>> dole? >> dole. >> oh, yeah. he was impatient. ambitious, and sometimes criticized for being over ambitious. i never thought that. >> dan rostenkowski told his story, that oh, gosh, before the budget talks, before the government shutdown. >> the first government shutdown. >> yeah. bill clinton called him. and he said, ok, tell me something about dole. he said, give me a leg up. you know, what are we negotiating. he went on about what a great guy dole was. he is the most impatient man on the planet. he said there will come a time when he -- when he will be so desperate to get out of the room he will just give you whatever you want. that may be an exaggeration. and yet, that's the fascinating thing. that impatience that i saw and yet what you are talking about and what senator mitchell talked about requires an extraordinary amount of patience. to know people. to wait all night. if that's what it takes to bring these things together. >> impatience is a tool. dole was not arbitrary or capricious in his opposition. is grounded in deep

dole and i talked about. dole is thought of as closer to nixon than i ever was. i remember cloakroom conversations between us about that. and the amazement of the things that came out. >> your both amazed? >> i am sure he was. i know i was. but they just called out one after the other. did never ended. terrible time. >> the tapes -- were you astonished when you heard tapes existed? >> honestly, i think every president before him had had some sort of taping system. kennedy did. johnson i was not outraged at that. no. no, i wasn't. but it proved to be the ultimate downfall of richard nixon. i was interested to see now that ronald reagan diaries are being released, have been released but i am astonished ronald reagan kept that diary daily. i saw those diaries. he never let me read them except one case, but those diaries were written in longhand in leather bound books. they weren't loose-leaf books they were leather bound books and there were rows and rows and dozens of them. some day, they'll all be published.

bush from the oval office, reaction from senate leaders, bob dole and george mitchell on capitol hill, and east german ambassador gerhardt herder from the national press club in washington. we will also hear the speeches that president kennedy and president reagan delivered in berlin in 1963 and 1987 respectively that galvanized berliners and the free world. >> first, we go to the white house where president george h. w. bush held an informal oval office press conference on november 9, 1989. as events unfolded in berlin, he was criticized for not appearing to share in the jubilation. later, his closest aides, together with historians, described a president determined not to provoke a backlash by soviet hardliners. >> well, we just want to make a brief statement here. i have just been briefed by the secretary of state and national security adviser on the later news coming out of germany. and of course, i welcome the decision by the east german leadership to open the borders to those wishing to immigrate or travel. and this,s if the's implemented fully, certainly conforms with the helsi

he now began doling out inside information. kind of a diplomatic strip you know the british guy didn't realize he had a live one on his hands. are you saying if there's a war will you invade holland? no, no, no, i can assure you of that. thank god he's thinking because in the original plan they were going to invade holland, too. but so then he gets to belgium and all they can do is hem and how about more or less well, i can assure you that so long as france doesn't violate belgium first we will respect belgian territorial integrity at the end of the war. oops. you have the deepest darkest secret of the german war plan revealed to the british. a few minutes later, a telegram tells him sir edward gray an opaque man at the best of the times has issued a warning of sorts, in his language of something to the effect of like if things do come to a pass on the continent, it will not do to stand aside and wait. which is about as close as he could possibly come to threatening that britain might join france and russia in war. he is so pan

bob dole, during the trouble was asked if you would like to make an appearance in kansas and dole said a flyover would do. my nixon would have threw these guys. he knew kissinger was bad mouthing him. they said that 40 years from now people will know what it was like then. it can't be recaptured and i don't know if i wrote it any differently with that in mind. i didn't know where i would be in 40 years. it happened that it is 40 years from now. this isn't an anniversary book. the book was out of print and i wrote to peter mayor of overlook press and he wrote back saying he will issue it in hard back. and i said a little afterwards to clear it up and the afterwards is a 10,000 word edition of the new material and i look back on what was watergate and what was it really? it was crimes for a break in that was plotted by the way, this is when i was doing my reporting many years later, it was the fourth attempt of these burglars to get in the watergate. they planned a grand dinner the first time to get in the building and up to the head quarters and one thing led to another and it didn't ha

