people all over the country, all over the world. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to concord, new hampshire, to learn about its rich history. learn more about concord and other stops on our tour at iestour.rg/cit you are watching american history tv, all we can, every making -- every weekend on c-span three.

cities tour in cooperation with the comcast cable partners takes book tv and history tv to concord, new hampshire, as we highlight the history, and politics and the literary life of the granite state's capital city saturday at noon eastern on book tv, we will look at how new hampshire became the first in the nation primary state with author dante scala looking at the new hampshire primary and presidential kpolitics. >> we see ourselves as a place where a candidate can rise up from being a virtual national unknown to a contender for the nomination. >> at sundate 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we will tour the new hampshire statehouse and looking at the history of the building and the state legislature. >> new hampshire's house of representatives has the oldest continuously used legislative chambers in america. and here is the room where the largest state legislature in the united states works and meets. >> and then a visit to the home of franklin pierce to learn about the life of the 14th president. watch c-span's city tour of concord, new hampshire, saturday can at noonest earn on c-sp

[applause] ♪ ♪ [inaudible conversations] >> welcome to concord, new hampshire, on booktv.ated about 70 miles north of boston, it has a population of about 42,000. settled in 1725, this capital city is home to the oldest statehouse in the country and has the largest state legislature in the nation with 400 members. it was also home to franklin pierce, the 14th president of the united states, and christa mcauliffe, the teacher who died in the 1986 space shuttle challenger disaster. with the help of our comcast cable partners, for the next hour we'll feature the area's literary community beginning with dante scala on new hampshire's role during a presidential election. >> new hampshire's role is to be the primary that is first of all the primaries mt. nomination process -- in the nomination process. and that's a spot on the calendar that we've held now for about a century, and it's grown in importance over time as the presidential nomination process became more democratic with a small d. new hampshire and iowa work together to basically narrow the field for the rest of the co

. -- atn us this weekend as the c-span's city tour takes book tv to concord, new hampshire as we highlight history, politics, and the literary life of the granite state's literary life. we take a look at how new hampshire became the first in the nation primary state. we still see ourselves as a place where a candidate can rise up from being a virtual, national unknown to becoming a contender for the nomination. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we will tour the new hampshire statehouse taking a look at the history of the building and the state legislature. >> the house of representatives continuously used legislative chambers in america. here is the room with the largest state legislation in the room needs and works. >> and a visit to the home of franklin pierce to learn about the life of the 14th president. city tour ofs concord, new hampshire. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> this morning, military times bureau chief leo discusses the future of the u.s. defense p

join us this weekend as the c-span city's tour in kroop ration with our cable partners to concord new hampshire highlight the literary life of the granite state's capitol city, saturday at noon eastern on book t.v. we'll feature a look on how new hampshire was the first in the nation primary state. the new hampshire primary and presidential politics. >> we still see ourselves as a place where a candidate can rise up from being a virtual national unknown to becoming a contender for the nomination. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we'll tour the new hampshire statehouse taking a look at the history of the building and the state legislature. >> new hampshire's house of representatives has the oldest continuously used legislative chambers in america and here is the room where the largest state legislature in the united states works and meets. >> and then a visit to the home of franklin pierce to learn about the life of the 14th u.s. president. watch c-span city's tour of concord, new hampshire saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on america

new hampshire has to offer. >> all weekend, american history tv is featuring concord, new hampshire. staff's mini tour recently visited. franklin pierce was the only president from new hampshire. learn more about concord all weekend here

cities tour in cooperation with our comcast partners takes book tv and american history tv to concord, new hampshire as we highlight the history, politics, and literary life of the capital city. saturday at noon on book tv. a look at how new hampshire became the first in the nation primary state with duct tape, -- dante in his book stormy weather. >> we still see ourselves as a place where a candidate can rise up from being a virtual natural -- national unknown to becoming a contender for the nomination. >> at sunday at 2:00 on american history tv, they too are the new hampshire statehouse taking a look at the history of the building. >> new hampshire's house of representatives has the oldest continuously used legislative chambers in america. here is the room with the largest state legislature in the united states. piercehome of franklin to learn about the life of the 14th u.s. president. watch the cities tour of concord, new hampshire saturday at noon on c-span twos book tv and sunday at 2:00 on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> sunday on book tv,

