to learn more about the 50's, visit c-span.org/citiestour. --begin you with the history we continue with the history of las cruces. in new mexico, chile pepper's is one of our main crops. a lot of times, food is grown in areas because of the culture. if you look at wisconsin, they make a lot of sauerkraut because of the immigrants. here we have a lot of chile pepper's. what people do not realize is chile's artan native to a tropical rain forest. -- chilies are not native to a tropical rain forest. they are really happy with rain every three days. in 1540, francesco vess goes coronado came up on a mission to introduce spanish rule to new mexico. he introduced agriculture to the pueblo indians. in 1598, they really established a presence of the spanish in new mexico. they said the pueblo indians would grow chilies under the spanish agriculture. before then, there was what they called the waffle system. they have little squares where they would plant and catch the rainwater. the spanish introduced irrigation to bring water from the river to irri

learn more at www.c-span.org/ citiestour. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. nominated to the supreme court by president ronald reagan in 1987, justice anthony kennedy is retiring after 30 years on the bench. monday, we will take a look at his legacy on the supreme court and its impact on the nation. clerk for justice kennedy from 2011 to 2012. and former assistant to the solicitor general, nicole starsky, who argued 29 cases before justice kennedy and the court. watch the legacy of anthony kennedy, monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> american history tv is on c-span3 every weekend. featuring museum tors, films, and programs on the presidency, civil war, and more. here's a clip from a recent program. >> right when we were considering sending peace theyng -- peacekeepers said they were going to send a congressional delegation of about 25 members and i would like you to lead the delegation. i was about four months pregnant

learn more at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching "american history tv," all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> monday night on "the 5g.unicators," a look at joining us on the program, commissioner and president and ceo of the wireless infrastructure foundation jonathan nettle steam. he is interviewed by bloomberg reporter todd shields. interested in 5g. what are the benefits of 5g? what are we going to do with all of this speed we are going to get? have centers, you have smart cities where you can do all of your services online. you know where to park. the benefits go on and on. in addition to your device working better, society is connected better if we do it right. communicators" at 8 p.m. eastern monday on c-span2. right rose to be speaker of the house and eventually anigned because of investigation. the senior archivist at texas christian university shares items that provide insight into his relationship with his district. this is about 30 minutes. tcu library one the tcu campus and i will take wrightabout th

learn more at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching "american history tv," all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. on "american history tv," five historians who wrote about american citizens discuss the challenge of writing presidential biographies. here is a preview. >> biography at the president a level is the social history of policymaking, which is to say to did individuals struggle make policy and circumstances where they seemed doomed to fail? the argument of my book is with every successive generation, the office is more doomed to fail. we do not have to talk about presidents of the united states, chairs,ties, department media. there is more pressure. our world is more, likes. be a leader -- is more complex. being a leader -- for the world we live in. wellthese books do so is how we can use the stories of individuals struggling to make policy in nearly impossible circumstances, how we can use those stories to understand the evolution of policymaking and the office itself. >> watch the entire program today at 2:00

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learn more at c-span.org\citiestour.ou are watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3 tv. this weekend on american artifacts, we learned what life was like for the american world war i soldiers. we visited carlisle, pennsylvania, to talk to reenactors. here is a preview. >> i'm here to talk to about what the average soldier from the american expeditionary force and world war i would of thought, felt, carried, that sort of thing. the we have here, this is 1910 haversack. this is what we would call a knapsack or backpack today. this is what all of the soldiers would of carried, at least according to the united states government view. here we have a pouch where you would've kept your mess kit. utensils.our eating perhaps a photo of someone you wanted to of access to quickly. underneath that, a shovel. this is what they would call a k, you did not have the trenching tools of later on. during world war i, you would have at least one man and every platoon carry one of these to break up the dirt, loosen

