. >> american history tv is featuring corpus christi, texas. in corpus christi in 1948, dr. hector p garcia founded the american g.i. forum, which advocates for equal treatment of hispanic veterans. posted by our time warner cable partners, we visited many sites showcasing the city's history. learn more about corpus christi all weekend here on american history tv. >> welcome to the acm of science and history. the museum was started in 1957. it operates as a public-private partnership. we started as a general museum. today, we have more detailed topics. we talk about the city of corpus christi, including major business developments that we have shared with the world. we are going to explore the corpus christie history gallery. this area of the museum discusses the native peoples. they did not have a written language. they were here and the 1850's. they made a fierce reputation for themselves and were a formidable foe to the white settlers who eventually drove them out that these lands. a were here and tell the 1850's. they interacted with a lot of early settlers. they built h

also significant for corpus christi, he got his wings at the naval air station corpus christi.hat is another attachment to corpus christi for president herbert walker bush. this airplane he flew. and people know that he got shot down during the course of the war. but also, he went down another time due to an oil pressure problem. when he went down that first time, he was rescued and ended up on the lexington for a couple of days, until he could get back to his aircraft carrier, the san jacinto. he came on board and spoke at an event we had. he did not remember too much of his time on board the lexington. he says he does remember what he calls sack time, sleeping a lot, on lexington. not very historical for us, but he did spend a couple of days in world war ii on board lexington. most visitors that come here, we would like them to come aboard to learn all the history about it. that is not necessarily the case. many people come on board and go, wow, this is really big. we get people on board that do not care about airplanes. they are engineers. the want to see how the ship ran. t

. >> all weekend american history tv is featuring corpus christi texas. corpus christi started out as a small trading post in the mid-19th century and has transformed into a modern city with the fifth largest seaport in america. posted by our time warner cable partners, c-span's cities tour staff recently visited many sites showcasing the city's history. learn more about corpus christi all weekend here on american history tv. >> the naval station has a chairman is history that it's back even before 1941 when it was commissioned. in 1938, the navy did an investigation on the best suitable location for a naval air station. when the authorization came from congress to establish a naval air station, there were 12 in all, including corpus christi. this was the biggest and the best and it remains over these 75 years so vitally, critically important in the defense of the united states. >> paris, undefended, fell like a ripe plumb into the basket of conquest. >> world war ii having already begun, it just made clear the urgency of getting a naval air station. the

also significant for corpus christi, he got his wings at the naval air station corpus christi. that is another attachment to corpus christi for president herbert walker bush. this airplane he flew. and people know that he got shot down during the course of the war. but also he went down another time due to an oil pressure problem. when he went down that first time, he was rescued and ended up on the lexington for a couple of days, until he could get back to his aircraft carrier, the san jacinto. he came on board and spoke at an event we had. he did not remember too much of his time on board the lexington. he says he does remember what he calls sack time, sleeping a lot on lexington. not very historical for us, but he did spend a couple of days in world war ii on board lexington. most visitors that come here, we would like them to come aboard to learn all the history about it. that is not necessarily the case. many people come on board and go, wow, this is really big. we get people on board that do not care about airplanes. they are engineers. the want to see how the ship ran. t

including corpus christi, or flower bluff. this was the biggest and the best, and remains over these like 75 years. so vitally, critically important in the defense of the united states. >> paris, undefended, fell into the conquest. >> in june of 1940 over in europe and world war ii already having begun, it just made clearer the urgency of getting a naval air station, the funding was authorized to be $24 million. and by the time they finished it was well over $100 million. it grew bigger and bigger and the need for the additional fields. and there would be five of them for the primary or the intermediate or advanced training, instrument training building. so eventually, this became the largest naval air station, not just in the united states but in the world. by the time of the dedication in march of 1941 the main station was 70% completed by that time. and they -- they already were bringing in cadets also at that time for the training even they had airplanes. they had cadets doing the ground school training. the very first cad