concord and new hampshire becomes such an important place. in candidatese saying, i have this person, and that person. we are so small. it takes time and relationships. concord is at the center. i remember when i moved here. i had always experienced concord as a politician. but never as a resident. i moved into a remarkable house that had been owned by a power- political couple. he was a powerful democrat. she was a powerful republican. the best of marriages. no children. politics was their child. marty and caroline gross. incredibly important. they have lots of presidential candidates here. when the co-owner said -- heard that i was looking for a house to buy for my aunt, he said, name a price. he wanted someone who would appreciate the political history and continue that history into the future. the lowestred gross price in north america, knowing said, my aunt's money, i please forgive me for this price. i promise this house will always be open and available to president in waiting. presidents-in-waiting. i have kept that promise. be knew 15

c-span cities tour, and quite comcast cabler partners, textbook tv and american history tv to concord new hampshire we highlight the history highlights -- agreement states capital. we will feature a look at how new hampshire became the first and the books-- from weather, the new hampshire primary and new hampshire politics. >> we still see ourselves as a place where a candidate can rise up from being an unknown to becoming a contender for the nomination. american history tv, we will tour the new hampshire steakhouse, looking at the history of the building. >> new hampshire's house of representatives has the oldest continuously in legislative chambers in america. largesthe room with the city legislature in the united states. >> then, a visit to the home of franklin pierce. herhing c-span's cities to in concord new hampshire saturday at noon eastern on c-span twos book tv, and sunday .t 2:00 p.m. on c-span3 working without cable affiliates, and visiting cities in ross the country. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, whic

our cities tour staff recently traveled to concord, new hampshire to learn about its rich history. learn more about concord and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> next, author james rada talks about his book "the last to fall" which chronicles the march of marines to reenact the civil war battle of gettysburg. more than 100,000 spectators attended the event including president warren harding. the lead up to the reenactment was marred by the death of two aviators in a plane crash.

next, a visit to concord, new hampshire. are watching "american history tv," all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. announcer 1: while in concord, we toured the city with lawyer and former new hampshire u.s. representative charles douglas. ashley: thank you for agreeing to show us around concord. for people who have not been here, this is my first time, what do they need to know about concord, new hampshire? charles: well, it is tta

new hampshire has to offer. cities for staff recently traveled to concord, new hampshire to learn about its rich history. \citiesore on c-span.org tour. you are watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend, but >> c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. sunday morning, andrew robb discusses the public and efforts to change the staff code. beverly daniel tatum, author of why are all the lack kids sitting together in the cafeteria, addresses the history of racism in the classroom. , will be onohnson to talk about the women's suffrage movement and obstacles of women being granted the right to vote. watch washington journal life sunday morning. join the discussion. on lectures in history, colorado state university pueblo professor fun amber montoya teaches a class about the blood ludlow coalers l-- miners strike and massacre. moderatedescribes the memorial and how the event has been remembered. her class is about 50 minutes. of

new hampshire has to offer. >> our cities for staff recently traveled to concord, new hampshire to learn about its rich history. learn more on c-span.org\cities tour. you are watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend, but c-span3. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] denyow when it's going to that all of these trips on the private jet or that campaign contributions were made. no one is going to deny that menendez did lobby on mel gens behalf. it comes down to why he did it. the government is alleging it is because of a corrupt relationship they had. the senator is claiming it is because he is his friend. q&a,ncer: tonight on randall eliasson talks about the ongoing trial of bob menendez and other political corruption cases. tonight at 8:00 eastern on q&a. each week, american artifacts takes viewers into historic sites across the country. up next, we visit the national constitution center in philadelphia. rare early several drafts of the constitution. welcome to the constitution center. this is the

