host: daniel sargent is an associate professor at uc berkeley here in sacramento at the organization of american historians. thank you for your time. daniel: thank you. >> this weekend, american

host: daniel sargent is an associate professor at uc berkeley here in sacramento at the organization of american historians. thank you for your time. daniel: thank you. abandonedached some huts, and when i got to the side of the hut, a north vietnamese soldier came out of the ground. my guys saw him, but it was too late. he threw a hand grenade at me. the grenade hit one of the poles in the hut, one of the mahogany went, bounced off, then it off. it peppered my flak jacket, ripped my entrenching tool in the back, my shovel -- ripped the handle of the back. a piece of shrapnel hit my leg. >> watch our series with the vietnam war veterans on american history tv on c-span3. weekend, american history tv is joining our spectrum cable partners to showcase the history of selma, alabama. to learn more about the city's on our current tour, visit c-span.org/citiestourr. we continue now with the history of selma. ♪

host: daniel sargent is an associate professor at uc berkeley here in sacramento at the organization of american historians. thank you for your time. daniel: thank you. >> i approached some abandoned huts, and when i got to the side of the hut, a north vietnamese soldier came out of the ground. my guys saw him, but it was too late. he threw a hand grenade at me. the grenade hit one of the poles in the hut, one of the mahogany beams, bounced off, then it went off. it peppered my flak jacket, ripped my entrenching tool in the back, my shovel -- ripped the handle of the back. a piece of shrapnel hit my leg. more than 100,000 votes were posted on issues ranging from the vietnam war to the president's election. you can tweet us questions and comments during live events, see video previews of upcoming programs or look back at what happened on this day in american history. >> there is no constitutional issue here. the command of the constitution is plain. it is wrong, deadly wrong to deny any of your fellow americans the right to vote this country. up next, we her from one woman as she descr

daniel sargent, professor of history at uc berkeley.he book is titled "a superpower transformed: the remaking of american foreign relations in the 1970's." a key player, secretary of state henry kissinger. what new have you learned about his role, his influence, and his tenure under two republican administrations? daniel: a great deal. during the research that ultimately resulted in this book -- i was able to read thousands of new documents, memoranda of telephone conversations -- i think there is an enormous amouis

host: daniel sargent, professor of history at uc berkeley and the book is titled "a superpower transformed." a key player secretary of state , henry kissinger. what new have you learned about his role, his influence, and his tenure under two republican administrations? >> a great deal, during the research that ultimately resulted in this book, i was able to read thousands of new documents, memorandums, meetings, telephone conversations, and this is still an enormous amount -- there is still anrm

host: daniel sargent, professor of history at uc berkeley. the book is titled "a superpower transformed: the remaking of american foreign relations in the 1970's." a key player, secretary of state henry kissinger. what new have you learned about his role, his influence, and his tenure under two republican administrations? daniel: a great deal. during the research that ultimately resulted in this book -- i was able to read thousands of new documents, memoranda of telephone conversations -- i think there is an enormous amount on kissinger for historians to learn. too long historians have been

host: daniel sargent is an associate professor at uc berkeley here in sacramento at the organization of american historians. thank you for your time. daniel: thank you. >> this weekend, american the site.me you to >> we designed a town plan and sold off the lot. that's how we built our first treasury. served as capital from 1819 1826. as the county seat, it continued to grow. a county had the highest capital of wealth in the united states. we had many fine churches and businesses. these were the wealthiest of the wealthy. the town and that period was a 60% african-american. it was always a majority black town. we are in the center of cahawba. why we are in the center because the governor decided that way. this way is the remnants of an old indian village. it was a ghost town here in 1818. he made that the center of our first capital. it is very symbolic. the statehouse is on top. then, we went to the legislature after raising this money, they would only give him $10,000. he put the statehouse on the side. he made this the capital, thinking he would built his grand town. they moved it

sargent. hi, houston. -- allison. >> hi, molly. molly: and there are revelations the donald trump did indy pay actress stormy daniels. yes, this seems to be saving donald trump of from arguing that that was a legal campaign violation. he can don to his campaign as long as you like spirit and theory nothing legally about that. the strategy has totally backfired. in the charlotte observer you can see where it leaves him -- behind bars. giuliani still looks pleased with himself, but he is the only one. see this in conservative papers. i think the announcement was a bad idea. oming to his defense today. "the whiton times," a very conservative paper says this will give ammunition to trump's foes. they say this argument will not save himnd it contradicts his prior statements yetotng to do with this payment. giuliani has said that trump did not know what the money was being used for, you just provided it to his lawyer in the enthat he needed to pay someone off. cartoon from "the washington post" sure, trump pays hush money. it doesn't all the time. and you see him making another asking rudyhis time giuliani to shut up. moll