garcia called corpus christie home. he founded the american gi forum and became an advocate for mexican americans rights. we visited the mary and jeff l library in corpus christi to learn more about dr. garcia's work. >> we have a variety of materials illustrating different phases of his life and career. he is best known as the founder of the american gi forum. that was established in 18 48th, not too long after his return from his service in world war ii. it was created to assist mexican-american veterans in their struggle to return to normal life after their war service. he is recorded as having said that he felt especially suited to do that work because he had compassion for others as a physician. he had military training and service, which made him understand how to organize things. he also said that it lends itself to creating a national organization which started here in corpus christi because the people he was trying to help were military. they were accustomed to being grouped and organized in that fashion. the a

learn more about corpus christie and other stops at c-span.org/localcontent. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. join american history on sunday as we visit a botanic garden at the foot of capitol hill. the executive secretary discusses the history of the oldest botanic garden in america, originally proposed by george washington. that is sunday on american artifacts here on c-span three, american history tv. >> h history we bring you a archival films that help tell the 20th century. developed during -- over 500 victory cargo ships were built to replace ships destroyed by submarines. the film, hannibal victory documents the cargo delivered for the war effort including several steam engines. we're going to get one more lift before they are under their own steam. these work on land and water. it went lower our locomotives on solid ground once again. it is a strange setting to find our engines and. they won't carry the war goods first. we know after this war is over it will mean a lot in helping our friends get on it their f

. >> all weekend, american history tv is featuring corpus christi, texas. in corpus kristen in 1948, dr. garcia founded the american g.i. forum which fought for equal treatment of hispanic veterans. karanusic's staff recently visited many sites showcasing the city's history. learn more here. >> padre island national sea shore is 70 miles of a barrier island with beach bay coastal prayer -- prairie. we are located about 25 minutes from the city of corpus christi texas. this island started out by being used by american tribes seasonally. they would come here during nice weather. there was a bounty of fish in the area, a lot of seed plants, and they would leave when the weather turned bad in the winter. what happened next was when the spanish era was happening, there was a man born up river named bali, and he became a priest. they called him padre bali, and the island was named after him. he got padre island. he split it with his nephew. what they started doing over 200 years ago was cattle ranching. that is how it started out with his name. it actually did ver

when the port of corporis -- of corpus christi it opened a lot of economic doors for corpus christi and this entire area. on display here, we have a doodlebug, a retrofitted ford model a. during the depression era, it was for bit into by new tractors. the building of the port of corpus christi brought thousands of jobs to the area and encouraged further industrialization to advance corpus christi into the modern age. with world war ii already raging in europe, the united states realized they could not quickly train pilots to accommodate a u.s. entry into world war ii unless they built additional naval air stations. in may 1941, naval station corpus christi open to train pilots. little did they know that only that december they would need to really quickly train pilots when pearl harbor happened. the weather in corpus christi is so mild that pilot turning can happen almost year-round. metal is something that was really important when we were building such big things like ships and planes and all the things we needed to fight world war ii. so the citizens of corpus christi sacrificed what

it was concerned with local defense of the coastline in corpus christi, of course. so in november of 1863, there was, in fact, a very, very large union army that had taken over brownsville, and then that unit from that army moved up in november of 1863 to capture key points along the coast. they were headed to corpus christi, they were headed up toward indianola, and eventually they intended to get to galveston. so at fort sims -- now it's out there on the tip of mustang island -- so this large army then of union soldiers wound up actually capturing, taking fort sims and capturing the entire garrison including captain william maltby. what happened to william and the other prisoners were taken, and they were sent to new orleans. by this time jasper, because of the seriousness of his wounds and all, had been -- he had been appointed commandant of the vicksburg garrison. and when he found out that his brother william was down in new orleans, he immediately arranged that william be brought up to vicksburg to be his ward. so i can only imagine, we can only imagine the, y

