>> guest: 100 minutes. >> cspan: will it be available speak what. >> guest: october. >> cspan: how longo you think you'll be in eaters around the country? >> guest: the next couple weeks tremont let's take some of our own footage, not yours, from the hearing. and the late congressman synar it died as a brain tumor is questioning back on this subje subject. >> the subcommittee asked his version of event and doctored a noble informed the subcommittee would be unable to talk to us because it may be subject to a confidential agreement he has with your company, philip morris. therefore, it would bar the test by a doctor to noble because of that agreement. mr. campbell, will you release him from his confidentiality agreement so he can appear voluntarily before the subcommittee to tell us what really happened? >> i don't know of the confidentiality agreements i would have have an investigation and then i will answer. >> will be released dr. denoble from any contractual agreement shows that will allow him to voluntary testify? >> dr. denoble is quite on the record -- >> yes or no? will you allo

on cspan, or listen on cspan radio. april 15th, 1912, nearly 1,500 perish on the ship called "unsinkable." >> once the lookout bells were sounded, once the lookout sighted an iceberg ahead. they struck the bells, in the process, three times, ding, ding, ding, which is a warning saying there is some object ahead. doesn't mean dead ahead. means ahead of the ship. doesn't say what kind of object. with the lookout, after they struck the bell, he went to a telephone nest and called down to the officer on the bridge to tell them what it is that they saw. and the phone was finally answered, the, the entire conversation was. what do you see? and the response was, iceberg right ahead. and the response from the officer was, thank you. >> the truths and myths of that night, sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern. part of american history tv this weekend on cspan 3. all tonight here on cspan 3, american history tv in primetime. and we continue now with our look at a symposium examining the 1830s texas revolution between u.s. settlers and the

part of american history tv this weekend on cspan-3. >>> this is cspan-3 with politics throughout the week and people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our web sites. you can join in the conversation on social media sites. congress returns from its two-week spring recess this coming monday. while they're still on break, all this week here on cspan-3, we've been bringing you american history tv in prime time. tonight a visit to the mariners museum in newport news, virginia. a civil war navy conference in march to mark the 150th anniversary. we'll first hear from a naval history professor on the war along the atlantic coast. this is about 50 minutes. >>> well, it's my great pleasure to introduce our opening session here for the battle of hampton roads weekend 150th edition. craig simonds is professor emeritus at the united states naval academy where he taught history and civil war history for 30 years. he thought he was retired. then he went back, and he's teaching there again. he's a native of anaheim, california. c

eastern on cspan-3. >>> jury selection began this week in the retrial of former major league pitcher roger clemens. he filed federal prosecutors with knowingly lying to congress, and in 2008 on performance-enhancing drug use in baseball. >> let me read to you what his wife says in her affidavit. hi, laura petit, do impose and state in 1999-2000, roger had to take human growth hormones. you have said your conversation with mr. petit never happened. if that was true, why would laura petit remember andy telling her about the conversation? >> once again, i think he misremembers how it went. andy and my relationship was close enough to know. if he was knowingly knowing that i had taken hdh, we would have talked about the subject. he would have come to me to ask about the effects of it. >> watch this 2008 testimony on line at the c-span video library with over a quarter century of american politics and public affairs on your computer. >>> a group of business executives tried to find alternative energy and foreign oil. they talked about cost conservatives and electric cars. this is host bid

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book tv every weekend on cspan 2. >>> coming up on cspan 3, american history tv, on leading generalsrom world war ii and the civil war. up next a u.s. army film on gener general douglas macarthur who led u.s. forces in asia in world war ii. >>> april 15, nearly 1,500 perish. >> once the lookout bells, sighted an iceberg ahead, they struck the bells, the process, three times, ding, ding, dirngs which is a warning, sayinging that there is some object ahead, doesn't mean dead ahead, means ahead of the ship. it doesn't say what kind of object. with the lookout, after they struck the bell here, went to a telephone nest and called done to the officer on the bridge to tell them what it is that, that they saw. and when, when the phone was finally answered, the, the, entire conversation was -- what do you see? and the response was, iceberg right ahead. and the response from the officer was -- thank you. on the truths and myths of that night. sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern. part of american history tv this weekend on cspan 3. >>> next, a u.s. army biography about general douglas macarthur who ser

part of american history tv this weekend on cspan-3. >>> this is cspan-3 with politics throughout the week and people and events telling the