can watch this and other programs on the history of communities across the country at c-span.org/citiestour. this american history tv only on c-span3. eastern, night at 8:00 historian john furling talks jefferson, pain, munro and the struggle against the old order in america and europe. back andy could come see america today and see that the most important play on broadway now and for the past several years is a play that lionize his alexander hamilton and vilifies jefferson and sees theayne and knowledge division of wealth in the united states and the amount of money in american politics or fearhey would see that many of these things that are going on in the united states today bore an uncanny resemblance to the england that they had revolted against. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> lectures in history, rutgers university professor jefferson decker teaches a class on the history of the environmental movement and laws in litigation having to do with natural resources. he describes the relationship between private property and government regulation. it explores who is leg

learn about las cruces and other stops on our tour on c-span.org/citiestour. >> next on "history bookshelf" james david robenalt talks about his book "the harding love affair: love and espionage during the great war." he recounts the political and personal lives of and senator harding focusing on journal entries and 800 pages of love letters written from 19 oh and 1917 between harding and kerry phillips. a woman who would be investigated for her friendship with alleged german spies. joseph bethorded at booksellers in cleveland in 2009. it is about an hour. first question for all of you, does anybody have a run on them? you got to ask that these days. coming, thanks to joseph f for doing this. i have some photographs to show you to go through this tour eight. it is one of the most fascinating stories of american history that has not been told. i think you will find this very interesting. let me start as i did up

learn more at www.c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. we don't live in the same part of the country, not the same vocation, we don't have the same outlook, but where we are all the same is men of keller, women of color, is the way we try to instill a sense of fear. you can call it a respect. but a sense of fear as a sobering consequence of what could happen if i interact with the police and it goes wrong? announcer: tonight on afterwards, comedian and actor d.l. hughley shares his thoughts on race in america with his book "how not to get shot, and other advice from white people." >> how about having a police department is respectful of the public they work for? how about having a police department that is held to a higher standard then the children that are supposed to be respected? there is certain point when children just don't listen. just don't listen. should they die for that? that is what they call teenagers for. should we accept that as a society? is that

or visit c-span.org/citiestour. you can also follow us on twitter for behind the scenes images and is video. the handle is @c-spancitys. >> booktv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they're reading this summer. >> actually, i have two main books on my summer reading list. the first is what the eyes don't see. it's the story of the flint crisis. it's really a detailed look at what happens when there is a breakdown of regulatory oversight. and when you have a, basically, unelected official makes decisions based on cost and not on the long-term impact of a community, it was absolutely devastating for the people of flint and especially the person. and it's written by a key activist in bringing this whole thing to light. she really went out of her way and did some incredibly courageous things in order to get people to understand that there was lead on the water, and it was having a devastating impact on the community. i think it's the story of some of the dark side of life, but it's also an ins

to learn more about the cities on our current tour, visit www.c-span.org/citiestour. we continue with our look at the history of las cruces. peppersw mexico, chile is one of our main crops. times, foods are grown in areas because of the culture. if you look at wisconsin, they grow a lot of sauerkraut because of the german immigrants. here, we have the hispanic population. chile peppers were part of that culture, so it was to grow them here. they are native to the tropical rain forest. they

atch more of our visits at c-span.org/citiestour. saturday morning at 10:30 eastern, we are live at the mississippi book festival for their lawn party at the state capitol in jackson, sourp history, u.s. politics and presidential leadership. authors include -- >> i was a ranking member. i made the contribution. the september appears of me being equal and september appears of me as their superior allows me to know that i can negotiate. >> we will hear from others. watch oral histories sunday at 3. 0 a.m. eastern on c-span a look at what it is like covering the trump presidency and president trump speaking to reporters and the decision to revoke the security clearance of john brennan and a discussion about holding the government accountable ap on "newsmakers," maryland senator chris van hollen on the