next a look at our recent visit to corpus christi, texas. you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span 3. >> 70 miles of a barrier island with beach, bay, coastal prairie. we're located just about 25 minutes from the city of corpus christi, texas. this island traditionally started out being used by native-american tribes seasonally, and they would come here during nice weather. there was a bounty of fish in the area. there was lots of plants they would use on the island and leave when the weather was bad in the winter. what happened next was when the spanish arrow was happening, there was a man up the river last name obali who became a priest. and they called him padre, and the island is named after him. what happened is he got a spanish land grant and he got padre island split it with his nephew. they started doing over 200 years ago was cattle ran muching and that's how it started out with his name and it actually did very well for him and his nephew. once he passed away the land that was his was split between

the atmosphere in corpus christi, because of the salt water of the bay, very corrosive. airplanes, being metal, are subjected to a lot of corrosion, a lot of wind, even sand erosion from some of the beach sand. it is important we keep on a schedule to keep the maintained. right now, they are working on what is known as the a-7 corsair to renovate it. in other two or three weeks, it will be back on the flight deck, and we will bring the next one down. in the 22 years that we have been here, we have become quite an important part of corpus christi, including the movie industry. we filmed part of the movie "pearl harbor" here. we filmed the first episode of "jag" here. we just finished filming a big pepsi deal, halftime for the super bowl, a blake shelton concert. we have become not only a tourist attraction, we have also attracted the movie industry because if you stand on our flight deck and lookout, use ebay. -- you'll see bay. you do not see a lot of buildings. there are certain shots they can do that make it look as if this is a ship at sea. the navy is critical and ve

during booktv's recent visit to corpus christi texas may talk with the author claiming citizenship anthony caro's two recounts mexican-americans in their fight for civil rights in victoria texas. >> i think history itself is a story of citizenship. who is a citizen and who is not and who decides so for mexican-americans the story of our history has been this ongoing struggle for equality for inclusion. my book looks at the period from 1943 of them mid-1980s and examine the different ways that mexican-americans struggle to become equal citizens. it was their behavior in churches and their activities in public school political action and their private organizations and those sorts of things to find examples of ways in which these people try to assist in the title claim citizenship. victoria texas is a town of 60,000 people located 90 miles north of here between corpus christi and houston texas. today the city is integrating but i will give you some examples. there was an organization in the state called the good neighbor investigation. they had a thick file of discriminatory charges from vic

we partnered with time warner cable for a trip to corpus christi, texas. >> the federal government does not have many deployable resources. the army does a variety of things. they are discoverers they are explorers. army contracts were an important part of the western economy. the army plays a role in conservation. in the recent can burn's series on the development of american national parks it points out that he parks were established in the 19th century but there was no one to protect them or preserve them or keep as -- trespassers away. the army, because of the efforts of general sheridan, steps in and literally saves the national parks until another organization can be created. for better or for worse, the army did more than fight indians. the american people have historically had an antipathy of the regular army from our english and revolutionary war traditions. we fear a standing army as antithetical to liberty. it is hard for modern observers to realize. now, the military is one of the most trusted institutions in the united states but that was not the case in the 19th century. >

collections library in corpus christi, dr.garcia, this is the flagship collection we have here. he made it his life to help local and beyond mexican-americans learn to be more severely active and to get the benefits that they have coming to them as veterans which are sometimes very difficult for them to obtain. these items represent the case of felix longoria an incident that occurred early in the history of the forum private longoria served the united states during world war ii and was killed by a japanese sniper toward the end of the war. his widow arrange to have his funeral conducted by the only funeral home in her home town of three rivers texas near corpus christi. they were willing to conduct the funeral but they not willing to allow his body to remain in their funeral home overnight for fear of ending the white citizens of the area. she appealed to dr. garcia and conducted a letter-writing campaign to people in positions of influence. the response came from london and johnson who had recently been elected senator. he s

this weekend, we partner with time warner cable for a visit to corpus christi, texas. >> in the 19th century, the federal government is very limited. they don't have many deployable resources. and so the army does a whole variety of things. there are discoverers, explores. army contracts are not an important part of the western economy. the army plays a role in conservation. in the recent ken burns series on the development of national parks, he points out that the parks were established in the 19th century, but there was no one to protect them, or preserve them. he trespasses to keep hunters off them. so the army, really because of the efforts of phil, the commanding general at the time the army steps in and literally saves the national parks until another organization can be created. >> for better or worse, the army in the west did much more than just fight indians. the people have historically had a fear of the regular army. from our english traditions, really, and revolutionary war traditions. we fear a standing army. again, it is hard for modern observers to kind of real life be

