we are always asked what exactly is the chautauqua. a chautauqua is a retreat, generally in a beautiful place, ichment, enlightenment, entertainment, and coming together. it started in far western new york on lake chautauqua. thatement grew out of place and that time and really spread across the country, coming to boulder in 1898. interestingly, the texas board of higher education came to colorado looking for a place to establish a summer mountain .etreat for teacher training they found a willing participant in the city of boulder and boulder residents, who already had established the university theolorado here and loved idea of bringing more intellectual stimulation and entertainment to the community. so, interesting public-private partnership of the city, this group from texas, and a railroad that would transport, at the time, texans between texas and boulder, colorado. it was very much intended to serve the local community. that was part of a quid pro quo. locals and for the the economic benefit for the community of having visitors,

who were intended to be the audience of the chautauqua were what we would call the middle class.nd lowbrow entertainment like opera and classical music and probably what would be considered the vaudeville of that day. >> watch all of our events from older today at noon eastern on afternoon and sunday at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span three. next, author in history professor patra dewitt talks about

hasn'torado chautauqua changed much over the years. the biggest change is that our climate -- our buildings, they allow us to operate year-round. this was originally a tent community, with the first few buildings being the dining hall and the auditorium with evil staying in tents. but the buildings are substantially intact and still theire most argues for original uses. the dining hall is still the place to dine. the auditorium is still where we have the majority of our programs. lodges and cottages are winterized, a big change, they are available year-round, but the use is the same. we just welcome the folks 12 months per year now. the colorado chautauqua is more than just history. physically it is very much the same as it was in its earliest days, but it has evolved to remain relevant. it is not just about the past. a lot of people don't even know the stories of the past. it still feels relevant to them today. it feels meaningful to them today. it feels special. >> all weekend long we are featuring boulder, colorado on " american his

. >> chautauqua is a retreat in a enrichment,ace, for and lightman, entertainment, and coming togetherthe people who were intended to be the audience were really what we would call the middle class. the programs are very simple. of thenation of speakers day, and a variety of what you might consider lowbrow and highbrow entertainment -- opera, classical music, and probably will we would consider the vaudeville of that day. >> watch all of our events from boulder today at noon eastern on tv and sunday afternoon on c-span3. bluebird -- the herbert hoover national library hosts

chautauqua is a retreat in a beautiful place for enrichment, and like men, entertainment, and coming together. who were intended to be the audience of the chautauqua were what we would call the middle class. the programs at most of the chautauquas were similar -- a combination of speakers of the both whatvariety of we might consider highbrow and lowbrow entertainment like opera and classical music and probably what would be considered the vaudeville of that day. >> watch all of our events from older today at noon eastern on afternoon and sunday at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span three. next, author in history professor patra dewitt talks about the missouri home front in world war i. german-americans met up some of the largest population at the time and were criticized for being german. is nothor suggest this just because of the sedition act of local authorities were harsher judges of patriotism. the kansas city public library hosted this one hour 10 minute event. >> welcome. my name is eli paul and i direct the missouri valley special collections of the kansas city public libra

. ♪ >> we are always asked what is a chautauqua.chautauqua is a retreat beautiful place for enrichment, enlightenment, entertainment and coming together. and it started in far western on lake chautauqua, a movement grew out of that place and that time and really spread across the country coming to boulder in 1898. interestingly, the texas board of higher education came to colorado looking for a place to metablish a

colorado chautauqua is more than history.lder's while it is physically very much the same as it was in the early days, it has evolved to remain relevant. past.ot just about htthe and a lot of people do not really even know the stories of the past. it still feels relevant to them today. it feels meaningful today. it feels special. throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring boulder, colorado. our cities tour staff recently traveled there to learn about history. boulder andbout other stops on the cities tour at c-span..org /localcontent. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> each week american artifacts takes you to museums and historic basis. in honor of the 100th anniversary of the panama canal opening, curators presented items from their collection for a special exhibit. work on the canal began in 19 know for. -- in 1904. workers came to panama to build it. the canal was not only an engineering feat but a subject of fascination for americans. who follow the progress of this construction with keen interest. she music was produced

the people who were intended to be the audience of the chautauqua were really what we would call the middle class. most of the at chautauqua's were very similar, a combination of speakers of the day, and also a variety of what we might consider highbrow and lowbrow entertainment -- opera, classical music, and probably what would be considered the vaudeville of the day. >> watch all of our events from boulder saturday at noon eastern and sunday afternoon at 2:00. moment, ain just a pentagon update on operations in afghanistan. general john campbell will be briefing reporters from kabul. will beiral john kirby moderating. it should get under way in a few moments. we'll have that for you on c-span. >> good afternoon, everybody. it is an honor to welcome back to our briefing room the commander of the international security assistance force in u.s. forces afghanistan, general john campbell. most of you already know general campbell, as he most recently served here in the building is the army's vice chief of staff and before that, director of operations in the army staff. general campbell

