we'll have that live on cspan at 40030. later tonight president obama will be speaking at the commencement ceremony at joplin, missouri. this month marks 1 years since tornadoes killed 160 people including students and staff at the school. we'll have the president's remarks from the high school at 9:15 eastern. >>> thank you, all of you, for being here. i called this hearing of the subcommittee on oversight of government management, federal work force, and the district of columbia to order. i want to welcome our witnesses. aloha and thank you for being here. as chairman of the subcommittee i have held seven, seven oversight hearings that emphasize the need to build a federal government's foreign language skills from developing a foreign language strategy to improving u.s. diplomatic readiness. this is my final hearing on this topic. today we will review the importance of foreign languages to our national security and our economy as well. we'll also examine the state of the federal government's foreign language capabilities

video library and over the next few weeks, look for other commencement addresses on the cspan networks which you can clip and share at cspan.org's video library. >> the fcc commissioners testified on capitol hill, market competition were among the topics discussed. west virginia senator jay rockefeller cheers the congress committee. >> forget the fact that we're starting our votes at a much earlier time than i thought. but i have an opening statement which i just want to give so much, even though the chairman isn't here, but our two newest members are and we're very proud of that. and then--julius, i'm breaking all rules, i'm going to give my statement for the first time they had nine members. 15 members. they had all their members there. which has nothing to do with this. anyway, the -- these two congressmen are wonderful additions to the board and this hearing follows on the heels of a hearing we had a few weeks ago that exploited the future of video and how it's migrated from one platform to another. such migration is not limited however just to video. it's occurring across the comm

you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on cspan 3. >> i think this is one ofe don't vote for the party. the city of wichita votes for the candidate. i think you're seeing a lot more of that. even though this is heavily republican midwest, which is dynamic and great, but i think you're seeing more of that in the recent years here in the midwest. they are voting for more what the person stands for. >> book tv and american history tv explore the heritage and literary culture of wichita, kansas. >> the first place i want to show you is munger house. the only remaining original structure from the 1865 to 1870 time. it was a very important building in our history in that it is a residence, but it's also the headquarters of the wichita town and land company that came down here to create shall we say the city of wichita. >> watch for book tv and american history tv in wichita on june 2nd and 3rd on cspan 2 and 3. >>> from the milwaukee meeting of t

follow the golden rule. >> memorial day weekend, watch commencement speeches on cspan. politicians, without leaders and officials share their thoughts. >> more from secretary of state clinton now. yesterday, she joined defense secretary leon pu nanetta in calling for the u.s. to join the u.n.'s law of the sea treaty which governs the use of international waters. in testimony, they cite national security, job creation, and oil exploration as reasons to join the treaty. 26 republican senators say they oppose signing the treaty because it would undermine u.s. sovereignty. martin dempsey also appears at the hearing. this is just under three hours. >> thank you for being here with us. secretary clinton, secretary panetta, and general dempsey, welcome. we're particularly privileges to have you here today. and we thank you for joining us. it's really a rare occasion, i think, in any committee, but it's a rare occasion in this committee when we have simultaneously a panel of witnesses that brings together america's top diplomat, our country's top defense official, and our natio

american history tv in primetime all week, starting at 8:00 eastern, here on cspan 3. spend the weekend in oklahoma city with book tv and american history tv. saturday at noon eastern check in on literary life with book tv on cpan 2 including the governor's must-read political books. oklahoma university president and former senator, on his letter to america. also rare books from the history of science collection at o.u. and oklahoma history on american history tv on cspan 3. tour the oklahoma city bombing memorial. plus, a look into african-american life in 1920s oklahoma and native american t artifacts. exploring history and literary life of cities across america. this weekend from oklahoma city on cspan 2 and 3. >>> the abolitionist john willis menard was elected in 1868 to the u.s. congress. although never seated the first african-american to address the house chamber. we'll hear from the hiss toretof the house of representatives, in this one hour event. >>> the last time i was at a meeting, i was so inspired by a woman who made a perezen ta pref a book senate -- bo

watch each day starting at 9:15 eastern on cspan. >> welcome to old cow town museum, wichita, kansas. >> brent and trace waking up the city for 22 years and we think we've got a heck of a start. that's why the mayor comes in every wednesday. today, he's going to be talking a little bit about the problem we're having in the city with taxi cabs. >> june 2nd and 3rd, book tv and american history tv explore the heritage and literary culture of wichita, kansas. >> rather modest looking paper wrap binding, but it contains an alphabetical list of the members of senate and house of representatives done in 1831. i believe this was issued only as it says here for the members' immediate use only. they were not supposed to loan this out because it would tell you exactly where everybody lived, so you could go and button hole them punch him if you didn't like it. >> watch on june 2nd and 3rd on cspan 2 and 3. >> your country men have faith in you and expect you to make the decisions. the issues will not be in black and white. don't be afraid to consider your doubts, but don't be paralyzed by them.