the naval air station in corpus christi which was critical during world war ii. here's a preview. >> paris undefended, fell like a ripe plum into the nazi basket of conquest. >> in france of june of 1940 in europe world war ii, having already begun just made clearer the urgency of getting a naval air station. the funding was authorized to be $24 million. and by the time they finished was well over $100 million. grew bigger and bigger and thus the need for additional auxiliary fields and there would be five of them in training and it became the largest naval air station not just in the united states but in the world. host: hope you turn in on c-span 2's book tv and c-span 3's american history tv and our focus is corpus christi, texas and check out our cities tour @c-span.org/citiestour. patrick taurel is at the american legal council and want to focus on the president action on illegal immigration. thanks for being with us. guest: good morning. host: i want to step back and ask you from your perspective what are the facts. how many illegal immigrants are in the u.

we take a trip to to corpus christi, texas to bring you the area's literary scene as well as a visit to johns hopkins university to talk with professors for our college series. on "after words," journalist toby around done recalls his time embedded in afghanistan. stephen brill and dr. ezekiel emanuel discuss the health care system and mark krotov of melville house talks about the book publisher's decision to release the senate intelligence committee report on torture. for a complete television schedule booktv.org. booktv, 48 hours of nonfunction books and authors. television for serious readers. >> and now on "in depth" on booktv walter isaacson. the best selling author of several books including biographies of albert einstein benjamin franklin, steve jobs and henry kissinger took viewer questions for three hours. mr. isaacson is a former chairman and ceo of cnn chairman of the broadcasting board of governors and was the editor of "time." he currently serves as president and ceo of the aspen institute. >> host: so, walter isaacson what is theat link between avril hourlyman, ben fran

. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to corpus christi on booktv.powers from the mexican border this southern texas city sits on the gulf of mexico and was founded in 1839 as a small trading post. today it is home to the fifth largest port in the united states in the corpus christi naval air station. with help of our time warner cable partners for the next hour we learn about the city's literary culture local office. we begin with david blanke on the early years of the automobile. >> in the 20th century, 3.2 million americans died as result of automobile accidents. most of my students and most people i know have direct experience with an automobile accident. that's not the same as military service, combat, infection disease, et cetera. it's ubiquitous, and some that question is really lies at the heart of the study. if americans do as i say embrace the automobile culturally, how do they respond when, by the 1920s, and really it was it was until the 19 toys where there was a national human cry over unavoidable or automobile accidents that are killing

daniel kilgore reading room of the special selections at the library in corpus christi. dr. hector garcia papers are the flagship collection we have here in corpus. >> he made it his life to help local and beyond mexican americans learn to be more civically active and to get the benefits they had coming to them as veterans which were sometimes very difficult for them to obtain. this represents a case of private longoria which was an incident that occurred early in the g.i. forum. private longoria served the united states during world war ii and was killed by a japanese sniper toward the end of the war. his widow arranged to have his funeral conducted by the only funeral home in her hometown of three rivers texas, which is near corpus christi. they were willing to conduct the funeral but not willing to allow his body to remain there in the funeral home overnight for fear of offending the white citizens of the area. she appeals to dr. garcia, and he conducted a letter writing campaign to people with positions of influence. a response came from lyndon johnson who had been r

visit ncicap.org] >> throughout the weekend, we are featuring corpus christi texas. learn more about corpus christi and other stops on the c-span cities to work on c-span.org/localprojects. you are watching american history tv. >> join us on sunday as we visit the u.s. botanic gardens at the foot of capitol hill. the executive director discusses the history of the oldest botanic garden in north america originally proposed by president george washington in a 1796 letter. that is sunday at 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern time on american artifacts on american history tv on c-span3. historical interpreters and bill radcliffe describe what it would be like to be a female slave and a member of the u.s. college troops during the civil war. they discuss what they would have faced and what may have been factors. the speakers also talk about how they prepare talking about slavery in their research. this hour-long presentation is part of a series from the tennessee susquehanna chill civil war commission. >> welcome to the final chapter. i served as the dean for the campus for