. >> find out where cspan's local content vehicle rs going next online. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on cspan 3. up next is a film produced in 1961 by the u.s. army on two figures from the civil war era. matthew brady and clara barton. the film aired as part of the big picture series from -- into the 1970s. the series focused on historic battles and figures in u.s. military history. this is about 30 minutes. >> the united states army presents the big picture. an official report produced for the armed forces and the american people. now to show you part of the big pictu picture, here is sergeant stuart queen. >> 100 years ago, a moe mentous event occurred known as the tragic war of brother against brother, the civil war became one of the darkest moments in our history. out of this period, we have selected two stories to show you. the first is called matthew brady. brady was the first historian of any war and his pictures live on today to recall yesterday's history. the second story is called clara barton and shows a segme

only on american history tv on cspan 3. learn more about our programs and series along with schedules and online video are chive at cspan.org/history. >>> next, as part of the university of oklahoma's teach-in on the founding of america, yale university law and political science professor, talks about how the presidency of andrew jackson transformed the constitution in ways that affect us today. this is about an hour. >> thank you so much. it's -- thank you, thank you. it's such an honor to be with you all. i have learned a ton today. haven't the previous speakers just been extraordinary? [ applause ] so -- so -- presidents are important. presidents of universities are important. and it's a particular honor to be here at president boren's invitation. well had a wonderful time at the president's house. bo boyd house last night. but i also want to remind you of the, and i'm sure larry summers would want us all to understand the presidents of universities are important. but, so are presidents of the united states. and, we have

on cspan 3. next we return to the museum of the confederacy for a forum on who "time" magazine would have selected as person of the year in 1862 in the midst of the civil war. over the next four hours, a panel of historians will continue to nominate candidates. with the audience making the fina

on cspan 3. next we return to the museum of the confederacy for a forum on who "time" magazine would have selected as person of the year in 1862 in the midst of the civil war. over the next four hours, a panel of historians will continue to nominate candidates. with the audience making the final decision. a similar event shows abraham lincoln as person of the year for 1861. captain charles steedman of the united states navy offered what some might consider extravagant praise for the subject of my talk today. that man, under medium height, clean shaven, piercing eyes and determined jaw, that little man has done more to put down the rebellion than any general except grant and sherman. some of you -- may have already figured out who -- who he was talking about. it was of course, admiral david glasgow, the commander of the fleet at mobile bay, and more important and relevant to our chronological focus today, the captor of new orleans. an architect of union control of the lower miss valley in 1862. in

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. >>> cspan's congressional directly is a complete guide to the 112th congress. inside, you'll find each member of the house and senate including contact information, district maps and committee assignments. also, information on cabinet members. supreme court justices and the nayes's governors. you can pick up a copy for $12.95 at cspan.org. >>> it's been more than 20 years since los angeles police officers were videotaped beating rodney king after a traffic stop. the officers were found not guilty of police brutality, sparking the 1992 los angeles rioting that killed 53 people. rodney king recently published an aught biography, the riot within. tomorrow, he speaks on research in black culture in harlem. you can see the event live on booktv.org. >>> charles colson, special counsel to president nixon who later became a preacher died this past weekend at age 80. he talked about the white house taping system in 2007. >> kissinger had the right, although he abused it, to come into the oval office without having somebody announce him or take him in. i always went in t

eastern tuesday on cspan-3. >>> ret trial of former pitcher roger clemens. he lied to congress in february 2008 on performance-enhancing drug use in baseball. >> let me read to you what his wife said in her affidavit. i, laura petit, do depose and state in 1999 or 2000, andy told me he had had a conversation with roger clemens in which roger admitted to him using human growth hormones. mr. clemens, once again, i remind you you're under oath. you have said your conversation with mr. petit never happened. if that was true, why would laura petit remember him telling her about the conversation? >> once again, i think he misremembers it. andy and i's relationship was close enough to know that if i had known that he had done hgh, if he was knowingly knowing that i had taken hdh, we would have talked about the subject. he would have come to me to ask about the effects of it. >> watch his 2008 testimony on line at the cspan library. over 2,000 public affairs on your computer. >>> nina olson is the irs national taxpayer advocate. thank you for being here. >> thank yo

