to learn more about the stops on our 2015 tour, visit www.c-span.org/citiestour. ♪ >> where standingn the main waiting room of union station here in omaha, nebraska. it was a second union station built by union pacific to serve the citizens of omaha for real travel. the architects wanted to make a statement about what the

to see where we're going next, see our schedule at c-span.org/citiestour. >> each week, reel america brings you tvs, cbs reports riot or revolt originally broadcast on december 7th, 1965, documents the events of august 11, through august 17, 1965 where widespread looting and violence in los angeles resulted in 34 deaths. over 1,000 injuries, over 3,000 arrests and the involvement of several thousand california army national guardsmen. the hour-long cbs news program investigates the many reasons behind the events, often citing a report commissioned by governor pat brown which concludes that high unemployment, poor schools, poor living conditions and police abuses were the root causes of community unrest. >> hands up high. >> let's get it up there. first one to drop their hands is dead, man. >> absolutely incredible scene of a gun battle in the middle of broadway. the streets of los angeles. small army. the national guardsman this battle stretched out beside the curb. acres and acres of broken glass. burns, polluted stores. looks like something out of a bad war movie. a western perhaps

learn about augusta and other stops on our tour on c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv, a weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> each week, american history tv's reel america brings you archival films that helps tell the story of the 20th century. ♪ >> from stem to stern, the ship is a honeycomb of watertight compartments. engine rooms, fire rooms, fuel tanks. magazines packed with enough of assorted explosives to pack us all to kingdome come. it is long enough to hold for trade print -- four freight trains abreast. ♪ the fighters take a first and form cover aloft with the other squadron. then the bombers. they lay on destruction. as our first fighters racing towards the island, they stay low, hoping to escape detection by the enemy's radar. then they climbed suddenly and dive, a surprise attack on the enemy air base. these redf falls floating up at us so lazily or antiaircraft fire. three times as much of it coming at us that we can see. only one shell in three is a tracer. what look like pollywog's or tracers from our own jets. -- a

to learn more about the stops on our 2015 tour, visit --pan.org/citiestwo-hour c-span.org/citiestour. ♪ >> we are standing in the kindergarten room of the monroe school into peaked, kansas, and this was one of the four african-american schools operating into peak of in 1951 .- in topeka the browns the board of browhnon please -- the piece wasf education part of the naacp struggle to overcome discrimination in public education, so they were thatpting to file cases would end up reversing cases, ferguson,ssy versus which allow the state of louisiana to segregate railcars by race, and once the supreme court made the decision that that was constitutional, what you saw was an explosion of loss, and the south, specially, which prevented segregated facilities in all sectors of public life, so the naacp was attempting to overturn that and they knew they could try to do that case, and they began to file cases to begin to chip away at that precedent, and the strategy was to do this in law schools and graduate schools and work down to college and then worked down to elementary schools. brownown v

about our stops, visit c-span.org/citiestour. julie: this is the augusta canal, and they had seen massachusetts and what they had done and how they had built textile mills, and as augustine augusta's economic growth had hit a standstill because people were leaving town to go out west, he said, we have to do something, and he said, we can do that here. we can build a canal and pull that savanna water in and bring it in high so it can run the mills, and that will give economic growth and jobs, so the canal's main purpose was hydropower, and at that point, hydro mechanical power, but a second point used was for navigation. there were long petersburg boats, these long to canoe-likehese long barges. as the river dropped, there were shoals and rapids to contend with. and very dangerous trip down the river, so they were very pleased. they could have a nice, smooth ride to town. well, as the civil war began, the need for gunpowder was a onemost importance, and colonel was hired to look for a spot to build this gunpowder scouted.d he he r

learn more about the cities at www.c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. you are watching american history tv, 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on cspan3. follow us on twitter for information on our schedule of upcoming programs and to keep up with the latest history news. institute for policy's study and into were activist phyllis bennis on u.s. foreign policy since 9/11, the recent negotiations with iran, and the war on terrorists. >> who is isis? what do they believe? why are they so violent? all those questions are important and i address them in the book. what is more important because it is something we can do something about is, what is the u.s. policy regarding isis? why isn't it working? can we go to war against terrorism? wrong or is the war it wrong to say there should be a war against terrorism at all? i think those are the questions that are the most important and will be the most useful. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a.