the port of corpus christi is our economic engine. it has been on its inception and it certainly has magnified its role today and that is because of the visionary leaders that we have had and the shoulders that we stand on, knowing that we would not be the global economy today were it not for the planning, infrastructure planning, and strategic outlines of where we are at with the investments we have on the global map. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us is donna edwards, democrat from maryland, a member of the democratic steering and policy committee. she is also a member of the armed services committee. did i get that right? guest: transportation and infrastructure. host: sorry about that. our next guest -- guest: i can talk about that too. host: recently the president introduces budget, and you have been on capitol hill long enough to have heard this. every year the president introduces a budget and it is dead on arrival. what is the purpose of having the president introduce a budget? guest: for me the purpose is to

. >> while in corpus christi we spoke with robert worcester author of american military frontiers should force the varied roles the military has played in america's western expansion. >> when people think of the military in the american west they think of fighting indians. there's good reason because there are over 1100 combat actions between the army and american indies and dashing indians. but there are other things that many people don't really understand. michael kate once called is a multipurpose army. in the 19th century the federal government is very limited. they don't have many deployable resources. and so the army does a whole variety of things. they are discoverers, explorers. army contracts are an important part of the western economy. the army plays a role in conservation. in the recent ken burns says on the develop of american national parks, the parks were established in the 19th century but there was no one to protect them or preserve them or keep trespassers away or keep hunters off of them. and so the army really because of the efforts of the commanding general at the t

. >> and while in corpus christi we spoke with norman delaney whose book "the maltby brothers' civil war" tells the story of two brothers who ended up on opposite sides of the civil war. >> in regards to the civil war it was a brothers' war. it was such a great tragedy in all, too that divided so many families. but as far as the personal relationships, they remained very very close as it had been before the war and would remain afterward. you know that cliche blood is thicker than water, and i think it really holds in the case of, well certainly the maltby brothers. my book then, "the maltby brothers' civil war," concerns three of these brothers. henry maltby, he was the second brother, second son of david maltby from ohio, and he he originally came to texas. he wanted to establish the newspaper "the ranchero," so that was when the younger brother, william came down here. and referring to the older brother, jasper maltby he has no linkage whatsoever with texas. jasper maltby also from the north, wound up in, of all places galena, illinois. and he had served in the mexican war, and he

learn more about corpus christie and other stops at c-span.org /local content. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> during the war for independence american revolutionaries had more than 13,000 prisoners, many in the tension camps the lancaster, pennsylvania. next, ken miller, author of works during the war for independence. he talks about the tensions and problems caused by the prison camps. not only were the british and hessian prisoners to find -- defiant, they were often loyal. >> what i would like to do tonight is just tell you a story , a story about a particular revolutionary community, the community of lancaster pennsylvania, a large predominately german speaking town in the atlantic interior. as it turns out, lancaster offers an especially fascinating case study. early american historians have an excellent understanding of how the revolution played out in the major american cities and seaports boston, philadelphia, new york. we still have a good deal more to learn about what the revolution entailed for the vast

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we take a trip to corpus christi, texas to bring you the area's literary scene and the visit to johns hopkins university to talk with professors of the college series. journalist toby hearten recalls his time imbedded in afghanistan. steven brill when dr. ezekiel emanuel discuss the health care system and millville house talks about the book publisher's decision to release the senate intelligence committee report on torture. for a complete television schedule booktv.org. booktv 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. television for serious readers. >> next on booktv from the hudson institute in washington d.c. alex nowesteh and mark krikorian debate the united states immigration policy. this is 2 hours and 48 minutes. >> good morning. i am kenneth weinstein president and ceo of hudson institute. i would like to welcome our audience our audience on c-span's booktv. those of our panelists who have already arrived and those who will be arriving in a couple minutes, let me simply note hudson institute is an international policy research station based on the proposition that security, pr