watch his cspan appearances. the cspan video library, every video program since 1987. >> former treasury secretary robert ruben hosted a -- the u.s. needs to deal with the national debt, but progress is unlikely before november's election. . >> look, i think this is an interesting time to be having a conversation about the economy in particular because how much has changed at least in terms of the perception in the

facebook.com/cspan is where you go. just a quick tweet and facebook reading. ben says that his choice would be greely and second choice would be robert e. lee. on facebook a look at our facebook page, james saying that it's george mcclellan. as much as i despite him, it is not what it will become in 1863. some of the thoughts of viewers on twitter and facebook. let's go back to the library and james mcpherson who just nominated admiral david farragut as his choice for person much of the year 1862. james mcpherson, if you look at the selection, admiral farragut would be the only admiral on the list. you talked in your speech about the political implications of his victories in 1862. were they the main reason that france and britain hesitate d i looking at the confederacy that year? >> certainly the main reason why they delayed what looked like would be recognition in the spring of 1862. the capture of new orleans was the most important in a series of union victories that caused them to back off. then of course during the summer the confederate victories in the

you can watch his comments live tuesday morning at 9:30 eastern on cspan-2. tuesday, u.s. institute of peace holds a panel discussion on afghanistan's transition peace process. we will hear remarks from former national security adviser and the former afghan ambassador to canada and france. see the event at 10:30 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> all this week in primetime on cspan 3 it is american history today. tonight a look at history and lives of african-americans, in 18th and 19th century washington, d.c. a look at the rise of a free black family residing near president's park in downtown washington and difficulties surrounding their lives. followed by a discussion on when the first invitations to the white house were extended to african-americans and the circumstances surrounding their visits. this is 1:10. >> as we learned this morning, many did not enter service at lafayette square vounl taele vv. jefferson, madison, monroe, jackson, tyler, polk, taylor, owned slaves and brought them to the white house and from their plantations in the south. until 1862, when slavery was

. >> hear more about his political career, watergate, and his later career on the cspan video library. >> this year's studentcam competition has to students across the country was part of the constitution was important to them and why. the second prize winner is selected the 19th amendment. >> this is the amendment that gave women the right to vote in the united states. >> the women's suffrage movement was born in 1848-1920. >> the 19th attempt was ratified in 36 states and tennessee was the last state. >> a generation of courageous women fought and they were arrested. ♪ >> how early did american feminism start to appear? >> abigail adams was writing letters to john adams, to remember the ladies. ♪ >> elizabeth stanton and others held the first women's rights convention in seneca falls, new york. >> when i held rigid when they held a convention in 1848 and at subsequent conventions in the decades after that, there were not just talk about the right to vote for it was not until after the civil war that the .ocus of women's rights became >> many joined the movement many more scoffed at

. >>> find out where cspan's local content vehicles are going next online at cspan.org. you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on cspan 3. >>> explaining the constitution and encouraging students to have an interest in america's founding can be difficult for many teachers. next, diane rehm moderates a discussion. david mccullough and gordon wood join the panel of five others at this event from a day long teach-in on america's founding at the university of oklahoma. this is a little over an hour. >> you know, i think we should be begin by thanking david for this extraordinary day. he simply picks up the phone and says to david mccullough, come out to the university of oklahoma. we need you to do this for any of these wonderful minds sitting here on this stage. our focus is teach iing u.s. constitutional history in the 21st century. i love akeel's story. of having his 6-year-old learn the names of the presidents. we had our son do exactly the same thing. it's a great way to start. i always loved his idea of having each one of us go to wikipedia to l

i hope you enjoy the rest of your evening. >>> next on cspan 3, a senate veteran's affairs hearing on mental health. then a memorial service at the capitol for congressman donald payne. and the senate commerce committee looks at how online video and new technologies are changing the media landscape. today the senate veteran's affairs committee held a hearing on veterans' access to mental health care, a report by the va inspector general found that veterans have to wait for nearly two months to get an appointment with a mental health provider. >> this hearing will come to order. i would like for all of you to -- access to mental health care services. today's hearing built upon two hearings held last year. at each of the previous hearings, the committee heard from the va how accessible mental health care services were. this was inconsistent with what we heard from veterans and the va mental health care providers. so last year, following the july hearing, i asked the department to survey its own mental health care providers to get a better assessment of the situation. the results, as we

