learn more about greenville and other stops on our tour at www.c-span.org/citiestour. [laughter] [applause] >> margaret oppenheimer talks about her work, a story of marriage and money in the early republic. jumel became one of the richest women in 19th-century new york. the author describes her life coming quitting her marriage to aaron burr >> good afternoon, everybody. there has been a big resurgence in the past year of all things hamilton with the play on broadway going on. we are going to learn more about aaron burr from margaret oppenheimer. this is her third book. she has written extensive articles. she has her phd in art history from nyu and she volunteers as a a aa a

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you can learn more at www.c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span3 > the reality is, the best presidents, the greatest presidents, have been willing to recognize they weren't at the smartest person in the room. themselves with people that thought were smarter than themselves. sunday night, former secretary of defense and director of the cia robert gates discusses his book "a passion for leadership." he served under several presidents, most recently george w. bush and barack obama. >> at the of the cold war when i was director of central intelligence, i came to believe very strongly that the american ssople had given the cia a pa on a lot of things because of this existential conflict with the soviet union. i believe that after the end of war we had to be more open about what we did and why we did it to help the american people better understand why intelligence was important.

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. >> welearn more about greenville and others stops at c-span.ago/citiestour. american history tv all weekend and every weekend on c-span3. american history tv on c-span3 features programs that tell the american story. some of the highlights for this weekend include tonight at 8:00 eastern on lectures and history. cornell university professor maria christina garcia on the suts hef few gee policy since world war ii and how that's changed over the years. on real america, our final program in our three part series on senator jay william fullbright's hearings investigating the united states's policies in vietnam. dean russ testifies on the administration in vietnam. sunday morning at 10:00 on road to the white house rewind, the 1960 west virginia deckcrattic primary debate between senator's john f. kennedy and hubert humphrey of minnesota. this was only the second televised presidential primary debate in history. >> the next president must arouse this nation to heroic deeds and justice and freedom and he must understand the complexities of disarmament negotiations

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you can learn more about santa barbara and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3.-- voting for bernie sanders because he is honest, has a good record, and cares about the people. >> this election is important, has neverr country been more polarized. if you do not participate, you do not have a voice. >> this year will be historic. either side could give us the first e-mail president. >> the taxpayers and the citizens of this country should not bear the growing national debt. next weekend on american reel america, vietnam hearings 50 years later. from february 1966, the senate floor in relations committee gave equal time to critics of the war and members of the johnson administration in hearings that were televised live. here is a preview. >> the vietnam hearings were probably some of the most extraordinary ever held by congress. they were hearings and investigations into a war that was still being fought. the senate wanted to know why we were in vietnam. what the administration's policies

learn more about greenville and other cities on our tour by going to c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching "american history tv," all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. cristina garcia from cornell university leads a lecture on the u.s. refugee policy during world war ii. here is a short sample. garcia: it wasn't just the amount of money invested in the youunity, there are were, know, the federal government helping to create programs at the university of miami, for example, that helped cuban doctors and lawyers and and pass learn english the certification exams that would allow them to practice their professions in the united states, as they noticed that many of the cubans are arriving during the 1960's were highly skilled in their societies, they were professionals. they couldn't practice in american society -- in the u.s. because they didn't speak english or because they needed to pass the certification exams that would allow them to practice their profession. the cuban refugee program worked with local colleges in south florida so that the cuban doctors and dentists and

you can learn more about santa barbara and other stops at www.c-span.org/citiestour.ou are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. next weekend, vietnam hearings 50 years later. something for a 1966, the senate foreign relations committee gives equal time to critics of the war and members of the johnson administration in hearings televised live to the nation. here is a preview. >> the vietnam hearings were some of the most extraordinary hearings held by congress. they were hearings of investigation into a war that was still being fought. congress and particularly the senate wanted to know why we were in vietnam, what the administration policies were, and they wanted to hear from opponents of the war. they gave equal status to critics of the war as they did two supporters of the war. it was a real debate. mosts one of america's distinguished diplomats. foreigne an article for " affairs" and signed it mr. x because he was a diplomat and could not take sides on this issue, really suggesting the policy the united states needed to follow was con

booktv's recent visit to greenville and other december destinations go to cspan.org/citi cspan.org/citiestours. >> we are live from books and books in coral gables, florida. if you are interested in tonight's book we can ship it to wherever you are in the u.s. free of charge. just call the number on the screen. mr. young is a scholar who taught at princeton. he has a ba from duke and a phd in u.s. history from columbia university. his articles have been in a journal of policy cyhistory, "t new york times," and the christian science monitor. we think we know the steer of the birth of the religious right. in the 1970's in response to row versus wade evangelicals and catholics put aside their differences and joined forces to form a political movement that swept across the country. in this book, mr. young argues that almost none of this is true. here to tell us more about it, please give a warm welcome to mr. neal jay young. >> good evening. thank you for coming out. thank you for the dungz that does a nice job setting up my talk. as i was in graduate school, this was during the george bush years

you can learn about santa barbara and other stops on our cities tour by going to www.c-span.org/citiestour. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> during campaign 2016, c-span takes you on the road to the thee house as we follow candidates on c-span, c-span radio, and www.c-span.org. >> each week, american artifacts visits a historic places. we'd traveled to learn about congress hall, the meeting place untilngress from 1790 1800. our guide is park ranger matthew ifill. in the years that washington, d.c. is being built, philadelphia serves as the temporary capital. the second floor was the united states senate. the house of representatives -- each representative at that point in our history -- 130,000ted 100,000 -- people. we had 106 members of the house would fit in this room and eventually from 16 states. the story of philadelphia as a capital, we are taking the story of a new constitution and doing things like adding a new state to the original 13. also the bill of rights would become part of our constitution while philadelphia was the capital. se