seen every weekend on cspan 3. tonight on lectures in history, we hear from university of michigan professor kevin gaines on the music of the civil rights movement. in about an hour and a half, former defense secretary, donald rumsfeld talks about the war on terror in south carolina and later, a look at urban america in the mid 20th century with brian parnell. he teaches a course on the social, dynamic and cultures of american cities after world war ii. american history tv, all week on cspan 3. >>> sunday -- >> i don't regard this as just a biography of lyndon johnson. i want each book to examine a kind of political power in america. saying this is a kind of political power seeing what a president can can do in a moment of great crisis. how he gathers around. what does he do to get legislation moving to take command in washington? that's the way of examining power in a time of crisis and i said, i want to do this in full. i suppose it takes 300 pages in there. so i couldn't, that's why i just said let's examine in.

watch online at the cspan video library. it's one of many discussions we covered this week. >>> treasury department undersecretary for terrorism, david cohen, outlined his department's role in fighting terrorism thursday at the center for strategic and international studies in washington. he credited the treasury department's targeting of al-qaeda's finances as one of the pivotal reasons for its decline. he also discusses national security efforts in syria. this is just over an hour. >> good morning and welcome. my name's andrew schwartz and i'm in our external relations department here. we will be live tweeting from this event. i have the privilege today of welcoming two very distinguished public servants. who have served our country well. dave cohen is the undersecretary of terrorism. undersecretary of the treasury for intelligence and we can think of no better foreign tell us about the role. my colleague was basically this job in a former administration plus, something like that. then juan went to the white house and was

sunday night on cspan's q and a. >> even though job opportunities are scarce in the economy, it's not for nothing that you've spent this time preparing. jerry fall well senior observed that you don't determine a man's greatness by his talent or wealth as the world does, but rather by what it takes to discourage him. america needs your talent and skill. >> so don't accept somebody else's construction of the way things ought to be. it's up to you to right wrongs. to point out injustice. to hold the system accountable. and sometime, upend it entirely. it's up to you to stand up and to be heard. to right and to lobby, to march, to organize and to vote. don't be content to just sit back and watch. >> president obama and mitt romney delivered commencement addresses in the past few days and you can watch them online anytime at the cspan video library and over the next few weeks, look for others on the cspan networks, which you can clip and share. >>> now, a house hearing on a division of fema that researches fire prevention, trains firefighters and educates the public about fire safety. the

american history tv in primetime all week, starting at 8:00 eastern, here on cspan 3. spend the weekend in oklahoma city with book tv and american history tv. saturday at noon eastern check in on literary life with book tv on cpan 2 including the governor's must-read political books. oklahoma university president and former senator, on his letter to america. also rare books from the history of science collection at o.u. and oklahoma history on american history tv on cspan 3. tour the oklahoma city bombing memorial. plus, a look into african-american life in 1920s oklahoma and native american t

so you can watch that on cspan 2 or watch it online on cspan.org. >> furthermore i remain optimistic about the future of indiana and the united states of america. the news media and political leaders spend a great deal of time talking about what is broken in our country, and to some degrees, that is the nature of their business. but we should also have confidence that the unique american experiment is alive and well and our political system still can work. >> tuesday night, long-time indiana republican senator richard luger lost to primary challenger richard murdock. look back at senator luger's time in the senate. all online, archived and searchable at the cbs span video library. in a few moments "new york times" columnist paul krugman on the economy. in 45 minutes the state opening of british parliament. after that the future of the federal reserve. >> i had my ambition to walk where john smith and pocohanas walked. this makes a rectangular space. pocahontas marries john ralph, so i guarantee you, i'm standing a little deeper than she was, but this is from pocahontas was standing w