joining me from texas a&m university corpus christi, are two experts on drones -- dr. luis cifuentes and senior cody torno. welcome. >> hi. hello. >> so, cody, so that we're all on the same page, what's so special about drones? >> the interesting part about it is the fact that it is unmanned. so, we don't have a pilot actually inside a cockpit flying the vehicle. it's done in an exterior location, which is a safer option. >> so, how's it controlled? >> it's controlled via satellite usually or some type of external communication link, kind of like a long-distance r.c. plane except it also can be used autonomously, which means without any kind of user input. >> doctor, the military has been using drones for a while now to take out terrorists. how else can drones be used? >> well, there are a tremendous number of applications. one of them is called precision agriculture. it's going to make it possible for us to grow food much more efficiently, wildfire monitoring. if you want to go out into the marine environment and follow whales, you could use unmanned aircraft systems

host: that was from the corpus christi profile on booktv and "american history tv".g and automotive issues, federal officials said yesterday that a guard rail system and by 30 states, the federal highway administration ordered a test on the guardrail system. this is after a federal jury found the company liable for defrauding the government are not disclosing design changes to the system. mrs. ralph, washington, dc republican line. caller: i have a real problem with speaker boehner and some of his recent statements. what he said was we need more tax breaks. he also said that we need to regulate the banks. haven't we been down this road before? the fact is with 90% of the money in the last 90 years, the additional income going to the top 1%, there is no question as to why the middle class and lower classes are struggling. if you kept all the money and gave it to one class, there is nothing left over for everyone else. the other problem i have is social security, medicare, medicaid taxes, commonly called payroll taxes, once you make over a hundred million dollars you d

we partnered with time warner cable for a trip to corpus christi, texas. >> the federal government does not have many deployable resources. the army does a variety of things. they are discoverers they are explorers. army contracts were an important part of the western economy. the army plays a role in conservation. in the recent can burn's series on the development of american national parks it points out that he parks were established in the 19th century but there was no one to protect them or preserve them or keep as

this weekend we partnered with time warner cable for a visit to corpus christi texas. >> we're in the daniel kilgore reading room. the dr. hector p. garcia papers are the flagship collection. we have here. he made it his life to help local and beyond mexican-americans learn to be more civically active and to get the benefits that they had coming to them as veterans, which were sometimes very difficult for them to obtain. these three items here represent the case of private felix longoria which was an incident that occurred early in the history of the gi forum. private longoria served the united states during world war ii and was killed by a japanese sniper toward the end of the war. his widow arranged to have his funeral conducted by the only funeral home in her hometown of three rivers, texas which is near corpus christi. they were willing to conduct the funeral, but they were not willing to allow his body to remain in their funeral home overnight for fear of offending the white citizens of the area. she appealed to dr. garcia and he conducted a letter writing campaign to people with

david, you get the last word from corpus christi, texas. good morning. caller: good morning. wanted to ask the question, why is it that anybody would want us to go to war over there and what is the benefit for us? we

watch all from corpus christi on c-span 2's book tv and saturday afternoon 2:00 american history tv on c-span 3 chlt. [applause] members legislature -- members of legislature i present to you the honorable doug ducey governor of state arizona arizona. [applause] thank you. speaker gowan president biggs, house leaders montenegro and meyer. senate leaders yarbrough and hobbs. chief justice bails. members of the judiciary. legislature. fellow arizona residents. thank you all very much and good afternoon. [applause] it has been quite a day at this capital and the highlight was your swearing. elected office is an honor that rarely comes easy. i congratulate and welcome each one of you. [applause] when we have served before or are new to this place, all of us have arrived here to find serious challenges waiting on us. the test is when we answer them in a serious way. without trying to buy time or to side step obvious problems that will need to be dealt with right away. putting off problems is certainly not what i had in mind in seeking this office and i know that each of you would say the sa

