fact, the first white house levee was held not at the white house, it was at the willard hotel. when he introduced himself and his wife was quite a bit shorter than him. he said i want to introduce you to the long and the short of the new presidency. >> american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, only on c-span3. >>> the center for strategic and international studies hosted a discussion about u.s. investments in developing countries. speakers included the egyptian american enterprise fund chair james harmon and tunisian

from new york, the president's oldest daughter, linda bird johnson, became the pride of captain charles robb of the united states marine corps. historically, it was the first white house wedding in 53 years. >> and at 6:00 on "american artifacts," the 200-year history of the willard hotel in washington, d.c., whose guests include abraham lincoln, world war ii soldiers, and the first japanese delegation to the united states in 1860. >> abraham lincoln conducted

his return after from new york, the president's oldest daughter became the bride of captain charles robbthe united states marine corps. it was the first white house wedding and 53 years. >> at 6:00 on american artifacts, the 200-year history of the willard hotel in washington, d.c., whose guest include abraham lincoln, world war ii soldiers, and the first japanese delegation to the united states. >> abraham lincoln conducted quite of bit of business here here and he stay for 10 days. the first white house levy was at the hotel. when he introduced himself and his wife, who was quite a bit shorter than him, he said she is the long of the short of the new presidency. >> all weekend, every weekend, only on c-span3. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us is brian knight, senior research fellow for the financial market's working group at mercatus center, and he is here to talk about bitcoin and the future of cryptocurrency. thank you for joining us today. for people like me who really do not understand this very well, bitcoin andt is cryptocurrency? is a computer protocol used to