history tv on c-span3, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. >>> at noon fashion experts on first lady fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived at 10:00 tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to cspan.org. >>> each week "american artifacts" visits museums and historic places. 200 years ago on september 11th, 1814, british and american naval forces clashed for 2 1/2 hours in cumberland bay near plaths'burgh. david fitz-enz, author of "the final" takes us on a tour of key locations to tell the story. >> pilot, joseph baron, ship "saratoga" september 11th, 1814, battle of plattsburgh in cumberland bay. this battle is lost to american history. at the first 100th anniversary, it was known by everyone. this was a human celebration. people knew how important the ballots was, but in the meantime things have changed. that poem became the nationa

eastern the fall of the berlin wall with c-span foodage with george bush and bob dole. >>> and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived, and then at 10:00, former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day. for our complete schedule. go to cspan.org. >>> baltimore's ft. mchenry is celebrated at the birthplace of the star-spangled banner. but the fort played an important war in the civil war, world war i, and beyond. next, america history tv explores the history after the star-spangled banner. >> i'm chief of interpretation here of the birthplace of "the star-spangled banner." one of the questions we good are the can knolls that were used to fight off the bring. of course, the answer is no. these guns were manufactured during the american civil war, a little bit more than 50 years after the war of 1812. is shows the great layers of ft. mchenry's history. the history begins with the words of francis scott key, but it's made contributions right up to the own present time, in the great way that the ame

eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole, with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. at nan, fashion experts on first ladies' fashion choice and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived. and then at 10, wormer fwhbs news anchor, tom brokaw, on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events that's this christmas dane at c-span networks. than 50 years of repo world events that's this christmas dane at c-span networks. >>> each week, american history tv's american artifacts visits museums and historic places. up next, we take you inside the house wing of the u.s. capitol to learn about the history of women in congress in the second of a two-part program, we continue the story beginning in the 1940s with republican congresswoman clare boothe luce. >> i'm farrah elliott, a curator for the house of representatives and that means that i take care of a lot of the artifacts, the artwork, the objects that document the house's rich heritage. >> my nobody job is to collect bigraphical informatio

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eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president bush and bob dole with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. first ladies' fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived. and then at 10:00, tom brokaw on his more than 50 years on reporting events. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> each week, american history tv's american artifacts visits museums and historic places. 200 years ago on september 11th, 1814, british and naval forces clash for 2 1/2 hours near plattesburg, new york. the battle was the culmination of six days of army and navy conflict. up next, we travel to plattesburg where david fitz, the war of 1812's most decisive battle. takes us to kiey locations to tell the story. >> pilot joseph baron, september 11th, 1814. battle of plattesburg. this is a battle that's lost to american history. the first 100th anniversary, it was known by everyone. this was a huge celebration. people knew how important the battle of plattesburg was. but in the meantime, things have changed. that poem became

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as the wall came down on november 9, 1989 senate minority leader bob dole republican from kansas, and senate majority leader george mitchell, democrat from maine took to the senate floor to voice their thoughts. >> according to news reports, the east german government just announced the opening of its borders to all of its citizens to include the right to free passage of the berlin wall. it appears that the berlin wall and all it represents are crumbling, even as the communist state which built it crumbles too. with breadth of speed, the people of east germany sought to take their up destiny into their own hands. by the hundreds of thousands shall they have taken to the streets, asking only two things, freedom and opportunity. by the tens of thousands, they have fled their homeland seeking only two things, freedom and opportunity. decades of communist rule lie in shambles. the government resides one day the communist politburo the next and now we have today's dramatic announcement. the ragtag bag of communists left trying to regain control are fighting a fight they can't win, a fight