. >> each weekend on american history tv on cspan 3. learn more about the presidents their policies and legacy throughs historic speeches and discussions with historians. this sunday, 8:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., a look at the presidency and civil rights, through fdr, truman and eisenhower administrations. for more about programming, schedules and online video vi t visit -- cspan.org/history. >>> i seem to have earned a certain place where people will listen to me and i have always cared about the country. and "the greatest generation" writing that book gave me a kind of a platform that was completely unanticipated. so i thought i ought not to squander that. so i ought to step up as a, not just as a citizen and journalist, but as the a father, a husband, and a grandfather. and if i see these things i ought to write about them and fry try to start this dialogue which i am trying to do with this book about where we need to get to next. >> unhtom brokaw urges americano redefine the american dream. and sunday, live, indepth your

tv, all weekend, every weekend, on cspan 3. the organization of american historians and the national council on public history recently held their annual meeting in milwaukee, wisconsin, american history tv spoke with several of this year's aden dees. discuss the panic of 1837 and other kmirk crises and explain how they relate to the 2008 financial crisis. this is about a half hour. >> american history tv is at the annual meeting of the organization of american historians in milwaukee and we are joined by two historians who will be speaking about economic crises in american history, jessica letler teaches history at the university of new hampshire and alice o'connor, a historian at the university of history santa barbara, thank you for being was. >> thank you. >> let's start early in the history, with the pak panic of 1837, pwhat was the panic of 1837. >> that phrase refers to a rather long period of time it referred to seven years of boston a financial crisis and really hard times that followed it well into the 18 40sz. but my

this is washington today on cspan radio. the fbi director telling a congressional committee today that authorities were investigating how information about an alleged plot by al qaeda to detonate a bomb on an airliner to the u.s. leaked to the news media. fbi director robert muller saying that the disclosure of the information about the plot that was first reported by the associated press on may 7 did compromise the u.s. operations against al qaeda. questions on all of this from senator john kyle, republican of arizona. >> let me also refer to your testimony about investigating the source of the leaks of this most recent, i these you referred eto it as an ied, but e can refer to it as another potential underwear bomber case, would that be accurate? >> explosive device. >> explosive device and you do have investigation ongoing underway, is that correct? >> yes. let me just ask you about -- is it -- how would you characterize how important it is to find the source of the leak? >> as i indicated before, leaks such as this have

this is american history tv on cspan 3. >> these films depict. liberation, love of self, love of community. what these films depict is what white society never saw for the most part. and if they saw elements of it, they surely did not talk about that amongst themselves. what these films depict is an america that one man, reverend jones, had the foresight to say this is worth investing in and this is worth telling.

caller: thank you for cspan.al opinion that most of the republican party has been hijacked by the tea party. what worries me is that americans having a third party will take votes away from the president which will allow the tea party to take over the country which would be my worst nightmare. elliott ackerman of americans elect with chris matthews and said he worried about what ralph nader did in the last election. talk aboutid let's it. so far, he has never gone back on the show to keep his word to talk about it. i would like to politely ask if elliott ackerman or some later of americans alike would go back on the air or any show to discuss the spoiler issue. it is my opinion that those who might not be happy with the president or who might not vote republican may vote for americans elect as a spoiler which may give the election to what i would call the tea party and allow the tea party to take over the country which, in my opinion, would privatize health care, give tax cuts to the rich, thet the pour in countr

tonight at 8:00 eastern part of american history tv this weekend on cspan 3. >>> when people are saying to him don't take the vice presidency, right now you are the most -- you are a powerful majority leader, don't take the vice presidency, you won't have any power. johnson says power is where power goes. meaning i can make mpower in hi situation. nothing in his life previously makes that seems like he's boasting because that is exactly what he had done all his life. >> sunday night the conclusion of our conversation with robert caro on the passage of power, volume 4 in the years of lyndon johnson, his biography of the president sunday night on q and a. >>> >>> each week at this time american history tv featured an hour long conversation from cspan's sunday night interview series q and a. here is the encore q and a on american history tv. >>> sheperdstown, west virginia is in the eastern panhandle of the state near the famous civil war sites of harper's ferry an an teed am. chartered by the virginia assembly in 1762, it is the oldest town in the state. today, sheperdstown is thoem a div

