dickey bring to life?rything -- the big top, the sideshow, where you'd see the freaks, and the menagerie, the midway. it's a piece of art, really. >> when dickey's circus goes on display around bristol, virginia, it catches the eye of pete moore, a wealthy circus-loving businessman. >> who apparently had the financial means to help my grandfather get some places that he wouldn't have been able to get on his own. >> turns out mr. moore has some good connections. he begins promoting dickey's circus, and, in 1933, the businessman's able to book a monumental gig, the world's fair. the world's fair. chicago world's fair. >> that's incredible. >> yes. >> nearly 40 million people visit the chicago world's fair, enjoying exhibits such as dickey's circus and a futuristic sky ride. the little big top then heads across the atlantic for another huge booking, the famed paris exposition. it goes on to be shown at the museum of the city of new york and along the boardwalk in atlantic city, new jersey. the little circus t

dickey . [applause] >> i want to thank paul romero and the new york historical society for putting this event together. i want to thank my wife for helping guide me through the process very well and going on adventures with me. and my agent and manager adam romey who also was instrumental in this book as well as myeditor jessica case . pegasus books. so to begin, there is a statue in new york city that new yorkers are well familiar with. it exists at the southeast corner of central park and it is the image of william sherman, recently read gilded leading with his horse, going on to victory, led by an allegorical figure of virtue, represented by victory and peace and this figure also paula frond and it seems pretty straightforward, created and unveiled to the public in 1903 by a great sculptor and sherman on his horse looks absolutely stoic, revered, thoughtful and all the other things we think of a civil war commanding general to be. there's more to the history of this that you just as there's

dickey and his book is "rising in flames". sherman's march and the fight for a nation. j.d. dickey has been writing books for 20 years, first as an author for penguin rough guides and now as an author of rough fiction about society and culture. his current book, "rising in flames", the wall street journal wrote no one interested in sherman'smarch should be private of his lively narrative . it's spellbinding.

every day workers come to the union headquarters seeking help we made a big obvious a dickey he's been working in the greenhouses for years and now the poor conditions have made him sick. need to list the doctor's note certifies that my eye is bad and that i have to take medication just to see it's. what happened to his eye. after his consultation we meet him in his neighborhood he tells us more about his health problems. yet about. it's on one hand. it's so i was working in spring so first year or so i kind of poison mark fifteen to leave it smell so bad and then my i started her. own and they took something out of it but my eye still hurts. it was made to spray pesticides without any protective clothing. leave. so. he needs the work on the greenhouses says doesn't see tells us he sends sixty euros to his family each month in morocco. the company he works for is called be your sub or back at the union headquarters there are plenty of other workers are also complain about working for the same company. we want to talk to someone responsible but we aren't allowed to film on the premises.

the administration is taking away california dickey ability to set its own fuel economy standards which is completely appropriate. on tuesday at 7:00 p.m., president trump's live for a make america great again rally in charleston, west virginia. watch on c-span and c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. tonight on the communicators, former fcc chief economist thomas hazel it talks about his book the political spectrum, the to alter his liberation of wireless technology, from herbert hoover to the smartphone. >> we have only scratched the surface in terms of how much spectrum we put out in this way and the great majority of the airwaves that are highly valuable for communication are still squandered. they are allocated to things that were set aside 50, 60 years ago. the technology is gone, the applications are moot, but we are blocking the pretty neat stuff in the way. devoted to talking about things regulators can do to unleash even more of what we and come in without the micromanagement of a federal communications commission. communicators tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c

pre's principal leah dickey. >> it really helents feel they have a voice and that they know answers, and they're not oming into this blindly. i think we forget, with parents, oftentimes have kindergartners that they have never done this before and it's just as scary for them as it ifor their students. >> i was a teacher in china before i move here, so i know that school and the family, is a very good bridge to get it together. we need to know each other to tlp the kids grow. >> today we're goitalk about the school calendar. >> reporter: the school staffes strettendance, how critical it is to get students to school every day and on time. nationally, about one in ten kindergartners is chronically absent. it's a big concern, and in oregon, the numbers are even worse. >> ultimately, wanre trying to behaviors in both parents and in kids. th reporter: researcher tarasawa has analyzed portland's early transition program, and says students who attend are less likely to be absent, not just in kindergarten, but through third grad'r >> so when yseeing promising results in the very on that we're

mention because that is a big deal about this rule is that the administration is taking away california dickey to set its own fuel economy standards which is completely appropriate. >> on tuesday at 7:00, president trump is live for a make america great again rally in charleston, west virginia. watch on c-span and c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. tonight on the communicators, former fcc chief economist -- talks about his book, the political spectrum, the tumultuous liberation of wireless technology, from herbert hoover to the smart phone. >> we have only scratched the surface in how much spectrum we put out in this way and the great majority of the airwaves that are valuable for communications are still squandered, their allocated to things that were set aside 50 years ago, the technologies are gone, the applications are moved, but -- are moot, but we are blocking. when he to come up with better mechanisms, talking about things regulators can do to unleash even more

gail dickey, gamer world news person had to say last hour.has been a concern for some time. smaller events, something like jacksonville landing, such a smaller event you wouldn't think about having major security. i think everybody will take a pause now look at possibly putting, at least checking bags when you walk in. stuart: phil keating joins us from jacksonville now. phil, describe the venue please. how big was it, how many people, and did they have any security at all. reporter: they had no security for this weekend's madden nfl regional tournament although the announcer who does play-by-play online as gamers are gaming with each other competing sometimes in the past they do have security but it's really up up o the promoter and organizer of the tournament. jacksonville landing behind me, you can see over my shoulder, the neon lights. that is the chicago grill, the entrance is shared bit good luck, have fun gaming bar where this whole tournament happened. two people died and nine wounded before the gunman killed himself. it is relatively

come on in gail dickey gamer world use entertainment world chief why if they haven't licensed new gameshy is that a negative for gaming companies here? >> hi stewart great to be back here. i don't think it is a negative for gaming companies here at all. i think it's a positive well planned out by china. i think it is a film for u.s. to potentially look at gaming market share while they are taking a break. the break is really for me it looks like it is moral, political, and financial issues, and -- stuart: are they trying to protect the gaming companyies that create these games in china? is this a protectionist move? >> i think it's a pause to look at the moral, financial, and like ashley mentioned the other day they're looking at the violence in games and addiction of movement as they call it. and then you know politically it is a chance for president shi to give his people in power to take a look at them. it is no secret that xi so e sports is coming into a really big time here in late 2018, 2019 with vetting financially he have to figure out how to monetize the darling of the gaming u