eastern the fall of the berlin wall with c-span foot j of president george bush and bob dole. with ronald reagan. at 12:00 p.m. fashion experts on first lady's fashion choices. then at 10:00 p.m., tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. each week we go to historic sites around the country. baltimore's ft. mchenry is celebrated as the birthplace of the star-spangled banner where american forces with stood an bombardment. but the fort played an important war in the civil war, world war i, and beyond. next, america history tv explores the history of ft. mchenry after the star-spanked banner. >> my name is vince bass. i'm chief of interpretation here at ft. mchenry national monument, the birthplace of "the star-spangled banner." one of the questions we good are the cannons that were used to fight off the british. of course, the answer is no. these guns were manufactured during the american civil war, a little bit more than 50 years after the war of 1812. is shows

tv" on c-span 3, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole. with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon, fashion experts on first ladies' fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived. and then at 10:00, tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> each week, american artifacts takes viewers around the country. baltimore's ft. mchenry is celebrated as the birthplace of the star-spangled banner. and turned the tide of the war of 1812. but the fort continued to make history for years to come playing an important role in the civil war, world war i and beyond. next, american history tv explores the history of ft. mchenry after the star-spangled banner. >> my name is vince vase, chief of interpretation at ft. mchenry national monument and historic shrine. one of the most asked questions we get are large cannons like the one i'm standing behind, the ones that are used

bush and bob dole with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon fashion experts on first ladies' fashion choices and how they represented the stilsz of the times in which they lived. and at 10:00, former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> each week american history tv's american artifacts visits museums, archives and historic places. next, we visit the national archives in college park, maryland, to learn about the kennedy assassination records collection. the warren report was released to the public 50 years ago on september 27, 1964. and we'll see video recorded by the national archives of many of the well-known artifacts from the investigation. including lee harvey oswald's rifle, the so-called magic bullet and the camera originals zapruder film. our guide is martha wagner murphy. >> the president john f. kennedy assassination records collection was created because of the president john f. kenn

bob dole, during the trouble was asked if you would like to make an appearance in kansas and dole said a flyover would do. my nixon would have threw these guys. he knew kissinger was bad mouthing him. john gardner said to me, elizabeth, write it so that 40 years from now people we will no what it was like. it cannot be recaptured. i don't no that i wrote it any differently with that in mind. i did not not no where or whether i would be in 40 years. this is not an anniversary book. i wrote to peter mayer of overlook press. he he wrote back and said it is idiotic. he wrote back saying he will issue it in hard back. and i said a little afterwards to clear it up and the afterwards is a 10,000 word edition of the new material and i look back on what was watergate and what was it really? it was crimes for a break in that was plotted by the way, this is when i was doing my reporting many years later, it was the fourth attempt of these burglars to get in the watergate. they planned a grand dinner the first time to get in the building and up to the head quarters and one thing led to another and

he was so desperate he now began doling out inside information.diplomatic striptease. you know, the british guy didn't realize he had a live one on his hands but he just kept going. tell me, are you saying if there's a war, will you invade holland? no, no, no, i can assure you of that. thank god, he's thinking, because in the original plan they were going to invade holland too. so then he gets to belgium. and all he can do is hem and haw about more or less, well, i can assure you that so long france didn't violate belgium first, we will respect territory at the end of the war. oops. so there you have the deepest, darkest secret of the german war plan revealed to the british ambassador. a few minutes later, after this meeting, he gets a telegram from london in which hij1÷q ambassad tells him that sir edward grey, an opaque man at the best of times, has issued a warning of sorts. in his typically eliptic language, something like, if things do come to a pass on the continent, it will not do to stand aside and wait. which is about as close as he could