. >> coming up next on cspan 3, a discussion on the role of nato and its priorities. after that, a heritage foundation forum on u.s. veterans and their families. >> i thought it was important to write a book that took peoples movement seriously. the movements that elected obama houc how did they build over time. '03, '04. what happened? and the tea party, came out of nowhere. what was its origin? and occupy wall street. to look at a social movement, we, the people perspective. >> on after words, van jones on social movements in america today. saturday night, 10:00 p.m. eastern. book tv. and the am spectator, r. emmett tyrrell, and "the death of liberalism." sunday night at 11:00. part of book tv this weekend on cspan 2. nato will hold its summit in chicago later this month. next, u.s. ambassador to nato talks about the role of nato and some of its pry or teaiorities. >> welcome to the council on foreign relations meeting. i want to go through our standard stuff here. but remind you to, please completely turn off all of your, not just put them on vibrate, but turn ever

in 1958, they sat down -- once a month, cspan's local content vehicle explores the local and city life in wichita, kansas. >>> a senate hearing now on ivory poaching on africa and what the u.s. can do about it. but i believe very strongly that one of the responsibilities of our economy is and always has been to make sure that issues deserving attention receive focus. whether people have heard about the issue or not, whether they're on the front page of our national consciousness today or not, it's our job, i think to help put them there. and certainly even if we aren't thinking much about the global implications of poaching in africa, i can guarantee that we will be if it goes unabated. in other words in a country with a deep and abiding conservati conservationist nation, it's just a matter of time before we awaken to the poaching consequences. and if we don't act now, the time will come too late. it would come too late for the elephants, these enormous lumbering majestic animals which have been a sentimental favorite with people the world over. they are a living connection to prehisto

starting this weekend, cspan's "washington journal" begins its spotlight on colinists. sunday, colbert king of "the washington post." monday, matt lewis of the daily

for more information about american history tv on cspan 3 including our complete schedule go to cspan.org/history. to keep up with his throughout the week or send questions or comments follow us on twitter. we're at twitter.com/cspanhistory. >>> as the presidential campaign enters its final months and the political parties prepare for conventions american history tv will air cspan's original series "the contenders" featuring 14 key political figures who ran for president and lost but impacted american political history. we'll air the series june 3 to september 2 on sundays at 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. join us as historians preview the series on saturday, june 2 at 10:00 a.m. eastern. the civil war battle of shiloh took place april 6 and 7, 1862 in tennessee. it resulted in a union victory over confederate forces. nearly 110,000 troops took part in the fighting which produced almost 24,000 casualties making it the bloodiest battle to that point in u.s. history. american history tv visited shiloh national military park where stacy allen, the chief ranger, gave us a tour of the ba

i want to say we are doing cspan, going to try to keep this on type. we are also streaming live on the yale website, i think. and i am going to introduce everybody and then here is what we are going to do. i am going to offer a very brief definition of legacy. just one attempt at that word, just briefly. since i asked everybody to talk about legacies before day ask me to define it, i will offer a definition. then i asked each member of the panel to talk two minutes. that's all they get. to declare their favorite, or could be unfavorite, or least favorite, legacy of the civil war and they get two minutes to state it and defend it. and then we are going to go from there. our first guest is immediately to, two people to my right, sorry. a senior editor of "atlantic" magazine and writes for the magazine and now quite prominent blog. he has many fans on his blog as i have learned. in fact, i don't know. at least a few years ago i started hearing from friends, my colleague, one of them, who kept saying you have got to start reading this guy. he is talking ab

all here on cspan-3. and preview the series on saturday, june 2nd at 10:30 eastern. >>> the civil war of the battle of shiloh took place in 1862 in harden county, tennessee and resulted am a victory of confederate forces. nearly 120,000 troops took part in the fighting which produced almost 24,000 characterasualtieg it the bloodiest battle in american history. we visited the park where stacy allen, the park's ranger, gave us a tour of the battlefield. in this section he talked about a section of the battlefield called the hornet's nest. >> we've moved to the center of the union line astride the eastern corinth road in shiloh known forever after the battle of the who nhornet's nest. the confederates attempted to attack them here, and they did so in a peaceful fashion, primarily long brigades making these assaults, in succession in some instances over the course of midday and through the afternoon. they were dead center, pretty much dead center on the battlefield. and the confederates attack through what th