recent visit to santa barbara and the many other destinations on our cities tour, go to c-span.org/citiestour. >> host: and booktv is on location at the university of wisconsin in madison. we're talking with professors here who are also authors, and we're pleased to be joined now by an emeritus professor, jerry apps. and his book is called "limping through life." professor apps, what is polio? >> guest: well, polio is something we don't know a whole lot about these days because in 1955 salk came up with a vaccine, and it pretty much eliminated it in this country. infantile paralysis, as it was once known, and it's a disease for some of the people who have it, it also affects the respiratory symptom. so there are two major kinds. i happen to have had paralytic. >> host: how do you get it? >> guest: well, that was a good question, because in -- i got it in 1947. 1918 we had a tremendous flu epidemic in this, in the world. killed thousands of people. and people thought that polio was transmitted through the air. it is not. it is transmitted -- it's a virus transmitted through bad water and poor

to learn more about the city on our current tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. we look at the history of santa barbara. in the 1910's, film studios were anybody they had a camera. there were a lot of people realizing there was money to be made in this new endeavor. previously films have been shown in nickelodeon's. they had a camera the ticket picture of a camera doing a shimmy shake or guys drinking. he paid your nickel and you turn the crank and you got to watch a movie like this. it started to develop into a real art. we got real writers and producers and experienced people to put the films together. that is where the flying a arrived in 1910 is things are really getting good. we are currently at what he remaining pieces of the american film company studio and santa barbara, california at the corner -- the building behind us is the green room for the flying a. this is where they came to change in the costumes, get their makeup on and wait in the main room. they each have private rooms for them to change in in the they would wait in the green room. they would

learn more at www.c-span.org /citiestour. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. next, history professor margaret o'mara talks about her shapedfor elections that the 20th century." that all of cure -- periods ofd during economic change. >> today speaker is margaret of mira from the university of washington. she previously held positions at stanford and the university of pennsylvania. prior to her academic career, she worked in the clinton white house and at the brookings institution. she will be upstairs one level in front of the archives store to sign copies of her book. the washington post described her book is a captivating read. she draws a vivid portrait of modern politics that takes readers on a delightful tour and puts on her battles into context. just a delicious book written by an authoritative historian. we are pleased that she can be with us here today. please welcome margaret o'mara to the national archives. [applause] prof. o'mara: thank you so much. i have been to the archiv

you can learn more about santa barbara and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> next on the presidency, a conversation about william leuchtenburg's new book, "the american president: from teddy roosevelt to bill clinton". douglas with historian brinkley about the president he has met and shares his insight on others like william taft, harry truman, and calvin coolidge. the new york historical society hosted this 90 minute event. [applause] good morning, thank you for being here. one public service announcement. we will be taking questions. when that happens, we ask you to just ask one question, tried to keep it brief, but also tell us your name. we will try to get as many people through the microphones as we can. two staff members will be on hand. we will be going back and forth and picking up people to ask questions. it is an absolute thrill for me to be here, because william leuchtenburg is a hero of mine. i did my doctorate in u.s. presidential diplomatic history, and his books wer

recent visit to santa barbara and the many other destinations on tower cities tour go to c-span.org/citiestour. >> now a panel on the life and career of recent lid retired librarian of congress, james billington. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. please take your seats. >> humbled to be next to -- >> any understanding is we're live on c-span, so behave yourselves. welcome to valentine's day a bit early. i'm jane harmon, the president and ceo of the wilson center and i can't imagine what the wilson center would look like today if nobody had been smart enough to put jim billington in charge. [applause] we have no cannon institute no wilson quarterly, two projects at the heart of what we do. 0 who knows how many friends and how much wisdom would we would have missed out on. jim played a special role in my own education, my russian education. we crossed paths while i was in moscow on a congressional delegation, and he took us all on a tour of the kremlin. priceless. jim, your command of russia, its history and culture shows up everyone here. you have forgotten more than any of us knows.

booktv's recent visit to santa barbara and many other destinations on our cities turgot to c-span.org/citiestoursoktv is on location at the university of wisconsin madison, we are talking with professors to are also authors and pleased to be joined by an emeritus professor, jerry apps. his book is called "limping through life: a farm boy's polio memoir". professor apps, what is polio? >> guest: polio is something we don't know a lot about these days, they came up with a cat vaccine that eliminated its in this country, it is still prevalent, poliomyelitis is the complete name or infantile paralysis. it is a paralytic disease for some of the people who has it. it is also, affects the respiratory system, there are two major times, i had paralytic. >> host: how did you get it? >> guest: good question. in 1947, 1918 a tremendous flu epidemic cuyahoga and killed thousands of people and people thought polio was transmitted through the air. it is not. it is a virus transmitted through bad water and poor sanitation. people did not know it at the time and were frightened to death, close swimming pools, clo

you can learn more about santa barbara and other stops on the tour at www.c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> every election cycle we are reminded how important it is for citizens to be informed. >> it's a home for political junkies in a way to track it as it happens. >> my colleagues are going to say i saw you on c-span. there's so much more c-span does to make sure people know what is going on inside it. >> each week, american history tv's "reel america" bring you archival films that help provide context for today's public affairs issues.

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