senator dole, senator lott, senator frist. in november, we received a letter of support from the national association of evangelicals supporting it. and i also want to point out, senator dole has worked his heart out on this. you remember, he was here on the floor two years ago this month right before we brought it up, and i thought we had the votes for it. in our constitution, it takes two-thirds. we failed by six votes. but bob dole has never given up on this, never. well, i hope the next senate will take this up and join with the rest of the world in helping to make changes globally for people with disabilities. so i came to congress, the house in 1974 as one of the watergate babies. with my retirement and retirement in the house of congressman george miller and congressman henry waxman, we are the last of the so-called watergate babies. with two exceptions. among all the democrats elected in that landslide year of 1974, there were a few republicans, and one is left, my senior colleague from the state of iowa, senator chuck

bush and bob dole, with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon fashion experts on first ladies fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times in which they live. and then at 10:00, nbc news news anchor on his 30 years on the network.ímd@ >> with live coverage of the u.s. house on cspan and the senate on cspan 2, we complement that coverage by showing you the most relevant hearings. and then on weekends, cspan is the home to american history tv, with programs that tell our nation's story. the civil war's 150th anniversary, visiting battlefields and key events. american artifacts, touring museums and historic fsites, discovering what artifacts reveal about america's past. history bookshelf, with the best known american history writers, the presidency, looking at the policies and legacies of our nation's commanders in chief. top college professors devilling into america's past, and our new series, real america. with educational films from the 1930s through the 70s. cspan 3, created by the cable tv industry and funded by you

bush and bob dole with speeches from president's john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon, fashion experts and first ladies' fashion choices. and 10 p.m., tom brokaw. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> american history tv visited the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, hosting a symposium marking the world war i centennial. coming up focuses on the rainbow division which soldiers from 51 states. his talk is about 50 minutes. >> our second speaker is nimrod frazer who is the son of a world war vet. this is the division in which douglas macarthur will serve as chief of staff and brigade commander during world war i. frazer's father received the purple heart for wounds received mr. frazer is a member of the alabama business hall of fame. he's the author of send the alabamians:the history of the 167th infantry regiment. he's a founder and been factor please join me in welcoming nimrod frazer. >> thank you, dr. orr. it's a great honor for me to be back at this wonderful place. i'm not an academic. better

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economically, and as explains from ben necessary aris, it could also help washington come in from the doled cold. >> a photo of that sums it up. welcomed with open arms to a new regional organization of every country in latin america and the caribbean except the united states and canada. more than 50 years called nor the expulsion of the organization of american states it is unite united e united state that has becomen isolated. the highly unpopular u.s. embargo, a thorn that has diminished the leadership in the americas. that's why renewing ties is more than just a gesture to cuba. it can signal a new beginning. i want to recognize president obama for his brave gesture, one that is necessary. he has taken what is the most important step of his presidency. signals the beginning of the end of a cold war that has marked their lives for generations. and what. >> the shock, in the situation -- >> it will be an economic shock treatment in the positive sense, it will mean more trade, more tourism, and more investments from the united states which will help the people who suffered an embargo for m

with them on, it's often uncomfortable to articulate these truths, and some insights and also a great dole of courage to come up with these truths for build these zero to one businesses. >> host: you asked that question and return to it throughout "zero to one" and one of the example answers you give is that god does not exist or there is no god, and you say that is, a., a bad answer to that question. why is that? >> guest: because either the answer that god exists or does not exist is a bad answer because those are simply two different sides of a conventional debate. and there's a lot of people on both sides of that debate. and so i think the -- the interesting -- the really interesting answers are things that very few people agree with you on, but that are also true. not simply a matter of going against the conventional wisdom. it's equally important to come up with something that is true in one way or another. i give a whole set of my answers to these questions in the course of the book, and so i think that, for example, a monopoly over competition question, one that is very underexplor

senator dole and senator kennedy. from the house stood me where, from the executive branch of north carolina justin dart and here fell one person that worked is an dead is the staff hightail about buddy silverstein never would have happened without him. i of they've been covering a you have to be the observant bystander certain record hearing hope the way it did have heard choosing subroc your list with a committee meeting. one the it but that was in shape by though know how you could remus that. it had a third floor and no running water. that was mother's house. the second item is this. my father's card. is this notice to report for work on a project unasked to report for lunch on the project for $34.30 per month >> people like four months to they before i was born. >>cspan: get the picture of a fatah resident for date -- hawaii but not in the best of health. so there were no jobs. life looked pretty bleak. then my father. i got a letter from franklin roosevelt but to have hope that but my plan to size and though i w

eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole, with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon, fashion experts on first lady fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived, and then at 10:00, former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span americas. for our complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> 50 years ago on september 24th, 1964, supreme court chief justice earl warren handed a report of the president's commission on the assassination of president kennedy to president lyndon johnson in the oval office. the seven commissioners pictured here with president johnson and general counsel jay lee rankin concluded that lee harvey oswald acted alone in killing president kennedy. the warren commission worked for nine months in this building, the washington office of the vfw, a short walk from the supreme court building and the u.s. capitol. we set up a camera in a fourth floor conference room to talk

i get rid of dole fairly fast.e had this plan, we will meet out of the country, rock creek more and i said you i have experience. here is what we're going to do -- at 12:00 at night, under the hotel, i will pop in, and, pop the papers race off, before god and country, and they will not know what happened. what happened was a group of alaska natives walk by and said there is our senator and they all want to talk to me. i am trying to peel them away. so i sped away, and then and i had a coffee. , wherethe papers home , andou going to put them of course the whole world was looking for them. i said we're going to sleep on them. i am dyslexic, so i could not read all of those papers if it took me a year, so i started calling staff in, and i said bring a toilet kit, do not tell your wife what you are doing. him at the door and i said i have the pentagon papers, you cannot come in and you cannot leave and i will not blame you if you did not come in because there are risks we do not know anything about, so everyone of them

eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole. with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon, fashion experts on first ladies' fashion choices, and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived. and then at 10:00, former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule go to c-span.org. >>> about 50 years ago on august 10th, 1964, president lyndon johnson signed the gulf of tonkin resolution, which in lieu of a declaration of war gave him broad powers to wage war in southeast asia. that resolution was passed by congress in response to an august 2nd attack, and an alleged august 4th incident in the golf of tonkin involving u.s. destroyers and vietnamese torpedo boats. american history visited the national security archive at george washington university to learn about numerous declassified documents that have shed more life on the gulf of tonkin incidents. >> i'm tom blanton, the dir

we appreciate all your cone dole lenses and everything. thank you so much. >> the family of 16 year bensalem high sophomore mow net speaking at app evening vigil for the teen just feet from where she was struck and killed by this ford bronco as she was crossing bensalem boulevard on her way to catch the schoolbus wednesday morning. >> i've known her since first grade. impossible for me to think that i'm not going to see her ever again. it's just not fair. >> she was among dozen of classmates and family members who lit candles, laid flowers and paused to remember mow net much this intersection of bensalem boulevard and bridge water road is known as dangero dangerous. >> i'm mad the school district because she think high schoolers don't need crossing guards. >> the driver as 18-year-old student at buck county tech police say the driver stayed at the scene and no charges have been filed yet. >> disregarding the schoolbus, activation lights and the stop sign and proceeded through the intersection striking and dragging the child. >> students on

senator dole, senator lott, senator frist. in november, we received a letter of support from the national association of evangelicals supporting it. and i also want to point out, senator dole has worked his heart out on this. you remember, he was here on the floor two years ago this month right before we brought it up, and i thought we had the votes for it. in our constitution, it takes two-thirds. we failed by six votes. but bob dole has never given up on this, never. well, i hope the next senate will take this up and join with the rest of the world in helping to make changes globally for people with disabilities. so i came to congress, the house in 1974 as one of the watergate babies. with my retirement and retirement in the house of congressman george miller and congressman henry waxman, we are the last of the so-called watergate babies. with two exceptions. among all the democrats elected in that landslide year of 1974, there were a few republicans, and one is left, my senior colleague from the state of iowa, senator chuck