this weekend we partnered with time warner cable for a visit to corpus christi, texas. >> we are at the library. doctor hector p garcia papers of the flagship collection. he made it his life to help local and yet mexican-americans learn to be more cynically active and get the benefits they had coming to the which were sometimes difficult to obtain. these three items represent an incident that occurred early. killed by a japanese sniper. his widow arranged to have his funeral conducted by the only funeral home in her hometown near corpus christi they were willing to conduct a funeral but not to allow his body to remain in their funeral home overnight for fear of offending the white citizens of the area. he conducted a letter writing campaign. a response came from lyndon johnson who had recently been elected senator. he staked his belief that it was wrong for a fallen soldier to be discriminated against after death. he offered burial and the arlington national cemetery command that is where private longoria was laid to rest. >> watch all of our advanced saturday at noon eastern on c-span2

this weekend, we partnered with time warner cable with a visit to corpus christi, texas. >> we are in the daniel kilgore reading room of the special elections at the mary and jess library. hector p garcia, papers are the flagship collection we have here in corpus. he made it his life to help local and beyond mexican americans lirp to be more civ civically active and get benefits they had coming to them as veterans which were sometimes difficult for them to obtain. this represents a case of felix longoria, which was an incidence that occurred only in the history of thegy gi forum. private longoria served the united states during world war ii and was killed by a japanese sniper toward the end of the war. his widow arranged to have his funeral conducted by the only funeral home in her hometown of three rivers, texas, which is near corpus cristhristichristi. they were willing to conduct the funeral, but they were not willing to allow his body to remain at their funeral home overnight for fear of offending the white citizens of the area. she appealed to dr. garcia, and he conducted a lette

corpus christi police said the driver was drunk when he went the wrong way. he hit a family.were hospitalized and the kids are okay. the 23-year-old zachary was arrested and charged with intoxication assault in the crash. >> a new study seeing that certain cholesteral drugs can cut the risk of cancer. research shed statins and cut their risk and those taking it a long time cut the risk most. and here is the doctor who is a member of the fox news medical a team. i was surprised by this. i was under the impression that people with statins had to have the liver enzymes in check. and now it reduces liver cancer? >> that is a good point that you are making. this study obviously was published in the journal of natural cancer institute and making a lot of news and people are questioning how much is due to observational study. and your point is well taken the the cholesteral medication and the concern is that they cause liver damage and check and make sure there is no liver issues. 1400 people had chance and 4600 without. and again it is an observational study and finding on out thos

. >> for more information on booktv's recent visit to corporate -- corpus christi texas, go to c-span.org/localcontent. >> next, conservative commentator and writer nick adams. he argues that united states will bounce back from its current troubles and dominate the 21st century. this is a little under one hour. >> you know sometimes in america's 200 plus year history it is required a fresh set of eyes visiting some distant lands to help us see ourselves more accurately. the best example probably is in the 1830s when a french nobleman, de tocqueville, came here originally to investigate america's prison system. his mandate or his investigative purview expanded as he got here. he became fascinated with what was that made this nation on the edge of the wilderness so dynamic, even in barely its first half-century under the u.s. constitution, and he ultimately wrote the classic democracy in america. our guest this evening, nick adams, from australia has been likened to tocqueville. he came here at just the age of 24 after a lifelong impulsion to know more about america and to help americans kn

david, you get the last word from corpus christi, texas. good morning. caller: good morning. i wanted to ask the question, why is it that anybody would want us to go to war over there and what is the benefit for us? we will lose money and lives and it is not going to make any difference. we have been to these places before. we recently went there and it was all for nothing. even if we win a small war chances are they will have another dispute and we will be in the same box again. host: david, thank you for the call. a recap of the house and senate in session this week. a number of key hearings will be covering. the full schedule available at c-span.org. angela merkel will be at the white house tomorrow and we will be covering the joint press conference with the german chancellor and the president and we expect that the president will send his request for the authorization of military force. you can expect that debate in those comments on the senate floor. when we come back, we will turn our attention to other topics including grover norquist. he will be here to talk about whe