on cspan 3. join us as historians preview the ser sees on saturday june 2nd :00nd at 10:00 a.m. eastern >>> wanted to ask you about the book you've written on women's rights, women's citizenship, the book is no constitutional right to be ladies, women and the obligations, of citizenship. in publishers weekly i was reading some of what they had to say about your book. they say you link the woman's exemption from civic duties such as jury or military service, to the denial of women civic rights sufficient as sufferage, her body. what were you aiming for? >> at the time of the founding, at the time of the revolution, when at marriage the husband got virtually absolute right to access to the body of his wife. there is no concept of rape in marriage until the feminists of the 1970s put it there. it seemed to follow, therefore, of course he could control her property, of course he control her will, of course he would never give her the vote, because she would have to vote she would be forced in voting the way he did. it didn't occur to them therefore they should take away rights from

bush and bill clinton sunday at 8:00 on cspan's "q &a." this morning president obama's support on same-sex marriage. then we talk about the federal investigation as to who leaked information about an al qaeda plot on a u.s.-bound flight. plot on a u.s.-bound flight.

charleston, south carolina, an independent caller: caller, go: 94 cspan. -- thank you for cspan. , * as the debt ceiling been raised? guest: that is a great question. it has been a number of times and it has been raised in all administrations. this is nothing new. the question becomes how can we raise the debt ceiling without cutting spending? that is what the speaker talked about yesterday. that is what so many of us in the house felt passionately about that before we can raise the debt ceiling -- this president has amassed more debt than the first 40 presidents before him. we have a problem that we as a nation must face. it really cannot be republican or democrat. i think it is an american issue. how will we get our spending under control and not jeopardize the economic stability this country -- of this country which i think is in jeopardy if we continue on the same path. host: the debt ceiling has been raised 75 times. peoria, illinois, democrats line, go ahead. caller: i need to address what you were just talking about, the dbt. this president has a -- has come amassed more debt

what his comments on line on the cspan video library. in a few moments, president obama's commencement speech last night in joplin, missouri. "washington journal" is live in half an hour with segments on middle east diplomacy, the government's role in the housing market, and the 2012 campaign. several live events to tell you about later today -- the senate energy and natural resources committee looks set energy innovation and government policy. that is on c-span 3 at 10:00 a.m. eastern. also at 10:00 on c-span, the head of the securities and exchange commission, mary shapiro, and head of the commodity futures trading commission, gary gensler testified before the senate banking committee about financial regulations, derivatives, and the recent losses at j.p. morgan. our road to the white house coverage of the presidential campaign continues with a new hampshire speech on the economy by vice president joe biden. you can see that live at 1:45 p.m. eastern. >> i fight this is one of those markets where people vote for -- they don't vote for

you can see that debite tomorrow live on cspan. last week, the house armed services committee marked up the national defense authorization, members went through the bill line by line. california republican buck mckeon shares the committee, washington democrat adam smith is the ranking member. here's the two-hour 15 minute portion of the markup session.

cspan. espn would be more fun. but please make sure you've got the microphone in your hand before you start the question so they can hear the whole question. what i, we have one right there, so i will hold my -- let you guys get started. please stand up, identify yourself. >> dave fitzgerald, private consultant. i have a question about mitigation, which i didn't see in this report. mentioned specifically, but it involves a lot of money. a lot of money spent by local governments presumably. it all is based on the idea that people are living, some people, some communities are located in the wrong place. they know from experience it floods, earthquakes. it's a bad place to be living. you've got to move the community. that's a huge economic cost. it's a huge political, psychological cost. how does any government really do that? we have a problem now in tokyo where they talk about the land filled areas and liquefaction. you've got problems all the time in the gulf with you know, bailing out new orleans or other places t

sunday night on cspan's, q and a. >> the center for strategic and international studies hosted a forum last week on u.s./russia relations. panelists include the former u.s. ambassador to russia, and the current russian ambassador to the u.s. this comes ahead of the g-8 summit at camp dach vid this we. >> welcome. i'm meredith, the chair in international business here at csis. on behalf of myself, and the director of our russian-eurasia program program. on the eve of the g-8 summit meeting and period leading up to the vote we hope next month in the russian state to ratify russia's succession to the wto, world trade organization. since 2009, the reset in relations between russia and the united states there, have been many successes, including the s.t.a.r.t. treaty, cooperation on afghanistan, iran, and north korea. civilian nuclear power, and other areas. but there have been notable differences over syria, missile defense, human rights, enforcement of intellectual property rights and con dufkt elections last month. both president put spin and president obama have called for a deepening o