records were set over the weekend including 91 degrees in concord, new hampshire. it will be slightly cooler in some of those areas, but the temperature will still be around 90 in chicago and detroit. >>> former president bill clinton commemorated a civil rights event. the nine students had to be escorted into the school by federal troops in of course you now clinton is an arkansas native and former governor who said the teens didn't just seek a better education, they taught an important lesson. >> you taught us that economics and social policy and politics, addition is better than subtraction. and multiplication is better than division. we could have learned it in grade school, but if we didn't learn it from them in central high, we will never learn it. >> clinton warned their fight is still not over. the ninth member of what was called the little rock nine died seven years ago. >> and the white house is gearing up for christmas. >> it's not even october. >> charistmas baby. >> so officials traveled to wisconsin to pick out the tree that will stand. it is the thir

our cities tour staff recently traveled the concorde, new hampshire to learn about its rich history. learn more about concorde and other stops on our tour online. you are watching american history tv, all we can, every weekend on c-span3. on lectures in history, colorado state university-pueblo professor fawn-amber montoya teaches a class about the ludlow coal miners' strike and massacre that took place in the early 20th century in colorado. someollows the story of families, many of whom died when the colorado national guard burnt the tent city where the strikers were living. she talks about how the event was remembered. this is about 50 minutes. professor montoya: so, sorry i always get nervous. this is one of the hardest lectures i give and it is because there is a mixture of history, but also personal stories in it, and for me it is -- a little bit of background. for those that do not know, who has ever heard of the ludlow massacre? about 70% of you. archaeologists, at the university of denver did a survey of colorado and they found that less than 70% of people in the state had eve

[cheering] our cities tour staff recently traveled the concorde, new hampshire to learn about its rich history. learn more about concorde and other stops on our tour online. you are watching american history tv, all we can, every weekend on c-span3. on lectures in history, colorado state university-pueblo professor fawn-amber montoya teaches a class about the ludlow coal miners' strike and massacre that took place in the early 20th century in colorado. someollows the story of families, many of whom died when the colorado national guard burnt the tent city where the strikers were living. she talks about how the event was remembered. this is about 50 minutes. professor montoya: so, sorry i

the c-span cities tour in cooperation with their comcast cable partners brings book tv to concord new hampshire as we highlight the history, politics and literary life of the granite states capital city. saturday noon eastern on book tv will look at how new hampshire became the first in the nation primary state with the author. the new hampshire primary in presidential politics. >> we still see ourselves as a place where candidate can rise up from being of virtual national unknown to becoming a contender for the nomination. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv will tour the statehouse take a look at the history of the building in the state legislature. >> new hampshire's house of representatives has the oldest continuously use legislative chambers in america. here is the room with the largest state legislature in the united states. >> and then a visit to the home of franklin pierce to learn about the life of the 14th u.s. president. watch the cities tour saturday noon eastern on book tv. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span three. working with our cable a

ofit to franklin pierce to learn about the life of the 14th president tour ofspan's cities concord, new hampshire, saturday at new eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday at 2 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. announcer: a group of 15 senators led by bernie sanders have endorsed a single-payer health care system called medicare for all. where the medicare program would be expanded to make all americans eligible. the bill's backers unveiled their proposal at this hour long

. >> our cities to our staff cap to concord, new hampshire to learn about its rich history. learn more about concord and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/cities to her. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. >> no one is going to denied senator doctor gave the trips on his jet or that the campaign contributions were made. no one will deny that senator with variouslobby people the whole thing is why did he do and why did it happen? is because of a corrupt relationship that they had. the senator is claiming it is because the doctor is my friend. a, we talkon q & about the ongoing trial of new jersey's senator bob menendez. tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> next, an interview recorded for the c-span podcast, "the sidebar." the topic, reagan-era tax reform. our guest is henry olson, senior fellow of the ethics public policy center and the author of "the working class republican: ronald reagan and the return of blue-collar conservativism." tax reform is a top legislative priority for president trump. this interview looks at pr