the programs at most of the ship -- chautauquas were very similar.he speakers of the day offered a variety of what we would consider both highbrow and lowbrow entertainment, opera, classical music, and probably what would be considered the vaudeville of that day. >> watch all of our events from boulder saturday at noon eastern tv and sundayook afternoon on american history tv on c-span3. this weekend on the c-span networks, friday night at 10:00 eastern on c-span, a conversation with retired u.s. supreme court justice john paul stevens. on saturday night at 9:00 eastern, the former chair and founder of microsoft's bill gates on the ebola outbreak in west africa. and sunday at eight :00 p.m. on q and, the director of the smithsonian is a chewed of art, dr. genetical. 10:00 on book at tv's afterwards, author heather richardson on the history of the republican party. >> historians and authors talk at ut world war i. saturday 5 pm eastern, fbi agents on catching the unabomber suspect. sunday 6 pm the anniversary of the panama canal. let us know what you

the people who were intent to the audience of the chautauqua were what we would call the middle classthe programs had most of the anutauquas were similar, a accommodation of speakers of the day and friday of highbrow and lowbrow entertainment, offer, opera,al music, -- classical music. >> watch arrogance from older on saturday at noon and and sunday c-span.p.m. on now a debate now between two of the candidates for idaho's next governor. last wednesday, a.j. balukoff, and his challenger, libertarian john bujak, took to the stage for a second debate in twin falls, idaho. this race is listed as solid republican. c.j. "butch" otter declined to take part. this is about one hour. >> good evening from the auditorium of canyon ridge high school in twin falls. i am autumn phillips, and welcome to the second debate of the 2014 idaho general election season. tonight we will hear from two candidates for idaho governor. we did invite governor otter to this debate. he turned us down, but we decided that democracy is about more than the incumbent. so i am looking forward to a good discussion. please

women started the movement in chautauqua, new york, but came here and formed organizations here to try to gain the right to vote for women. the march down pennsylvania avenue the day before president woodrow wilson's first inauguration, they were jeered. they were shoved. they had things thrown at them. they were arrested, and when they were arrested, they were force fed, and some of them worsen to insane asylum is because of course, if you wanted the right to vote for women, you had to be crazy. also, the women suffragettes were the first to picket the white house, which has become a long-standing tradition in american protest. if there is something you do not like, there is a permitting process today, but you can go and pick at the white house. it was the women suffragettes who started that. also, the role of government -- certainly heritage is very active in debating what should be the role of government, how large should it be, and this is a very healthy debate, but the role of government has gotten larger. social security -- there's some beautiful murals in what is today the voice

region and the southern tier ranging from cuyohoga county on the eastern end of the district to chautauqua county out west. let's introduce you to the candidates incumbent is 42 years old, and is a member of the house ways and means committee. he has been an attorney in private practice and co-owner of other businesses. served cratic candidate on the legislature since 2002 chairing it for four years. she is a former kindergarten teacher, small business owner, and raised funds for community service oriented nonprofits. our panel of questioners tonight include rachel barnhart of news 8 in rochester, the assistant managing editor for the leader" and 18 news. we'll begin with our two-minute opening statements from both candidates. as a result of a coin flip at the beginning of our program we'll begin with martha robertson. >> thank you. great to be here. thank you all for coming. i was raised in my family's small business, literally grew up in small business. that's where i learned about hard work and serving the public. as a former kindergarten teacher, i've been a small business owner, i'm a

the audience of this were really what we would call a middle-class and the programs at most of chautauqua was very similar. including speakers of the day and a variety of highbrow and lowbrow entertainment. opera and classical music. probably what is considered vaudeville of that day. >> watch all of our events from boulder saturday at noon eastern on c-span2 on booktv and sunday afternoon on american history tv on c-span3. smack the congressional hispanic caucus is holding its annual conference this week in washington. next, we have a discussion on immigration policy and the delay on congressional action on the issue. this is just over one hour. ♪ ♪ two good afternoon. those lights are bright. thank you very much for coming and thank you very much for having me today. before we start this important panel i would like to tell you why i am interested in it and why i have elected to start covering for abc news the immigration reform debate. as many of you, my parents and grandparents were immigrants and they came here many years ago in the 20s and i grandparents came from mexico to texas an

in 1898 he came home of the colorado chautauqua, one of only three remaining in the country.help of our comcast cable partners, we will explore its history and literary scene with local authors. we begin our special feature on board with david baron on the increase of mountain lions in suburban populations. >> this is a site few of us want to see when looking out our windows, to unwavering eyes staring back at you with a couple of friends nearby. but that's exactly what happens. >> that was a little frightening because the only thing that was protecting me from the big cat was a glass. >> my book is called "the beast in the garden" because it's a book about a large animal that in ancient times or american history we would have called beasts, the mountain lion, and what is really a garden, and that is boulder, colorado. a big part of what i'm trying to get across in my book is the artificiality of the american landscape, end of this boulder land. boulder is a beautiful seemingly natural place but in many ways it has been altered by humankind. when you get this wild animal comi