coming up here on cspan 3, the atlantic council will hold its annual awards dinner and some of those being awarded include ban ki-moon for his leadership in global challenges an also england's prince harry, who along with his brother, created a foundation that supports people in the military. the ceremony is being held here in washington and you can watch it live starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern. before that dinner gets started, we'll show you a portion of today's white house briefing with jay carney. he discussed president obama's view on same-sex marriage and we'll show you as much of this as we can before that dinner begins. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to the briefing room for your daily briefing. it's good to see you. i hope you had a terrific weekend and i have no announcements to make at the top, so straight to questions. yes. >> does the the election of president in france increws your concern so that the change in the european economy be shifted away from austerity forcing the economic situation there and drag the united states down with it, secondarily, wha

. >> learn more about oklahoma city and cspan's local content vehicles at cspanorg.ing american history tv all weekend on c-span 3. >>> tony horowitz on the 1859 harper's ferry raid which he details in his latest book "mid might rising." mr. horowitz talks about the impact on the abolitionist movement and civil war. >> you can't wiggle. >> for most of us, it is a wonderful welcoming to our home here in waterford. to celebrate both the journey which is really the result of the work of many in this room as well as to celebrate our dear friend and favorite author tony horowitz. yes, indeed. under the economic conditions, thank you. he is selling his house. >> you can tour it afterwards. >> we are here through the journey of hill ohallowed groun. engaging our partners as well as our hers in bringing to the f e forethe the history to monticello. we could not be more thrilled to have tony with us who has not only been a best-selling author of "con fed rafederates in the " his newest, "midnight rising" which is about john brown and events that changed the course of american

will hold several series of votes throughout the day, and you can see that on our companion network cspan. >>> while we wait for the hearing to get underway, yesterday ethical standards was looked at, departments acting inspector general said misconduct is a threat to national security, also testifying at the hearing, transportation security administration and immigrations and customs enforcement. congressman michael mccall from texas chaired this hearing. >> the committee will come to order. >> the purpose of this hearing is to examine the ethical policies, conduct, and alleged criminal activities within the department of homeland security. i now recognize myself for an opening statement. may 6th through the 12th was public recognition week. we set aside time each year to honor our public servants, who keep us safe, care for our veterans, patrol our borders, and find cures for rare diseases. they make our country stronger and make a difference in the world. most of our employees understand public service is a public trust. each one has a responsibility to the united states government and

see what they have to see online at the cspan video library. all archived and searchable. >>> this weekend, seth jones documents the war against al-qaeda since 9/11 in hunting in the shadows. he's interviewed by a.p. intelligence reporter. saturday night at 10:00 eastern.

 >>> watch for book tv and american history tv in wichita on cspan ii. >>> live now to capitol hill for a senate homeland security subcommittee hearing on the shortage of foreign language speakers in the federal government with officials from the fbi, the defense and state department, and the department of education. they'll be looking at how language skill deficiencies affect national security and the ways to increase the united states' language capabilities.

finally, as you can see today's program is being aired nationally on cspan-3, we want to thank them for sharing our conference with the american people. here is how today will work, we have two panels, the first one addressed what we learned from the past several years at local attempts at immigration laws. examine the impacts on business, social, faith communities. we won't talk about the confusionality. the second panel provides solutions from the perspective of people who lived on the were deer, served in law enforcement capacities or stayed at the border for many years. each speaker will have eight to ten minutes followed by q and a, we would encourage you to ask many questions. hi. at 11:15, break for 15 minutes to grab lunch and we'll come back and launch in the second panel. so we understand that immigration is a controversial issue. and we know some people in the room may have strong views one way or the other. some of the information you will hear today will challenge the conventional views, and that is part of our purpose. but just as the information we provide today will be p

we're at twitter.com/cspan history. in this program, anthropologist helen rountree uses her research to describe how natives of the piedmont region used their environment for food, transportation, and shelter. the indian women's brains were like computers because of their knowledge of the plans. it's part of the conference titled "from the earth" at the virginia historical society. >> i may have been invited more than anyone else, but it's because i usually talk about her who shall be nameless today. i don't plan to mention any individuals today. i was asked to talk about people and the land, and i'm going to stay to the subject. my students used to complain, i stuck to the subject. drove them nuts. the indian attitude to the land here before all of the invaders came, including my ancestors, the attitude to the land was complex, but there was one element of it that shines slow in some of the early accounts. that is the entire region is useful as is. i want to explain why and how that was possible. we need to start off w