at 8:00 on cspan's q & a. and may 6, look for our q & a interview that coincides with "the passage of power" volume four in years of lyndon johnson. his multivolume biography of the 36th president. >>> the senate homeland security committee held a hearing this week on how to prevent medical research from being used for bioterrorism. the national institutes of health released guidelines on release of information on biotechnology and infectious diseases. this hearing of the senate homeland security committee is an hour and a half. >> hearing will come to order. good morning and thanks very much to our really distinguished panel of witnesses. we use the word distinguished around here very easily, but it actually does relate to this panel. and i thank you for being here. if i may begin by looking back a bit. in 1851 a revolution in medicine already under way was crystallized in a letter louie pasteur wrote to a friend. i'm on the edge of mysteries and the veil is getting thinner and thinner. thanks to the work of

this is cspan 3 with politics and programming throughout the week. on the weekend, 48 hours of american history tv. get our schedules and seep past programs at our web sites. and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> at a conference on taxes and growth, hosted by the george w. bush institute. republican governors of maine, oklahoma and ten seep, talked about their efforts to cut tax rates and state government spending. ynbcs, larry kudlow hosts the discussion. just under an hour. >> i don't know if you heard the question about new york city, okay, good. i want to introduce my very good friend for more than 30 years, larry kudlow. larry is the host of the kudlow report on cnbc. and -- in a distinguished career also served as -- as a budget official under president reagan. i once did a kol acolumn about , where i called him the most optimistic man in america, which i think he proves every night on cnbc. larry kudlow, you have the governor's panel. >> thank you. all hooked in, all doing good? sound on. i'm larry kudlow, it is a grea

tune in to cspan sunday at 10. 30. a.m. eastern time for a reair of the hearing into the ga investigation. it features one witness at the center of the investigation, exercising his fifth amendment right. coming up. gun violence victims call on congress to pass new gun losses hosted by the brady center. a house energy and commerce subcommittee hearing on the state of u.s. manufacturing. >>> from the colonial era, prohibition, until today, drinking for better or worse has always been part of the american landscape. saturday night, live on american history tv. a history of alcohol in america. watch our sim up cast with back story with the american history guys. hosts regale with tales of beer and spirits in america, saturday night at 8:00 eastern. part of american history tv this weekend on cspan 3. >> gun violence victims and families of victims melt with virginia congressman, jim moran on capitol hill monday to call on congress for stricter gun control lautco control lauws. held on the fifth anniversary of the virginia tech

cspan does not do that.ost: our guest is the former washington bureau chief of "the florida sentinel." is now online at craig crawford .com. guest: i have been getting into blog radio. it isn't easy system. -- it is an easy system. the hudson brothers were big when i was in high school. that is not politics but to have to take a break now and then. host: let's talk about newt gingrich-and ron paul. what do they want to? guest: i think newt gingrich is out there for the intention and is enjoying it. ron paul is a mystery to me because i see all these stories and i hear these things behind the scenes about some sort of deal between mitt romney and ron paul i noticed throughout the republican primary campaign and a debate that ron paul hardly ever sat in on a kind word about mitt romney in any way. nor mitt romney about ron paul and when santorum was rising, physically romney and ron paul were sitting on opposite sides of santorum and there were beating him up for that debate. i think that was the one before mi

bill through the house and also, cspan is covering this hearing now and we're also taping it so it will be available on my website. www.bobbyscott.house.gov, so we'll be there. >> thank you all for your contributions today. i feel like the energy in this room is tremendous and every single one of you contributed so much to this conversation. >> can you identify yourself? >> my name is aaron voldman, i work with the student peace alliance, one of the grass roots groups that's been working on this bill for quite some time. my question is to mr. prendergast in reference to your profession to compliment the work you do mentoring, which is a movement builder and someone who has been able to build public will in support of your policies throughout your career. my question to you is what are your thoughts on how we can build the public will to make this an issue that does go on cnn and focuses on the solutions and not just the problems. >> i think that the good news is in every community, there are so many people who are doing really interesting and innovative things. that's what i think the y

>>> this is cspan 3, with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend, 48 hour of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our list and see our website. you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> coming up tonight, american history tv examines the war in vietnam. then, u.s. naval war professor on the north vietnamese war strategy. after that, oral histories from the vietnam center and archive feature veterans of the first full scale engagement between u.s. forces and the people's army of vietnam. >>> this weekend marks the anniversary of the bloodiest battle to be fought during the civil war. up to that point, the battle of shoi low and we'll tour the battlefield with chief park rang ranger, saturday at 6:00 p.m. and sunday night at 7:00, the angel of the battlefield, clara barton, operated the missing soldier's office until 1868. join us as we rediscover the third floor office as it's prepare for renovations. this weekend on american history tv on cspan 3. >>> each week, american history tv sits in on a