tour in cooperation with our comcast table partners takes book tv and american history tv to concord, new hampshire. as we highlight the history, politics, and literary life of the granite state's capitol city, saturday at noon eastern on book tv, we'll feature a look at how new hampshire became the first in the nation primary state, and his book stormy weather, the new hampshire primary and presidential politics. >> we still see ourselves as a place where a candidate can rise up from being a virtual national unknown to becoming a contender for the nomination. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we'll tour the new hampshire state house, taking a look at the history of the building and the state legislature. >> new hampshire's house of representatives has the oldest continuously used legislative chambers in america. and here is the room where the largest state legislature in the united states works and meets. >> and then a visit to the home of franklin pierce to learn about the life of the 14th u.s. president. watch c-span cities tour of concord, new hampshire, saturday at noon

. >> our cities to our staff cap to concord, new hampshire to learn about its rich history. learn more about concord and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/cities to tour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. >> no one is going to denied -- to deny that the doctor gave the senator trips on his jet or that the campaign contributions were made. no one will deny that senator menendez did lobby with various people the whole thing is why did he do and why did it happen? is because of a corrupt relationship that they had. the senator is claiming it is because the doctor is my friend. >> tonight on q & a, we talk about the ongoing trial of new jersey's senator bob menendez. tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> american history tv is on c-span every weekend. programs on the presidency, civil war, and more. here is a clip from a recent program. washingtonpened in was that there was a lot of resentment emerging from former .oldiers they were doing things like panhandling in their uniforms in the streets of washington dc. bottom and ar

recently traveled to concord, new hampshire, to learn about its rich history. learn more about concord and other stops at c-span.org. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. >> on monday, a discussion about technology and telecommunications issues surfacing before congress with tech reporters. >> really important things to keep an eye on his we are headed in a direction where two different versions of net neutrality will likely be litigated. wheeler net neutrality rules from 2015. ,nd we will have the pi un-title ii'ing of net neutrality. bighe senate has to hold a roll call vote on his reconfirmation which is unheard of for an fcc nominee. normally it is passed by unanimous consent in a bigger package. >> the merger at the top of in congress and for people who watch this space and for people in the industry is the sinclair broadcast group acquisition of tribune media company. a broadcasting giant perceived as somewhat conservative leaning and perhaps politically aligned with the administration, the implications of them growi

next, a look at our recent visit to concorde, new hampshire. you're watching "american history tv," all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. announcer 1: while in concord, we toured the city with lawyer and former new hampshire u.s. representative charles douglas. >> chuck, thank you for agreeing to show us around concorde. for people who have not been here, this is my first time, what do they need to know about concord, new hampshire?

our cities tour staff recently traveled to concord, new hampshire to learn about its rich history. learn more about concord and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> next, author james rada talks about his book "the last to fall" which chronicles the march of marines to reenact the civil war battle of gettysburg. more than 100,000 spectators attended the event including president warren harding. the lead up to the reenactment was marred by the death of two aviators in a plane crash. the gettysburg heritage center hosted this 35 minute talk. >> good afternoon and welcome to the gettysburg heritage center. this is our second in the series for today. i've the pleasure of introducing the next speaker, james rada. he is a historian and an author. he has written many works of fiction and nonfiction history. they include popular books such as battlefield angels, the charity work of civil war nurses. he lives in gettysburg where he is a freelance writer. he has received numerous awards from the mar

. >> join us this weekend as we take book tv and american history tv to concord, new hampshire as we highlight the literary life of the granite state's capitol city. we'll fiche arlook at how new hampshire became the first in the nation primary state with author scala and his scholar. >> we still see our svls as a place where a candidate can rise up from being a virtual national unknown to becoming a contender for the nomination. >>

will come to concord, new hampshire on american history tv, the seat of government since 1808. today, the centrally located capital city has a population of about 43,000 people. over the next 90 minutes, and cooperation with our comcast cable partners, we will explore the history of the city and its place in american politics. coming up, the

. >> welcome to concorde new hampshire on book tv. located 70 miles north of boston, and has a population of 32,000. settled in 1725, this capital city is home to the oldest steakhouse in the country and has the oldest state legislature in the country with 400 members. it was on the franklin peers, the 14 president of the united states and christa mcauliffe, the teacher who died in the space shuttle challenger disaster. the help of our comcast cable, we will feature the areas literary community beginning with dante scala on new hampshire's role during the presidential election.