eastern, the fall of the berlin wall witt c-span footage with president george bush and bob dole and ronald reagan. fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times. at 10:00, former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule go to c-span.org. >>> "american history tv" visited the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, which was hosting a symposium marking the world war i centennial. the rise of the global power during world war i. describing japan as one of the few countries pulled into the r#lict as an because of a kcolonyial relationship. this is about 50 minutes. >>> okay. we'll shift our focus here a little bit to east asia. professor frederick dickinson teaches japanese history at the university of pennsylvania. he has m.a. degrees from kyoto university in japan where he's lived for quite a while. also yale university where he has a ph.d. in history. he's been a visiting professor at institutions in japan, in belgium, also at waswart more, d japan,

you saw that with bob dole or john mccain, or mitt romney. it's often the establishment choice that makes it through. i think the question is going to be, how much has the landscape changed? especially in some early states. i was just in south carolina, talked to sources on the ground who were paying attention to jeb bush's speech. they're saying, it's possible this state isn't the same state that cent george bush over the hurdle against john mccain . that could be a problem for bush in the long run. >> michelle, what do you think about that and what is the impact of people like rush limbaugh coming out strongly against jeb? >> well, look, this last election was the establishment reasserting itself to say, hey, we're not going to stand back and become a party of fringe candidates. so jeb will have some trouble in the primary because not such on immigration, but also on common core. this is something that makes the base down right crazy. they will go berserk about this sort of thing. so it will be interesting to see how he asserts himself and

history tv, at 8:00 a.m., the fall of the berlin wall with footage of president george bush and bob dole with speeches. at noon, fashion experts on first ladies' fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times. at 10:00, tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. >>> each week, american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places to learn what artifacts reveal about american history. the smithsonian's national museum of the american indian opened in 2004. we visit the nation to nation exhibit, focusing on treaties between the united states and native americans. the curator explains that in the late 1700s, the federal government made treaties with six nations of the indians. she explains how it has changed and endured. >> i'm a founder of the national museum of the american indian. i'm guest occcurator of the nat to nation exhibit and editor for the book of the same title. i first proposed the nation to nation exhibit in 2003. i was thinking just a few months ago that we would just never get

eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with footage of president george bush and bob dole with speeches from john kennedy and robert reagan -- ronald reagan. theyon choices and how represented the styles of the times in which they live. at 10:00, tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that is christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to www.c-span.org. this month is the 10th anniversary of our sunday primetime program, q and day. we are featuring an encore presentation from each year, highlighting film makers, and reducing -- leading public policy makers. 2006, lonnie bunt on the importance of the african-american experience to u.s. history. from 2007, robert novak on reporting in washington. trunk 2008, when new couture, on the value of education american. from 2009, sc called. a decade of compelling conversations. december 22 through the 26th. at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> massachusetts senator elizabeth warren talking about economic policy and actions by wall street at an event hope that's hosted by the group americans for financial

eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole. then first ladies' fashion. and then tom brokaw on his years of reporting world events. for a complete schedule, go to cspan.org. >>> each week, american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places to learn what artifacts reveal about history. it opened in 2004 on the national mall in washington, d.c. we visit the nation-to-nation exhibit focusing on treaties between the united states and native americans. she explains that in the late 1900s the government made treaties with the six nations of the iroquois. >> i'm suzan shown harjo and i'm cheyenne and muskogee and founder of the american museum of the american indian. and guest curator, proudly so of the nation-to-nation exhibit and general editor for the book of the same title. i first proposed the nation-to-nation exhibit in 2003, and i was thinking just a few months ago, that we would just never get to the end of it. and today, i'm thinking it's only been 11 years. amazing. nation-to-nation exhibit and book is really a gift