. >> more with katrina lantos swett on cspan's q & a. >> the pope has a famous way of being determinedith the cardinal level post. and the pope hand picks this person. and this person -- this person decides when the pope is dead. he hits him three times on the head with a silver hammer and calls out his baptismal name three times which is carried over from the romans. the romans use that method yelling your name at you three times. although even today the pope isn't didn't tim the cardinal position says he is dead. >> on afterwards, dick tereci, describes the ever changing concept of death and organ harvesting is blurring that line. also this weekend on book tv, arlen specter on the split between old guard

i don't need more money than a douglas wissing on bankrolling the anime on cspan's "q &a." also look for our interview with robert caro on lyndon johnson. >> in a moment, today's news, your e-mails and phone calls live on "washington journal.' later, a conversation on the housing market and the economy. we will hear from joseph smith who is overseeing a $25 billion mortgage settlement reached between 49 states and five bags. that is live at 1:00 p.m. eastern. presidential candidate mitt romney will be in scottsdale, ariz. speaking at the republican national committee state share meeting. that is live at 3:45 eastern. coming up this hour, we will look at the role of the secret service and allegations of misconduct. our guest is a "los angeles times" correspondent and

for more information about american history tv on cspan-3, including our complete schedule, go to cspan.org/history. to enter your questions, follow us on twitter. we're on twitter.com/cspanhistory. >>> an air of mystery has surrounded this bronze likeness of alexander hamilton since the day it was unveiled in 1923. there is a definitive book on the sculpture in washington, d.c. president warren harding made reference to an anonymous donor. might it possibly have been the gift of andrew melon who admireres of the '20s like to describe as the greatest secretary since alexander himself. the protege wears a slightly quizzical look on his handsome face. perhaps he is straining to recognize his surroundings. after all, it was his famous deal that led to federal assumption in return for the capital's removal for an entire new city to be built on the banks of the potomac. the pedestal on which he stands makes no reference to hamilton's real estate transactions. it pays tribute instead to his financial genius. he smoked the rock of the national resources that reads, and abundant themes of revenue g

facebook.com/cspan. coming up next, they'll get under way shortly at the library of virginia in richmond to get the program under way. live coverage on american history tv on c-span3. >>> good morning. hello, everybody. why don't we get started. good morning. my name is matt thompson, chairman of the board of the museum of the confederacy. and on behalf of the museum and the library of virginia, i welcome you to our 2012 symposium. this is the 15th year of our partnership with the library and we are truly grateful to it for hosting this event and for being a center of education in scholarship in downtown richmond. based on the feedback we received from last year's person of the year 1861 symposium, i think it's safe to say that this person of the year series is becoming a signature event of the continuing commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the civil war. as chairman of the museum, i'm obligated to remind everybody we are a member-supported institution. to learn more about the museum and our activit

on cspan 3. they will hold the first congressional hearing on racial profiling since the september 11 terrorist attacks and a hearing will include witnesses from law enforcement but the overall issue of racial profiling will be before the senate judiciary committee. a republican in long beach island, new jersey -- caller: good morning, are crack cocaine and powder cocaine exactly alike? guest: as i understand it, they are not exactly alike is the same drug. they are just prepare differently. i'm not an expert on how they are prepared. pharmacologically, they are the same but prepare different and distributor devin because crack is generally in small packages than powder. all the studies have shown that there is no meaningful difference between the two and certainly no difference sufficient to justify 80% of people getting caught up in cracked. . the mandatory minimums generally cause problems because the judge is required whether it makes any sense are not and the matrix in which he is sentencing

eastern this weekend on cspan 3. >>> next, a biography about general douglas macarthur who served in world war ii. his military career came to a close in 1951 when president harry s. truman releahed him of his command. this was produced in 1952 by the army pictorial center. >>> the united states army presents a big picture. an official report produced for the armed forces and the american people. now to show you part of the big picture, here is sergeant stewart queen. >> today the big picture is presenting the story of a man who holds one of the outstanding military records in modern history. a great field commander, a remarkable chief of staff, a military governor without parallel in modern times. his career has had many phases. it has been long and glorious. above all, it has the glow of tremendous personal integrity. douglas macarthur, general of the army, an historic figure in an historic speech before a joint meeting of congress. ♪ >> i'm closing my 52 years of military service. when i joined the army, even before the turn of the century, it was the fulfillment of all my boyish