. >> find out where c-span's city to her is going next online at www.c-span.org/citiestour. you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> history bookshelf features popular american history writers and airs on american history tv every weekend at this time. this month marks the 70th anniversary of the end of world war ii in the pacific. next, author tsuyoshi hasegawa discusses the pacific war, which influenced truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on japan. he reflects on the book. the woodrow wilson international center for scholars hosted the event in 2006. it is a little under 90 minutes. with that, let me introduce our distinguished speaker, tsuyoshi hasegawa

to learn more about the stops on our 2015 tour him a visit citiestour. >> i got started in oklahoma. that place is one third indians, one third negroes, and one third white people. i hit the road when i was 13 years old, all kinds of odd jobs around the country. they picked up a lot of songs. ♪ your land"] land is is your land, this land is my land, from california to the new york island. from the redwood forest to the gulf stream waters, this land was made for you and me. woody guthrie is most famous for the writing of "this land is your land." he was born in 1812 in oklahoma. we are very proud to have his work back in oklahoma, where we take it belongs. he was an advocate for people who were disenfranchised, for those people who were migrant workers from oklahoma camera -- oklahoma, kansas, and texas. he found himself in california literally starving. he found this vast difference between the people who were the has and have-nots. in guthrie center was opened april 1917. the plan was to have this research facility in tulsa. grew into the idea of opening up those archives to a new g

watch the cities tour on the networks to see where we're going next, see our atedule at c-span.org/citiestour. >> tonight -- >> he was into computers, sci-fi. that pushed him. had always heard about the silicon valley and dreamed of getting to america. young age, that's what he pined to do. at 17 he ran away from home and it. oneeporter ashley vance on of the most inventive leaders, elon musk. is seen as this next steve jobs figure. there's bits of him like that for sure. he's got this attention to detail. pushes his workers really hard. lean more to sort of this eddison idea though i think elon has a lot to prove. but what i've taken away is that he's a guy who gets these , kind of of engineers the brightest of the bright, and these very hard-working and really is able to get products out of them that can be commercialized and that have really changed industry. me he's the guy, he's hardware,oftware and this idea of atom and bits in a way that nobody else has. >> tonight on "the communicators" on c-span 2. >> coming up on the next "washington journal," a reform.on on education our guest is c

learn more about augusta on www.c-span.org/citiesto her -- www.c-span.org/citiestour. >> when first lady07, she was in poor health, suffering from epilepsy. her husband, william mckinley, would sit next to her. when he saw she was having a seizure with a large handkerchief until the episode pass. she traveled a lot as a first lady, including the 1901 gathering were her husband was assassinated. ida mckinley on "first lady's." examining the private lives of the women who filled the role of first lady from martha washington to michelle obama. >> apollo, houston. i have two messages for you. moscow is ready for docking. apollo is ready for docking. >> july, 1975. an american apollo spacecraft and a russian soyuz spacecraft are ready to dock together. around the world, millions watch and listen as the two dock and become one. now they wait for the other event. the meeting of soviet and u.s. cruise. >> ok, all that waiting. [laughter] that will stay open. >> go ahead, tom. >> alaexi. ok, turn on the camera. here. glad to see you. >> pass it to alexi. >> [speaking russian] >> in the first true

to learn more about the stops on our 2015 tour, visit www.c-span.org/citiestour. ♪ >> where standingn the main waiting room of union station here in omaha, nebraska. it was a second union station built by union pacific to serve the citizens of omaha for real travel. the architects wanted to make a statement about what the railroad was. in his mind, it was strength, masculinity, and permits. that's what you want is a building to embody. all my heart really started out as a front your town -- front tier town. --izens of council bluff they needed to nowhere. have a better chance of having this railroad if we have a city on the opposite side of the river already established and ready to built that's where they the railroad, and it works. council bluffs didn't really think that omaha would get better -- get bigger than council bluffs. cities on the west side of the river tended to move west. union pacific is one of the premier railroad companies of america. it was founded in 1862. it combines several railroad companies to make union pacific and then they were charged with building the tra

visit c-span.org/citiestour. >> it is texas's official state history museum. 2001.n we are charged with telling the story of texas. we had three floors of exhibition space where we feature around 500 original artifacts that tell the story of texas. we also have temporary exhibitions, including fly girls , which is what we are standing in right now and to theaters that show films regularly. ♪ [video clip] >> this is texas. and out of those are stepping girls. girls give a new angle to the air force story. women's air force service pilots. victoria: the fly girls exhibition is very important to us, and it is an exhibition we opened on veterans day, and to tell the story of these world war ii female pilots and share that with the public was, we thought, and important texas story, but also an important story that connects texas with the nation. when world war ii broke out in 1938 and 1939, one of the women pilots of america, her name was jacqueline, and she was a business owner and entrepreneur and a fearless pilot, and she approached president franklin roosevelt and first lady eleanor roos