he arranged to have his funeral conducted in the only funeral home near corpus christi. they were willing to conduct the funeral but not allow his body to remain in the funeral home overnight for fear of offending the white citizens in the area. she appealed to dr. garcia and he conducted a letter writing campaign to people with positions of influence. a response came from lyndon johnson who was recently elected senator. he stated his belief that it was wrong for a soldier a fallen soldier to be discriminated against after death. he offered burial in the arlington national cemetery and that is where private lung ongoria was laid to rest. >> watch it today at 2 p.m. and on sunday at 2 p.m. on c-span3. the labor department reports that in january employers added 257,000 jobs and wages jumped by the most in six years. in addition, hiring were stronger in november and december than had been estimated. the unemployment rate went up from 5.6% to 5.7% but officials say that is because more than one million americans began looking for jobs which may suggest americans have grown

tv tour takes american history on the road trip read this weekend, we partnered for a visit to corpus christi, texas to read in the 19th century, the government is limited. they do not have many deployable resources. the army does a lot of things. they are discoverers explorers. army contracts are an important part of the economy. they play a role in conservation. in the american national parks they were established in the 19th century but there was no one to protect them or preserve them. keep trespassers away. and so the army really because of the efforts of the commanding general, the army stepped in. literally saves national parks until another organization can be created. for better or for worse, they did more than fight indians. the american people have historically had a fear of the regular army. from the english traditions, revolutionary war traditions, we fear a standing army. it is hard for modern observers to realize because now the military is one of the most trusted institutions in the u.s.. but that was not the case in the 19th century. >> watch all of the events on c-span2's bo

this next one is from dennis martinez in corpus christi, texas.acebook and saw some pictures that lined up in a a funny way. [ laughter ] defensive player of the year. pretty sassy pose right there for the -- >> steve: the big d. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: next one is from ava lavrey in rancho santa margarita, califor. she was doing a search for pinata. see what came up. no results were found for pinata. did you mean jonathan? [ laughter and applause ] absolutely not. no, i didn't. what? did i mean jonathan? no. >> steve: did i mean jonathan? >> jimmy: i meant pinata. >> steve: what? hey, maybe jonathan's in trouble. >> jimmy: and poor johnathan. yeah, the kids beat the crap out of him. yeah. >> steve: 'til the candy comes out. >> jimmy: this next one was sent in by joseph pickett in green bay, wisconsin. he was checking out some tv listings and came across this one right here. james and the giant -- oh. [ laughter and applause ] >> steve: hey-oh! >> jimmy: honey, get out of here. your favorite movie? no, it's not. hold on. i'm not going to put on gor

father vasquez corpus christi, texas.s weekend i will ask the the clergy to speak out lead a defense against the leader of radical islam. today president obama spoke at the white house summit on countering violent extremism once again summit long on rhetoric and short on proposed action. >> al qaeda and isil and groups like it are desperate for legitimacy they try to portray themselves as religious leaders. holy warriors in defense of islam. we are not at war with islam. [ applause ] we are at war with people who have perverted islam. that is true the holy bar has been launched by those who misuse the islamic faith. again, there are millions of them they are acting in the name of a deitiy. they are motivated to impose a barbaric religion. the japanese worshiped their emperor during world war ii. we americans didn't diminish the danger from that country by saying their insane view of religion was not a threat. it was. president obama it s. right out wrong in not describing the terrorist threat accurately. muslim fanatics w

. >> watch our events from corpus christi today at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. .. >> and the book publishers decision to release the senate intelligence committee report on torture. for a complete television schedule booktv.org. booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and or authors, television for serious readers. >> next on booktv, president george w. bush discusses his biography of his father president george h.w. bush with andy card who served as white house chief of staff for bush 43 and secretary of transportation for bush 41. this is about 40 minutes. [applause] >> today is a very special day in the life of the george bush presidential life foundation. it is special because we gather for the national book launch of "41: a portrait of my father." fittingly, on veterans day a. to wit, today we have both the author and subject, son and father, the 43rd and the 41st presidents of the united states here at the bush library center. this morning will consist of a moderated discussion about "41." our moderator served as dep

tv tour takes american history on the road trip read this weekend, we partnered for a visit to corpus christi, texas to read in the 19th century, the government is