go to facebook.com/cspan. >> let me read to you what his wife said in her affidavit. i laura bennett do propose and state in 1999 or 2000, he said he had had a conversation with him using human growth hormones. i remind you you're under oath. you said your conversation with mr. petit never happened. if that was true, why would laura petit remember telling -- andy and it's relation husband close enough to know, i had known that he had done hgh which i now know, if he had known that i was taking hgh, we would have discussed it. he would have come to me to ask about the effects of it. >> with over a quarter century of american politics and publicly affairs on your computer. >> next, part of a recent forum on islamic political parties. while libya is not in the drafting stage yet, party representatives from each of the countries say they shared the same goal of achieving democracy. from the carnegie endowment for peace in washington, this is approximately 30 minutes. >> have you heard that? let's go ahead and get started. we're moving now, our panels, we're moving slightl

facebook.com/cspan. >>> the former adviser to general stan le mcchrystal, recently criticized u.s. policy in afghanistan saying afghan forces were not ready to take over as the u.s. prepares to withdraw in 2014. he also questioned the credibility of the afghan government. also participating, former u.s. ambassador to afghanistan, ronald noiman, from the center for strategic and national studies. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> good morning. my name is robert land. i'm the director of the program on crisis, conflict and cooperation. thanks to all of you for coming this morning. i want to start by thanking tim for making this entire day possible. i would like to request that you all please silence your cell phones so that we're not interrupted during this, what i think will be a lively and interesting discussion on afghanistan and pakistan. we will be live tweeting this event from our website. if you see tony playing with his cell phone, that's because he's tweeting the entire event. following the panel, we will take questions from the audience. please wait for the microphone to c

. >> more with katrina lantos swett on cspan's q & a. >> the pope has a famous way of being determinedcardinal level post. and the pope hand picks this person. and this person -- this person decides when the pope is dead. he hits him three times on the head with a silver hammer and calls out his baptismal name three times which is carried over from the romans. the romans use that method

mitt romney has -- find out how today's 95 delegates will be doled out tonight at 7:00 eastern, cspan will have primary coverage of the results and candidate reaction. deputy u.s. trade representative, an ambassador to the world trade organization michael punk speaks next on u.s. global trade influence. the u.s. chamber of commerce and the organization business european looking at trade europe looking at priorities for the wto. this is about a half hour. >> i believe we're ready. for our grand finale. changing hats now. i'm ralph gardner, managing ceo of fedex. i'm the co-chair of today's task force, i hope that they found the panels as interesting as i did. i want to thank the chamber for organizing this, and for all of you for -- trade agenda, as chris mentioned, the statement by the chamber and business europe is doing well. set the priorities and a pathway forward for 2012 and beyond. today, we are especially pleased to be joined by deputy u.s. ambassador to the wto michael punk, who has his bioin front of you. but ambassador punk has worked in the field of international trade for

. >> you are watching cspan's "newsmakers" program with tom donahue, the ceo of the u.s. chamber of commerce. mr. donahue, the reporters toured this conversation with grading the president. how would you grade the democratic house and the republican senate? >> it is hard to break the democratic house because they don't do a lot. that is because they made a strategy that with 23 democratic senators at risk in the election that they should not vote on a lot of things. it might be the same things. this is the third year they will not vote a budget. i will not break down because there is not a lot left to grade. in the republican house, you have two issues. they have passed 30 pieces of legislation that attempts to address economic issues. knowing it would be hard to get anything done in the democratic senate. at the same time, there have debatesme internet scencine within the house and ee progress should be made in resolving those points so that when we had the issue i described of the post-election excitement, they will work closely together. i will give both houses a stron