learn more about augustine and other stops on our tour at www.c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching a good history tv, all weekend, on c-span3. >> i have two messages, moscow is good for docking, houston is good for docking, it's a to you guys. have fun. >> sounds good. >> mid july, 1975. an american apollo spacecraft and a soviet site use spacecraft prepare to join or become a 140 miles above the atlantic near portugal. around the world, millions watch and listen as the two spacecraft become one. now they wait for the next about events, a meeting of soviet and american cruise. -- crews. >> there's the camera. [laughter] >> let him stay open. go ahead. just a moment. turn on the camera. ok. i have to see you. >> [speaking in russian] >> in the first crew transfer, astronauts are hosted by cosmonaut. one remains behind. >> in the name of the soviet people and for myself personally, i am -- >> leaders of the ussr and the united states really their congratulations. >> new possibilities are opening up for fruitful development of scientific cooperation between countries

. >> to see where we're going next, see our schedule at c-span.org slb citiestour. >> the fall of sighs happened 40 years ago on april 30th, 1975. next on american history tv, former south vietnamese refugees, including veterans of the south vietnamese army and air force, reflect on their vietnam war experiences and escape from the country following the fall of sigh caig. the panelists eventually settled in kentucky. this is hosted by the university of louisville. >> we have a great panel here with us. they have the

cities tour on the c-span networks to see where we're going next see our schedule at c-span.org/citiestour, more "american history tv" with archival footage from our reel america series. then at 10:00, a chance to see this morning's washington journal in its entirety. and at 1:00, a series of programs focused on technology and innovation. >>> each week american history tv brings you archival films to tell the story. up next, a 1960 police training film that explains how to deal with the mentally ill. the film was shot in new orleans using actual police and nonproffesional actors to portray a variety of situations. it's r part of the archives. >> 3137 in the street, a white female screaming. >> help! no! >> a great many people with whom the average policeman must cope are mentally disturbed. a few of these become violent. it's fortunate when the police can call on skilled psychiatric attendants for help. however most of the time the police must deal with the mentally disturbed on their own. the vast majority of mentally disturbed people are not violent. they're borderline and continue to li

cities tour on the c-span networks to see where we're going next see our schedule at c-span.org/citiestour. >>> coming up next, the supreme court historical society hosts the deputy president of the united kingdom supreme court, brin da hale, for a nem commerative lecture. justice hale explains how the magna carta influenc my own blood raised too a few weeks ago after the last parliament had been dissolved when i received my own writ of summons, sealed with a seal, giving me exactly 40 days notice of "a certain parliament to be holden at our city of westminster". harking back, i felt sure to chapter 14, of the original magna carta, to obtain the common council of kingdom out an aid, we will be summoned the archbishops, abbotts, earls and greater bands, individual letters. and in addition we will be caused through our bailives for a fixed state namely after the expire of at least 40 days and to an affixed place. this is the foundation of a second principle which we can trace at least as far back as magna carta that the people for whom the taxes are levied should have a voice in deciding wha

cities tour on the c-span networks to see where we're going next see our schedule at c-span.org/citiestour. >>> coming up next, the supreme court historical society hosts the deputy president of the united kingdom supreme court, brin da hale, for a nem commerative lecture. justice hale explains how the magna carta influenced revoluti to the rights guaranteed by the magna carta as they rebelled against the english crown. this is 90 minutes. >> today's lecture will be on the magna carta as we called it into this year. a document of great historical significance to the rule of law. the 800th anniversary of which will be two weeks from today. and we are honored and privileged to have as our lecturer the deputy president of the supreme court of the united kingdom, the honorable, barren else of richland. the historical feats that the lady has herself accomplished. she is the first and as far as the only member of the supreme court to be a woman. she was the first and only longhorn that was a woman in 1999 when she was appoint to the court of appeals and only the second woman appointed to the cou