. >>> hosted by cox communications cable partner, cspan's local content vehicles recently visited many historic sites in oklahoma city, the capitol of oklahoma. learn more about oklahoma city all week long on american history tv. >>> we are at the african-american exhibit at the oklahoma history center. this is the first permanent exhibit of the first african-american experience. strangely enough, over 500 museums and historical societies in oklahoma. when this exhibit opened in 2005, it was oklahoma's first permanent exhibit of the african-american experience. and it covers everything from the preterritorial days until civil rights movement to the present day accomplishments of african americans. this was my mother. the first african-american to be admitted to university of oklahoma school of law. 1946, when laws in oklahoma prohibited african-americans and whites from even going to the same schools together, sitting in the same classrooms together, they were dual separate educational systems in oklahoma. she was the first person to try to breakdown those barriers and did it by applyi

. >>> hosted by our cox communications cable partner, cspan's local content vehicles recently visited many historic sites in oklahoma city, the capital of oklahoma. learn more about oklahoma city all weekend long on american history tv. >>> my name is bill clark. welcome to the state capitol of oklahoma. spend a little time taking a look at a very beautiful building. start here with solomon laten, the principal architect on the capitol. this is a 1915 drawing of the capitol, and i show this to folks just so they understand the dome really was a part of the plan in the beginning. the building was built without the dome between 1914 and 1917. did not build the dome then because they ran out of money. but they had built all of the supporting sub structure for the dome. so when we got around to building the dome, beginning in 2001, we were able just to start at the roof line and go up. the base of the building is covered with pink and black granite that comes from oklahoma. white indiana limestone on the main part. the dome is covered with a man-made stone, and that's how they were able t

. >> we're going to take a few questions and cspan has asked me ore pete the questions for their audience, but i wanted to make a quick comment. being straight with the american people when they talk about social security being bankrupt, there's no money there. it's not just the politicians. it's the media. the media parrots this over and over again and a recent incident was the trustees report. just a few weeks ago. despite the fact that even commissioner aster tried desperately to plak the point in the press conference that the program is not broke. it is not bankrupt. but i was listening to the radio that afternoon and a commentator said to an audience here in washington, if you are 45 years old, social security won't be there. that's a lie. so, we need to deal not just with politicians who are misl d misleading the american public with the media and the way we plan to do it is by joining forces and working with our activists around the country. with all of the chapters -- we have here in washington through dr. hartman and terry and the national committee. we are going to try our level

our handle is@cspan history. we'll hear from bill and byi. i understand, bly, you have something with you that was discovered on the project today. can you show it to us and tell us what it is? >> yes. wonderful things show up all the time. today the archaeologist uncovered this wonderful medallion from a german stoneware bottle. made in germany near cologne. it's unique. we don't have one like it so i'll have to do research to figure out who it is depicting. it would have bottle that contained beer or wine. >> you had mentioned in the hour long preview, the documentary we just saw, that you had to learn how to read the artifacts 1 1/2 million artifacts you've uncovered in the last 20 years or so. what do you mean by reading it? what's the most important part of that? >> what i meant by that was that i have to learn the context of each of the materials. why they were made, where they were made, what their purpose was, who may have carried them to jamestown, what their use may have been in jamestown. it may have been different from their origi

eastern, all here on american history tv on cspan 3 and joins as historians preview the series on saturday june 2 at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >>> next, a look at our recent visit to oklahoma city, oklahoma to learn about the city's rich history and literary culture. >> at high noon, the guns fire, and the flags go down and 50,000 people rush for free land. the land run was a unique way of opening the public lands. in the 1860s, there was a homestead act. said anyone who would move to the west and -- they would receive title to the land. it was basically free land to encourage settlement. the high plains, the southern plains, through kansas, into new mexico, through arkansas and so, all of the land around us is settled, in the 1860s, 1870s and into the 1880s, all of this time oklahoma is with held from the settlement as the oklahoma territory. starting in the eighteen teens, they started move thing indian tribes. so it's just one vast indian reservations and other indian reservations are abolished, there's this one little island, in 1889, there are no more tribes to bring into the territory. but