you're watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on cspan 3. >> all of our square miles are places that i have a great deal of affection for, but this one i would have to say is special to all of us. the old mill was built in the late 1930s. it was originally built by a developer who built the lakewood area, which is one of our residential subdivisions and it was dedicating to a bit of art. the concrete as you can see looks like petrified wood, but it's concrete. the mill was actually never an operating gristmill, but it was constructed to reflect that kind of an ambiance of the city's and early history and milling flour, turning it into bread. it was done by an artist out of mexico. a fellow by the name of rodriguez was commissioned by the matthews family to come up and build this as part of the neighborhood and over the years, the city took it over and now operates it as one of our parks. one of the things that's interesting from a historical note is that this old mill is probably the only standing structure that was in the movie "gone with the wind." the history refle

and also on facebook, facebook.com/cspan. before we speak to john mountcastle. a tweet from tammy price, she says her choice for person of the year 1862 would be frederick douglass although i think lincoln would be better for this year than for last year. you may recall we covered this event last year and abraham lincoln was choice for person of the year 1861. john mountcastle joins us from the library of virginia. mr. mountcastle, a pretty compelling case for general george b. mcclellan in 1862, and we have a lot of phone callers waiting to hear from you, let's go first to norman in east lansing, michigan, good afternoon. >> caller: good afternoon. dr. mountcastle, do you think if lincoln would have just let mcclellan stick to his plan and not interfere like a good leader should, that mcclellan's strategy would have actually won the war? and also why do you think mcclellan gets such a bad rap amongst your fellow historians? >> norman, that's two key questions, i think. first, the president was under tremendous pressure not strictly in a strategic sense but most

. >>> all this week in prime time on cspan 3, american history events. tonight, beginning at 8:00 eastern, orange county, virginia james madison's montpelier. at 8:30, old sturbridge village, visit a living history museum depicting early life from 1790-1840. at 9:00, inaugural gowns and white house china. learn more about the influential role of first ladies in presidential administrations. >>> this weekend marks the anniversary of the bloodiest battle to be fought during the civil war, up to that point, the battle of shiloh with almost 24,000 casualties. we'll tour the battlefield with chief park ranger stacy allen, sunday night at 7:00 the angel of the battlefield founder of the red cross, clara barton, operated the missing soldiers office in a washington, d.c. boarding house until 1868. join us as we rediscover the third floor office as it's prepared for renovations. this weekend on american history tv on c-span 3. the house sub come mep might tee heard -- chairman jon leibowitz talked about the new con fumer financial protection bureau, staffing and

for friends watching on cspan. i would look to say if you have never bun to newport news, i strongly recommend visiting if for no other reason than to see the maritime museum, mariners museum. before i begin i would like to thank our sponsors and partners, without whom this conference would not be possible. and in fact the weekend's events. our sponsors are bank of america, the virginia foundation for the humanities, and southern structural steel. our partners, museum of the confederacy. studies for american studies at christopher new port university, and hampton, and noaa's marine sanctuary the now i am pleased to introduce our next speaker. an assistant editor with the papers of abraham lincoln project and adjunct professor of history at george mason university where he teaches courses on 19th century u.s. military. he earned his ph.d. in 1999 from southern illinois university, under the direction of john simon. his dissertation was on the care, treatment, and use of civil war cavalry horses. now i would look to

eastern and you can see it live on cspan 2 m. >>> today the supreme court talks about whether arizona has authority. you can hear that oral argument on our companion network c-span friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> this is c-span 3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs on our websites and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> rosy o'donnell's was the president's first choice to be here this evening and she with dr drew. i wasn't the second choice. dennis miller was the second choice but he got held out by illegal nanny technicality. weeding out the qualified to get to the available. >> i thought that when you got into office that you put a swift end to your basketball pickup plan. come on. first black president playing basketball. that's one step forward and two steps back. are you any good? i bet your game is really nice right now? you think you got good moves. nobody is going to give the president a

. >> hear more about his political career, water gate and his later reform on cspan. >>> one of the things i always remember because my office overlooked the building, there was a day care center in the plaza and some of the children were killed. others injured. but during their recess period, they would always come play out here in the plaza and you would hear their voices, so that left a lasting impression of course when they were silenced. my son, a dear friend of his in high school, she had just gr graduated and was working in the social security office. her father was a good friend of mine. when i got home that morning, three different messages. first, wanting to know what he could find out about his daughter, second, it didn't look good and third was when he was crying. >>> watch our local content vehicle's next stop. exploring the history and literary culture of oklahoma city. with p special airings the weekend of may the 5th and 6th and on american history tv on history tv. >>> now, a form on renewable and sustainable energy development at the conference in june. this is about an h