to see where we are going next, see our schedule at c-span.org/ citiestour. >> former president jimmy carter held a news conference earlier today we learn he has cancer that is spread to his liver and brain. [no audio] president carter: in may i went down to guyana. i had a bad cold, came back here to emery. in the process, they did a complete physical examination. the mri showed there was a cancer or growth on my liver. they did a scan that lit up so they were pretty sure there was a cancer. it was on august 3. the tumor was only two and a half cubic centimeters. they removed about 85 cubic senate leaders -- centimeters which was a 10th of my liver. they did a biopsy and found out it was cancer and melanoma. they had a suspicion then and now that the melanoma started somewhere else in my body and spread to the liver. the doctors told me that 98% of all melanoma is skin cancer and 2% is internal. then i came back after that and they did a biopsy and found -- they did and mri. they found there were four spots of melanoma on my brain. they are small spots, two millimeters if you can env

to see where we're going next, sarah schedule at www.c-span.org /citiestour. day for thenal soapbox speeches at the iowa state fair, the crowd heard rob democratic national committee chair debbie wasserman schultz and republican presidential candidates chris christie of new jersey and louisiana governor bobby gentle. this is about one hour. [applause] rep. debbie wasserman schultz

. >> to see where we're going next, see our schedule at c-span.org slb citiestour. >> the fall of sigh congress happened 40 years ago on april 30th, 1975. next on american history tv, former south vietnamese refugees, including veterans of the south vietnamese army and air force, reflect on their vietnam war experiences and escape from the country following the fall of sigh caig. the panelists eventually settled in kentucky. this is hosted by the university of louisville. >> we have a great panel here with us. they have the voices behind tonight. it is amazing to have worked with them over the last few weeks in putting together this event. dede is an attorney. and this makes me really, really proud, she will enter the army jag corps actually this friday. this is really her last big event in civilian life before she's joining jag. and she will ship out to ft. benning on friday. so that is it. see her, you know, good-bye to civilian life here for a while. and then we have thao, also a u of a alum, with a masters from the kent school of social work. she came to louisville as a refugee, as

see our schedule at c-span.org/citiestour. >>> "washington journal" continues. >> jason williamson joins us now. an attorney with the american civil liberties union criminal reform law project. he joins us this morning. we're seeing violent protests in and around the city of st. louis. mr. williamson, in the years since the michael brown shooting, where has the aclu tried to focus its efforts when it comes to police reform? >> well, as you may know, the aclu is a national organization that also has at least one local affiliate in every state, in addition to puerto rico. and so as a national office, there are several programs and projects within the organization that are focusing on criminal justice issues and it really runs the gamut from police encounters to what happens once you get arrested to what happens once you get to court and go to trial and are sentenced. and then our local affiliates do a lot of really important work on the local level dealing with the particular issues that may be affecting the communities where they are based. so we are both a litigation shop and organizatio

tour on the c-span networks to see where , we're going next, see our shari schedule, at c-span.org/citiestour. >>> american history tv coveredn a symposium on the master first lady in july. speakers examined the style and approaches of first ladies froms florence harding to go michelle obama. this was the theme of the annual warren g. harding symposium at the ohio state university at marion. it's about four hours. >> and now to begin our first session entitled "paving the way," will you please join me in welcoming the moderator for thi session, director of education in special events at the the first ladies library, lucinda fraley.fi >> thank you. thank you. and thank you, everyone, who is> involved with the symposium.you. you have absolutely no idea how thrilled my colleagues and i ar all to be here. any time we get a chance to ed m present first ladies we always y put forth our mission, which is to -- i can't think of our mission. you can tell i'm really good today. it is to educate public about r the lives and the activities of the first ladies in this country. ac and believe me, they were

cities tour on the c-span networks to see where we're going next see our schedule at c-span.org/citiestour. >>> coming up next, the supreme court historical society hosts the deputy president of the united kingdom supreme court, brin da hale, for a nem commerative lecture. justice hale explains how the magna carta influenced the rights, liberty and property to limits on executive power. this program is 50 minutes. >>> today's lecture will the on the magna carta. a document of great historical significance to the rule of law. the 800th anniversary of which will be two weeks from today. and we are honored and privileged to have as our lecturer the deputy president of the supreme court of the united kingdom, the honorable baron es hale of richland. let me describe

to see where we're going next, sarah schedule at www.c-span.org /citiestour. day for thenal soapbox speeches at the iowa state fair, the crowd heard rob democratic national committee chair debbie wasserman schultz and republican presidential candidates chris christie of new jersey and louisiana governor bobby gentle. this is about one hour. [applause] rep. debbie wasserman schultz: hello, iowa. i am so proud to be back at the soapbox at the iowa state fair. this is my third opportunity to be up here on the stage at the des moines register soapbox. this is such an important opportunity to really talk about the choices we have in front of us over the next 16 months. what i do every year is, this is one of the best fairs in america. iowans clearly believe it is the best fair. every time i am here, i have brought one of my kids. i have my third child with me. it was her turn this year. we spent the afternoon at the fair yesterday and it was an incredible time. i can't begin to describe to you the amount of fried food that we ate on a stick, which is something we l