. >>> in dole wear police are trying to figure out how a school bus crashed into a light pole with twoldren on board. katherine scott reports now from wilmington.>> reporter: after t happened on school property. the front wheels were lifted off the ground and crushed over the concrete base of a light post at a parking lot at a middle school in newark, this was the children's last day of school before holiday break, the accident took place at 7:00 a.m., 11 of them complained of injuries mainly bumps and bruises and were taken to the dupont hospital for children and now delaware state police are investigating what led up to the crash, the driver works with the christina school district transportation department. they did not talk about her driving record or how long she has been with the district. officials have not spoken on camera. in wilmington, katherine scott, channel 6 "action news" >>> a 33-year-old man is recovering after being shot on his way home from a store this morning. one bullet hit the man in the back and narrowly missed his spine. the victim managed to run two blocks to

this morning they doled out toys next to the bay district.hey've been handing out toys to 200 families a day. that's since thanksgiving. one little boy was given his first bicycle. others got board games, books and dolls. >> it's a lot. you know, if you count everybody in the family plus our own child. it's nice that someone else is looking out for us, too. >> right now we have a thousand people on the waiting list. we're asking if anyone can donate a toy for any san francisco fire station. >> we've been doing this for a long time. this is our 65th year. it just makes you feel good knowing that you make a difference in a child's life. >> tomorrow, firefighters will be at the hotel near union square handing out more presents. santa and the grinch will be there posing for pictures. hopefully santa will keep the grinch in line. >>> thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. we're always here for you at ktvu.com. and you can follow us on facebook and twitter. thank you for joining us. have a great day. ?.=(=pcpcpcpcpcpcpcpcpc2h (music) - [vo

bush and bob dole with speeches from president's john kennedy and ronald reagan.at noon, fashion experts and first ladies' fashion choices. and 10 p.m., tom brokaw. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> american history tv visited the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, hosting a symposium marking the world war i centennial. coming up focuses on the rainbow division which soldiers from 51 states. his talk is about 50 minutes. >> our second speaker is nimrod frazer who is the son of a world war vet. this is the division in which douglas macarthur will serve as chief of staff and brigade commander during world war i. frazer's father received the purple heart for wounds received mr. frazer is a member of the alabama business hall of fame. he's the author of send the alabamians:the history of the 167th infantry regiment. he's a founder and been factor please join me in welcoming nimrod frazer. >> thank you, dr. orr. it's a great honor for me to be back at this wonderful place. i'm not an academic. better d

it was not doling out money here and there.was the planning of an area in the united states where there would be a development. hydroelectric power was a part of it. the plan to provide economic development to the appalachian region began with theonstruction of the norris dam on the clinch river. the tva plan was ambitious. the regional economies could be improved if the waters were made navigible. the tva constructed housing, began a malaria control project, worked on agricultural development, and provided electrical power to this depressed region. some thought the government was going too far. along with the utilities others who feared economic loss joined in the opposition. coal miners feared hydroelectric power would reduce the demand for coal. the coal operato of wesvirginia came to washington, d.c. they were very angry at me because i was an open supporter of the legislation to create the tennessee valley authority. they said this will rob us of hundreds and thousands of jobs if these rivers are turned into productive are

. >> the utility opens the emergency operation center to dole with power outages and have crews trimming trees. they hope you have prepared, as well. >> there are a number of hazards including downed power line. anchor your furniture and other lightweight items in the yard. >> pg&e says if you see a downed power line treat it as if it is line. do not go near it. call for help. another safety tip: if you lose power use flashlights rather than candles so you do not have the risk of a fire in the house. >>> thank you, amy hollyfield. >> you can keep tabs hour by hour with the abc weather app free to download from apple app and google play and more information is at abc7news.com/app. >>> former san francisco 49ers head coach jim harbaugh held the first news conference as the new head coach at the university of michigan. >> michigan football welcomed the coach through social media on twitter and the tweet says "it's official welcome home coach." our reporter, matt keller, has more. >> it look strange to see jim harbaugh not wearing red. he is all about the university of michigan feeling they

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