in 1898 he became the home of the colorado chautauqua. one of three remaining in the country.the help of our comcast cable partners, we will explore in the literary scene with local authors. we begin our special feature with david barron on the increase of downlines in suburban populations. >> this is a site that few of us want to see when looking out of our windows. to unwavering eyes staring back at you with a couple of friends nearby. but that is exactly what happens in colorado. >> it was a little bit frightening because the only thing that was protecting me was the see-through glass. my book is called "the beast in the garden." it's about a large animal that would've been called a peace, the mountain lion. in what is really a garden. that is boulder, colorado. a big part of what i'm trying to get across in my book is the artificiality of the american landscape and of this wednesday. it is a beautiful seemingly natural place but it has been altered by humankind. when you get this wild animal coming into this landscape, you can cause changes in the behavior of the animal an

the people who were the intended audience of the chautauqua were really what we would call the middleimilar, a combination of speakers of the whatalso a variety of both we might consider highbrow and lowbrow entertainment. opera, classical music, probably what would be considered the vaudeville of that day. >> watch all of our is an's from boulder saturday a new eastern booktv" and sunday afternoon on american history tv on c-span3. >> last night, oklahoma governor mary fallin debated her democratic challenger, joe dorman in their first and only debate of this campaign. the race is rated solid republican. the debate ran about an hour. first, though, we will look at some of the ads running in the state. >> i'm joe dorman, and in my hometown, my mom lives close by. we talk every day. here, i learned to stretch every dollar, to support the second amendment and to value my public education. >> joe dorman. >> as governor, i will improve schools by taking franchise tax revenue out of the hands of legislators and using all of those funds for classroom instruction -- no exceptions, and no tax

the programs that most of the chautauqua were very similar. combination of the speakers of the day, also a variety of both we might consider highbrow and lowbrow entertainment, opera, classical music, and probably what would be considered a vaudeville of that day. >> watch all of our events from boulder saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday afternoon at two on american history tv on c-span3. >> general petraeus and former bush administration trade representative robert zoellick talked about u.s. relations with mexico and canada. they were interviewed by jonathan karl of abc news at the council on foreign relations. [inaudible conversations] >> are we ready to go? great. welcome to today's launch of the council on foreign relations and the pendant task force report north america time for a new focus to rid the co-chairs hear robert zoellick of course, somebody who i think last time i interviewed you we were both in sudan. so thank you very much. shannon o'neil, director and co-chair, david petraeus i think last summer i into t

the programs that most of the chautauqua were very similar.mbination of the speakers of the day, also a variety of both we might consider highbrow and lowbrow entertainment, opera, classical music, and probably what would be considered a vaudeville of that day. >> watch all of our events from boulder saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday afternoon at two on american history tv on c-span3. >> general petraeus and former bush administration trade representative robert zoellick talked about u.s. relations with mexico and canada. they were interviewed by jonathan karl of abc news at the council on foreign relations.

to people who were intended be the audience of the chautauqua were considered middle-class. most of the chautauquans were considered the speakers of the day, both what we might consider highbrow and lowbrow entertainment -- opera, classical music, and probably what would be considered the vaudeville of that day. >> watch all of our events from saturday on booktv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. "washington journal" continues. levey ofning us, noam and los angeles times," charles nelson with the u.s. census bureau. what are the highlights, mr. nelson, of the new census report? 13.4% of all people lacked health insurance in 2014. this is out of 22 million people. household income did not change significantly between 2012 and 2013. but the number of people in poverty did decline. 14.5% in 2013. this is the first time poverty has declined since 2000. host: let's go to health care. 42 -- 13.4% of americans do not have health care. guest: these numbers do not --lly reflect the a coverage the coverage under the affordable care act in the first two qua

people from all over colorado and all over the world, not only to chautauqua -- come not only to chautauquaut here. the purpose of the movement was to bring education to the masses, to bring speakers of the day, discussions of current events, and entertainment and enlightenment of various kinds to small towns across the country that did not have the opportunity. this was before television, before radio, before people took vacations or went to opportunities like that. the opportunities came to them. the people who were intended to be the audience of the chautauqua were what we would call the middle class. for some people, it wasn't education experience. for some, it was a supplement to their education. the programs at most of the chautauquas were similar. here in the colorado chautauqua, combination of speakers of the day. it is hard for us to imagine, but thousands of people would gather to hear in order, a -- an orateor like williams jennings bryan. a variety of what we consider highbrow and lowbrow entertainment. opera, classical music, and probably what would be considered vaudeville. th

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. >> we are always asked -- what is a chautauqua? for enrichment, enlightenment, entertainment, and coming together. it started in far western new york on lake chautauqua. a movement grew out of that place and that time. it really spread across the country, coming to boulder in 1898. interestingly, the texas board of higher education came to colorado looking for a place to establish a summer mountain retreat. they embraced the movement, which was really sweeping the country at the time. they found a willing participant in the city of boulder and boulder residents who had already established the university of colorado here. , and thep from texas railroad, which at the time chance for texans between texas and boulder, colorado. from the very beginning it was very much ended to serve the local community. quo -- of a quid pro that was part of the quid pro quo. at the time, some were old money, but now they come year-round. that thisthe reason was so desirable was the incredible views of what we call the flatirons, one of the front faces