our schedule is on c-span.org/citiestour. >> and now i look at the race and gender makeup of our elected officials and whether it reflects the demographics of the american public. this is from the annual net nations conference held in phoenix, arizona, in july. it is under one hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us on this tackling structural barriers to democracy. i am jennifer fernandez, with the women's donor network. a community of 200 individual women philanthropists leveraging their resources and power to create a more fair and just world. what we are going to do, we have 3 -- four amazing women on this panel this morning. we will have an awesome discussion and we hope to hear from all of you. before we start or to kick us off, i want to ask each of them to introduce themselves and give a little bit of a flavor about their work and go from there. can i start with you, christie? -- chrissie? chrissie: is this on? navajoitizen of the nation. my background is in community organizing in los angeles, the largest urban indian community in the country at

cities tour on the c-span networks to see where we're going next see our schedule at c-span.org/citiestour. >>> coming up next, the supreme court historical society hosts the deputy president of the united kingdom supreme court, brin da hale, for a nem commerative lecture. justice hale explains how the magna carta influenc

to see where we are going next, see our schedule at www.c-span.org/citiestour. sa-tv and the washington post host a town hall. this is just under an hour. >> we need to talk about this. >> i >> don't feel safe in america anymore. >>we do spend a lot of resources on the folks that are not trying to help themselves. >> when it comes to race relations, we are just not there yet. >> do it a bit -- does anybody feel that race relations are where they should be? that few? >> put a man on the moon. >> why the looting and violence? >> angry and being viewed as not people. more than 50% of whites and more than two thirds of blacks feel that race relations are bad. >> where do we go? i don't know. >> 239 years, part of this great of the united states of america. there have been incredible things on many fronts. >> change has come to america. and yet we had still seeing dramatic event. even hatred. causes is lostis for the entire society. beyond my comp ranging to do the act that young mandate. whitels show that 60% of people are uncomfortable discussing race was someone o

tour see ourcities schedule at c-span.org/citiestour. on domestic and international news coverage with editors from the new york times and washington post. it is one hour and 50 minutes. [applause] i have two admit that this is a special treat for me today. in addition to being a news junkie, i am a former newspaper reporter and i truly value great journalism. in this age of disruptive isital communication, it gratifying to note that we still have some fascinating, fabulous newspapers like the washington post, the new york times, the valley news, among others. [applause] [laughter] so i am honored to introduce our first speaker. miami andn grew up in high.ted from lehie he has worked at the miami herald, the newark times, the 2012, heobe, and since has been executive editor of the washington post. as editor of some of these newspapers, particularly the miami herald and the boston globe and the washington post, his team at these newspapers pulitzerby my count 10 prizes for excellent and journalism. the most recent 1 -- [applause] one was

to see where we are going next, see our schedule at c-span.org/citiestour. >> former president jimmy carter held a news conference to talk about his con -- cancer treatment. he has been diagnosed with melanoma, and skin cancer that has progressed to his brain and liver. his event was held at the carter center in atlanta. president carter: thank you all for coming this morning. i want to express my gratitude to my wife roselyn. i think what i will do this morning is just outline what has happened far with my medical condition. willhen towards the end i take a brief rundown of what i plan to do in the future. in may i went down to guyana to help with the election. i had a very bad cold when i left and i came back to emory and they checked me over. in the process they did a complete physical examination and an mri showed that there was a cancerous growth on my liver. they did a scan and that kind of lights at that place, and it lit up. they were pretty sure that there was a cancer before they 3, the tumorugust was only about two and some centimeters and they removed about 85 cubic centi

cities tour on the c-span networks to see where we are going next, sea schedule as he's been.org/citiestour>> "washington journal" continues. asking our viewers to give us a call if you visited a national park this summer. . >>> we are asking viewers to give us a call if you visited a national park this summer. we want to hear your advice when it comes to running the 408 national parks and want to see your photos. you can tweet us your photos at c-span wj. we will look for those if you visited a national park. otherwise phone lines are open 202-748 202-748-7000. if you are in mountain and pacific regions you can start calling in now. this month marks the 99th birthday of the national parks service. joining us on the phone to discuss that birthday is national parks service director jonathan jarvis. how is the national parks service celebrating 99 years? >> we look pretty good for 99 years old but we are celebrating across the system by inviting the public to share their stories just as you have indicated. find your park website up and people can post their instagrams, their poetry and photog