, in cooperation with our comcast cable partners takes book tv and american history tv to concorde, new hampshire, as we highlight history and politics of the capital city. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, who will take a look at how it became the first primary state. book, stormy weather. >> we still see ourselves as a place where candidate can rise up from being a virtual unknown to becoming a contender for the nomination. >> on sunday at 2:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv, we too are the statehouse, taking a look at the history and state legislature. it has the oldest, continuously used legislative chambers in america. here is the room where the largest state legislature and the united states works and meets. >> than a visit to the home of franklin pierce to learn about the life of the 14th u.s. president watch c-span's cities tv and c-span twos sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3, working with our cable affiliates and cities across the country. now, british prime minister theresa may's brief statement on the london terror attack and her responses to some questions

>> are cities tour staff recently traveled to concord, new hampshire, to learn about its rich history. learn more about concord and other stops at www.c-span.org /citiestour. watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. >> next on american artifacts, a two-part visit to philadelphia's museum of american revolution. we are led on a tour of the exhibit galleries covering the through 1778. >> we ask visitors in that first gallery four questions to frame their journey. the first is how do people become revolutionaries? when they come back to the the third,ing george they should answer that question. the second week on a schism did the revolution survive its -- the second question we ask is how did the revolution survive its darkest hour? largest overseas expedition in european history is headed toward new york, and so the mural you see beside me is an eyewitness depiction, which we have blown up as a mural, showing five british warships in about 6000 troops and landing boats about to land on manhattan on september 15, 1776. at the time, one official soldiers saw t

our cities tour visits concord, new hampshire, to learn more about its unique history and literary life. we have traveled to u.s. cities bringing the book seen to our viewers. you can learn more at c-span.org/citiestour. >> the new hampshire state library is the oldest state library in the country. it dates to 1717. location in at this concord since 1896, when we built the state library and supreme court building. the purpose of the state library is to provide information to the citizens of the state. clearly, that means we have to elect materials that have the materialsn -- collect that have the information, and we have to keep that information up to date and make that available to citizens in a number of ways. the traditional materials we have that date back to 1718 and the latest things we have, reports from state agencies, which are in digital format and available on our website. our major goal is to collect materials that deal with new hampshire specifically, so we have an extensive collection. we like to think of ourselves as the place to go for information about new hampshire. we

our city's tourist after easily traveled to concord, new hampshire, to learn about its rich history. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. >> each week, american artifacts into historic sites around the country. up next, we visit the national constitution center in filled up yet to learn about the creation of the u.s. constitution and see several rare early drafts of the constitution. jeffrey: welcome to the national constitution center. i'm jeffrey rosen, president of this wonderful institution which is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis. today i am so excited to show , you a new gallery we have just opened. treasures," which contains the five rarest early drafts of the u.s. constitution. not even at the constitutional convention were these five drops -- drafts displayed in the same place. now thanks to a great partnership with the historical society of pennsylvania and the wonderful support of david rubenstein, we have been able to open this galler

[applause] ♪ ♪ [inaudible conversations] >> welcome to concord, new hampshire, on booktv.ated about 70 miles north of boston, it has a population of about 42,000. settled in 1725, this capital city is home to the oldest statehouse in the country and has the largest state legislature in the nation with 400 members. it was also home to franklin pierce, the 14th president of the united states, and christa mcauliffe, the teacher who died in the 1986 space shuttle challenger disaster. with the help of our comcast cable partners, for the next hour we'll feature the area's literary community beginning with dante scala on new hampshire's role during a presidential election. >> new hampshire's role is to be the primary that is first of all the primaries mt. nomination process -- in the nomination process. and that's a spot on the calendar

