i grew up taking everything from bob dylan, curtis mayfield, the beatles, smokey robinson.ike alma mater was the streets of san francisco. i would dare to go to school. where i really hung out was at the fillmore. that was my university, checking out be the king, and james brown, a cream. finding out how they were able to penetrate people's hearts. with their music. once you do that, something happens to their eyes. they become brighter. they start crying, they do not know why. they start dancing. it is like when a woman gives birth. =mmfirst, she cries and then she laughs. later on, she dances. and that, to me, is the beauty of what san francisco is about. >> one final question, and we are going to link it to your music today. such a rich legacy that you are giving us. you mentioned to me that you are working on a new album. could you share what is coming up? >> i love to dream when i am awake. kand so i had this dream of working with india arie and yo- yo ma to do the george harrison saw; and "-- song. this is the definitive way to do this. we are all in it together, we d

also, curtis mayfield and his impact on the civil rights movement. al west and churchill style compares to today. all weekend every weekend -- american history t v on c-span3. with midterm elections six weeks away, all the key races with pcs and video library. our video library is all free any time. what's what you want when you want. -- watch what you want when you want. >> house republicans laid out their policy agenda for the midterm elections. the call it their "pledged to america." it includes spending cuts and presents a health-care law. this is about 45 minutes. >> good morning. i want to thank greg and libby and all of the people here for their hospitality. i also want to thank congressman frank wolf who represents this district. the american people are speaking out like never before. they are concerned about the future of our nation and the future for their children. they fear a government who is not listening and does not get it. they think that washington does not really care. we are here today to put forth a new governing agenda built by

a special program about curtis mayfield and his impact on the civil rights movement and historian j. fears on the impact of winston churchill. american history tv on c-span3, all weekend, every weekend. >> j.m. -- jane addams was a counselor to many political leaders. this weekend she is featured on "book tv." >> when the opportunity to shape your country comes your way, all of you get to do is choose what you do when it does. >> sunday night at 9:00 p.m. on c-span. "washington journal" continues. host: let me introduce you to our final guest on this from a morning. stephen kaplan is a lawyer -- steven kaplan is a lawyer, but he specializes in financial mortgage matters. welcome and thanks for being here. guest: thank you, susan. host: the description of one current mortgage disclosure is that they are a quagmire. would you agree? guest: i think that is probably an appropriate description. i think the different types of requirements and up being very confusing and cumbersome and a voluminous amount of paper. voluminous amount of paper. we have disclosures that allow people to shop fo

it is a special program on the music of curtis mayfield and the civil-rights movement also the leadershiptyle of winston churchill and how it compares to leaders today. 48 hours telling the american story every weekend. american history tv, on c-span 3. today on c-span 2's book tv, the national book festival from our nation's capital. our coverage begins at 9:30 a.m. with interviews, events, and your phone calls. go to book-tv.org. >> you don't get to choose the moment when the opportunity to shake your country comes your way all you get to choose is what you do when it does. >> of british deputy prime defends nick clegg the fan-- his move to form a coalition government at 9:00 on sunday night. >> for all the people in the book, there are many mistakes they might have done in their lives but moving from the south was not one of them. >> between 1915 and 1970, nearly millions of blacks migrated to the north. that is on 8:00 on cspan's "q &a." >> [captioning performed by national captioning institute] " continues. host: what is the strategy for the republicans today and how does it compare

a special program on curtis mayfield and the civil rights movement. and the rhetorical style of winston churchill and how it compares to leaders today. american history tv on c-span3. this saturday, it is the national book festival from our nation's capitol. live coverage will be and 9:30 eastern with your phone calls. for a listing of all the authors and their times, go to booktv.org. >> i really underestimated how big the job was. i had never been the minority leader. i jumped from minority whip to speaker overnight, and a minority party that nobody thought was going to be in power to leading as the biggest one- party increase in history. >> newt gingrich on the state of american politics today, and a possible 2012 presidential bid. sunday on c-span. contentn's local vehicles are traveling the country as we looked at some of the most closely-contested house races leading up to this november's election. >> the district is a big one. it stretches all the way to downtown charlotte to fayetteville in the east. the district is as big as any in america pr

if a special program on the music of curtis mayfield. and the leadership style of winston churchill and how it compares to leaders today. 48 hours of people and events telling the american story, also began come -- all c-span every weekend. >> now all white house medal of honor ceremony for chief master sergeant richard etchberger. he received the nation's highest honor for his actions in combat in 1968 in the country of laos and was killed in combat. his son spoke briefly with reporters afterwards. this is 25 minutes. >> i thank you for that wonderful and vacation. of all the military decorations that our nation can bestow, the highest is the medal of honor. it is awarded for conspicuous gallantry, for risking one's life in action, for serving above and beyond the call of duty. to date we present the medal of honor to an american who displayed such gallantry more than four decades ago. chief master sergeant richard l. etchberger. this medal reflects the gratitude of an entire nation. we are also joined by vice president biden and member

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