cities tour on the c-span networks, to see where we're going next, see our schedule at c-span.org/citiestour> the white house is reporting that president obama plans to travel to new orleans on the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina next week. new orleans mayor mitch landrieu was here in washington, d.c. yesterday. he talked about the anniversary as well as his city's urban renewal and economic recovery initiatives this is about an hour. >> welcome to the national press club. my name is john hughes. i'm an editor for bloomberg first word. that's our breaking news desk here in washington and i am president of the club. our guest today is new orleans mayor mitch landrieu, who joins us near the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina. first, i want to introduce our distinguished head table, which includes club members and guests of the speaker. from the audience's right, adam shapiro, ceo of adam shapiro public relations. pat mcgrath, former national correspondent for wttg-tv and a former national press club board member. . . >> and she served on the louisiana recovery authority. a reporter fo

see our schedule at www.c-span.org/citiestour. >> next, housing and urban development secretary and members of the recovery team present a media briefing on the gulf recovery efforts in the 10 years since hurley -- hurricane katrina. this is just under one hour. >> good morning. we want to welcome you for the media briefing ahead of the 10-year anniversary of hurricane katrina. today you will hear from secretary castro and senior policy experts who have worked tirelessly on the gulf recovery from day one. before i turn it over to secretary castro, i want to let you know we will be taking questions from the media as well as viewers on the webcast and c-span2. link urge you to send questions via twitter -- we encourage you to send questions via twitter or by e-mail. h.u.d. public affairs at .gov. please join me in welcoming secretary juliÁn castro. [applause] julian castro: good morning. thank you for the introduction. let me begin by thanking all of the journalists here today at headquarters as well as those i know are joining us over the internet. in the coming days, americans will turn to

see our schedule at c-span.org/citiestour. >> washington journal continues.ost: jason williamson joins us now. he is an attorney with the american civil liberties union. he joins us this morning. we are seeing violent protests in and around st. louis. in the years since the michael brown shooting in ferguson and all of the policing issues that came from that and subsequent incidents, where has the aclu tried to focus its efforts? aclu is a national organization that also has at least one local affiliate in every state in addition to puerto rico. as a national office, there are several programs and projects within the organization that are focusing on criminal justice issues. fromally runs the gamut police encounters to what happens once you get arrested to what happens once you get to court and go to trial and are sentenced. and then our local affiliates do a lot of really important work on the local level dealing with the particular issues that may be affecting the communities they are based in. shop are both a litigation and an organization that recognizes

cities tour on the c-span networks to see where we are going next, sea schedule as he's been.org/citiestourwashington journal" continues. asking our viewers to give us a call if you visited a national park this summer. you are advised to washington when it comes to running this country's 408 national parks. photos.to see your our phone lines are open. 202-748-8000 in the eastern or central united states. 202-748-8001 in the mountain and pacific regions. you can start calling in now. this month marks the 99th day of the national park service. joining us on the phone is national park service director jonathan jarvis. how it are you celebrating 99 years? guest: we looked pretty good for 99 years old. we are celebrating across the system by inviting the public to share their stories just as you have indicated. we have defined your park website and people can post their photographs to celebrate our 99th birthday. host: the official birthday next tuesday is the official 99th birthday and then begins the 100th anniversary, your of events. -- in europe as. of events. we have stats on visitations to

to learn more about the stops, visit c-span.org/citiestour. ♪ announcer: we are here in nebraska, andrt deco building built in 1931, and it was the second station built by union pacific. the architect, gilbert stanley underwood, wanted to make a statement about what it was like. to him, it was strength, and that is what he really wanted this golden to embody. omaha really started out as a frontier town, a typical frontier town. they decided they wanted to found the city on this side of the river, and it was established, and everybody knew there was going to be a transcontinental railroad. they just did not know where, and they said we have a better chance of having this railroad if we have a city on the opposite side of the river, already established and ready to go, and that is where they will build the railroad, and it works. that was the founding city, but cities on the west side of the river tend to develop, because it is easier to move west. union pacific is one of the railroad companies of america, founded in 1862 would be pacific railway act signed into law by abraham lincoln,