c-span cities tour from the series drop-down at the top of the page, or by visiting c-span.org/citiestour. you can also follow the c-span cities tour on twitter, for behind the scenes images and video from our visit. the handle is @cspancities. >> book tv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they're reading this summer. >> well, thank you for asking me what i'm reading this summer. the first book which i loved which i hope people will go out and get is called "tyrant" by stephen greenblatt, a shakespeare scholar. it's a kind of character or profile of all of the tyrants in the shakespeare plays. mac beth, richard iii, and he looks at people who weren't originally tyrants who turned tyrannical like king lear. he's trying to look at what are the common personality traits, and the political patterns that surround tyranny so there's a kind of pathological disregard for the feelings or even the reality of other people and what they are going through. there's extreme pathological narcissism, viewing everything through one's own perspective and one's own needs and insati

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or by visiting c-span.org/citiestour your youn follow the c-span cities tour on twitter for behind the scenes images and video from our visits. the handle is at c-span cities. >> booktv visited capitol hill to ask members of congress they are reading this summer. >> thank you for as me what i'm reading this summer. the first book which i love which i hope people go out and get is called tyrant by stephen greenblatt, a shakespeare scholar. sometimes the shakes politics and it says kind of character profile of all of the tyrants in the shakespeare place. macbeth is in the average the third and use people may be were not originally hybrids return tyrannical like king lear. but he's trying to look up at t are the common personality traits and the political patterns that surround tyranny and so there's a kind of pathological disregard for the feelings or even the realm of other people and what they are going through. there's extreme pathological narcissism in doing everything through one's own perspective and one of those neat and insatiable appetites. their sadism and a relish in bullying

all are cities tour is available on c-span.org/citiestour. weekend where senator john mccain will be laid to rest in washington dc. that is getting underway at 11:00 eastern time at the capitol rotunda. and 1:00 for those of you want to come to capitol to pay tribute to john mccain. tomorrow morning, the fairmont will take place at the national cathedral and he will depart the at 8:30 in the morning to, passed by the vietnam and it willorial, include eulogies by george w. bush and barack obama. our live coverage today and tomorrow to tributes to john the area will be sunday at a private ceremony in annapolis, maryland. coming up in a moment, live coverage of the pro forma session and then we will come back with your calls and comments on the pay freeze for federal workers and the president saying, as noted in my budget for fiscal year 2019, the cost of the federal workforce is significant. federal employees must be performance base and aligned to strategically toward recruiting, retaining, and rewarding high-performing employees and those wit

c-span.org/citiestour. bob from new york, a republican, is next. hi, bob. we lost bob.will go to dave in michigan. in independent -- an independent. caller: hi. this controversy with every state being different with our policies and our wage growth and so forth -- my take is -- why full-timee a united, workers union that is developed , you canthe committee all sit-down -- when the state does well, everybody does well. they give them the full benefits be so on, and it has to party to whatever they can afford out of their paychecks, obviously, but i think it would bring everybody up on an even scale from each individual state, state-by-state. i think that would be fair. eugene, democrat. what is on your mind? caller: good morning. host: good morning. caller: i am calling because i've been excited 76-year-old, and i'm excited because tomorrow , august 4, barack obama will celebrate another birthday. and i want to say i am the -- and i didook not know i would be talking about this, but i am so excited. those people who want to know more about this book, just post" a "washin

go to c-span.org/citiestour.oining us is jana winter from the "boston globe," who is one of their writers. talking about surveillance done by the tsa. what is the general rule that tsa plays in surveilling people who travel? guest: in an overt way, basically we know that they are known for the blue shirts who screen all of our stuff. they are responsible for everything really in the aviation area. so, under the umbrella of tsa, which is under the department of homeland security, you have the federal a marshals service, who have been placed on site since 9/11 to prevent similar attacks. and now, with this new program, "quiet skies," that we have been reporting on, they are enacting pretty intense surveillance on ordinary americans. host: how does this "quiet skies" program work? in an if you have flown aircraft since march, you have been surveyed. if you have been in turkey for a certain amount of time, that is enough. you may have another pat down or go through a body scanner. out of that group, smaller percentag