a look at our recent visit to concord, ne new hampshire. americantching history on c-span3. historicalthe fifth society in the country. it was founded by a woman who wanted to preserve new hampshire history. we're going to look at the core exhibit about new hampshire history, which features a number of object considered iconic objects of new hampshire history. the first item i want to show you is a dugout can do. -- a new. canoe.gout this is one of the oldest items in the collection. 500 years old. where stone age people. they do not have tools, anything they had came from natural resources they found around them. this canoe would've taken about one month to build. they would've started with a slow burn, a very controlled burn on the top of a large pine tree and then they would've taken a stone tool to dig it up. because of the high attrition rate, the life span was short for these people. they would die through disease or warfare. a lot of the canoes, they are still finding them to this day around lakes in new england. a storm will churn up the autumn bottom of a lake. then

next, a look at our recent visit to concord, new hampshire. are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> 15 seconds. t minus 10. >> we were in the grand stands there and we were located directly behind christa's parents. >> and lift off. lift off. after the launch, everyone was cheering and e

ofit to franklin pierce to learn about the life of the 14th president tour ofspan's cities concord, new hampshire, saturday at new eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday at 2 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. announcer: a group of 15 senators led by bernie sanders have endorsed a single-payer health care system called medicare for all. where the medicare program would be expanded to make all americans eligible. the bill's backers unveiled their proposal at this hour long briefing. [chatter] long briefing. [chatter] all sanders: let me thank of you for being here this afternoon. our special guests, the media likes to talk about the politics of this event, who is supporting it and why and its blah. and blah, blah, but the american people want to know what we will do to fix this dysfunctional health-care system that cost us twice as much per person compared to any other country, but leaves 28 million people uninsured and even more underinsured. that is what the market people want to know in terms of what we are doing.

announcer 2: our cities tour staff recently traveled to concord, new hampshire to learn about its rich history. learn more about concord and other stops on our tour at www.c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. announcer 1: the library of congress manuscript division was found in 1897. it is home to nearly 16 million items. up next, the library of congress curator jeff flannery talks about some of the items, including presidential letters, war memorandums, and the rough draft of the declaration of independence. the u.s. capitol historical society hosted this event. it lasts about an hour. >> the library of congress we have been coming to again and again this month. this is the fourth installment of the series. we have focused mostly on architecture. you might recall we had house speaker on the folklife, but this one is different to me. it speaks very clearly and closely to my heart as a historian. i know visitors that come to d.c., they want to go to library of congress, they are in on and they should be. researchers cannot

visits concord, new hampshire. for six years, we have traveled to u.s. cities, bringing historical sites to our viewers. you can watch more of our visits span.org/citiestour. >> we toured the city with a lawyer and former u.s. representative, charles douglas. >> what do people need to know about the ci

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[inaudible conversations] >> booktv's in concord, new hampshire.p next we speak with author howard mansfield about his book, "turn and jump," that explained how the concept of time zones came about. >> time first meant where the sun was in the sky. noon was where the sun is

. >> we are at the new hampshire statehouse in concord. this isn't the only building important to locals. up next, we listen to arnie our mission. -- we visit the host of arne arneson. >> what is new hampshire known for? it is known for presidential politics because we play an amazing role in the presidential primary. what people don't understand is within hours after the november election resident, candidates start showing up in new hampshire. it's a four-year process. it is a fever pitch during the primary and actuary of that year, but people already start coming in. concord is political mecca. it's the place you have to show up. it's where the supreme court is. it's where the pulse of politics happens. if you are a republican, you want to make sure there is a republican governor if you are running for president. this place becomes very clinically important to presidential campaigns. if you have the governor, that's good for you. there is an interest in the outcomes of peripheral elections because it lays the foundation for presidential e

watch c-span cities tour of concord, new hampshire, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv, on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> u.s./south korea trade relations was the subject of a panel discussion with wendy cutler, u.s. trade representative during the obama administration. this was hosted by the center for strategic and international studies examining challenges and opportunities under the u.s./south korean alliance. >> good afternoon. we would like to begin session three. i'm the moderator of the session. my name is tae-ho bark. professor emeritus. i just retired at the end of last month, so i call myself professor emeritus. seoul national university, and i was the former trade minister of korea. let me first join our creative speakers in thanking the csis and the korea foundation for organizing such a timely conference as one we have today. since our topic this afternoon is about future state of the current fda, let me briefly introduce the recent development to help th

in cooperation with our comcast cable partners takes book tv and "american history tv" to concord, new hampshire as we highlight the history, politics and literary life of the granite state's capital city saturday at noon east enon book tv, with author dante scala and his book "stormy weather, the new hampshire primary and presidential politics." >> we still see ourselves as a place where a candidate can rise up from being a virtual national unknown to becoming a contender for the nomination. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on "american history tv," we'll tour the new hampshire state house taking a look at the history of the building and the state legislature. >> new hampshire's house of representatives has the oldest continuously used legislative chambers in america. and here is the room where the largest state legislature in the united states works and meets. >> and then a visit to the home of franklin pierce to learn about the life of the 14th u.s. president. watch c-span cities tour of concord, new hampshire, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on "america

our toure begin through concord's history with a two or new hampshire statehouse. -- a tour of the new hampshire statehouse. >> so we are standing in the new hampshire hollow. this room has been in our statehouse, in use since 1819. our building first began being built on september 24, 1816. our first cornerstone was laid , made out of granite. new hampshire is the granite state. by 1819 on the statehouse opened june 2, its doors. this room was just the hall. the only thing in the room were large wooden columns on granite bases. as time went on, it was a cooling area for legislators to come downstairs. it was a place where people would come and gather and meet when they were coming to the statehouse for business. then came the civil war. 1861, new hampshire's men answered the call to arms. they left their homes and many came here to this building. they enlisted. they were given brand new flags and went off to what they hoped would be a short conflict. the flags that are in the case s here are the flags that were brought back by our men. 1865, when the war ended, what was left of our me

incorporation with their comcast cable partners takes book tv in american history to be to concord, new hampshire. we highlight the history, politics and literary life of the city. saturday at noon eastern a book tv will feature how new hampshire became first in the nation primary state. the new hampshire primary and presidential politics. >> we see ourselves as a place where canada can rise from being a virtual national unknown to becoming a contender for the nomination. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history to become will tour the new hampshire statement house taken a look at the history of the building of the legislature. >> the house of representatives has the oldest continuously used legislative chambers of america. here's the room where the largest state legislature in the united states works and meets. >> and a visit to the home of franklin pierce to learn about the life of the 14th u.s. president. watch saturday on noon eastern is on c-span2. >> working with the cable affiliates visiting cities across the country. >> c-span, where history unfolds stealing. in 1979, c-span

lot of credit for the things he accomplished while he was president. >> we are at the new hampshire statehouse in concord. this isn't the only building important to locals. up next, we listen to arnie our mission. -- we visit the host of arne arneson. >> what is new hampshire known for? it is known for presidential politics because we play an amazing role in the presidential primary. what people don't understand is within hours after the november election resident, candidates start showing up in new hampshire.

. >> we are at the new hampshire state house in concord where c-span is learning more about the area's history. up next, we speak with governor chris sununu. spoke withncord, we republican governor chris sununu inside his office at the new hampshire statehouse. governor sununu, thank you for joining us today. gov. sununu: thanks for having me. >> starting out, for what is new hampshire best-known? gov. sununu: when you come up to new hampshire, i think it is obvious. our state is kind of bound by the ocean to the white mountain national forest. it is the foliage in the fall. skiing in the winter. our beautiful oceans and lakes in the summer. we are a state that tries to enhance as much as we can and highlight all the good outdoor recreational at remedies -- activities. we on the political side, are pretty well-known for the first in the nation primary. our adherence to good politics. we have the largest legislative body of all the states. i think it is the third largest in the world. 400 volunteer representatives representing just over one million people. the most representative govern

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